BoostBerry How-To...everything you need to get the native browser and MMS working

[jezcrossland]

quick recommendation for mig33, which works perfectly on my 7110i with boost mobile. it is a good IM client, and is good for my google talk. for some reason i could never get the googletalk application to work so had resigned myself to being without.
with googletalk working through mig33 though, i actually have an app that makes my berry do things that my motorola boost phone couldn't!

all in all, getting a 7100i and following all of the steps has been very worthwhile for me. here's my findings so far, and if anyone can assist with some of the negatives, there's forum karma in it for you!

some of the negatives:
battery life is short, about a day. mind you, this is with pretty heavy usage, so i really shouldn't complain. especially since i'm using a used phone/battery, and my new motorola i290 gave me about the same!
a lot of the apps won't download because of strange errors. is there a fix for this? perhaps the browser is corrupt?
this phone is pretty bulky!! i refuse to get a holster though, that's for tecky nerdy people.

positives: the gmail app is a must for anyone with a gmail email account. it's simply awesome.
messaging is excellent
i'm very happy with the quality and coverage of boost.
opera mini isn't as great as i once thought, but it is ok.
google maps is very useful, but i still can't get the gps location to work. i tried nav4all but to be honest, it seemed like it was badly made and i gave up.

questions... is there a way to get internet bookmarks to appear as application icons/ shortcuts? i have an ipod touch and find this a great way to quickly get to a commonly visited webpage.

has anyone tried any of the free radio applications? i don't have a 2.5mm headphones set, and was wondering if they worked and how they were before i bought a pair and tried them.

[Yeswap]

I have a question about the message center in the BB 7100i. Is there any way to make it show ONLY text messages and picture messages, without the call logs and "registered to network" messages. All those messages the phone sends me are getting a little annoying.

Press the scrollwheel and select "View Folder" and you can choose MMS Inbox, MMS Outbox, Call Logs, etc. It's temporary though, the next time you open Messages it will show all until "View Folder" again.

[amysharren]

When using Shangmail, has anyone been able to send/receive attachments? When I receive, in the message itself, I cannot open to the attachment no matter what the file type is it tells me it's not compatible (however, if I navigate to the file via the media center I can view it. Or open it via mobile docs or whatever. And MMS works fine). And when I send a file, it seems to only send the file name but not actually attach the file.

If you're using something different, like LogicMail, can you send/receive?

I feel as though this is b/c I do not have the Attachment Service SB but I've never had it so I can't verify.

[tlacey]

mabee im dumb but i did the everything per inst i can now download via hotspot and i can send mms but i cant recive can someone help me ???

[Charles Sloan]

Is there anyway to enable push email from a hotmail or livemail account?

I had my last 8350 set to receive emails with shangmail, but I couldn't reply.

[FrankieV]

I got this setup on a 7100 yesterday, just a heads up, you have to have the boost internet service to have it fully functional, i didn't, i was paying the $1 chat and thats it, I had to add the $.35 a day internet to get the hotspot to work, so im going to change it to unlimited now but just a heads up.
Can anyone explain how the heck to setup that LogicMail service? I have the app on the phone but I dont know how to set up my email accounts, i dont know the servers and all that.

[shawnhenson]

for the email (frankiev) you can goto your service provider for email and goto the help section and search for outlook/outlook express settings it would have it there for you. Or google the same thing "outlook setting for (your service provider)"
like cox cable in va is pop.east.cox.net for the mail server

[stefan0325]

Does anyone also have the problem that the BB browser will not work unless you manually start it. If I want to download a file and I manually start the WiFi Browser app, it works fine. When I try to use the browser by launching it out of another app (like clicking on a link in Gmail or any other program) it will not connect to the internet. Also if I click on a download link from opera and it starts the WiFi broswe, it will not connect. Is there a fix to this?

[denhow]

Does anyone also have the problem that the BB browser will not work unless you manually start it. If I want to download a file and I manually start the WiFi Browser app, it works fine. When I try to use the browser by launching it out of another app (like clicking on a link in Gmail or any other program) it will not connect to the internet. Also if I click on a download link from opera and it starts the WiFi broswe, it will not connect. Is there a fix to this?

Go into the Hotspot Browser's configuration menu and change Emulation Mode to "Openwave (WAP)".

[amysharren]

mabee im dumb but i did the everything per inst i can now download via hotspot and i can send mms but i cant recive can someone help me ???

If you are able to send, but not receive, make sure your phone is updated with the correct IMEI on Boost's "My Account" area and that you have disabled text forwarding. It might also be a good idea to put your SIM in a different phone and make sure your number is receiving texts.

[amysharren]

Is there anyway to enable push email from a hotmail or livemail account?

I had my last 8350 set to receive emails with shangmail, but I couldn't reply.

Read the sticky about BoostBerry's. There is a new set of SBs posted there that will allow you to use shangmail and you will be able to send/receive. My only complaint is when you add an attachment it only sends the filename, not the file, and when you recieve an attachment you can only view it if you navigate to it from media center or whatnot, but you can't open it directly from your email.

[tlacey]

yes i have the correct imei and i never forwarded my text and yes i can receive txt in my clutch with the same sim im stumped

[Charles Sloan]

Read the sticky about BoostBerry's. There is a new set of SBs posted there that will allow you to use shangmail and you will be able to send/receive. My only complaint is when you add an attachment it only sends the filename, not the file, and when you recieve an attachment you can only view it if you navigate to it from media center or whatnot, but you can't open it directly from your email.

I've used the sb's to enable shangmail but with hotmail I could only receive my emails, I couldn't compose or reply. Does the mms sb's correct this?

Also how logicmail compared to shangmail?

[amysharren]

I've used the sb's to enable shangmail but with hotmail I could only receive my emails, I couldn't compose or reply. Does the mms sb's correct this?

Also how logicmail compared to shangmail?

Well, I don't use hotmail but I can send and receive via shangmail. Now that hotmail has pop3 I don't see why you wouldn't be able to.

[DEVIL777]

thanks SMS worked, bowser worked,


I can not download applications
I get this message


the IT Policy does not allow
downloading third-party applications.

How did you fix it? I'm having the same trouble on my 8350.


Aside from that, this how-to is geared towards the older BBs so I have written one for the Curve. If you see any mistakes on it, please let me know.

I put it at http://jezghani.blogspot.com/, and that will be updated as new information hits. However, I will paste it here also (sorry, it's super long!), and attach the service books.

So there were a couple of things I had to do to start with in order for me to get some of my stuff going the way I wanted them to:

1) I had to copy all of my contacts from my SIM card

a) Click on the “Contacts” Icon

b) Click on the Blackberry menu key; Contacts from SIM card

c) Click on the Blackberry menu key; Copy all to Contacts

2) I had to turn off Smart Dialing (+1) dialing to be able to place calls

a) Click on the Green phone icon key

b) Click on the Blackberry menu key; Options; Smart Dialing

c) Change the country code to “unknown”

Then, you need to get all the correct service books installed so you have full access to everything. You can download them here: http://forums.crackberry.com/attachm...-combined3.zip

1) ENABLE SERVICE BOOK COMPLETE BACKUP / OVER WRITE / RESTORE on the Device, like this:

a) On your device, go to Options -> Advanced Options -> Service Books hold Alt and hit {S}{B}{E}{B} let go of alt and it should show a message about how legacy service books are enabled.

2) BACKUP EXISTING SERVICE BOOKS

a) Hook up the phone to the laptop

b) Open Blackberry Desktop Manager -> Backup/Restore -> Advanced

i) On the right side, scroll down to Service Books, then press the <<>

ii) Click on Save, and save them some place just in case

3) WRITE NEW SERVICE BOOKS TO DEVICE

a) First, clear your service books by scrolling down on the right side, high light Service Books, then press Clear

b) Check your device now (Options -> Advance Options -> Service Books)

i) If there is anything left besides something that mentions TCP/IP or Browser, delete those also

c) Open BB DM, go to Backup/Restore -> Advanced -> Left Window -> File -> Open -> select the service book file you downloaded.

d) Disconnect phone from Computer.

e) Go to Options -> Advanced Options -> Host Routing Table -> BB Menu key -> Register

f) go to advanced settings -> browser and change the hot spot to browser.

i) Now your browser should be enabled, along with this, you should also be able to send/receive MMS. Now would be an okay time to test this.

g) If you do not get the browser option restart and try again.

Now that you’ve done that, you should also be able to use the BB inbox for email via Shangmail. This is an application that runs in the background and pushes your email to your BB.

1.) Go to Shangmail’s website: http://en.shangmail.com I used the English version but it does go down from time to time. I have heard the Chinese version is more reliable but I do not know this from experience.

2.) From there, you should be able to register, add up to 5 pop3 email accounts, and download the app and install via Desktop Manager.

3.) Once installed, you have to open the application and log in. After that, it should start up instantly and push your email to you instantly.

Now you should have full use of your BoostBerry! Here are a few additional applications I recommend:

1.) Opera Mini (http://www.opera.com/mini/download/blackberry/)

a. You do not have to use this for web browsing since you have the native browser working, but there are some sites that load better with Opera and it’s faster.

2.) Google Maps (You will have to download this via the BB Browser OTA. You have the option to do this when you go to google.com with your BB Browser).

a. You now have the Blackberry Maps application installed but certain functions are blocked out because you do not have BIS/BES so this program will help. There are also other GPS programs out there. I have heard good things about AmazeGPS but I haven’t personally tried it.

3.) VyMail (http://www.joekrill.com/vymail/0.8.3...il-0.8.3.5.zip)

a. This is a third-party App for using YouMail. As of right now, you can only download YouMail via the Blackberry Store Application but you won’t be able to use that since you don’t have BIS/BES. I’ve used both and this works just as well.

4.) “Visible Menus Theme” (http://forums.crackberry.com/f137/de...8/#post2119635)

a. A lot of third party pieces of software such as Opera Mini do not support the transparent menus that are utilized in the default them for the 8350. This theme is simply the default theme but with the fix so you don’t have to worry about that anymore.

Now, if you still have the urge to forward your text messages to your email, here is the how-to on that. This is a little more updated than the other one.

1) Go to Sprint.com and where you can sign in, click on “Sign Up.”

2) The rest should be pretty straight forward, just fill out the form. Once you get logged it, it might say “Cannot access your account at this time.” Don’t worry about that, just move on.

3) Go to http://mms.nextel.com/mms and log in with the same information.

4) You will see a red bar that says “Your messages cannot be read. Please try again later.” Do not worry about that, this is made for Sprint customers so you will never be able to read your messages on this page.

5) Click on Preferences, then Forward Messages.

6) At this point, you can choose a place to forward your messages too. This can be any email address, but the most popular is a gmail or msn account b/c you can download the app for the respective email accounts and they poll often enough. Since I downloaded shangmail, I have push email so I just used my favorite email account. I also tested sending it to yournumber@page.nextel.com. This comes in as an SMS message which is instant (sometimes shangmail can take up to 15 minutes). However, it does not show who the message is from. If you get it as an email, it will tell you it’s from “your friends number/TYPE=PLMN@myboostmobile.com” If you want to reply, you will have to send a message to “your friends number@their service provider.com.” It’s a pain, but it’s better than nothing. Anyway, type in your email address and click “add.” If you want to test different ones to see which comes in faster or how they come in, you can add more than one address.

7) Be sure to check the boxes that say “Enable Forwarding Address” and “Keep a Copy in my Inbox until it expires” and then click “Okay” to save everything.