Blackberry: How to Install Free Games via Desktop Manager

Looking to kill a little extra time waiting in an airport for your next flight? Then this quick and easy to use guide is just for you. In it, we will show you how you can install games for your Blackberry device using the Blackberry Desktop Manager. In addition, I will provide a couple of links where you can go and download free games for your Blackberry device!

(If you do not have the most current version of the Desktop Manager, you can go here to install it: How to Install Blackberry Desktop Software with Media Manager)

Looking for free games? In order to install games on your Blackberry via the Desktop Manager, the games themselves must be in the ALX or ALI (Application Loader) formats. A couple of locations where you can find these games include: http://www.geocities.com/mikolupi/. Here you can download free Disco Bowling and Midnight Pool for your Blackberry device.

Once you have downloaded and unzipped the files, here are the steps that you need to do to load the software.

1. Make sure that the Blackberry Desktop Manager is up and running, then connect your RIM Blackberry device via the USB cable or Bluetooth.

2. Click on the Application Loader region of the Blackberry Desktop Manager in order to start the installation of the game to your Blackberry device.


3. Enter your password (if you have one setup in order to authorize the Application Loader to connect to your Blackberry device.


4. From the Desktop Application Selection screen which shows the currently installed software, click on the add button in order to install Disco Bowling, which is the game being installed via this guide.


5. Now located the Bowling.alx file on your computer where you unzipped the files to for installation via your Desktop Manager. Click on open to complete.



6. The Desktop Manager software will confirm the game Disco Bowling which will be installed on your Blackberry device. Click on Finish to install the free game.


7. Once the installation is complete, you will be given a message confirming the successful installation. In some cases, you Blackberry device may reboot itself to complete the installation. This usually only happens when you uninstall software, but I have seen cases where it happens during the actual installation. Click on close to complete.



Once your device reboots (if applicable), then the new icon for the game will show on your handheld RIM Blackberry device. Now you can play this Disco Bowling or any other games that you find!

Other compatible Blackberry Desktop Software Versions include:
PocketMac v4.0.20b for BlackBerry
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.3
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.2 Service Pack 2
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.2 Service Pack 1
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.2
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.1
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.0
BlackBerry Desktop Software v3.6
BlackBerry Desktop Software v3.5a
BlackBerry Desktop Software v2.1 for BlackBerry Internet Edition
BlackBerry Desktop Software v2.1 for BlackBerry Enterprise Edition
BlackBerry Desktop Software v2.0 for BlackBerry Internet Edition

This installation software is compatible with the following Blackberry:
Blackberry 8830
Blackberry 8820
Blackberry 8800
Blackberry 8707v
Blackberry 8707g
Blackberry 8707
Blackberry 8705g
Blackberry 8703e
Blackberry 8700v
Blackberry 8700r
Blackberry 8700g
Blackberry 8700f
Blackberry 8700c
Blackberry 8700
BlackBerry 8330
Blackberry 8320 Curve
Blackberry 8310 Curve
Blackberry 8300 Curve
Blackberry 8130 Pearl
Blackberry 8120 Pearl
Blackberry 8110 Pearl
Blackberry 8100 Pearl
Blackberry 7780
Blackberry 7750
Blackberry 7730
Blackberry 7520
Blackberry 7510
Blackberry 7290
Blackberry 7280
Blackberry 7270
Blackberry 7250
Blackberry 7230
Blackberry 7210
Blackberry 7130g
Blackberry 7130e
Blackberry 7130c
Blackberry 7130
Blackberry 7105t
Blackberry 7100x
Blackberry 7100v
Blackberry 7100t
Blackberry 7100r
Blackberry 7100i
Blackberry 7100g
Blackberry 7100
Blackberry 6780
Blackberry 6750
Blackberry 6720
Blackberry 6710
Blackberry 6510
Blackberry 6280
Blackberry 6230
Blackberry 6210
Blackberry 5810

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Blackberry: How to Install Games Wirelessly

Looking to kill a little extra time waiting in an airport for your next flight? Then this quick and easy to use guide is just for you. In it, we will show you how you can install games for your Blackberry device wirelessly which pairs really nicely with my other guide on how to install games via Desktop Manager. In addition, I will provide a great link where you can go and download free games for your Blackberry device and be up and running in seconds!

Looking for free games? In order to install games on your Blackberry via the wireless (GPRS, EDGE, WiFi, etc.), the games themselves must be in the JAD (Java Application Descriptor) or JAR (Java Archive) formats. A great location for free games (black & white) includes: MAGMIC, and 170+ Free Blackberry Games. Here you can download many different games and I will be using the games from MAGMIC for this guide.

1. Go to the "Browser" functionality of your RIM Blackberry device.


2. Once in your browser, open up the go to URL so you can type a custom URL in.


3. Enter in the URL for the free MAGMIC games, http://bb.magmic.com/BB/dl.html.


4. Select the game your want (in my case it was Cribbage) and wheel or trackball click on the link to follow it.


5. Choose the download option to install the game onto your RIM Blackberry device.


6. The software now downloads from the Internet. It may take a few minutes depending on the size of the game.


7. After a couple of minutes a message will return saying the application was successfully installed. Click on run to try it out! In some cases, your Blackberry device may need to be reset.


8. Your new Cribbage game is fired up on your RIM Blackberry device and you can now play!



Once your device reboots (if applicable), then the new icon for the game will show on your handheld RIM Blackberry device. Now you can play this Cribbage card game or any other games that you find!

This installation guide is compatible with the following RIM Blackberry devices:
Blackberry 8830
Blackberry 8820
Blackberry 8800
Blackberry 8707v
Blackberry 8707g
Blackberry 8707
Blackberry 8705g
Blackberry 8703e
Blackberry 8700v
Blackberry 8700r
Blackberry 8700g
Blackberry 8700f
Blackberry 8700c
Blackberry 8700
BlackBerry 8330
Blackberry 8320 Curve
Blackberry 8310 Curve
Blackberry 8300 Curve
Blackberry 8130 Pearl
Blackberry 8120 Pearl
Blackberry 8110 Pearl
Blackberry 8100 Pearl
Blackberry 7780
Blackberry 7750
Blackberry 7730
Blackberry 7520
Blackberry 7510
Blackberry 7290
Blackberry 7280
Blackberry 7270
Blackberry 7250
Blackberry 7230
Blackberry 7210
Blackberry 7130g
Blackberry 7130e
Blackberry 7130c
Blackberry 7130
Blackberry 7105t
Blackberry 7100x
Blackberry 7100v
Blackberry 7100t
Blackberry 7100r
Blackberry 7100i
Blackberry 7100g
Blackberry 7100
Blackberry 6780
Blackberry 6750
Blackberry 6720
Blackberry 6710
Blackberry 6510
Blackberry 6280
Blackberry 6230
Blackberry 6210
Blackberry 5810

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Forwarding Email to @mycingular.blackberry.net No Longer Works

I was lazy and this morning I was called on it. When I checked my inbox this morning I noticed several delivery failure messages from mycingular.blackberry.net email address in which they were being rejected with the following message:

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification Delivery
to the following recipient failed permanently:

xxx@mycingular.blackberry.net

Technical details of permanent failure:
PERM_FAILURE: Gmail tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain.

The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected.. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error.

Thanks for your continued support. (state 14)

The root cause? AT&T / Cingular had announced last September that forwarding from mycingular.blackberry.net accounts to the new att.blackberry.net accounts would stop on March 1st, 2008. I pretty much ignored the original email that I received from AT&T and Cingular, knowing I had plenty of time to make the switch. I did not setup a reminder and this morning the email delivery stopped working.

Apparently it took AT&T little longer to do it than they initially planned -- April 25th, 2008 was the last day that the forwarding would continue for my particular account.

However, this was a really easy fix. All I had to do was log into my Gmail account, change the forwarding address from xxx@mycingular.blackberry.net to xxx@att.blackberry.net and my mail forwarding was immediately restored.

Hopefully you did not get caught by the same issue I did. If you did, at least you know there is an easy fix!

A sad day indeed, no more orange Cingular splat and no more mycingular.blackberry.net email addresses.

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How to Install Blackberry Desktop Software with Media Manager

I have been messing around with my older Blackberry 8700 the past couple of weeks. And while I have no idea why I have not dumped it on eBay yet. But for $75, I may dump it there rather soon.

In order to get it connected to my computer, I wanted to install the Blackberry Desktop Manager v4.3 on my Dell computer to get the latest version of the software. To my surprise, the latest version included Media Manager by Roxio in order manage the multimedia (audio, video, music) files that you may have.

Generally speaking this would be a straight forward installation and not require a guide of sorts, but I ran into some issues on my Windows Vista 64-bit (x64) installation which should be shared. So with that, here is the installation guide.

1. Acquire the latest version of the Blackberry Desktop Software. That can be downloaded from the Blackberry site here: Blackberry Desktop Software. Warning, the Media Manager by Roxio version of the installation is much larger (>200MB) than the normal size (50MB).

2. Double-click on the downloaded file to start the installation. For Microsoft Windows Vista, you need to use elevated privileges / permissions in order for the Roxio Media Manager to function properly. To do this, right click on the installation file, select "Run as Administrator" to successfully elevate the permissions of the installer.


3. The Blackberry Desktop Software 4.3 Welcome Screen. Click next to continue.


4. Choose your region and language - USA (English) and click next.


5. Accept the Blackberry Desktop Software license terms and click next.


6. Enter the name and company, if applicable and click next.


7. Choose you installation folder. On 64-bit (x64) machines the installation folder with go into the x86 (32-bit) directory as the Desktop Manager Software is not 64-bit


8. Choose the typical installation type unless you need security certificate synchronization. Click next to continue.


9. Click on your Blackberry connection type for Integration options. Choose either Blackberry Enterprise Server / Desktop Redirector or the Blackberry Internet Service based on your preferences and click next.


10. Choose your options for a desktop icon and automatically starting the Blackberry Desktop Manager service when your computer starts and click next.


11. Click on next to start the Blackberry Desktop Manager's software installation.


12. The installation starts installing the software and may advise you to exit any conflicting software programs.


13. The Roxio Media Manager Software installation is started in the background by the Blackberry Software installation. If you are running Microsoft Windows Vista and you are not running with elevated privileges, then this portion will fail with a permissions error.


14. The software installation is complete. You are just about ready to use the software unless a restart is required! Click on finish to continue.



15. Now restart your computer and your Blackberry Desktop software is ready for use!

Other Blackberry Desktop Software Versions include:
PocketMac v4.0.20b for BlackBerry
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.3
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.2 Service Pack 2
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.2 Service Pack 1
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.2
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.1
BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.0
BlackBerry Desktop Software v3.6
BlackBerry Desktop Software v3.5a
BlackBerry Desktop Software v2.1 for BlackBerry Internet Edition
BlackBerry Desktop Software v2.1 for BlackBerry Enterprise Edition
BlackBerry Desktop Software v2.0 for BlackBerry Internet Edition

This installation software is compatible with the following Blackberry:
Blackberry 8830
Blackberry 8820
Blackberry 8800
Blackberry 8707v
Blackberry 8707g
Blackberry 8707
Blackberry 8705g
Blackberry 8703e
Blackberry 8700v
Blackberry 8700r
Blackberry 8700g
Blackberry 8700f
Blackberry 8700c
Blackberry 8700
BlackBerry 8330
Blackberry 8320 Curve
Blackberry 8310 Curve
Blackberry 8300 Curve
Blackberry 8130 Pearl
Blackberry 8120 Pearl
Blackberry 8110 Pearl
Blackberry 8100 Pearl
Blackberry 7780
Blackberry 7750
Blackberry 7730
Blackberry 7520
Blackberry 7510
Blackberry 7290
Blackberry 7280
Blackberry 7270
Blackberry 7250
Blackberry 7230
Blackberry 7210
Blackberry 7130g
Blackberry 7130e
Blackberry 7130c
Blackberry 7130
Blackberry 7105t
Blackberry 7100x
Blackberry 7100v
Blackberry 7100t
Blackberry 7100r
Blackberry 7100i
Blackberry 7100g
Blackberry 7100
Blackberry 6780
Blackberry 6750
Blackberry 6720
Blackberry 6710
Blackberry 6510
Blackberry 6280
Blackberry 6230
Blackberry 6210
Blackberry 5810

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