I have a large memory card in my blackberry, with tons of space. My phone has recently malfunctioned and I am getting my warranty replacement. I have a TON of things on my BB, what can I save to my memory card to save. And how for some? I know my picturesn ringtones and general 'media' is saved but what else can I save? Messages? Contacts? Apps? Themes? Bookmarks? Or are there any tricks anyone can think of?
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Only media can be stored on the media card. Music, videos, pictures, downloaded ringtones. That's it. Everything else you can backup using DM, or the "Backup 3rd Party Apps" procedure. You can restore everything to your new BB.
DM is desktop manager. A windows program that communicates with your BB using USB. It has a backup/restore function to backup all data on your BB and later restore. There is also a device switch wizard that allows you to transfer everything from one BB to another. I've never used it so I'm not sure how well it works.
"Back up 3rd party apps" is a standard procedure for backing up and saving 3rd party apps on your BB. It is recommended to do this as a general backup and before updating your BB in the event of a crash.
Only media can be stored on the media card. Music, videos, pictures, downloaded ringtones. That's it. Everything else you can backup using DM, or the "Backup 3rd Party Apps" procedure. You can restore everything to your new BB.
Mostly correct as the items wnm listed are the only ones the phone can access.
However, it is a memory card and as such can be used to store anything you
could normally store on a standalone card. That includes documents, your
OS, backup files and DM installation file. Those last three are very helpful from
a redundancy standpoint or if your phone craps out while traveling. If you have
access to a PC you can be back up and running in no time.
Yes. From the standpoint of swapping phones, the SD card would only be good for media. I agree that it's good practice to carry a BB rescue kit on your SD card along with a USB adapter (if necessary). Never know when you need to reload the OS in a pinch.
