You saved me so much agony!
My password consisted of 4 Numbers. FOR EXAMPLE, let's say my password was 1234 (just typing in the numbers, not pressing 'alt'). If I was on the computer, I may type in "1234" and it would be WRONG. If I was on my phone, it would show me the password as wers (because W is 1 on the keyboard, 2 is E etc...). SO...my password, and I didn't realize it till (Thank goodness) on the VERY LAST try was NOT the numbers as I thought it was, but rather was the letters that corresponded to these numbers.
==> That's exactly what happened to me! I always thought my password consisted of 4 numbers until I hooked up my blackberry to my computer with a USB cable and my computer asked me for my password. I kept typing the 4 numbers on my computer but kept getting the message that it was incorrect. I switched over to my phone and suddenly, instead of the usual asterisks, it was showing actual letters. I typed the 4 numbers and again, it said it was incorrect and kept asking me to type "blackberry" to proceed. Before I knew it, I was down to my final attempt. How scary it was to get that warning everything will be wiped out if I don't put in the correct password. What was I supposed to do when I have been typing the correct 4 numbers all nine times? That is when I found your post. My password had never been numbers at all! I typed in alphabets corresponding to the numbers and voila. Finally, my blackberry unlocked at my last attempt.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!