[tliou]

How do you obtain model info (7100, 7510, etc.) from within Java code?

[Mark Rejhon]

I did some research to try to find out...

The closest thing I found was the "DeviceInfo" class ...Such as DeviceInfo.getDeviceId() .... Try researching in that direction.

I heard using the IMEI code (TAC?) will tell you whether you are on GSM or on iDEN. (Which would distinguish the 75XX).

The vendor.xml file does seem to produce ID codes that may correspond to device models, but I am not sure.

[tliou]

Mark,

The getDeviceID() method in DeviceInfo class returns an int. I'm not sure how you can obtain model info from that.

Thomas

[berryapps]

getDeviceId() is useless to you. It would return the blackberry PIN number.

each blackberry model has a different screen height/width in pixels. You can easily match up which blackberry they are using through that.

Cheers,
Andrew

[tliou]

Wow, it is unbelievable that you have to do it that way :(

You would think a simple API can do the same.

[berryapps]

I guess it's because it's irrelvalent which model you are running on from a code standpoint.

[tliou]

Well, not if your app in about management of various PDAs.

[berryapps]

Yes... very true. I keep forgetting that people develop apps for more than the blackberry.

[Mark Rejhon]

Detecting screen colors and screen resolution should help greatly. For example, a monochrome 240x240 screen is almost guaranteed to be a 65XX or 67XX series BlackBerry. Then you might be able to decode the IMEI to determine if it's an iDEN network code -- that would isolate it down to 65XX series.

Monochrome
5XXX and 6XXX series

Color
7XXX series

240x160
58XX, 62XX and 72XX series

240x240
65XX, 67XX, 75XX and 77XX series

240x260
71XX series

[tliou]

Thanks, Mark.

net.rim.device.api.system.Display has the following methods to helpyou obtain those info.

isColor()
getWidth()
getHeight()

Also, 4.0 will drop the following models. 58XX and 65XX
75XX is 240 by 160, not 240 by 240.
71XX is 240 by 260.

The only models are hard to tell (in 4.0) is 72XX or 75XX since both are 240 by 160 and color.

Thomas

[jbartel]

net.rim.device.api.system.RadioInfo.getNetworkType () will get the network type so you can tell between:
7510 and 72xx
7750 and 7730/7780
6750 and 6710/6720
6510 and 62xx

[tliou]

OK, with all the info, here is the code that SHOULD identify most models in 4.0.

    int heigth = Display.getHeightxxx40;xxx41;;
    boolean color =  Display.isColorxxx40;xxx41;;

    if xxx40; heigth == 260 xxx41;
        model = "7100";
    else if xxx40; heigth == 240 xxx41; xxx123;
        if xxx40;colorxxx41;
            model = "7700";
        else
            model = "6700";
    xxx125;
    else if xxx40; heigth == 160 xxx41; xxx123;
        if xxx40;colorxxx41; xxx123;
            if xxx40;RadioInfo.getNetworkTypexxx40;xxx41;==5xxx41;
                model = "7500";
            else
                model = "7200";
        xxx125;
        else
            model = "6200";
    xxx125;
    else
        model = "Unknown";

Thomas

[Edit: Mark Rejhon added [code] and [/code] wrappers for formatting code.]

[berry_apps]

[tliou]

I'm reposting the result responded by someone.

Use DeviceInfo.getPlatformVersion()

Thomas

[tliou]

Oops, wrong API. Use DeviceInfo.getDeviceName() instead. It will return 7100, 7510, etc.

[wiktorn]

That's right.
Functions you mentioned appeal in 4.0 OS finally.

Wojtek