New BB user - please help with my questions

superdiy said:
* Apparently there is a setting which you have to set to prevent your phone from using a data connection when making phone calls, because when you are using a data connection it is VOIP or similar and you have a lot of break-ups and lag in the audio - can anyone assist here?
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When your phone is set to 3G or 2G/3G and 3G is used at the time you are making a call, your call tends to start breaking-up or just loose the connection after a while. When you set your phone to use 2G you usually don't experience these break-ups and lost connections.
 
Nerfherder said:
Its the same thing... don't stress.

Back in the day it used to be called a PIN message, before they started making apps for Blackberry. PIN messages have been around since BB started, now they just have an app to send PIN messages and have called it BBM.

If you send a PIM message to a contact from the context menu then they will receive it in BBM, its the same thing as going in to BBM and sending them a message.
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If you look at your contacts you're presented with the option to send a PIN or an Instant Message. Pin messages are not shown in BBM, instant messages are.
 
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superdiy said:
When your phone is set to 3G or 2G/3G and 3G is used at the time you are making a call, your call tends to start breaking-up or just loose the connection after a while. When you set your phone to use 2G you usually don't experience these break-ups and lost connections.
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Had a BB for 2 years, no such issues with calls for me.
 
Kosmik said:
Had a BB for 2 years, no such issues with calls for me.
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I'v had mine for 3 days now, it's set to 2G/3G, have made 3 calls, one had a lot of break-ups a few minutes into the call and one call lost connection after about 6 minutes, while both parties were stationary (in the office sitting at the desk), the other call was fine. Is it just my luck? I've switched it to 2G now, will see what happens.
 
superdiy said:
I'v had mine for 3 days now, it's set to 2G/3G, have made 3 calls, one had a lot of break-ups a few minutes into the call and one call lost connection after about 6 minutes, while both parties were stationary (in the office sitting at the desk), the other call was fine. Is it just my luck? I've switched it to 2G now, will see what happens.
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Could be a congested tower?
 
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