[Torch 9860] - Network indicates roaming "Rogers Wireless - Fido" with Fido SIM

Hello,
I recently purchased a BlackBerry Torch 9860.
I have a Fido SIM card
When I insert my SIM, and I turn on cellular, the network says "Rogers Wireless - Fido" with the roaming triangle next to it.
Why is this the case and will I be charged roaming whenever I make a call or send an SMS?
Thanks,
Tobias
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Hi and Welcome to the Community!
You need to check if your BB is unlocked or not...see this:
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/General-BlackBerry-Functions-and/Unlocking-your-BlackBerry-Gu...
If, for instance, your BB is locked to Rogers, then when you try to use a Fido SIM, it may be having to run via the Rogers network to get to Fido. Or, if Fido has no coverage where you are, it may have to roam on Rogers to get to Fido.
As for billing, you have to talk to Fido and/or Rogers about that.
Good luck!
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BlackBerry Presenter. Nice idea, eh?
Who wouldn't want to save the weight of lugging a PC around when a handheld would do the job? [Except that it doesn't.] Amazon details say Torch 9860 is supported. OS version needs to be above 4.6. Mine is v7.0; I duly shell out money. Box arrives a few days later.
Honeymoon Period
Power up the Presenter, look at all the pretty lights. Download & install the desktop software. Connect the Presenter, update the firmware. What next? Oh yes, follow the email link to install the handheld software and we'll be away. But wait! What is this? An error message:
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Honeymoon Over
Oh, OK, I'll find a spare weekend morning to do the v7.1 OS upgrade. Sparkly new features. (Well, 1 of them is useful and if there are some patches to the unresponsive screen issues then maybe this investement in free time will be worth it). Now I have v7.1 installed, let's follow the link....
"Your device is not supported. Why are you persisting with this?" *
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“Error 404a – This page no longer exists and now you’re trying to be clever. You again? Your DEVICE IS NOT SUPPORTED whatever it is! Give up! Go away!” *
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Follow the links. Find myself back at the Knowledge Base, again in search of enlightenment. Hmmm. Try the (non-freephone) telephone number. "Press 1 if you are a distributor, press 2 if you have a support account, 3 if you have no life or 4 to be sent around interminable links of our automated system until you lose the will to live" * I select 4 and due to a fault in the system find myself speaking to a sleepy but well-meaning chap in America. He is determined to help me. After some time trying to establish what strange BlackBerry device this is I have bought ("Yes, Presenter. P-R-E-S-E-N-T-E-R. P for Papa, R Romeo, E Echo" - you get the drift) he (politely) explains in the way that only a twenty something graduate can that this device isn't actually made by RIM, it's from a 3rd Party ("That's kinda like another company that we use to like do stuff for us..." *) and therefore there is not much information in his KnowledgeBase about it. "Can you try this link, sir?". Oh whoopee. We're back in the user manual. Yes, I can try following a link to App World. No, I can't find the app there any more either. My helpful assistant eventually gives up when I decline paid support, and gives me an email address to which to send my problem and advises me to see my network provider. This email turns out to be for their “Idea Processing” department. The automated response asks me to sign a confidentiality agreement before sharing my ideas on how the product may be improved. I decline, life being too short to pursue this line of attack.
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Aha! This will be a fully accredited RIM partner with exclusive access to their limitless training resources. I am only seconds away from “Oh – you need this new version of the handheld software!”
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I hope that someone gets my (x3)
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Torch 9860 does not starts

help!
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Please try this sequence...note that, throughout the entire 4h15m process, your BB must remain connected to a known-good wall charger (not PC USB):
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It is also possible that your battery or BB has experienced a problem...to test, this sequence is needed:
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The results of this will indicate if it's your BB or your battery that has the problem.
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Lots of trouble with BB Torch 9860.

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Carrier - O2 UK.
Thanks.

Hello...and apologies for the delayed reply!
Hopefully you already have this resolved, but just in case...I suggest you do a clean and controlled OS reload, using the process outlined later down in this post...
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:
http://us.blackberry.com/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp
From a PC, you can install any compatible (e.g., for your exact BB Model Number) OS package to a BB via this procedure:
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Device-Software/How-To-Reload-Your-Operating-Syste...
Note that while written for "reload" and the Storm, it can be used to upgrade, downgrade, or reload any BB device model -- it all depends on the OS package you download and install to your PC. If that OS package is from a carrier other than the carrier for which your BB was originally manufactured, then delete, on your PC, all copies of VENDOR.XML...there will be at least one, and perhaps 2, and they will be located in or similarly to (it changes based on your Windows version) these folders:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader
C:\Users\(your Windows UserName)\AppData\Roaming\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\Loader XML
Be sure that you remove, from your PC, any other BB device OS packages as having more than one installed to the PC can cause conflicts with this procedure.
You may also want to investigate the use of BBSAK (bbsak.org) to perform the wipe it is capable of.
You may also want to try this procedure to perhaps narrow down the precise causal item:
Load your OS "bare bones"...if anything is optional, do not install it.
If the behavior presents immediately, then try a different OS with step 1
If the behavior does not immediately present, then run for as long as it takes for you to be sure that the behavior will not present.
Add one thing -- no matter how tempting, just one.
If the behavior does not present immediately, then again run for long enough to be sure it will not have the same problem
Repeat steps 4 and 5 until all things are loaded or the behavior presents
When the behavior presents, you know the culprit...the last thing you loaded.
If the behavior does not re-present, then you know that either step 1 or 2 cured it.
If the behavior presents no matter what, then you likely have a hardware level issue for which no amount of OS or software can cure.
If you are on MAC, you are limited to only your carriers sanctioned OS packages...but can still use any levels that they currently sanction. See this procedure:
KB19915How to perform a clean reload of BlackBerry smartphone application software using BlackBerry Desktop Software
Good luck and let us know!
Occam's Razor nearly always applies when troubleshooting technology issues!
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