How to Edit Notifications & Create Profiles

A common question, "How do I change the message and email notifications on my BlackBerry?" I will walk step by step with you about profiles and provide pictures.

First off, the basics of profiles. If you click the Profiles icon on your home screen (or, if you have Dial From Home Screen set to "Off" you can simply press "F"). Here you will see the default profiles - Loud, Vibrate, Quiet, Normal, Phone Only and Off.

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The Loud, Quiet and Normal is what we will be editing to our liking. The vibrate mode will silence all incoming tones, and your device will only vibrate for alerts. The Phone Only mode will silence all your email, SMS/MMS and other alerts and only the phone will ring. Off will turn off everything and silence all alerts for your device.



Scroll down to 'advanced', and select it...



On the next screen, choose the profile you want to edit. In this example, we'll do 'normal'. Press menu, then select 'edit'...


You will notice multiple items you can edit the notification for(both default and any installed 3rd party apps). Select the one you want...


On this screen, pressing the trackball will allow you to edit each field...

From here, we have the option for “Out Of Holster” and “In Holster”. These are two often confused options. “Out of Holster” means the device is not in a holster or case of any sort and is totally naked. “In Holster” means the device is in a holster or case – covered. When the device is ‘In Holster”, a small magnet in the case signals the device for a different lot of settings. (Not all cases have magnet that will signal the device).

Next to “Out of Holster” there are four options. Choose one depending on how you would like your phone to ring in this profile.

* None: Silent – no tone at all
* Tone: Device will alert based on volume/profile settings
* Vibrate: Device will vibrate but have no sound
* Vibrate + Tone: Device will vibrate before sounding the alert tone

Once you're done, pres the ESC button, and you will be given the option to save...

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Creating Custom Profiles

If you have used up the default profiles and want to create another for lets say, when you're sleeping, you can always create a new profile. To do this, we return to the Advanced screen of our Profiles. Press the Menu key and select New Profile.



The next screen works just the same as the default profiles, only you can add a custom title. For this profile I will create a "Bed Mode" which will only alert me upon phone calls or SMS messages. You can create multiple custom profiles depending on your needs.

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