I have BB8220 and I do not have any sort of data plan thru TMO. All I have is wifi UMA for data usage. I just love the convenience of checking my mail right after I wake up without going thru the loop of starting up Vista PC, login, Outlook. And my Blackberry Flip works just fine for this purpose. However there are tons of contradicting report about what works and what's not without a data plan.
Here is a breakdown of steps that you need to follow to get Gmail app going.
1) Subscribe to $25 data plan at Tmobile website. This will download the necessary service book entries to your BB device.
2) Call Customer service (speak blackberry in voice prompt and it will take you to the right department). Ask CSR to enable "Blackberry feature enabler" in your phone.
3) Restart phone.
4) Check if Gmail is working fine (it should as you still have data plan on).
5) Cancel data plan (daily charge is about 80 cents).
6) check your Gmail app again.
My BB browser is set to use Hotspot Browser, so it works without any problem. So does Opera mini and GMaps/Gsync. It works fine for me. hope it will do the same for you too. Yahoo apps used to work fine, but for the last few days it is not.
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Hi! I just purchased a Pearl flip through Verizon and have a data plan. I am having trouble with the google sync though. Have you tried syncing anything, such as a birthday, that is a recurring appt and has a reminder set? The reminder is not syncing at all and if I have it set to recurring in my phone after I sync it takes the recurrance off of both calendars and makes it a two day event. Has this happened to you?
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