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User Guide
To use your smartphone as a tethered modem with a laptop, you must connect your smartphone with your laptop using a
USB cable and open the BlackBerry Desktop Software. To use your smartphone as a tethered modem with a BlackBerry
PlayBook tablet, you must pair your smartphone with your tablet using Bluetooth technology.
While using your smartphone as a modem, you might not be able to use your smartphone's Phone application, Messaging
applications, or applications that use the Internet. To receive a phone call, your smartphone might turn off the tethered
Internet connection.
For more information about tethering, see the Help on your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet or in the BlackBerry Desktop
Software.
Copy contacts to and from SIM card
The Copy All feature can be used to copy contacts from your SIM card to your contacts list. A helpful feature when you are
setting up a new device. You can also copy contacts from your contacts list to your SIM card, but they must be copied
individually to ensure storage availability. Depending on your wireless service provider, your BlackBerry smartphone might
not use a SIM card.
Do one of the following:
• To copy contacts from your SIM card to your contact list, in the contact list, press the
Press the key > Copy All To Contacts.
• To copy a contact from your contact list to your SIM Card, in the contact list, click a contact. Highlight a phone number.
Press the key > Copy to SIM Phone Book. Press the
Another option to backup your contacts is to use the BlackBerry Desktop Software. For more information, visit
docs.blackberry.com to see the User Guide for BlackBerry Desktop Software.
Change your ring tone, notifiers, reminders, or alerts
In any sound profile, you can change your ring tone or notifier tone to an audio file that's stored in your BlackBerry
smartphone's built-in media storage or media card. You can also change the options for volume, notifications during calls,
LED, and vibration in all of the profiles. The All Alerts Off profile can't be changed.
1. On the home screen, click your Sound and Alert Profiles icon.
2. Click Change Sounds and Alerts > Sounds for Selected Profile.
• To change your ring tone or ring volume, click Phone.
• To change notifiers or reminders, click to expand a section. Click an option.
3. In the Ring Tone, Notifier Tone, or Reminder Tone field, do one of the following:
• Click a tone.
• To use a song that is on your smartphone or on a media card, click All Music. Find and click a song.
• To use a voice note that you recorded, click All Voice Notes. Find and click a voice note.
• To use a preloaded alert, click All Alerts. Find and click an alert.
key > Save.
Quick Help
key > SIM Phone Book.
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