I snagged a Storm 2 for £6.50 on Vinted beautiful phone, O2 locked too (didn’t know O2 sold the phone) I haven’t tested the phone yet since I need a new battery which is on the way.

Every time I tried opening Monkeytype on my Q5, the browser threw CSS errors and died. The physical keyboard is way too good not to use for typing practice, so I just built my own lightweight version called BBType.

It's sized properly for the 720×720 square screen and mapped for the physical keys (Space submits, Backspace jumps back into previous words to fix typos, Tab restarts). It has dark & light paper themes, a results graph, and runs 100% offline.

You can sideload the APK (~25 KB)

• GitHub: https://github.com/warumpas-ops/bbtype

Let me know what you think if you try it out on a Q5, Q10, or Classic!

Hey everyone,

I've been using a BlackBerry 10 as my daily driver, and one thing I really wanted was a way to study Anki flashcards on it and the problem was that every existing AnkiDroid release crashes on BB10 the app was never built with Android 4.3 (API 18) in mind, and modern Anki's database format (Schema 18) didn't exist back then.

So I built one from scratch. Honestly I've been having a lot of fun lately just building the apps I need to make this phone actually usable — this one took the longest but also ended up being the most satisfying.

What it does:

• Fully works on BlackBerry 10 phones (tested on Q5, Android API 18, 720×720 display)
• Two-way sync with AnkiWeb — study on your phone, open Anki on your PC and it's already up to date, and vice versa
• Supports modern Anki's Schema 18 database format (the same format Anki Desktop 24+ uses)
• Full FSRS support — memory states (stability, difficulty, etc.) are written in the exact format Anki Desktop and AnkiWeb expect, so FSRS scheduling works correctly across devices
• Deck counters sync properly — if you finish your 30 new cards on the BlackBerry, your PC shows New: 0, not 30
• All your deck options (new cards/day, learning steps, review limits, FSRS retention %) set on your PC are automatically applied on the phone after syncing
• Physical keyboard shortcuts for answering cards (1/2/3/4)
• Force Upload / Force Download buttons in case sync gets stuck

Download / Source: 👉 github.com/warumpas-ops/ankidroid-bb10

The APK is attached to the latest release. If you're on a BB10 device and want to run Anki, give it a shot. Happy to answer questions!

As of lately, a lot of discussion around Reverse Engineer Anything and its use on software was bought to attention by other developers....

I really wanted to prove if my theory (that it is possible to pull results with it on bb devices) is right, but i simply don't have time to actually do that. :(

But as a question to devs 🥇 around this sub, has anyone tried to at some degree RE on their devices, using it to maybe find exploits that enhance any capability of them?

I mean like unlocking the bootloader of the blackberry Priv and the later androids (TCL made) blackberry's, just like what the Russians did to the key2 (If anyone still has the website saved i appreciate lol), or even maybe the bbos10 devices

If i'm not mistaken i read somewhere that somebody did try to RE it (and went pretty far), but stopped due to not having a reason to keep going (or not motivated idk, don't quote me on that)

But maybe it is possible to find more vulnerabilities and hack into them, as i believe the worst part by far is the first step, and maybe with all the explosion on AI RE maybe this step can be "cheated", or at least vastly speed up, i just wanted to bring this up in case of some dev that either did not consider this approach, or to maybe find someone that was successful on it

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Compatible with BB10 via the Android 4.0+ runtime, still being updated, and available through the repository F-Droid.

Open Source (GPL) licensed Skytube Legacy.

Version 2.999 updated on May 27, 2026

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/free.rm.skytube.legacy.oss/

So what is everyone using for their media consumption on the BBOS in 2026?

PocketDesk launcher supports built in apps, and has arduboy and pico8 Rom support built in!

Official support for android 8.1 is coming soon.

r/pocketdesk https://www.Pocketdesk.site

Coming soon to Android 8.1 devices.

r/pocketdesk

My daily drivers in 2026. ( Swap SIMs often) Recently updated to latest ( last ) firmwares.

Pearl 8100, torch 9810, pearl 9100, storm 9530

with Android 11. now just for collect

in the years that it has been in my box, have there been any enthusiastic projects to revive it, for example, android firmware?)

Hello, I recently replaced the battery on my Blackberry Classic, but a problem persists:

it shuts down for no reason at a random percentage, and once it restarts after one or two minutes of charging, it returns to 100%.

Has anyone else encountered this problem, and if so, do you have a solution? Thanks you

i found my moms old blackberry and i want to upload the pictures to my laptop (i have a macbook pro) ive havent been able to and ive watched countless tutorials on youtube.

if someone knows how i can transfer my photos to my laptop please let me know! there are a lot of great memories that i would love to save!

This whole setup is still in progress, as I would like to build it thoroughly and will soon release the repo.

Here is the non-exhaustive list of things that will make your bb classic usage fun and somewhat efficient.

Requirements:- another phone (your daily use or some cheap smartphone)

Install termux and some packages (varies)

- AI assistant : Juice ssh on bb, and termux ssh bridge. Basically controlling termux on phone via bb classic. You can I install pi coding agent on termux and enjoy the customisation of the terminal based agents.

- SSH bridge: this is most useful, as we have already established it for ai assistant you can use it for data sharing and anything else that you can think of.

- Whatsapp: the trickiest thing, the best way for me was baileys api and a custom webpage. Building a better solution.

- Sim+WhatsApp in the same phone is not possible with this set-up I guess.

- A good browser (you'll find it on crackberry)

- Devloper released apps (also on crackberry), try Discord.

This somewhat sums up what I have tried recently. Try experimenting with termux.

Does anybody know a way of fixing landscape mode games to portrait view despite the aspect ratio and using a keyboard input, such as pressing the space bar to jump in geometry dash?

This would allow you to use desktop Linux on your phone. The BlackBerry keyboard can be used for typing stuff like commands. The circle pad can be used to control the mouse.

I'm assuming the BlackBerry keyboard will be good enough because of the amount of people that loved typing on them. I got my first phone after phones stopped having physical keyboards.

Does the keyboard work for all the special characters used in programming?

Among the countless phones in the world, Sony has managed to endure. Despite their extremely high price tags, people still buy them; they have held their ground quite well.

BlackBerry was a unique smartphone brand—cherished by many and regarded as a symbol of both prestige and security. I cannot fathom why it had to collapse; it is worth considering whether it fell victim to some sort of conspiracy.

I own three BlackBerry phones—the Z10, Z30, and Passport—and I intend to preserve them for the next generation.

Since getting my Blackberry classic, I've written 4,325 words on the thing. These are all my stories words counts added into one amount and wow, I haven't written this much in a long time lol. I mostly write on the classic because I use colour notes to write then I copy and paste it and send the text to myself on Telegram X.

I have written stuff on the 9900 but unfortunately I haven't transferred those note files over. I'd reckon I've easily churned out another 400 or so words on there or more. I actually find I type way faster on the 9900.

There's just something so satisfying and addicting about typing on these keyboards that make me want to just write.

I bought these phones primarily for their older cameras, aesthetic, to use as mp3 players and to possible use as a cheaper quasi alternative to the expensive freewrite devices. They don't have a lot of the features those devices have but I've seen a massive improvement in my fiction output at a fraction of the cost.

So yeah, writers for blackberry! I just wanted to glaze Blackberry.

Also this post features my dog!

Thanks to the power of root BB10 some people have researched and claim VoLTE is possible!

Can it be donem

For context, I'm trying to connect device to macbook with m1 processor. It doesn't support dual windows installation so I have to resort to using virtual machine. This is a most probable source of issues but I want to exclude everything else.

VM is run via UTM application with arm64 Win11 in virtualization mode.

UTM sees connected device and prompts to show it to guest OS which I did.

I installed Blackberry Desktop Software from http://nokia4ever.com/

Win11 sees device if connected in mass storage mode.

Both BB Link and DBBT can't see the connected device (I disabled usb mass storage mode, charge only mode and manual ip address in USB settings)

Any suggestions?

Hello, i bought recently a used Blackberry Bold 9900 from eBay, lucky I am , the phone is not reported stolen, meanwhile I am encountered 2 issues with it. The 1rst issue, I have a non functional key, the A key. The second I have the internet browser that it cannot go on every website in 3g format, I am on wifi. When I am in 3g , I have the same thing that this connection is not secured from many websites, such as Google as well , did you encounter this problem ? It is not emergency, but I would like to know how to deal with, and I bought as well another Blackberry q10, still waiting the delivery 😊

I have used BB Classic, Key2 i felt key 2 had improved keyboard and faster typing also taller phones are better at gripping. No idea on Passport or Bold.

Those who have used all blackberry phones which model do you think has the best keyboard. Which phone felt the best while holding & had best comfort while typing