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What are the Blackberry hidden commands?

Are there any keyboard, keystroke, or otherwise commands you can type/issue on your Blackberry (Please note if it is hardware/OS rev specific) to get additional information?

Sort of like easter eggs, but things that are meant to be useful.

Answer 41

Reused this content from a closed question on SuperUser by author J Sidhu.

  1. on the home screen, u can press ALT+nmll and it will show you signal strength in decibel instead of the bars.
  2. go to your Enterprise Activation and on the email line, hold ALT and type CNFG and it'll take you to another (hidden) config screen..
  3. go to an email and hold ALT and type VIEW and it'll show you the RefID# (for tracking purposes)..
  4. WAP Browser Config screen -- Type RBRO -- enable HTML browsing.
  5. Main Menu - Type Alt+NMLL -- Turn signal meter into a dBm number.
  6. ALT-CAP-H is a help screen
  7. ALT-CAP-DEL performs a reset (like taking out the battery)
  8. ALT-L-G-L-G shows a log file

Answer 1073

Here are a bunch, taken from BerryReview.com

General

alt+nmll @ home screen – Change the network signal status bar from graphical indicator to numerical indicator and back alt + lglg @ home screen – show event log alt + thmn @ any menu – no theme alt + cnfg @ enterprise activation email field – Enterprise Activation Settings for Enterprise Activationalt + eace/ alt + shift + h @ home screen – device info alt + right shift + del – soft reset Address Book

ALT-VALD In address book list Validate the data structure and look for inconsistencies ALT-RBLD In address book list Force a data structure rebuild Browser

ALT-RBVS Any HTML/WML webpage View web page source code

Calendar

ALT+VIEW Inside any Calendar item Show extra info for a Calendar event SYNC Calendar app>Options Enable Calendar slow sync RSET Calendar app>Options Will prompt for a reload of the calendar from the BES RCFG Calendar app>Options Request BES configuration SCFG Calendar app>Options Send device configuration DCFG Calendar app>Options Get CICAL configuration SUPD Calendar app>Options Enable detailed Cal. report for backup SUPS Calendar app>Options Disable detailed Cal. report for backup SUPN Calendar app>Options Disable Cal. report database LUID Calendar app>Options Enable view by UID SRSL Calendar app>Options Show Reminder status log

Messaging

ALT + V I E W For messages, displays the RefId and FolderId for that particular message. For PIM items, displays only the RefId. Search Application

ALT-ADVM Search Application Enabled Advanced Global Search MMS

MMSC Options -> MMS Show MMS hidden options Home Screen

ALT-JKVV Home Screen Display cause of PDP reject ALT + CAP + H Home screen Displays the Help Me screen ALT + E A C E Home screen Displays the Help Me screen ALT + E S C R Home Screen Displays the Help Me screen ALT + N M L L Home screen Switches the signal strength from bars to a numeric value. ALT + L G L G Home screen Displays the Java™ event log. WLAN

ALT-SMON WLAN wizard screen Enable simulated Wizard mode ALT-SMOF WLAN wizard screen Disable simulated Wizard mode Theme

ALT-THMN Any menu Change to no theme (B&W) ALT-THMD Any menu Change to default theme Date/Time

LOLO Options -> Date/Time Show Network time values SIM CARD

MEPD Options>Advanced options>SIM card Display MEP info MEP1 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable SIM personalization MEP2 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable Network personalization MEP3 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable Network subset personalization MEP4 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable Service provider personalization MEP5 Options>Advanced options>SIM card Disable Corporate personalization Test Procedure

To perform a test using the hardware diagnostic tool on the BlackBerry smartphone, complete the following steps: On the Home screen on the BlackBerry smartphone, Select Options / Status. On the Status screen, TYPE test. Note: On BlackBerry smartphones that support SureType® technology, use the multi-tap input method. From the menu on the Device Self Test Application screen, select Start.

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