Buzz Me - Have Your Berry Vibrate & Ring At The Same Time!

on 31 Jan 2009 11:05 AM

BuzzMe-Have Your BlackBerry Vibrate And Ring At The Same Time!

Here's another case of something that really should be a core function of the native BlackBerry OS but is not. Buzz Me was recently announced in the CrackBerry forums and its main function when installed is to make your device vibrate and ring at the same time. Simple logic and something that a lot of BlackBerry users have the urge to do, making it a great little app to add to your downloads. Buzz Me currently supports BlackBerry's sporting 4.5+ OS and a Storm (4.7 OS) version is also available (great example of the developer community at work). For those wondering on the cost of this application... it's FREE! This application is indeed free too download and that's a price no one can refuse. Thanks delta_foxtrot2!

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57 Comments

Posted by PhantomS10 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

I have been using buzzme for about a week now and it does exactly what it says. If you want your BB to vibrate every time it rings and do it at the same time get buzzme.

Posted by Nyisles84 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

i dled it and im using an 8330 on 4.5 and all im getting is an uncaught exception when i go to run it

Posted by supermann423 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

i just downloaded it and now its not letting me open cuz of some java error...hmmm

Posted by Queen4111 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

This is the 4th Vibe and Ring app I've seen on the blogs.
Any chance of doing a comparison?

Posted by duck383 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

been using for over a week now works pretty good and free
also new version is out (0.0.30) nice little app

Posted by dgarcia Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

This is my first Blackberry. Im not sure how to download the application. This is the one thing that really bothered me about the phone. Can anyone please let me know how to download this to my phone and how to i know if I have 4.0 or 4.5?

Posted by juttin3 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

The 8350 has 4.6 I downloaded this but when I click the top buTton to choose ringtone it
Says this button not programmed yet

Posted by kp9322 Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1105 days ago

I have an 8350i also, it is working although it wont let u do anything with those buttons.

Posted by helldriver Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

Not working, I've downloaded it 3 times already, set ringtone "not programed yet"! so? I'll keep trying though.

Posted by spektakle Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

kudos for taking the time to make a free app to ring and vibe! It's much appreciated in a day where it seems a lot of bb apps are way over priced.

Posted by jen - huh Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

same message...no workie!

Posted by pipotobe Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you!

Finally I was waiting for this app. It works like a charm on the Storm.

Posted by bx2md Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

finally a cool app thats free

Posted by hullcody Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

I keep getting this same error as some of you. when I click to select a ringtone i get "this is not programmed yet, sorry" At least they were nice about it ha ha. I have a bold running 4.6.0.162, does anyone have any ideas about what I (we) can do about this?

Posted by Ti-Mike Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

same mesg on my 9500

Posted by juKe187 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

does it work for texts and e-mail too?

Posted by Ti-Mike Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

Downloaded for my 9500, not working, never the less freebee, erased already

Posted by LilUnique Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

Not only am I getting the error about it not being programmed, but I can't even see the full menu!!! What's going on?

Posted by duck383 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

the top button is not programed yet by the developer, set your ring tone in the profile settings
(no ring tone selected)not working yet
(disable vibration)
(disable ringtone)
(close setting screen)
should look like, this then set your profile to tone only (no tone and vibe)will not work
if you have sms and mms set to vibe and tone it will vibe
first then tone will sound.

Posted by MissSnowFlake525 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

after following these steps I am still getting the same program is not active yet....I would really like to use this but I can't get it to work...

Posted by duck383 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

the top option will not work it is for future development by the developer set your ringtone in your profiles options
sorry (will not work)

Posted by xmvl001 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

have a 8330 BB verizon - just changed my phone ringer profile to only TONE in the ORIGINAL ringer program - i didn't set any settings in Bussme - called my phone and it rang AND VIBRATED at the SAME TIME!!!! awesome - thanks!

Posted by hullcody Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

Duck, thanks for the help with this pal, i changed it to have those settings and it works like a beauty now. Thanks again.

Posted by duck383 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

if you put in buzzme in the search crackberry.com search (top right corner under forums) alot of post as well as
from the developer hope this helps

Posted by estack Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

didn't work on a 8830 running 4.5.77

I got uncaught exception.. blah, blah, blah

Posted by skitchbeatz Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

Works great for calls... emails and messages are a different story.. unless I don't know how to change the settings.

Glad its free!

Posted by eight gun Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

I get a 404. What's up with that?

Posted by John-Fox Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

No errors, just no vibrate on 9000 OS 4.6.0.216. It was worth a try.

Posted by buckifvr Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

Awesome app, very simple, and easy to use.

Posted by mark.chan Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

Downloaded it to my 8110. Running 4.5.0.110 from at&t and it works just as stated. Vibrates and rings at the same time! Thank You! Been waiting for something like this for a while.

Posted by shaydakiss23 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

I keep getting a message saying that the application was denied by my phone. I have the Storm 9530. Does anyone have any idea of what i can do???

Posted by Working Class Hero Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

for the BOLD! Typed in the 4.5 address in the BB browser and it DL'ed quickly. Didn't need to reboot or mess with any settings. Worked right off the bat!

Posted by delta_foxtrot2 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

I haven't added enough code to play ringtones natively in the app itself yet, that's all that message means, you still need to use ring tones from your internal sound profiles.

As for the Java Error, that one I need help with, it's only happening to a fraction of people and I need someone with a bit of technical skill to help me to debug it.

Posted by Bla1ze Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

Sounds like that java error is a permissions related error more then anything, edit the default permissions for the application to all say allow and it should go away. Assuming you havne't tested that yet anyways.

Posted by delta_foxtrot2 Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1105 days ago

I was bumping an OS bug, present in some OS, not in others.

Posted by ErnieH Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

Download a newer version from http://www.bigtincan.com/misc/

On my Bold it worked with no setup change - Profile to tone only (not “vibrate then ring”).

Posted by allmystuff11 Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 1106 days ago

I tried to download buzz me from my storm and it is not finding the page for 4.7 can anyone help.

Posted by rychlewc Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1105 days ago

See my comment below. Download strait from your BB, not your computer. Cha Ching!

Posted by jwex Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1106 days ago

im sorry but it doesnt work for me :[
i found a download for the first vib and ring for free
it's on pinstack though :[

Posted by rychlewc Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1105 days ago

Link does not work on the 4.7+ download button...

Posted by rychlewc Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1105 days ago

And Why I didn't try downloading strait from my device I do not know. Click kink for 4.7+ within your BB browser....Duh

Posted by AltiVQStorm Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1105 days ago

You guys have to understand that this app was developed for the Storm and he then later made one that was would be compatible with other phones. For those of you that want it to vibrate with your sms and emails just go into those options and you can add vibrate to them.

Posted by Liechology Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1105 days ago

I am using an 8310 with AT&T service. I downloaded a new version here. http://www.bigtincan.com/misc/

After I installed and rebooted, you have to go in to profiles and change your phone setting from Vibrate+Tone to just Tone. After that go in to the Buzz Me settings and select Enable Vibration. Than it worked for me. The program takes a basic Tone setting and adds a vibrate feature separate from the profile.

Posted by Golden Brahman Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1105 days ago

Is there any way to have the phone not vibrate when in 'Silent' or 'All Alerts Off'?

Before I downloaded the application this never occured.

Thanks for putting the application out there though, it's great to have some solid free ones every now and then.

Posted by FLA-Zach Sunday, Feb 01, 2009 1105 days ago

Can I just download Buzz ME to my computer then put it on my BB?

Posted by nleo Monday, Feb 02, 2009 1104 days ago

I just downloaded buzz me and does anyone know if it can be used when you receive a text message or just phone calls?

Posted by machew03 Monday, Feb 02, 2009 1104 days ago

have an 8330 from alltel, to make it work you must change your settings in the phones settings to tone only. leave everything else alone. dont change any settings in the buzz me app.this should make the app work fine.