Quick Tip: Search for Apps in App World Using Their Product ID
This little trick has been around for awhile now but I don’t think we have ever mentioned it on BerryReview. RIM has hidden a little popup in App World that lets you search for an app, game, or theme by using its product ID. You can find an apps product ID easily since it is…
How to Clear the App World 3.0 Cache Data With New Shortcut
RIM annoyingly changed the shortcut to clear the App World cache on your device when they updated the app to v3.0. Previous versions just had to ALT+RST. One of our tipsters let us know that RIM has updated the official “How to clear the BlackBerry App World cache” knowledge base article with updated instructions for…
Out of the Ordinary Fun…… (Pranks)
You know, occasionally I like to play pranks and have a little bit of disruptive fun… Thankfully, the BlackBerry can be party to this… This one, is just a quick and easy prank that usually gets some very fun comments…. This will work for anyone on a blackberry model that allows you to use voice and BlackBerry Messenger at the same time, while you talking with someone else…
FAQ: Easily Get Hebrew on your BlackBerry 7 Device (Other Devices Too!)
For years now Smartmouth has been making it easy for BlackBerry users to add Hebrew fonts and keyboard to their BlackBerrys. Previously you had to reload the OS with multilingual OS that included Hebrew. Smartmouth simply extracts the language files and makes them available for OTA downloads from your device. He let me know that…
Tips & Tricks: Using 1 BlackBerry on 2 BES Servers….
I always enjoy bringing out the fun and unexpected, so here is another. Have you or someone you know ever wanted to manage more than one exchange account from their Blackberry? Activating your Blackberry on more than one BES is generally not common knowledge or practice, although your blackberry is definitely capable of being used on multiple BES servers and functions extremely…
Workaround for BlackBerry Bold 9900 & 9930 Back Button App Switcher Bug
Since I started using my Verizon BlackBerry Bold 9930 heavily I have run into an annoying bug 3-5 times a day. What happens is all of a sudden my 9930’s back button decides to no longer work as intended. Instead it opens up the multitasking app switcher you would normally get when holding down the…
Tips & Tricks: BlackBerry Enterprise Activation on a BIS Data Plan
With the onslaught of new devices and device changes, there’s sometimes a need to activate your device on a Blackberry Enterprise Server Express. With new devices, BES IT policies, software upgrades, difficulties explaining to users how to download from appworld, software compatibility issues occur (as a good friend of mine recently mentioned in his article) and…
Latest OS Leak for Verizon Bold 9930 Adds NFC Support
For some odd reason RIM went along with Verizon in disabling NFC in the launch OS for the BlackBerry Bold 9930 on Verizon. Thankfully it looks like the lock is simply OS based instead of some service book. Adam @CrackBerry noticed that this latest leak of OS 7.0.0.340 enables NFC on the Verizon Bold 9930….