Hi Everyone..Newbie but having a few probs..Help!!!

Hi and thanks for opening this thread to try and help me!!!

I am female so please be gentle with me.

I am new to the Blackberry phone and currently using a pearl 8120 and have a few questions to start with.........

1 how can i get my number showing to someone i am calling? its currently saying unknown number and i would like it to show my number.

2 how can i download my text messages onto a pc? the software that come with the phone there is no where to download them only upload music etc.

That is all for now and i am waiting patiently for anyone to help me.

Thanks in advance X

Hi & welcome to CB!

Go to options, advanced options, sim card then hit the menu key & select edit sim phone number, enter your number there then exit to save.

Don't think you can download sms to your pc.

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Welcome to CB, Miss.
I believe you can forward an SMS to an email address, but it's one at a time.

and we're always gentle.:)

Welcome to CB! :)

Chaz is right, call up the message you want to keep, hit the menu key and select forward as then select email.

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There is a PC software "ABC Amber IPD Converter" which read and extract your SMS from an *.ipd backup file. It is not free, but worth it in a pinch if needed.

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Wow Thankyou everyone for all the replies and welcoming me but...

Hazysky i did what you said and it still saying unknown number to the person i am calling.

Does anyone else have any ideas why it is doing it?

Thanks in advance XX

Welcome!!!!!
I usually do a batch email type thingo for sms.
I create a new email then copy and paste all the smss to the body using the enter key to leave a gap in between each.
it is very time consuming but travelling on the bus for 2 hours a day means i have the time.

Press the "phone" button
press menu
click options
click general options
set "restrict my identity" to "off"
set "show my number" to yes
enjoy!

i am going to blaspheme here but my nolia pc suite software allowed for linking to the pc for outlook sync and music/media transfer as does the DM.

But the suite also allowed for using the pc to read and transmit sms messages [via the phone] thus meaning at work i could simply connect to the pc and not touch the phone other than calls.

Software like this would be good.

is there a feature on the 8310 that allows me to see what apps are running at each time.

e.g. on my pc i can hold down Alt + Tab and it will show what apps are running and allow me to choose what i want.

This would be a good feature on the BB as it would mean i could ensure that apps are closed properly. I ask this cos i sometimes experienced leaving a browser open on my nokia and wanted to avoid that on my BB