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Press + hold "ALT" and press left shift will lock 'Num'.
To unlock, press either right, or left shift.. :-)Ursus Rufus likes this.09-07-16 06:05 PMLike 1 - Looks like Blackberry thought of everything when they built them
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using TapatalkUrsus Rufus likes this.09-07-16 06:12 PMLike 1 - They sure did ;-) I've got a note of this in my memo pad. Must've gotten it from some manual. Probably the old-style manual that doesn't seem to exist anymore, unfortunately.Ursus Rufus likes this.09-07-16 06:22 PMLike 1
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I am going to check out Accuweather. I don't recall ever using that app.Ursus Rufus likes this.09-07-16 08:07 PMLike 1 -
- Ya we should take the show on the road, I'll be the one wearing the little monkey hat with the chin string
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using TapatalkUrsus Rufus and janerblue like this.09-07-16 10:10 PMLike 2 -
You want to talk in ALL CAPS!!!?? WHY DO YOU WANT TO SHOUT AT PEOPLE LIKE THIS??
I don't know, I don't think you can caps lock every letter but I never had to
All caps not much used no (occasionally) but having the alt lock handy when typing numbers.Last edited by Ursus Rufus; 09-08-16 at 04:16 AM.
09-07-16 10:27 PMLike 0 -
- BBM not always there.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...abcbbf55d7.jpg
LOLL
All caps not much used no (occasionally) but having the alt lock handy when typing numbers.
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalk09-07-16 10:31 PMLike 0 -
- Also....
Was in a very noisy place today, took an important phone call, and there is NO WAY I would have been able to take this call and heard the person on the iphone!! It's like the iphone is "detuned" in regards to the ear speaker. I hate straining my ears on that device to hear the person.
Certain times like today, I'm glad for this. Those of you that know me know that earlier this year my ear speaker blew, and I had to replace it. I think it is a fair tradeoff to be able to take important calls, calls that just cannot wait to call back later.
But I don't know if I am the only one here to have to replace the ear speaker??
I also think that this reflects the "buisness purpose" build of these devices, I mean, it is likely designed for taking calls in environments such as Stock Trading Houses with people shouting, etc....
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using TapatalkUrsus Rufus likes this.09-07-16 11:18 PMLike 1 -
https://appworld.blackberry.com/webs...0385/?lang=en#
The other one I (and others) recommend is Advance OS and LED, a brilliant app that can automate memory flushing and nightly reboots, and do loads more
https://appworld.blackberry.com/webs...countrycode=GBLast edited by Fret Madden; 09-08-16 at 10:40 AM. Reason: fixed quote bracket
idssteve and Ursus Rufus like this.09-08-16 03:20 AMLike 2 - Beweather is good but I have had to uninstall it a couple of times and reinstall it due to it quit working. I don't care for that hassle. Also, I have the free version. I think the paid version is much better.
I am going to check out Accuweather. I don't recall ever using that app.
It took a while to get BeWeather configured to my tastes... things like home screen, font size, etc but I also really like knowing what town I'm driving thru at quick glance of home screen.Ursus Rufus and janerblue like this.09-08-16 06:40 AMLike 2 - Haven't used the free version for too many years to recall the differences but I never leave home without BeWeather. It's alert function has saved me from tornadoes, floods and ice while traveling in "strange lands" where I wouldn't know what station to tune to or even what county is where. Why do midwestern tornadoes seem to be tracked by county on NOAA? Who EVER knows what county they're driving thru?? Lol.
It took a while to get BeWeather configured to my tastes... things like home screen, font size, etc but I also really like knowing what town I'm driving thru at quick glance of home screen.
Ursus Rufus likes this.09-08-16 10:37 AMLike 1 - You could try the BlackBerry application resource monitor, it's quite good at closing memory hogs, find it in the BlackBerry World
https://appworld.blackberry.com/webs...0385/?lang=en#
The other one I (and others) recommend is Advance OS and LED, a brilliant app that can automate memory flushing and nightly reboots, and do loads more
https://appworld.blackberry.com/webs...countrycode=GB
Still haven't quite built up the confidence to use BBH Tool to load that O2 OS onto my Bold here. (Have been doing stuff like that happily with BB10 for a couple of years now though.) Partly it is just - I am not finding a lot of problems with 1033. Can you tell me what might be the difference? Better battery life or resource management for example?
Speaking of resource management, I do have ARM installed! First thing I got from BBW. It works great. Sure does close down this CB app an awful lot, hahah.
Now going to look for AOS&LED*
so thanks for that.
*Note to Ralph, the averse to ALL CAPS* chap: See what I did there?
*See what i did there? ;P
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalk09-08-16 10:46 AMLike 0 - Closing apps might be the way to go to prevent BB Bold 99 overheating, but it seems to fly against the way Apple says to run their phones. They officially recommend leaving frequently used apps open.
Always running on my Bold are 3 core apps that can never be "closed": Home. Browser. Phone.
Add to that the "Enterprise Activation" thing that never stops running but never does anything!
Refresh my memory - if you have running apps open can you Alt-Back and use the Delete key to quickly close them?Ursus Rufus likes this.09-08-16 10:58 AMLike 1 - I switched to BB10 before the version of 7.1 the 99xx series is running these days, back then there were five core apps that could never be closed: Phone, BBM, Home, Browser, and Email. BBM could be removed but it showed up there if it was installed. I'm wondering if that "Enterprise Activation" showing up on Ursus's screen has something to do with having only three there. And yes, closing apps is best for BBOS - Android and iOS have a different memory management system and it's actually using less battery to leave them "open" as opposed to cold launching and having the app(s) consume battery and CPU cycles to refresh all its info. BBOS goes the other route and uses more battery to run the apps and keep them in memory, and the more that are open the more it has to juggle.
Refresh my memory - if you have running apps open can you Alt-Back and use the Delete key to quickly close them?
Further to the always running thing yep thanks for explaining that's what I figured. Appreciate the detailed explication.
I have done several reboots and found that indeed with a fresh restart BBM is always there.
However unlike with phone browser & home it can actually be closed.
Sent from my Bold 9900 using Tapatalk09-08-16 11:28 AMLike 0 -
I am thinking of deleting that email I received weeks ago from BlackBerry, that said it was not to be deleted, and used by BB for connection. Am thinking it is BES related.
More research needed.
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalk09-08-16 12:16 PMLike 0 - So further to the adventures of...
My BB Bold 9900 aka "Agent 99"
Have noticed that yes indeed BBM is always running from start but in managing apps I am able to close it. Oddly, without using "Force Close" I cannot in fact close "Messages" once it has been opened.
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalk09-08-16 12:51 PMLike 0 -
Anyway. Ya. Carrying a 9900 or any PKB device, is a conversation starter. I confirmed this with a Nurse Practitioner @TGH who carries a Bold for personal use & a Classic for work. It does seem as if, so far, employees at one of Toronto's largest medical facilities, all carry a requisite BB10 work device.09-08-16 01:10 PMLike 0 - I'd like to ask again, if I may?
Can someone please, please, perhaps clarify this for me?
It's about the "weird BlackBerry email" that has been in my mailbox for weeks now. Can someone please confirm I don't actually have to keep this email? Might it be the cause of the always-on "Enterprise Activation" on my Bold? Not getting clear results by researching this on the InterMind...
09-08-16 01:14 PMLike 0 - Reading this post made me missed my 9900. I owned 5 of them. Everytime it gets lost or got broke, I'd replace it with 9900, still. I'm using Priv but 9900's PKB is better. I might say.Ursus Rufus and janerblue like this.09-08-16 01:20 PMLike 2
- You could try the BlackBerry application resource monitor, it's quite good at closing memory hogs, find it in the BlackBerry World
https://appworld.blackberry.com/webs...0385/?lang=en#
The other one I (and others) recommend is Advance OS and LED, a brilliant app that can automate memory flushing and nightly reboots, and do loads more
https://appworld.blackberry.com/webs...countrycode=GB
Also, just to be clear: Upon a restart, either a battery pull or the "three finger salutation", here are the apps that are running, & in order from left to right:
Home
Enterprise Activation
Messages
Phone
Browser
BBM09-08-16 01:33 PMLike 0 - Well.
Speaking of adventure.
Deep breath.
I don't know what happened for sure. But here is a pr�cis of what I do know.
I was having a look at BBH Tools, being very careful to not click anything. My Bold was attached and I was looking at the Phone Tools section.
This is the part where I got up & went to get my cup of tea, and where you remember you have a cat.
What really happened I do not know but when I came back & shushed kitty away, and after BBH had finished with my phone, this is what I have
A bunch of screens like this.
(I've tried BBDTM, as I had 2 or 3 full backups on there. Nothing doing.)
09-08-16 03:35 PMLike 0
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