Showing posts with label blackberry tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blackberry tips. Show all posts

Thursday, 17 July 2014

‘NeverMaze’ game for BlackBerry 10 free for a limited time!

NeverMaze for BlackBerry 10
NeverMaze is a maze game for BlackBerry 10 devices. The concept of the game is simple – you just need to draw a path with your finger in te maze to get the orange dot to the purple dot. This game is made available for BlackBerry 10 devices from the BlackBerry World for Rs.50 but as a special promo offer, the game is now free for all BlackBerry 10 users!
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Tuesday, 24 June 2014

How to get Android apps from Amazon Appstore on BlackBerry 10

Last week, we have seen that BlackBerry and Amazon made a deal in making all the Android apps from the Amazon app store available on BlackBerry 10 devices.  You can read about it here, if you did not know. But that will be set to motion only after the release of BlackBerry 10.3 OS update. Meanwhile, you can install Android apps from the Amazon Appstore on your BlackBerry, even without the BlackBerry 10.3 update. Ready to know how?

Download and Install Amazon Appstore:

All you need to do is download the Amazon Appstore on your BlackBerry Q5, Z30,  Z10 or Q10. In your BlackBerry browser, head to www.amazon.com/getappstore. Tap on the Download  the Amazon Appstore button. The download should start automatically. If it does not, then tap on the three dots button to the bottom right of the phone’s screen and select Downloads.
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The App store will start installing after ‘processing’ is done. Tap on the Install button,
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Monday, 23 June 2014

Navigate on Blackberry with NavFree

NavFree for Blackberry 10
Not having official Google Maps app for BlackBerry 10 phones can seem as a drawback but there are other amazing map apps for BlackBerry 10 phones. NavFree is one such app that helps users in navigating. This is a free voice guiding navigation app available for Blackberry 10 phone users.
Previously this app was not on any Q-series phones of the BlackBerry 10. But a recent update for this app in the Blackberry World just changed that by extending the support of NavFree to the BlackBerry Q5 as well as Blackberry Q10. The features that NavFree provides its users are:
Have a Blackberry 10 phone? Then install this free navigation app for your phone and let us know what your reviews are about the app.
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Facebook app for BlackBerry receives an update

BlackBerry 10 phones now receive a new update to the Facebook app. This update changes the app version to v10.4.1.11 and brings some healthy changes along with the usual bug fixes and general improvements.
blackberry-10-facebook

With this new update,
  • Edit or delete a comment by long pressing on it.
  • Edit status by long pressing on it
Read more...
Did you download the latest update for Facebook on Blackberry 10? If so, shoot off your views in the comments.
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Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Backup Blackberry using desktop manager

Taking backup of  “Blackberry 10″ phones is given in the previous post.Click here to read it:Backup of Blackberry phones using Blackberry Link
In this post, how to backup Blackberry phone using the Blackberry desktop manager is given.
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Blackberry desktop manager:

To start with, user needs to have the latest version of the blackberry desktop manager installed in the computer. Get the latest version of desktop manager here: Blackberry desktop manager. Download and install the desktop manager software in the computer. Then launch/run the software by double-clicking on its desktop icon.
Connect the blackberry device to the computer using the USB sync cable. Once the phone is recognized by the software, a pop up window will appear on the computer screen asking the user if he wants to connect the mass media storage of the phone too. This is nothing but asking the user if he wishes to back up the contents of the phone’s memory card or not. Select the desired option “Yes” or “No” and then the desktop manager window will be opened.

Backup:

In the desktop manager window, in the centre, there will a “Backup” option. User can click on this option or to the left of the screen, the name of the blackberry phone that is connected to the computer will be displayed. Click on that name and in the options that appear, choose “Backup”.
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On choosing “Backup” , a new window with a list of backup options appears. Among the options “Full” , “Quick” and “Custom” are displayed , it is better to select “Full” because it will take backup of all the files in the phone so that the user will not miss  taking backup of any file.
Below these options, there will be File options to let the user choose where the backup file should be stored. After every thing is done, click on the “Backup” option at the bottom of the window and the backup process automatically starts. When the backup process completes, the user will get a notification and then he can disconnect the device from the computer.

Restore:

Connect the blackberry phone into which the back up data needs to be restored and then double click on the desktop manager icon to launch/run it.
In the top left corner of the window, “Device” option appears with a drop down arrow beside it. Click on that arrow and select “restore” option. Then the software will prompt the user to select the data that is to be transferred to the phone. The user can select to transfer all the device data or he can customize the data selection.
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After selecting the required data, click on the “Restore” button at the bottom of the window. A warning will be displayed saying that the current data in the phone will be replaced. Click on “Yes”  to continue restoration and the restoration progress bar will appear. After the data is restored, a confirmation dialogue box appears saying that the restoration is complete and the device can then be disconnected.
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