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BlackBerry

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Character Modification

  • To quickly capitalize a letter, hold it down for about a second.
  • To type characters with commonly-used diacritics, hold down the closest English letter, and spin the trackball.
    • This will not work for input fields limited to ASCII (for instance SMS test messages).

Apps

Linux

  • bcharge from the barry package is used to properly set up USB-based charging
  • btool from the barry-util package:
[recombinator](0) $ btool -t -P devpassword
Blackberry devices found:
Device ID: 0x8f5710. PIN: 21420533, Description: RIM BlackBerry Device
Using device (PIN): 21420533
Database database:
    Database: 0x0 'MMS Options' (records: 1)
    Database: 0x1 'Input Method Switcher Option' (records: 1)
    Database: 0x2 'RMS Databases' (records: 4)
    Database: 0x3 'Certificate Options' (records: 0)
    ....
    Database: 0x59 'Bluetooth Options' (records: 1)
    Database: 0x5a 'AutoText' (records: 108)

[recombinator](0) $ 
  • barrybackup

Tethering on T-Mobile

Update /etc/network/interfaces, adding:

iface ppp0 inet ppp
	provider barry-tmobileus

Place the following file at /usr/local/etc/barry-tmobileus.chat:

ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' ABORT DELAYED ABORT ERROR

SAY "Initializing\n" '' ATZ OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","wap.voicestream.com" OK-AT-OK ATDT*99#

CONNECT \d\c

Place the following file at /usr/local/etc/barry-tmobileus.dechat, and make it executable:

#!/bin/sh
killall pppob

Place the following file at /etc/ppp/peers/barry-tmobileus:

connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /usr/local/etc/barry-tmobileus.chat"

disconnect "/usr/local/etc/barry-tmobileus.dechat" noauth user "" password "" defaultroute usepeerdns noipdefault nodetach novj nodeflate nobsdcomp noaccomp nocrtscts nopcomp nomagic passive ipcp-restart 7 ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote lcp-echo-interval 0 lcp-echo-failure 999 mtu 1492 debug

pty "/usr/sbin/pppob -P yourpassword -p yourpin"

Note that the pty argument ought be updated for your device's password and PIN.