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This piece covers many widespread faults with BlackBerry handsets with assistance on how to quickly resolve them.

Cracked or damaged display

A faulty BlackBerry display can manifest itself in various approaches, from the apparent cracked or leaking display to dead pixels, leaking colors or even a particularly dim back-light. Often a replacement is the only way to resolve this, still daunting this sounds it is frequently quite very easy due to the mass-production involved in smartphone assembly meaning all parts are developed to be modular and quick to replace.

My BlackBerry screen has frozen

This type of fault can be normal to most electronic devices and computers. Like your Pc, the most typical fix is a reboot.

You can reboot your BlackBerry by either holding down ALT+CAP+DEL to execute a soft-reset, or by locating the challenging-reset button on the back of your device which can generally be pressed using the finish of a paper clip.

Need to your BlackBerry not have a tough-reset button, removing the battery for 60 seconds ought to do the trick.

My recent call logs and text messages have disappeared

A symptom of low memory on your phone. Due to the fact smartphones can run a number of applications at the same time (recognized as multi-tasking) the out there memory can be consumed pretty quickly. Not a situation on older phones, given that they would normally run 1 job at a time.

To remedy this fault try closing any web browsing or multimedia (music players and so on) sessions you may perhaps have running in the background. In future try to make positive you quit applications when you are finished applying them rather of moving onto the subsequent job - all too quick to do with out realising.

Your current calls and messages will not re-appear, but any new messages and calls will must be logged appropriately. If you are still getting trouble try a full cold reboot by removing the battery for 60 seconds.

Track ball no longer clicks when pressed

If your roller ball moves and tracks as expected but the click function no longer works, you will need to replace the trackball contact switch. We will have these in stock soon.

Track ball no longer moves, or sticks

If your roller ball intermittently moves or gives jerky movement you could have some lint or pocket fluff stuck in there.

The initially fix you should really try is blowing some compressed air into the roller to clear it out. If you uncover the roller ball is faulty, we stock replacement roller balls and have BlackBerry disassembly instructions on the market.