The BC Mortgage Broker Magazine

Summer 2009 but some of it is still relevant.  How things have changed though! Want to remove the phone call logs from your inbox?

• Open your Phone applications
• Press your Menu button
• Press O for Options
• Call logging – Change to none
• ESC key
• Save

2. ** Money saver: Did you know that you don’t have to incur long distance roaming charges when traveling in Canada? This is for any cell phone; try it out next time you go to a different city. Just dial a local number, no need to put the #1 in front and this will allow you to only use your minutes, not long distance. TIP: Don’t answer that same person calling you as you will incur charges, just call them back and you won’t incur charges. 3. Troubleshooting Your phone isn't working? You have duplicate appointments? Your message indicator isn't working? If you have any issues with your Blackberry, no matter what it is, the first thing to do is remove the battery. This is similar to a hard reboot of your PC and will fix most problems. 4. Dropped your BlackBerry in water? This is never a good thing and don't take it to the vendor and feign ignorance, there is a litmus strip and they can tell if it has been dropped in the water The following steps might save you $600+ in replacement costs. Remove any rubber covers or skins Immediately open the back and remove the battery If you have a SIM card, remove it Use towels to dry or better yet, a wet-dry vacuum (NOT a hair dryer) to remove every ounce of moisture in every crevice OR put your BlackBerry in a plastic baggy with rice. Do not use until fully dried out, both internally and externally. Cross your fingers and your toes and hope this worked! 5. Travel Tip: If you are a Telus or Bell client and travelling outside Canada, you should always call your carrier to make sure you have access BEFORE you go to another country. Do the following: Confirm with your Carrier by dialling *611 from your BlackBerry before you travel and ask which foreign carrier to use. Once at your destination, go into your BlackBerry settings: Home Screen Manage Connections Mobile Network Options 6. Did you know that you can press one key to get to the top middle or bottom of a message or message list? If you have a touch screen you have to turn your device horizontally to use these hot keys. “t” for top i. “1” for top - SureType Model “b” for bottom i. “7” for bottom – SureType Model Space Bar for page down 7. Want to capitalize a letter? Just hold it down for a few seconds longer than normal 8. Want to hide your sent items from your inbox? That means you won't have to see the check-marked items in your inbox. On your BlackBerry go into your emails (messages icon) Pull up the menu Go to Options Go to General Options Hide sent messages - change to Yes 9. How do I see my sent items now? When you have your emails open hold the ALT key down and while holding it down, press the O (For Outgoing messages) This will show all your Sent items and Placed Calls 10. How do you type a percent (%) symbol on a SureType BlackBerry? Sym Key and P Darci LaRocque Swirl Solutions darci@swirlsolutions.com 604.628.0284 Contact info@swirlsolutions.com to reserve your space today.