Blackberry Phones and Services in India

nishantgandhi · 9th June 2010, 12:18

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Originally Posted by SohailPistawala

Nishant : you can buy from alpha no problem at all. In one of the newspaper advertisments of Blackberry there was a mentioned of the phone being available in Alpha too. I have bought one my CDMA phones from aplpa. no issue as such.

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Originally Posted by kiren

Alfa with bill products have absolutely no problems. They are with company warantee only. I only buy from alfa all mobiles & its accessories. Till date have not faced any problem.

Thanks guys. Got my BB from Alfa finally. Got a Capdase silicon case+screen protector as well. Highly recommended!

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Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

I got a BB Curver 8520 today. Im a complete noob to the BB world. Can gurus please help me with the following questions:

1. How do I get old emails into the device? As of now, I've configured my work email, Gmail and Yahoo (all thru BIS). However, it has mails from the time I configured them today. I would ideally like mails from the last 30 days.

Can someone help me with this?

trrk · 9th June 2010, 12:40

Hi Nishant,

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Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

Can someone help me with this?

I am not a BB user. But a search provided this:

Sync old emails on BES - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community

Nothing else that I checked was helpful.

Sahil · 9th June 2010, 12:56

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Originally Posted by AbhiJ

Alright guys... need some advice...

I was using an E71 and want to change my phone. My use of email is very sparse .. 6-7 emails / day and I just need a reliable smart phone..

My options are:

1) E72 - Actually, bought an e72 but the piece was defective! I returned it to the dealer. Now am jittery about the model's reliability.
2) 8900 - Everything is great - except lack of 3g.
3) 9700 - 31 K is a lot of money!!

Help!

Get the BB8520 best VFM !

harjeev · 9th June 2010, 14:52

Hey guys I updated to the latest operating s/w for my BB 8520 5.0.0.509

The problem now is that after I installed the desktop s/w the Windows XP OS has started to crash (the deadly blue screen)
This started happening last time I installed the desktop os (about 10 days back when I bought the BB) and then after I uninstalled the BB Desktop s/w the Windows XP worked fine for a week.

What should be done??
Any help info would be greatly appreciated.

ashthedivx · 9th June 2010, 15:52

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Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

Can someone help me with this?

Hi Nishant,

I am afraid but this might not be possible.

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Originally Posted by harjeev

Hey guys I updated to the latest operating s/w for my BB 8520 5.0.0.509

The problem now is that after I installed the desktop s/w the Windows XP OS has started to crash (the deadly blue screen)
This started happening last time I installed the desktop os (about 10 days back when I bought the BB) and then after I uninstalled the BB Desktop s/w the Windows XP worked fine for a week.

What should be done??
Any help info would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Harjeev,

Looks like an IRQ issue to me, try installing Desktop Manager just after clean installation (Without installing any drivers of any external device)

Ref: Re: Desktop Software 5.x crashing Windows--any hel... - BlackBerry Support Community Forums

navin · 9th June 2010, 15:53

Hey guys how do you open a PDF on a BlackBerry Bold 2 (9700)?

ashthedivx · 9th June 2010, 16:02

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Originally Posted by navin

Hey guys how do you open a PDF on a BlackBerry Bold 2 (9700)?

Doesn't 9700 have an in-built PDF reader or in Docs-to-go ?? I thought it had !!

Sankar · 9th June 2010, 16:04

To view PDF files you need to have a PDF viewer, like Beam Reader or RepliGo, but they're not free. I am looking for a free and good PDF reader.

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Originally Posted by ashthedivx

Doesn't 9700 have an in-built PDF reader or in Docs-to-go ?? I thought it had !!

Docs to go doesn't support PDF, it doesn in my 9000 with OS5.

dadu · 10th June 2010, 17:01

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Originally Posted by Sankar

To view PDF files you need to have a PDF viewer, like Beam Reader or RepliGo, but they're not free. I am looking for a free and good PDF reader.

Docs to go doesn't support PDF, it doesn in my 9000 with OS5.

My 8900 supports PDF view, its integrated into the OS, even a friends 9000 can view PDF without adding any external appl.

csentil · 10th June 2010, 18:05

Yes, PDF should be supported by default. I have a 8310 and have no problems opening PDF.

harjeev · 10th June 2010, 18:16

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Originally Posted by ashthedivx

Hi Harjeev,

Looks like an IRQ issue to me, try installing Desktop Manager just after clean installation (Without installing any drivers of any external device)

Ref: Re: Desktop Software 5.x crashing Windows--any hel... - BlackBerry Support Community Forums

hey buddy
It is an IRQ issue but I am not able to solve it.
I have again removed the Blackberry desktop s/w from my laptop and now will install the application on a standalone machine

Doesn't seem to work

Anyways
What is the best way (read cheapest) if I want to use the BB on my phone internationally. I will be off to thailand for 10 days in June.

Will it be cheaper if I use the International roaming ( but I do not want to rake in bills of '000 of bucks) OR
I should buy a cash card and use that
take a pre-paid connection from thailand itself and use the BB service (does it work this way) I am assuming that it should work this way as the BB pin is assigned to the phone only

Please advise

Sankar · 10th June 2010, 19:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by csentil

Yes, PDF should be supported by default. I have a 8310 and have no problems opening PDF.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadu

My 8900 supports PDF view, its integrated into the OS, even a friends 9000 can view PDF without adding any external appl.

Well.. i'm trying to open a file, "Blackberryfordummies.pdf" (

) and my device says unable to open file. Same is viewable in my laptop.

vinaydas · 10th June 2010, 20:05

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Originally Posted by Sahil

Get the BB8520 best VFM !

8520 lacks 3g and i don't think the 8530 which is the 3g updated version of the 8520 and is not available on the BB website . Maybe im wrong here , BB gurus guide us all.

P.S im also looking through the above phones.

dadu · 11th June 2010, 11:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sankar

Well.. i'm trying to open a file, "Blackberryfordummies.pdf" (

) and my device says unable to open file. Same is viewable in my laptop.

Can you check a file with short name, max 8 characters.

johnda · 11th June 2010, 18:16

I upgraded from the 8800 to the 9700

But i dunno if i did the transfer the wrong way. I now have all my old email Id's as per my blackberry account, but have only mails from 2days back..
How can i get my stuff in my 8800 from the last 6 months...
The contacts and calendar, sms and stuff is all come in. jus my email got left out

Can I revert the operation? I cant imagine carrying 2 phones LOL

Pls help.

The Bold 2 is a great phone I love it... but it will be useless, if i can't take off from where I left off..

9th June 2010, 14:52	#2299
harjeev Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,900 Thanked: 296 Times View My Garage	Hey guys I updated to the latest operating s/w for my BB 8520 5.0.0.509 The problem now is that after I installed the desktop s/w the Windows XP OS has started to crash (the deadly blue screen) This started happening last time I installed the desktop os (about 10 days back when I bought the BB) and then after I uninstalled the BB Desktop s/w the Windows XP worked fine for a week. What should be done?? Any help info would be greatly appreciated. Last edited by harjeev : 9th June 2010 at 14:56.
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9th June 2010, 15:53	#2301
navin Team-BHP Support Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 25,410 Thanked: 9,957 Times	Hey guys how do you open a PDF on a BlackBerry Bold 2 (9700)?
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10th June 2010, 18:05	#2305
csentil Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,349 Thanked: 39 Times View My Garage	Yes, PDF should be supported by default. I have a 8310 and have no problems opening PDF.
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11th June 2010, 18:16	#2310
johnda BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tvla Posts: 394 Thanked: 19 Times View My Garage	Help I upgraded from the 8800 to the 9700 But i dunno if i did the transfer the wrong way. I now have all my old email Id's as per my blackberry account, but have only mails from 2days back.. How can i get my stuff in my 8800 from the last 6 months... The contacts and calendar, sms and stuff is all come in. jus my email got left out Can I revert the operation? I cant imagine carrying 2 phones LOL Pls help. The Bold 2 is a great phone I love it... but it will be useless, if i can't take off from where I left off..
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