Re: BlackBerry WIFI questions
Good Day.
I'm having problem in using my home wifi in my bb 8520. it can detect and connect to my wifi but i can't get the check mark. my connection details; Digital subscriber line (DSL) and WEP. I tried public wifi in mc donalds, to my surprise i can connect and surf using mc donalds free wifi.
Please help me in solving my wifi connection problem.
Thanks
Don
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Try adding the MAC address of the BlackBerry® smartphone to the accepted MAC address list for the Wi-Fi network.
Have a look at this article on how to find the MAC address of a Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry smartphone: http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/KB13233
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With BlackBerry, the native Messages app can only work with an email account if there is an adequate data plan from a carrier. Natively, email on a BB is an enhanced service, requiring the use of certain servers and such hosted by the carriers and BlackBerry -- without a proper data account, access to those servers is denied, and thereby email cannot function via the Messages app.
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I just got a Blackberry Curve 9330 from my work, and I am trying to get used to it. I have never used a blackberry before, I use a Moto Droid as a personal phone, so it is pretty different.
Any links to good resources for tips on using this phone for business uses would be good as well, I have some more specific Q's I will post here.
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Or maybe you can bind just keys on the keyboard to function as arrow keys?
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I have all my Outlook email folders stored on my Exchange Maibox (On the desktop side), and I can see them when I go to "View Folder" on the blackberry, however only the inbox and sent items seem to have the messages in them. On my desktop outlook, I have filters that move the email to these folders. Maybe those filters only run when a desktop outlook client (2003 right now) interacts wtih exchange? Still right now I have messages in these folders, and my blackberry can see the folders, and I can into them, but they say no messages. So It seems like I should be able to view the messages in them.
I'm also wondering if there is a refresh button, to refresh the exchange connection? Especially to refresh like the read status of email, so after I read 20 email on my desktop outlook, then I can refresh on my blackberry, and those 20 will appear as read messages
I'm also wondering how I can make shortcuts on the desktop? Like can you make a direct call ,or direct email shortcut to someone in your contacts? And is it possible to make a shorcut to directly open a folder in your exchange mailbox?(Assumeing theres a way to get the messages to show up in them)endoftheline2 wrote:
I just got a Blackberry Curve 9330 from my work, and I am trying to get used to it. I have never used a blackberry before, I use a Moto Droid as a personal phone, so it is pretty different.
Any links to good resources for tips on using this phone for business uses would be good as well, I have some more specific Q's I will post here.
One of my main questions is if there is any other navigation besides the touchpad. It is pretty weird to use, I am playing around with the sensitivity, but it just seems unresponsive a lot of the time, and not easy to use for the general email and phone naviagtion
Is there any way (Maybe App?) to bind the volume keys on the right side to be used to scroll through email, and other things? They seem perfectly postioned to be used to scroll. Also is there anyway to rebind the left voice command key, to use as a enter key? Again it seems perfectly positioned to be used like this. (It seems like a huge waste of a big side button if it can only be used for the voice navigation.)
Or maybe you can bind just keys on the keyboard to function as arrow keys?
great tips here
http://www.stinsonddog.com/
I also have some questions about the email. It setup to connect to a blackberry server and Exchange for outlook etc as in a standard company (It's from a big company), and it gets some policies etc im sure. I don't know exactly the policies but I'm sure theres some things that may be locked down for me.
ask your admin
I have all my Outlook email folders stored on my Exchange Maibox (On the desktop side), and I can see them when I go to "View Folder" on the blackberry, however only the inbox and sent items seem to have the messages in them. On my desktop outlook, I have filters that move the email to these folders. Maybe those filters only run when a desktop outlook client (2003 right now) interacts wtih exchange? Still right now I have messages in these folders, and my blackberry can see the folders, and I can into them, but they say no messages. So It seems like I should be able to view the messages in them.
only new items will show up, show this to you BESAdmin maybe?
KB04713 - Enable message prepopulation for all users on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server
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I'm also wondering if there is a refresh button, to refresh the exchange connection? Especially to refresh like the read status of email, so after I read 20 email on my desktop outlook, then I can refresh on my blackberry, and those 20 will appear as read messages
Reconcile is a slow process, but there is a reconcile now option if it is enabled on the BES server.
more info for you and you admin
This will explain a lot about reconcile and hard deletes
KB04863 - Permanent deletion of email messages in Microsoft Outlook does not reconcile to the BlackB...
link in above KB in case you missed it
KB04853 - How to enable hard deletes on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
I have also changed the messages state size to 1000 and it cured 99% of our issues.
The performance hit and RAM increase is almost nil on the BES box.
On Device also double check:
Make sure that Wireless Reconcile is set to On. Sometimes toggling that to off, saving it, then turning it back on.
Messages Options - Email reconciliation -
Delete on Mailbox and handheld,
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If still not working and you moved a user mailbox.
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Is the user over quota?
I'm also wondering how I can make shortcuts on the desktop? Like can you make a direct call ,or direct email shortcut to someone in your contacts? And is it possible to make a shorcut to directly open a folder in your exchange mailbox?(Assumeing theres a way to get the messages to show up in them)
hope the above helps you out.
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