Problems with Pearl 8130

Question

Lately I've been having some issues with my Pearl 8130.  I have been able to temporarily correct these problems by removing my battery and resetting the phone, but the problems have gotten steadily worse so that I have to reset it ten times a day.
Sometimes when someone calls me it won't ring (yes, I've checked and my ringer is on); it will show me a missed call, but when I check my call log nothing is there.  Yes, someone is really calling, I did confirm that with the caller.
Sometimes when someone sends me a message in BB Messenger, it will show on my main screen the icon showing I have a new message, but when I open BB Messenger there is no message there.  If I click on my Message Icon, it shows there that I have a new BB message, but when I click on it, it takes me back to BB Messenger and there is no message there.  If I reset my phone by removing the battery, the BB message is there then.
I'm getting frustrated with having to take the battery out so many times a day.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for any assistance!

Answer 1

YES!!  Memory Leak!! It's not just you.
I got sucked into getting a fun-sized Blackberry Pearl.  I love the interface, the trackball, the intelligent auto-text, the camera, the media player, everything.  It's a perfect phone.  Almost.
MY BLACKBERRY PEARL 8130 RANDOMLY DELETES ALL MESSAGES WITHOUT WARNING.
It happens to all Pearls with all carriers (VERIZON, SPRINT, T-MOBILE...)
It happens regardless of how much free memory you keep available.  I babysit my phone hourly, and it still happens.
It happens even though I have a 2-GIG memory card.
It happens if you let it sit on the counter and collect dust.
It happened to the refurbished unit they sent me to 'fix' it.
It doesn't warn you it's erasing itself.  You have to find out the hard way.
When it happens, it also continues to erase all incomming messages and missed call reports, even after it makes more room by doing that auto-brain-flush. 
The only way to begin receiving messages again, is to remove the battery for a minute, and re-boot it.
Sprint tells you that it's an intentional design feature by RIM to make room. The 4 Sprint tech support people that I talked to, read from the same script.  They keep a sheet of tatterd and worn paper outlining the excuse that SPRINT brainwashed them into reading and believing.
Verizon offers to give you a newer model, but newer models do it too.  They might do it less because they have more internal memory, but since there is no set memory level for the crash to happen, I wouldn't trust a Curve, either.
RIM has people that post messages on boards like these, attempting to minimize this problem.  They pose as fake Blackberry owners, try to make you feel stupid, and blame it on the end-user.  It is not your fault.  There is nothing you can do. 
My phone number is[removed personal information]
My name is Nathan.
Call me, if you want.  I'll tell you all about it. 
I kick myself for recommending this phone to my friends.  I have 3 fellow Blackberry-owning friends, and they all hate me.
I am hooked on the mini-QWERTY.  It's going to be hard to go back to my LG slider.  I'm digging it out of my junk drawer tonight, and getting it reactivated.
Are you STILL thinking about getting a Blackberry?  Do it, I dare you to not have these problems. 
P.S.  No, the fancy new 4.5 software does not fix this, it causes more problems.  I tried it.  Now my 'smartphone' is merely an expensive day-planner.  Wait... no, it isn't even that.  My calendar doesn't save any dates.  The microphone and handset speaker doesn't work, so I can't call anybody.  Telenav doesn't give audible prompts, it just shows you where you are, and can't tell you where to go.  I wish I could tell somebody at RIM where to go.  Of course, it would be hard to mozy in that direction with their heads shoved so far up their assas.
Message Edited by dany_s on 07-15-2009 11:06 PM