I bought a BB Storm from a friend, to realize that I am unable to add data service to my phone until I have the pin remove and get one of my own. How may I remove my the pin from my BB Storm 9530??
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You cant get a new PIN. The PIN is tied to the phone. There is no way to change it. The only way to get a new pin is to buy a new phone.
I was told it can be deactivated. I wanted to use this phone on a different network. When I contacted my service provider, they told me to contact the original carrier and have them remove the pin or block, so that they can provide me with a new pin, per my data service.
Sounds like you are talking about UNLOCKING the phone. You said you want to use it on another carrier. I know how unlocking works but I think that would be someone else's expertise.
I know you either need to get the phone unlocked for the new carrier (you can try calling verizon and asking for the unlock codes but I doubt they will give it).
The phone is already unlocked, I have done that already. But for example, I put another sim card in the phone, would like to browse the internet, I am unable to do that. If I want to pin another friend, i am unable to do that. Because the pin number on the phone belong to the person I bought it from and it will not allow me to pin. Now when I call a network provider to set up internet browsing in my bb, they inform me that I would first need to have that pin number removed and they will then set me on their network, in order to get internet.
BDRichter wrote: You cant get a new PIN. The PIN is tied to the phone. There is no way to change it. The only way to get a new pin is to buy a new phone.
Not so, The PIN is assigned by the carrier, I had a pearl and went to a storm and kept the same Pin, Other wise you would have to send a new pin number to all your BBM contacts.
Also the Storm is a world phone, It should work on AT&T, Tmobile or any GSM based service. No difference from Overseas GSM or Local GSM, Same animal.
I agree with you, but no one seem to quite understand what I am saying here. The pin is what we use on the bb to pin, or ping, or bb, other Blackberry phones. Also, the network provided uses this pin to be able to set you up on a data package, ie internet etc. So, as you have mentioned that pin is assigned to previous owner, not just to the phone, at which point that can be changed for another user to use on a different network if they so choose. The phone is a Quad band, which give you the capability to be used on any network world wide, as long as the phone is network unlocked (which my Blackberry storm is).
Nya wrote: I agree with you, but no one seem to quite understand what I am saying here. The pin is what we use on the bb to pin, or ping, or bb, other Blackberry phones. Also, the network provided uses this pin to be able to set you up on a data package, ie internet etc. So, as you have mentioned that pin is assigned to previous owner, not just to the phone, at which point that can be changed for another user to use on a different network if they so choose. The phone is a Quad band, which give you the capability to be used on any network world wide, as long as the phone is network unlocked (which my Blackberry storm is).
Ok explain this.....
You take your pin from your Pearl to your storm. What happens to the person who activates the pearl? What pin do they get? The pin always matches the label on the phone, the box, and the options menu of the phone.
My blackberry automatically redadds people when I switch devices. Look at the label under your battery. It has the PIN on it. The PIN doesnt travel. Your phone probably just auto updated your new contacts. When I did it, it just sent an auto request to all my BBM friends to change the pin to this new device and they either accept or decline.
The PIN Is NOT carrier assigned. PIN is attached to the phone.
If it kept the same pin, than anytime I got a new BB or upgraded BB, the apps that I bought that were registered to the PIN wouldnt require me to re-register them or repay for them if the pin was the same.
See this thread, posts 2, and 3:
http://forums.crackberry.com/f73/pin-question-blackberry-398153/
Man, I tell you what, if you can read that information under the battery, your eye sight is beyond 20/20. I need a magnifying glass to see that. But from what I can tell, two different thing, numbers are not the same.
I was mistaken on the pin being transferable, My storm and pearl are the same except for one number, easy to miss that one. Anyways the way it works is, Everything goes through BIS or BES anyways, So when you activate the phone (If you have two Berry's you can switch anytime you want on Verizon's site) Anyways It's Seamless, BIS or BES automatically Changes the Pin number associated with your account depending on what device you have active, Your Contacts See the active Pin. In Phone book and BBM (The two are intertwined)
Ok, I am with you so far. But my question remain, do I need to get a release of Pin for Verizon to be able to get bb data service on another nextwork??
Nya wrote: Ok, I am with you so far. But my question remain, do I need to get a release of Pin for Verizon to be able to get bb data service on another nextwork??
As long as the Phone isn't activated on an account, When you activate it you should be good to go. When you signup with a carrier, your Berry will be activated through BIS along with your pin, The only thing that could hang you up is if the Phone is still active on another account. In which case YES you would need to contact the previous carrier and have the Phone Deactivated
Thank you very much. Not that makes more sense to me than anything else.
