Originally Posted by
chrisy520 i picked up my BB and entered the password incorrectly, which i do at times. i have my attempts set at 5. No big deal. i only entered it wrong once.
After entering the incorrect password my device prompted me to enter 'blackberry. ' Never happened before but since i've been on cb a few months i knew this happened right before a wipe.
i pulled the battery, tried to enter my correct pw, not 'blackberry' (it showed what i was typing, not ***).
Eventually i just accepted it and typed 'blackberry' thinking my device would wipe. It didn't though. It then said to enter my password 3/5 attempts.
i did and got in fine. Why did this happen? i thought that only happened after all attempts are used up and tying 'blackberry' wipes it?
A glitch? New security. i downloaded a new app for netflix. Could that cause it? i'm paranoid now that it's some phishing scheme. Is that possible?
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Typing blackberry doesn't trigger a wipe unless you manually activate the wipe..Options > Security Options > General Settings > Menu > Wipe HH. When at the password prompt, the wrong password on the last attempt triggers the wipe, not typing blackberry.
When you have it set to 5, it will ask you to type blackberry after 2 wrong attempts and again after the 3rd and 4th wrong attempts. It does this as a type of fail safe in case the keys get pressed accidentally, like while in your pocket or purse. When it asks you to type blackberry, it does not count it as an attempt.
So in your case, the wrong password had already been entered once, hence the 3/5 it showed you after typing blackberry.
hth,
e.n.
Typing blackberry doesn't trigger a wipe unless you manually activate the wipe..Options > Security Options > General Settings > Menu > Wipe HH. When at the password prompt, the wrong password on the last attempt triggers the wipe, not typing blackberry.
and forget my password
