August 12th, 2010 
BBerryNews How can I restore them? I have about 15 apps from App World on my BB. I’m concerned that I’ll not got announcements when newer versions of these apps are available.
Any advice would by much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Tags: Apps, Bell Mobility, Handheld Software, Loaded, Lost, New Software, Software Load, Thanks In Advance, World Tab 
Comments Off August 11th, 2010 BBerryNews 
Meterberry has long been one of my favorite apps for the BlackBerry. While I don’t have the same need for Meterberry on the Bold 9650 as I did on the Storm 9530, I just installed the application again as I really like the data it provides on power usage.
Meterberry gives me an easy way to check the percent to which my battery is charged. I know we have the battery indicator, but you can have 5 bars showing and only be at 70% charge. I know I can go into Options | Status to get the percent charged but with Meterberry I have that displayed right on the home screen. Some themes show the charge as percent vs bars but I am not a huge fan of themes and their associated overhead. There is also Alt + Shift + H which gives you tons of information including battery percent. However, for me it is worth the $3.99 for Meterberry.
On the Storm I used Meterberry to perform a “battery pull” and hard start the phone when my memory ran low. Additionally, I used Meterberry to perform scheduled reboots daily in the early AM hours. With the Bold 9650 I have not seen the device with less than 290 MB of free memory so that is not really an issue any longer. I have yet to feel a slow down. Hurray!
I also use Meterberry to see the amount of memory used since start-up as well as the free storage space on my SD card. One last goofy thing I like is getting the average discharge rate. Knowing I eat about 12% per hour tells me at 25% battery remaining I may last 2 hrs. or so.
I cannot find a BlackBerry application that shows the memory usage by application. Android can natively displays information about battery usage by application which is great for troubleshooting. While it does not show the memory use it does show me what an application is using like GPS, CPU, network and more. To get down to memory usage you have to turn to Quick System info and then you can know what applications are consuming the scarce resource we call memory. You can see how these look on Android from the screenshots. On Android, there are also a number of apps which profile your usage and then calculate your remaining time on battery based on current usage. The one shown on the main Home Screen is called BatteryTime. All of these widgets usually take you directly to the Settings screen to see usage by app if you press the icon. If anyone knows of an app that can get that same information on Blackberry, please let me know.
This was not supposed to be a love letter about the Bold 9650, which is an amazing Blackberry. Sorry! If you have $3.99 and would like to know additional bits of information about your battery usage, then you need to checkout Meterberry in the RIMarkable store.
Meterberry is Still Valuable with 300MB Free Memory is a post from: RIMarkable
Posted in RIMarkable Tags: 5 Bars, Android, Apps, Battery Indicator, Battery Usage, Blackberry, Cpu Network, Discharge Rate, Free Memory, Free Space, Free Storage Space, Gps, Hurray, Memory Usage, Scarce Resource, Sd Card Comments Off August 6th, 2010 BBerryNews 
The best BlackBerry decision I have ever made was to upgrade from the BlackBerry Storm to the BlackBerry Bold 9650. Robb previously raised the point that the Bold 9650 could not do anything the Storm couldn’t, so why upgrade? Well, 512 MB of RAM is a lovely reason to upgrade to the Bold 9650, and that feature alone made every issue I had with the Storm seem to vanish. I was constantly struggling with memory restrictions on the Storm and now that is all history.
Another benefit was the physical keyboard, but not for the obvious reason you might be thinking. I like typing on the glass keyboard of the Storm because the keys are larger and I can decide between SureType (Preferred) and Qwerty. The real benefit was the constant presence of the keyboard allowing me to use all the great BlackBerry shortcuts. This makes the Torch a nice hybrid option as you can have the best of both worlds.
I think my favorite change is how the phone feature is handled. On the Storm, when you press the talk button it puts you to a phone dialer screen. From here you can go to a call log or the contact list. On the Bold, you arrive at a call log window that lets you scroll the log, dial a number or enter a contact name all from one screen. For me, this is an efficiency I did not realize I was missing.
My BlackBerry is my work device and it is great at being a phone (regardless of how I hold it) and at messaging. I have only installed Google Maps, PodTrapper, Capture It, TripIt and Google Voice. I no longer need Meterberry as memory usage is no longer a concern. I am looking for some other useful apps, but I think those will go on the iPhone as that is more of a play device.
Overall, this move to the Bold has been a good transition and I have not even looked back at my Storm. The only real downside was resending invites to my BBM contacts which makes me believe I did something wrong in the process. Either way, the Bold 9650 is a HUGE winner for me, and is a great phone.
I Really Like the BlackBerry Bold 9650 is a post from: RIMarkable
Posted in RIMarkable Tags: Apps, Benefit, Best Of Both Worlds, Blackberry, Constant Presence, Contact List, Contact Name, Downside, Efficiency, Google, Iphone, Maps, Memory Restrictions, Memory Usage, Phone Dialer, Phone Feature, Physical Keyboard, Robb, Shortcuts, Torch Comments Off August 6th, 2010 BBerryNews 1. I can lock the keypad (using * + green), but the same combination wont unlock it. I have the ‘lock keypad’ button at the top of the phone, but that doesn’t work either.
It’s 2nd hand from my sister and she says it has been dropped, which may cause the problem, but while its unlocked, it works like a charm. Not slow or any issues with any apps at all.
If it helps, I also had it hooked up to my laptop last night, so its got the most up-to-date O/S etc as supplied by BB dashboard.
2. I wanted to get it unlocked from Orange, so I thought I’d do it myself. I used BBunlocking.net for 6.99 and they sent me 2 unlock codes last night. However, neither worked.
There were 2 ways of inputting the code.
1) while the old (deactivated, as she now has a new phone and took her number with her) sim card is in, go advanced options -> Sim card then type MEPD MEP (alt +2) then enter the MEP code.
2) If I put in my new sim card (T-Mobile), then while at the menu it says that it is locked so I can enter my MEP code there. Which I did, with each of the codes supplied.
Long story short, I now have 3 attempts left after various Sim card/MEP code combinations.
Any ideas on unlocking the keypad and unblocking the Sim? I dread to think what happens when I get it wrong 10 times. PUK code time?
If not, I suppose I can cancel my contract pretty easily and swap to orange. Its just im on a ‘SIM only’ deal so can cancel whenever I want and quite like the flexibility so dont have to go down the 18 month got-you-by-the-goolies route.
Many thanks for any help
Posted in BlackBerryNews Tags: 2 Ways, Apps, Attempts, Code Combinations, Dashboard, Flexibility, Keypad Lock, Many Thanks, Orange, Phone Number, Sim Card, Sim Code, Sim Lock, T Mobile Comments Off July 26th, 2010 BBerryNews and then she needs new codes for about 6 apps (sigh). Too bad I can’t just swap the shell (or can I?)
thanks for any thoughts
/bbb
Posted in BlackBerryNews Tags: Apps, Bbb, Curve, Ebay, Honest Seller, Models, Replacements, Screen Protector, Shell, Vzw Comments Off
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