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Welcome back all you BBGeeks to our monthly roundup of the BBGeeks Twitter Help activities. If you have been following us for a while now you no doubt know about our account on Twitter.com.

Each and every day we reach out to other Twitter users and ask them what kind of problems they are experiencing with their BlackBerry devices. The response is always good. Some do not have problems at all, but just need some advice about BlackBerry software or accessories that would help them increase their productivity.

For all our readers who don’t use Twitter, we have decided to recap our conversations in which followers posed questions and we tracked down the answers.

Join us now for the official roundup. You never know what interesting information you will find.

Twitter Helps

bruceamen says:
where is the do not disturb mode on a 8330?

BBGeeks Answered:

You can access the Do Not Disturb settings in your BlackBerry 8330 by locating the Profiles icon and clicking it. When the menu appears scroll all the way down to advanced and click it. You can then select and customize your Do Not Disturb settings for each individual profile.

Your BlackBerry will not alert you for any of the actions you have set to DND. Ie. If SMS is set to DND in your normal profile then you will not receive any notifications when that particular profile is active.

fashionambition says:
Do I have to pay for uber twitter ? If I get uber twitter do I have to get rid of twitterberry?

BBGeeks Answered:

There are two versions of Uber twitter available. The first is a free version that is ad supported while a paid version is also available for $5.00 with no ads.

It is absolutely possible to keep both Uber Twitter and TwitterBerry (OpenBeak) on your device at the same time but with Uber Twitters option to manage multiple accounts there is really no need to.

emilyali says:
My bberry tour’s battery lasts 24 hours or less – is that normal? @bbgeeks i do text and email quite a bit but i close apps i’m not using…

BBGeeks Answered:

There are plenty of reasons that your battery could be draining quickly although that does seem excessive. Check out the following links for some possible causes of BlackBerry battery drain and ways to avoid it.

Saving Your BlackBerry Battery

Save BlackBerry Battery Life in Areas of Bad Service

Automatically Turn Your BlackBerry to Save Battery

JocelynNicole says:
what app do you guys recommend to simulate a battery-pull on a Pearl 8120, QuickPull or something else? Thanks! :D

BBGeeks Answered:

I suggest checking out a program called ControlBBanel. It is loaded with great functionality including a Battery Pull simulator.

Quentis says:
I wiped my 8310 and want to update the software but do not have a PC I have Mac, what is best way to do so?

BBGeeks Answered:

Definitely grab the recently released BlackBerry Desktop manager for Mac. If that is not an option for some reason then find a friend with a PC laptop that they don’t mind lending you for an hour or two.

MrRyanTino says:
I just installed operamini 5.0, but dont want it anymore. So I deleted it. But when I open a pic from twitter it opens with OM5.0. So how do I remove it completely? I rather work with the original BBbrowser, unless you got a better one?

BBGeeks Answered:

If you are not liking the new Opera Mini you might like the Bolt browser as an alternative to the default browser. As far as the links acting funny after the uninstall, simply do a battery pull and they should be back to normal once your device reboots.

a_CellPhoneGuy says:
Do you know of a way to forward all incoming text messages from my blackberry to another number?

BBGeeks Answered:

There is no way to do this without a 3rd party application. In this case I would suggest checking out the Advanced Forwarder application from our BBGeeks Store

rachelcostanza says:
Is there a way to have two operating systems on your blackberry 8830? How can I speed up the IE experience?

BBGeeks Answered:

Unfortunately there is no way to run more than one operating system at a time on a BlackBerry device. As far as speeding up your internet experience is concerned, there are a couple tricks you can use. Check out this post about Speeding up your BlackBerry Internet Browser.

elliotc8 says:
How do I add an extra email account to my bb??

BBGeeks Answered:

You have to log into your bis account and add or delete email addresses from there. Check out this link for more details and specific steps to take to add your new email accounts to your BlackBerry.

Almeshia says:
What is the best method for keeping up with tweets on a bb pearl? tweetdeck, twhirl, twitterfeed, etc

BBGeeks Answered:

For using Twitter on the BlackBerry Pearl I would suggest using Tiny Twitter. It is a nice light weight twitter app that will not take up a large amount of the precious space on your Pearl.

Check out our feature post where we ranked all the major BlackBerry Twitter applications here.

Choo_E says:
What is the best app to bypass the 160 character limit for text messages on the tour…?

BBGeeks Answered:

The problem with sending SMS messages is that each different carrier handles them differently. Some will limit you to 160 characters per SMS message and some will allow you to text as much as you want. The reality is that those carriers that allow the longer texts don’t actually allow longer text messages but rather split long messages into multiple parts before sending.

For those that are prevented from sending the longer messages in parts I highly suggest buying the Beyond160 application which will send longer messages in parts.

JocelynNicole says:
Is there any way to turn off cache in browser? Certain bookmarks keep opening as old page unless I clear cache or manually refresh?

BBGeeks Answered:

Unfortunately there is no way to disable caching of pages by the BlackBerry browser. The only way to prevent the loading of older pages by accident is to clear your browser cache regularly.

_gregrogers says:
Any idea what the most popular twitter app for BlackBerrys is?

BBGeeks Answered:

Without having any hard scientific data on hand, I would have to say that Uber Twitter is the most popular Twitter application for the BlackBerry.

There you go folks, a sampling of the questions we have received in the last month through our Twitter account. If you would like to participate in our growing community of Tweeps, just download the BlackBerry Twitter application of your choice, sign up for a Twitter account and follow the @BBGeeks Twitter profile.

See you all next month!

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