Archive for the 'Problems and Solutions' Category

How to restore Blackberry Maps on Hybrid Blackberry Storm

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Users have reported that after the installation of Hybrid OS on your Blackberry Storm, Blackberry Maps isn’t visible. There’s always many ways to do something, some users may prefer using the App Loader to re-install Blackberry Maps while you can also get it from the Blackberry Mobile website. Others may prefer to download from websites [...]

How to wirelessly update your Blackberry Storm

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Most people use the Blackberry Desktop Manager to update their software system but the disadvantage is that you loose your content unless you make a back up. But there are also other ways to update your Blackberry Storm. With Linux, you would use the unofficial client Linberry to update your Blackberry Storm.

How to fix unstable Blackberry Storm screen and “SIM Card Rejected”

Monday, July 11th, 2011

There are always reports that the Blackberry Storm screen and that the network has been giving negative responses such as if you click on the display then instead of the regular 1 click response, it gives 2 clicks, the network suddenly goes to SIM Card Rejected. Like always, to solve any problem you would do [...]

How to fix backlight or screen delay problems on Blackberry Storm

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Often the Blackberry Storm display dims, one the of the reasons could be that the user has set the option “Automatically Dim Backlight” which can be found under options-screen/keyboard. There is another option, download BBlight which can be found at the source link below. You can also go to options-screen/keyboard and configure the settings there [...]

How-to Guide: Fix Frozen Blackberry Storm 9500 Screen

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

I’ve noticed that all of the Blackberry Storm screens freeze when either you are busy on a call, downloading something from the App World or playing a game, BBM is also another cause. If you are familiar with Task Manager (Windows OS) or System Monitor (Ubuntu), then you shall know that you can see how [...]

How-to Guide: Fix Blackberry Storm “Insert SIM card” error

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

I recently experienced a problem with my Vodacom SIM card where even though it was inserted in my Blackberry Storm, I still got an error saying “Insert SIM Card”. I did a few battery pulls but then eventually after giving up, I released that by my SIM card contacts may be dirty which is causing the [...]

Blackberry Storm Problem: Device Reboots continuously

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

I noticed that in many forums, the Blackberry Storm 2 reboots itself at a minimum rate of twice per day. You may think that by reloading the OS, the problem may be solved but truth be told, the battery is the cause here of this problem. The best and most easiest solution of them all [...]

Blackberry Storm Language: Korean Input

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

It sin’t just the South Africans or Canadians that get a Blackberry Storm but many users buy it all over the globe. Some in China while others in Korea, today I spoke to a friend of mine which is Korean and he couldn’t get Korean input on his Blackberry Curve so I decided to help [...]

Blackberry Storm: What Makes Each One Different

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

The Blackberry Storm doesn’t just consist of number 1 or 2. They are each called Storm 2 9520, Storm 1 9530 and Storm 2 9550. The main thing is that all of them differentiate in network types. The Storm 2 9520 is the regular GSM and HSDPA network, GSm is another word for 2G where it [...]

Blackberry Storm Network Problem: Universal Solution

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Most of the Blackberries I have seen have network problems, despite one of my colleague lives at an estimation of 10km from a Vodacom Network tower, his Blackberry network still goes haywire. The main reason why this is because RIM uses a type of radio frequency similar to Nokia but the network of Nokia is much [...]