Switching to a New Blackberry
Are you thinking of buying a new Blackberry handheld? And is worried about how you can transfer your data without any disruption in data? How to change and switch to your new Blackberry device?
Most Blackberry users will have all these questions in mind when thinking of changing to a new Blackberry handheld, this is because, Blackberry device is very different from the usual smart phone every Blackberry phone has its own unique number known as Blackberry PIN. This PIN is used for Blackberry Messenger ID.
So if you change your device, then your PIN WILL change too!
More questions will arise. Like… How will my friends / blackberry contacts know of my new PIN? Do I have to delete all my contacts and request and reinvite all of them AGAIN? How about all my data? Can it be transferred easily to my new Blackberry?
With several new Blackberry models released by RIM this year, including the Blackberry Gemini, The new Bold 9700 Onyx and Storm 2! Blackberry fans will be tempted to change to a new model.
Hence with this article, we try to explain and share our experience in our upgrade / switch from Blackberry Bold 9000 to the new Onyx 9700
The process of switching is actually quite straight forward and simple and anyone should be able to do it with the instructions below.
If you have bought your new Blackberry device from a shop that provides the transfer of data service, then you have nothing to worry about as they will take care of it in less than 30 minutes.
Your PIN will change but your contacts will be automatically notified by RIM with your NEW PIN being updated to their device without them even realizing you have switched to a new Blackberry device!
If you wish to carry out your own transfer, here’s what you need to do:
1. Backup your Blackberry with the Blackberry Desktop Manager
Backup all your data with the desktop manager. If you have not previously install and use the desktop manager, you can find the software in the CD provided in the box. Find the CD and follow instructions to install the desktop manager to your PC/Mac. Or you may simply download it from website blackberry.com
Launch your installed desktop manager, plug in your Blackberry with the usb cable provided to your desktop. Click the backup function and follow instructions.
2. Restore Your Blackberry Device
Now that you have performed your backup, unplug your device and plug in your NEW Blackberry device to your desktop and select menu Restore. All your data will be restored / transfered back to your NEW Blackberry device including contacts, phone book, calender and all your BBM contacts PIN BBM.
After you have restored your device, launch your blackberry messenger in your new device and you will find that your BBM contacts lists will appear in your new BBM.
Even with your NEW PIN. RIM will automatically link connect and update all your BBM contacts with your new PIN in minutes. including recovering of your blackberry groups. The process is automatic, you do not need to reinvite your friends and your friends will not even know you have switched to a new device (unless you tell them)
To make sure the process went on smoothly without errors, what I would do is to reconnect/re setting my email accounts before opening the Blackberry Messenger. This is because if my BBM contacts cannot be restored for whatever reason, I can then use the Restore Remotely feature using my email addresses that were registered. Remember to restore remotley, RIM needs to send an email to your Blackberry device to confirm ownership, if your emails are not set then you will not be able to receive this email.
To connect your email, go to email settings in your Blackberry settings folder and make sure all your emails are set correctly. You only need to log in to your previous account from the email settings to make them work in your NEW Blackberry.
Are you Selling Away / Giving Away your Old Blackberry Device?
After setting up your new device and ensuring you have transferred all your data to your new device, you will want to clean off everything from your old device. Read more on How To Clean Off / Wipe Off Blackberry
Just in case you come across, the
TWO issues we encountered when we Did this upgrade were:
1. Handheld Not Ready
When we first took our Onyx out of the box and inserted our SIM Card, we could not find the browser “Internet Explorer” in browser settings configuration and the email settings icons were no where to be found. The only browser we found was “hotspot browser”
After about 30 minutes trying to figure out what went wrong… then the browser internet explorer, email settings and other icons from operator services appear! So be patient if you come across this.
2. Desktop Manager Error
When we tried to restore date to our NEW Blackberry from desktop manager, our desktop manager (DM), DM keeps showing “error messages” on connection and forced to shut down the application. We tried closing and opening the application again for several times, connect and reconnect the DM error will not go away, all it shows was the DM application needs to close, report to Microsoft…
We even tried to turn off and restart our computer and the error keeps coming up. We thought maybe our desktop manager 5.0.1 is not compatible with Onyx but it worked well with Bold and Jav.
Until we suddenly noticed an icon reading Blackberry Desktop Manager 5.0.1 update available 29mb in system tray after the restart. Is it a coincidence? Or Onyx do need a new updated desktop manager? After the DM upgrade, then Onyx was connected successfully to restore data to the new Onyx.
We do hope that you will not encounter this problem when switching devices, however, if you do, you already know how to deal with it!
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