Desktop Software for Mac

[Shlargh]

I've been having troubles with the trackpad lately, and was told the software might need updating. So, I connect it to my computer, go to update the software, and now I'm getting the "Error 507" screen. I tried going to the support website, and doing what that says, but it won't work. My phone will no longer connect with the computer, and I can't get it to "repair" so that it will connect. Any ideas, or am I royally **bleep**ed?

[sdgardne]

Hi and Welcome to the Community!

In some cases, a 507 is normal during the process -- it indicates that no OS is present on the device, and it is waiting for whatever the controlling app is to move to the next step (load the OS onto the device). Sometimes, that can be kick started by simply removing and reinserting the USB cable. But, if you've already moved past that, then you have do do some other things now. Here are some methods that may help:

• KB10144 How to force the detection of the BlackBerry smartphone using Application Loader
• KB27956 How to recover a BlackBerry smartphone from any state

Usually, these work best not via the support website, but rather with both the Desktop Sofware AND your BB OS package downloaded and installed to your PC:

• http://us.blackberry.com/software/desktop.html?LID=us:bb:software:desktopsoftware&LPOS=us:bb:softwar...
• http://us.blackberry.com/support/apps-and-software/desktop-and-device-download-sites.html

Good luck and let us know!

[Shlargh]

Nothing is working; I don't get the "update" option, I get "repair", and it fails every time.

My phone won't connect, no matter what I try.

Thank-you for your help, though!

[sdgardne]

We're not done yet. Try this tool:

• www.bbsak.org

see if it can do a WIPE and reload to your BB.

As to connecting to your PC, sometimes it takes many many tries (dozens) to get the timing just right in certain circumstances.

[Shlargh]

Not compatible with MAC computers.

[sdgardne]

Oh sorry...didn't know you were on a MAC. Indeed, what I provided in the second part of Post 2 above also cannot be carried out on a MAC...you cannot install to the MAC the BB OS package, and that is required for that process to work, and so can only be carried out on a PC. So how did you manage that?

[Shlargh]

I always forget to specify that we have a MAC. Sorry!

Honestly, I have no idea what I'm doing, other than following whatever the step-by-steps tell me to do, and having no luck.

[sdgardne]

Sorry, but you really could not even have actually carried out what I gave you above in Post 2...for I said:

• "Usually, these work best not via the support website, but rather with both the Desktop Sofware AND your BB OS package downloaded and installed to your PC."

While you can do the first part of that (install the Desktop Software) on a MAC, you cannot install the BB OS package to a MAC. Perhaps you skipped over that part and didn't say...but no matter...

I'm going to ask that this thread be moved over to our MAC-specific section (so don't post again...this will all be moved)...other MAC users tend to hang out more over there. 

• http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Desktop-Software-for-Mac/bd-p/blackberryformac

But I honestly do not know if ANY of the repair procedures can even be carried out via MAC at all.

Good luck!

[Shlargh]

I downloaded what it told me to download; no clue over here.

Thanks for all your help, at any rate. Appreciate it.

[sdgardne]

FYI...your download source, for the Desktop Software, is here:

• http://us.blackberry.com/software/desktop.html?LID=us:bb:software:desktopsoftware&LPOS=us:bb:softwar...

If you do try on PC, then your download source for the BB OS package is here:

• http://us.blackberry.com/support/apps-and-software/desktop-and-device-download-sites.html

You are in a situation where things are very mucked up...so following what "it" tells you may not be your best course of action to recover. There are lots of "tricks" (I only know of PC-based ones), but they require you to take control and not just rely on the automation. 

But, again, I've no idea about MAC.

Good luck!