Validity of UNLOCKED Blackberry Pearl 9100 3G Phones

Has anyone ever had problems activating one of these UNLOCKED phones on a Network? I am having difficulty activating the phone. When a sim was inserted a phone message said that the sim was locked and it further asked for the Network's MEP code to unlock it. Has anyone had a similar experience? How did you resolve this issue?

hello,
this is hardware coded. There are as a matter of fact two models with the 9100 reference.
With the current carrier, you can have EDGE.
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What are the features of blackberry pearl 9100?

what are the features of blackberry pearl 9100?

lalitive, please don't ask vague questions like this. There are too many features to list here and you certainly know how to use google.com for a search, don't you?
Likewise, there are various models of the Pearl. Which as you asking about?
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MMS Help -- BlackBerry Pearl 9100 on Telus

Hi,
I have a BlackBerry Pearl 9100 on Telus Mobility in Canada on a 3G HSPA network. I am having problems with the multimedia messaging (MMS -- picture and video messaging) on my phone. I am able to send pictures and videos without any problems. But when receiving messages with pictures or videos inside, my phone removes the content, saying it cannot be displayed on my handset. Is this a feature the phone doesn't support, or could it be Telus?
Thanks.

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Unable to Start my BlackBerry Pearl 8100 (Black) phone.

Hi,
I am using blackberry pearl for couple of months now. Yesterday My phone shown a weared behaviour like on the screen it is showing the processing sand timer for some times and then a red light starts blinking on the right top corner. When the red light is appearing my screen is completely blank. When the red light stops appearing the screen again shows the same sand timer.
Please help me.
Thanks.

Hi,
Sounds like you have a corrupt Device OS.OS.
If you have a good backup of the phone you can restore it after the procedure.
Here is the procedure to do a clean install: read TANZIM'S POST:
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Unlocked Blackberry Curve - Not allowing phone calls - UK

Hi all,
Recently took ownership of new blackberry curve 8520 which was locked to Orange network. Have unlocked and tried using my existing phone sim (virgin), and presented with "call forwarding conditional" then "authorization failed"
I tried a friends sim (they have a working BB), and this time I got "call failed" - For both sims, wifi works fine...
Anyone can offer any advice what I should and can do? I was thinking the BB might be still previously registered which might be the problem?
All answers much appreciated
Big thanks

Hello,
It is possible that the unlocking did not succeed...you can check via this FAQ:
http://blackberryfaq.com/index.php/How_do_I_determine_if_my_BlackBerry_is_%22unlocked%22%3F
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Moving contacts from Blackberry Pearl to Macbook Air

Hi,
I still have a Blackberry Pearl as my phone but have just upgraded to a Macbook Air as my laptop (from using a PC).
Any advice on how I move my contacts from the Pearl to the Air ?
And will I be able to regularly synch the two (as I did with my old PC)?
Cheers, Baz

Hi and Welcome to the Community!
Refer:
KB19148 How to synchronize organizer data in Microsoft Office for Mac between the BlackBerry smartphone and a Mac computer using BlackBerry Desktop Software
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Blackberry Pearl- Why it's the worst phone ever made

Here's why I think the Blackberry Pearl is the worst phone ever made.
1. I can't get photo's off of it. My G1 takes a few seconds. I've worked with this Pear for hours upon hours cannot get my photo's off of it. The Desktop manager really bites too no help there. I really dislike this phone. The software just as bad. I guess they were on the move when Desktop manager was getting written.
2. The phone on occasions would lock on letters instead of numbers. There wasn't an intuitive way to get it unlocked. I found it more intuitive to get a my return from the IRS than it was to get the phone back to dialing numbers.
I'm having my kids dress up as a Blackberry Pearl for Halloween. I'm going to make a Halloween Movie Freddy Kruger attacks people with Blackberry Pearl the topper scene features unsuspecting Pearl user getting tied up and has them attempt to copy their photos off to a PC and the video gets put on Youtube for Christmas.
Very unsatisfied with your product.
Don Quixote

I want to join the fun here and list all the different reasons why I'm very unsatisfied with this phone.
The actual phone part of this phone is pretty slow. It accepts a phone number almost 3 times slower than I can type it in. Even typing a name on their handy search bar takes forever to get a result. If I type to fast, it just ignores a couple of my numbers so I have to delete and retype, at the same super slow pace. I'm guessing that it searches all sorts of contact and history lists to give me cool suggestions, and that's what makes it so slow. Either way, it irritates me to no end that the basic reason I have this thing is slow as dirt.
All 3rd Party and Blackberry apps require the Blackberry data service. Even though there's WIFI on this phone, you simply can't connect to anything except the Browser (and even the Browser requires some setting changes to bypass the upsell screen). This phone CAN do 3rd party services and other applications without the Blackberry data service, but they just don't allow you to.
Sometimes my phone just turns off. I don't normally mind the 3 minute boot up process, but when I'm in the middle of something and my phone turns off for no reason, it just compounds my frustration.
The keyboard freezes up all the time. After a good 1-5 minute "please wait clock", I finally get a message saying there was an error and my input application had to be reset. Sometimes it doesn't quite reset all the way and I have to pull the battery and again wait for the long boot up process.
Its a little unreliable. Besides the phone turning off at random and the keyboard freezing, I still have problems other problems. My bluetooth turns off and sometimes doesn't come back. Once I had to get a new phone sent to me in order to correct that problem. Pressing buttons doesn't always get a response, especially the green "call" button. If the phone is bogged down, it just ignored commands, which is pretty frustrating especially if you press a button and accidently double enter a command that is both the "on" and "off" options. Also, sometimes the screen fades out (like its suppose to) but doesn't come back when you press keys. Or the external notifications just don't turn on. It somestimes just doesn't read my memory card. The zoom feature on my camera also got stuck.
Other small gripes involve having no caps lock, the SureType never learning from my typing ("Hey" always goes out as "Get"), its overall slowness, the looseness of the back casing, the low quality camera, and so much more.
I don't suggest this phone to anyone.

Unlocking the BlackBerry Pearl

I have a BlackBerry Pearl from when I was with ATT phone service but now I have switched to T-Mobile. When I called ATT to get them unlocked they gave me the unlock codes then told me that they cannot make it work and that I needed to contact BlackBerry directly that it is not their problem. Can anyone please tell me how to unlock a BlackBerry Pearl if the Provider won't?
Thanks
Andrea

hello,
you have two issues.
first issue : allow your device to accept a SIM card from another carrier.
that is what is called unlock the device (it's also called "de-SIMlocking")
once that is done, you can use any SIM card in the world to use your device. What you will be able to do with just that :
make/receive phone calls
send/receive SMS
second issue : configure RIM's servers so that the dataflow gets to your device, through your new carrier.
it's called "release of the PIN", the PIN being in this case the serial number of your device. It's an 8 characters code.
you have to call your previous carrier, and tell them that you need the PIN released so that your new carrier can take over. You may need a proof of purchase of the device.
once that is done, you can link your BlackBerry Data Plan (the new one at your new carrier) to your device, using the BIS website of your new carrier.
then you have a full featured device.
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Design flaw in blackberry pearl 8220 audio (voice) - does every phone shipped have this problem?

Hi,
have a new blackberry 8820 pearl that I am happy with.
The phone does have one big problem. hearing a person over the phone (i.e.. The top speaker embedded in the flip not the microphone in the phone case proper).
When someone raises their voice a little during conversation the phone distorts the incoming audio (it makes a tinny sound like when a speaker distorts when it is overloaded and yes I am using default volume and have tried it on all volume levels... The phone speaker still distorts incoming voice).
Also called a few numbers and got several people's voicemail announcement... Because people raise their voice just a little bit when they put in their voice mail announcement the phone always distorts the voicemail greeting.
Moved my sim card to a Motorola razor v8. everything is crystal clear hearing and speaking. your blackberry pearl flip has a hardware or firmware design flaw... It distorts incoming conversation based on how the person is speaking not just when they are talking with a strong clear voice... But when the incoming speech volume is raised slightly!.
I asked tmobile to send me a new phone. they did and the new phone does the same thing (i.e.. The handset speaker). the speaker phone function works just fine and does not distort conversation.
Is this a problem with a certain production run on the phone or does it happen with every blackberry pearl flip 8220?
since the Motorola razor works fine under the same conditions with <no> distortion figured it may be design flaw going to production on the phone. But thought I would ask anyway.. In case this problem has been solved by development in-house.
Please pass this message to engineering and the product line manager responsible for the blackberry flip 8220. I know if I was a product manager I wouldn't want to go to market with a phone that distorts audio. you guys should have checked the competition (Motorola and other windows CE phones to make sure the audio on the blackberry pearl is as good or better than the competition).
Hope this helps. please pass this forward and see what engineering and product management says. if its a general design flaw it would be good to know. just wanted my new blackberry (which I like) to work just as good as my Motorola razor. both are good phones but the audio handset speaker distortion is somewhat of a pain.
Thank you,
mark bramblett
EDIT: Removed personal information

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With the data you're seeing under status would mean that this device was used before, by a different customer or client.
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Pearl 9100 will not retrieve MMS

My Pearl 9100 will not, and has not since I have owned it, retrieve MMS. I get a notification that someone has sent me a message, my phone displays the message and says ***Not Retrieved Yet*** with a button underneath saying "Download Now" and "Expires mm/dd/yy/time". But after I click "Download Now", my phone does absolutely nothing. I have no idea what to do or where to start to even try to remedy this situation. My carrier is Bell Canada.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Hi and Welcome to the Community!!
I suggest the following steps, in order, even if they seem redundant to what you have already tried (steps 1 and 2 each should result in a message coming to your BB...please wait for that before proceeding to the next step):
1) Register HRT
KB00510 How to register a BlackBerry smartphone with the wireless network
2) Delete and Resend Service Books
KB05000Delete the service book for the BlackBerry Internet Service email account from the BlackBerry smartphone
KB02830 Send the service books for the BlackBerry Internet Service
3) Batt Pull Reboot
Anytime random strange behavior or sluggishness creeps in, the first thing to do is a battery pop reboot. With power ON, remove the back cover and pull out the battery. Wait about a minute then replace the battery and cover. Power up and wait patiently through the long reboot -- ~5 minutes. See if things have returned to good operation. Like all computing devices, BB's suffer from memory leaks and such...with a hard reboot being the best cure.
Hopefully that will get things going again for you! Good luck and let us know!
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Pearl 9100 3G - OS 6 - no vibrate button anymore

Pearl 9100 3G
v6.0.0.481, Platform 6.6.0.151
Recently upgraded to OS 6. Love it.
However, when I had OS 5, when entered my password to unlock my BB, I can press and hold down my aA^/# key (to the right of the space/0 key, and to the left of the return key) and my BB would go into vibrate sound profile. If it was already on vibrate profile, by holding that key, I would go to normal sound profile. Now, when I hold that key down, it ask me "Assign a Speed Dial to the #?"
I've seem to have lost a quick way to change my phone to vibrate. When I had the Pearl 8130, I could change to vibrate even if my BB was locked.
Any quick way to change my sound profile to vibrate?

I have also noticed that buttons dont work, more specifically the media buttons don't work globally (works in the media player but not anywhere else)
Besides other minor annoyances Im liking the new OS...
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My email sent from my laptop via bigpond isn't being received on my BB Pearl 9100.

I have tried using the cable plugged into my PC and phone as well as without but neither works.
have my wiFi and synchronised options all set to YES on the phone.
Why isn't my "sent" email appearing on my phone?
Also, if I send an email from my BB Pearl 9100, it doesn't appear in my "sent" mail in my pc (using MS Outlook 2007).
Narelle

Hi and Welcome to the Forums!
All reconciliation of email between the BB and the email server will be governed by this KB:
KB05133Email reconciliation features for the BlackBerry Internet Service
Further, this discusses reconciliation between the BB and the email server...there is no reconciliation between the BB and any email clients if you have OTA email delivery configured via BIS. Hence, it would be up to the other email client (e.g., Outlook) to be able to reconcile Sent Items from the server back to itself (and I don't think Outlook is capable of that)...and even then that would only work if the email server was capable of receiving Sent Items from BIS (as per the KB above).
Good luck!
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Internet Access/Email On My Blackberry Pearl 8100.

My mobile ‘phone account is with U.K. Orange on a pay-monthly basis. I recently bought a U.K. Vodafone-locked Blackberry Pearl 8100 from eBay. I got it unlocked successfully and inserted my Orange SIM card in it.
Everything works EXCEPT that I have no internet or email access whereas I did before on my old Orange Treo 600. I don’t even have a browser icon on the “desktop”. I tried to send an email from “Messages” but all I got was “No message services configured”.
Is there any way I can access the internet/email easily with my new Blackberry?
My home computer is an Apple Intel 24” iMac and I have PocketMac for Blackberry.

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Hi I bought a blackberry pearl in NY and I was trying to connect it in Venezuela

Hi I bought a blackberry pearl in NY and I was trying to connect it in Venezuela through MOVISTAR carrier (TELEFONICA) and they said that this phone is already connected at Blackberry I spoke to the seller and he said to email BB to reset the IMEI which is {edit personal info}
Message Edited by MichelleK on 06-16-2009 01:44 PM

Seems that you need to unlock your BlackBerry device.
Contact the wireless operator who sold you the device and ask for an unlock code.

Reboot when switching from 2G and 3G on my Pearl 9100

My Pearl 9100 has recently developed a fault in which the phone reboots when in poor reception areas and switches from 2G and 3G and back. I installed the latest software hoping this would solve the problem but no luck. I have seen that this is a problem others have encountered but no solutions. Help !

How old is your battery? I would be curious if it does it with another battery.
From the circumstances you describe, I'm wondering if the BlackBerry is demanding such power as the battery cannot deliver, causing the reboot. You wouldn't notice when near a tower, but in a fringe area, perhaps
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