BlackBerry smartphones Tips and Tricks

Featuring the next-generation BlackBerry smartphones

Phone hotkeys
Hotkeys that be used within the phone application or during a call
ESCAPE Press and then click OK to stay on a call and return to the Home screen SEND Answers an incoming call
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SPACE+ENTER View the last phone number typed SPACE Moves you to the top of the Phone screen

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SEND Press and hold to view your contact list

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ALT+X Adds an extension to a Phone number

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1 Press and hold to check voice mail

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ALT+ <letter> Types a letter in the phone field

END Terminates a call

$ Toggles the speakerphone on and off

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O Press and hold to insert a + (plus) sign

Message hotkeys
A selection of shortcuts that will help you save time when working with messages
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R Lets you reply to a message
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ALT+U Marks a message as either opened or unopened ALT+V View voicemail messages

L Lets you reply to all in a PIN or email message

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F Forwards a message

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ALT+P View call logs

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I Files an email message

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ALT+F View all flagged messages

N Moves to the next message

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ALT+S View text messages

P Moves to the previous message

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ALT+I View all received messages and call logs ALT+O View all sent messages

W Adds a flag to a message

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T Moves to the top of the message inbox B Moves to the bottom of the message inbox U Moves to the next unopened item

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SHIFT + SPACE Moves up a screen in your message inbox SPACE Moves down a screen in your message inbox C Compose a new message from the message inbox

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Browser hotkeys
There are an assortment of hotkeys designed to speed up the online browsing experience
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W Lets you quickly switch between tabs

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T Moves to the top of a page

I Zooms in on a webpage

B Moves to the bottom of a page

O Zooms out on a webpage

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D Hides Browser webpage

G Takes you to the start page

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S Brings up the Browser Options screen

H Takes you to the homepage

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SHIFT+SPACE Moves up a screen

K Opens up the bookmark list

SPACE Moves down a screen

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A Adds a bookmark

ESCAPE Stops loading a page

Y Brings up a list of recently viewed webpage

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F Lets you find text on a page

R Refreshes the current page you are on

Maintain System Performance

Here are two keyboard shortcuts that help keep your BlackBerry running smoothly
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ALT+LGLG Lets you view the Event Log

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ALT+RIGHT SHIFT + DEL Performs a soft reset

Safe Mode
Keep your Blackberry safe by going back to basics
Press ALT+SHIFT+H to access the Help Me! screen. You will now see information such as your battery level, signal strength, available memory, unique PIN, MAC address, and device IMEI. Your device is currently in safe mode. Your device starts in Safe Mode if you hold the Escape key during startup. To remain in safe Mode, click OK. To exit safe Mode, click Reset. Ok Reset Help

Calendar hotkeys
Hotkeys that let you perform a range of tasks in Calendar
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C Schedules an appointment

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D Switches to Day view

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A Switches to Agenda view

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W Switches to week view

SPACE Moves to the next day, week or month

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M Switches the Month view

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T Takes you to the current date

SHIFT + SPACE Moves to tha previous day, week or month

G Moves to a specific date

Clock
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B Enters bedside mode
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R Set (or resets) an alarm

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S Brings up the stopwatch

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T Activates the timer

Default application hotkeys

A collection of hotkeys that let you quickly launch frequently used applications

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A Contacts

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T Tasks

B Browser

H Help

C Select a contact

L Calendar

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M Messages

D Memopad

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N BlackBerry Messenger

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U Calculator

O Options

V Saved messages

P Phone

X Windows Live Messenger (if installed)

S Search

Y Yahoo Messenger (if installed)

Typing hotkeys
Speed up your rate of text entry with these handy typing shortcuts
SHIFT+TRACKPAD Highlights and selects text SHIFT + CLICK TRACKPAD Pastes highlighted text SPACE Inserts an @ or full-stop in an email address field SYM Press to select a symbol to use SPACE Press twice to insert a full stop and capitalise the next letter SHIFT Turns off NUM lock or CAP LOCK ALT+ <NUMBER> Types a number in a text field

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ESCAPE Cancels a text selection SHIFT+BACKSPACE/DELETE Cuts highlighted text

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ALT + CLICK TRACKPAD Copies highlight text

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ALT+LEFT SHIFT Turns on NUM lock

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ALT+RIGHT SHIFT Turns on CAP lock

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