BlackBerry Pearl Hacks

There are several ways to hack into a BlackBerry Pearl phone. One hack allows a user to use his BlackBerry Pearl without a data plan, which can be helpful when travelling to other countries. Another hack is installing the Windows operating system using the smartphone's MicroSD card slot. http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2008/01/11/how-to-put-a-full-blown-windows-desktop-environment-on-your-blackberry/

A person can watch full length films on the BlackBerry if he converts the movie into a file that plays on the Pearl's media player. This can be accomplished by ripping the film from a DVD and converting it to the .avi format with SimpleDivX.http://www.bbhub.com/2006/11/03/heres-how-to-turn-a-full-length-dvd-movie-into-a-pearl-movie-fi/ To accomplish this hack, a user should ensure that he has a large enough memory card to hold the new file. http://www.bbhub.com/2006/11/03/heres-how-to-turn-a-full-length-dvd-movie-into-a-pearl-movie-fi/

1. Turn on mass storage mode then connect the phone to your desktop computer.
2. Install the open source data encryption program TrueCrypt and use AES encryption.http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2008/01/11/how-to-put-a-full-blown-windows-desktop-environment-on-your-blackberry/www.truecrypt.org/
3. Use the FAT file system.http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2008/01/11/how-to-put-a-full-blown-windows-desktop-environment-on-your-blackberry/
4. Install MojoPac on the BlackBerry drive.http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2008/01/11/how-to-put-a-full-blown-windows-desktop-environment-on-your-blackberry/

This hack uses the fact that the Blackberry's Internet browser is always active. A person can check this by pressing “Alt+Esc” to enter the task switcher mode. He can switch through them by repeatedly pressing "Esc" while holding the "Alt" button. One of the applications should be called "BlackBerry Browser". However, this browser doesn't allow an Internet connection without a data plan, but there is an alternative:

1. Download "Opera Mini" from their official website.http://www.operamini.com/
2. Install the program on the BlackBerry, using the RIM Desktop Manager.
   1. Connect the BlackBerry to your PC.
   2. Start RIM Desktop Manager.
   3. Start the Application Loader.
   4. Click "Add…”.
   5. Find the .alx belonging to Opera Mini. This should install Opera Mini on your BlackBerry.http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2006/12/28/installing-3rd-party-applications-2/
3. Now start "Opera Mini" by selecting the Opera icon.
4. Search for your provider and its settings on the Opera connection settings page.http://www.opera.com/mini/help/connect/
5. On your Blackberry, select Options, Adv. Options, TCP and APN then enter the address that you just found.
6. Now, Opera should be able to create a connection.http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2007/04/27/howto-get-blackberry-internet-access-without-data-plan-example-china-mobile/

When taking a picture with the BlackBerry Pearl, it makes a clicking noise. By default, a user can not turn this sound off. However, there is a workaround for this issue.

1. Start playing a sound file then pause the playback.
2. Now, take a picture. It won't make the clicking sound.http://forums.pinstack.com/showthread.php?t=12912

When browsing the Web, a BlackBerry Pearl user can use the following shortcuts:http://www.blackberrytips.net/tips.php?filename=Hot_Keys_BlackBerry_Browser