Blackbery 4.2 SP1 and 3188

Apr 24, 2007, 05:05 PM #1
dt600 Junior Member Join: Apr 2007 Posts: 3	Blackbery 4.2 SP1 and 3188 I'm running the most recent of both the Blackberry Desktop Software and Parallels, but can not get them to work. The blackberry manager recognizes that a blackberry is connected, but the desktop manager freezes as soon as it realizes there is a blackberry there. I tried loading the apple drivers from bootcamp, and made no difference. Anyone who actually got this to work have an thoughts.

Apr 24, 2007, 05:05 PM

dt600
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Blackbery 4.2 SP1 and 3188

I'm running the most recent of both the Blackberry Desktop Software and Parallels, but can not get them to work. The blackberry manager recognizes that a blackberry is connected, but the desktop manager freezes as soon as it realizes there is a blackberry there.

I tried loading the apple drivers from bootcamp, and made no difference.

Anyone who actually got this to work have an thoughts.

Apr 24, 2007, 05:52 PM #2
Sir Atilla Junior Member Join: Jan 2007 Posts: 10	Blackberry Desktop 4.2 SP1 and Sync I had the exact same problem when attempting to sync via a USB cable. I now sync via BlueTooth using the Apple Bootcamp BT drivers. It works fine. Often the first time I start Blackberry Desktop it crashes but launching it again works fine. Carlin Smith

Apr 24, 2007, 05:56 PM #3
dt600 Junior Member Join: Apr 2007 Posts: 3	Cant use bluetooth Unfortunately I can't sync with bluetooth cause I have a 8703c and the device claims not to have a sync profile.

Apr 24, 2007, 05:58 PM #4
tcd2004 Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 4	how did you go about doing that?

Apr 24, 2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by tcd2004

how did you go about doing that?

How did I go about doing which part?

Apr 24, 2007, 06:06 PM #6
tcd2004 Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 4	Sorry, it was meant as a question to the post by Sir Atilla.

Apr 25, 2007, 09:09 AM #7
Sir Atilla Junior Member Join: Jan 2007 Posts: 10	Blackberry Desktop 4.2 SP1 and Sync ok, first question related to 8703c and no sync profile. Here are the steps that I completed to get this working correctly. I extracted the Apple drivers from the bootcamp.dmg file. (There are other posts around the net that explain this procedure - it can be done without installing bootcamp.) I then installed the BT drivers out of that bundle which are in a sep installation file. In Parallels via the USB status bar at the bottom of the screen I connected the VM to the "Apple Wireless" hardware - ie BT. This took care of installing the drivers for the newly found hardware. The next step is to pair the blackberry with the parallels Virtual Machine. This is a pretty standard deal that I don't think needs additional explanation. At this point start the blackberry desktop software. If you have issues with the desktop software crashing on launch then temporarily disconnect the BT hardware from the VM. Under the options menu choose "Connection Settings." Click the checkbox to enable BT and click the button to configure bluetooth support. In the dialog box that appears choose "add" and you should be able to select your newly paired blackberry. Close that dialog and under the connection drop down list choose Bluetooth. Hit ok to accept these settings and you should be in good shape. From a reliability standpoint I normally start blackberry desktop before connecting the BT hardware to the VM. It seems to work better for me that way but I have not drawn conclusions as to why. I have been using this setup for a few months now. Hope this helps, Carlin Smith

Apr 25, 2007, 09:09 AM

Sir Atilla
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Blackberry Desktop 4.2 SP1 and Sync

ok, first question related to 8703c and no sync profile.

Here are the steps that I completed to get this working correctly. I extracted the Apple drivers from the bootcamp.dmg file. (There are other posts around the net that explain this procedure - it can be done without installing bootcamp.) I then installed the BT drivers out of that bundle which are in a sep installation file. In Parallels via the USB status bar at the bottom of the screen I connected the VM to the "Apple Wireless" hardware - ie BT. This took care of installing the drivers for the newly found hardware. The next step is to pair the blackberry with the parallels Virtual Machine. This is a pretty standard deal that I don't think needs additional explanation.

At this point start the blackberry desktop software. If you have issues with the desktop software crashing on launch then temporarily disconnect the BT hardware from the VM. Under the options menu choose "Connection Settings." Click the checkbox to enable BT and click the button to configure bluetooth support. In the dialog box that appears choose "add" and you should be able to select your newly paired blackberry. Close that dialog and under the connection drop down list choose Bluetooth. Hit ok to accept these settings and you should be in good shape.

From a reliability standpoint I normally start blackberry desktop before connecting the BT hardware to the VM. It seems to work better for me that way but I have not drawn conclusions as to why. I have been using this setup for a few months now.

Hope this helps,
Carlin Smith

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