FAQ: 3 Useful Email Message Subject Line Commands When Sending Emails
I have known about the <confirm> email message subject line command for awhile but I was not aware of two others that RIM pointed out in a new Knowledgebase article. If you put <confirm> in the subject line of an outgoing email you will receive a delivery confirmation for that email. You can setup a…
FAQ: Easily Refresh Webpage With JavaScript Enabled in BlackBerry Browser
I am not sure when RIM added this to the OS builds but I discovered it a few months back and I find it invaluable. Many people run their BlackBerrys with JavaScript disabled in the browser. This speeds up website loading times and really makes life easier when using the underpowered BB browser with sites…
FAQ: Easily Join A Conference Call Through The BlackBerry Calendar
Jerry reminded me about a feature that was added in OS 4.6.1 that I use every once in awhile. RIM added the ability to set conference call options globally or separately for each call. This can be used to easily dial into a conference call when the reminder comes up or simply remember to call…
FAQ: Options for Rebooting A BlackBerry – Hard & Soft Reset
Over the years there have been quite a few options for performing a hard or soft reset of your BlackBerry. In case you don’t know the difference between a hard and soft reset I will describe it. A soft reset is when you request a reset from the BlackBerry OS by performing the functions below….
FAQ: Duplicate Desktop or Unknown Contact List Databases Found in Contact Options
Recently I have been hearing this problem happening over and over again. It seems to target users who have some sort of contact sync setup whether it be BES, Gmail contact sync over BIS, or some other contact sync app like Google Sync. When it happened to me I found that the simple contact book…
FAQ: How to Remove Gmail BIS Wireless Synchronized Contact Lists
UPDATED: See Below Changes One of the cool new features that came in BIS 3.X was the ability to synchronize your Gmail or Google Apps contact list with your BlackBerry wirelessly. That is all good and dandy but say you wanted to remove the synchronization in the future. I was curious how I could do…
FAQ: How to Remove Uninstalled Apps from App World My World Screen
Some of you may already know about this little trick but I got asked about it again today so I thought I would share it publicly. One of the wonderful “Features” in App World is that there is no easy way to remove the apps you have uninstalled from showing up in your App World…
FAQ: How To Activate Your BlackBerry on a BES Without Wireless Enterprise Activation
The ability to activate BlackBerrys on a BES without performing Wireless Enterprise Activation has been around for years. The original way to activate BlackBerrys was by connecting them directly to the BES server. Over the years RIM extended that concept to also work if you connected it to a PC with Desktop Manager connected to…
