Red LED flashing on my curve?

Hi. I have a blackberry curve, I don't use it for anything other than calling (it was my sisters) so I don't have internet activated and I don't text or anything on it. But suddenly the red LED lights up every now and then and it does not turn on. The screen is all black. I've tried taking out the battery, putting it back in. I don't know, I'm confused. What could be wrong with it?
Message Edited by AyameM on 12-03-2008 06:15 PM

cathlabnurse wrote:
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That is a message indicator light. Voice mail, missed call, text message, blackberry message, etc.
He/she stated they don't have internet activated, so it would not be BBMessenger, and I do believe this might be more of a problem with the BB restarting than an alert notification.
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