How to Install Themes on a Blackberry Pearl

A Blackberry Pearl is a pleasure to own and one of the most enjoyable parts of that ownership is customizing the look and feel of your phone through the use of themes. A theme is a set of icons in a layout, often with a set of background pictures for different screens.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Blackberry with data plan
• Payment method (Blackberry App World requires a PayPal account)

1. Open Blackberry App World from your phone. Go to search and put in the word "theme." Pick a theme you like and click "purchase" or "download" if the theme is free. If you want to get a theme from a third-party vendor, open your phone's browser, put in the address of the site you want to download, and choose a theme.

2. If you have to pay to purchase the theme from Blackberry App World, you will be prompted to enter your PayPal account information and confirm your purchase. Once that is complete, it will prompt to download then take you to My World, where you can watch the download's progress. Once the theme is downloaded, click it to install. Depending on the theme, you may be prompted to reboot your phone. If you are using a third-party vendor, you will put in your payment information and download directly or via email. Some vendors will allow you to purchase online and have the theme sent directly to your handset via email or SMS.

3. Once your phone is rebooted, click the menu button and go to "Options," then "Theme." From there you should be able to choose your theme. You may have to accept terms of service and an end user license agreement.

Tips & Warnings

• If you ever want to change themes, just go back to Menu, Options and Theme and choose a new one.
• New Blackberry users should note -- even if you have a memory card installed, your theme will go to flash memory, and not your memory card. Make sure your phone has sufficient memory free to download and run new themes. Ideally you should have about 20 MB free for your phone to run well. Also, some cell phone carriers have a cap on bandwidth, so you should keep track of your data usage so that you aren't hit with extra fees.

References

• Blackberry AppWorld
• Lecture 9: How To Install and Manage Third Party Software Applications On Your BlackBerry