And a question that I'm surprised that nobody seems to know the answer to.

Here's what I've been thinking about.....

Can "any" BES push a blank policy onto your blackberry, or just the BES that installed the restrictions to begin with? If any BES will work, then we would have a few options I think....

But you have to know what you're shooting for first;

A: (what exactly are the settings for a "new" blackberry)

If someone were connected to a BES, what would they need that BES to do for them to reset their device to a totally unlocked and "free" state? Basically, I'm asking; we would need a complete run down of all the settings of each blackberry model as they are set on a "new" fresh unit. We will be striving to reset all blackberry settings and policies to the same state they were when the unit was NEW.

B: (A method for loading the clean state onto a blackberry from a PC)

Can all of the settings of a "new" blackberry be saved and then loaded onto the device from a PC? By "settings", I'm talking about rewriting EVERYTHING back to the way it originally was on a brand new unit.

C: (If it's possible, where to get the "blank" settings)

Someone who has access to BES software might be able to create this "clean state" for us? Or someone using a BES who would like to help us. But, I have more questions....

If only the BES that installed the restrictions can remove them, how difficult would it be to create BES unlocking software. Basically, something that would figure out the BES settings that your device expects, then provide the BB with those settings (making the BB think it's connected to the original BES) so that you can send the "clean" state to it.

It really shouldn't be that big a deal to reset all the policies on a BB and wipe EVERYTHING back to a "new" state (as the unit was when it was new). This should be able to be done with sofware on your PC and not require connection to a BES, etc. Think about it, it CAN be done, we just have to figure out how to do it.

blackberry-guy