[nathan93]

hi i have my blackberry pearl 8220 pw protected and i did the pw so many times to see what happened and it wiped the phone and removed the pw is there a way of stopping this as if lost someone could do this and have a free phone as pw wouldnt be needed

[hootyhoo]

The psaword feature was designed to erase sensitive data. So it sounds like it worked just like it was supposed to. It doesn't destroy hardware as far as I know. So the best you can do is report the phone lost/stolen and the carrier will block MEID so that the phone can't be activated for service.

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[Coruptyed]

My suggestion wont work just check again.

[Reed McLay]

http://forums.crackberry.com/f3/how-...-tries-230095/

This technique can be used to change the number of tries before it gets wiped.

Although you cannot set this value to infinite - it does allow you to change it to 255 tries. Anyone whole stole your phone will be seriously confused long before they reach that value. ...

[dchawk81]

It's better to give someone a free phone than access to your sensitive information.

[Coruptyed]

http://forums.crackberry.com/f3/how-...-tries-230095/

This technique can be used to change the number of tries before it gets wiped.

thanks for the link reed didnt know you could do this

[nathan93]

thanks for help but wouldnt it be better if it just erased data and not the pw

[Reed McLay]

If you are under BES with the correct IT policy in place, the phone gets wiped to a blank state with a JVM 513 error. The thief can not rebuild it because it still prompts for the password.

[Bond J]

It's better to give someone a free phone than access to your sensitive information.

I second that!