GPS functionality - BB Curve 8530?

I have a 8530, what does it have for GPS functionality? I tried to find info on it on the BB site, but no dice...
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and no dice on the GPS for the 8530, nada.
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BLACKBERRY CURVE 8530,, help me ASAP.. P L E A S E

So I had this blackberry curve 8530 for about a week already. I like this device, but it does not let me send or receive picture messages. I need help ASAP... P L E A S E

Hi and Welcome to the Community!
Picture Messaging (technically, MultiMedia Messaging Service -- MMS) is a function of your contract with your mobile service provider (Sprint). You must subscribe, from them, to a plan level that is adequate to include MMS (and any other services you desire). As such, discussing this with them would be the best approach. See this for general guidance:
http://www.blackberryfaq.com/index.php/What_do_I_need_a_Data_Plan_for%3F
Again, that is only general -- with hundreds of carriers in the world each with dozens of different data plans, only they can answer specifically about what should and what should not work.
If they tell you that you are subscribed to an adequate data plan, then don't let them fob you off. After all, you pay them for 100% of your services and 100% of your formal support...you should insist that they deliver both.
Good luck!
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Curve 8530 -last attemt information will be erased on failure !

I'm german and my english is not verry good.
I have the curve 8530 and i forgat my blackberry pin. I'm now on last attemt information will be erased on failure!
This someone can help me how to get my blackberry pin befor i loose all my data in my curve.
I'm in germany now and can only use (call) the unit in U.S-but i need from my phonebook numbers and want to show some on the phon's pictures.
It would be verry nice if someone can get me help.
thanks' in advance
Frank

frankkonieczny wrote:
I have the curve 8530 and i forgat my blackberry pin. I'm now on last attemt information will be erased on failure!
This someone can help me how to get my blackberry pin befor i loose all my data in my curve.
Hi frankkonieczny
Welcome to BlackBerry Support Forums
Device PIN are unique , I think you are refering to Device password that you have set on your device,you are correct it will erase all data if you fail on your last attempt. Don't know if you already tried you last attempt if not then please try to recall the password that you have set on that device because there is no other way to retrive the password or to stop the wipe function after your last attempt. I think you might have a mixture of different characters in your password,and you are not able to properly enter those on the BlackBerry keyboard. For example , if your password is
frank123
And you enter f > r >a >n > k > alt > 1>2>3
the actual result will be
frank1er
You must enter
f > r > a >n > k > alt > 1 > alt > 2 > alt > 3
to get frank123 on your device.
So, while on the BlackBerry keyboard you think you are typing frank123, you are actually typing frank1er . Please try it again and make sure what you are typing .
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EMAIL ICON DISAPPEARS CURVE 8530

Ok I love u guys. U have been of great help. No I have my email synch. With my curve 8530. At first my yahoo icon appeared on the message envelope and then disappeared a couple days later. I still get email but it seems like I don't get all of it and there is a delay in receiving my hotmail email. Could ANYONE PLEASE explain why my icon disappeared and why it seems to only give me some mail and not all and how I might be able to fix it??? I am very good with electronic devices and instructions. Your answers would be very GREATLY APPRECIATED. Again thank those of you that have helped me and will help me.

Hi
I'm still working through mine but hopefully I can assist you.
Log in to your BIS and ensure that all your email accounts are fully synced. Contacts is the key issue.
I have noticed that I do not get all emails even after sync-ing. I believe that this is because the sender is not saved as a contact on the email server. For many years I have used Outlook and have saved the contacts there rather than on the server and believe this is why I do not get all emails.
I have a lot of email accounts and am currently adding them to an Excel spreadsheet which I will eventually upload to the BB. If you only have Yahoo and Hotmail, it will be easier for you to add contacts on the server. So when you've finished sync-ing on BIS go into you Yahoo server and make sure that all the contacts you need and want are saved and then do the same on the Hotmail server.
As to the Yahoo icon, sometimes it's there and sometimes it isn't; it does not appear to affect the functionality.
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2 SMS Issues with Blackberry Curve 8530

Hi, I've had 2 issues with my SMS functions on my BB curve 8530 which is recently purchased.
1) I don't receive any form of notification when I receive SMSes, regardless of whether my BB is in Vibrate or Normal mode. The LED light does not flash either. I know (from other forums) that this is a common problem, but I have yet to find a valid solution for this. This problem occured around 1 month after using the BB.
2) Initially when using SMSes it comes in a chat format (e.g. history of the conversation will appear below as you type a reply) but now it only appears when I am viewing a received message. When I try to send a outgoing message, I am only able to see the history of messages I have typed, and not the ones received. How do I rectify this issue?
Thank you so much

Hello, i'm not sure about a solution for number 1, but i am experiencing the same problem for number 2. Before i changed my theme from the classsic one, everything was going okay with my texts but since i have changed it i can no longer view my messages as a conversation. I can still see my messages but i have to go all the way through the message menu ( sms inbox/outbox ect) I recommend that you open a message from your inbox, hit the blackberry key, scroll down to options, then general, then where it says theme controlled change it to combined. I tried that and it didnt work for me, but it might for you as it did to my friend. Good luck!

Curve 8530 SMS Text Problems

My Curve 8530 will receive and send SMS texts ok for a while. Then, for no reason, I cannot click on an sms and open it. It will not show the previous texts. I cannot open the txt to make a reply. I took this to Verizon, he checked it and said there was definitely a problem, of course didn't have another phone, so ordered me one. A few days later I got a new (or probably refurbished) 8530. It's doing the same thing. So this is either a defect in the phone line or in the software for SMS text messages. I am very disappointed with Blackberry. I have had several of their phones, try to keep up with the newest technology even though it always costs me hundredes of dollars for the phones. I think this will be my last. If I cannot get this problem resoloved, I am switching to AT&T.

I got two of these phones and they both are doing it. I do a significant amount of work related texting on my main line 8530... I have to pull the battery anywhere from 5 to 10 times per day. I have contacted Verizon and I'm sending these 8530s back and replacing them with what I had before; the MUCH better, more professional and stable 8330.
I used my 8330 non-stop for 3 years. Never once had a problem with the trackball (Verizon told me the 8530 fixed the trackball problem---???)... Additionally, in the 3 years of using my 8330 non-stop, I may have had to pull the battery twice, from a lock up. Both times it was when I was actively using Internet, teathered to my laptop and an incoming call came. When I'd answer it, the call would work and when I'd hang up, the phone would crash...
The 8330 sold me on the Blackberry OS... The 8530 acts more like a Windows OS, IMHO.
A very dissatisfying experience.

WiFi issues with Curve 8530

Hi,
I am having major WiFi issues with my Curve 8530. Everytime I connect to my wireless router, it takes a long time to connect to BIS, and then if I try to use basically any data at all, my router drops my Curve 8530. Sometimes it stays connected, but I cannot use App World at all, and email, and web browsing is all over the place in terms of speed, sometimes it is fast, while sometimes it is slow, and most of the time it stalls while loading a page. How do I configure my router for use with BIS and have it not drop my Curve 8530 everytime I use data over WiFi? BIS works perfectly over my cellular carriers network, so BIS is activated on my device. I have tried giving my BB a static IP, but that did not solve anything. My router is a Netgear WNR2000. Also, I have the latest device software installed on my BB, and all of my apps are up-to-date.

Hi,
Have you had any luck and resolving your problem?
We have a similar problem but it's with iOS devices where only one can connect at a time. We have about 10 that need to connect. All other laptops and tablets connect fine.
Power cycling the AX411 fixes it temporarly.
Darren

Lost all contacts on Curve 8530

I recently downloaded a new version of Skype mobile to my blackberry and after restarting all of my contacts disappeared. I can only add one contact to my address book, but it repeats 5 times. I end up with the same name repeated 5 times and when I delete one they all disappear. Attempts to restored address book from back ups using BB Desktop Manager fail loading the address book.

wdonbrown wrote:
I have no address book database showing in status. I synced with google contacts, and the bakup shows over 300 contact records yet nothing shows on my blackberry curve 8530 contacts list
You have "no address book database" or the Address Book database shows "0/00k"?
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Curve 8530 no longer works

My Curve 8530 decided to overheat and kill the hardware on my phone. I can replace the battery, but it immediately dies.
I walk into US Cellular to their service center to see whats up, I am told this is an issue that has created headaches for many people, yet I didn't know about it. Apparently, I was supposed to know about the SOFTWARE UPDATE via FACEBOOK. That software update was supposed to fix this hardware update.
So, since this update was only known to the public via facebook, many people are losing their phones and having to turn around and buy a new or a used phone. I will have to do the same, but it won't be a Blackberry. Horrible customer service on both ends. I should have known about the issue either by bill, or phone call. A phone call is apparently illegal but yet they can call me telling me they updated my voice mail.
See ya RIM - I had a good 13 months, but if you can't create a product to last longer than a 2 year contract. You just aren't good enough. STAND BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT.
And you wonder why you have fallen out of the runnings for the best smartphone as of late.

Hey Browndot513,
In this case we can try to reload the software on the BlackBerry smartphone to make sure it is running the latest version and there are no issues with the OS.
Here is how to backup your BlackBerry smartphone http://bbry.lv/oPVWXc
Once you have backed up your BlackBerry smartphone please follow the link below to complete a clean reload of the BlackBerry smartphone software.
Link: http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB03621
Once completed test it and proceed with selective restore, here is how to restore http://bbry.lv/qgQxLo
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GPS problem with Curve

My GPS sometime work and sometime doesn't with my BB curve
Telus told me this was a know issue that the new release 4.5 would fix this problem¸
For Now telus are at 4.3, but I see BB web site is at 4.6
Does any telus user tried that ? Will it upgrade my blackberry firmware or it's only a Desktop SOftware upgrade ?
JF

You need capital EDGE to get data (GPS) on the curve. you may be out of a covered area. If you travel around a lot you may want to drop the battery out for 30 sec. and then re-install it and see if you get the EDGE.

Does DPS have GPS functionality? If not do they plan to add it and when?

Does DPS have GPS functionality? If not do they plan to add it and when?

Here is the sdk.. https://developers.google.com/maps/. Or do a search on stackoverflow.com and people have some examples of how to use it.

Cannot view HTML emails on Curve 8530, but HTML option is selected in email settings.

Hi,
I cannot view HTML emails on my Blackberry Curve 8530, but when I go to email options, HTML is selected. Why isn't it working?

Hi
Maybe the device needs resetting
The Blackberry is designed to be reset by removing the battery whilst the device is powered-on. Leave the battery out for a minute or 2.
See if that resolves the problem.
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Curve 8530 invalid user name

I have been trying to set up my email to my blackberry curve 8530 however it wont allow me and tells me my user name in blank or invalid. it was set up on my last blackberry but wont transfer through to this one. As far am i am aware my email address in my user name but still wont take even when i have tried on the actual website from my lap top. please advise if there is a solution.

Hey tanyatown,
Welcome to the BlackBerry Support Community Forums.
Thanks for the question.
Your username for the BlackBerry® Internet Service would not be your email address. If you forget what the username is, you can contact your network service provider for further assistance to get you logged in to setup your email accounts.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
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Anyone know of a PDF Editor for Curve 8530?

I have done some searching via my laptop, and while there are many PDF viewers, I have been unable to find a free or other version of a PDF editor (that would for instance allow me to insert UID and password in the editable field of a PDF doc) for the Curve 8530.
thanks in advance if you know about this.

I am afraid you might be out of luck, doing this on your BlackBerry device.
Don't know of any.
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Can't watch any video on my Curve 8530!

I've looked around recently to try to find an answer to why my BlackBerry Curve 8530 will not play videos, and nothing I've read seems to work. When try to play a YouTube video, one of the following 3 errors occurs:
1) "The device media processor is busy."
2) "An error has occured attempting to play media."
3) The screen changes from different shades of black, and no media plays.
I have no idea what is going on, and would like any advice that could be given!
Thank you for your time!

I had the same problem.. they cure was to back up all data and 3rd party applications FIRST!
then i did a System wipe and reinstalled everything.. now i can watch all video from sites such as youtube etc without a hitch.
it is extreme but it was the only thing that worked for me.. there is information out there on backing up the 3rd party apps using BB manager/desktop
do your research before you do this

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