If you own a BlackBerry, it's time to say goodbye to your phone, because BlackBerry will officially stop working as of today. The phones that made the Qwerty keyboard popular will no longer work. You can treat your phone like an old-fashioned part from today.
Blackberry said in a post that services for BlackBerry phones will stop working from January, that is, today. The company said that services for BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier, BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier will no longer be available after January 4, 2022.
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Devices running these services and software via carrier or Wi-Fi will no longer work, including for data, calls, SMS and emergency numbers.
However, BlackBerry phones running on the Android OS will continue to work. “BlackBerry Android devices will not be affected by EOL from infrastructure services unless they are receiving emails redirects sent to an email address hosted on the BlackBerry or assigned an Enhanced Sim Based License (ESBL) or Identity Based License (IBL).
Prior to the EOL date, users of email addresses hosted by BlackBerry or using email forwarding for these addresses will need to change to a new email address. If any iOS or Android device, including BlackBerry Android devices, has an ESBL or IBL license assigned, the customer will need to obtain a standard license to cover the use of BlackBerry Enterprise services with that device,” states the blog
In a piece published in September 2020, BlackBerry Executive Chairman and CEO John Chen announced that the company has transitioned into a software company. The blog mentions that the termination of services will also affect email addresses hosted by BlackBerry, including BlackBerry Link, BlackBerry Desktop Manager, BlackBerry Blend, BlackBerry Protect.
If you are concerned about the data stored on your BlackBerry phone, the company said that the company only retains personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the identified purposes of the blackberry. When information is no longer necessary or relevant, BlackBerry will delete, destroy, erase or anonymize user data. You may also submit an immediate request to the company to delete the data at [email protected].
