Bold Tips + Tricks

defsupreme · Thread Author #1 10-05-2008, 01:06 AM

I've just figured these out from playing around. They may be old, or new, but feel free to add on...

Music Control
During a song's playback, you can hold the volume button up or down to skip forward or back a song. This can be done at any screen.

N - Next Song (now playing screen)
P - Previous Song (now playing screen)
Mute Button - Mute Song
Space Bar - Stop / Play Music (in now playing screen)

Picture Viewing
R (3) - Zoom +
W (1) - Zoom -
S (4) - Pan Left
F (6) - Pan Right
E (2) - Pan Up
X (8) - Pan Down
L - Rotate Clockwise
N - Next Picture
P - Previous Picture

Clock
B - Enter Bedside Mode
S (4) - Stopwatch Mode
T - Timer

Hotspot Browser:
T - Scroll Up
Space - Scroll Down
U - Toggle Top Bar
V - Search For
R - Refresh
P - Page Properties
I - Zoom +
O - Zoom -
A - Add Bookmark
S (4) - Browser Options
D - Close Browser
H - Home
K - Bookmarks
Z - Toggle Text Sizing
C (9) - Connection Information
B - Scroll Down

Phone Information
ALT + Right Shift + H = Phone Information (Help Me!)

PvT · #2 10-05-2008, 01:36 AM

Some good Tip & Tricks here. Thanks for posting. Definitely a few that I don't see on my Tips and Tricks pocket guide

defsupreme · Thread Author #3 10-05-2008, 01:40 AM

thanks! i saw some of the browser hotkeys in the 101 guide, but that was after i posted this...

but, you get the idea! make sure to add on if you have any!

dgrover · #4 10-05-2008, 02:53 AM

Some More:

ALT-CAP-H is a help screen
ALT-CAP-DEL performs a reset (like taking out the battery)
ALT-L-G-L-G shows a log file
ALT-N-M-L-L Turns signal strength into numbers (and a second time to return to bars)
Pressing the LEFT Alt, Left Shift and H button will show your Vendor ID, Platform, App Version, PIN, IMEI, Uptime, Signal Strength, Battery Level, File Free and File Total

Enterprise Activation

ALT-CNFG In Options -> Advanced Options -> Enterprise Activation Settings for Enterprise Activation

Address Book

ALT-VALD In address book list Validate the data structure and look for inconsistencies

ALT-RBLD In address book list Force a data structure rebuild

Browser

ALT-RBVS Any HTML/WML webpage View web page source code

Calendar

ALT+VIEW Inside any Calendar item Show extra info for a Calendar event

SYNC Calendar app>Options Enable Calendar slow sync

RSET Calendar app>Options Will prompt for a reload of the calendar from the BES

RCFG Calendar app>Options Request BES configuration

SCFG Calendar app>Options Send device configuration

DCFG Calendar app>Options Get CICAL configuration

SUPD Calendar app>Options Enable detailed Cal. report for backup

SUPS Calendar app>Options Disable detailed Cal. report for backup

SUPN Calendar app>Options Disable Cal. report database

LUID Calendar app>Options Enable view by UID

SRSL Calendar app>Options Show Reminder status log

Messaging

ALT + V I E W For messages, displays the RefId and FolderId for that particular message. For PIM items, displays only the RefId.

Search Application

ALT-ADVM Search Application Enabled Advanced Global Search

MMS

MMSC Options -> MMS Show MMS hidden options

Home Screen

ALT-JKVV Home Screen Display cause of PDP reject

ALT + CAP + H Home screen Displays the Help Me screen

ALT + E A C E Home screen Displays the Help Me screen

ALT + E S C R Home Screen Displays the Help Me screen

ALT + N M L L Home screen Switches the signal strength from bars to a numeric value.

ALT + L G L G Home screen Displays the Java™ event log.

WLAN

ALT-SMON WLAN wizard screen Enable simulated Wizard mode

ALT-SMOF WLAN wizard screen Disable simulated Wizard mode

Theme

ALT-THMN Any menu Change to no theme (B&W)

ALT-THMD Any menu Change to default theme

Date/Time

LOLO Options -> Date/Time Show Network time values

SIM CARD

MEPD Options>Advanced options>SIM card Display MEP info

MEP1 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable SIM personalization

MEP2 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable Network personalization

MEP3 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable Network subset personalization

MEP4 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable Service provider personalization

MEP5 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable Corporate personalization

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Test Procedure
To perform a test using the hardware diagnostic tool on the BlackBerry smartphone, complete the following steps:

On the Home screen on the BlackBerry smartphone, Select Options / Status.
On the Status screen, TYPE test.
Note: On BlackBerry smartphones that support SureType® technology, use the multi-tap input method.
From the menu on the Device Self Test Application screen, select Start.
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defsupreme · Thread Author #5 10-05-2008, 12:10 PM

Cool! Thanks D!

jscottbarnes · #6 10-05-2008, 04:13 PM

Some good new ones here... thx

saeedemad · #7 03-31-2009, 12:40 PM

great
Good and new things
=))

dromero · #8 06-28-2009, 11:03 PM

very good information. Thank you.

Slvr03Cobra · #9 07-04-2009, 04:11 PM

very informative.. thanks

Aristotles · #10 07-30-2009, 03:25 AM

Very Nice!

dilipc · #11 07-30-2009, 04:16 AM

Now that's whey I love this site! Thanks!

Teddyp6 · #12 08-06-2009, 02:35 PM

Very nice tips here!

BDBOLD · #13 08-06-2009, 08:39 PM

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