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How to re-install BlackBerry Maps

Posted by Joe on December 19, 2008 | 21 comments | Filed under : Quick Tips

A few months back we discussed deleting BlackBerry Maps from your device in order to free up memory. Honestly, it’s not the best map program out there, certainly not as good as Google Maps for Mobile. Yet, now BlackBerry Maps serves a function for Verizon users, who saw their GPS units uncrippled recently. If you’ve deleted BlackBerry Maps already, you might want it back now.

At first, I thought that maybe it would be the same method as re-adding your BlackBerry browser. Then I thought better of it. No way you can just go to your Host Routing Tables and have them re-send an application like BlackBerry Maps.

(Incidentally, if you can do that, let me know.)

Thankfully, RIM has made it simple. Just go to this page, where you’ll find a link to download BlackBerry Maps. Note that you need to be on Internet Explorer to do this. Seriously? Internet Explorer-only?

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1 awurabena January 24, 2012 at 11:57 am

My messenger is not working

2 ibrahim January 16, 2012 at 8:09 am

i have a blackberry 9530 Verizon wireless,
Q: how does its wireless work?
Q: My blackberry map is not working advise?

3 Alaba Aleru December 27, 2011 at 5:01 pm

Help me re-insell bb map on my phone

4 Alaba Aleru December 16, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Pls help me with blackberry map download pls

5 @Daniel November 4, 2011 at 7:49 am

@Daniel indeed i’m doing it too right now.

6 itu September 15, 2011 at 7:02 am

I’m also having trouble with it. After I downloaded it, I just get bb maps installer, and not blackberry maps.

7 jz June 1, 2011 at 7:08 pm

i cant reinstall it! neither in my phone browser or BBDesktop manager… in my phone download a file called: blackberry maps installer 6.1…????¿¿¿ any sugestion

Cooper 8 Cooper February 28, 2011 at 10:06 am

@chy Connect to desktop manager and use the advanced application loader (add remove programs) – delete BBM completely and reinstall from Desktop Manager.

9 chy February 26, 2011 at 4:57 pm

Please i tried to update my blackberry curve device from Version 4.6 to V5.0 without success. thereafter, i noticed that my BB messenger icon was lost while the V4.6 still shows in my application. Can someone pls direct me on how to re-install my BBM icon?

Cooper 10 Cooper February 8, 2011 at 12:36 pm

@gus Update your OS to the most recent version and all should go back to normal. It seems that every once in a while the device gets confused.

11 Gus February 7, 2011 at 8:00 am

@Cooper,I have a similar problem as Abha. I have downloaded BB maps and it shows under the aplication management. However, the icon is not on my home screen or any other folder (nor is it hidden) even after re-boot and battery pull.

Any ideas?

12 carrie January 1, 2011 at 11:23 pm

if you have a mac, the desktop software does not work the same way as the windows version – i have tried downloading the lbs_ribbon thing about a million times and followed the suggested steps after that, nothing is working. it woulda been nice to know i needed the blackberry maps app to use all features of bb traffic :(

Cooper 13 Cooper December 16, 2010 at 2:23 pm

@Abha The icon should display on your phone and be functional after you have a) downloaded the ribbon and b) rebooted the device.

Try pulling your battery – is the icon working after that?

14 Abha December 15, 2010 at 2:51 pm

I can’t reinstall BlackBerry Maps as it saves the application in the name of lbs_ribbon, version – 0.9 and size 10KB. Even the Maps icon doesn’t show in the menu. What do I do?

Cooper 15 Cooper November 22, 2010 at 2:12 pm

@NN Disconnect from the internet,open DM, connect you phone, click App Loader and then check the box for BB maps, click next and it should load it.

If not read this: http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB12723

16 NN November 22, 2010 at 5:34 am

Hi, I am desperately trying to get BB Maps back onto my phone so that Facebook Places will work… I tried to use the website to re-download blackberry maps (I deleted it in favour of google maps some time ago) but it’s just not working!! Any suggestions?

17 yengki January 24, 2010 at 6:02 am

How to reinstall blackberry messenger if the device not support,..

18 geek March 14, 2009 at 9:30 pm

if i uninstall black berry messenger and have to reinstall it, on the same device with the same pin. Do i lose my contacts? or with they still remain

19 Trevor January 12, 2009 at 4:18 pm

I’m running OS 4.5, and the IE-only website linked says my blackberry isn’t supported. Any ideas?

20 How to re-install BlackBerry Messenger | BB Geeks January 7, 2009 at 8:31 am

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21 Daniel December 19, 2008 at 10:48 am

Joe, I did it using the desktop manager. It only took a couple of minutes.

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