![]() ![]() Or ask me to test a different USB cable, because I have - and as noted, it works fine in USB storage mode. ![]() Note: Please don't tell me to reboot/restart anything unless you've got a really good reason to do so, as I've obviously done all that repeatedly while going through the above steps. So, anyone have any ideas/suggestions/URLs for stand-alone driver files? Under 'driver details' it lists two files: RimUSB_AMD64.sys (version 4.2.0.32 with a 2014 copyright date) and WdfCoInstaller01007.dll. (Plugging it in also revs up Link, but it doesn't see the actual device as connected unless I switch to Wifi.)įinally, Device Manager does indeed show a "Blackberry Device" as connected when I plug the phone in, and even claims to have the latest driver, but I am sceptical, what with it not actually working. It sort of sees the phone, in the sense that it pops up when I plug it in and claims that the phone is connected, but then gets stuck at the 'Initializing device access' stage, and never actually shows it in the window unless it is in mass storage mode. Somehow, Blackberry Desktop Manager is still hanging around my system - I think it may have been reinstalled with Link or Blend, although the 2010-2012 copyright date on the about tab suggests that it may be a vintage build (8.0.05). The computer *can* see the phone as a USB drive when I turn on mass storage (and yes, I've been meticulous about turning that feature off when trying to communicate with Link/Blend), so it's not a cable/port issue. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit on an otherwise non-remarkable machine. ![]() Possibly useful information for anyone who has read this far and has the slightest desire to help a fellow Blackberry loyalist out: Still, in order to get some sort of closure to the above referenced ordeal, I'm wondering if there's an alternative method to install *just* the USB drivers - by hand, if necessary - just in case it ever becomes necessary for my PC to communicate with my phone via USB and not Wifi. As far as I can tell, that - and, of course, connecting to Blend via USB - is the only operation that requires those elusive drivers. (Both apps can see and interact with the phone when connected via Wifi.)Įven now that both programs are happily ensconced, and the main setup program helpfully points out that both are up to date, and offers to install just the drivers, it crashes out with a generic error code (I googled it, and it was reassuringly non-helpful).Īt this point, I'm almost ready to say, eh, who really needs backups anyway when you sync your contact/etc data with cloud-based email, and the BlackBerry ID system makes it relatively easy to reinstall programs if necessary. What I haven't been able to do, however, is install the accompanying drivers, which renders my device inexplicable to both applications when connected by USB cable. After spending a good chunk of my first day as a BlackBerry Classic owner trying and failing to install the BlackBerry Blend/Link/driver software package - which is really a book in itself, and suffice it to say eventually required me to hack the registry to disable rollback in order to hunt down and dredge up the extracted MSI files from an obscure subfolder off the root directory so I could run each one individually, which is not what I'd describe as the most user-friendly experience ever - I have (at last) managed to install the first two elements of the software package: namely, Link and Blend.
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