Blackberry got damp in rainstorm and buttons won't work

This problem could be due to the lack of GPRS service. GPRS stands for General Packet Radio Service, and it's what allows your device to access data. The first thing you should do is perform a soft reset. If that doesn't work, perform a hard reset. After both resets, check your wireless antenna signal strength. The antenna should show GPRS. If you can still make phone calls and access the Web, then your GSM service is still available. Try sending yourself an email . Does it work? If it doesn't, call your BlackBerry provider. Sometimes, your service could be delayed due to a billing problem or to downtime on the network.

Firstly, I suggest you do a battery pull. A battery pull fixes everything with a BlackBerry.
If that doesn't work, you need to go to Options, Advanced Options and Host Routing Table.
Then press the BlackBerry button and select register.
This will register your device with your network and should push through your text messages again.

Have you subscribed to BlackBerry email? If not then you will not have email "pushed" to your phone. Pushed email is where the messages automatically appear on your phone without having to visit your email webpage to check for new messages.

If you have a SIM which allows internet access then you can simply use that to browse to your email webpage.

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Hi, The BlackBerry smartphone displays the JVM 523 error message: For BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry Device Software version 4.1, this error may occur if a third-party browser channel icon has a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) redirect. OR When a locked BlackBerry smartphone with content protection enabled receives a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, this error may occur. This error only occurs with the Today themes in BlackBerry Device Software version 4.2.2. Download and install the latest version of BlackBerry Device Software on the BlackBerry smartphone by following these steps: Download the latest version of BlackBerry Device Software from your wireless service provider's web site. Install BlackBerry Device Software on your BlackBerry smartphone. BlackBerry Device Software version 4.1 (only) If you are running BlackBerry Device Software version 4.1, you need to complete the following steps: Complete one of the following, depending on the network on which the BlackBerry smartphone is operating: · For BlackBerry smartphones operating on a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network, contact your service provider and have the BlackBerry Internet Service Browsing deactivated. · For BlackBerry smartphones operating on a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), remove the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card from the BlackBerry smartphone. Perform a hard reset on the BlackBerry smartphone. Turn the wireless transceiver off. Click the Browser icon. Expand the Browser Channels folder. Highlight a third-party browser push channel. Display the menu and click Delete Channel. Repeat steps 7 and 8 for each third-party browser push channel. Complete one of the following, depending on the network on which the BlackBerry smartphone is operating: · For BlackBerry smartphones operating on a CDMA network, contact your wireless service provider and have the BlackBerry Internet Service Browsing activated. · For BlackBerry smartphones operating on a GSM network, reinsert the SIM card. Turn on the wireless transceiver. Register the BlackBerry smartphone on the wireless network. Subscribe to the third-party browser push channels again. BlackBerry Device Software version 4.2.2 Change the theme on the BlackBerry smartphone to one other than the Today theme by completing the following steps: From the Home screen on the BlackBerry smartphone, select Options. Select Theme. Select any theme that is not the Today theme. Display the menu and select Activate. I Hope it helped you. Thank you for using ' Fixya ' and have a nice day!!

hi.. if you don't change any of the settings.. maybe your phone get wet inside and affect its normal functioning and it grounded on the parts and wirings of your phone... try to look inside your phone and clean it up... thank you very much

Usually the button membrane under the track ball goes bad. If you're out of warranty try to remove the trackball and push the membrane back in place, clean it if necessary. There is a Blackberry Repair Guide that shows how to open a Blackberry and remove the track ball yourself. Once it is open it's as easy as peeling the membrane off the logic board, scratching its bottom with a flathead screwdriver. There are also third party blackberry repair services that will do this for you.

Sounds like you're in a dead zone. If not then ...

Check in the upper left corner... IF:

1x = you are not connected to any data at all - No emails, text, internet will work send/receive.

1xev= you're connected to data but not blackberry usually the same as above though sometimes you might get lucky and receive only text/pix messages.

1X= Phone calls only. Usually no data (email, text, web, etc)

1XEV = everything is connected and you should be working fine.



If you have 1XEV (upper case and lower case matter ALOT...everything should always be UPPERCASE) and you're still having that problem then go to:

options> advanced options> host routing table

In the host routing table click the button to the left of the roll ball (called the blackberry button) and click on "Register now" and just leave the phone alone for a minute so it can register all your service books again. Then try the web again.


If all else fails pullthe battery and try again ..> Still no good? Call your carrier.

Hope this helps

After receiving a message with sound, push the button on the side that activates voice dialing. It sometimes takes activating it twice, but it will turn the sound back on.

May not be the best one, but I just removed my battery and put it right back in and it works again.

Try pushing the little square button above the power windows. That button locks all passenger windows.