[Ketchums]

A friend of mine told me to uncheck my APN settings in options>Advanced Options>TCP/IP. Saying that unchecking that will make pictures transfer faster in BBM 5.0. Is this true? Asking because a while ago, it seemed like APN settings were essential in sending and receiving email...

[JSanders]

No, it won't. BBMessenger uses your BIS data for transmission.

But heck, it won't kill anything to try and see, and report back your findings.

[hrbuckley]

APN settings are only used for direct TCP access communications. All RIM programs use either BIS or BES so APN settings are irrelevant.

[Wiseass]

Wirelessly posted (8700c)

I have noticed that since I updated to 50 of bbm the pics go a lot slower :(

[Ketchums]

I sort of want to change it back to the original settings...cuz now, ppl have updated their bbm avatars and the new ones haven't come up. I don't know if it's directly linked to that, but it's annoying me.

What are the username/password to set in TCP/IP, anyone know? Or should I just try to backup the list and restore it?

[JSanders]

What are the TCP and APN settings? - BlackBerryFAQ

[Ketchums]

I just spoke to AT&T support. So I changed em back.

Any other reasons why the avatars wouldn't come up? I was gonna remotely backup and then restore, just to see if the avatars all automatically updated after that. But when I tried to remotely backup to another email address, and it seemed stuck on "Checking email settings".

[Ketchums]

SMFH

Made those changes, avatars wouldn't work. Then I deleted and reinstalled...and it wouldn't restore my contacts remotely.

Ugh.