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screen, the BlackBerry Hub, or the Phone app Press and hold K Lock your screen By locking the screen, you can help prevent your BlackBerry device from sending accidental messages or pocket dialing. Locking the screen doesn't turn off notifications for incoming calls or messages. Press the Power/Lock key on the top of your device.
Jun 8, 2022 · Press and hold down the Power button, Volume UP and Volume DOWN buttons all at the same time. When the device starts booting, you can release the buttons. Try the Screen Reader for BBID again. Some devices need this (Power button, Vol - button, Vol + button) done a few times before the Screen Reader speaks about BBID.
Do one of the following: • To lock the keyboard, press the. key on the top of your smartphone or tap the bottom of the screen and slide your. finger up. • To unlock the keyboard, press the. key again or tap the bottom of the screen and slide your finger up. • To lock your smartphone with a password, on the home screen or in a folder ...
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By Michael Hicks
last updated 9 March 2022
It's confirmed to have been canceled
The Blackberry 5G remained one of the most anticipated smartphones we'd heard about, ever since it was first announced in mid-2020... up until the project was officially canceled in 2022.
This was a much-hyped revival for the nostalgia-riddled Blackberry brand, though one being pushed by a company other than Blackberry itself.
The Blackberry line hasn't exactly been dormant since original company Research In Motion, or Blackberry Limited, stopped making phones under the name in 2017. However the hey-day of QWERT keyboard-toting productivity phones was certainly in the rear-view mirror.
From 2016 to late 2020, Chinese tech firm TCL signed up to release phones under the Blackberry name, and we saw a small smattering of devices like the KeyOne. However it seems that TCL struggled with the same issue that Research In Motion did - in a world of fantastic touch-screen phones, physical keyboards had become a niche proposition.
That's not to say that there's no place for keyboard phones, and some users swear by them.
This kind of user got to come out in force in mid-2020 when a little-known Texan company called OnwardMobility purchased the rights to the Blackberry name.
You can see a video of the company's CEO, Peter Franklin, announcing the new Blackberry below.
Fans were excited: OnwardMobility promised a 5G phone with a QWERTY keyboard, lots of features and top-notch security. More, the website implied future Blackberry 5G products would be coming too.
The Blackberry 5G from OnwardMobility isn't coming because the company shut down. But digging deeper, what happened to delay and then cancel the launch of this device?
Officially, there's not been any comment on this topic, and the message OnwardMobility posted on its website doesn't say anything. But that report from a Blackberry fan site we mentioned has some theories.
Apparently, the current CEO of Blackberry Limited (a company which still makes software and security tech) has been trying to distance the company from smartphones, as a recent sale in Blackberry's patents suggests. The theory is that the CEO soured on the idea of a new Blackberry smartphone.
Beyond that, it's very possible that OnwardMobility found it'd bitten off more than it could chew. We often see new companies try to make smartphones and give up after a few tries, and presumably it's a lot harder than it seems.
That's all speculation though, and unless someone breaks the silence, it's impossible to know for sure. Hopefully that'll happen, as we're sure it's a fascinating story.
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Apr 28, 2016 · Turn your phone on and lock the keypad by pressing and holding the ‘a’ button. Now, to unlock your phone you need to activate an “Emergency Call”. This varies from device to device, but press the Menu/BlackBerry key and then click “Emergency Call” (it should work even with a locked keypad). As the call is about to be made, swoop in ...
In the Cylance console, on the menu bar, click Settings > Policy. On the Mobile tab, click Add New Policy. Turn on the features that you want to enable in the policy. You cannot disable attestation checks for the Protect Mobile app or device security checks for encryption and a screen lock.
If you would like to set up a lock screen on your phone, start from the next step. If you would like to change the SIM pin code, jump to step 8. Make sure you have your Public SIM PIN before you start the guide.
