“I got a Curve 8900 from T-Mobile and have it unlocked for use on AT&T. Now what… Is there a good answer. I am reading everything from just put in SIM, download generic service books, wipe device, download OS delete vendor file. Please help.”
You have got it down, that’s exactly what you do. But you may also want to configure your APN to work with AT&T’s network.
Options> Advanced Options> TCP/IP. APN should say APN: wap.cingular Username:WAP@CINGULARGPS.COM Password: CINGULAR1
Something else that may make life easier is AT&T had begun sending out its own carrier specific service books for the 8900, so you may be able to bypass all the headache of manually setting up your T-Mobile Branded 8900 for use on AT&T’s network!
Thanks for the question Mike.
(If you have a BlackBerry question, leave it for me in the comments and I’ll be sure to answer it.)
Hey Joe,
Thanks for all the great tips.. Another question for ya.
How would I go about backing up all my 3rd party applications AND the data in them? For instance, I know I could just REINSTALL datepedia for instance, but that does not add in the 30 or so birthdays that I have stored in there.. Just curious with all the new berrys coming out. Thanks a lot.
Glenn
Jo,
I’m using an 8900 on att and everything worked fine till att sent their service books,
Now I have bb maps in my applications but the icon
Has dissapeared. It comes back right away the moment I put in a t-mobile sim card.
Any help would bbe great. Any chance you could email me the reply
Too so that I don’t miss out on this piece of info.
Regards
Zee
please forgive my ignorance but i need to ask how do i browse the net on my new 9530? it is unlocked and im on the tmobile network also i cannot find a browser option in my menu anywhere. also could you tell me what im doing wrong when i download apps to my desktop and transfer them to my handset but they wont download or open in anyway once on the phone.
hi i just got the blackberry bold from london and i can use any sim card on it but the 1st time i connect the blackberry with the desktop manager v4.7 through the laptop it founds updates for my blackberry,, so the question now should i update the blackberry or it ll locked if the update it???,, thanks
Hi I’m in desperate need of help. I just bought an unlocked storm 9530 its on the cricket network which is a local service provider here in arizona. I.
Can’t seem to configure my email in any way. It only gives me the option to use the bb enterprise thing. Please help me.!?
i bought a 8820 unlocked bb formally at&t now i use rogers in canada and i have a data plan, i want to know how to setup and sync everything form my mac (mail, ical) to my bberry without hurting it.
I have the same question as rudyaraiza. i run my unlocked storm 9530 on the tmobile net work and everything works great, web text mms etc. but when i get to email set up it only offers me bb enterprise set up. please help.
Thanks
Hey Joe,
I just bought my daughter an unlocked Pearl 8100 off of Ebay. How do I set it up to work with her data and email plan we have her set up on? Their support can’t help. All she can do is text and make calls. Please help!!
Brad in Cincinnati
Hi Joe! Im so glad i found your website, my husband and i been trying to check if we can use our boost mobile sim to our verizon blackberry. but we can not make it work.can u pls teach us or give us idea how to do it? the blackberry is much more flexible than our boost mobile phone. i hope to hear from you soon and hoping to find an answer to our question
thank u so much & God bless!
I also have the 9530 unlocked and am using it for tmobile. When I first got the phone my email icons were not popping up. After trying a few things I found that all i had to do was put my sim card back into my tmobile blackberry pearl and go to manage email link in the preprogrammed tmobile bookmarks. Once there, there is an option to change devices. It should ask for the pin and imei of the new device which can easily be found in the options menu under status. Once this is done, insert the sim card into the unlocked device and register it with blackberry.
i just got a t-mobile blackberry 8100 and am using an AT&T prepaid card and want to get som apps for from the apps store but i cant get them. and i want to use the internet on it so i can get mms. Please help me
Nick,I’m not an expert, as I just recently got a Blackberry, but I don’t believe you will be able to use the internet with a pre-paid service. I had an unlimited data plan with my old phone and thought I could simply swap the SIM card into the BB and have internet but it turned out I had to call AT&T to get set up on an actual Blackberry plan. Hope this helps!
Hi Joe,
I just got a BB Pearl 8110 and unlocked it myself, but I can’t figure out how to set up my email. It only gives me an option to setup something called Enterprise for work email addresses, which I don’t have. Can you tell me how to set this up for gmail or yahoo?
Thanks!
hi Joe,
I just got an unlocked blackberry Pearl 8100 I charged it and put my sim card in it. Now it will just shut off and when it comes back on it will tell me searching networks what do I need to do.
hi
i have a blackberry tour from verizon i unlocked the phone to at&t but it does not have mms messaging. is there anyway i can set it up so that i can have mms on the phone?
i have a blackberry pearl 8120 and the signal only says sos… i have a day like that so i dont know what to do! please help!
can you help me with my blackberry the signal stays on sos
Hi I just got a bb curve 8520 unlocked for at&t and i was wondering how can i configure it to get picture messages? thanks.
I have a Blackberry Storm and I had it flashed to Cricket but the texts don’t work on it. How do I configure it so it can text, etc…? I tried:
##000000(Send)
entering the MDN
etc…
Can you please help??
I have an unlocked Blackberry Storm 9530. I want to first use an At&T go phone (pre paid) sim card. Want to use this go phone (pre paid_ sim card until I decide if I like the Storm. Just want to make and receive phone calls. Can you tell me how to get the Storm to work with the Go Phone sim card?
I have an unlocked Storm 9530 and have At&T. I’ve added a blackberry plan to my account and changed the settings as above but cannot get my browser to work. Any help would be appreciated! I know this is a hot topic =)
please help, i have an unlocked t mobile BB 8900, which i’m now using on the rogers network in canada
problem is that the wifi connects, but apps wont work and the browser wont work, i keep getting directed to the Rogers Mall.
as i understand it, i need to change something in the apn/tcp settings? but have no idea what?
I have a blackberry 8820 that I am trying to download my music on. I installed a microSD (8gb) but in the options, media card settings it shows that mass storage mode support is off with a red lock next to it. Is there any way for me to unlock this support? If so, can you please offer me your suggestion(s)?
Thank you,
Chandarbhan Mahase.
Hi Joe,
Im from the UK and I have just purchased the new Bold 9700 on T Mobile and want to use it with an O2 sim card, is this possible? and if so, how do i go about setting it all up? i.e unlicking it, setting up email address and ensure that i can use GPS, internet, Blackberry Messenger etc etc Thanks for your help mate
Joe – I have a CDMA Blackberry Tour and want to use a prepaid sim in it when I travel to Europe. do I need the lock code for the phone? or do I just pop the card in when I get there?
Joe, I am trying to set up my email on my unlocked Blackberry Pearl 8120-but I cannot locate my imei, esn etc. numbers-I do find the pin # only. I am assuming it is because it is unlocked??? How do I get my imei and pin number from my unlocked phone. It is not located under the battery or on the box-like the last blackberry I had. This phone was purchase and sent to India to be used. Please help me.
Hi, I purchased an unlocked 8310 blackberry from ebay & I already set up service with Tmobile yesterday! Ive already set up my emails and set up my browser thru Tmobile by calling for the service books, however I was trying to set up bluetooth so that I can transfer music files thru my PC MAC but I am having trouble doing that even though Ive already set my settings on the blackberry to discoverable. Can U please help me with the steps or explain what in the world am I doing wrong? When I try to transfer the files my message from blackberrry shows transfer failed or I dont have those services for my blackberry. Also, how can I transfer music files to my blackberry from my MAC? Im just having a difficult time downloading music and transfering files please help if you can?
please help me!!
i just unlocked the blackberry storm 9530 for att and i cant usee the internet or picture messaging! how do i fix it?