Blackberry Pearl 8130 as a modem

Hello everyone! I'm currently trying to use my Blackberry Pearl 8130 as a modem, but having issues. I'm running a Macbook - OS-X 10.5.8 with Sprint as my carrier with everything plan. I have the ability to run as modem via bluetooth or through data cable but for some reason can't get either of them to work.
Does anyone have an answer?
Thanks!

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I just purchased the Blackberry Pearl 8130. I've tried t...

I just purchased the Blackberry Pearl 8130. I've tried to charge it for the last two hours and it will not turn on. It is plugged into the wall - the red light blinks intermittently, indicating that it is charging, however I have not been able to power it up. Do I need to exchange it for a new one?

Hi there!
Quite possibly...I would take it in for warranty evaluation, especially since it is so new.
Good luck!
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Problem with Blackberry Pearl 8130

My girlfriend has the Pink Blackberry Pearl 8130 from Verizon Wireless. She has had the phone for about 4 months and occasionally we have noticed that when she recieves text messages or voicemails the phone will make the alert tone and you see the arrows recieving, once thats done the messages disappear from the phone. When you click on the inbox there is nothing there for text messages. We were just wondering if anyone else with this Blackberry Pearl from Verizon has had any problem like this?
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I guess you did say that her VM's are disappearing too. She's probably running out of memory. Try a hard reset (removing the battery). When you do that it should boost the memory a little bit. It's good to complete a hard reset as much as possible. I try to do it at least once a day.
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I have a Blackberry Pearl (8100) with AT&T and am using AT&T as my ISP. How do I use the phone as a Bluetooth modem with my MacBook? The salesperson at the apple store said I needed an External USB Modem. I can pair the phone with the MacBook, no problem, but it doesn't seem to connect to my ISP.

Find the 1st occurence of "Blackberry" on this page...
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Thanks a bunch.

We all love our devices too Tracey, so lets see if we can get yours working
the way it should!
So the device software that you have is the latest that is offered
by Verizon, the first thing I would try is a Security Wipe. Before doing
the wipe you are going to want to make a backup of device information.
The backup can be done using the Desktop Manger (DTM), once DTM is opened
select Backup and Restore and choose the Backup Option. Once you have a
backup of the device then you can do a security wipe, this is going to wipe all
the information off the device. To do the security wipe go to Options –
Security Options – General Setting, once in General Settings hit the menu
button and you will have the Wipe Handheld option, click on this, the device
will then ask if you want to erase 3rd party applications, you can
say no to this as the backup does not contain any 3rd party
applications. You will then be prompted to enter the word BlackBerry to proceed
with the wipe. The device will wipe and power off and back on, it is very
important that you NOT pull out the battery during this process. Once the
device is back up you can go ahead and test to see if the call quality has
improved.
If this works then we can look at doing a selective restore of your data.
If this does not work then we will be looking at reloading
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Hmmm...strange indeed...OK, then the next thing I can think of is for you to perform a complete start over with DTM:
I suggest the following steps (insert plenty of reboots of your PC...not just restarts, but full power down reboots). Also, it is advised that you be logged into the PC on an account with full admin rights. Further, under Vista/Win7, use the "Run As Administrator" option for everything.
1) Remove your device OS update package from your PC (add/remove programs)
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Choose the version that is newest and (if applicable) compatible with your PIM (if you are synchornizing via USB):
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http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp
5) Install DTM to your PC
6) Install (also to your PC), the device OS package
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Error Message: No applications are set up or enabled for synchronization - BlackBerry Pearl 8130

The desktop software is not registering or recognizing my organizer sync settings. Each time I make my selections, the software confirms that I have sucessfully confirgured the product. When I select "Finish", the settings do not seem to be saved and the check mark in the box next to the title disappears.

Hi jgoodellperform,
Is there any change when you change the synchronization folder before configuring synchronization?
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1. If you have not already, remove your devcie from the USB cable and check the ringtones again.
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It also takes a surprisingly LONG time to complete. I am on a new MacPro 2.66 Quad Core running 8GB ram, so the slowness must be with the Blackberry's little processor. The application updates took nearly an hour to complete. I was starting to read the 'troubleshooting' posts and I am glad I let it complete.
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BB Pearl 8130 "access not allowed!" when trying to download Blackberry App World

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Hi and Welcome to the Forums!
"Access Not Allowed"? Is that the precise and exact message? If not, please do provide the precise message.
Please check this page to ensure you meet the minimum requirements (including if it is available in your country):
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Good luck!
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I just upgraded the software on my Telus Mobility (Canada) BlackBerry Pearl 8130 (from 4.3).
One of the main reasons I wanted to upgrade was to take advantage of the HTML email viewer (yeah! finally!).
My installation went fine, and the View Messages in HTML option is enabled (was by default, have verified it again).
On my first test email that I sent to myself from my Yahoo account to my default ISP email account, here's what happened. The Yahoo email uses a very simple "stationery" as background, consisting of two small graphic files, one in the upper left and one in the lower right. In between those two graphics is the text you wish to write. So I put the words "test test" in the text portion and sent it to myself.
When the email was received on the Pearl, indeed I saw the two graphics. However, the text was not displayed.
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Message Edited by bwv565 on 12-16-2008 11:43 PM

hello,
about your Bluetooth problem, I suggest you one a new discussion on the decicated board called "BlackBerry Accessories". ou will find there experts about Bluetooth.
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board?board.id=accessories
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about the second point. In my opinion there at least one picture that is corrupted (or one index file).
in the folder containing that image, do you have many images ? Let's call that folder A.
I suggest you to move them one by one into another folder B, then scroll through the folder A.
it will certainly reset a few times, until at one point it wont' freeze, meaning the folder A does not contain the corrupted image anymore.
you then know that the last image moved from A to B is the culprit.
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there is no Adobe Acrobat reader.
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