ALWS IT Support Blog
18Feb/100

Blacberry Shortcuts (for the true geek)

Like most business professionals I'm addicted to my BlackBerry 8310 Curve. However, I'm also a geek so to enhance the geek experience I list some keyboard shortcuts...

  • Alt+Escape (Arrow Button) to switch from one application to another (like the Alt-Tab in Win32 or Unix)
  • View Event Log From the Home Screen - hold down the Alt key and type (with your free hand) LGLG.
    Each item in the log is selectable by clicking to display the details.
  • You can change the default logging level from warning->info->debug by pressing the 'menu' key and select 'options'
  • Reboot blackberry w/o removing battery: Alt-RightShift-Delete.
    NOTE: The Right Shift key is in the bottom right (key: aA^). This is a quick reboot.
  • Change signal strength display from bars to numeric in units of dBm (decibels per milliwatt).
    Hold the Alt key and type 'NMLL'. To revert hold down Alt and type "NMLL" again. readings from -45 to -85 are very strong signals. The lower (more negative the number) the weaker the signal.
  • Help Me Screen - navigate to home screen then press and hold Alt-Shift-H. This is hard to execute as all three keys have to be pressed; easier if you press and hold the Alt and Shift with your left thumb. Hit the escape key to exit. Below is a list of items viewable in the Help Me screen
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