BBM feature request: Blocking broadcast messages

I've searched this forum and (surprisingly) not found any references to what is possibly the most annoying "feature" that RIM has introduced since I've owned a berry. By providing the broadcast function in the newer versions of Messenger, my berry is now subject to the same stupid, irrelevant, inane and/or unoriginal jokes/rumours/prayer request-type junk mail that I strenuously guard my email inbox against. However, while I can set up filters and rules to block such unwanted email messages, there are no such controls present in BBM and the only way to effectively counter repeat offenders is to delete them from your contact list, which is a sledgehammer vs nut solution, to say the least.
In my list of contacts, there are certain individuals who regularly send out such broadcast messages and then there are others who are thoroughly irritated by them, like myself, but then compound the situation by sending out aggravated, ill-tempered broadcasts complaining about previous messages. When you have a couple hundred contacts, it really can get quite ridiculous at times on days when a popular joke or meme is making the rounds.
So, I would like to request that the BBM dev team seriously investigate adding a "Block Broadcasts" option - ideally on a per-contact basis, but I would settle for an all-or-nothing solution as I'm willing to sacrifice the 1% of useful messages I get if it spares me the disruption of the other 99%. If my own contact list is anything to go by, I'm not the only one who would be hugely grateful for this to be implemented as swiftly as possible, or am I the only grinch in the building?
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Yes, I've started doing that lately as well, but it's not an ideal solution. Thank you for the email address; I'd been going through the site and trying to find the official feedback mechanism without success.

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I'd love to know how to either submit this as a feature request to Apple, find out how to "fix" it myself, now, or discover how to get Apple to pay my unwanted text messaging costs...
I see, now that I've upgraded to ios 6, that my cell phone's number (I'm on an iPhone 4s) is tied to iMessage.
It would seem, then, that (because I cannot really count on Verizon's SMS block to work, all the time), this may cause me to start getting spam messages from people who are able to discover my phone # ?
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If anyone has any workarounds for me, on this, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks,
Em

You cannot stop iMessage from associating your number with your account. But, you do not have to use that number as your displayed ID on sent messages. Just setup an alternate email address under callerID and use that (I use my @me.com address as my Caller ID, since I really never use it for anything else anyway).
Note too, that any message sent to your phone number would go through your carriers SMS system anyway, unless specifically sent from another iOS devices. Most spam emails do not originalte from an iOS device, so iMessage really has little to do with actual spam texts (which are generally sent from computer servers using your [email protected] address anyway). Your carriers blocks should continue to catch those.
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Nokia 301 Feature Request: Missed calls/messages n...

Hi,
I just bought a Nokia 301 dual sim phone. I'm satisfied with it except one thing - IT DOESN"T HAVE MISSED CALLS/MESSAGES NOTIFICATION. How come such important and basic function not implemented? No one will check his phone regularly and there is no way to know wether I have missed calls or messages. It should keep making a beep until I read it. I believe this function could be implemented easily in software, even by polling the status at a constant interval or setting up a counter which issues interrupts. Any Nokia staff can answer this questtion?
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This is a feature which the majority of phone users do not want, and that's why Nokia phones have not done it since the early 2000s when Nokia phones used to beep the morse code for SMS.
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He didn't hear it, maybe he was in a noisy place and didn't hear or maybe the phone is in a different room.
He heard it but was prevented from reacting by other circumstances.
If you are away from your phone, there are visual cues when you get back to it that a message has come in. If you are walking down a busy street with your phone in your pocket, there is also in the vast majority of phones a vibrate option to give an alternative kind of notification. If you are driving a car responsibly on a journey of some length, it would becoming annoying after a while if your phone was beeping in your briefcase in the back of the car, or if you leave your phone on your desk at the office whilst you are elsewhere, the repeated beeping could be just as annoying to other people.
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Feature Request - Make Outgoing Message in Garage Band

I want to be able to pre-record an outgoing message in Garage Band and then upload it to the phone to use as my custom outgoing message.
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That's probably information you should get from the manufacturer of your telephone.

Feature request idea - positive message at end

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Broadcast messages sometimes black sometimes purple?

On the latest version of BBM why do some broadcast messages i send and come to me are black then other times they come through he noral purple colour. why is this? its so confusing because now i dont know who is actually talking to me personaly and which people are sending broadcasts? please helpppp.

Those in purple are Broadcast messages to you.
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OS: Feature request: Send message before reset

Hello..
I have a feature request for the OS for the BB smartphones.
When the phone is locked with a password and the number of attempts is exceeded, the phone's memory is wiped and reset to a near-factory state. This is good; it protects confidential information from falling into the wrong hands.
What would be useful is, just before the memory is wiped, to send an email message from the default account (probably to the default email account as well, but have this be settable) with information regarding what is happening, a timestamp, and a location as well. For instance:
This is an automated message from the Blackberry SmartPhone with the following information:
Phone number: xxxxxxxxxx
Serial number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<other information such as OS version, &c>
The number of attempts to unlock the phone has been exceeded. The phone is being reset and the memory cleaned.
Date: xx-xx-xxxx
Time: xx:xx:xx am/pm (TZ information)
Latitude: dd.ddddddd
Longitude: dd.dddddd
You may use this information to locate where the phone was at the time this message was generated.
Is this possible? Advisable? The serial number could be obtained by looking at the phone, so including it shouldn't be a problem. The phone number may or may not be included.
Thanks!
roger

Hello and Welcome to the Forums!
In regards to your hope that RIM will see your message -- these forums are a user-to-user support channel, not a user-to-RIM conduit. As such, it is unlikely that they will see what you have written. However, if you have specific and constructive ideas for them, I have heard that they accept such via email to [email protected]
Your idea is indeed interesting...however, I see one flaw. You've said that an email message should be sent FROM the default email account...but you've not said where that email message should be sent TO...
Good luck!
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EPrint Portal Feature Request - Discarded Messages Email Address

When a user has the ePrint Center site configured to only allow printing from allowed email addresses, the site displays emails that have been discarded because they are not on the approved sender list.
Feature Request:
Please consider changing the listing of discarded messages to include the sender's email address in addition to the subject you already show. Even better, have an option to click on the email address to add it to the approved senders list.
While one might wonder how you wouldn't know the sender's address, in my case, my wife would send recipes from a recipe site and they would be blocked. To get around this (other than turning off the address list feature), we can send them first to our own email address to find the sending email but what I mentioned would simplify things. Users' technology patience can vary and while I am quite patient for the sake of technology and gadgetry my wife is less patient which, in this case, led to her abandoning the feature.

Good news.
To the top right is a link that says View Job History.
Click on this link and it will show the e-mail address.
I confirmed this by logging into my eprintcenter.com account, changing to allowed senders only and then sent an e-mail from a blocked e-mail address.
The short summary did not show the e-mail address, but the full history did show the specific e-mail address.
You can then copy and paste this e-mail address into your list.
Additionally, changing from allowed to everyone and then back will re-add all recent e-mail addresses that successfully printed though it won't add anything that hasn't recently printed.
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All my BBM contacts are not receiving my broadcast messages

is there a message limit on the torch , i have 1500 contacts and alot of my contacs say tthey are not receiving the broadcast

In the past the limit was 1,000 contacts, and that was increased when BBM was upgraded to v 5.0.0.57, however that relates to the number of contacts in the Messenger.
I have a feeling that you sending 1500 broadcast messages is too many at one time. If I were you, I'd create contact Groups A, B, C, etc., maybe 500 in each and send less at a one time.
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Sending Broadcast Message freezes BBM

im facing a problem when sending a broadcast mesage the BBM freezes.. it only shows "Sending Broadcast Message..." and i have to reboot my device to be able to use the BBM again.

I think I've been trying.
Your OS release looks up to date, and the File Free is high. Good.
The only thing else I could suggest is to delete your BBM app (options > advanced > Applications) and then reboot the device with a powered on battery pull.
Now, reinstall BBM from www.blackberry.com/bbm
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Question regarding "Broadcast Messages" feature

Hello All,
I am trying to use the Broadcast Message feature from workspace to notify our planning users who are logged in about the downtimes etc. While working with the feature i noticed something -
The Broadcast Message that is sent by the admin shows up as a pop up but only when the user navigates from the current page to a different page. It doesn't work or pop up when the user is on a dataform and refreshes the data form or choses any other option. As per how it's working now lets say a user is already logged in the planning application and is working on a dataform and is just saving data/refreshing the data form he will not see the message at all.
Is there something that I am missing or is there any other way for the message box to pop up even though the user is hitting refresh? I did go through the Oracle documentation on Broadcast Messages and it says :
"+For users logged on to the application, the broadcast message displays in their browser the next time they refresh the page or go to a different page, whether you send the broadcast message through the Web or the command line.+"
but it doesnt look like it works when you hit refresh.
Please let me know your thoughts on this. Any help is appreciated.
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While I was reading the documentation on Broadcast Messages it said -
You can view status, errors, or information for broadcasting messaging in the console.
Maybe it meant you can view all the information regarding the Broadcast Messages in the console when you launch the utility using the command line.
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Feature Requests for BlackBerry10 OS

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Let's use this thread to list BlackBerry10 OS feature requests. There's nothing official to this thread, but one never knows who might view it and get an idea or two to move foward.
Please let's keep it to feature requests with simple short statements and comments, in this manner:
1. Ability to lock the volume keys (since they are so easliy pressed when retrieving from holster)
2. Personal distribution groups Address Book
4. Add BBM Group icon to home screen
**This thread is not for bug reports (i.e., the calendar glitches when I set the date) or for debate or discussion of the worthiness of a feature request.
So, what would YOU add to BB10?
What do YOU need to make the OS platform work better for you?
Here are the collected feature requests as of 04 April 2013. Thanks for Ride_The_Sky for helping collect these from this thread.
There are listed in no order, just as collected.
Ability to lock the volume keys (since they are so easily pressed when retrieving from holster)
Personal distribution groups Address Book
Add BBM Group icon to home screen
Way to add line carriage to BBM messages
Why doesn't the most used name come up first? <- In latest OS, there is another line with most common contacts, but when typing it won't provide most commonly emailed contacts.
Bring back the option "Send As" or include this option in "Share"
Enable word wrap when zooming in to emails and messages.
Import Distribution lists from Outlook on your desktop to your Z10?
*The option* to always show the hub main screen when opening the hub, so when peeking it always shows the hub even if you leave it in another screen.
Offer Balance without BES to have two workspaces in device.
Delete on Server/Device/Both
Delete on Server but Keep on Device (This is going to be tough since EAS does not work like POP, using POP you can do this by deleting on server after sync)
Auto power on/off or Auto Do Not Disturb / Scheduled Airplane Mode / Scheduled Silence Mode / Scheduled Custom Profile
Default Currency Option
More options to lower data usage in e-mail (Headers Only / Roaming Profiles)
Snooze a notification/reminder for more than 5 minutes.
Customized Notifications
Disable certain accounts to stop receiving email or notifications from them temporarily to avoid data usage.
Way to delete recent pictures, videos.
Office Hub customization, sorting, editing, etc., on the fly.
Select which contact groups to sync, and ability delete all contacts.
Larger text select tabs
Add more options to dropbar.
Improve browser functionality and display, add customization and management of Bookmarks.
Calendar in Landscape mode
Option to Disable shutter sounds in camera.
Auto BCC option
Multiple appointments in lock screen, not only next one.
Increase email check frequency, custom minutes (possibly battery concern, most accounts use push nowadays)
Ability to hide "texting" numbers such as Work, home, etc that aren't able to receive texts
Ability to have multiple mobile numbers, such as mobile1, mobile2, for people with more than one cellphone
Ability to have multiple work numbers, home numbers, etc
Ability to have option for actually creating "custom" names for phone numbers, emails, VOIP,
Ability to have multiple WORK emails fields for same contact ...
Ability for a custom note field for each contact, for misc information such as store hours, reference numbers, business account numbers,
Ability for filter or unselect specific Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook contacts so they all don't appear
Ability to "share" contact info with someone else ... like a vcard or the like
Ability to have custom Individual text and ringtones for each contact set within contacts app
Vibrate option for Alarm
Mail Filters for Priority mails.
Option to block ringtones from music app (i don't see ringtones in my music app, I guess poster refers to custom mp3 files)
Swipe down to close, up to minimize (but some apps have menus associated with swipe up gesture)
Swipe half way up the screen to minimize an application to an active tile.
Swipe it all the way up the screen to close the application.
Playbook app switching gestures (swipe sideways, I guess this won't work since there are other gestures associated with side-swiping)
Lock screen with gesture (or maybe they should just add a button on home screen, somewhere on top or bottom)
Airplane mode on status bar options.
Option to customize status bar with select Settings/Options.
Colors for Hub!
Face recognition for camera, being able to associate contacts with faces or pull info from Facebook, etc.
Weather info on Lock Screen (if I may add, and constant info on top status bar, simple temp info should be enough)
We need groups back in contacts please.
Import text messages in various formats from various systems.
Sorting and Ordering of the way contacts are displayed depending on account.
While editing an entry in calendar, notification about a recent call may cause loss of data in that entry.
Location for Calendar entries and be able to see it on the map with a tap.
Being able to see multiple pictures from an email by swiping left and right to see next/previous without having to reopen (I must say the same thing is needed for App World, why can't we just scroll through screenshots??)
Multiple flags or ability to set a flag date, associate with a reminder.
Move people from TO to CC or BCC easily (If I may add, also ability to backspace to delete a contact without having to tap the X in blue box).
Option to add favorites to Hub for easy to reach contact management (I think it is same as going to contacts and choosing Favs)
Being able to answer and make calls when the phone is locked.
Add more colors to LED notification (I think they are there now, orange, green, red so far, did not see blue, I don't think blue is needed in my opinion)
Change the way to add date and time for appointment, rollbar is too slow and too sensitive.
Dismiss and Snooze buttons for Alarm to be different colors, larger, easier to notice.
Make it easier to order world clocks, instead of the order they are added.
Alarms based on days/schedule.
Easier way to get to the bottom of e-mails (I think it scrolls pretty fast, I think poster wants "B" shortcut)
Easer way to get to the bottom of web pages (same as above, space or B shortcut?)
Add option to ask if you really want to dial, instead of just dialing right away every time a phone number is clicked/tapped on.
Ability to resize image before attaching to an e-mail.
More than 30 days email sync on device, please!
Make BB boot up slower, so we can actually get to do something else while waiting for it to start!
SSH client would be nice.
Another keyboard like Swipe (honestly, I have never typed faster in my life on any other on screen keyboard, Z10 keyboard is awesome!)
Volume lock/unlock button on demand.
Auto Run app on device boot up.
Lock or Pin apps.
Ability to run background apps (Google Talk is running in the background, or it is tricking me, I don't know but I am getting messages from it when it is shut down on BB10, I hope they do Skype the same way)
Ability to have multiple documents of same type open at the same time (tabbed docs2go)
Calendar sharing of BB10 users in the area/company/group.
PIN Messaging to return.
Preview e-mails, calendar and other information on lock screen (privacy?)
Way to clear anything in any "Recent" menu, videos, pictures, etc..
Ability to hide apps, docs, pics, videos, folders, etc..
BBM Group Picture notification.
Support WhatsApp more.
Another tap for important numbers (Favorites work for this, and on top of speed dial)
From Call Menu when going into contacts, it should be ready to search with keyboard out.
Option to customize volume key to act as page up/down, etc depending on app running.
Red star in app world (means you need to run Updates, just refresh and check by swiping down from top)
Better headphones with the phone (hey, we didn't even get any!)
Better night shots in camera (hardware or software improvement?)
Ability to choose which address book to sync with bluetooth car.
When app is opened from a folder three or four pages into apps list, we hope the screen can go back to that spot when the app is closed (sadly it uses active frames at the moment)
Change acceptance of auto corrected key, instead of space key, make it something else (actually, you can just backspace to un-autocorrect it back to what you typed).
Ability to load certificates (X 509 S/MIME and/or PGP/MIME) from a computer
Ability to sign and or encrypt emails (POP3) before sending (As in MS Office Outlook)
Ability to receive and recognize signed and or encrypted emails (POP3) (As in MS Office Outlook)
Add a password/certificate manager that doesn't require manual copy/paste
Ability to encrypt the memories Device and Media of the Q10 like it is done for the BB9900
Ability to encrypt selected folders (preferably by Private Key)
Ability to create Self-Decrypting Archive like in PGP
Ability to delete email-messages by group as an alternate option to one by one
Opening Video-chat to non-BBM users (Skype for instance)
For above encryption request, SecuSmart was suggested...
Renaming the file without extension can break the file or hide it from pictures list.
Wallpaper scrolling sideways.
Standalone e-mail app (not sure how different it is than choosing emails-only for hub)
Different colors or small tabs in different colors for different accounts in Hub.
Share webpages with smart tag (I think you can just create it by pasting the URL into create QR)
Application management (being able to see which app takes up how much space, etc..) CPU/Memory/Battery Usage/Data Usage/Storage Usage in more details
Custom vibration options.
Move Send button in BBM to avoid accidental submission of message
Forward As… SMS, MMS, EMAIL from one to another.
Send SMS to new numbers (I think you can still do this from call log)
Single key press to change profiles.
Insert a picture into an e-mail. (I think he means into the body of email)
Turning off links of contacts (I think poster did not have multiple accounts, actually BB10 goes ahead and adds all new contacts into all address books in all accounts without user permission.. Create a contact in Hotmail? Gets copied to Gmail.. and then linked, terrible implementation in my opinion)
Presets for browser bookmarks, faster access to bookmarks. (My suggestion was to create a home screen, select 12 icons 3x4 or 16 icons 4x4 as home screen/start page)
Being able to allow flash based on website/url/server.
Ability to adjust different sounds/volumes for different BBM users/groups
Better Voice Dial and Voice Commands (shorter and easier operation)
Ability close one or all web pages/tabs, add "Close All" button.
Call Recording
Faster way to delete e-mails, such as file icons next to e-mails, or Swipe to Delete! Swipe to File!?
Customize email signatures with formatting.
Phone to stay on screen (dial pad always available in panes)
More Options for Clock.
In Playbook we can have a single character password, why not on BB10? "too short" well it is my decision, isn't it?
There is no way to go next/previous while reading an e-mail. Please add these functions.
Add to the e-mail client, Next Unread / Previous Unread.
E-mail or Hub should have more buttons at the bottom in landscape mode. Why keep only three (or four in e-mail view) buttons when you have the real estate. It would be extremely handy if you allowed users to edit which buttons should go at the bottom. Next Previous is really needed while reading an e-mail. For example I would love to add "File" button at the bottom as a shortcut instead of forward, I rarely forward, but I file all the time. Maybe allow users to have two row of keys, add next/previous/unread. Or it could be done with a gesture. How about swiping the account name (top blue bar while reading e-mail) left and right?
When you create a new contact in BlackBerry, it gets synced to all accounts on the Hub. There is no way to limit the new contact to a specific account.
Sometimes when you file an e-mail to a folder, it stops and waits few seconds with no message. Even when it files immediately, there is a confirmation message that takes time to appear and disappear, and the folder list does not disappear automatically.
Messages filed automatically by server using server side filter rules are still showing up on Blackberry hub/inbox. In older BB versions the filtered messages did not show up in the list, filed messages still did.
When you filter your e-mails using Filter / Unread function, new unread e-mails do not show up until you close the filter and re-open. It won't just keep refreshing your screen with unread e-mails. Can BB add a button to the hub "Unread Hub" so when hub shows 8 or 2, you can actually see unread items easily without having to through so many taps.
Native BB QR scanner (Smart Tags) does not work with barcodes (it only scans with no way to use the information). There is Open In function but it doesn't work properly.
We need to add more customs search providers, and be able to add custom search strings/wildcards. For example currently there is Google, Bing, Yahoo, Foursquare, etc..
I hope BB introduces the ability include more standard & custom searches, IMDB, PriceGrabber, Ebay, Youtube, XYZ Forums, ABC Newspaper, 123 Database, Etc.. Most sites nowadays provide search string in their URL Search=?* etc...
None of the Battery apps can access system settings to add a battery icon to the top. I wish battery percentage was there.
There is no way to check carrier/mobile signal strength.
Blackberry, please add the date and carrier / SSID info to the top. Sometimes we just want to glance at the top to see the date without having to swipe.
Please bring back keyboard shortcuts. Since we can easily swipe up to bring the keyboard, just add keyboard shortcuts in e-mail, phone (true speed dialing, dialing by word?), and browser, etc.. if possible. I could always call 1800SOMETHING# now I have to look up the number or use dial pad.. Please bring it back.
Camera zoom function needs to be fixed, also please include option of fixed focus by tapping on the screen to focus. The auto focus in video is focusing in and out to various objects all the time. Stabilization feature also causes tearing/ripples, I guess it is good if you are stationary. Or use Volume Keys to Zoom.
Please allow more than 12 icons in an icon group/folder, I hated Apple for limiting apps per folder, please fix it.
Auto ON/OFF feature is not there anymore. BB should consider Auto DND (DoNotDisturb) or Auto Silent/Airplane modes instead.
Please find a way to stop the music app from automatically starting up every time it connects to bluetooth like car audio. This is very annoying.
No Panaroma mode in Camera app, why not? It is very easy to incorporate. This could be a nice addition to next release, and easy.
The text selection grips needs to be a little bigger, sometimes I cannot see where I am moving them, they work better in Playbook, nice big tabs.
Call Functions, before answering a phone add sideways gesture functions, like swiping right will forward the call, swiping left will answer with a test message, etc..
Or there should be a way to reject the call without sending it to voice mail, phones had this function a decade ago, I don't know what happened to it.
We used to be able to see the "History" without having to save the contact. Now I don't see any way to "View History" of a certain phone number, it just keeps adding
them as individual entries to the log. Now I can't see when was the last time they called me, how many times we spoke which day, etc... I loved this feature in BB5.
Where is BB Traffic? Where is BB Weather, without having to run an active frame? It will eventually disappear if you run too many apps. I liked a little Icon that shows me what the temp is, instead of running a whole app.
There is no Skype. This day and age with all other platforms having it, please either get skype (Microsoft) to cooperate, or open up BBM to other platforms. If necessary, pay Skype to develop the app, then charge BB users for the app. Most will gladly pay.
Can we tap and hold on an active frame to pin it, or can we pin two favorite apps between Call and Search & Search and Camera buttons in the bottom bar? How about Close All running Active Frames app to quickly free up ram?
I hope next generation devices have two speakers or speaker that is facing forward. When playing games or watching videos in landscape mode, I find my palm muting the speaker. I have to hold it gently with fingers to have a gap in between, something I don't want to do when I am on the subway or bus.
Blackberry Maps should have a Zoom In/Zoom Out buttons, sometimes using it with one hand, it is impossible to zoom in and out. (Zoom in is OK but we can't zoom back out)
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- ability to choose deletion of an email on handset only
- desktop software working with all older BB's allowing drag and drop type of transferring data, contacts etc. (BB link doesn't recognize my old Storm)
- auto power on/off
- contacts syncing with yahoo & Outlook (almost two weeks trying to work around it and no luck)

NEED IMMEDIATE HELP ON BROADCAST MESSAGES

Why i do not have a BROADCAST MESSAGES feature in my Blackberry Messenger in Blackberry 8900 Javelin, while my friend is using the same phone, but has got BROADCAST MESSAGES features. Please help if anybody know about this. Thanks

"Broadcast message..." allows you to send one message to all of your BBM contacts with conversations open. It broadcasts the same message to all recipients.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
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Blocking text message sender and number

HOW DO I BLOCK A NUMBER FROM SENDING ME TEXTS?? i keep getting strange text msgs and i want to block the sender. how do i go about that on Droid X?? any help would be appreciated.

JohnB_VZW wrote:
If you are trying to block text messages from a ten digit number and you have the ten digits number you can add the free Call & Messaging Block to your line. With this block you can block up to 5 numbers.
Call and Message Blocking are free features that assist consumer postpaid customers in blocking unwanted calls and messages from specific numbers on a short-term basis. Customers can manage it themselves and make changes whenever necessary by accessing www.vzw.com/spamcontrols.
The number will remain blocked for 90 days. If you need to continue blocking the number after the 90 days you will need to add the number back to the block list.
If you are trying to block text messages from a short code number you can add the free Premium SMS block to your line via your My Verizon account. You can also reply to the message you are receiving with the word STOP. You will receive a confirmation text advising that you have been unsubscribed from the Premium SMS.
Thanks
John
PLEASE consider this a feature request -- we NEED to be able to block SMS by 5- and 6-digit codes, not just 10-digit phone numbers. Since many of us pay by the message, not being able to block individual "Premium SMS" services is probably something you legally need to provide.

BBM feature request: Blocking broadcast messages

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