Blackberry curve 8900 app error 523 and os 5.x

Introduction

Yes, yes, yes, me also. Put my device into the charger for bedtime and what? nope, no clock screen, instead found some (blue)white screen replacement having the following message being right centered:

app error 523 / reset

Great! The following is a log of what i tried and what really helped and a short contemplation what actually saved my day in terms of phone settings, contacts, calendar, installed software and all this. That is, reinstalling (flashing) a device is just one side of the medal, going productive with contacts, phone log, web bookmarks and so on is quite another. By the way, i do not run that device in an enterprise environment, all the device management is up to me.

Running google maps 3.2.1 on a blackberry curve 8900

this is way off topic (of oracle) somehow but it may probably help some people that complain that the latest versions of google maps (http://www.google.com/gmm) does not run on a pure, that is no bes / bis, blackberry curve 8900 device. the problem shown is the famous:

Network Unavailable: This application requires a data connection, and some blackberry devices require reconfiguration to work properly.

error message on application launch of google maps (and other applications as i read). aside from any wrong application security settings, as one may suspect, the problem solution is explicitely setting the carrier apn login information with the tcp/ip settings dialogue (see settings -> advanced settings -> tcp/ip). here you have, as a free minded translation of my german dialogue layout, originally:


[x] APN-Settings enabled
APN:
[ ] APN-Authentication enabled
Login name for APN:
Password for APN:


complete this with the freely available carrier apn login information (see in germany, for example, http://www.besmgmt.de/knowledgebase/geraete/apn-ubersicht-deutscher-mobilfunkanbieter) to:


[x] APN-Settings enabled
APN: internet.eplus.de
[x] APN-Authentication enabled
Login name for APN: eplus
Password for APN: gprs


please note, that proceeding like this may cause extra cost at your side iff you do not have packet-based flat rate contract with your carrier.

to me, i think that google is urgently up to change its application design to use the network resources as being listed in the network service book (see settings -> advanced settings -> service book). this would also be another way to bind google maps to the much faster wifi network.

so far, this post http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47617 is actually big nonsense.

last but not least: if you want to switch off gps tracing you mysterious adventures, the appropriate setting can be found in the google maps help dialogue.

regards