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smartin0055
Posts: 3
Registered: 02-22-2012
My Carrier: Verizon

Playbook will not connect to PC

Any suggestions??  I have downloaded the software, connected via USB cable, and device will not connect

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Kanadien
Posts: 2
Registered: 02-22-2012
My Carrier: Rogers

Re: Playbook will not connect to PC

I am having the same issue. I was actually able to get my playbook to connect to my Mac before the upgrade, but only once. I did a backup just in case. Then I was getting an error and it asked me to "Cancel, Repair or Retry". Only cancel seems to do anything really and that's stop the process.

 

I need a solution to this and getting a hold of blackberry themselves is ridiculous. Worst customer service I've ever dealt with. I have a brand new tablet, only a couple weeks old and I'm not eligible for the 90 day support it says when I enter my s/n. I've used blackberry for years now and have been a supporter of their devices, but I'm quickly starting to loathe them. What I get is that they don't care about their customers, the company seems arrogant. Hopefully they can turn things around.

 

But back to this problem of connecting it to the computer. I've also tried connecting it to a Windows platform without any success. Any help that can be provided for myself and smartin would be much appreciated.

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Lost_at_Sea
Posts: 863
Registered: 11-28-2011
My Carrier: Cogeco

Re: Playbook will not connect to PC

Check to see if you have a firewall that is keeping you out. That is what they are designed to do. Turn it off and try connecting. I can connect to my computer by Cable or wifi. On my computer I can also go to start, right click on Explore. It will show all my computer files as well as my PB Files. From here I can drag alll my music, photos and other files back and forth from one device to the other. If I can do it everyone should be able to do it. I have XP PRO on my laptop.
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kneon
Posts: 3
Registered: 02-23-2012
My Carrier: Rogers

Re: Playbook will not connect to PC

Try turning off your wifi before connecting to the PC. I had a problem where the PC saw the playbook as another network connection and that caused the desktop manager to not find the playbook. Also try a different cable, I had a bad one the first time I tried.

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Kanadien
Posts: 2
Registered: 02-22-2012
My Carrier: Rogers

Re: Playbook will not connect to PC

Worked, thanks!
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smartin0055
Posts: 3
Registered: 02-22-2012
My Carrier: Verizon

Re: Playbook will not connect to PC

changing the cable or disconnecting wifi????

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smartin0055
Posts: 3
Registered: 02-22-2012
My Carrier: Verizon

Re: Playbook will not connect to PC

Under storage and sharing, I changed the USB connection from Auto connect to connect to windows and that seemed to fix the problem.

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