BB Classic - worth it?

After skimming through this forum and seeing all of the comments, complaints, concerns, and questions, I am questioning whether it is worth it to invest in another BB, the Classic. After waiting a long time for the Classic, while holding onto a dying BB Torch, in early March I purchased the BB Classic. I was SO disappointed with the Classic and the icing on the cake was the lack of ability to sync Outlook notes and tasks, and its inability to pair with my automobile's Bluetooth. I returned the Classic hoping that an update, as tech support told me, would be coming soon.
I am unsure what the right course is at this point. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks

Here's a couple more. I don't know what all you might have read.
http://help.blackberry.com/en/blackberry-classic/10.3.1/help/mpr1375202556232.html
http://help.blackberry.com/en/blackberry-classic/10.3.1/help/mes1334609214944.html
http://help.blackberry.com/en/blackberry-classic/10.3.1/help/mes1343848417609.html
1. If any post helps you please click the below the post(s) that helped you.
2. Please resolve your thread by marking the post "Solution?" which solved it for you!
3. Install free BlackBerry Protect today for backups of contacts and data.
4. Guide to Unlocking your BlackBerry & Unlock Codes
Join our BBM Channels (Beta)
BlackBerry Support Forums Channel
PIN: C0001B7B4 Display/Scan Bar Code
Knowledge Base Updates
PIN: C0005A9AA Display/Scan Bar Code

Similar Messages

Is the classic worth it?

Right now, I have a 16GB ipod touch.
I'm giving it to my brother, and getting a 160GB ipod classic, cause it has wayyy more space, for a lot less money. Is the classic worth it though?
Is the movie quality good & everything? Ahh please give me the benefits of getting a classic.

I love my new Classic 80GB.
However, it is not without its deficiencies (though I've suffered no "bugs" yet).
What I love:
It holds a helluva lot of music, it holds cover art and it sounds dang good. What more do you want? It seems to be built sturdy and you can get varioius cases to carry it in and protect it. You can dock it to a docking station and charge it without having to hook it to a usb at your computer AND have it play from the dock through your stereo system (though the dock's remote does not have the menu that your Ipod has, you can just pause, play, skip and ff...
What I think needs improvement:
- I'd love it if I could delete tracks or albums right from the IPod.
- I'd love it if it would play album after album instead of stopping after one album
(These 2 things are my biggest complaints.)
Some other suggestions:
- I'd prefer it to be a heavy duty rubbery-plastic so it would be lighter and yet still durable. Less heavy would mean if it drops the force of the drop would be less jarring to the drive.
- If they insist on making it out of metal I wish they'd change the shiny chromme to a brushed silver that doesn't show fingerprints so much.
- I wish they'd improve ITunes. I don't use "sync" because my music collection is too large to devote a folder just to syncing my music. So I wish ITunes would allow me to drag, say 10 folders at a time into the ITunes /IPod instead of having to do one folder at a time! This is just plain DUMB to only be able to drag one folder at a time onto the IPod icon for loading!
- And most importantly, as far as ITunes, I wish the ability to get track info, track names and cover art would work for more than just music bought AT the ITunes store. Eff the Itunes store! I have other software, like my cd label maker, that connects to CDDB or whatever it is and provides me with the names and tracks of cd's. ITunes COULD easily do this, they are just being stingy and greedy.
So as you see, I have some issues with IPod and ITunes, but they do not stop it from being a great little player. And for the price ($238 for the 80gig), you can't beat it.
Some day I hope they resolve some of the above problems and put out a 500gigger. When and if they do, I'll buy one of those. Meanwhile, I don't know about the 160 gigger but the 80 gigger is great.

I had an iPod Classic 5th Gen that I upgraded from 30gb to 80gb. The problem I'm having is that it will not more than about 5.4gb worth of songs. The iPod begins to freeze mid sync and the (-69) error message haults the sync.

I had an iPod Classic 5th Gen that I upgraded from 30gb to 80gb. The problem I'm having is that it will not sync more than about 5.4gb worth of songs. The iPod begins to freeze mid sync and the (-69) error message haults the sync process. The hard drive has been upgraded, it has a new logicboard (with 128mb RAM), new housing, battery, hold / headphone jack. Basically the only original parts are the bezel, click wheel, screen, and data ribbons. Have attempted the 3Rs and have also tried to isolate potentially corrupt audio files and remove them, but this did not seem to be the primary cause. The sync failure consistently happens at just under a 1000 songs (5.4gb) and then it starts to error (-69) any song after that. Your advise would be enthusiastically received.

Here is what worked for me:
My usb hub, being usb2, was too fast. I moved the wire to a usb port directory on my pc. That is a usb1 port which is slow enough to run your snyc.

Updating software on iPod Classic... Is it worth it?

I have read through countless posts where people have complained about several significant problems with/during/after updating the software on their iPod Classics. To be fair, I will also say that there are those who claim to have had no problems at all with the updates...
...and there's obviously no way to tell which side of the coin you'll be on until you actually try the update.
I purchased my first ever iPod (Classic 160 v1.0.3) in January 2008 and have never had a problem with it. However, because I've never owned an iPod of any kind before, I have no frame of reference in comparing volume limits, menu speed, or trackwheel sensitivity.
So my question is this: For all who are in the same shoes as I, is it really worth taking a chance updating the software on the iPod, when the results could be bad and the odds of it happening are 50/50 - while also taking into consideration that Apple tends to drag their feet in resolving known issues?

I was in a similar situation where I had 1.0.3 on my iPod classic 160, was very happy with it, but wanted to update to 1.1.1 so that my TV shows would be ordered properly. I also read that there were improvements to the menu speed and coverflow. I waited a few weeks before I decided to take the plunge, since no one really was complaining that there were any obvious screw-ups this time around.
I now have 1.1.1 and don't regret the update. It really is good an stable. I haven't updated to 1.1.2 yet, although there is another thread for that explaining what others have experienced with that update.
Anyway, 1.1.1 is much better than 1.0.3 and I don't regret the update.

My ipod classic (bought in 2007) only has about an hour's worth of battery. Any suggestions? Thanks.

My Ipod classic, bought in 2007, has only an hour's worth of battery life after a full charge. Any suggestions or solutions? Thanks, Threeholesinone

Batteries tend to start losing their ability to retain a charge at full capacity over time. So what you are experiencing is completely normal.
B-rock

Is it worth getting an ipod classic over the new ipod touch if i'm mainly into music?

hey, i'm contemplating whether to get a classic or a touch. i have ~20 GB of music which will fit in both devices. which one should i get?

It's really a matter of your own personal choice.
The 160GB iPod Classic and the 32GB 4th gen Touch are the same price. A 32GB 5th gen Touch however, will cost you slightly more.
The iPod Touch is more fun once you start using the Apps. (And they're often useful Apps too!)
The iPod Classic will have greater capacity as your music collection becomes larger. Although you currently only have 20GB, one assumes that your collection will continue to grow. Don't forget that Apps take up space too. My Apps use 4.3GB.
The iPod Touch is "cooler" than a Classic
The Classic is unlikely to be a good choice for use while jogging. (It has a hard drive which will skip as it is being constantly moved about during jogging.)
So, for and against for each. It really is your choice.

Ipod classic won't mount after updating to itunes 11.0.2

ipod classic won't mount after updating to itunes 11.0.2.
I updated to itunes 11.0.2 today, after delaying it for a looong time (I have it @ work and don't like the new layout).
Since then, none of my ipods will mount/show up/update. I've tried all USB ports, 3 ipods, 3 cords. Wondering if you know of any issues. I've restarted the mac about 15-20 times today since as soon as I hook up an ipod, itunes immediately spins the beach ball and won't let me click out of it.
I've restarted the ipods 10+ times each.
All of the ipods DO show up on my desktop though. Just not in itunes anywhere with 11.0.2.
One more thing: It's not the cables or the ipods: they both mount fine when connected to my laptop (running old *** 10.4.11 and itunes 9.)
Machine is a Mac Pro running 10.6.8.

Finding this Post took some time but I thought it was me talking when I read it. I was having the exact same issue. I have a G3 I've been upgrading like mad, including a Sonnet G4-500 CPU a Maxtor 60gb & 80gb HDs 1gb of RAM a new LaCie Firewire800 PCI card Graphics card etc. the latest was installing Panther 10.3.9 on the new 80gb HD and also swapping out the old CD-ROM and replacing with the (Apple standard) Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-110D combo drive in it's place. got everything up and booted and poof! no burning. Toast worked read/write no problem. iTunes could read and import no problem, but wouldn't burn a CD.
Downloaded "PatchBurn 3.1.3" installed, re-booted and all is OK in burner land again :>)
I wanted to just post my additional thanks to the lead to Patchburner, and I'm going to donate to the cause. It's worth a $20 donation just for my joy of not throwing this computer out the window!!

I had an HP laptop with Itunes on it and kept my library on an external hard drive. I had a 160gb classic Ipod. My computer died and i am buying a new one (mac is out of budget) When I get my new computer, obviously I will download Itunes. My Ipod s

I had an HP laptop with Itunes on it and kept my library on an external hard drive. I had a 160gb classic Ipod.
My computer died and i am buying a new one (mac is out of budget)
When I get my new computer, obviously I will download Itunes. My Ipod still has all the music on it and the external hard drive is ok.
I don't want to "erase" or lose any information when I sync with a new itunes that is "empty"
What are the steps? After I download Itunes and set the folder location to my external harddrive what is next? Will Itunes recognize my IPOD? Will it load the music/list from my ipd or external into itunes?
Thanks in advance

The following user tip is worth checking through:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device

IPod Classic not syncing all my songs from iTunes

Background: I've had my 160GB iPod classic for 5+ years and been using iTunes for close to ten years. I'm using Windows 7 on my PC and up until recently I've been updating both iTunes and iPod whenever updates are available. After the horrible experience of upgrading to iTunes 11 and trying for over a month to get used to working with all the annoying bugs and compromises in functionality that Apple stupidly introduced into what was once a really good piece of software, I decided a week ago to downgrade to version 10.7. I went thru all the necessary steps to make this downgrade work, eliminating the various error messages, etc, and it appears now that my earlier version of iTunes is fully functional.
But when I connected my iPod to sync new songs, I kept getting a message to scan and fix the disc on my iPod. I wasn't sure if I should do that so I ignored the prompt a few times. Then last night I decided to restore my iPod and start from scratch. The disc error message has gone away, but now it is not syncing all the songs it is supposed to.
Af far as I know there are no broken links and all the songs in my music library are located within iTunes, so that is not the issue. There may be some songs with the same title and artist but that appear on different albums, so those should not cause a problem. At this point I have too many songs to fit on my iPod so I have selected to sync only checked songs, and I have unchecked over 1000 songs in iTunes, so that when I connect the iPod, it doesn't tell me that there is not enough free space to sync the iPod, it just syncs the checked songs.
Before restoring my iPod, I had 14161 songs in iTunes, with 1105 of those songs unchecked so as not to sync them in the iPod. I did the math and that left 13056 songs that are checked, and that was how many songs showed up in the iPod after syncing it, with about 1GB of free space left on the iPod.
Now, after restoring my iPod, I get only 13009 songs showing up in the iPod, meaning 47 songs are missing (with exactly 1.4GB free space).
How can I troubleshoot this to find out what songs are missing and why, and then fix it? Is there an easy way to approach this daunting task? I am really fussy about my music library and am not the kind of casual user who just loads a bunch of stuff on my iPod and doesn't care if there are duplicates, broken links, missing songs. I manage my own library very assiduously each time I import new music and make sure it is tagged and filed correctly according to my own system. I want to fix this issue.
Could it be a problem with me using a newer version of the iPod updates with an older version of iTunes? And is there a way I can correct that, possibly downgrade the iPod software version I have now? Would it be worth the trouble to try restoring the iPod again, and if so, what precautions do I take to prevent the same thing happening again, where not all my songs get synced to the iPod.
Thanks to anyone who can offer some helpful advice...

Check through this.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1420

How do I Install Classic on 10.3.9?

I already have Classic on my wife's computer internal HD. I'm now setting up an external drive from scratch with the DVD install that came with the computer 10.3.7 . + updates 10.3.9
I'm not sure (don't remember) if OS9 classic came with OSX 10.3.7, because it is already on the Internal HD. Now I'm not sure if i installed it myself 2 yrs ago. Anyway it's there.
Now when I installed the OSX 10.3.7 from CD/DVD onto the external HD, the OS9 folder is not in the first level folder. Should I just copy the oS9 folder from the internal to the external and start operating the drive?
Does the classic OS9 comes bundled with the install CD/DVD?
If so, maybe it did not get installed because I may not have had the OS9 box selected, but disk utility on the 10.3.9 (wife's) does not have the OS9 box option like the DU in my computer using 10.2.8.
I'm looking at Disk utility (v10.3) in my computer running OS10.2.8 and I see the OS9 box to select, with MAs OS extended (no Journaled) ... but on my wife's computer, she's running OS 10.3.7 and Disk utility v10.4.4, there are MAc OS extended and MAc OS extended (Journaled) but no OS9 Box .....to be selected!!!! Non existant!
So I cannot re-format the drive with OS9.... I have done the entire install of 10.3.7, repaired permissions, updated software 10.3.9, and repaired permissions again! Should I use my version of Disk utility ? Or is it even worth it to do again?
Does this mean that Classic is not supported on 10.3.7 or what? But I have it installed and running in the Internal Drive running 10.3.9 (with updates)
Do I just copy the system folder OS9 and the application OS9 from the internal to the external? I'm afraid to do this because I want to do a clean install...... cuz the internal drive keeps freezing on my wife at least 1-2 times daily...so I do not want to copy any problems onto this newly "clean" external drive
I'm against the wall... What do I do?
Michel

Happy,
thank you for your quick response.
I was just looking at a response you gave someone back in 2005....
I was not planning to install OS9 to boot from, but only use it as classic.
I did have the "additional software" CD and OS9 was in there !!
Beautifull thing! Problem solved. I should have waited to click on the "solved" instead of "helpfull"...
From one Canuck to another Canuck Thank you. it's interesting that you are from west canada and that you are now in east USA, and I'm from East Canada (Québec) and that I am in West USA. That looks like we are crossing paths in a "X" pattern .....
Michel

IPod classic - iPod and iTunes is not recognizing music files

Here's the problem I am having:
iPod is saying there is "no music" on the iPod. Yet, when you view the settings and files it shows there to be 70GB worth of data - that is how much music I have. iTunes is also not recognizing iPod either. I also get an error stating:
"iTunes cannot read the contents of __ iPod. Go to the summary tab in iPod preferences and click RESTORE to restore this iPod to it's factory settings". It's also not reading anything from the Music database.
This is the 2nd time I've had this error in the past two months. It happened in August - I noticed it had happened as I disconnected my iPod from my computer. The first time was when I tried to eject from iTunes. It said the files were currently in use by another program (I had nothing running, what program?), so I "safely removed" as I would a USB device. The 2nd time happened similarly, though not before iTunes locked up totally and would not let me eject from there. The last time I had this problem, I also removed each file/folder manually from iPod control, to hard drive, and restored iPod, and put them back on iPod. However, this time I am not so fortunate as it gives me an error when I attempt to copy stating either the "parameter is incorrect", or "cyclic redundancy error". Some of these files that are giving me this error at some point during the process have been accessible and working fine, and other times they are not, as I successfully copied five folders worth of data without error, then after I started getting errors with the next folders, attempted to copy one of the same folders into a different directory, which THEN gave me an error. I'm not sure what's going on here, but this is proving to be quite the pain and never experienced these problems with my 60GB iPod, which I did not take nearly as good of care as I have this one - and is still working with all of my original music on it.
My question is how do I solve any of these errors, and what would be the best course of action to take? I have a 160 GB Classic iPod. Warranty expired (probably) September, and purchased from Circuit City.
*I DO NOT wish to "Restore" unless absolutely necessary as I have 18,000 songs on my iPod. Restoring this would be cumbersome, and I keep my music on my iPod as I do NOT have the hard drive space to store it with*
Please help!
-dgo

Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
iOS: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
For how to restore:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
To restore from backup see:
iOS: How to back up
If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.
You can redownload iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

How can you FORCE Classic mode to run on an Intel Mac? OS 9 emulation Rosetta Software Design

Hello everyone, I had a few thoughts on running Classic mode on intel macs which I wanted to share.
Now I know little about software design, but maybe someone who does could tell me if these ideas I had are at all feasible:
Now in the first place I now that, technically, "Classic" mode went out back with Tiger because of the switch to Intel chips. Switching to Intel, Rosetta was required to "translate" pre and non-intel OSX applications, with the exception of Classic since Rosetta does not translate deep enough into the system to do that. As a substitute to Classic, SheepShaver, Basilisk II, etc. can be used to emulate OS 9, but these are very lousy applications compared to Classic mode.
Is there ANY way whatsoever Rosetta could be edited, or Classic itself so that it will work on intel macs?
(that is, with the exception of 10.7+ systems since these don't even use Rosetta)
I know if Classic was placed on an intel mac, it would tell you to download Rosetta, but from there will crashes because frameworks in the system's library does not support (or was not designed for) Classic...
So what I wanted to know:
What if an old, Classic supporting PowerPC system's library folder was added to an Intel computer in a location other then that computers real system folder (as not to confuse the real, current system) and Classic manually edited so that it would search for the needed frameworks/etc files in the new location? Would it work?
Since, after all, it now has the correct "system" to run on (which before Rosetta could not convert), do you think there's any chance it would work and function properly?
Now beyond that, I wouldn't know the actual results (or consequences). I suppose the main problem to consider would be that the the PPC's system frameworks/etc wouldn't work at all on an Intel (which leads us back to Rosetta lacking in this area), and since those frameworks will be searching for other files in the system library (which would bring them to the current, Intel system) the same results would happen: crash! Or maybe sensing the system was mixed up, one or more files would try to "fix" themselves, and in turn destroy the computer's real system.
So, would it be worth a try?
I'd love to hear any other thoughts on running Classic on Intel...

There is an "easier" way to acquire SheepShaver called Chubby Bunny and I have put together a post with some safe links that are relevant to this topic. I see that emaculation is one of them.
Why do you need OS 9 greater than 9.04?
Feel free to let me know if you need any more help.
With the newer Intel Macs, you have to run a Classic emulator such as SheepShaver, which requires you to extract the Mac ROMs from your older Classic Mac and then install Mac OS 9.
A related program is Chubby Bunny, which comes bundled with all of that included.
More information on SheepShaver:
http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_mac_os_x_setup
and
http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/mac-os-9-classic-support-faq/run-macos-9-on- intel-macs.html
and more information about Chubby Bunny:
http://www.macwindows.com/OS9_on_Intel_Mac.html#092408b
and
http://hackthemac.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/chubby-bunny-old-virtual-machine.html
[click on image to enlarge]

Zen 32GB...is it worth buying

Hey all...! I've already got a Zen 8GB. So far i am completely satisfied with the product. But i am seriously thinking of buying the 32GB version and the reason is that i want to put in all my favourite movies that i have already converted to .avi I am asking you...does it worth doing that Buying the bigger version for that reason It would be cool having in such a small device all your favourite songs, movies and pictures...but again...will i ever watch some of these movies I know i'll do it a couple of times at work, especially when i work the night shift... What do you think about that...have it mostly as an mp3 player or something more Message Edited by sambora on 0-25-20082:46 PM

40 movies.. wow, that's quite some collection you are planning to upload to a device the size of a credit card! :P Anyway, this should be entirely up to you, though, as it is your money and your final decision. As others pointed out earlier, it would probably be worth checking out a few SDHC cards first and see if they would?satisfy your needs before going further. Apple is Apple and has been forcing users of iPods to use iTunes, and as far as I know, you still have to use it if you want to buy copy protected contents and transferring it to an iPod. I don't know about drag and drop, you best ask someone away from here, who has an iPod :P?So you are complaining about the plastic becoming scratched? Well, I'll let you know that iPods are just as susceptible to scratches as these devices. The back of an iPod is metal and you see every single scratch on it. I use Creative's own "Clear Case" to protect my player, and I don't have a single scratch on my player, except for some where the front buttons are (which aren't covered). You are right about the ZEN 32GB being more expensi've than iPod Classic 80GB. This is because that iPod uses a hard dri've instead of the flash memory that the ZEN uses. Flash memory has many more advantages over a HDD-based player, but is also more expensi've per GB. This technology use less power, is much, much less vulnerable in case of shocks (no mechanically moving parts to damage in the memory module if you drop the player) and players equipped with this kind of memory can be built much smaller.Message Edited by de_zwaluw on 0-26-200803:03 AM

Ipod Classic not recognized in Windows.

Hey folks, I have had the same problem as alot of you. I bought an 80gb to replace a 30gb 5th gen classic. The 80gb, did not show up in my computer or in iTunes at all. It did however show up in the device manager.
If this happens to you, I got a solution out of tech support this morning....
In the Device Manager, find where your Ipod is listed, mine was under other devices, and had not driver installed. Right click on it, and select update driver. What you want it to do, is point your computer to search the following file...... c:\Windows\winsxs (Be sure to have it search all the sub-folders as well)
It worked for me, and I have not had a problem since. I am also unsure if it will work in XP. My laptop has it, and there was no problem with my iPod when I hooked it up there.
Once it was up and running, I was able to sync my 16gb worth of music, 99mb of pics, and some movies to it without a problem, and the click wheel was more sensitive than the 5th gen I had.
Anyway, I hope this helps some of you. Let me know if it does....Thanks for reading.

My problem is that I'd try this suggestion, but I cannot even get Windows to recognize the iPod. I've tried moving the cable to different USB ports, and it still does not recognize it. I've uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled it.
Two days ago, my iPod was recognized, but the connection was very slow, and synchronization/update was very slow. Yesterday I updated my wife's iPod (an older model), and the same thing -- very slow.
Later, when I wanted to remove a couple of playlists on my own (newer model, purchased for me for Christmas 2007), a message appeared about the iPod possibly being corrupt, and I haven't been able to get it to be recognized every since. I am completely at a loss ...
Any suggestions?

IPod Classic 120 gb won't restore by any means

Hi, so I was syncing my ipod like I do on a regular basis, then all of as sudden it freezes, reboots and shows no music or anything. In fact it shows 0kb free out of 0kb. I've done extensive research on the matter trying to restore. Here are the things I have done (PC user):
-Hard reset of the ipod
-Attempt to restore via iTunes both normal and in Disk mode. This fails, as it says that the operation was done successfully and that I need to wait for my ipod to reboot, however it never reboots, so when it is unplugged again it reboots itself showing the same problem.
-I also formatted the disk, both quick format and the full one. I've even used third party software for this.
-I changed the drive letter to another one.
-Finally since Windows didn't seem to work, I tried to format the drive on a Mac to MS-DOS however I got a input/output error.
Having said that, I've also read that a format to Mac Plus and then to ms-dos might work. Is it worth the shot?
Or drain the battery, wait for a couple of days and try the whole process again (this was another thing that I haven't done).
Finally as a last resource I found a third party firmware, with which my ipod works. I am not into this, however is the only thing that has worked, since everything I've done hasn't.
I've read that at this point I should give up because the hard drive is most likely dead, however my Disk diagnostic shows the following results, which I believe have no sign of being fried:
Retracts: 556
Reallocs: 33
Pending sectors: 0
PowerOn Hours: 413
Start/Stops: 51
Temp: Current 23C
Temp: Min 16C
Temp: Max 46C
Thank you in advance for any help provided

The stats look fine. Try the DFU Restore method shown in Corrupt iPod classic. It may pay to disable any anti-virus software and use the staged transfer method to reload data, assuming you get that far.
tt2

BB Classic - worth it?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for