I’ve had a VGN-TT11LN laptop for the past 7 years and, while I have used it on and off for the past few years, and successfully upgraded it to Windows 7, the age of the laptop was beginning to show. As such, I decided it was time to give the laptop a bit of an upgrade. By ‘bit’ of an upgrade, I meant upgrade it to be the best it could possibly be by using up to date components. I decided I wanted to do the following upgrades: Upgrade the 4GB of RAM it contained to 8GB (originally it shipped…
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Emergency Alert Preview
A short update today – I’ve been trying out the 10.3 SDK for BlackBerry 10, and updated the look and feel of the app slightly: “Signature” button on home screen Branded colouring to fit in with the app UI design White theme is being tested Take a look at the screen captures below and let me know what you think!
Emergency Alert: Built for BlackBerry certified!
Emergency Alert is now Built for BlackBerry certified! Here is what it means to be a Built for BlackBerry certified app – Built for BlackBerry. The signature BlackBerry 10 experience. Built to keep you moving, apps and games with the Built for BlackBerry designation provide the seamless performance and integrated experience you’ve come to love. Look for the Built for BlackBerry badge to identify apps and games that deliver the signature BlackBerry 10 experience. In other news… Since the v2.0.0.0 update, I’ve had a report of Emergency Alert not auto-launching when a device is rebooted. I have been working with BlackBerry and can…
Emergency Alert v2.0.0.0 released!
It’s here at last! The long awaited headless (full background) version of Emergency Alert. It’s available now for download from the BlackBerry App World. As for the changes… Headless/Background support No need to leave the app open to process alerts any more! With the app closed, messages will be filtered and rules will fire. To dismiss the alert, press the pause media key, or launch the app to dismiss the dialog….
Emergency Alert sounds not working after 10.2.1 update?
I’ve had a couple of reports stating that after their devices were upgraded to 10.2.1 software, that the sound alerts for Emergency Alert stop functioning after a small amount of time. I’m currently investigating, and it seems like this should be fixed in the latest release (v2.0), which should be available soon. Workaround If you are currently experiencing this issue, please delete and re-install the application. So far everyone that has re-installed have reported success. Unfortunately at this time there is no support for backing up rules, which means they will need to be recreated. Rule backup/restore will be available…