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Troubleshooting Email on a BlackBerry smartphone

BlackBerry — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:08:35 +0000

Hey #TeamBlackBerry – Ritu from @BlackBerryHelp here with some useful information you’ll want to know in case you run into difficulty sending and/or receiving email on your BlackBerry® smartphone. Within this blog post, you’ll find some great tips that can help you identify what’s happening so you can get up and running in no time.

1. Do you have a data capable mobile network connection?

The first thing you should check is whether or not you have a connection to the mobile network as well as the ability to send and receive data. To verify the mobile network connection status on your BlackBerry smartphone, tap on the Manage Connections icon that appears on your Home screen and verify if your mobile network connection is enabled. Provided it is enabled, complete the following steps to see if you are able to successfully send a PIN to PIN Message. This test will confirm if you have bi-directional data communication on your smartphone, which is required to send and receive email.

Open the Messages app
Press the Menu key, select “Compose Other”, then “Compose PIN”
Enter your PIN in the “To:” field
Press the Menu key and select “Send”

How to identify the PIN of a BlackBerry PlayBook

Ty Williams — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:43:35 +0000

#TeamBlackBerry – If I asked you for your BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet PIN, would you know where to find it? For those of you that don’t know the answer to this question, here are a few of the locations where you can obtain the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PIN.

Location #1 – During the Setup Wizard

If you are setting up a brand new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet or setting up the tablet again after performing a security wipe, you’ll be shown the Setup Wizard, which helps you get your tablet set up and updated to the latest version of the BlackBerry® PlayBook OS. To get the tablet PIN while in the Setup Wizard app, complete the following steps:

How to identify a BlackBerry smartphone PIN number

Ty Williams — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:54:01 +0000

Hey #TeamBlackBerry, I’ve got a question for you – do you know how to identify your BlackBerry® smartphone PIN number and what it can be used for?

Simply put, a BlackBerry smartphone PIN (Personal Identification Number) is an 8-digit alphanumeric combination that uniquely identifies BlackBerry smartphones on the wireless network. By sharing your PIN number with friends and family, they can message you using PIN messaging, or use it as one way to add you to their BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) contact list.

Today I’ll be showing you a few different ways to find out what your PIN number is. This is something every BlackBerry smartphone user should know, so if you don’t know what your PIN number is currently, grab your device and let’s get started…