Hello,



I have been using Blackberry Bold for two weeks now (its from T-mobile and qwertz version). Now i'm in Abu Dhabi, using Etisalat provider. Yesterday, i dunno the exact time and how, i saw my LED light is blinking. I thought its a sign that i received an email of other alert. But when i tried to turn on my device, it didnt work (pressed the red power button). I tried to take out the battery, it didnt work also. The screen is still black untill now, but the red LED light keep on blinking 1..3..1...3 times. Tried to take out the battery, let it be for 12 hours, then when i put it back still doesnt work. Can anybody tell me what happen with my bold, and what should i do to fix this? Thanks. i've tried following all the steps to use JLCmdr, and my bold still doesnt connect with the comp.Tried the next step using the AppLoader from the command prompt,but i cant find any option for BBpin to choose the connection.The connection option is blank,there is not any com1,com2,etc.can please somebody tell me.Getting really frustrated.
Kudos! Thanks!

Usual, obvious, questions, of course:

Did you drop it? Could it have gotten wet (in a sweaty pocket, even)? Do you have a media card, and have you tried again with the card removed?

Hello,

Yup i installed micro sd card before,now it has been taken out, still the same condition. Not dropped at all. It works just fine, then when it went to sleep mode, i saw a red light,and i tot there was an email came in.but suddenly it couldnt be turned on. Tried to follow the instruction from some of the forum,like wipe using JLCmdr,but it doesnt detect. Tried the command promp using the AppLoader,but no option for the connection.
Any input?thank you very much once again

No possibility of moisure damage?

What about heat? Any possibility it has gotten too hot?

I'm thinking hardware damage or failure. See what others say.

Heat? it might be..but the possibility is very small..i live in abu dhabi,it can get to 45 degree celcius easily at noon time..thanks for your kind interest though..keep trying with the JLcmdr.

Welcome to the group. Sorry about the circumstances. Wish I could be more encouraging.

I tried to use the JLcmdr,but when it tries to connect there's an error message "unable to open port"..maybe my usb port in my bold damaged?any advice?

when i run the JLcmd,i was prompted whether i have a password for the device, i have but its not active. should i enter my password?

If it's not active, you don't have to enter it. It just needs a way to access the device if it's password protected.

The thing that i dont understand,it worked just fine before,i send some email.after that i left it on the desk,when i came back,i see the LED light is flashing.but totally died.haha.any body know what does the 1..3..1..3. flash means?

took out the battery, no light of course. but when it is connected to my laptop. the light blinks again without any battery,the power of course come from my laptop. im not an expert, but doesnt this show that my usb port in my device works just fine?so small risk that it would be hardware malfunction. most likely it software right?really frustrated..ahaha..been dealing with this the whole day

Hae you tried a new battery? Or letting the current one sit on the charger for a while?

The only time I saw this I had a mostly dead battery. Borrowed another from a known working Bold and I was good to go.

Depending on what apps you have running, the battery can run down very quickly.

Eric VN

I have tried to change the battery with my friend's (which is also Bold,and working just fine in his handset), but seems like no improvement. Now my battery has run out,so the LED has stopped blinking,but when i change this to my friend's battery,the Red Light Flashes again. If only somebody now,what does the 1..3..1..1..3 flashes mean..thanks

i'm wondering the same thing

weird, same thing happened to me when i was fixing my friend's bold.
the phone is exactly like you described, no lcd light and the LED blinks periodically. if anyone here managed to find sumtin pls advise.

i even gave the phone to 1 friend who is a senior mobile technician. even he couldn't figure what is wrong with it... sigh.

Googling around for LED flash error codes, even if there is such a thing (and I don't know for certain that there is, only that it would make sense that there is). Found Interesting LED error. Take it for what it's worth. I'll look a little more.

Update: I found other mention that the blackberry does blink an error code, but no links to an explanation. Nothing at blackberry.com, at least nothing I could find.

tea02_05, the fact that you left the blackberry unattended and came back to find it boogered up is new info. May explain the password, but hard to see how it explains the other troubles. Do you have any goofballs around you that would mess with your stuff like that?

i'm having the same problem :( i thought like the iphone there was another way out....but nothing

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What have you tried?

First thing is a battery pull. Wait a good minute. Try again if it doesn't fix it first or second time.

What about the battery? Do have a friend or someone in the office that can loan you a battery for a minute? Or drop into a store.

Last step would be wipe with JL_CMDER and reinstall OS.

My bad didn't realize ppl replied


The bold ended up having a faulty memory it wouldn't even turn on. The light with flash in sequences which gave a binary error code.

no one repaired it had to get another one