BBM Messages not going through? You're not alone [updated]

By Bla1ze on 16 Sep 2011 11:27 am

*UPDATE 2* Unofficial word is that BBM / BIS services have been restored and things will be coming back online ASAP. If you're still seeing some issues, give it some more time to filter through the system but it has been resolved. No word on what, exactly the issues were.

*UPDATE* And the outage is still happening, RIM has at least acknowledged the issue now for the masses but no ETA on a fix was given. Unoffcially, we're hearing at least another 2 hours for it to be cleared up. That said, many folks are now getting spam broadcast message like the following:

"062345877 #REP:Broadcast this and your BBM will get repaired this is working"

That won't fix it, it is spam. Forwarding it on will do nothing to fix your issues so please, don't do it. When services look as though they are getting restored we'll update once again.

Many folks in Europe last night were having issues with sending BBM messages and BIS being rather slow but that looked as though it was starting to clear up. Now though, many people are once again reporting the same issues and this time around it appears to be more widespread with folks from just about everywhere reporting BBM messages not being marked as deliverd and rather slow email. If you're having some issues, then by all means drop your area and carrier in the comments. These issues never seem to last all that long so, here's to hoping RIM will get things back in order soon. Personally, Rogers in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is and has been fine all this time.

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Topics: Research In Motion Outage BBM News & Rumors

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287 comments

Neilll_O Sep 16, 2011 at 11:28 am

Toronto, Canada. Telus Mobility

rafalzytka Sep 16, 2011 at 11:29 am

Same, but I'm with Rogers.

shabbs Sep 16, 2011 at 12:50 pm

Yeah, same with Rogers in Toronto. BAH!

BIS 4.1 being rolled out? ;) Heh heh.

shankeith Sep 16, 2011 at 1:48 pm

TDOT, Rogers

ianbordas Sep 16, 2011 at 3:26 pm

AT&T - BBM Slow since this morning but emails working fine.

Ian
Torch 9800 & PlayBook 64GB Wifi

kewlgreen Sep 16, 2011 at 11:29 am

Toronto, Canada. Rogers Wireless

The Me Sep 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Virgin Mobile Canada, Montreal. Not working properly.

Frank2029 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:49 pm

Same. Since last night around 6pm

gelloyd590 Sep 16, 2011 at 2:11 pm

Same issues persist

BENZ_O Sep 16, 2011 at 2:34 pm

T.DOT in the hoooouse, Telus

The Legendary Sep 16, 2011 at 3:25 pm

I'm having it on Rogers too except I'm in waterloo. Looking out my window and I see RIM from the uwaterloo campus.

louboutins Sep 16, 2011 at 8:02 pm

Same.

Rootbrian Sep 17, 2011 at 2:50 am

I thought it was just me until I read the crackberry blogs. Holymoltenwoly!

clone7 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:29 am

I live in Toronto, Ontario and on Rogers. My BBM's are not going through.

slpro Sep 16, 2011 at 11:31 am

No problems on Vodafone Portugal!

PepitoPepa Sep 16, 2011 at 11:30 am

New York, Verizon- BBM not going through

tandrosoff Sep 16, 2011 at 11:31 am

Saskatoon, SK - SaskTel

scotwalsh Sep 16, 2011 at 11:32 am

St. John's, Newfoundland Bell Mobility.

EstebanGiron Sep 16, 2011 at 11:32 am

Panama City, Panama. Telefónica Movistar.

bilmaga Sep 16, 2011 at 11:32 am

Calgary. Both with rogers and mobilicity for me.

CDM76 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:32 am

Telus - Calgary, AB

Still got sms etc so not the end of the world some would like to make it seem.

UnknownError507 Sep 16, 2011 at 6:27 pm

Edmonton AB, is working Fine! Bell Mobility.

Starchest Sep 16, 2011 at 11:32 am

Panama (Central America) BBM's not going through since yesterday.

Starchest Sep 16, 2011 at 11:33 am

Oops double post.

johnsbold9700 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:33 am

i don't seem to be having a trouble here in Detroit on att

BajanDude2 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:33 am

Barbados, LIME

miwaca#cb Sep 16, 2011 at 1:24 pm

...and let's not forget Digicel.

darkasknight Sep 16, 2011 at 11:33 am

i'm on Verizon in Boston, my girl is in Ottawa on Telus, both having problems reaching each other.. seems to be just BBM, emails working good on my end..

ontariopunk Sep 16, 2011 at 11:33 am

Oshawa, ON - Bell

Hendrikpape Sep 16, 2011 at 11:33 am

Eastern Ontario with Bell Mobility

toppa Sep 16, 2011 at 11:33 am

st vincent LIME and DIGICEL. I personally think RIM is killing off it servers can maintain em anymore lmao

sk8er_tor Sep 16, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Over 70 million subscribers reported yesterday!

I KING I Sep 16, 2011 at 11:34 am

We've seen this issue on Vodafone UK. There is at least a 10 minute delay for each message.

Shooze Sep 16, 2011 at 11:34 am

I don't know if there are any BBM issues here - Vodafone Netherlands

But i noticed some slow BB activations with an BES server today. And that the email that is being sent bij blackberry.net was taking a long time.

dweese Sep 16, 2011 at 11:34 am

Eastern Ontario - Bell and Koodo (Telus) nothing or very slowwwwww :(

barrist Sep 16, 2011 at 11:35 am

Same here with SMS, BBM and some emails on Koodo (Ottawa)

sk8er_tor Sep 16, 2011 at 12:11 pm

SMS is a carrier issue though.

jayjay001 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:35 am

It's nice that a website that hails itself as 'The' place to go for blackberry info only took half a day to post information about something that many people were looking for hours a go. Well, at least everyone knows how to save a baby komodo. Good job RIMpire.

Bla1ze Sep 16, 2011 at 11:41 am

If we reported every time someone asked about a BBM issue, the site would be nothing but reported BBM issues. EVERY day a small group of people says they have BBM issues in the forums, on Twitter etc. if NO ONE on the team is having an issue, then we don't typically post about it because those cases seem minor, however -- when issues can actually be confirmed by the MASS majority we post it. Now, go save a Komodo.. :P

barrist Sep 16, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Unless RIM confirms anything officially, what would be the point of putting out speculation about a world wide outage until there were reports of more people involved?

It's nice that there are trolls around here to tell everyone how they would run a website, yet are only capable of trolling in the comments.

Bla1ze Sep 16, 2011 at 12:53 pm

Exactly -- you end up being the "Boy who cried Wolf"

jayjay001 Sep 16, 2011 at 1:18 pm

Still waiting on the 'official' confirmation. Guess there is no problem yet.

Finzor Sep 16, 2011 at 5:28 pm

You just "officially" got rebuked by a moderator of the website you're trolling. I think that's all the official comments you need today. And I'd rather they be working on fixing the issue rather than spending time drafting an "official" statement that everyone knows is happening. An "official" acknowledgement won't make me as happy as my BBM working again will.

Finzor Sep 16, 2011 at 5:29 pm

Finzor Sep 16, 2011 at 5:30 pm

BooFA1010 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:35 am

Cambridge Ontario, Rogers
Bold 9900

mavsguy842 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:35 am

It's all good in Omaha, NE on Verizon.

aymanm Sep 16, 2011 at 11:36 am

Toronto,Canada
Rogers-No BBM
Bell-No BBM

clakkey Sep 16, 2011 at 11:36 am

St. Kitts - Digicel nothing or very sporadic, even pin messages have a delay or not at all

SKnight1225 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:42 am

My Family is from St. Kitts!!!

yerindo Sep 16, 2011 at 11:36 am

There is also a T-mobile issue in the Netherlands!

addictz Sep 16, 2011 at 11:36 am

Claro - Dominican Republic

melistress Sep 16, 2011 at 11:37 am

Saskatoon - Sasktel. :-(

I'm beginning to hate my phone. -

archpopoy Sep 16, 2011 at 11:37 am

Just a big what if----

What if RIM goes belly up? What happens to the RIM servers? Correct me if I'm wrong but the push emails and BBMs go through RIMs servers right?

It's just scary with the 23% TSX drop this morning. Who knows what tomorrow/next week/month would bring. If the QNX phone doesn't deliver, it will be the final nail on the coffin.

How much can I get for my 9900? Haha..

sheldonbk Sep 16, 2011 at 11:53 am

Just because the stock goes down doesn't mean the company will go belly up. They're losing market share bigtime but they have lots of cash, so nowhere near being unable to operate and pay their bills.

travaz Sep 16, 2011 at 12:37 pm

I dont see how a company that still made an adjusted net income of 419 Million is going belly up!

archpopoy Sep 16, 2011 at 12:42 pm

Chill yo. I said a big 'what if'

swarly1993 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:37 am

Wind Mobile - Toronto area

ryanluckyderek Sep 16, 2011 at 11:38 am

Telus Saskatoon.

eliezer87 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:38 am

Orange Dominicana. Dominican Republic

siopow Sep 16, 2011 at 11:38 am

Edmonton, AB, Canada. Rogers Wireless.

triniplayer Sep 16, 2011 at 11:39 am

b-mobile, Trinidad

puremixed Sep 16, 2011 at 11:39 am

Vancouver - Telus
Been a problem since last night

Technerd.McLeod Sep 16, 2011 at 11:39 am

Sasktel - Saskatchewan, Canada

raffe90 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:40 am

Movistar Venezuela and Digitel. Caracas Venezuela.

Also Orange Madrid, Spain.

I haven't been able to communicate since yesterday afternoon.

jaBBu Sep 16, 2011 at 11:41 am

Toronto – Rogers and I had lots of problems yesterday with BBM’s not being delivered. What I did last night was to close all my open chats and started new ones. Since then I have not had any delays.

heveys4 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:41 am

London ON is out
Bell , Telus , Rogers

av8ryxx Sep 16, 2011 at 11:41 am

Telus Abbotsford, BC Canada BBM and email issues. BBM delayed by about 2-3 min and emails are coming down in batches

W1zz Sep 16, 2011 at 11:42 am

Digicel (mossel) & LIME (C & W) Jamaica... no messages since late last nigh/early this morning

hullcody Sep 16, 2011 at 11:43 am

Rogers - Calgary, Canada

PepitoPepa Sep 16, 2011 at 11:44 am

New York, Verizon, bbm back to working fine now, was bit slow earlier.

alemar63 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:45 am

Movilnet, Movistar and Digitel - Venezuela.
Impossible to send and receive BBM messages

coopere#CB Sep 16, 2011 at 11:45 am

Digicel Saint Lucia and LIME Saint Lucia. BBM problems

theonecid Sep 16, 2011 at 11:46 am

Rogers in Ottawa, Canada. BBM messages are delivering very slowly sometimes here.

redrumsilence Sep 16, 2011 at 11:48 am

Milton Keynes, o2-UK
BIS went down COMPLETELY about 0300-GMT for about an hour, all seems well now :D

thepinkcurve Sep 16, 2011 at 12:11 pm

I live quite near there :)

lunachick31 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:48 am

Toronto, Canada - Telus Mobility

brando0623 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:49 am

BBM e-mail problems in Oshawa on Rogers

Seiks Sep 16, 2011 at 11:50 am

Toronto | Fido | no BBM | BUT BBM works when connected 2 wifi

superman1867 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:51 am

Not working, Telus, New Brunswick Canada

honsoloswookie Sep 16, 2011 at 11:51 am

Victoria, wife Rogers, me Telus

devil270975 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:51 am

Orange UK, Derby, England

19cbb Sep 16, 2011 at 11:52 am

RIMPIRE STRIKES BACK! YEAH RIGHT...

hpoop Sep 16, 2011 at 11:53 am

Vancouver, BC, Canada. Bell

BluIzCurve Sep 16, 2011 at 11:53 am

Bell - Toronto 9900 experiencing the same delays and co-worker on Rogers also

Takhis Sep 16, 2011 at 11:53 am

Carriers: Digitel, Movilnet, Movistar
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
BBM Status: Dead :( - RIM FIX IT IN THIS COUNTRY 95% OF MOBILES ARE BBs!!

Killaserpent Sep 16, 2011 at 11:54 am

Lime & Digicel, Barbados

eve6er69 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:54 am

im all good here in fall river MA

johuntbb Sep 16, 2011 at 11:55 am

everything has been fine, Paris, orange

nomi1978 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:55 am

Toronto - Rogers, working intermittently
Cambridge - Rogers, working intermittently

giddygidgid Sep 16, 2011 at 11:55 am

Rogers in Vancouver :(

sLiCkyWoRm#IM Sep 16, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Hi there,

Here in the Philippines, I received an advisory by our telecom (GLOBE) about a Blackberry server maintenance (Asia) few days ago .. Maybe, the update does affect other territories as well ..

persephone101 Sep 16, 2011 at 11:57 am

Jamaica , Digicel.
BBM hasn't been working since yesterday. Also, delayed e-mails.

HorizonXP Sep 16, 2011 at 11:58 am

Bell in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I've had issues with BBM and e-mail since yesterday at about 7pm.

OmegaCrunch Sep 16, 2011 at 11:58 am

I am on Telus, in Kelowna, BC and I was having problems last night, Sept.15.2011.

memorp Sep 16, 2011 at 11:59 am

telcel mexico

JarekGora Sep 16, 2011 at 11:59 am

Hamilton/Toronto, Canada. Virgin Mobile.

Ever since 9 am this morning

akaquietstorm Sep 16, 2011 at 11:59 am

Wow!! I thought we were the only one... The hubby and I have been having problems for two days now..We are on Sprint in Atlanta,GA

scouts36 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm

Movistar and Personal (carriers) in Buenos Aires, Argentina also have problems not only with BBM but BIS in general.

kb2755 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm

Waterloo, Virgin Mobile Canada.

Wasn't working early last night, started working through midnight/early this morning, back to not working.

AppleChick Sep 16, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Ottawa, Ontario- Rogers.
I get them *sometimes* but hardly anything.

arturox Sep 16, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Lima - Peru (South America) Operator: Claro Peru

BBM messages last to long to arrive to other people

PattyO1975 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Seems like a growing issue, lots of people saying bbm not working since last night. Mine was fine up until an hour or so ago.

Telus - Halifax, Nova Scotia

jhamal242 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:02 pm

BTC/C&W/LIME Bahamas

magswlu Sep 16, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Fido - Waterloo, ON

kenumale Sep 16, 2011 at 12:03 pm

TELUS - Montreal, CANADA

hjkimbrian Sep 16, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Waterloo, Rogers, bbm not delivering

Faagmer Sep 16, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada with Fido

swiedom Sep 16, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Never noticed anything and still working.
Verizon in Dallas Texas

streak81 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Cleveland, Ohio USA - Verizon Wireless
BBM 6 - Receive OK, Send NO

streak81 Sep 16, 2011 at 2:53 pm

VZW in Cleveland is working now send and receive

yukonlady Sep 16, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Grand Cayman - LIME

Emails are working again, BBM dead in the water :(

thepinkcurve Sep 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm

O2 - oxfordshire england, bbm delay of 20 mins.

bigmanny831 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm

california verizon

thebaronCGN Sep 16, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Ottawa, Canada. TELUS.

Been down since last night around 6pm. BBM Still down, Emails get pushed through about every 5 hours only. I'll get a huge dump of them once in a while.

Faagmer Sep 16, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Just reading the comments, I'm thinking the problem is generalized in Canada =s

Sucks that my Android phone is actually receiving email faster then my BB... Not normal...

brunoinfantozzi Sep 16, 2011 at 12:12 pm

EL SALVADOR - TIGO, CLARO, TELEFONICA.... All Down!!!!!!

johnnygolfguy Sep 16, 2011 at 12:14 pm

London Canada - No BBM

cgrant1202 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:14 pm

Was out earlier back up and running now......

sirk25 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:15 pm

Telus Mobility in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Seems BBM's kind of intermitently come in, but for the most part its down. Have to rely on the ol' SMS way of messageing

d3wayne Sep 16, 2011 at 12:15 pm

Bmobile (Trinidad & Tobago) delayed messages since thursday 6pm

Ravir123 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Digicel (Trinidad & Tobago) delayed messages

mrj0208 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm

Same @ (France Telecom) Orange Dominican Republic.. since last night!..

SC457 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm

All good in Orange County Ca, sent two bbm's one to Chile and one to West Virginia and both show as delivered.

Tom_Storm Sep 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm

Telus, Toronto Canada...and my girlfriend with Rogers, West of Toronto Canada

My email is very slow, BBM down for both of us...again

rappadappa77 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm

LIME Jamaica delayed email messages, haven't used BBM since last night.

dizadee Sep 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm

Toronto Canada - Bell

Darlaten Sep 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm

Rogers - Vancouver, New Westminster, Coquitlam. Msg's delayed or simply not going through. Lagged.

marcony Sep 16, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Lebanon , MTC Touch

dcorx Sep 16, 2011 at 12:22 pm

virgin, vancouver, no bbm

Hibbylinx81 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Digicel, Jamaica. Lots of delayed messages now and no 'delivered' sign on them. It's been this way since sometime yesterday!!

scandalowso Sep 16, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Torreon,Mexico Telcel PCS

js1969 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:23 pm

BBM msgs sent and received delayed last night at 7PM PST, and not working at all this morning.

xX stiches Xx Sep 16, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Atlanta, GA AT&T slow to go 2 days now and Vodacom JHB South Africa too what's with it RIM it doesn't seem to be a carrier prob..... Keep it up my contrat is up soon I am looking at new phones.....

titoteng Sep 16, 2011 at 12:25 pm

Digicel, C & W, Claro and Movistar Panama.... OUT!

thistlechic Sep 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA AND NETWORK IS TELUS!! MESSAGES AREN'T GOING THROUGH AND WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY DO IT'S HOURS LATER. SO FRUSTRATING!

stuka85 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm

Bogota - Colombia // Carrier: Comcel

Acret Sep 16, 2011 at 12:27 pm

Toronto.... Telus
Messages dont show the D or R and dont go through..

hopeforfx Sep 16, 2011 at 12:29 pm

Not noticing any delays... Verizon NE Ohio.

Disgorilla Sep 16, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Sprint PCS in Panhandle of Florida. BBM to Indonesia won't go thru...

mockbar Sep 16, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Last night problems. Since this morning all fine.
Vodafone DE

Joel_Zimmerman Sep 16, 2011 at 12:32 pm

Apparently a lot of my friends have been getting awkward with their BlackBerry Messenger sending and receiving. Heh, I'm on Vodafone UK. No problems on the only reliable network I've been on!

liquidmetal101 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:38 pm

Apple finally found a way...stupid Apple!

Speczorz Sep 16, 2011 at 12:39 pm

Working fine in Northern NJ - Verizon

hearrean Sep 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Verizon
Beaumont, Texas
Started about 3 hrs ago.
Can't send or receive..

ThisCantBeLegal Sep 16, 2011 at 12:42 pm

Kitchener/Waterloo on Telus is rough. Same for a friend on Telus in Calgary.

wetsqueegee Sep 16, 2011 at 12:42 pm

been having problems since last night, i'm using virgin(bell network) in Waterloo, Ontario. todays been the same but i think it's getting better. it's been on and off.

Caniac01 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:45 pm

Halifax, NS, Telus mobility as well as Bell here in Halifax.

JarekGora Sep 16, 2011 at 12:45 pm

Any chance this is because of a possible BIS 4.1 rollout?

RIM have anything to say to their millions of customers? They should at least send out an e-mail notifying us that there is an issue and they are working on it.

People complain about their bb's all the time; hourglass, freezing, speed... It'd be nice to know the company cares.

blackmoe Sep 16, 2011 at 12:51 pm

Those effected the most would never get the email.

shebmiller Sep 16, 2011 at 12:46 pm

not working on bell in eastern canada.

also, i didnt know Bla1ze was from halifax! my gf and I recently took a trip to NS with our bbs and playbook. awesone time!

(wrote this on Playbook so sorry for lack of proper punctuation and capitalization *wink wink RIM*)

deadflag Sep 16, 2011 at 12:46 pm

malaysia!! bbm delayed!!

jarmsville Sep 16, 2011 at 12:50 pm

Digicel Guyana, delayed messages. And when will RIM give us appworld?

Tuborgmann Sep 16, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Been having issues with everything BIS related all week. Carrier: 3 DK, Denmark.

Smurfy71 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:53 pm

Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Bell

jasonvw Sep 16, 2011 at 12:54 pm

Bell in Ontario. Nothing going through right now. Ugh, sucks. And what sucks more is RIMs non existent acknowledgement of the problem as always.

dalus87 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:55 pm

Kingston, Jamaica - Digicel

ZMc1834 Sep 16, 2011 at 12:58 pm

Sprint - Ohio

ZMc1834 Sep 16, 2011 at 1:28 pm

I turned my phone off and left it off for a few minutes and turned it back on, and my BBM is working again.

UN4GTBL Sep 16, 2011 at 12:59 pm

Rogers - Toronto, ON

Super slow BBM

somebodysomeone Sep 16, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Honduras, Central America
Carrier: TIGO
Been having issues since Wednesday last week. Seems to be all right if I have a wi-fi connection, though

InternetTim Sep 16, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Messages wouldn't go through / Web was down / and it all started on my end at 1:30 AM. Still was down at 4:00 AM. This was in the Chicago/Northwest Indiana / USA

Jerky223 Sep 16, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Regina - Sasktel is hit and miss for BBM. Mine are being received but not getting D's or R's and I'm not receiving any.

hohumm Sep 16, 2011 at 1:03 pm

Fredericton, NB Telus

Been having problems since last night. Messages not being shown as delivered or read

ebsfinet18 Sep 16, 2011 at 1:07 pm

New Jersey, AT&T. BBM's, Facebook, and Twitter would occasionally go down, but would start working again not after a battery pull, but simply by turning the phone off & on O_x someone help?

suite_az_kandy Sep 16, 2011 at 1:11 pm

bmobile

olofob Sep 16, 2011 at 1:17 pm

Greetings from Truro, NS Bla1ze

RenegadeStar Sep 16, 2011 at 1:18 pm

I've been having issues since about 10 o'clock last night... I'm with Rogers in Canada. It's a RIM widespread issue according to this article in the news... http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110916/110916_bbm_disrupt...

antikorr Sep 16, 2011 at 1:23 pm

MTS Russia. Experiencing really slow BBMs. Sending and receiving messages just crawl. :(

adrenaline_x Sep 16, 2011 at 1:25 pm

I wonder if 4.1 is being rolled out.. moved back to my 9810 off an htc evo and after adding gmail all my emails came in.. Even all the ones i archived.

2 weeks ago only my new messages would come in.

Guess we will wait and see.

BBM is still down on rogers in winnipeg.

rukdngme Sep 16, 2011 at 1:26 pm

im starting to get the D and R back up on BBM im with rogers in Toronto..yay :)

arnoldom7 Sep 16, 2011 at 1:26 pm

Having problems in Caracas, Venezuela. Movistar

frappy Sep 16, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Telus, Toronto Ontarion - BBM not working since 9am

chaoticblissx Sep 16, 2011 at 1:29 pm

Telus - Hamilton/Toronto area. No BBM. Everything else seems okay including direct PIN peer-to-peer messages. Even getting the "D" confirmation instantly using direct PIN msgs

ohnoitsbrandon Sep 16, 2011 at 1:29 pm

Windsor ON, Bell and Rogers

nootnacks Sep 16, 2011 at 1:32 pm

Kingston ontario - bell mobility

markpt Sep 16, 2011 at 1:40 pm

Edmonton on Bell

Elboron Sep 16, 2011 at 1:41 pm

Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Rogers Wireless

cellupica Sep 16, 2011 at 1:42 pm

Bad timing having a big BBM outage a day after their earnings report was poorly received by Wall Street. BBM is about the only thing that is truly keeping RIM relevant IMHO...hope they get their act together.

PS...Rogers, Richmond Hill and my BBM has been f*&'d up since last night.

Iron_Hide Sep 16, 2011 at 1:42 pm

Bmobile, Trinidad & Tobago - since last night!

htc_maple Sep 16, 2011 at 1:46 pm

Toronto Canada Telus

jjca Sep 16, 2011 at 1:52 pm

WINDSOR ONTARIO CANADA / BELL.... :(

Frosty_Power Sep 16, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Calgary, AB. Intermittent outages.

sk8er_tor Sep 16, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Working now!!! Rogers Toronto as of 1:50PM ET.

cmackenzie Sep 16, 2011 at 2:08 pm

Both in Kingston and Waterloo, bbms and emails aren't going through.

ExKoN Sep 16, 2011 at 2:03 pm

Rogers, Mississauga. Out since yesterday evening

gelloyd590 Sep 16, 2011 at 2:05 pm

I am with Rogers in Vancouver. Problems started last night and continue today. Messages don't send. I hope it gets fixed soon. Miss BBM.

SSaywell Sep 16, 2011 at 2:06 pm

Had the problem last night on Vodafone UK

m000 Sep 16, 2011 at 2:07 pm

Montreal, Rogers

fu53d Sep 16, 2011 at 2:07 pm

Toronto

Rogers = NO BBM

syn-ack Sep 16, 2011 at 2:08 pm

Edmonton, Telus, since 11pm Mountain

Nerazzurro Sep 16, 2011 at 2:12 pm

Netcom Stavanger: Norway.
Phone laggs alittle and freezes when accessing BBM mad aswell and Twitter doesnt work as it should if it has to do with the BIS.

yukonlady Sep 16, 2011 at 2:16 pm

"LIME Cayman has been advised by RIM that the Blackberry service is being restored and will be fully normalized in approximately 2.5 hours. We're sorry for any inconvenience you have been experiencing."

matttehman Sep 16, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Hamilton, Ontario, Bell Mobility. Noticed this issue last night. Fine so far today though, but I work afternoons so I will find out shortly...

hamstervil Sep 16, 2011 at 2:17 pm

Dominican Republic, both carriers Orange Dominicana and Claro Dominicana

cpereira_sp Sep 16, 2011 at 2:18 pm

Rogers, Toronto, Canada

Nothof49PhoneAddict Sep 16, 2011 at 2:19 pm

Toronto, ON. Bell since around 10am Eastern.

Halifax, NS. Rogers and Telus down as well according to contacts there.

Bitter End Sep 16, 2011 at 2:20 pm

AT&T - St. Louis, MO

carey965 Sep 16, 2011 at 2:20 pm

now there is this chain letter gong around bbm saying if you put in this random ass number it will automatically update your bbm and make it work

my niece is convinced it fixed her i had to break it to her that is not how it works
just thout it was funny

but ya issues since last night in the toronto area on telus

Parum Sep 16, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Rogers: Waterloo, Ontario
I wonder if the RIM CEO's are having issues too.

mahsoud Sep 16, 2011 at 2:25 pm

Telus, Bell, Rogers, Wind and Virgin in Ontario

tigerstyle Sep 16, 2011 at 2:26 pm

Edmonton, Rogers. Friends in Vancouver also having issues with Rogers, Bell and Telus.

MangoMagic Sep 16, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Fido - Montreal, Canada

G_84 Sep 16, 2011 at 2:32 pm

Toronto, ON - Rogers

Just discovered PIN messages. Its no BBM but gets the job done lol

Rock_Lobster Sep 16, 2011 at 2:34 pm

Telus Calgary
Lots of messages not being delivered

Normix Sep 16, 2011 at 2:36 pm

Down in northeastern Ontario last night.bbm back up now but browser running slow. Carrier is Northern Tel aka. Bell

vel4769 Sep 16, 2011 at 2:38 pm

All good in Hudson valley NY via tmobile.

maiia Sep 16, 2011 at 2:39 pm

Vancouver - Rogers
:( mine's been down since last night around 10 pm wah...!

hewsdaddy Sep 16, 2011 at 2:41 pm

Rogers, Ottawa
Virgin Mobile, Ottawa

OUT

kevinchi Sep 16, 2011 at 2:41 pm

curacao, willemsad chippie

tprime Sep 16, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Strange im on tmo in nyc and i have NOT had any bbm issues.

lengend Sep 16, 2011 at 2:47 pm

Toronto, Wind Mobile

jonno_atamaniuk Sep 16, 2011 at 2:52 pm

Telus mobility in Toronto, Canada here. Been having connection issues since last night on the Torch 9810, thought it might just have been my phone. Kinda both good and not-so-good to know that it wasn't just me.

Seems the same issue is happening up in Peterborough as well, also through Telus.

I know people keep suggesting RIM should put up a notification as to when there is an outage, and others start saying that the people who need the notification most wouldn't get it. What if this is a maintenance outage? Perhaps RIM should push out a notification to all devices that will be affected that they will be performing a system update or maintenance on their servers starting at time x and projected to be finished by time y... before starting the maintenance? Also nearly as good, why don't they notify the carriers so that the carriers can notify any and all Blackberry clients of potential outages via SMS message? It would save the carriers a great number of customer service phone calls... and then RIM would also have to notify any BES server operators too so they got their people notified?

Just throwing the idea out there...

jasonvw Sep 16, 2011 at 7:47 pm

Totally agree. If they're going to do a maintenance update everyone should be notified. If something goes down, they need to put something up on their website letting everyone know something is wrong. Leaving people in the dark just don't work. All it does is piss off users. These downtimes and no os update for the 9800 has left a bad taste in my mouth. May be looking elsewhere now when Im looking for a new phone.

mikeppolson Sep 16, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Att in Minnesota working great. What now haters?!

1canuck2 Sep 16, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Home of RIM, Waterloo, ON, Canada

kellielizabeth Sep 16, 2011 at 2:48 pm

British Columbia - Rogers

swade86 Sep 16, 2011 at 2:49 pm

Jamaica is going through this hell as well.....i hope the BIS 4.1 rollout is the reason for this

YJGUY Sep 16, 2011 at 2:53 pm

Ottawa - Bell Mobility - missing emails and BBM not working properly. It's been like this since early this morning.

SlickBassPlaya Sep 16, 2011 at 2:58 pm

Telus Mobility - Toronto

supraking Sep 16, 2011 at 3:06 pm

Telus - Montreal (new to Telus as of 8 PM last night..........) On Rogers before that didn't notice any problems.

runxZ Sep 16, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Getting problems on Digicel and LIME in Barbados..

echomouse Sep 16, 2011 at 3:21 pm

Virgin was down in New Brunswick earlier today. Did a battery pull and worked fine

yukonlady Sep 16, 2011 at 3:24 pm

Seems to be working in Grand Cayman now.. YAY!

Cafeina Sep 16, 2011 at 3:34 pm

•Anchorage, Alaska
• AT&T
• Email, BBM and BBM groups are affected

Since yesterday afternoon. It is still slow as of a few minutes ago (Fri, Sep 16, 2011 11:32:06 AM local time)

koboss Sep 16, 2011 at 3:38 pm

Owen sound ontario bell mobility

Donnee Sep 16, 2011 at 3:39 pm

o2 and vodaphone uk, down from about 6pm 15th sep, appears to be working as of around 7pm 16th sep, must have been one of those 24 hour (ish) bugs

Mike_Luchia Sep 16, 2011 at 3:45 pm

Turner Valley Alberta - Telus,

Yesterday my wifes bbm messages to me weren't going through while mine got to her fine. Today it's the other way around, her messages are getting to me but mine aren't getting to her.

Mike

Kida66 Sep 16, 2011 at 3:47 pm

I want the docking station for my 9930. I think that is the best accessory for the new bold. Hook me up crackberry!!!

PunksterSanders Sep 16, 2011 at 3:50 pm

Carrier: Movilnet GSM
Country: Venezuela

And according to my friends, neither Movistar nor Digitel are working properly with BIS (even connected to WiFi)

JMM2013A Sep 16, 2011 at 3:55 pm

Telcel; Nuevo León, Mexico

kwanzee Sep 16, 2011 at 3:55 pm

ITS FINALLY BACK UP!
Rogers, Waterloo Canada.

PunksterSanders Sep 16, 2011 at 4:06 pm

It's working now, apparently.

Carrier: Movilnet GSM.
Country: Venezuela.

beware96 Sep 16, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Looks ok now on Rogers in Toronto

aloysious-bundy Sep 16, 2011 at 4:11 pm

RIM did post on twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/blackberryhelp

up488 Sep 16, 2011 at 4:15 pm

Christ, this is not the end of the world. What did you all do 5-10 years ago?

19cbb Sep 16, 2011 at 4:16 pm

RIMPIRE STRIKES OUT!

Ron Swanson Sep 16, 2011 at 4:16 pm

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rogers
BBM - last message received @ 11:35AM; reply @ 11:43 still un-delivered
Email - last message received @ 12:18PM; email sent @ 3:40PM still un-delivered

shebmiller Sep 16, 2011 at 4:22 pm

Are you really Ron Swanson? Because if you are, and your moustash is intact, YOU ARE A GOD!

redzvel Sep 16, 2011 at 4:22 pm

In Bogota, Colombia, South America. NOT working over the Comcel network. Works every once in awhile.

tpratt5 Sep 16, 2011 at 4:24 pm

It's not working in BC in either Kamloops or Nanaimo area, with Virgin Mobile Canada.

jbuck3214 Sep 16, 2011 at 4:25 pm

Edmonton Alberta, Bell mobility

ttop Sep 16, 2011 at 4:25 pm

There is a BBM message floating around saying "062345877#REP :Broadcast this and your BBM will get repaired this is working."

I call BS, but odd no one else here has posted or seen this yet.

redzvel Sep 16, 2011 at 4:25 pm

iOS 5 with iMessage is coming! Bye Bye BlackBerry.

bbert0183 Sep 16, 2011 at 4:27 pm

Ottawa Canada Rogers and Bell intermittent all day.

punian23 Sep 16, 2011 at 4:29 pm

Calgary Telus!! =[

StickyFeet Sep 16, 2011 at 4:29 pm

Ugh. I live in Calgary, Alberta. My BBM has been down since this morning. Same thing with my fiance, my 2 best friends, and everyone else on my bbm.

StickyFeet Sep 16, 2011 at 4:35 pm

Oh! and with Telus

DeeDudnath Sep 16, 2011 at 4:30 pm

Cambridge Ontario, and everyone with bbm cant send messages..

mahsoud Sep 16, 2011 at 4:41 pm

Service back to all carriers in GTA... most lost BBM Avator... so change that... and please dont forward that #REP broadcast, broadcast dont fix, they add one single feature called SPAM

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