Blackberry Address Book Wireless Sync option disappeared.

Posted on August 28th, 2008 in Black Berry,BlackBerry Device by Gil Kreslavsky

To fix this problem: You need to reset “Desktop Sync Service book”

Go to Settings > Options > Advanced Options > Service Book
Select the Desktop [Sync] Service book from the menu, and select “Delete”
From the menu, select “Undelete” to restore the “Desktop [Sync]” service book
Settings > Options > Advanced Options > Enterprise Activation
From the menu, select “Activate” to re-try the wireless synchronization process
After Enterprise Activation process finishes check your settings for synchronization of your address book.

Address Book > Menu > Options
You will see that “Wireless Synchronization” has a “yes” value again (as it had disappeared before)

How blackberry email reconciliation-(Deleting Emails) works.

Posted on August 28th, 2008 in BlackBerry Device by Gil Kreslavsky

What is email reconciliation?

Email reconciliation is used to configure email deletion handling option of email accounts that are set in BB device.
For each mail account you can state whether you want the e-mail deleted on the handheld or the mailbox and handheld;
You can set the device the following ways:
Enable or disable wireless reconciliation and configure how conflicts are handled.

In order to set reconciling options on Black Berry Device go to:

Messages –> then select “Options”–> “Email Reconciliation”

Reconciliation options are:

Delete on: “Mailbox & handheld” – Means: When you delete message on Device or outlook message will be deleted.
Delete on: “Handled” – Means: When you delete message on Device, message won’t be deleted from mailbox.
Recommended settings setup:

1. From your home screen, go into your Messages folder.
2. Once in your messages, folder, bring up your menu
3. Scroll down to and choose “Options”.
4. Scroll down to and select “Email Reconciliation”.
5. In the “Email Reconciliation” menu, make sure “Delete On” is set to “Mailbox & Handheld”.
6. Confirm that Wireless Reconcile is set to “On”
7. Confirm that “On Conflicts” your “Mailbox Wins”
8. Save your changes.
9. Exit back out to your messages folder, and once again bring up the menu.
10. Scroll down to “Reconcile Now” to force reconciliation between your handheld and In-Box.
11. Your messages should now synchronize between your BlackBerry and In-Box.
Some general guidelines for Reconciliation

Most people thing that message deleted on outlook should disappear from BB device immediately and start panic. So don’t , be more patient . it takes approximately 20 minutes till messages are deleted from Handheld

1. If you delete an email from Outlook you need to leave it in the recycle bin otherwise the BES will lose track of the email and it won’t be deleted from the device. Don’t use (Shift+Delete)
2.If you Outlook account is set up to transfer new emails to PST . They will never get to your BB device.
3. Remember! The deletes from Exchange to BlackBerry is not immediate. BES reconcile uses the 20/100 rule. That’s every 20 minutes or 100 changes whichever comes first. Alternatively, you can use the Reconsile Now function. Outlook in cached mode only does send and receive every 5 minutes (this also updates read, deleted & moved items), then the device will only do reconciliations every 15 minutes. To speed this process up just hit “Send & Receive” and then “Reconcile Now” on the device.

Testing:
Outlook to  BB takes up to 20 min. I find it useful to do this test:
Delete – BB
Delete – Outlook

Wait for them to deliver to both mailbox and BB.
Now delete – BB on Blackberry and watch outlook, it should take a min or two. And move to deleted in Outlook
If that works… It’s working as it should and you’re dealing with a user workflow issue. I find it helpful to turn off Empty delete folder on exit.

Blackberry Calendar Sync Works One Direction only

Posted on August 12th, 2008 in BES Server,Black Berry,BlackBerry Device by Gil Kreslavsky

BlackBerry Enterprise Server administration account must have the following permissions (Send As, Receive As, and Administer Information store) at the server level:

1. Go to Microsoft Exchange System Manager.

2. Expand Administrative Groups.

3. Right-click on the Exchange Server(s) that will be hosting the BlackBerry users’ mailboxes.

4. Click Properties.

5. Click the Security tab.

6. Click Add.

7. Select the BlackBerry Enterprise Server administration account.

8. In the Permissions window, mark with “v” Send As, Receive As, and Administer Information store permissions are granted.

Grant Send As, Receive As, and Administer Information store permissions at the mailbox tore level:

1. Select the mailbox store(s) for the Exchange Server(s) that will be hosting BlackBerry users’ mailboxes.

2. Click Properties.

3. Click the Security tab.

4. Select the Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to the object option.

5. In the Permissions window, verify that Send As, Receive As, and Administer Information store permissions are granted.

Grant Send As, Receive As, and Administer Information store permissions at the public folder store level:

1. Open the Microsoft Exchange System Manager that is installed on the server(s) where the BlackBerry users’ public folder store resides.

2. Expand Administrative Groups.

3. Expand Servers and storage groups.

4. Right-click on the public folder store that will be hosting the BlackBerry users’ folders.

5. Click Properties.

6. Click the Security tab.

7. Click Add.

8. Select the BlackBerry Enterprise Server administration account.

9. In the Permissions window, verify that Send As, Receive As, and Administer Information store permissions are granted.

Troubleshooting BlackBerry Calendar Issues

Posted on August 4th, 2008 in BES Server,Black Berry,BlackBerry Device by Gil Kreslavsky

Calendar entries on BB device different from Outlook’s

You will need to re sync BB calendar: To do that
1. On the Blackberry device, go to Calendar
2. Press on Options button
3. Change Wireless Synchronization to No and save the option
4. Than Open Blackberry Desktop Manager run Backup and Restore.
5. Press on the advanced button, In the right hand window, find Calendar, select it and click on Clear.
6. Repeat steps 1-3 on step 3 instead disabling wireless synchronization set it to Yes

How to force calendar synchronization on BlackBerry/BES
One of the major features in BES sp6/ BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange – 4.1.6 is Calendar Synchronization Tool.
The blackberry calendar synchronization tool can be found on setup installation Media/Download under tools folder, the file name is TraitTool.exe
Before running TraitTool.exe please read the following documentation
Examples on how to run TraitTool.exe
Turning on the BlackBerry Calendar Synchronization Tool for all users
TraitTool -global -trait SmartSyncEnable -set true
Configuring the BlackBerry Calendar Synchronization Tool to run on weekdays for all users
TraitTool -global -trait SmartSyncSchedule -set Weekdays
Configuring the BlackBerry Calendar Synchronization Tool to check calendar entries 3 days in advance for all users
TraitTool -global -trait SmartSyncDays -set 3
Configuring the BlackBerry Calendar Synchronization Tool to run at 10:00 PM for all users on the messaging server SERVER01
TraitTool -server SERVER01 -trait SmartSyncTriggerHour -set 22
Configuring the BlackBerry Calendar Synchronization Tool to run at 11:00 PM for all users on the messaging server SERVER02
TraitTool -server SERVER02 -trait SmartSyncTriggerHour -set 23
Configuring the BlackBerry Calendar Synchronization Tool to correct calendar synchronization errors for a specific user
TraitTool -user scott_wyatt@test.rim.com -trait SmartSyncSendUpdate -set true


Wrong time on Blackberry Calendar Entries

This is most likely caused by either your Blackberry, your Computer or BES server is being set to the wrong time zone.

How to check your computers time zone:

Double Click on the Clock on your start bar.
Click on the Time Zone tab.
Verify that your time zone is set correctly.

On the Blackberry:

Select Options.
Select Data and Time.
Verify that your time zone is set correctly.
The problem also may be related to DST you will need to configure those settings or you BES server , Exchange server and local PC/Laptop.
Steps required on Microsoft Exchange: The guide
Steps Required on BES server: The guide

Additional Blackberry DST tools
DST Repair Tool

Fix Blackberry Duplicate Calendar Entries issue
1. Go to the calendar.
2. Click on one of the duplicate entries.
3. Press the menu button in order to open appointment details
4. Scroll down and there’s an option called recurrence, just change it to no recurrence

Separate email messages and SMS/MMS messages in Blackerry

Posted on July 29th, 2008 in Black Berry,BlackBerry Device by Gil Kreslavsky

Use Separate Icon for SMS messages, and for regular email messages.

Since OS 4.2.1.xx on Curve and Pearl Blackberry Devices ,there is possibility to separate email messages and SMS/MMS messages indicators .

Go under Messages, hit on menu button, go to General Options, scroll down to SMS and Email boxes and you now have three choices!

  • Theme Controlled – Some themes automatically have a separate SMS icon . That option just leaves it up to the theme default.
  • Combined – Will deliver SMS messages to the same mailbox as your email.
  • Separate – Will deliver SMS messages and Email messages to a separate mailbox

BlackBerry Enterprise Server: Users Not Receiving Messages to Handheld After Mailbox Move

Posted on July 24th, 2008 in BES Server,Black Berry,BlackBerry Device,Exchange 2000,Exchange 2003,Exchange 2007 by Gil Kreslavsky

Users Not Receiving Messages to Handheld After Mailbox Move

BlackBerry server maps user mailboxes by using a process called worker treads. Blackberry version [4.0.4.5], is capable of mapping worker treads back to a user mailboxes when a mailbox gets moved to a different store by scanning the GAL for changes in the Server DN.BES users may not receive messages to their handheld device after a mailbox move .

After mailbox move the BES server should pick up the new mailbox location and start sending again within 15min.

The only thing you have to watch is moving the BES service account mailbox, Also be sure the BES service account has the appropriate permissions on the new Exchange server Information Store before you start moving user mailboxes, full send as/receive as. I would suggest moving the user mailboxes and then the service account

To move user mailboxes:

Move them as you normally would, use the Exchange mailbox move wizard.

RIM suggests you run the mailbox cleanup utility on the BES server after mailbox move

Restart BES Services:

* Mailbox move within the same server are not updated by BES and messages are not received by BB devices until BES services are restarted. This is because BES scans user’s mailboxes for changes in the Server DN. Since mailboxes are moved within the same server, BES is unaware of the mailbox move.

Using Cleanup Utility:

* Run C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\Blackberry Enterprise Server\Utility\handheldcleanup -u

Move BB Service Account:

* Log in to Blackberry Enterprise Server as the blackberry system account
* Stop all Blackberry Enterprise Server services
* Move the blackberry system mailbox to Exchange 2003
* On the blackberry Server: Go to Start-> Programs-> Blackberry Enterprise
* Server-> Edit the MAPI Profile for the Blackberry Server
* Type “new Exchange server name” in the Microsoft Exchange Server field
* Type “blackberry service account name” in the Mailbox field
* Run Handheld Cleanup utility on BES Server “C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\Blackberry Enterprise Server\Utility\handheldcleanup -m”
* Start Blackberry Enterprise Server service

Blackberry Decryption Failure Please Regenerate Key

Posted on July 16th, 2008 in Black Berry,BlackBerry Device by Gil Kreslavsky

Solution: Generate a new Encryption Key.

  1. On your BlackBerry handheld, click Options > Security
  2. Scroll down to the Services section.
  3. Select the listing that is like “Desktop [some number] (3DES)
  4. Click the trackwheel and select Regenerate Encryption Key.

Note:  If you don’t find this option under Options > Security, you may need to look under Options > Security > General Settings on your device.

Can’t delete messages on Blackberry Device

Posted on June 30th, 2008 in Black Berry by Gil Kreslavsky

I had this problem, and I didn’t want to wipe my device and run activation again ..

So why it happens?
The message list corrupts from some reason and as result BB OS cannot reference the message ID and delete the message.

Solution:

Conect your device with USB cable , run BB desctop Manager and select backup and restore.
Press on Backup , save the file on your local computer.
Then Pres Advanced on backup menu , select messages on Handheld DB and press Clear
Now the corupted messages list is cleared .
All you need to do is to restore it back.

Configure BlackBerry Enterprise Server to work with LDAP instead MAPI

Posted on June 18th, 2008 in BES Server,Black Berry by Gil Kreslavsky

Reasons to do do the update.

If you receive errors

  1. Unable to initialize the MAPI using profile BlackBerry Server Management! Please contact your BlackBerry administrator.
  2. Unable to initialize the RIMDatabase class
  3. Unable to save configuration settings or statistics

If you are moving mailboxes across information stores and you don’t want to reboot server or restart services.

And if you are using multiple domains

Procedure

The LDAPDomain , LDAPSearch , LDAPport , LDApssl , LDAPALPSearch registry entries are used to configure the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. These registry entries allow the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to use LDAP instead of the default Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) for specific functions.


LDAPDomain

The LDAPDomain entry configures the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to use a specific domain when performing LDAP searches.

Note: In an environment with multiple domains, the LDAPDomain key is required.

  1. Open the Registry Editor by clicking Start > Run . Type regedit and click OK .
  2. Go to the following path in the registry:
    • For BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 4.0 and laterHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Agents
    • For BlackBerry Enterprise Server software versions 3.5 and 3.6HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Servers\
  3. Create a new String Value called LDAPDomain and change the entry in the Value data field to the Global Catalog and Port that the BlackBerry Enterprise Server will use. If the BlackBerry Enterprise Server must connect to multiple Global Catalogs for name resolution, specify all of them in this value with their fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) as follows:: : :

Example : dc01.domain.com:389
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  1. Press ENTER .
  2. If you are not configuring other entries, close the Registry Editor.

LDAPSearch

The LDAPSearch entry is used for address resolution only.

  1. Go to the following path in the registry:
    • For BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 4.0 and laterHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Agents
    • For BlackBerry Enterprise Server software versions 3.5 and 3.6HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Servers\
  2. Create a new DWORD Value called LDAPSearch and change the entry in the Value data field to 1 .
  3. Select the Hexadecimal option and press ENTER .
  4. If you are not configuring other entries, close the Registry Editor.

LDAPport

The LDAPport entry configures the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to use a specific LDAP port for searches.

  1. Go to the following path in the registry:
    • For BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 4.0 and laterHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Agents
    • For BlackBerry Enterprise Server software versions 3.5 and 3.6HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Servers\
  2. Create a new DWORD Value called LDAPport and change the entry in the Value data field to the specific LDAP port that will be used.
  3. Press ENTER .
  4. If you are not configuring other entries, close the Registry Editor.

LDAPssl

The LDAPssl entry enables the use of LDAP over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for searches or lookups.

  1. Go to the following path in the registry:
    • For BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 4.0 and laterGo to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Agents
    • BlackBerry Enterprise Server software versions 3.5 and 3.6Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Servers\
  2. Create a new DWORD Value called LDAPssl and change the entry in the Value data field to 1 .
  3. Select the Hexadecimal option and press ENTER .
  4. If you are not configuring other entries, close the Registry Editor.

LDAPALPSearch

The LDAPALPSearch entry is used for address lookups from the BlackBerry smartphone.

Note: This entry only applies to BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 4.1.

  1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Agents .
  2. Create a new DWORD Value called LDAPALPSearch and change the entry in the Value data field to 1 .
  3. Select the Hexadecimal option and press ENTER .
  4. Close the Registry Editor.

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