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A couple of clients were complaining about a problem on their BlackBerry 8900 devices whereby when a call is answered it goes to SpeakerPhone for the first 5 to 10 seconds of the call.

I have searched high and low for a solution and the general consensus was to upgrade the device software. This is not recommended for beginners though and so I had a play about.

On both devices I discovered that their profile was set to “Loud” and changing it to “Normal” cured the problem, even when the volumes were set to max in the “Normal” profile.

If you have this annoying problem, before sending it away or attempting to upgrade it yourself then just try changing the Profile and see if it fixes it.

Please leave comments below if this does (or does not) work.

David

David Allen BlackBerry Tips

If you have ever tried unsuccessfully to update the Operating System software on your BlackBerry you may have been left with a dead device that won’t turn on (un-officially classed as “bricked”!).

BMcClure from CrackBerry Forums has posted a great guide on best practice for performing the update successfully. There are two actually, one for beginners and one for more advanced users.

These are highly recommended reading for anyone attempting to update their BlackBerry.

Check the full guide here.

David Allen BlackBerry Tips

At first glance this looks exactly the same as the 8900 Curve but with a 3G option this could be seen as an improvement. No date for the UK as yet but watch this space. 

David Allen BlackBerry News