I think there are two ways... first open your Calendar and look for a Red dash (which is an Alarm) either later today or tomorrow... I think it displays this for an Alarm in the next 24 hours.
Next open your Clock... you can have an Alarm set on there... Menu > Set Alarm... be sure this is set to off if you don't want an alarm.
Good call Clint... and just in case you are not sure what a battery pulls is... leave the device on, pull the battery, leave it out 20 seconds, put in back in, wait 2-3 minutes for it to boot up.
Thanks for directions on the battery pull- I will try the battery pull. Did not see anything in the clock settings- alarm is off.
What displays is a little box that seems like something is updated and will display and disappear almost every 15-20 seconds.
Sorry for all the questions- very new to all this stuff.
Sounds like you are describing the Blackberry Hourglass... that just means it's busy trying to do something... if that happens more often you might do a battery pull also, but typically I do a battery pull about once a week to keep my 8900 running well.
Thank you very much! So, is the blackberry hourglass normal? Also, should I do a battery pull each week, would that help?
I appreciate your comments- thanks.
The BB Hourglass will happen... is it normal? Some say yes, some say no... it does mean your small computer called an 8900 Curve is doing something... you should not see it too often, but the more you play with your device the more you might see it... my recommendation is to always be sure you are closing or exiting from all your apps... there are only 5 apps that should be running on a Blackberry at any given time... those are Browser, Call Log, Home Screen, Messages, and Messenger... you can check these in more current OS versions by holding down the Menu key for a couple seconds, the old way is to use the Alt-esc key (hold down the Alt key and press the esc/return key just to the right of the trackball).
As far as rebooting every week... that's up to you... play it by ear and if it needs it that often, by all means do it... if it's every 10-15 or 20 days, then that is what you need or want to do.
