- I've bought dozens of BB World apps over the years and I'm thinking of ways to preserve them.
Haven't used Link in a very long time, but as I remember, it was possible to create a backup of a device and then selectively install the apps on another device you are restoring.
Would it be possible to download all of the apps I own, create a backup with Link and then even when BB World shuts down, selectively install apps as needed on my device?11-26-19 08:39 PMLike 0 -
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However, the protocol is really only used for file access by networking the internal memory so Windows can see it. Even without SMB v1 turned on, Link could still directly access the memory to run backup and restores. I did it several times on my Z10 before I found out about the whole SMB thing. I just couldn't read the internal memory as network drives in the Windows File Manager.
You could go and find, or set up a Windows 7 machine, but even it got a rare update - late last year, or earlier this year - that disabled SMB v1 by default.zer0ten likes this.11-26-19 10:29 PMLike 1 - Link works in Windows 10. I have it running just fine. But, you have to enable the SMB v1 protocol. MS turned it off by default in one of the feature updates back in 2017.
However, the protocol is really only used for file access by networking the internal memory so Windows can see it. Even without SMB v1 turned on, Link could still directly access the memory to run backup and restores. I did it several times on my Z10 before I found out about the whole SMB thing. I just couldn't read the internal memory as network drives in the Windows File Manager.
You could go and find, or set up a Windows 7 machine, but even it got a rare update - late last year, or earlier this year - that disabled SMB v1 by default.
Also, just curious, is Blend working these days? I absolutely loved that function back in the day. I could never find anything similar on Android or iOS that came close to similar functionality. BB was so tremendously ahead of their time with BB10. It's immensely frustrating that it was so rejected in the market.
Posted via CB1011-26-19 10:57 PMLike 0 - Link works in Windows 10. I have it running just fine. But, you have to enable the SMB v1 protocol. MS turned it off by default in one of the feature updates back in 2017.
However, the protocol is really only used for file access by networking the internal memory so Windows can see it. Even without SMB v1 turned on, Link could still directly access the memory to run backup and restores. I did it several times on my Z10 before I found out about the whole SMB thing. I just couldn't read the internal memory as network drives in the Windows File Manager.
You could go and find, or set up a Windows 7 machine, but even it got a rare update - late last year, or earlier this year - that disabled SMB v1 by default.zer0ten likes this.11-26-19 10:58 PMLike 1 - Thanks very much for the confident advice. Appreciate it greatly. Time to get Link downloaded and running again.
Also, just curious, is Blend working these days? I absolutely loved that function back in the day. I could never find anything similar on Android or iOS that came close to similar functionality. BB was so tremendously ahead of their time with BB10. It's immensely frustrating that it was so rejected in the market.
Posted via CB1011-26-19 11:07 PMLike 0 - Thanks very much for the confident advice. Appreciate it greatly. Time to get Link downloaded and running again.
Also, just curious, is Blend working these days? I absolutely loved that function back in the day. I could never find anything similar on Android or iOS that came close to similar functionality. BB was so tremendously ahead of their time with BB10. It's immensely frustrating that it was so rejected in the market.
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Posted via CB10zer0ten likes this.11-26-19 11:26 PMLike 1 -
- And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wifeLaura Knotek likes this.11-27-19 12:00 AMLike 1 -
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Posted via CB1011-27-19 07:45 AMLike 0 -
Here is an article with instructions:
https://windowscentral.com/how-acces...bv1-windows-10
It would be great if someone would test and document how to run Link on the current version of Windows 10. It's doable, but it involves some technical work. If it have time over the weekend, I may try it.
From the screen of my trusty Z10 using the exceptional BlackBerry VKB.11-27-19 07:57 AMLike 2 - I have been able to use Link on Windows 10, but it requires tweaking the SMBv1 protocol, which creates security issues, so it should only be done on a temporary, as needed basis, with the host computer disconnected from any networks.
From the screen of my trusty Z10 using the exceptional BlackBerry VKB.
Posted via CB10rarsen likes this.11-27-19 08:09 AMLike 1 - That’s how I feel most days. I miss the 80s of my youth and the future it promised... LMAO no refunds11-27-19 08:51 AMLike 0
- Darcy's BlackBerry Tools has the same functions as Link - and you don't need to enable SMB v1 for it to work properly. I think it's an awesome replacement for Link.
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Without SMB v1, Link can still connect to the phone, but will toss up the connection error message, too. That's the message that results in not being able to show how the memory is used (memory usage bar graph under the device information page) in the "Home" section of the device tab. Also, the Device Manager will show an error that it can't make the "network drives" - where it creates the Y and Z drives out of internal memory (Z:\) and SD card (Y:\), if you have one.
SMB is only used to make those drives so we can use the Windows File Manager for directly copying/moving files. And to manage files in Link if you use it for that.
The backup and restore function uses a more direct method that does not involve SMB, and is why that function still worked. It's that same direct method that Darcy's and Sachesi uses. Neither program had file managing capabilities, which is why lack of SMB v1 was never an issue for them.
If course, Link did, and still does, have other issues. There was the iTunes file name conflict from several years ago. Don't know if that could still happen. Also, every Windows 10 Feature update seems to break Link where you have to uninstall and reinstall it - like I had to do just this past week with the November update.11-27-19 09:40 AMLike 0 -
Posted via CB1011-27-19 10:05 AMLike 0 - I've bought dozens of BB World apps over the years and I'm thinking of ways to preserve them.
Haven't used Link in a very long time, but as I remember, it was possible to create a backup of a device and then selectively install the apps on another device you are restoring.
Would it be possible to download all of the apps I own, create a backup with Link and then even when BB World shuts down, selectively install apps as needed on my device?11-27-19 05:39 PMLike 0
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