How to get your 8350i running with Boost Mobile (concise)

[dannyboy281]

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Originally Posted by goatmale
is there a way to get sms and bb browser to work with boost? I heard there was a way to do it. my email is goatmale@gmail.com if you can send me the service books i would be very grateful.

yes there is i have collected several applications and i use boost and yes sms works and so does the bb browser through a hack i know its posted on the workaround pages its page 3 third post from the bottom you just need to download it and then unzip the file and install it with the BB DM the are several postings on how to set it up, but this is the one that works

easy follow this steps one at a time:

1. ENABLE SERVICE BOOK COMPLETE BACKUP / OVER WRITE / RESTORE on the Device, like this:
---Options/Advanced Options/Service Books press key combo

{Alt}{S}{B}{E}{B}
(This means that you have to press the ALT Key and hold it, and then with ALT key hold pres letters S than B than E than B, and release the ALT key
you will receive a message.

2. BACKUP EXISTING SERVICE BOOKS
--Hook up the phone to the laptop
--Blackberry Desktop Manager, Backup/Restore, Advanced, Backup existing service books to a safe place so in the event of a problem they can be restored

3. WRITE NEW SERVICE BOOKS TO DEVICE

--BB DM, Backup/Restore, Advanced, Left Window, find AutoPrime's BB W/O BIS / MMS ipd file and restore it.

4. Disconnect phone from laptop

5. Battery pull, wait for phone to reboot.

6. Phone, Options, Advanced Options, Host Routing Table, BB Menu key, Register

7. Battery pull.

wait the phone to reboot, and then go to browser and change the hot spot to browser, and done!!

as for sms there is two different ways that i know for sure work one is with gmail and the other is with bejive

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Originally Posted by plebe415
hey dannyboy281 i cant reply to your p.mn i guess becase I'm new and have less then 10 post but yes i can send and recieve text with gmail i just have people send the txt to my email and when i reply it goes automatacally to there phone or if i compose i send it to there number@whatevercarrier and it send the only thing that sucks about gmail is that it dosent always alert you instantly wheni you recive text or email

1. so when i have someone text me i have to as them to text it to my gmail account

2. and when i want to send out a message if i told the person to text it to me to my gmail account i can just reply and it will work but if i dont tell them to send it to my gmail i have to ask each person which provider they have

but you before you can do this you have to set up sms forwarding to your phone the instructions for that are on page one post #1 on the boostberry work arounds

the second method for sending sms is with beejive you still have to setup forwarding as well so if you did it once you dont need to do it again just incase you didnt know so how to do this is:
you need to download beejive then when your in sign in with aol messenger aka AIM if you dont have an aol account your going to have to go to aol.com and make one then you just put +1 then the persons number 10 digits not 7 to send out sms but for the first sms you send out the person has to accept in order to for you to hold a conversation and its in real time so its fast but it will only work work aol i tried my google talk messenger and it did not work it also cool because you can save your contacts names and they tell you if they are online

hope this helps also check out this link it the most useful info there is in one thread and you can get alot of free apps with it and other downloads

http://forums.crackberry.com/f137/im...emails-192327/

the link below is for the boostberry workarounds thread and wiki site

http://forums.crackberry.com/f137/bo...arounds-177019

Boostberry workarounds - Boost Mobile Hacks

[goatmale]

http: // boosthacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Boostberry_workarounds
hopefully this will help, you can even edit it now.

[dannyboy281]

thanks i think this should solve some of the problems people are asking

[rixchakaz]

I have read every thread on the BoostBerry 8350i Workarounds thread and think this post puts everything in a nut shell. Just Purchased Blackberry will do this today...Thanks.

[dannyboy281]

no prob boss

[rixchakaz]

ok so I have my internet working on the BB good. Im stuck on the text thing.

[rixchakaz]

what is the best thing to do in setting up the sms. What has worked best and fastest for you danny??

[dannyboy281]

Originally Posted by rixchakaz

what is the best thing to do in setting up the sms. What has worked best and fastest for you danny??

i setup the text forwarding to my cell via from the sprint / nextel site entered my email address for gmail then downloaded the google mobile app to make be able to view my messages i dont like reply from gmail via the phone#@the providers name it takes to long to send out messages so i downloaded beejive and text in real time so there is no delay and the once a message is sent out the reply will come in through in beejive as well as gmail but you have to use the aol account for beejive not any other the reason being is when sending a message you have to put +1 then the phone # and then the person has to accept the message the bad thing is beejive costs $20 for the program and only this method only works with aol

[dannyboy281]

looks like you can also use instango and beejive to send and receive sms but with yahoo as your provider i here its faster and better than using aol just another option to keep in mind

[rideinthewaves]

i went to the sprint site it asked for a pin so i put my boost pin in and i hit the the regester button never asked for my sim or what phone i have. i have wifi and i cant down load mini opera via that or my computer i know im not stupid but right now im getting very frustrated! HELP!!!!

[dannyboy281]

Originally Posted by rideinthewaves

i went to the sprint site it asked for a pin so i put my boost pin in and i hit the the regester button never asked for my sim or what phone i have. i have wifi and i cant down load mini opera via that or my computer i know im not stupid but right now im getting very frustrated! HELP!!!!

try going to a coffee house or a area where they have free wifi you may need to set up your wifi connection its under manage connection then let me know if you get this up and running and get the bb browser to work via a wifi connection because i want to try an ota download for you its the easiest

[rideinthewaves]

I have wifi at home it works on my bb i finilly got mini opera on my bb but i still cant text without going through gmail i even tryed texting used the number@myboost,com and still havent got the text. now someone sid it i could find someone to give me the service books that i could get sms mms to work. my brother has sprint and my friend has nextel tried the sprint nothing happened. put my friend sim in my phone and sms recived texts but still cant sent then i let my phone die by mistake now i dont even get that oh this is a nightmare!

[supragtx]

damn..

7. Go to Options -> Advanced Options -> Host Routing Table -> BB Menu key -> Register

i was doin so fine till this didnt com up...

any idea?!?!?!
it says no entires

:/

[allman1967]

I have a Blackberry Curve and all my text messages are coming in encrypted. what the heck is going on? Can anyone help?

[dannyboy281]

Originally Posted by rideinthewaves

I have wifi at home it works on my bb i finilly got mini opera on my bb but i still cant text without going through gmail i even tryed texting used the number@myboost,com and still havent got the text. now someone sid it i could find someone to give me the service books that i could get sms mms to work. my brother has sprint and my friend has nextel tried the sprint nothing happened. put my friend sim in my phone and sms recived texts but still cant sent then i let my phone die by mistake now i dont even get that oh this is a nightmare!

"but you before you can do this you have to set up sms forwarding to your phone the instructions for that are on page one post #1 on the boostberry work arounds"

did you set up forwarding to your gmail account?