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Blackberry Trouble
So I have the Blackberry Curve 8520, and it's been acting really strange lately. Every so often, the light on the top right will stay red, and within second the screen will go black and the entire phone will shut off. But, after a few seconds, the screen will show an hour-glass symbol, will flash white, attempt to turn back on (with the light becoming red again), and then will just go back to the black screen. To get it to turn back on, I have to unplug the battery, and try to restart it that way roughly 4 or 5 times, and the only way it will stay on for more than 15 minutes is if I automatically plug it in. Anyone have any suggestions/ideas about what could be wrong?
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05-17-2011 at 08:13 PM
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05-17-2011 at 08:16 PM
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At this point I am definitely leaning towards Android. This has happened three times in the past 7 days!
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05-17-2011 at 08:17 PM
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This happened to me. Did you drop it recently? Mine was acting like that couple of days and then it just stopped and went back to normal. Try waiting? If problem still persists, take it for repair.
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Ugh, tell me about it. Today my Blackberry decided that the alarm should go off at random times. Then it resent all of the texts I've sent over the past week, and then went into emergency-only mode for an hour. I've had mine for a year and a half, so I guess that's "old" as far as phones go.
Time for a new one, I think.
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Ugh, tell me about it. Today my Blackberry decided that the alarm should go off at random times. Then it resent all of the texts I've sent over the past week, and then went into emergency-only mode for an hour. I've had mine for a year and a half, so I guess that's "old" as far as phones go.
Time for a new one, I think.
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Yeah! Mine is just over a year old and it's been acting up like this, and then on top of that about every second or third day my BBM decides not to send or receive messages for about 3 or 4 hours. And I'm not even going to delve into the major battery life problem...
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At this point I am definitely leaning towards Android. This has happened three times in the past 7 days!
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Yeah! Mine is just over a year old and it's been acting up like this, and then on top of that about every second or third day my BBM decides not to send or receive messages for about 3 or 4 hours. And I'm not even going to delve into the major battery life problem...
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That's the one thing I can say I haven't had a problem with. I use my phone non-stop (I'm that person, unfortunately) and the battery lasts for a really long time. I think I charge it once every two weeks. When I text too quickly (I'm serious) it freezes, gives me an error message, and then I have to watch that stupid "loading" clock for 5 minutes until I can continue.
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That's the one thing I can say I haven't had a problem with. I use my phone non-stop (I'm that person, unfortunately) and the battery lasts for a really long time. I think I charge it once every two weeks. When I text too quickly (I'm serious) it freezes, gives me an error message, and then I have to watch that stupid "loading" clock for 5 minutes until I can continue.
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Yeah, I am the opposite. I have to charge mine at least twice every day! It's ridiculous. Hopefully it isn't too much to upgrade with Telus..
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Yeah, I am the opposite. I have to charge mine at least twice every day! It's ridiculous. Hopefully it isn't too much to upgrade with Telus..
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Twice everyday is outrageous, wow. |
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Yeah, I am the opposite. I have to charge mine at least twice every day! It's ridiculous. Hopefully it isn't too much to upgrade with Telus..
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Wow, that's nuts. My housemates drops his two-year-old Blackberry all the time, throws it sometimes (terrible at handling his alcohol), steps on it, etc. and it works flawlessly. I do none of that and mine craps out on me all the time. Pissin' me off.
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Try doing a firmware update or reloading the firmware through your computer. According to someone I know at RIM, that's typically how you fix this problem - it sounds like your OS got corrupted somehow.
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Try doing a firmware update or reloading the firmware through your computer. According to someone I know at RIM, that's typically how you fix this problem - it sounds like your OS got corrupted somehow.
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Example of proper troubleshooting when dealing with technology.
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Wow, that's nuts. My housemates drops his two-year-old Blackberry all the time, throws it sometimes (terrible at handling his alcohol), steps on it, etc. and it works flawlessly. I do none of that and mine craps out on me all the time. Pissin' me off.
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Obviously you have to start doing this. |
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Huh, you guys are scaring me with my blackberry. Granted I don't treat it like an angel (been known to drop it once or twice or throw it on my bed) but it's been pretty good to me and I haven't had a problem so far. Oh god, I hope I didn't just jinx it. 
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