Troubleshooting: Messages
I cannot send messages
Try performing the following actions:
• Verify that your BlackBerry® device is connected to the wireless network. If you are not in a wireless coverage area, your device should
send messages when you return to a wireless coverage area.
• If the menu item for sending a message does not appear, verify that you have added an email address, a PIN, or a phone number for
your contact.
• If you created an email address or added an existing email address to your device using the email setup screen in the setup wizard,
verify that you have received an activation message on your device from the BlackBerry® Internet Service. If you have not received an
activation message (the message might take a short period of time to arrive), in the setup wizard, open the email setup screen to send
a service book to your device.
• If you have not received a registration message from the wireless network, register your device. On the Home screen or in a folder,
click the Options icon. Click Advanced Options. Click Host Routing Table. Press the Menu key. Click Register Now.
• Generate an encryption key.
• Verify that data service is turned on.
• Resend the message.
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Change a contact, 152
Turn off the connection to the wireless network, 239
About wireless coverage indicators, 242
Generate an encryption key, 265
Turn on or turn off data service or set roaming options, 239
Resend a message, 52
I am not receiving messages
Try performing the following actions:
• Verify that your BlackBerry® device is connected to the wireless network. If you are not in a wireless coverage area, you should receive
messages when you return to a wireless coverage area.
• If you created an email address or added an existing email address to your device using the email setup screen in the setup wizard,
verify that you have received an activation message on your device from the BlackBerry® Internet Service. If you have not received an
activation message (the message might take a short period of time to arrive), in the setup wizard, open the email setup screen to send
a service book to your device.
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• If you have not received a registration message from the wireless network, register your device.On the Home screen or in a folder, click
the Options icon. Click Advanced Options. Click Host Routing Table. Press the Menu key. Click Register Now.
• Verify that data service is turned on.
• If you use email message filters, verify that the options for email message filters are set correctly.
• Verify that email message forwarding is turned on and that you have selected all the email message folders, including your inbox folder,
that you want to receive email messages from.
• If you have a Wi-Fi® enabled device and if your device uses a software token to connect to a Wi-Fi® network or to log in to a VPN, reset
your device and connect to the Wi-Fi network or log in to the VPN again.
• Verify that your device is not blocking messages. For more information, contact your administrator.
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Turn off the connection to the wireless network, 239
About wireless coverage indicators, 242
Turn on or turn off data service or set roaming options, 239
Change an email message filter, 58
Forward messages from a specific email message folder to your device, 55
I cannot file email messages
Try performing the following actions:
• Verify that wireless email reconciliation is turned on.
• If your email message folders do not appear on your BlackBerry® device, reconcile your email messages using the email settings tool
of the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager. For more information, see the BlackBerry Desktop Software Online Help.
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I cannot send SMS text messages
Depending on your wireless service plan, this feature might not be supported.
Verify that your BlackBerry® device is connected to the wireless network. If you are not in a wireless coverage area, your device should send
the messages when you return to a wireless coverage area. Try performing the following actions:
• Verify that your BlackBerry® device is connected to the wireless network. If you are not in a wireless coverage area, your device should
send the messages when you return to a wireless coverage area.
• Verify that fixed dialing is turned off.
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Turn off the connection to the wireless network, 239
Fixed dialing, 37
I am not receiving SMS text messages
Depending on your wireless service plan, this feature might not be supported.
Verify that your BlackBerry® device is connected to the wireless network. If you are not in a wireless coverage area, you should receive messages
when you return to a wireless coverage area.
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The number of new or unopened messages is different than I expected
The number of new or unopened messages includes saved messages and filed messages.
If you have set your BlackBerry® device to hide filed messages and you receive a new message from an email message folder in the email
application on your computer other than your inbox, your device files the message.
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Some messages no longer appear on my device
If your BlackBerry® application memory is full or you have more than 65 000 email, PIN, SMS text, and MMS messages, your device deletes
the oldest messages from a message list. Your device does not delete saved messages.
If wireless email reconciliation is turned on, and, in the message options, the Delete On field is set to Mailbox & Handheld, email messages
that you delete in the email application on your computer are also deleted from your device.
A message or attachment does not appear or is truncated
Try performing the following actions:
• Wait for a short period of time. Your BlackBerry® device receives long messages and attachments in sections.
• If "More available" appears at the end of the message or attachment, press the Menu key. Click More or More All.
• If you are downloading an attachment, cancel the download and wait for a short period of time. Try downloading the attachment again.
HTML email messages do not appear correctly
Try performing the following actions:
• Wait for a short period of time. Your BlackBerry® device receives long messages and attachments in sections.
• Try downloading external pictures. Press the Menu key. Click Get Images.
• Try viewing your message in plain text. Press the Menu key. Click Get Plain Text.
Some email message folders appear dimmed
If you cannot forward email messages from an email message folder, the check box beside the folder appears dimmed.
Try performing the following actions:
• Wait for a few seconds. The email message folders might become available after a short period of time.
• Turn off wireless email reconciliation, and then turn it on again.
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Reconcile email messages over the wireless network, 206
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Email message filters are not working correctly
Try performing the following actions:
• Verify that your email message filters are turned on.
• Verify that your email message filters appear in the order that you want your BlackBerry® device to apply them to email messages.
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Email message filters, 57
I cannot turn on cell broadcasting
If your BlackBerry® device uses a SIM card, your SIM card might not support the display languages that you have selected for cell broadcast
messages.
Clear the check box beside all languages that your SIM card does not support.
I cannot attach a file to an MMS message
Depending on your wireless service provider, if you attach a video, you might not be able to attach another file or create a slide show.
Try performing the following actions:
• Verify that the file is a .vcf (vCard®) file, an .ics (iCalendar) file, or a media file (for example, a .jpg, .gif, or .midi file).
• Verify that the file is not copyright protected.
• If MMS templates are available for your BlackBerry® device, use a blank template to compose your MMS message.
I cannot use a shortcut to view one type of message in a message list
If you switch BlackBerry® devices and you restore device data from your previous device to your current device, the message list shortcuts for
your previous device replace the message list shortcuts for your current device.
To view the shortcuts for viewing one type of message in a message list, view your list of saved searches.
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Some features are not available on my device
The availability of certain features on your BlackBerry® device might be affected based on various items such as your device model and wireless
service plan.
If your email account uses a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, your organization might not have set up some features or might prevent you from
using some features or options. If an administrator has set an option for you, a red lock indicator appears beside the option field.
For more information about the features that are available on your device, contact your wireless service provider or administrator, or visit
www.blackberry.com/go/devices
.
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