02-08-09 03:56 PM
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  1. hlkleve's Avatar
    hlkleve
    I am new to my BB Curve and I had set a password on my bb, because I have 3 very nosy kids and they attempted to figuire out my password and failed. When I seen my bb it displayed "wiping". What is my BB all wiping out?? Will I lose everything? Contacts, email? Help!
    02-08-09 09:42 AM
  2. skullgame45's Avatar
    skullgame45
    Yup you lost everything! It gives you a certain amount of tries to get the password right, then it'll wipe everything if tries are failed. So say you lose your BB, someone finds it and tries different passwords, when it fails and wipes, the thief doesn't have access to your personal info. Just a safety feature!

    You should ground your kids! j/k

    Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
    02-08-09 09:48 AM
  3. FightClub's Avatar
    FightClub
    Hope you made a backup
    02-08-09 09:52 AM
  4. Heresy's Avatar
    Heresy
    If you had a backup you'll be ok. If not its gonna be just like it came out of the box.
    02-08-09 09:53 AM
  5. gbadude's Avatar
    gbadude
    Is there a way to turn off that feature?

    Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
    02-08-09 09:55 AM
  6. Heresy's Avatar
    Heresy
    options/security options/general settings/diable password.
    02-08-09 10:39 AM
  7. hlkleve's Avatar
    hlkleve
    Another problem it wont go off the reset screen? It just says error and then reset? Thanks for all your help! Oh and don't worry they are grounded!!!
    02-08-09 12:23 PM
  8. Heresy's Avatar
    Heresy
    Ut oh...follow the link in my signature on recover a nuked device.
    02-08-09 12:40 PM
  9. Username00089's Avatar
    Username00089
    Uh oh. This is why I always recommend to people on here to do a full backup whenever possible. I do a full backup almost everyday. Only takes about 2 minutes to backup. The restore takes about 5-10 minutes. Well worth the time.
    02-08-09 12:45 PM
  10. kvaughan's Avatar
    kvaughan
    Originally Posted by gbadude
    Is there a way to turn off that feature?

    Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
    You can turn off the password feature, you can't turn off the wipe after failed password attempts.
    02-08-09 01:03 PM
  11. ausch's Avatar
    ausch
    Hopefully you made a back up lately. If you did, just plug it in to DM and restore it back on there.
    02-08-09 01:52 PM
  12. rw6497's Avatar
    rw6497
    I would so draw blood outa dem bugas
    02-08-09 02:37 PM
  13. Duane.Baxter's Avatar
    Duane.Baxter
    Does backing up your information to your desktop manager save contacts from your address book? Just curious, I was thinking of making a spreadsheet with all my contacts because I have lost them one time already... (I lost them on another phone, not my blackberry)
    02-08-09 03:52 PM
  14. FightClub's Avatar
    FightClub
    Originally Posted by Duane.Baxter
    Does backing up your information to your desktop manager save contacts from your address book?
    Indeed it does (unless you deselected it under advanced).
    02-08-09 03:56 PM
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