Comments on: Grab your Alltel BlackBerry 8130 Pearl now

By: Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:43:37 +0000

Yuck. Just got this phone and it sucks. I had less trouble with my twenty dollar Sanyo.

By: xadamom

xadamom — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:06:09 +0000

ok so i got my phone back in november or so… and since then it deletes my messages on me at least 2 a month, these are messages i need for court eventually and alltel is telling me i cant get them. also its slowing down on me constantly and takes 30-45 minutes half the time to turn on after its turned off on its own. not only all this but it doesnt always tell me when someone calls just tells me i have new voicemail, and i cant get pix messages even tho when i first got it i was told to go to a website, download and then i will b able to but so far ive gone there 4 times and still cant figure it out at all. alltel is absolutely no help.

By: Ace

Ace — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:05:38 +0000

Hey all if your phone ERASE ALL OF YOUR SMS MESSAGES AND YOUR CALL LOG FOR NO REASON you have to get MicroSD. I hade same problem til I got myself 2gB card … now it is working just fine. If you need patch for PicMail you can get one, just google it. Nice phone, just wait for few mon. they will comeup with fix-patch.

By: Thelma Taylor

Thelma Taylor — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:22:53 +0000

Cool I’ve read everyones comments, but can anyone tell me what am i doing wrong with trying to bluetooth ringtones with pairing from another cellphone?

By: Bemar03

Bemar03 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:59:51 +0000

I have a love hate relationship with my phone. I love how easy it is to use, the internet, maps, nice camera, all the different apps you can download. But I HATE how you cant recieve MMS messeges and how it constantly deletes your call log and SMS messeges. I did find the download though that enables to have MMS messeges now so im super excited..that was an important part of my daily text messeging…lol.

LINK FOR ENABLING MMS MESSEGING..FINALLY http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/devices/

It took about 30 minutes to completely run though…but now I have picture messeging.

And as far as the automatically deleting my text messages…after countless visits to the alltel dealer and noumerous tips from them that did not work…You just need to stay on top of the amount of messeges in your email inbox. They suggest I get a SD card, which i had in my phone when they suggested that. Constantly deleting emails is the only way i can stop my phone from not deleting my text messages and call log. Dont ever let you email stack up to 200 messeges. Thats the only thing I have found that helps.. Other than that I love my phone. I hope this helps pearl users…

By: James NE

James NE — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:14:27 +0000

Nope— no luck, guess i’ll have to shove this phone up alltels butt

By: James NE

James NE — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:56:57 +0000

Geez– i’m outta of it– i found info ^^^^^^^ trying it now—-

By: James NE

James NE — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:51:15 +0000

I’ve had my Blackberry Pearl for bout 6 months now. I hated it when i first got. Now i’m used to it. By the way– i heard there was a new update out for the Picture Messaging–Anyone know anything bout this? Or where i can download it? I’ve kinda mist picture messaging– thanks James NE

By: brett

brett — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:36:49 +0000

this bb is the worst thing i have ever had my old razr was better than this. my messages deleted and calls deleted again and i had important thing in my messages. and i even have a memory card and it dont help at all. this pisses me offf. alltel get this fixed and dont play dumb when i come in and say my shit deleted and say this is the first you heard of it!!!! FIX IT NOW!!!

By: hay-hay

hay-hay — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:38:43 +0000

Hey you guys i was thinking about getting a pearl so overall is it worth it is it a nice phone or not???????????????????????????

By: ddee

ddee — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:32:59 +0000

You have to be smarter than the phone. I have a pearl and I love it… Because I know how to use it. If you have a memory card and your phone still deletes messages you need to delete any unnecessary applications. Also make sure you have memory cleaning on and try clearing cookies pushed content and history in your web browser. As far as pic messaging use your email address. Doesn’t seem to be any different than reg pic messaging to me.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:04:01 +0000

I got my Pearl about a month or two ago. Overall, I like the phone, but it doesn have some issues.
No.1 would be deleting texts and calls. It seems everyone has this problem. Your best bet, from my findings, is to delete anything you don’t use to free up as much memory as possible. Also, deleting hisotry and cookies helps to.
No. 2 would be sending pic and video messages. It’s silly that a SMARTphone can’t do something as simple as send an MMS. My boyfriend had the cheapest of camera phones and even it could send pics and vids.
No.3, the salesman lied to me about the Pearl having a radio feature. You simply pick a genre and it plays music. He even showed it to me on his BB. It wasn’t a Pearl, but he said every BB had it. I have yet to find it.

By: Jose

Jose — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:13:28 +0000

Still after downloading the awaited 4.5 which should had fix the mms problems, to my amaze, you can send pic but i cannot recieved any. Alltel repres told me its my phone so they change it and still will not recieved, now they are saying there is still problem with the mms program. Hope now when they switch to verizon, we can get this fix!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:55:48 +0000

Thank you that work perfect I sent my first Picture on it 5 mins ago and it went though wow I have had the phone for almost 8 months now. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:13:59 +0000

Thanks Keith….I did exactly what you said and everything is working great! If everyone else follows your instructions, the MMS problem should be resolved for good. Thank goodness! I was about to get the Curve because this update was taking forever!!
Thanks again,

Jeff

By: keith

keith — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:52:35 +0000

Wow, sounds like some pretty pissed off people, huh? I’m a wireless rep at Alltel, and to reply to Gene, I highly doubt that anyone was “bullshitting” you about when MMS was supposed to be released. We’ve been told the same things that we pass on to the customers when they ask. Everytime we have been told a date that it was supposed to launch, that date would come and go with no results. We have been just as frustrated as you, my friend. It’s not really fair to attack Alltel and everyone who works for them when you don’t know the whole situation. There’s other ways to get your point across than ranting and raving and pointing your finger and slinging insults, my kids don’t even do that.
When the MMS option mysteriously showed up on the pearls a few weeks back, we were told that it was a slip on RIM’s part and that it wasn’t supposed to be released to the public yet, but someone obviously made a mistake. I’ve been in a Pearl since March, and I’ve been waiting for MMS with just as much anticipation as the next guy. MMS IS NOW AVAILABLE. You have to go to software.alltel.com and there is a 4.5 OS update to add to your phone, and MMS will work from there on out. It is relatively easy to do, you don’t even need to use your desktop manager, you just follow the prompts and plug in your phone to your computer and go! MMS is working perfectly on my phone and those I know who have done this upgrade. Hope this helps, and not everyone at Alltel is lying to you or “feeding you bullshit”. If I treat the people that I rely on for my paycheck that way, it wouldn’t be too smart of me, or benefit the customer or myself in the long run. I’ve got mouths to feed, and believe it or not, most of us are really out to help you as best we can!
Thanks,
K

By: Buggy

Buggy — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:34:54 +0000

Wow, I’m glad I’m not crazy when I couldn’t figure out how to send/receive picture texts on my pearl. that really sucks and I think a problem that does need to be fixed PRONTO.

By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:24:26 +0000

Anyone know a good lawyer? I’d like to participate in the class action suit.

By: gene

gene — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:07:31 +0000

after another nasty gram to alltel i received a reply today. the technician admitted that they have no firm date when mms will be activated on the blackberry pearl 8130.. at least i didn’t get the “in a few weeks” answer. i appreciate the honest answer, but i’m still pissed about alltel receiving money for something that they do not deliver!! maybe a class action lawsuit is the way to go.

By: gene

gene — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:46:27 +0000

after having alltel service for many years, i have become completely disenchanted with their line of bullshit! my wife and i bought blackberry pearls within a week of each other in august of this year. one day mms miraculously appeared on my phone but not on my wife”s. after checking with the local office i was told that it was a software problem and should be fixed “in a few weeks”. a few weeks passed with no resoulition of the problem. i then e mailed alltel and was told it should be fixed “in a few weeks”. i also was told that at present the pearl could not receive or send mms. obviously i was talking to an idiot as mine worked fine for about a week before it quit working!
my point is this: alltel needs to quit lying to their customers and tell the truth. if the “software problem isn’t gonna be fixed until next year, thats ok but don’t keep bullshiting the customers with this “a few weeks” story. this has shaken my faith in the alltel system and i will be changing carriers just as soon as my contract expires. i am considering legal action because when we purchased our phones, we were told that mms service was available and it was not! sounds like false advertising to me! after buying this POS idid some research and found out that people have been waiting a year for mms service and still don’t have it. what in the hell is alltel’s definition of “a few weeks”? i was much happier with my motorola flip. this was one of the stupidest things i ever did, and believe me i’ve done some stupid things in my life!