- This is probably Steve's subject, but let me chime in. I use pencil eraser to clean these points for the longest time I remember since I was kid. Just touch the tip and gently jiggle erasers. Eraser is actually harsh (I think) so I use it very gently, just enough to remove any "dirt" or grime. As to the battery part, which is slightly recessed, eraser still works but some kind of coarse cloth might be better. But then, there is always specially formulated electrical contact cleaner solution, which I believe Steve uses (he mentioned it a couple of times in his posts). I believe those gold plating on contacts are so thin that aggressive use of abrasives will easily remove the gold plating. But so far, this method worked every single time. Just use it very gently. Just a touch of it is probably enough to remove dirt.
The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.03-20-17 06:45 PMLike 0 -
There are other approximations to the 9900, and I've mulled over grabbing a Classic while I can still find one -- but the "ol' 99" is a unique experience. I use it almost every day for one thing or another, and it's hard to think about putting it in a drawer for anything else!idssteve likes this.03-20-17 09:31 PMLike 1 - Thanks for your post and details of the miscellaneous apps that you are using with your 9900.
I'm very interested in the Cloud Explorer app as I hadn't appreciated that it was possible to access G drive.
Could you expand a bit on its capabilities?
Similarly, I'm pleased to hear that Podtrapper is working for you.
Did you recently purchase that from BBW? I was a bit cautious about paying for that app as there's no evidence of activity on the developers website for several years.
As far as Podcaster goes, I loaded the latest version straight from the website & if you click on the "Purchase" link on the website you'll see this:
PodTrapper is no longer supported
Use the following key to register it: 1943BFF87134
So download the latest version from:
VersatileMonkey OTA Downloads
and enjoy! I still have to manually add the RSS feeds to the app, but it's been working fine so far. Hope that helps! Take care.
Steve, K4SQImushroom_daddy likes this.03-21-17 12:49 AMLike 1 - Wow!!! Interesting, and I was wondering about Spotify on the 9900 because I did DL it to the 99 but it just works so good on the iphone. Most of my apps are purely "social." Facebook and Twitter are still great and I don't miss the inbox for messages on the native FB app because I can just run desktop browser version, notifs even work for that. BBM was always great and Tune-in as well. I am just on the free version of TuneIn and it's great just off the 9900 but for some reason when I pair my Blackberry VM-605 I have some "Bitrate" issues. But no idea if that is SIM related. It shouldn't be I would assume because TuneIn is meant to run off wifi as well as data.
I guess I am sort of in your boat now Shuswap, I use the 99 around the house because I lost Whatsapp and AP news the last time I swapped sims and that "miffed" me a bit."
I LOVE the Screen Dim app I found because I find the lowest BB brightness setting of 10% way too bright, and now I can go to almost black if I want.
I'm going to stick with Spotify because you can find pretty much anything. Also there was a great article on Appy-Geek yesterday about how it is their first choice for best music app because chance are if you want a song you should find it. Also because even after 4 months, some brand new full albums get put on Spotify for free. With the exception of holdouts like Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift who pulled their music supposdly, because they weren't being paid there.
-sent from a beautiful Bold 9900
As far as TuneIn Pro goes, I usually buy it simply because I hate ads. LOL. Take care & again thanks for all the input in this thread. I've really enjoyed my 9900 since I picked it up.
Steve, K4SQI03-21-17 12:56 AMLike 0 -
- It does OK. See photo. Not great but the phone contacts themselves aren't anything resembling full width either. I've also been guilty of scraping with metal in a "do or die" pinch. Sometimes just gotta do what you gotta do. Lol.
Problem is the gold plating is very thin and gold is very soft. Scratches thru the gold plating will expose base material (Cu?) to oxygen and potential corrosion. I have access to literally hundreds of JM1s and consider them consumable supplies. (NOT for tax purposes, tho. Lol) Even so, a conductive protectant like Deoxit (and others) can help prevent oxidation of exposed surfaces.
In general, those felt tip pens do pretty good job but I still sometimes get a plastic, or even wooden toothpick involved. Sometimes wrapped with paper towel. Or? Paper can be pretty abrasive, also. BUT, like I said, JM1s are consumables for me. Fwiw.
BTW I just did a wifi call in Facebook messenger with a buddy who lives in the same building as me and it was very clear BUT every 10 seconds or so a word or two of his would cut out and it was pretty annoying. I remember that issue with BBM wifi calls when I actually did try it, but not often.
Yeah I don't think I won't be buying any special battery terminal cleaner for such a minor issue but maybe my contacts are pretty clean compared to yours
-sent from a beautiful Bold 990003-21-17 01:43 AMLike 0 - Hahah, I was not too precise, eh? :-)
I actually measured my pencil eraser and it was 5mm dia. It's a most commonly used pencil eraser. The one contained in my mechanical pencil has actually 3mm dia eraser.
Re the recess of the contact, I am sure it is just the contact place holder for the cheapest assembly. That way, there is no need to precisely cut the metal contact. A thin molded plastic is just fixing those contacts. But what do I know? It is just my guess. I cannot think mfr ever put any additional effort to put money in that cheaply assembled battery :-).
As for putting battery with loose metal etc, I NEVER EVER do that for the precise reason you mentioned. I seldom carry spare batteries, but when I do, I wrap it with plastic wrap, paper or small plastic bag etc. I never expose its contacts to other metallic objects. Inadvertent short circuiting might cause all sorts of troubles from just draining of juice to fire.
The recess is not at all deep enough in the first place to avoid any contact with other metals when mixed with them in pocket or other small compartment.
-sent from a beautiful Bold 990003-21-17 01:46 AMLike 0 - I've noticed several times when playing music via Bluetooth on my 9900 it'll stutter depending on what's going on in the background. While using headphones, I haven't had that problem. Today I picked up Baamboo Player Premium w/ a couple of Skins. Spent a couple of hours jamming & it didn't miss a beat. I'll give it a shot w/ Bluetooth tomorrow & let you know how it works. I also spent some more time using Spotify. It worked well while streaming several albums as well. I have a month to decided if I want to keep using it. ;-)
As far as TuneIn Pro goes, I usually buy it simply because I hate ads. LOL. Take care & again thanks for all the input in this thread. I've really enjoyed my 9900 since I picked it up.
Steve, K4SQI
TuneIn Pro, how much is PRO and is it a one time payment or like Spotify where it is $10 every month?
Thanks for contributing as well!
-sent from a beautiful Bold 990003-21-17 01:50 AMLike 0 -
-sent from a beautiful Bold 990003-21-17 02:14 AMLike 0 - Holy Man Steve that looks like the most used battery I have ever seen in my life hahaha! Mine look brand new in comparison
BTW I just did a wifi call in Facebook messenger with a buddy who lives in the same building as me and it was very clear BUT every 10 seconds or so a word or two of his would cut out and it was pretty annoying. I remember that issue with BBM wifi calls when I actually did try it, but not often.
Yeah I don't think I won't be buying any special battery terminal cleaner for such a minor issue but maybe my contacts are pretty clean compared to yours
-sent from a beautiful Bold 9900
Interestingly, coworkers all agree that some of the roughest looking JM1s are the ones we grab from chargers on the breakroom table... the battle scars seem to indicate that they have been working. Too often, I grab a pretty looking "new" one just to have it fall on its face. Go figure.
We have a recycle jar, also in the breakroom, where misbehaving JM1s collect. Some, in that jar, are frighteningly abused. A couple are visibly bent! Fully 1/4, or more, of them look to be brand new! Lol.
Again, in the name of safety, all should keep in mind that JM1s should NOT share pocket space with keys, change, etc. !!!
As to voip, do you think the lost words might be sharing bandwidth with a large email
attachment, or something?03-21-17 05:54 AMLike 0 - CloudExplorer for OneDrive/Google Drive both work fine on my 9900. They look/work identical, but only for the respected service. I've used them to copy files back & forth w/ no problems. I even had two-factor authentication setup on my accounts. I'm just getting off work, but in the morning I can post a few screenshots if you like.03-21-17 08:27 AMLike 0
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Probably shouldn't be surprised, idsteve does have a proven track record for rough handling his 9900's
My JM1's are just as squeaky-clean as the day they arrived but I do 'handle with kid gloves' – can't hep worrying that sooner or later there will not be any JM1s left to replace a damaged battery03-21-17 08:37 AMLike 0 - CloudExplorer for OneDrive/Google Drive both work fine on my 9900. They look/work identical, but only for the respected service. I've used them to copy files back & forth w/ no problems. I even had two-factor authentication setup on my accounts. I'm just getting off work, but in the morning I can post a few screenshots if you like. :-)
As far as Podcaster goes, I loaded the latest version straight from the website & if you click on the "Purchase" link on the website you'll see this:
PodTrapper is no longer supported
Use the following key to register it: 1943BFF87134
So download the latest version from:
VersatileMonkey OTA Downloads
and enjoy! I still have to manually add the RSS feeds to the app, but it's been working fine so far. Hope that helps! Take care.
Steve, K4SQI
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalkidssteve and Berry Happy 2 like this.03-21-17 09:27 AMLike 2 - For me the Bold 9900 has became both a home & work device lately. After a few more app purchases, I've been able "lessen" my need to carry my Priv or a BB10 device. I always have to carry my iPhone 6s which is my "work" phone, but for the most part, I can now almost do everything on my 9900. Here's a list of some of the apps I've been using the last few weeks on my 9900:
Cloud Explorer for OneDrive/Google Drive
VNC
Forseti RDP Windows Client
BBSSH/Rove Mobile SSH
Tapatalk
Google Authenticator for all my 2FA accounts
Mobipocket/Kindle App for E-Books
PodTrapper
WhatsApp
Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn apps
iSilo
eWallet sync'ed to my desktop
KeePass
PhotoStudio Pro
BBM of course!
Police Radio Scanner
TuneIn Radio Pro
AT&T Navigator
eBay
Just to name a few. I also picked up Trillian last night for $0.99 in the app market. It works much better than IM+ Pro btw for Instant Messaging. It actually stays connected. :-) Two downfalls. The font is small. You can't change it, and I couldn't create my "Trillian" account on my 9900. I created it on my Priv & then was able to log in w/ the account on the 9900. After that, all my IM accounts started right up. I need to be able to use Google Talk, AIM, & ICQ. Trillian has worked great so far & for me well worth the $1! Now, I couldn't get the AP News app to work since you mentioned it & I tried UberSocial last night & wasn't able to log in to my twitter account as well. I'll give it a shot later. Also since you guys mentioned Spotify a while back, I finally re-added Premium to my account. It's been ages since I used Spotify. I loved it back in the days I used my webOS devices. I loaded it up on my 9900 & all my old playlists came right up! I played some music for a couple of hours the other night, but I don't think I'll keep using the service. I've already loaded up 20+ gigs of music on my sdcard & TuneIn Radio Pro takes care of the rest really. :-)
As a side note, I did a couple of sim swaps last week. First was to try out the latest BBM update on Android. Everything updated just fine & the app does work well, but after using BBM on the 9900, I just enjoy using the app as much. Secondly, I also moved over to my Classic for 48 hrs. It'd been a few months since I used my Classic as a daily driver. I found BBM slow/sluggish on the device. Chats were slow to load up, I was missing several Channel updates, etc. My Classic is running the latest 10.3.3.x w/ a clean install. I also noticed some of my email accounts were slow to get email. So, my sim card went back in the 9900 & that's where it's staying. I get the added bonus of being able to get my work email over BIS and everything else is working 100%. Hope everyone has a great week! Take care!
Steve, K4SQI
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalkmushroom_daddy likes this.03-21-17 09:32 AMLike 1 -
I also worry about the cost of apps on the 9900 & the lack of support by some developers, but if it's something I know I can get use out of, I'll take the risk. LOL. Hope that helps. Take care.
Steve, K4SQImushroom_daddy likes this.03-21-17 10:49 AMLike 1 - Ya definately I would like to know about how well ANYTHING Bluetooth works with the 9900 because I seem to be having some minor issues.
TuneIn Pro, how much is PRO and is it a one time payment or like Spotify where it is $10 every month?
Thanks for contributing as well!
-sent from a beautiful Bold 9900
Steve, K4SQI03-21-17 10:55 AMLike 0 -
Steve, K4SQIidssteve likes this.03-21-17 11:00 AMLike 1 - Welcome to the group! :-) I've only had my 9900's a little over a month now. Long time BB10 user but recently decided to give the 9900 a try. It's been a lot of fun seeing what I can get it to do compared to BB10/Android/iOS which I also have multiple devices of each platform. It's ironic in some cases it that BBOS 7.x outshines BB10 in several areas to me. Not that I want anyone to think I'm hating on BB10. LOL. I love all my BB10 devices as well. I even break out one of my PlayBook's on occasion. Take care.
Steve, K4SQI03-21-17 12:50 PMLike 0 - I couldn't understand why there was so much interest in cleaning those battery contacts, but now I see that photo and the state of your JM1 – I get it!
Probably shouldn't be surprised, idsteve does have a proven track record for rough handling his 9900's
My JM1's are just as squeaky-clean as the day they arrived but I do 'handle with kid gloves' – can't hep worrying that sooner or later there will not be any JM1s left to replace a damaged battery
Any device that can survive 5+yrs of my company's abuse must be called robust.03-21-17 01:11 PMLike 0 - Hmm I like that Kevin pulled out his famous white 9900 to compare to the K1 but we didn't get a "side by side" comparison like the others. I was kinda curious about the keyboard size comparing both.
03-21-17 04:25 PMLike 0 -
Yes that may very well be, while I was on the wi-Fi call I heard faint notifications through the earpiece so I know I was getting probably Twitter notifications or something. Every time I get a Twitter notification and also goes to my email inbox. Double Whamie.03-21-17 05:44 PMLike 0
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