Sticky ALT key on Curve 8520

Hi
I've been having some issues recently with a buggy ALT key on my keyboard, keeps on self-activating. Think this has something to do with my cellphone pouch having been such a snug fit. I have taken out the key completely, but somehow it STILL keeps on activating the ALT function while busy typing. I have noticed I can get along just fine without it, so is there a way to completely disable the ALT function on the phone short from blowing out the circuit board?

Sorry, no there is not.
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Hi!
When this happened to me, I searched endlessly for a solution but I couldn't find anything that didn't involve going to a repair centre or taking my phone to pieces. I was hoping for a simple solution! I was really frustrated as my phone's relatively new and well looked after and I couldn't do a thing. After about an hour of doing everything I could, it fixed itself and I forgot about it.
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ive been searching the net and forums for the solution of this problem and figured out that there are dozen of blackberry curve users having this same problems. but never did i see anyone giving the right solution. is this really a common problem for blackberry 8520? they dont even know how to solve this problem yet WHAT's happening!? removing the battery for 5min and putting it back again DOESNT WORK! upgrading the OS DOESNT WORK! im really getting annoyed. sorry can anyone help? im desperate. thanks

Is the problem one of the ALT key getting stuck? Stuck how?
Does it get stuck as in stuck down like it sticks depressed?
Or does it remain bouncy ok, but the NUM icon remains on screen?
If you press the lower left SHIFT key, does this remove the NUM icon?
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My curve 8520 is stuck on the loading screen :(

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I bought my curve 8520 about 5 months ago. And just yesterday when I tried rebooting it, it remains stuck on the boot loading screen. I tried battery pull, alt+shiftl+del, but all that happens is it getting stuck on the loading screen.
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hia did u ever work out how to fix this as mine is doind exactly the same! and 5 months old also!
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Get the correct latest version of the OS
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Youy say you locked it, was it with a password?
If it is a password did you think it was numbers and not letters? Remember you have to hold alt key for numbers. The PIN on the box is a ID for the device. It has nothing to do with a device password. Just like a MAC address on a network card.
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I know that my username and password are correct, as I've double checked them in BlackBerry App World, so the issue has to be coming from somewhere else.
Heathermac, the username and password for setting up your email on your BIS account is NOT the same as your BlackBerryID... two very different and totally separate things.
You might want to make your BIS login the same as your BlackBerryID, that would be convenient and a good idea, but they are not the same. They are set up differently, and one does not carry over to the other.
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Need Urgent Help with Curve 8520 Backup

Help urgently. I need to backup my Curve but the BB manager would not accept my pin. I am keying it in but the cursor is not showing any sings that it is being typed in. The phone is not accepting the password and it is one try away from cleaning the phone. I need to backup before that happens

Are you typing in your PN or your Password? If you're connected to the BlackBerry Desktop Software, you should be entering the device security password.
Often users who have multiple numerals in their password will only press the ALT key for the first numeral and not those following, so for instance, if your password were "1234", you might have been pressing "Alt 1234" on the device, which makes the actual password to be "1ers".
Does that make sense? Does it sound familar to your usage?
So check the way you enter your password on the device... do you think you are entering multiple numbers but actually are not?
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At the top of each device forum, there should be some "sticky" threads that discuss the OS levels available for many models. If they include your model, then please use those as reference as you proceed. Otherwise, you will have to dig through the official download portal for OS packages for your model:
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I have a drawing program, the main Window of which extends JFrame and contains a Canvas, which extends JPanel. The Canvas has a MouseAdapter, KeyAdapter and JMenuBar. It also has a Tools palette, which extends JDialog and has Buttons, which extend JToggleButtons.
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I do not want to use a different key, since one release of my program is a plugin for Photoshop, and Photoshop also uses the ALT key to achieve the same thing.
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Ok, I did apply KeyBindings. Since the AnanyaCurves class extends JFrame, I couldn't apply KeyBindings there, but I could apply KeyBindings to my CurveCanvas class, which extends JPanel, which extends JComponent. However I still have my first two problems:
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2) After opening a menu, such as the Nothing menu by pressing ALT and N, pressing a key which is not an accelerator key of a menu doesn't get recognized, such as pressing the E key. You never reach the actionPerformed method of the exitF action, where it's supposed to exit the program.
Here is my SSCCE with the KeyBindings:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.*;
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JMenuBar menuBar;
Command quitCmd;
JMenu fileMenu, nothingMenu;
JMenuItem quitItem, nothingItem;
boolean alt;
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    fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
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    fileMenu.add(quitItem);
    menuBar.add(fileMenu);
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    hiddenMenuBar.add(fileMenu);
    getContentPane().add(hiddenMenuBar, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    getContentPane().add(new JPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);*/
    nothingMenu = new JMenu("Nothing");
    nothingMenu.setMnemonic('N');
    nothingMenu.setFont(boldFont);
    nothingItem = new JMenuItem("NoAction");
    nothingItem.setFont(plainFont);
    nothingMenu.add(nothingItem);
    menuBar.add(nothingMenu);
    addMouseListener(new MouseAdaption());
    addKeyListener(new KeyAdaption());
public static void main(String[] args)
    Dimension windowSize = new Dimension(300, 200);
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    ananyaCurves.pack();
    ananyaCurves.setBounds(0, 0, windowSize.width, windowSize.height);
    ananyaCurves.setVisible(true);
    ananyaCurves.requestFocus();
public void exit()
    this.dispose();
    System.exit(0);
class MouseAdaption extends MouseAdapter
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
      if (AnanyaCurves.this.alt == true)
        AnanyaCurves.this.exit();
class KeyAdaption extends KeyAdapter
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      /*int keyCode = event.getKeyCode();
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I will appreciate your help very much! Thanks for your time!

I cant download anything frm my bb curve 8520

Haai ppl,pls help me here everytime when I try to download on my bb 8520 it always fails nd its something new,I don't knw what to do now.

Hello!
Not knowing more (e.g., the error message when it fails may have helped), I suggest that you clear the AppWorld application cache:
1. Open App World
2. Go to My World
3. Follow one (and only one!) of these steps:
3a. For keyboard-based BB's -- Hold down the ALT key and then press, in sequence R, then S, then T
3b. For Touch Screen Only BBs -- Hold the num-lock (!?123) button so it locks and then press, in sequence 3, then 4, then (
3c. For newer (e,g., OS6 and 7) BB's, see this KB:
KB24714 How to clear the BlackBerry App World cache
4. AppWorld should close.
5. If your BB locks after issuing the cache clear, perform a battery pull reboot
6. Return to AppWorld/MyWorld (it may be sluggish while it re-synchronizes).
If step (4) does not happen as listed, then the clear cache did not work.
Hopefully it'll work for you! If not, please do tell us the exact and complete error message when you try installing apps from AppWorld.
Good luck and let us know!
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