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How to find the my stuff on blackberry?

because i download a ring tone and they said that i can see my ring tone that i download in my stuff on my blackberry. - albany B

Answer

From the main BlackBerry Home Screen you will want to navigate to the “Media” folder. This icon is usually depicted as a film reel with a music note to the right of it.

Highlight or “Scroll Over” it then press the Enter Key or the TrackBall or Trackwheel in.

Once in the Media folder you will want to Navigate to the Ringtones Folder. Once in the Ringtones folder navigate to the “My Ringtones” folder.

If you cannot find the ringtone you just download try backing out and choosing “All ringtones”, there might be a possibility that you saved it somewhere else other then the designated ringtones folder.

Againg if not in either of the two folders try backing out to the main Media folder and go into the Music folder. Should be the very first Icon to the Right.

If at that point you cant find it still, then at the Main Screen of the Media Folder; Music, Video, Ringtones, Pictures select the BlackBerry Menu Key (Key with the BlackBerry Logo usually left of the trackball/ or pushing in the trackwheel) and choose explore to dig around and explore the File system.

Good Hunting!

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If you are anything like us, then you have a BlackBerry with 1000 icons on your applications screen (ok maybe not 1000, but you get our point), unused themes in the double digits and an available memory block that gets smaller and smaller by the minute

Starting off with the BlackBerry ringtones, contacts and pictures that one has yet to not bothered transfering to your PC, it is not hard to tell why a device well start to run a little slow now and then.

If you are not sure how much memory you have, or how much of your device memory is being used, you can check it easily by navigating to Options - Status. Look for the lines that read “File Free” and “File Total” for the appropriate values.

NOTE: also from the home screen or most application windows hit ALT + CAPS + H and bring up all of this plus more! Cool? Oh yeah, very :)

Delete unused application

Ok so this one is pretty obvious, but I bet you that you have a BlackBerry application or two that you are not using on a regular basis. Go ahead and take a look:

On your BlackBerry, navigate to the main screen and choose the “Options” icon.

Here you must choose Advanced Options and then Applications. You will now be presented with a list of all the applications installed on your device.

Scroll through the list and identify all of the applications that are installed on your BlackBerry that you really don’t use or need. For each of these you will need to click the BlackBerry key and bring up the contextual menu. Scroll the menu until you have “Delete” highlighted and click the trackball.

You will be presented with a dialog box that prompts you to confirm the deletion of the selected application. Choosing delete will permanently delete the selected application from your BlackBerry, while choosing cancel will take you back to your list of installed BlackBerry applications.

Hint: How about deleting all of that extra language support that is included by default, or maybe the video demo? If you do not use your BlackBerry for international business, the bulk of the default language files are pretty much just wasting space.

Repeat the delete process for every application you have deemed to be unworthy of your device memory and be careful not to delete any applications that are essential to your device operation (No Brickbreaker and Facebook do not count)!

Clear your Blackberry browser cache

Every page you navigate to using your BlackBerry browser leaves some type of information packet on your device. This is done for any number of reasons, one in particular is to allow for a quicker load time for pages you may visit regularly.

If you use your BlackBerry browser on a regular basis, the cache could be taking up a significant chunk of your device memory. To clear your Blackberry browser cache:

Launch the BlackBerry browser and then click the BlackBerry key. From the displayed menu, select Options and then Cache Options(Operations).

You will be presented with three options here that will help you reduce your used device memory. These include: Content Cache, Pushed Content and Cookies Cache. Each with a number associated with it. The number is the amount of memory being used by each item.

Select the option to “Clear” all of the items in the list and you will have freed up the amount of memory which was displayed for each.

Manage your inbox address book

C’mon let’s all be honest here. We don’t really know all the people in our address books. Whether it is the number for that guy/girl you met at the bar but have no intention of calling or that smarmy asshat at the conference who insisted on exchanging numbers, pins and the whole nine - they can be deleted.

Do yourself a favor and spend an afternoon paring down your BlackBerry contact list. Keep only important individuals and close friends and relatives. If you only have their information on hand so you can send them a Christmas card, chances are that information can be kept somewhere else until need.

For the inbox, you have the option of restricting how long email is stored in your BlackBerry memory. Changing these options is easy:

Open your email and then click the BlackBerry key. Scroll down until you have the word “Options” highlighted and click the trackball. You will see a number of options presented, but the one we are interested in is “General Options”.

Select “General Options” and scroll down until you see “Keep Messages”. Click on the highlighted value and choose 15 from the presented list.

Your email will now be kept stored on your device for a maximum of 15 days. If you ever need an email to stick around a little bit longer just email it to yourself to start the clock again.

Delete all unused pictures and random media

You may have taken some quick snaps to test out the camera waaaaayback when you first got your BlackBerry and forgotten them. Or you may have taken a bunch of pics, some blurry, some not. If you are going to be waiting a while before transferring the photos to your computer, why not go in and prune out the blurry ones sooner than later?

Access your photos through the Media icon on your main screen. Navigate to Pictures - Device Memory and highlight any pictures you would like to delete. Click the BlackBerry key for each and select delete from the displayed menu. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion of all selected items.

The above process is also used to delete any video, music or ringtones you may have hiding out on your BlackBerry. Go ahead, be brave, you know you don’t really need that Soldier Boy ringtone.

Delete the themes

Yes I know it is very cool that you have a Wonder Woman theme, a Miss Piggy theme, a Ronald McDonald theme, a LOST theme, one for Valentines day, one for Halloween and about 12 others for various occasions/television shows. The thing is, you don’t really need to be packing all of those themes onto your device at the same time. You always have the option of backing up your themes onto your desktop and re-installing them later. So why not go ahead and scrap a few - or all of them.

Keep the one or two that you feel define you as a BlackBerry user at the moment and ditch the rest for the time being.

Deleting your excess BlackBerry themes is easy as pie, but can be accomplished in a number of ways.

• 1. Navigate to Options - Theme - Highlight the desired theme and click the BlackBerry key - Choose delete - Confirm deletion
• 2. Navigate to Options - Advanced Options - Applications - Highlight desired application(theme) and click the BlackBerry key - Choose delete - Confirm deletion
• 3. Uninstall themes via BlackBerry Desktop Manager - Connect to PC via USB - Launch Desktop Manager - Choose Application Loader - check off each theme you wish to uninstall - click next and follow the onscreen instructions

You have now reclaimed all of that wasted memory which was previously taken up by themes you rarely use - congratulations!
Delete your phone call logs and your old SMS messages

Your phone logs, SMS, MMS and email are all deleted using the same functionality. Each one of these operations requires memory from your device in order to display. Allowing them to remain on your device while you don’t really need them is just plain wasteful. Yes it is much better to delete them as they are read, or to go in and bulk delete the entire list on a daily basis as you see fit.

In order to delete an item from your phone log simply highlight the desired item and click on the BlackBerry key. Choosing delete from the available options will bring up the confirmation prompt. Accept the delete and proceed to repeat this process for all unneeded call logs.

If you know that you do not need any of the calling information from a certain date and back, it is possible to delete phone logs in bulk. To do this you must select the call log you would like to use as a marker. All logs before this entry will be deleted.

With the desired item highlighted, click the BlackBerry key and choose “Delete Prior” from the available options. Confirm the deletion and you are off to the races.

Don’t forget about your missed calls log, MMS outbox, SMS outbox, SMS SIM card inbox and your WAP push messages =)

Hint: If you don’t want to do the delete prior method, but have a block of messages/logs that you want to delete, simply hold the “Caps” key on the BlackBerry keyboard down while you scroll in order to highlight and select multiple items at once.

Remember that you can do this for Email, SMS, MMS, and call logs. Doesn’t your BlackBerry feel lighter all of a sudden?

Delete your Event Logs

Your BlackBerry keeps a hidden log of all events that it process during its lifetime. This events log ends up taking up more and more of your device memory, as you perform more and more tasks for it to record.

While the menu is not accessible from any of the standard icons, it can be accessed through a simple keyboard shortcut.

While on the main applications screen, press and hold the ALT key and proceed to type LGLG on the BlackBerry ke

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Changing the auto signature on your personal BlackBerry

Go to your carrier’s login page — listed below — and enter your login information. If you haven’t created an account yet, you’ll be given that option at the login screen.

Once logged in, you’ll be able to set up the email addresses you can view from your BlackBerry. Once you set one up, go back to the dashboard screen, where you can click on the options for your email address (it’s the leftmost button below):

You can find your dashboard by carrier below:

Alltel: http://www.alltel.blackberry.com/
AT&T: http://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=mycingular
Sprint: https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=nextel
Rogers: https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=rogers
Telus: https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=telus
T-Mobile: https://my.t-mobile.com/Login/Default.aspx
Verizon: https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=vzw

Once you click on the options, you’ll come to a screen with information on your email address and passwords. That’s where your auto signature box will be. Change or delete it, and then hit “Save.” Yep, you’re done.

Changing your auto signature from a BES

If you’ve got your BlackBerry through work and are using a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, your task will be slightly different. There are actually two options here.

First, you can do it through your Desktop Manager. Simply run the program, and go into “email settings.” From there, click on the second tab, which will show your auto signature. You can change it or just turn it off…whichever works for you.

Alternatively, you can do this right from your handheld. Just go to your messages, and click “options.” Then click on email settings, where you’ll be greeted with the option to change your auto-signature.

And there you have it. Whether you’ve got a corporate BlackBerry or a personal one, you can make it like you’re sending emails from anywhere. Because hey, we all need to get away from the office for a day, right?

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The answer here is simple. No you cannot! Do not let someone tell you different (sales people). The MicroSD Memory Card you might have just purchased can only store media content. Pictures, Voicenotes, Videos, Wallpapers, Music, and thru third party applications (additional applications usually at a premium price) you can store applications themselves and run them off the MicroSD Card!

For the average user a “Memory Chip” aka MicroSD Card is an invaluable tool towards enhancing there BlackBerry experience.

You or someone you know might have experienced sluggish, unwelcome performance issues with maybe a new or even older BlackBerry. Problem is here, as consumers ourselves….while thrying to “save a buck” and honestly be CHEAP we end up paying more!!

How so? You rather not purchase a MicroSD card at point of sale, then come across infinite problems shortly after with your BlackBerry! Erasing emails, erasing text messages sms, erasing call logs, rebooting (restarting), showing the hour glass (hourglassing) and other issues. Your BlackBerry is simply reacting to a shortage of memory!

Since you decided to not expand it’s already low memory, while taking “just a few” pictures, ringtones, and having “not so many emails or text messages” the BlackBerry device is left sucked up of all available Memory Resources.

How else would you expect it do react? Its like trying to cram 7 Gallons of water into a 1 Gallon Container!

So in conclusion, you cannot store contacts to a MicroSD Expandable Memory Card, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need one!

Thanks for reading folks! -

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Tested on BlackBerry 8300 - 8310 - 8320 - 8330

Below covers on how to go about and turning off the “Dialing from Home Screen” feature.

• 1. Hit the Call button (Phone Button).
• 2. Now hit the Menu key.

• 3. Choose Options.


• 4.Now choose General Options.
• 5. Now select “off” on the Dial From Home Screen option.

• 6. Hit the Menu key.
• 7. Choose Save

8. All Done! Continue to this article - “Power Home Screen Shortcuts for BlackBerry Curve” for more in regards to what you can now do with having the “Dial from Home Screen” feature off