9900:Resurgence of popularity!
Originally Posted by
RoscosDad QUESTION: So just got my 9900 delivered. I'm trying to set it up just on WIFI before I make the AT&T call. To deal with the Data and SIM switch issue. I've set up the phone but I can't do either of the following very important things:
1. Add email accounts
2. Get Desktop Manager to recognize my device.
Is this cause of old technology. Does activating email require the phone to be activated? Does Desktop Manager not recognize the device because it's not activated? My MacBook recognizes. The device charges and can be used as USB. But can't sync or be picked up by Desktop Manager.
Don't want to activate and burn a SIM just to find out I can get my contacts and media over ya know?
You can only do a few things off wifi but you will get SMS twitter alerts (as an example) without BIS if you set up your Twitter for text notifs, like I did. Basically for me the only alerts I got without BIS were the twitter alerts and when near wifi then the FB notifs kicked in too.
But as for emails you have to have BIS off the SIM card but try to send the service books if you are sure you have BIS enabled on your sim and you have tried everything else. Do you know how to do this?
As for setting up the 9900 it literally took me weeks/months to fine tune all the settings because there are a LOT. I think that is why the 9900 is never boring to myself or many others, there is always some setting I am still able to Google or ask in here about and the learning never seems to end.
Just curious about your email, are we talking about Gmail? Hotmail??
Don't have a Microsoft PC/MacBook so cannot advise on the rest.
9900:Resurgence of popularity!
Originally Posted by
RoscosDad Thx. Computer recognizes phone. Desktop Software doesn't. Shouldn't be the cable. BIS is long gone through AT&T so does that mean I can't set up email at all over AT&T network?
Ok just saw this post now, about no BIS.
Shuswap would know fo sho.
9900:Resurgence of popularity!
Just curious has anyone tried to re-activate their WhatsApp and can you tell me what happened? I did not delete the app but the last time I tried a couple of weeks ago it wouldn't recognize my number and said to get a more modern device LOL.
Any updates?
Also is your WhatsApp still working if you did not remove it and just kept going with it in the last month or so?
9900:Resurgence of popularity!
And yes someone was saying here not too long ago that all the major US carriers still have BIS but some of the employees at these carriers might not know about it or how to activate it.
Recently I had to have the service books sent to my BlackBerry and fortunately I got a girl at Rogers that remembers how to do this because she started five years ago and she said all she ever worked on were blackberries. I still wonder if I had anyone else, would even know what to do, I doubt it.
9900:Resurgence of popularity!
Well after two days now of trying I cannot get my contacts on the 9900. Not by email, SIM card, applications, software, anything. I am officially done. Add this 9900 to the drawer of smartphones.
1. BlackBerry 7100
2. BlackBerry 8703
3. BlackBerry Pearl 8130
4. BlackBerry 8830
5. BlackBerry Curve 9330
6. BlackBerry Bold 9650
7. BlackBerry Storm (PIECE OF SH*T)
8. BlackBerry Tour 9630
9. BlackBerry Torch 9850 (AMAZING)
10. BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 (Best EVER)
11. iPhone 4
12. iPhone 5
13. BlackBerry Z10
14. BlackBerry Q10
15. BlackBerry Z30
16. iPhone 5s
17. BlackBerry Passport
18. BlackBerry Classic
19. iPhone 6 (Space Gray)
20. BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9983
21. iPhone 6 (Gold)
22. BlackBerry PRIV (Android Fail 1)
23. iPhone 6s (Space Gray)
24. iPhone 6s (Gold)
25. iPhone 7
26. BlackBerry DTEK50 (Wanted to like)
27. BlackBerry Bold 9900 (just can't)
---------Back to iPhone 7
---------Resisting the Pixel