I am sorry if solution is already on forum, I have tried searching for an hour and couldn't find anything.
Let me start with some
background information: I acquired this Blackberry from a buddy who had bought it off of E-bay and never used it to it's full potential. I traded him an item of equal value and my Sony Ericsson phone to compensate for his lack of a phone.
My friend has no intimate knowledge about the device, so I browsed to Options > About and saw the following:
Blackberry(tm) 7100 Wireless Handheld (GPRS) v4.1.0.309 (Platform 1.8.0.146)
Thus, I know my model is a 1700, but not whether it is a "t" or "g" etc. I have tried to determine my model on the forums but don't know what to search for and have wasted hours now.
I have also not yet been able to connect the BB to my computer yet, as my friend has not given me the cable yet - it will be coming later today. I am assuming there is some kind of firmware upgrade I will need to get?
Anyways, down to
the problem:
The night I attained the BB, I put in my SIM card from my old phone (the Sony Ericsson) and powered it up. It loaded for a minute and then said
Loading SIM Phone Book
.
At the same time my friend put his SIM card into my old phone. After 5 minutes, his contact list was loaded and I then told him to delete all my information from the memory - including the phone book - due to privacy concerns. He left shortly thereafter, saying that mine "would probably take awhile" since I had "many more contacts" on my SIM card.
Note: I only had around 80, probably less)
After 3 hours, I was still getting the Loading SIM Phone Book message. Frustrated, I went to bed. 12 hours later the Phone Book had
still not loaded. At this point, I knew something was wrong. I took the phone with me to work and finally found that I could at least navigate the menus and do everything but access the Address Book. I can even save contacts in the Call Log but then I can't get to them in the Address Book, so it's useless. This is getting in the way of things I need to do/people to call, so a timely response is
much appreciated.
So essentially, I would like to find a way to
- Get phone book working with SIM card phone book, or
- Remove the phone book so I can at least access / make new address book, or
- Completely reset the Blackberry (would this even help? Nothing to do with the SIM right?)
Important Information:
Me and my friend both have Cingular SIM cards. The Sony Ericsson is made by it's own company, but the Blackberry has a T-Mobile logo on it.
Thank you so much, and I'm sorry if this seems redundant. I am a newbie and have browsed/searched through the FAQ's etc. and have not found what I needed thus far. Thanks in advance, I will be waiting.
Cingular - Stuck 'Loading SIM Phone Book'
