[richard371]

I was in a resturaunt today for lunch and there was not a good signal. When I went outside the wireless was off. Any ideas on what happened?

[SoCal Cingular]

Originally Posted by richard371

I was in a resturaunt today for lunch and there was not a good signal. When I went outside the wireless was off. Any ideas on what happened?

this actually happened to me today, i am using the newsest firmware what ver are you using?

[jeremyckitching]

My 8700g actually did this early this morning, around 2:00A. I am with T-Mobile. But mine went right back on after that. It was only disabled for like 10 seconds. I watched it as it went from EDGE to edge, then GSM, then OFF, and then back to GSM then EDGE.

[richard371]

The latest fw and tmobile. Maybe it would have turned back on if I had waited a bit.

[theBorg]

Wireless can turn itself off if the battery is very low.

Turning off because of a weak/non-existent signal is not a feature as far as I know. Maybe it's a mixed up icon? Or maybe some new firmware was pushed out which required a radio reset.

[jimrich3]

Same thing happened to me yesterday with my 8300. Prior to the Curve, I had a 8700c for a little over a year and I can't recall this odd event ever happening. I'll try to keep my an eye open to see if it's something I did to trigger the shut off.

[theBorg]

I haven't used the 8xxx devices. Is there a setting in which you can specify when to turn the radio on and off? There is one for power on/off. An old Sony-Eric had a radio feature like this.

[kasperapd]

My Curve has done this also. Very annoying. Luckily it doesn't happen that often, but it does seem to only occur for me in areas where I have a poor signal.

[alexvega]

My curve was doing this, as well as not registering with blackberry. I was able to recive and send texts, and make phone calls... but no emails and no internet. I was using the latest os, the one at the top of this forum. I reloaded the software and it connected for a day... then it went back to lowercase edge and my internet and emails went away again... i downgraded back to the att os, and it seems to be working fine again... oh yeah and the radio would be off three or four times a day. I discovered that it usualy turned itself off after a phone call... anyways, just thought i would share.

[nezzy76]

Originally Posted by alexvega

My curve was doing this, as well as not registering with blackberry. I was able to recive and send texts, and make phone calls... but no emails and no internet. I was using the latest os, the one at the top of this forum. I reloaded the software and it connected for a day... then it went back to lowercase edge and my internet and emails went away again... i downgraded back to the att os, and it seems to be working fine again... oh yeah and the radio would be off three or four times a day. I discovered that it usualy turned itself off after a phone call... anyways, just thought i would share.

Same exact problem! Any help from anyone?

[alexvega]

i just reloaded the os that came with the device. Also, when i used the optius os, when my bb would power up i would get a text message asking me to "resend a valid 10 digit number or short code"... i dont get that w/ the att os

[nezzy76]

Originally Posted by alexvega

i just reloaded the os that came with the device. Also, when i used the optius os, when my bb would power up i would get a text message asking me to "resend a valid 10 digit number or short code"... i dont get that w/ the att os

Where can I get the AT&T OS?

[alexvega]

BlackBerry Operating System Downloads - BlackBerryFAQ

[wingrider78]

Originally Posted by alexvega

i just reloaded the os that came with the device. Also, when i used the optius os, when my bb would power up i would get a text message asking me to "resend a valid 10 digit number or short code"... i dont get that w/ the att os

how do you get the os that came with the device??? Is it on a disk somewhere in the original box??? I have all my original documentation and everything, I'll have to look through it. My 8700g has been doing the same thing, I notice it happening after I get off a phone call or once I send out an email, it will just drop the wireless connection, and not turn it back on. I never noticed this problem until I started playing with the 4.2 os versions that kept popping up, I am assuming it has something to do with those versions.

My original t-mobile version never did it, and my first upgrade to cingulars .377 upgrade never did it either...

[alexvega]

i dont think device software is included on the cdroms that come w/ the blackberry. I think they are only availible from RIM.

[masterpimple69]

ive got a curve with the same problem only it hasent regained a signal in a week !! needless to say im pissed someone help!!