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The trouble with Blackberry - App Error 523

I have really loved my Blackberry phone. Email, Web Surfing and calls generally good. Easy to use,   easy to call, nice stuff.

However, I've had the dreaded "App Error 523" 3 times now.   This error is the worst to get. You need to wipe the Blackberry clean using a java device tool named "JL_CMDR" (which is like a DOS command line program), then reload the software.   Everything is lost - contacts, photos, bookmarks.

This has happened 3 times now, and after investigation it can happen because a number of reasons.  By far the worse is someone sending you a text (SMS) or photo (MMS) message.  For some reason, this will cause the Blackberry to crash, and have this App Error 523 fatal error.

Aside from wiping and re-installing,   the Blackberry works great.

I just don't get how a phone could have such critical "P0" type problems.

Comments

Anonymous said…
You just need to get an iPhone and be hip and cool!! :-)

Leona
March 3, 2008 at 3:52 AM
Anonymous said…
^ugh, don't even suggest the iPhone.  I take care of several of them here at work and they have their own set of annoyances and problems.  The iPhone is NOT ready for prime time business use.

At first everyone goes, "oh, and I can find myself on the map and I can listen to music and I can browse the net and oh look what happens when I turn it sideways, isn't this awesome?!" then they go, "wait, why can't I sync my contacts without itunes? why isn't this a fully exchange compatible device? why do I keep losing the edge network?  Why the hell doesn't this have a real keyboard? why can't I delete this invalid 'ghost email'? why is it reading all my contact names out of order? etc.

:)
May 12, 2008 at 9:41 AM
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