blackberry storm pitfalls, blog 2

If you take a picture using the blackberry camera you MUST set the options to save to the memory card. If you allow it to stay set on the device memory (Default) you can never get the pictures off.

Methods attempted to remove pics from device memory

1. browse storm using windows explorer - pictures are encrypted (invisible files)
2. Send using bluetooth - One picture succeeds after a LOT of work and correct timing.
3. Send Folder using bluetooth - You cant send/move folders
4. Migrate pictures to memory card - option not available
5. Use blackberry's media manager on desktop software - Doesn't exist for the storm

So change your default save location to the memory card. It pretty much doesn't make sense taking pictures otherwise.

blackberry storm 9530 and Vista and Bluetooth

Well if you click on the picture, you can see how the blackberry storm 9530 connects to windows Vista (64 & 32 bit versions).

That is, it doesn't...

So you thought you could use PC headphones with a microphone and a good 'ol bluetooth connection to make phone calls easy? May be because you don't like sticking a piece of plastic in your face for 2 hours. May be you're getting injuries about the spine and shoulder waiting for Dell customer support to send you to an American? Well if you plan to use a PC to make/take calls with your cell phone provider, but you have a bluetoothed blackberry storm in the middle.... you'll be thoroughly disappointed.

Blackberry's got the modem connection, but has two failed installs for its other capabilities... eg. voice. But it LOOKS pretty... ? If you want to step forward into the world of technology that "Works" as opposed to technology that's "Advanced," (eg. blackberry storm) then go BACK in time to a chapter of cell phone history (2006-2007) that blackberry's executives decided to ignore. An LG vx6100 from spring 2006 for example:

Has no issues doing anything you need to do with a cell. Bluetooth and all. Did I mention it's faster???

Can Someone throw me a clue here?

bad Sound or Microphone in vista

Windows Vista sound is too quiet or too low
How do I fix it?

So, you've turned up all the volume knobs to 100% and it still doesn't cut it??

Here's two less than obvious solutions:

1. Go to start > control panel > sound > (playback tab should already be selected) > speakers > properties > levels > Balance > Make sure all channels are set to 100% and the sliders are all to the right

2. OR if you have "Noise Cancelling" head phones, MANY of those require batteries as well as being powered by the pc. so check for a battery compartment on your headphones if they are too quiet. That might help levels on your attached microphone as well.

More obvious answers

1. click speaker icon in the lower right hand corner of the start bar and increase all levels to 100%
2. go to windows media player and increase sound to 100%

Microphone on my head phones or earpiece doesn't work in Vista

Go to start > control panel > sound > recording tab > select Microphone and hit "Set Default" button. Do this Even if there isn't a volume indicator on the far right, or if the volume indicator is showing activity on other lines. Hit "Properties" button for microphone and click the speaker icon -make sure it is unmuted! Than you can do microphone boost to increase the sound.

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I'm going to try making this blog a place that people can read things they can relate to. People also have to gain something from it, because gain will be the goal and focus of this blog. Afterall, what's the point of reading without being better off than you were before?

Being a former IT manager and owner of a PC repair business (and an all-round swell guy) I'm going to put not only my thoughts and opinions up here, but answers to common technical problems. Oh yeah, I'm definitely going to be googled for answers. Experience is the rarest knowledge, and is so quickly shared on the web. I write to the public without bias or alterior motives... just plain old helping people out and giving my two cents.