Hallo, hopefully somebody had a similar problem to be able to help.
About 3 weeks ago I received an email saying RAM enhancement, make your BB run faster, or similar.
I was never able to open the message, I actually deleted it. Since that day there is a Gold Start on the messages display and the message comes back evey few days.
I am not sure which of the 4 email accounts is receiving the email, because as said cannot open it, it actually appears in the main Message folder and not on the individual ones.
Thanks for your reply,
never installed any booster actually. As I said can see the email that generated the "star" but cannot open it/reply to it/see sending address....only delete. But the star stays............
Can you still find the message in your messages folder? Usually by deleting that, it will remove the star as well. Not sure why you're getting it... Wish I could help more.
meske,
Thanks for your reply, it is extremely funny as the star stays even when I delete the message.
The message comes back after 2-3 days.............
My 9810 got the same star message with a weird sound. I can delete it but the star remains oh and if I pull the battery the message reappears. Its been on my phone about a week and can't open it lol wonder what it says
I had this a couple of days ago as well, and it took me a while to find the solution.
What worked for me was:
-Press and hold the BlackBerry button
-Select "Messages"
-hit the BlackBerry button, and select "View Folder"
-scroll down to "WAP push messages"
-The message was in that folder. I deleted it and the star went away.
Nope I went through every folder and can't find it lol maybe I'll pull the batt and let it reappear and go looking again that star is starting to bug me.
When you highlight/click on the notifications (where the star is), do you get any clue as to what it is?
It sounds like you are getting PIN spammed. Someone has your PIN (probably by a lucky guess) and is sending you PIN messages which is like BBM, but they go to your messages folder (normally appearing in RED). If this is what is happening, you can block them by going into options/security/firewall - Enabling the firewall and choosing to block PIN. If you do get actual messages from people you know, you can choose at the bottom to allow by contact and/or a specific list you enter.
The STAR notification is there because you are essentially being spammed from a company
called AppsForBB.
If you have installed any of their apps and want this notification gone and never to return, follow
the instructions in POST #7 and then completely uninstall any app(s) you have from this company.
There must be more than one app maker that is responsible for this annoyance. I do not have any of those AppsForBB apps on my list (installed or even uninstalled) and I still rec'd the "yellow star of frustration"
Thank you very much lol. I clicked the link you have there and saw battery saver app deleted it (forgot I had it) and all is well star is gone. Thanks again you guys rock
There must be more than one app maker that is responsible for this annoyance. I do not have any of those AppsForBB apps on my list (installed or even uninstalled) and I still rec'd the "yellow star of frustration"
I wish I could help you more but that is the only vendor I know of that does that. I'll look around
and see if there is another. Or someone else will come along with some insight. Hang in there.
There must be more than one app maker that is responsible for this annoyance. I do not have any of those AppsForBB apps on my list (installed or even uninstalled) and I still rec'd the "yellow star of frustration"
Follow up: Have you by chance installed a free game called Metrix.
This may also be a culprit.
Last edited by amazinglygraceless; 06-14-12 at 02:28 PM.
My guesses are one of the following Apps:
Globe News
FlightAware Flight Tracker
Cool Tip Calculator
OurGroceries Shopping List
QR Code Scanner Pro - Free
Smart Lock : Slide to Lock - Free
I really haven't put a lot of apps on my phone, so that should narrow the list down.
For me, the yellow star of frustration has not reappeared since I got rid of it last week, so I guess I am one of the lucky ones (I have since deleted FlightAware, so maybe that was the one)
I really haven't put a lot of apps on my phone, so that should narrow the list down.
For me, the yellow star of frustration has not reappeared since I got rid of it last week, so I guess I am one of the lucky ones (I have since deleted FlightAware, so maybe that was the one)
That is possible though I cannot say for sure. Glad you got rid of the annoyance though.
Just curious however, is that a complete list of third party apps you installed, including those
that have since been deleted?
That is possible though I cannot say for sure. Glad you got rid of the annoyance though.
Just curious however, is that a complete list of third party apps you installed, including those
that have since been deleted?
No, it was not a complete list. This is the complete list:
Globe News
FlightAware Flight Tracker (has since been uninstalled)
Canada Post Corporation (has since been uninstalled)
Cool Tip Calculator
OurGroceries Shopping List
QR Code Scanner Pro - Free
Smart Lock : Slide to Lock - Free
Burlington Post
Canadian Tire
Cineplex Mobile
Crackberry Forums
Free Basic Red OS7 theme
GO mobile
LCBO on the Go
Peggle
ScoreMobile for Blackberry
Shazam Encore
The Hamilton Spectator
The Hockey News
Twitter
Anything in common with anyone else that would suggest a culprit for the yellow star?
star is gone. Thanks again you guys rock