http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/ BlackBerry News and Reviews You Can Use Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31278 DavidB Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:27:51 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/22/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31278 No, problem number one is failure to RTFM. No, problem number one is failure to RTFM.

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31276 toasted Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:45:32 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/22/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31276 problem number one is you never "expected" for something to go wrong. welcome to the RIM world. problem number one is you never “expected” for something to go wrong.
welcome to the RIM world.

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31275 Neo Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:01:57 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/22/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31275 I really wish I knew about this before I decided to let someone else play with my phone after putting a password on it. It essentially turned my phone into a paperweight. After a few hours of research and trial and error though I got my phone working again, but all my contacts are gone. I never had a chance to back up my phone since I never expected a self destruct sequence of everything including the operating system itself. I really wish I knew about this before I decided to let someone else play with my phone after putting a password on it. It essentially turned my phone into a paperweight. After a few hours of research and trial and error though I got my phone working again, but all my contacts are gone. I never had a chance to back up my phone since I never expected a self destruct sequence of everything including the operating system itself.

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31274 ByteMaster Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:35:03 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/22/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31274 i actually use a program called patternlock for my storm. it addresses those issues perfectly. there is gesture based logins. you trace your finger in a 3 by 3 pattern to unlock your phone. you can lock individual applications and even exclude others. as well it has gps location support to know when youre home or not to disable auto locking based on locations. Screen lock for calls... Just go check it out! i actually use a program called patternlock for my storm. it addresses those issues perfectly. there is gesture based logins. you trace your finger in a 3 by 3 pattern to unlock your phone. you can lock individual applications and even exclude others. as well it has gps location support to know when youre home or not to disable auto locking based on locations. Screen lock for calls… Just go check it out!

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31263 toasted Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:38:02 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/22/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31263 hmmmm, i can think a couple of EX-girlfriends i'd love to do this to. hmmmm, i can think a couple of EX-girlfriends i’d love to do this to.

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31255 duck383 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:56:10 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/22/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31255 smrguard that automatically backs up my data weekly and dm dackup every 2wks smrguard that automatically backs up my data weekly and dm dackup every 2wks

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31253 DavidB Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:22:13 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/22/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31253 Moral of the story: Password protect AND Backup your device. Not doing both is just ASKING for the eventual disaster. We all know Murphy, right? Moral of the story:
Password protect AND Backup your device. Not doing both is just ASKING for the eventual disaster. We all know Murphy, right?

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31246 myers6mm Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:10:46 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/22/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31246 I've noticed my Tour asking me to type BlackBerry in after the password was incorrect 2 times, but mine is set for 5 times. I’ve noticed my Tour asking me to type BlackBerry in after the password was incorrect 2 times, but mine is set for 5 times.

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/25/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31243 c0rinne Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:11:07 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/22/cruel-reality-even-with-a-password-your-phone-can-be-wiped/#comment-31243 1 word (or 2, I'm not sure) SmrtGuard. 1 word (or 2, I’m not sure) SmrtGuard.

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