- Both post above are mistyped. Just confirmed and its:
file:/accounts/1000/shared
Which will forward you to:
file:///accounts/1000/shared
You can also just type the one above with 3 /// and you go straight to it.
Best thing to do is add a bookmark to your home screen and then you have a file browser shortcut with your apps.10-01-11 06:25 PMLike 0 - To see this list with pictures, go to TheAllBlog: BlackBerry PlayBook Tips and Tricks
BlackBerry PlayBook tablet - Manuals and Guides
OS Tips:- Mute - Hold the "Play/Pause" Button.
- Hard Reset - Press and Hold the Power Button along with the Volume Up and Down Buttons.
- Show Status Bar from Inside App - Swipe diagnally from either top corner.
Tap the Battery icon in the Status Bar to bring up options to "Turn off/Stand By/Restart" your PlayBook - If you hold the uppercase button on the keyboard, it will border it blue, now you can type everything uppercase.
- Besides tapping in a text field to bring up the keyboard, you can bring it up anytime, any app, by swiping up from the bottom left corner - basically where the little keyboard icon sits when the keyboard is up.
- By tapping the clock/date on the home screen you can bring up the calendar and then swiping up within the calendar takes you to the Date and Time screen in settings.
- Auto capitalization, periods, and spell check work in the bridged apps and Docs to Go. Possibly a hint at whats to come system wide.
- Your PlayBook must be powered on in order to charge it.
- Wake Up Your PlayBook - Swipe from Bezel to opposite Bezel (Left to Right, Right to Left, Top to Bottom, or Bottom to Top)
- To Move or Delete an App, press and hold the App's icon for a couple seconds until it starts to pulse.
- While Bridged: In an email, double tap a link and it will be opened in the browser
Media Tips:- Screen Capture - Press Volume Up and Volume Down simultaneously.
- A quick way to crop an image is to zoom in on the image how you want it cropped and take a screen shot of the zoomed in image.
- Push and hold the volume up or down key to skip forward or back through your media.
- While watching a Video, you can pinch-to-zoom to zoom in on the video while it is still playing.
Watch a demo on how to sync media with your PC
Browser Tips:- Open a link in a new tab. Press and hold a link and a menu appears.
- If your in the browser and your trying to enter a address that doesnt end in ".com", you can press the ".com" button and hold it - this will bring up a menu with the following extensions that you can select: ".net", ".org", ".edu", ".gov", ".ca", and ".biz".
- Double tapping Flash objects such as videos (youtube or embedded videos) or games makes them go full screen.
- To add a bookmark to your PlayBook Homescreen, press and release the "add bookmark" icon (white star with the + sign). Choose Add to Home Screen, enter a name for the shortcut and you're done.
- To access local files on your PB, type "file:\\\accounts\1000\shared" into the browser.
- Double tap an area of the screen to zoom in on that section. Double tap again to zoom out to the full page.
App World Tips:- Pull up the keyboard and type "r, s, t" to clear the cache in App World
If you are experiencing Bridge issues, please try the following:
- Delete Bluetooth pairs on both the BlackBerry Smartphone and the PlayBook
- Go to Options
- Go to Network and Connections
- Go to Bluetooth Connections
- Press the menu key and choose MAP Options
- Uncheck all options under Message Services
- Press the Back button and choose to Save
- Within the Bluetooth Connections screen, press the menu key
- Select Options
- Under Serial Port Profile, uncheck everything but Data Transfer
- Press the Back button and choose Save
After going through these steps, please restart both the BlackBerry Smartphone and the PlayBook then attempt to use BlackBerry Bridge again.
Transfer Files to PB 5x Faster:
Copying files via wi-fi sharing to the playbook typically chugs along at close to 1MB/sec.
Downloading files in the browser runs much faster (5+ MB/sec).
Any files placed in the media share are picked up by the media library (music, photo, video apps). This includes the downloads folder.
So if you happen to have a web-server running on your Mac or PC, you can just make your large media files available via the web server then tap&hold on files to "save link as".
Files will download to the device close to 5x faster via this method.
You can move files around in your wi-fi share afterwards (ie. from downloads/ to videos/) if you want without incurring a copy penalty.
While this may not be terribly convenient for copying multiple files, you can always make a .zip of the files and hunt around for an unzip app. If there isn't one out there yet, you can bet there will be.
Of course, by then the wi-fi sharing may be running at full speed
How to import security certificates on the BlackBerry PlayBook
Please complete the following steps to import and use security certificates on the BlackBerry� PlayBook™:
Connect the BlackBerry PlayBook to a computer using a USB cable
If it hasn't already been completed, follow the steps on the PlayBook screen and the computer to install the drivers
On the PlayBook navigate to the Gear icon and select About
In the Information drop down list, select Network
3B. If this is the first time activating the device you will not be able to get the IP address from the PlayBook. Connect the PlayBook to your PC and open the BlackBerry Device Manager. The BlackBerry Device Manager will list the IP address of the PlayBook you can use to access it.
Copy either the IPv4 address listed under USB or Wireless
On a Windows� computer, open the Run dialog box and type \\127.1.1.1 (where 127.1.1.1 should be replaced with the actual IP address of the BlackBerry PlayBook)
On a Mac computer, select Go -> Connect to Server... and type smb://127.1.1.1 (where 127.1.1.1 should be replaced with the actual IP address of the BlackBerry PlayBook)
Copy the certificate file to the certs share on the BlackBerry PlayBook
Touch the Gear icon in the top right hand corner of the PlayBook and select Security
Within the Security menu, select Certificates
Touch the Import button in the bottom right corner
Select the certificate to be imported and touch Next
Select the Class and which certificate store(s) to import the certificate into
The certificate will now be available when creating a VPN profile, Wi-Fi� profile, or when a accessing a secure website
KB26515-How to import security certificates on the BlackBerry PlayBook10-02-11 11:51 PMLike 0 - I am having a small problem with my playbook. we got it and paired it with my husbands blackberry b/c i didnt have my blackberry yet. now i got one. now i am trying to pair my blackberry with playbook. pairs fine. icons light up, but when i touch an icon to open one it is not opening. I touch the bridge icon and it says to disconnect or unlock. i press unlock but it is still not letting me open my icons. can we use blackberry bridge with 2 different blackberrys or is it forever attached to his blackberry? can we delete his phone off the list to connect? I need some guidance please?10-05-11 07:04 PMLike 0
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Also, some small tips that have probably been mentioned, but you can move the small icons at the top right with your finger(wifi, bluetooth, orientation...etc). You can charge the playbook using a usb cable or BB charger (slow but does work), and you can speed up the browser by turning off flash and javascript in the browser options if you are not going to use them.10-12-11 12:02 AMLike 0 - How is this done? I don't seem to be able to do this.
Last edited by anastasiophan; 10-14-11 at 09:29 AM.
10-12-11 10:15 AMLike 0 - Not sure if this tip is here but.
TURN OFF JAVASCRIPT on the browser and your browsing speed goes way up! You can also turn off flash if the stuff your browsing doesn't use it. You will get another speed boost.
Keep wifi off at all times unless you need it. Its a battery leak. I think an os update should fix that tho...10-16-11 12:57 AMLike 0 - Is there any way to click on several pictures, for example, to send as email attachments, or do you have to add them one at a time?10-17-11 06:39 AMLike 0
- You should be able to do this. I have the latest version of the OS installed and even yesterday, using Yahoo Mail I sent an e-mail from my PlayBook and selected a few pictures at once to send as attachments.10-17-11 06:48 AMLike 0
- Yes, but how? When I click on a second picture, the first check disappears. I'm sure there's a way. How did you do it?10-17-11 09:13 AMLike 0
- I had my PB bridged to my 9900 and clicked a link for an App World app on the PB browser and it opened App World on my BB. I didn't try to duplicate it yet, maybe it was a one time deal. I guess it could be useful in certain circumstances.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com10-18-11 01:16 AMLike 0 - I had my PB bridged to my 9900 and clicked a link for an App World app on the PB browser and it opened App World on my BB. I didn't try to duplicate it yet, maybe it was a one time deal. I guess it could be useful in certain circumstances.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com10-18-11 02:17 AMLike 0 -
now you can do whatever you like...leave it on, off or charge while rocking your PB...it doesnt matter10-18-11 02:19 AMLike 0 - I am having a small problem with my playbook. we got it and paired it with my husbands blackberry b/c i didnt have my blackberry yet. now i got one. now i am trying to pair my blackberry with playbook. pairs fine. icons light up, but when i touch an icon to open one it is not opening. I touch the bridge icon and it says to disconnect or unlock. i press unlock but it is still not letting me open my icons. can we use blackberry bridge with 2 different blackberrys or is it forever attached to his blackberry? can we delete his phone off the list to connect? I need some guidance please?
dont forget to have bridge app installed on your own bb and have your bb also paired with the PB before you initiate bridging
hola if you need more help10-18-11 02:31 AMLike 0 - Superfly_FRRetired Moderator
(, provided that the "alt" parameter of any image of the site is currently ... hum ...)10-18-11 03:55 AMLike 0 - I really didn't do anything special. I logged in to my Yahoo mail (the actual website mail.yahoo.com) and started to compose an email. I hit the 'Attach Files' button and it took me to My Documents. I hit pictures and just selected the pictures I want. Notice in the pictures I have attached I selected 5 pictures. I am not sure if this only works with yahoo mail...10-18-11 08:56 AMLike 0
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- I have added a few os 2 beta tips and will add more about bridge and android apps when im home from my business trip sometime tomorrow.10-19-11 11:49 PMLike 0
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