Pearl 9105 - WIFI Symbol greyed out

Question

Hello forums,
I have an issue with my Pearl. The WiFi symbol has stayed greyed out even though it says it has connected to my WiFi, home network. It is similar to what happened during the outage that happened.
I have reinstalled the software (OS 5) O2 won't allow upgrade to OS6. I have deleted the WiFi connection and re installed, but still it won't go white and it is affecting my mobile data usage as my phone is using the network signal for internet rather than WiFi.
Any suggestions on how to solve?
Cheers
Martyn

Answer 1

MadMartII wrote:
Unfortunately the KB was very useful as I already knew that exsisted. Though it does tell me that my phone has not connected up to the Blackberry Infrastructure but don't know how to get the phone to reconnect?
Wait...so in Manage Connections > Services Status, the status of BIS is "Not Connected"? If so, then you have bigger issues...in which case I suggest (with your BB truly functioning on your carrier network...turn the WiFi radio off to be sure) the following steps, in order, even if they seem redundant to what you have already tried (steps 1 and 2 each should result in a message coming to your BB...please wait for that before proceeding to the next step):
1) Register HRT
KB00510 How to register a BlackBerry smartphone with the wireless network
Please wait for one "registration" message to arrive to your Messages app
2) Delete and Resend Service Books
KB05000Delete the service book for the BlackBerry Internet Service email account from the BlackBerry smartphone
If you have no CMIME entry, then skip the deletion
KB02830 Send the service books for the BlackBerry Internet Service
Please wait for "Activation" Messages, one per already configured email account, to arrive in your Messages. If you have no already configured email accounts, please wait 1 hour.
3) Batt Pull Reboot
Anytime random strange behavior or sluggishness creeps in, the first thing to do is a battery pop reboot. With power ON, remove the back cover and pull out the battery. Wait about a minute then replace the battery and cover. Power up and wait patiently through the long reboot -- ~5 minutes. See if things have returned to good operation. Like all computing devices, BB's suffer from memory leaks and such...with a hard reboot being the best cure.
See if that get's the BIS Services Status to at least say "Mobile Network". If it does, then try WiFi again (a Service Book may have been missing, and the resend may have obtained it). Otherwise, if you can't register and/or can't receive Service Books, then contact O2 for formal support as your BB is not properly connecting to them.
MadMartII wrote:
I have downloaded a version of OS6 but am concerned about branding will downloading it from another carrier cause any issues? 
The ONLY thing that happens is if, at some point when you seek formal support from O2, they discover that you are using an OS level that they do not sanction, then they can refuse to provide support to you until you fall back to their supported version. But thousands of folks (maybe millions???) are using OS packages from other carriers all the time with no ill effects whatsoever.
There is a "trick" necessary to use another carriers OS package...let us know if you desire to proceed down that path and we can provide what you need.
Good luck!
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