Getting Overwhelmed by Emails?

Getting Overwhelmed by Emails?

If you’re getting overwhelmed by emails on your Blackberry device you may consider automatically deleting emails after 15 days. If you haven’t replied to a message in 15 days, chances are you probably never will. This will also help your pysche, seeing only 20 new emails is much better than looking at 500 or 1000 unread emails. Another benefit of automatically deleting emails is that you free up memory space on your handheld. Remember if there’s not enough space on your handheld, you’re not going to be receiving any emails.

Here’s how to set up automatic deletion:
Go to the message screen –> Wheel-click and “Options –> General –> Keep Messages.

How To Copy Phone Numbers To Your SIM Card

How To Copy Phone Numbers To Your SIM Card

A SIM card stands for Subscriber Identity Module, on most mobile phones the SIM card is the place where it holds the address book and SMS messages. The SIM card is less important on the Blackberry because the address book is stored on the built-in flash memory or it can wireless sync your Outlook address book. But their may be a time where you want to retrieve the address book off a SIM, especially when you are a new Blackberry user coming from a regular mobile phone and want to import your contacts. We have already told you how to import your whole address book, but here’s how to selectively add a contact to your SIM card:

1. On the handheld Home screen, click the Address Book icon.
2. Select the contact containing the phone number you wish to copy.
3. Click the trackwheel and select View.
4. Select the phone number, click the trackwheel, then select Copy to SIM Phone Book.
5. Click the trackwheel and select Save.
Note: If you receive the message “Not enough room in SIM,” delete the SMS messages on the Phone screen and delete the entries in the SIM Phone Book.

Creating Meeting Requests From Your Handheld

Creating Meeting Requests From Your Handheld

Many of us that use Outlook would be familiar with the feature that when creating a meeting it allows you to automatically send each participant a reminder email. Less familiar is that you can actually do it wirelessly through your Blackberry if you’re on a BES.

Here’s how:
1. From the Home screen of the handheld, go to the Calendar application.
2. Create a new appointment. Once all the information has been entered, click the trackwheel to view the menu. Click on Invite Attendee.
3. The handheld’s Address Book appears, listing all contacts.
* If you have contacts in your address book you want to invite, highlight the name and click the trackwheel. Select Invite .
* If you want to invite someone who is not in your address book but is in the global address list (GAL), click the trackwheel and select Lookup. Look up the contact’s name in the GAL and click the trackwheel. Select Invite .
* If you want to invite someone who is not in your address book or the GAL, scroll to [Use Once] in your address book. Click the trackwheel and select Email. Enter the contact’s email address, then click the trackwheel and select Continue. The email address is entered in the invitee list.
4. Continue adding names as needed.
5. Save the appointment. The appointment has been added to the handheld and desktop calendar applications and a meeting request is sent to the invitee(s).

Setting Up Dial Pause and Waiting

Setting Up Dial Pause and Waiting

Do you frequently bank over the phone and are tired of constantly going through the menus and having to enter your bank card number? Well there’s an easier solution, you can setup a dialing string so you can quickly get to where you want in the phone IVR and not fiddle around looking for your bank card. As you can see from the screenshot you can insert a wait or pause to separate additional digits (for example, a password or extension) from the main telephone number. When dialing a phone number that contains a pause, the handheld will pause for two seconds before dialing the remaining numbers. When dialing a phone number that contains a wait, the handheld displays a Dial Extension screen prompting you to either dial the remaining numbers, skip the remaining numbers, or end the call.

A typical phone will usually work by using ‘.’ and ‘,’ but the Blackberry is a bit different, click on more to learn how …

To include a pause or wait while dialling a phone number:
1. On the Home screen, click the Phone icon. The Phone screen appears.
2. With your cursor in the empty field at the top of the screen, type the first portion of the phone number.
3. To insert a pause in the phone number, press the N key. For the 7100 Series, press the L key. A “P” appears in the phone number.
4. To insert a wait in the phone number, press the B key. For the 7100 Series, press the QW key. A “W” appears in the phone number.
5. Type the remainder of the phone number.
6. Press the Enter key. The phone number is dialed.
To include a pause or wait in a phone number in your address book:
1. On the Home screen, click the Address Book icon. The Find screen appears.
2. Open an existing Address Book entry or create a new one.
3. In the Work, Home, Mobile, or Pager field, type the first portion of the phone number.
4. To insert a pause in the phone number, press the N key. For the 7100 Series, press the L key. A “P” appears in the phone number.
5. To insert a wait in the phone number, press the B key. For the 7100 Series, press the QW key. A “W” appears in the phone number.
6. Type the remainder of the phone number.
7. To save your changes, click the trackwheel and click Save.
8. To call the phone number you just saved, click the name of the contact person, then click Call . The phone number is dialed.

Have Both Business and Personal Addresses on Handheld

Have Both Business and Personal Addresses on Handheld

Blackberry may be considered one of the must-have business tools but there is no reason why you can’t use it to keep your personal life in order. By default the Blackberry will only display business contacts but you can change that. To have both business and personal addresses appear in the handheld address book, complete the following tasks:
Configure Intellisync
1. In BlackBerry Desktop Manager, double-click the Intellisync icon.
2. In the Intellisync window, click Configure PIM.
3. In the Handheld Configuration window, select Address Book in the handheld application list, then click Advanced. The Address Settings for Address Book window appears.
4. Click Field Mapping.
5. In the Intellisync window, click OK. The Field Mapping for Address Book window appears.
6. Scroll down the list and locate Home Address in the Contacts column.
7. Click and drag Home Address down beside User Defined 1 in the Handheld column.
8. Verify that a double-sided arrow appears between the two items.
9. Click OK to save your changes.
10. Close all windows and synchronize your handheld.
Rename the User Defined field on the handheld
1. In the handheld Home screen, click the Address Book icon.
2. Click the trackwheel, then Edit.
3. Click the User1 field, then Change Field Name.
4. Enter field name, then click the trackwheel.
5. Click the trackwheel, then Save.
The name of the field will change in all address book entries.

Include multiple participants in a BlackBerry Messenger

Include multiple participants in a BlackBerry Messenger

BlackBerry Messenger is a new software release directly from RIM. It transforms PIN-to-PIN messaging into an easy Instant Messaging interface like MSN or AIM. One of the features is the ability to ‘conference’, a conference is a conversation that includes more than two participants. To include multiple participants in a BlackBerry Messenger conference, start a conversation with one contact. At any time during the conversation, you can invite other contacts.

To start a BlackBerry Messenger conversation
1. On the handheld Home screen, click BlackBerry Messenger.
2. From your Contact List, select a contact.
3. Click the trackwheel and select Start Conversation. The conversation opens with the first contact.
To invite other contacts to the conversation
1. With the conversation open, click the trackwheel and select Invite.
2. Choose another contact by entering the contact’s name in the text field or by selecting the name from the Contacts list.
3. Click OK. From this point forward, messages are sent to all participants in the conversation. Participants do not receive messages sent before they were invited to the conversation.
4. To invite more contacts to the conversation, repeat steps one through three.
To download Blackberry Messenger visit:
http://www.blackberry.com/messenger * Will only work in Internet Explorer.

Prevent Having a Copy of Your Desktop Messages Sent To Your Blackberry

Prevent Having a Copy of Your Desktop Messages Sent To Your Blackberry

When you send a message from the email program on your desktop computer, a copy of the message is sent to your handheld under the Sent folder. You can prevent the copy from going to your handheld by modifying the folder redirection settings on your handheld or in Desktop Manager.
To modify your handheld
1. From the Home screen, click the Messages icon.
2. Click the trackwheel, then Options.
3. Click Email Settings. The Email Settings screen appears.
4. Click the trackwheel, then Folder Redirection.
5. Click the Mailbox folder, then Expand.
6. Click the Sent Items check box, then Change Option. Verify that the Sent Items check box is clear.
7. Click the trackwheel, then Close.
8. In the confirmation window, click Save.
Copies of messages sent from the email client will no longer appear on your handheld.
To modify Desktop Manager
1. In Desktop Manager, double-click the Redirector Settings icon. The Redirector Settings window appears.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Click Choose Folders. The Choose Folders window appears.
4. Clear the Sent Items check box, then click OK.
5. To save your changes and close the window, click Apply, then OK.
Copies of messages sent from the email client will no longer appear on your handheld.

Prevent Bluetooth Device Discovery When Within Range

Prevent Bluetooth Device Discovery When Within Range

Bluesnarfing is the theft of information from a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection, often between phones, desktops, laptops, and PDA’s. This allows access to a calendar, contact list, emails and text messages. Bluesnarfing is much more serious in relation to Bluejacking, but both exploit others’ Bluetooth connections without their knowledge. Most devices that are set to “discoverable” may be hijacked, although we haven’t heard any reports about a Blackberry device being snarfed. This is most likely due with RIM purposely limiting the BlueTooth features of the Blackberry. To be safe, a user can prevent their Bluetooth enabled BlackBerry device from being detected when another Bluetooth searches for devices with which to pair.
To configure the Bluetooth-enabled BlackBerry device and prevent other devices from detecting it,
1. Open the Bluetooth: Enabled screen.
2. Click the trackwheel and click Options. The Bluetooth Options screen opens.
3. Click Discoverable, click Change Option, and click No.
4. Click the trackwheel and click Save.

Enable Sub Folder Email Redirection

Enable Sub Folder Email Redirection

With BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0, both the Inbox and Sent Items folders are set up by default to forward email to the handheld. With BlackBerry Enterprise Server 3.6, only the Inbox is set up by default to forward email to the handheld.
To set up sub-folders of the Inbox to receive redirected email, follow the steps below. Folder redirection can be defined from Desktop Manager or the handheld.
Note: The settings only apply to new messages received after the Folder redirection changes have been saved.
Set up from Desktop Manager
1. Open Desktop Manager. Double-click Redirector Settings.
2. Select the Advanced tab. In the Folder redirection section, select the Selected folders option. Click the Choose Folders button
3. In the Choose Folders window, expand the Inbox.
4. Select the Inbox and any additional folders you want to enable redirection on. Click OK > OK.
Set up from the handheld
To set folder redirection on the handheld, the BlackBerry Handheld Software must be version 4.0 or higher.
1. From the Home screen on the handheld, go to Messages.
2. Click the trackwheel and select Options > Email Settings.
3. Click the trackwheel and select Folder Redirection.
4. In the Folder Redirection menu, expand the Mailbox by highlighting it, clicking trackwheel and selecting Expand.
5. Under the Mailbox, expand the Inbox by highlighting it, clicking the trackwheel and selecting Expand.
6. Highlight the folder you want to enable redirection on. Click the trackwheel and select Change Option.
Note: If you are unable to select Expand for any of the folders, or if the Change Option menu option is unavailable, try turning Wireless Reconcile on the handheld off and then on again. You can find Wireless Reconcile in Messages > Options > Email Reconciliation.
7. Click the trackwheel and select Save to save your changes.

Creating Mail Folders in Web Client

Creating Mail Folders in Web Client

Setting up Folders

You can create custom folders in your BlackBerry Internet Service account to assist with the organization of emails. Filters can also be made to automatically organize emails by the way of name, subject, etc.

1. Log in to your BlackBerry Internet Service account.

2. In the left pane under your existing folder list, click Manage Folders, as shown below.

3. In the Manage Folders page, click New, as shown below.

4. In the New Folders page, enter the name of the new folder to be created in the Folder Name field. Next, set the auto-aging rule if you want to apply auto-aging to the folder. Click Save and Close.

This new folder appears under your default inbox folder in your BlackBerry Internet Service account. Messages can be moved to this new folder to assist with the organization of your emails.

To view a new mail folder on your BlackBerry handheld

1. From the Home screen on the handheld, go to Messages.

2. In Messages, click the trackwheel and select View Folder.

3. Highlight the WebClient folder and click the trackwheel. Select Expand.

4. Select the folder you want to view from the list. Only messages in this folder appear on the handheld while you are viewing this folder.

Unlocking Blackberry 7100

Unlocking Blackberry 7100

If you are ever going to be travelling overseas with your Blackberry and require phone service you will need to unlock your handheld so it can connect to other networks. Thanks to volcomwrx, he has outlined the steps below:

To Unlock:
1. On the Home screen, click the Tools icon. The Options screen appears.
2. In the tools screen, select the Settings icon.
3. Scroll to SIM Card and select it. You should see the phone number and the SIM ID number.
4. Type ‘meppd’ to display the first five levels of SIM locking. T-Mobile uses network locking so the Network should display Active. All other states should display Disabled
5. Type ‘mepp2′ to display the dialog box asking for the unlock code (Press the Alt + 2 key to get the number 2)
6. Input the SIM Unlock code (16 digits provided by carrier)
7. Press ENTER and reboot handheld.

Change the default filter for a BlackBerry Internet Service account

Change the default filter for a BlackBerry Internet Service account

Filters specify criteria to determine which messages are sent to the handheld. The Default Filter applies to messages that do not meet the criteria of the other filters. You can set the default filter either to forward messages to the handheld or not to forward messages to the handheld.

To change the default filter
1. Log in to your BlackBerry Internet Service account.
2. On the navigation bar at the top of the screen, click Filters.
3. On the Filters page, click the BlackBerry® icon to the right of the Delete button.
4. Choose either Forward messages to handheld or Do not forward message to handheld.
5. Click Save and Close.
Note: If you select Do not forward messages to handheld, messages sent to your BlackBerry Internet Service account will not be delivered to the handheld unless you have other filters set to deliver messages.

Enable Debug Logs On Your Blackberry

Enable Debug Logs On Your Blackberry

Handheld Debug logs provide information for troubleshooting when problems occur on the handheld. You can view the event log by:

1. On the Home screen, hold down the Alt key and type LGLG. The Event Log screen opens.
2. If the Event Log screen displays Debug Info in brackets, proceed to step three, below. Otherwise, set the Event Log screen to display the Debug information:
Click the trackwheel and select Options. Select Min log level and click the trackwheel. Select Change Option > Debug Info. Click the trackwheel and select Save. The Event Log screen displays Debug Info in brackets in the title.
3. On the Event Log screen, click the trackwheel and select Clear Log. In the confirmation dialog, click Delete.
Save a Copy of the Debug Logs
After the problem occurs, save a copy of the debug logs before synchronizing.
1. On the Home screen, hold down the Alt key and type LGLG. The Event Log screen opens.
2. Click the trackwheel and select Copy Day’s Contents.
3. Paste the contents into the body of an email and send the message to yourself.