Wireless Tips and Tricks for the Blackberry Users

Follow these tips for assistance with your Blackberry.

• If you notice that you’re not getting calls or new emails, check to make sure the wireless is on.
•  If there is ANY problem with the device, the first thing to try is to remove the battery cover, pull the battery and replace it. This will restart the device and resolves many problems.
•  If a Blackberry uses a SIM card (Cingular, T-Mobile, etc.), sometimes they can get a SIM Card Error message across the top, just below the clock. This can resolved by following the steps above and removing the battery, then underneath the battery you will find the SIM card. Removing and reinserting it will resolve this issue.
• +Escape - Allows multitasking, brings up Taskbar on any screen. Similar to Windows ALT+TAB
• + CAP - Turns on CAPS lock. Hold first  then press CAP . An oval with an up arrow shows up in the upper right corner of the screen.
• CAP + - Turns on NUM lock. Hold first CAP then press  . A # sign shows up in the oval in the upper right corner of the screen)
• Type the first letter of an item in an options list or menu to jump directly to that item.
• Type the first letters of a name or the initials separated by a SPACE to find a contact in the Address Book screen.
• Press + Enter to keylock your BlackBerry quickly from the home screen. (Alternate keypress is just press K, but this only works if "Dial From Home Screen" is disabled)
• Rearrange the ribbon: In the Home screen (ribbon), hold the key and click the thumb-wheel to bring up a menu. You can then select Move Icon, Hide Icon, or Show All. If you hide an icon, to show it again click Show all and it will appear with an X over it, bring up the menu on it and uncheck hide icon.
•  After five incorrect attempts at typing in your password, the password starts displaying (figuring you really need all the help you can get). After ten attempts, it performs a lobotomy on itself and almost all data is cleared. The Memo database, however, is retained and visible.
•  In the message list press T to go to top of message listing
•  In the message list press B to go to end/bottom of message listing