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JVM 513 on BlackBerry

Sometimes when unlocking a BlackBerry, or even just starting from scratch with an old BB you might see JVM Error 513 …

its ok… google points us to this page on BlackBerry.com

Also there are some great user forums out there:

• http://crackberry.com/
• http://www.blackberryforums.com/
• http://pinstack.com/

I have used all these sites in the past to get useful answers and resolutions to BB related issues, either as a user of the device or as an admin of the BES!

Love these comments

Thought I would post about this…

So in relation to my several posts pointing readers to places where they can get the codes necessary to unlock their BlackBerrys

I get this lovely comment
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From: noneedtoknow@hotmail.com

uhm, did you think about giving us the code?
because i’ve been looking for it for the longest while and still had no luck.

rate: thumbs down*

Sweet! so for 100% clarity, any BlackBerry unlock, requires a unique code that will only work with your BlackBerry IMEI.

so I guess I could post a code up here but it would be useless and a waste of time …

so if you want to unlock your BB you go and pay for a code, it works – all happy.

Yes I am shamelessly plugging the phone unlockers this is because I have spoken to them, they have offered me a test and it worked … can’t ask for more.

thanks

alex

Twidroid / Twitter on Android

short mention, but have been testing a HTC Magic – Android device for a while now and very much like Twidroid it is one of the best twitter clients I have used to date.

by the same token in comparison to iPhone and BlackBerry the Facebook clients I have tested so far do not live up to much.

(will be writing a better Android / HTC Magic post soon – in the mean time I have moved back to my 1st generation iPhone)!

Issues with unlocking a BlackBerry

I have noticed in the comments on this site and generally when speaking to people that there is a little confusion over the unlocking process.

Specifically – why does my email / internet browsing stop working after an unlock ?

For a BlackBerry to work properly and receive push email it needs to be connected to either a BIS service (from your mobile network operator) or a BES service from your company.

(Article explaining the difference between BIS and BES)

Effectively for both variants the mobile network operator needs to be ‘aware’ to route emails (and other internet traffic) from and to your BlackBerry via the RIM (BlackBerry) routers out there on the internet.

So when you buy your BlackBerry you will have probably bought it with a BIS or BES service from your mobile network operator, when you unlock your BlackBerry to put another sim in from your chosen new mobile network operator – for example a PAYG sim in a country you are visiting – you will not typically have the BIS or BES service on that sim card so your email will not work.

If the new sim has BIS on it and you had a BIS sim before then it will work, and the same BES / BES (we have tested this many times).

If you still want to unlock your BlackBerry then instructions can be found in this aticle and this one specifically for the BlackBerry Storm

An unlocked BlackBerry with out the BIS or BES service will still work for normal mobile services such as calling / sms etc

Mobbu and Ribot together in perfect harmony

side by side …

well actually we are moving in together, its been a brief courtship but we reckon we can make a go of it sharing an office and hoping to become a hub of mobile goodness!

lovely drawing by Jerome Ribot on their site