- Service Books - A data protocol that blackberry phones use, it basicly tells them how to connect to the whatever network they're on, whether it be through data, sms, mms etc.
1. ENABLE SERVICE BOOK COMPLETE BACKUP / OVER WRITE / RESTORE on the Device, like this:
---Options/Advanced Options/Service Books press key combo
{Alt}{S}{B}{E}{B}
(This means that you have to press the ALT Key and hold it, and then with ALT key hold pres letters S than B than E than B, and release the ALT key
you will receive a message.
2. BACKUP EXISTING SERVICE BOOKS
--Hook up the phone to the laptop
--Blackberry Desktop Manager, Backup/Restore, Advanced, Backup existing service books to a safe place so in the event of a problem they can be restored
3. WRITE NEW SERVICE BOOKS TO DEVICE
--BB DM, Backup/Restore, Advanced, Left Window, find Combined3 .ipd file and restore it.
4. Disconnect phone from laptop
5. Battery pull, wait for phone to reboot.
6. Phone, Options, Advanced Options, Host Routing Table, BB Menu key, Register
7. Battery pull.
wait the phone to reboot, and then go to browser and change the hot spot to browser, and done!!
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will this work to unlock a sprint blackberry to work on boost mobile network?
ReplyDeleteit did't work for me, I did everything but it still wont show the Browser instead of Hotspot.
ReplyDeleteAnd the option to sms does even show up...
IT WORK FOR ME THE BROWSER SHOWS AND THE SMS AND MMS SHOWED BUT THEY DID NOT WORK
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ReplyDeleteSo, how do you unlock a different Blackberry? And which Blackberry phones can you do? I need some info on this please
ReplyDeleteDose this work with ANY nextel phone?
ReplyDeleteI'm talking to a boost rep and he saying the nextel and boost blackbarry cant work together. I dont understand it myself but that's what he said. He said the blackbarry they use is CDMA and not iden.
ReplyDeletehow do i get the sprint blackberry to work with my boost plan
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have the Metro PCS Service Books yet?? They are getting large and we have them..
ReplyDeletebut how do you get my number in the phone..... i did these steps and it allowed me to do it but HOW OS THE NUMBER TRANSFERRED?
ReplyDeleteThats A Nextel blackberry In The Vid!!!
ReplyDeletethis system worked on 3 of my sprint 8330 bb, but when i called boost to activate they said the meid was sprint and that i still couldnot activate . Do i need a new meid? What do i do now?
ReplyDeleteIt works on my 8830 sprint using boost. But internet is very slow using opera mini, BB browser dont work. ANy ideas jaimeparadise@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThank you
hey can sumone help me i get to the part where it says to change the hotspot browser but my fone only has one option (hotspot browser) help plz!!!
ReplyDeletehelp me i went through all the steps now when i try to send messages i get an error (unknown sender address) wut now?
ReplyDeleteWil this work for the infamous sprint bb curve 8530?
ReplyDeleteWill this work on Sprint's Blackberry Bold, 9650?
ReplyDeleteAfter you did all this do you then go to boost and register your bb? Or did you already have an account with boost and just switched to the bb?
ReplyDeletecan you do this with an inactive SIM as far as the service books go?
ReplyDeleteSo let me get this right. If I do this then I can call boost back and switch my Boost account to sprint BB8530? Because they said the imei won't let them switch before. Thank u for your help
ReplyDeleteTHIS WORKED FOR ME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, A MILLION THANK YOUUUSSSS
ReplyDeletewhat u forgot to mention was that service book was for a nextal blackberry which is on the ident band not cdma
ReplyDeletedoes this work for verizon blackberrys?? like the bold or the 9630??
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