8900 may be toast: has stopped responding to desktop manager.
Symptoms:
-Plug 8900 in to desktop with USB cable
-Enter PIN into desktop manager
-8900 Screen flashes arrow from desktop icon to BB icon (as normal)...
-...then everything hangs up
-No response from BB or Desktop Manager until I unplug it from USB
Background:
This has happened since I plugged my new 9700 in at the same time to migrate my data/settings. I was able to run a backup, but it just grabbed data from the new device (all 800k of it), not the ~10megs I had on my old device. When I plugged them both in, DM flashed a message that I cannot copy between the devices. I assume this is part of an IT policy, as the old 8900 is registered with BES.
What I've tried:
-Hard reboot of desktop and of blackberry
-reinstalled (newly-downloaded) desktop manager
-tried desktop manager on a different machine
What search turned up:
Three threads that suggested a DM reinstall.
Does anyone have a suggestion? This *looks* like a hardware problem, but just may be the BB trying to protect itself against what an IT policy prevents. Should I try registering the new device with the BES?
Edit:
Currently, my SIM is in the new device. Would it help to move it back over, hard reboot, then try? All I want is a backup of what's on there now to import into my new device. My last backup is from about 1 month ago.