Monday, June 29, 2009

BB and Facebook

I downloaded the Facebook for Blackberry Smartphones v1.6 application for my Pearl when I was at the bus this afternoon. I tinkered with it and was satisfied since I can check updates on my social networks even while I'm on the go. I tried to use it as much as I can to test if my phone could handle the application. I was satisfied with my phones performance until I got a message an hour ago that said

"Uncaught exception: java.lang.NullPointerException"

being the tekkie person that I am, I tried to turn off the phone and then turn it on again hoping that it's just some glitch in the system. But I have done it thrice and still the results were the same. I tried another one that usually works - taking out the battery while the phone is still on and then letting it stand for 30 seconds before putting the battery back on. Still won't work.

So, I opened my laptop and tried to search the error. It's usually associated with downloaded applications. Tried to go to the application details of my BB and then changed the default settings which hopefully would take care of the uncaught error. Still, nothing happened.

Hmmm.. so, if it doesn't work that way, the only thing for me to do is uninstall the application and reinstall it again. Which is what I did.

Now I can view my message inbox again. All I have to do is reinstall the application again and hope that it works well this time.

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