Comments on: Turning Off Calender Reminders

By: Hamish

Hamish — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:41:14 +0000

Nice work, Chris – nailed it. This works on v5.0.1 on a Pearl as well

By: Hamish

Hamish — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:41:00 +0000

Nice work, Chris – nailed it. This works on v5.0.1 on a Pearl as well

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:42:15 +0000

The following worked for me to disable the annoying reminders from popping up:
Click calendar
Click BB button
Click Options
Click Desktop (under Calendars)
Change “Display Reminders” from Yes to No
Save changes.

I have version 4.7 (and change) on a Storm.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:42:00 +0000

I have version 4.7 (and change) on a Storm.

By: ER

ER — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:47:16 +0000

I just want to add my “vote” on this – This is a major disadvantage. The kind of annoyance that would make me consider switching to a BB competitor. I use reminders and manage them on my PC. I do not want to have to click through a bunch of reminders when I go to my BB to look up a contact or whatever. This is *very* annoying. And I have had other colleagues ask about how to turn off the reminders. I urge RIM to do some market research on this point. I’d bet that there is a material % of users that find this to be a frustration. Please include this improvement in your next version, or I (and others) may look elsewhere.

By: ER

ER — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:47:00 +0000

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:03:52 +0000

The solution given will not stop the Blackberry from turning on for calendar reminders. I have 4.5 firmware, I have told the Blackberry not to display reminders for anything and yet it still insists on turning the Blackberry on when calendar events are due. There is simply no way to get it to stop.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:03:00 +0000

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:03:00 +0000

By: mla1

mla1 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:00:38 +0000

*****SOLUTION TO STOP REMINDERS on blackberry **********

download version 4.5 firmware to the blackerry.
Click on calendar
Options
Scroll down to highlight desktop (or the calendar you wish to set).
Scroll down to display reminders
change the option to No
Be sure to click the scroll wheel again and click save.

By: mla1

mla1 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:00:00 +0000

*****SOLUTION TO STOP REMINDERS on blackberry **********

By: Monty

Monty — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:56:03 +0000

This is merely changing the default reminder time for new appointments. This is not what people are asking for. They want the device to stop having reminders, while Outlook continues to have them. I am gathering by browsing in Google land that there is no way to do this with the BlackBerry. I hope RIM is reading this, as this is a major shortcoming of the device.

By: Monty

Monty — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:56:00 +0000

By: liidogirl

liidogirl — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:48:37 +0000

I have my BB set to “none” for default reminder and also the same in Outlook, but I still am getting the reminder tones which are all so annoying.

It used to not do this. Any ideas on how to make the BB act the way it’s supposed to?

By: liidogirl

liidogirl — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:48:00 +0000

I have my BB set to “none” for default reminder and also the same in Outlook, but I still am getting the reminder tones which are all so annoying.

It used to not do this. Any ideas on how to make the BB act the way it’s supposed to?

By: Jonny

Jonny — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:39:22 +0000

Yeah, this is not really a great solution. Is it not possible to find a hack somewhere, where it simply ignores to show the stupid annoying popup every time there is a reminder?

By: Jonny

Jonny — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:39:00 +0000

Yeah, this is not really a great solution. Is it not possible to find a hack somewhere, where it simply ignores to show the stupid annoying popup every time there is a reminder?

By: SQ

SQ — Tue, 02 May 2006 04:30:30 +0000

Set the Default Reminder to vibrate.

By: SQ

SQ — Tue, 02 May 2006 04:30:00 +0000

Set the Default Reminder to vibrate.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:14:30 +0000

But the problem with this is that it works for appointments created on your BlackBerry, but for appointments created in Outlook, the reminder still pops up. Is there anyway to switch off the reminder pop ups completely?