| Outcome |
Action |
Notes |
| Convert signal strength to numbers |
Type ALT+nmll |
Measured in amount of signal lost; -40 is perfect, -256 is no coverage |
| Reboot! |
Type Shift+ALT+DEL |
This is a soft reboot, you can also just remove the battery |
| Secure your data! |
Options/Security Options/General Settings/Change Password to Enabled/Save/Select Password |
University data must be kept secure! |
| Check available memory |
Type ALT+escr to bring up the Engineering Screen |
Check file free to see how much space you have or don’t have |
| Bulk delete messages |
Highlight a date, press Menu, Delete Prior |
Deletes all messages, read or unread prior to the date you’re on |
| Go to your oldest Unread message |
Press U while in message list |
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| Go to Previous day’s messages |
Press P while in message list |
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| Search your messages |
Press S |
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| Insert your BlackBerry phone number into a message |
Type mynumber in the body of your message |
Useful if you don’t know your BlackBerry phone number |
| Add language accent marks |
Hold down the letter and scroll left or right |
Easy AND culturally astute! |
| Insert the current time into a message |
Type lt in the body of your message |
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| Insert the current date into a message |
Type ld in the body of your message |
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| Display recently visited webpages |
Type I while in the browser app |
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| Add a bookmark |
Type A while in the browser app |
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| Access your bookmarks |
Type K while in browser app |
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| Access the URL entry field |
Type G while in the browser app |
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| Refresh the current webpage |
Type R while in the browser app |
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| Copy and paste text |
Hold the ALT key and click the trackwheel, then roll to select text, click trackwheel to copy.
Press the menu key and select paste |
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