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Blackberry question?

darlicious — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:28:53 GMT

OK I know nothing about Blackberry phones but I'm helping someone set up their back up phone until they can buy a new phone. What model is the phone pictured? Blackberry Hub?Where the heck is the Sim card tray? Will it work for basic services of texts and calls? How do I navigate it to find the settings? Were they sold locked?

Re: Blackberry question?

dust2dust — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:43:06 GMT

Is it running Android? My immediate guess is KeyOne. Blackberry Hub is their all in one messaging place. Likely have to remove the back hatch. Not likely a tray. Likely a slot. It would work perfectly fine as a talk and text device. Security updates for the internet and wifi would be way outdated. Swipe down from the top. I would imagine they might have been locked once upon a time.

Adding - maybe Z3. That could be problematic for here.

https://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry-phones-36.php

Re: Blackberry question?

darlicious — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:51:34 GMT

@dust2dust

Aha!

Blackberry Z3 STJ100-1

Barely compatible: UMTS 1, 2, 8

OS 10.3.1.2576

Edit:

Look at that it even shows you how to find the Sim card slot! Connected to my wifi now. But the

Sim card slot looks damaged?

And it needs cleaning?!! I don't know if I want to risk it and damage the Sim card?

Re: Blackberry question?

dust2dust — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:50:05 GMT

The slot should be "sprung" or whatever that term is. Insert and then you press a little more for it to be in. Then you press it again to let it spring out.

Re: Blackberry question?

darlicious — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:53:00 GMT

@dust2dust

See my edit and photo.

Re: Blackberry question?

dust2dust — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:57:43 GMT

Looks thrashed. With it's limited compatibility and being an antique I think I would give up on this one. Maybe it would work on Rogers 2G.

Re: Blackberry question?

darlicious — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:04:28 GMT

@dust2dust

Says it's unlocked. But I agree I don't think it's worth the risk inserting a Sim card.

Re: Blackberry question?

Nezgar — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 07:45:24 GMT

Looks like a BlackBerry Leap to me. The Z3 is almost identical, but the radio specs appear to be targeted toward use outside of north america. If you can confirm it's a Leap, it should cover all of the main 3G WCDMA/4G LTE bands used by Public Mobile/Telus. It runs BlackBerry 10, and would still be useable just fine for some basic web browsing phone calls, and syncing email.

But indeed, that SIM card slot looks trashed.. 😞