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Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

07-13-2010, 06:17 PM

Replies: 23

OS: 9630 5.0.0.1242/5.0.0.732 (All Languages)

Views: 51,045

Posted By island-guy

The best yet for me!

Got my audible voice message alert back and browser click issue gone! Battery life the best by far and no bugs yet.

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

04-22-2010, 07:08 PM

Replies: 3

Signal fluctuation when browsing

Views: 1,273

Posted By island-guy

Signal fluctuation when browsing

I live in an area with full signal and have no problems when talking. The issue I'm having is that when I am browsing I notice things slow down and that the signal will suddenly drop and sometimes...

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

02-17-2010, 10:02 PM

Replies: 51

Latest OS: 9630 5.0.0.801/5.0.0.484 (Multilanguage)

Views: 16,067

Posted By island-guy

Why did they disable stand by mode on the top right?

It's not like I ever used it but they should at least let me reassign it..

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

02-05-2010, 02:15 PM

Replies: 77

OS 9630: 5.0.0.674/5.0.0.419 (Mulilanguage)

Views: 17,757

Posted By island-guy

Update - After a battery yank and bluetooth...

Update - After a battery yank and bluetooth reinstall, my plantronics pro was acting really weird, my battery life is amazing. Huge improvement over 4.7. Good luck!

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

02-04-2010, 12:37 PM

Replies: 77

OS 9630: 5.0.0.674/5.0.0.419 (Mulilanguage)

Views: 17,757

Posted By island-guy

This is a Tour you have this on right? Well my...

This is a Tour you have this on right? Well my experience has been positive overall except for the battery consumption. It's easily using twice the power than with 4.7. I could barely get through a...

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

02-01-2010, 05:29 AM

Replies: 14

Sprint Tour - OS Upgrade

Views: 2,977

Posted By island-guy

GPS functionality?

How are you guys experiencing the Sprint Navigation with this new build? Does Google Maps recognize the GPS also?

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

01-03-2010, 11:24 PM

Replies: 7

Tour running .61 having very wierd alert/tones issues

Views: 1,553

Posted By island-guy

Me too!

It's kind of irritating but a bug I learned to live with. My phone will just randomly ring BBPro 1 every so often. I can't wait for 5.0

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

12-30-2009, 05:45 PM

Replies: 8

OS 5.0.0.230 Install Issue

Views: 1,431

Posted By island-guy

Threaded SMS

The interface on 5.0 is really neat as far as threading goes. It's on 4.7 but much cooler on 5.0.

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

12-30-2009, 02:11 AM

Replies: 2

email set up

Views: 1,223

Posted By island-guy

The best way I've found is to do this online at...

The best way I've found is to do this online at the Sprint.blackberry website. There you can edit message footers and send service books easier.

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

12-30-2009, 02:03 AM

Replies: 8

OS 5.0.0.230 Install Issue

Views: 1,431

Posted By island-guy

Don't put your hopes too high

Remove the vendor.xml file in the apploader file folder. I really liked this version except for the GPS issue that renders Sprint Navigator unusable and the vibrating/ringing issue. It's noticeably...

Forum: Bluetooth Connection

12-24-2009, 05:49 PM

Replies: 1

BB 8350 Bluetooth problem with PTT

Views: 2,332

Posted By island-guy

software design, no fix

When I had this phone it was a hot topic and the official response from Sprint/Nextel was that this was purposely done to keep cover in surveillance situations. Lame if you ask me because headsets...

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

11-04-2009, 10:22 PM

Replies: 108

Trackball problem solved!!

Views: 83,591

Posted By island-guy

Trackpad retrofit?

I wonder if they will be able to retrofit to trackpads? How about a concerted effort to get them to do this?http://www.blackberryforums.com/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif

Forum: Bluetooth Connection

11-03-2009, 10:09 PM

Replies: 4

Headset reccomendation

Views: 1,710

Posted By island-guy

Thanks!

I think I saw these at Costco at a great price, headed there now.

Forum: Bluetooth Connection

11-02-2009, 04:16 AM

Replies: 4

Headset reccomendation

Views: 1,710

Posted By island-guy

Headset reccomendation

What headsets are you guys using with satisfying results? I've had every Jawbone variant and can't find anything that I feel confident using. I always get the "I can barely hear you" or "your...

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

11-02-2009, 03:58 AM

Replies: 85

Tour 2 (Essex) coming soon

Views: 17,754

Posted By island-guy

Well....I'm kinda peeved because my Tour will not...

Well....I'm kinda peeved because my Tour will not be the latest and greatest anymore. I'm not too fond of the trackball but do like to be able to use it with gloves on. Now give me a four way like my...

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

11-01-2009, 11:23 PM

Replies: 1

OS 5.0 able or in the works?

Views: 1,165

Posted By island-guy

OS 5.0 able or in the works?

Will my beloved Tour be upgradeable to 5.0 and are there plans to release this?

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

07-22-2009, 03:39 AM

Replies: 9

Tour Browser Issues

Views: 2,093

Posted By island-guy

The work around is to load that page and then set...

The work around is to load that page and then set the homepage to use the 'current' webpage. It's weird you cannot enter homepage urls, only using loaded pages.

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

07-22-2009, 03:37 AM

Replies: 30

Giant email text

Views: 11,701

Posted By island-guy

I also have this phenomenon when my friend emails...

I also have this phenomenon when my friend emails me with his Gmail account. I thought he was just being weird and doing it on purpose. Otherwise, all other emails come in 'normal'. Now the web...

Forum: Network Outages - powered by DataOutages.com

07-21-2009, 07:47 PM

Replies: 0

at&t outage in Hawaii since this morning until tomorrow

Views: 3,141

Posted By island-guy

at&t outage in Hawaii since this morning until tomorrow

No one in my office has cell service except for me :) poor iphone users.........

Forum: General 9600 Series Discussion - Tour

07-21-2009, 07:22 PM

Replies: 41

Is your reception better or worse?

Views: 4,814

Posted By island-guy

Compared to my previous 8330 I can say that my...

Compared to my previous 8330 I can say that my Tour gets much better reception. Whereas my 8330 would consistently lose calls in certain areas I frequent, my Tour can hold the signal now quite...

Forum: Rumor Mill

06-26-2009, 03:39 AM

Replies: 29

Blackberry Tour Coming to Sprint?

Views: 6,188

Posted By island-guy

Lame!

Why do they always keep these lame secret release dates? I only have 20 days left grace period on my 8330 and it's killing me. I must have this phone...wonder if Rev.A will eat battery life on it...

Forum: General 8300 Series Discussion - Curve

06-26-2009, 03:31 AM

Replies: 2

Unable to delete on mailbox

Views: 796

Posted By island-guy

Unable to delete on mailbox

I have a 8330M and recently upgraded to the .138 MEID software and it works much better except for one wierd thing. Where I used to always have the prompt to delete email messages on my 'device' or...

Forum: RIM Software

02-24-2009, 11:23 AM

Replies: 1

Sprint Smartview and DM problems

Views: 2,185

Posted By island-guy

Sprint Smartview and DM problems

Hello,
I've been successfully using DM and the previous version of sprint connection manager with no problem being able to sync my Pearl 8100 anytime while connected with Sprint. Now with the new...

Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl

09-22-2007, 12:35 PM

Replies: 8

Recurring calling problem..any other experiences?

Views: 931

Posted By island-guy

That's a great idea! I will let you know. Thanx!

That's a great idea! I will let you know. Thanx!

Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl

09-22-2007, 12:04 AM

Replies: 8

Recurring calling problem..any other experiences?

Views: 931

Posted By island-guy

Well...am I the only one that is having this...

Well...am I the only one that is having this problem? It's doing this at least once a day in various places so I don't suspect it to be a network issue. Once I yank the battery it's fine. This...

Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl

09-20-2007, 11:31 PM

Replies: 8

Recurring calling problem..any other experiences?

Views: 931

Posted By island-guy

The phone will work fine all day and then all of...

The phone will work fine all day and then all of a sudden stop sending calls. The only way I can get it to start working again is to yank the battery, with or without powering off first.

Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl

09-20-2007, 09:09 PM

Replies: 8

Recurring calling problem..any other experiences?

Views: 931

Posted By island-guy

It's the .107 version listed on the home page. I...

It's the .107 version listed on the home page. I followed the instructions and no other problem except for this one.

Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl

09-20-2007, 08:41 PM

Replies: 8

Recurring calling problem..any other experiences?

Views: 931

Posted By island-guy

Recurring calling problem..any other experiences?

I recently wiped my handheld and installed the latest sofware with awesome results. Interestingly, I have a recurring problem with not being able to call out. At times, I will go to dial a call, it...

Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl

09-15-2007, 12:53 AM

Replies: 1

Desktop Redirector Problems

Views: 657

Posted By island-guy

Desktop Redirector Problems

Aloha,
I just got my Pearl yesterday to replace an E62 and really like it a lot. I use it to sync with my Outlook for everything except Email. I don't know if the desktop redirector is integrated to...

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