![]() ![]() If the laptop is on a docking station, connect the USB cable to the USB port on the laptop itself and not the USB port of the docking station. If using a laptop use a port on the back of the laptop, or try a USB port on the opposite side of the laptop.If using a desktop be sure to use a port on the back of the computer.The USB port may not be providing a suitable connection to the operating system.The USB symbol is facing the back of the smartphone or tablet.The BlackBerry logo on the micro USB plug is facing the front screen of the smartphone or tablet.Ensure USB cable is connected correctly:.If BlackBerry Link displays an error, search the BlackBerry Knowledge Base for any related articles.Ensure the latest version of BlackBerry Link is installed, to download click here."There's always a worry in the back of my mind that that may happen. Mason won't have to give up his BlackBerry just yet because it is a version running on Android, but he frets about those phones being decommissioned next. "Customers that are using any of the impacted devices can contact their wireless carrier for help with transitioning to other devices," BlackBerry said. The company did not reply to an inquiry from CBC News as to how many such devices are in circulation in Canada and around the world, but in a statement did say that any of them that exist will not be impacted, "unless they are receiving redirected email sent to a BlackBerry-hosted email address." to make BlackBerry-branded devices - some of which don't have any BlackBerry software under the hood and instead run on Google's Android operating system. In recent years, the company has signed numerous licensing deals with companies in China and the U.S. ![]() The announcement is specific to classic, legacy devices manufactured by BlackBerry. While it's hard to understate the symbolism of today's news, it does not necessarily mean that every smartphone with a BlackBerry logo on has just turned into an expensive keyboard-enabled brick. " letting go of the past is always bittersweet, even when a brighter future awaits." Android versions should still work "For many of us, those BlackBerry devices earned a permanent place in our hearts, and it's been sad to see them go," Chen said. "Chances are, we are more a part of your life today than we ever were as a handset company, though you may not even realize it," Chen said, noting the company's software is installed on nearly 200 million cars around the world and nearly 500 million internet-connected devices, and that its cybersecurity division helped thwart 165 million cyberattacks last year. WATCH | How BlackBerry got left behind in the industry it created: "There's only so much they can put into it time-wise, security-wise because everyone is either using Android or Apple devices." "It's sad to see those older devices go, but it's not unexpected," said Dave Mason, a longtime BlackBerry user in Didsbury, Alta., who has owned a half-dozen BlackBerrys over the years. CBC News asked the company how many legacy BlackBerrys were still active around the world in 2021, but did not hear back by publication time. ![]() It is not clear how many users would be directly affected by today's news. By 2017, BlackBerry stopped making the devices, as the number of sales dipped to below 100,000 - a stark contrast to the 200 million iPhones Apple sold that year. More than half a decade later, in 2016, Kim Kardashian mourned the death of hers. But that same year, fewer than a million BlackBerrys were sold, down from a peak of 50 million smartphones sold in 2011. president Barack Obama insisted on being able to still use his when he was inaugurated in 2009. ![]()
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