More BlackBerry Messenger Barcode Oddities

on 12 Oct 2009 11:35 AM

More BlackBerry Messenger Barcode Oddities

Ever since BlackBerry Messenger 5 leaked, users have been playing around with the barcode system and finding some strange and not so strange things about it. This one however has to fall under the strange category in my opinion.

We got a tip from JJ that if you scan the barcode shown in the example of how to use the barcode system, it comes up with a rather omnious URL from a quite popular site. Go ahead and try it out and let us know what you think. I'm not going to give away where exactly it takes you - but you can see that for yourself. I will say personally, I think someone at RIM who was on the BlackBerry messenger dev team might have insomnia. Thanks JJ!

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93 Comments

Posted by TheElderBerry Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Very bizarre

Posted by Madness87 Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 955 days ago

I also was the first person to comment on the forum post for the "9" barcode on the movie poster like 2 months back.

Posted by ItalianPrincess Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

definitely not a BBM contact!! i can't sleep either!

Posted by 1magine Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

I don't have or use BBM5 - but curious what is the URL? Can someone post?

Posted by peanuts154 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Well isn't that fun!

Spoiler alert! Converted to tinyurl for those who don't want me to spoil the surprise for them.
http://tinyurl.com/cny5lv

Posted by Tony Bag O Donuts Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

I would take out an add in the paper with just the bar code and say scan it......

Posted by Jonezed7 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

That is awesome!

Posted by TXBlade Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Nice, I think i need to figure out how to manipulate these Barcodes LOL

Posted by CheshireCat379 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

LOL too funny!

Posted by datmamiunv Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Haha mad funny

Posted by DreamSTi Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

LOL WTF

Posted by srheug Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

I hope counting sheep helps

Posted by dditzel72 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

you can make your own barcode here; http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

Posted by bryan.grider Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Ha kind of old news.

Scan this one:

http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=350x350&chl=http%3A%2F%2Fc...

Save it as an avitar, print it off and post all over your town. Let's get the BB users from around the world to join in on the addiction.

Look up QR Cod Generator on google and you can basically make a barcode for anything you want!!!

Posted by Sully83 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 952 days ago

I went to this site that you have listed and tried scanning the code. Dang then shut my phone off. Was this suposed to be a prank/joke? Because it sure wasnt funny.

Posted by jlb21 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Weird

Posted by gmkahuna Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

I love that site.

Posted by jayhammy Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

This is a cool website for creating your own barcode for whatever info you put in. Select the QR Code as the type.

if you use it more than once, I'd recommend donating to the site creator.
http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/

Posted by ronsonger Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

THATS CRAZYYYY MANNNNN

Posted by mcguirej Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

That's awesome. I check that site every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday - when the new stuff comes out.

Posted by AmandaLia Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

lol so funny!!!!

Posted by Yandar Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Its just overworked coders having a laugh. Some of the OS cod file names are in a similar vein.

Posted by Frank2029 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

This is nothing new. Here in Toronto, Canada i see tons of ads where a company has a BBM bar-code on huge banners or displays across the city, pretty neat actually

Posted by KiD SiSTeR Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

ahh thats funny stuff there! and the scan barcode thing is pretty awesome too!

Posted by cj100570 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

That's priceless!

Posted by zeelob Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Clearly an insomniac!

Posted by SOCIALITEx Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

kinda cool.........

Posted by camti Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

hahaha, very good! Nice one RIM.

Posted by crispycutz Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

lol coool

Posted by myersau Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

is there a way to bring up the scanner option without having to go into Blackberry messenger and "adding a new contact"...?

Posted by chriscook.sv Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

http://reader.kaywa.com/getit

Posted by jeremy.schiefer Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

that doesnt support blackberry???

Posted by mrking.id Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

^^ no blackberry app

Try this.... http://www.rimarkable.com/know-of-any-good-qr-code-readers-for-blackberr...

Posted by cadsystems Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

I'm guessing that will be an OS 5.0 feature. Since the BBM barcode scanning is a 5.0 function.

Posted by Ami. Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

lol I dig :P

Posted by Witmen Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Cool

Posted by jeremy.schiefer Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

So how do we make are own barcodes that link to whatever page we want?

Posted by jeffwill2 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

Posted by jerseysoprano Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

That was a very strange link. I must say, I am loving the whole barcode effect, makes me feel elite and stuff..lol

Posted by Ebscer Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

love that site

Posted by beri Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

lol wow working a bit hard there

Posted by tonybunce Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

This isn't an Easter egg from a BBM developer.

You can scan any QR Code 2D barcode.

Like this one:
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/9285/barcodeimageaxdsqrcodeb.gif

Posted by Zyxwvu44 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

i wonder what else you can do with a barcode!

Posted by FineWolf Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Scannable contact info which sends your contact info into the address book of the scanner.

http://forums.crackberry.com/f2/how-create-scannable-vcard-bbm5-335154/

You can generate QR Codes from this Google Backed Generator:

http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

Posted by gusts Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

once i installed this new messenger this bb Group added to my calendar, i always delete similar from the CICAL thingy but not this time, pls help cos this annoying me very much. all the calendar notes moved to this new group, cannot invite properly etc.. :((

Posted by YourEntreeSolution Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

wow

Posted by benflynhi Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

How can I do a screen print or get my barcode sent to an email so I can print it out or put it on business cards?

Posted by jazzejohn Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

You'll need to use an app that takes screen shots off of your phone. There are a few here on crackberry that range from a few bucks to free, check it out at the app store.

Posted by benflynhi Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Thanks man

Posted by darkain Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

When viewing your own barcode to "display to others", press your BB Menu button. There is an option in the menu to save it as a file. Once saved, transer to PC over USB, email, IM, etc.

Posted by kbeard26 Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 954 days ago

you can email your barcode to yourself...like to your pc email not your bb and print it out or save it. when you go into bbm5 my profile go to display my barcode and just save it.

Posted by sickflow Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

how do u scan it?

Posted by jazzejohn Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Don't forget to read the alt text by hovering your mouse over the image and letting it idle there.

Love the site and I'm not the least bit surprised that a Blackberry software guy is a fan as well, lol

Posted by darkain Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

This also isnt "new". This same QR code was also in the beta version of BBM5 that leaked a while back.

Posted by Lovesherbb1915 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

haha, that is too awesome. :)

Posted by misterjots Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

there should be a app to scan all kinds of barcodes

Posted by khrissi17 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

There is! Its called edocrab, "Barcode" spelled backwards lol where have you been?? lol but its not as sensitive as the BBM but its a GREAT app u can scan everything and it finds it at a cheaper price

Posted by mizarkusd Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

thank you anonymous BBM coder who burnt the midnight oil to deliver us some great BBM features! see how productive you can be with insomia?

Posted by laylaperdomo Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

I THOUGHT THAT WAS CUTE =D

Posted by lunglady Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

That was weird. but funny!.

Posted by angelm1249 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

yea, i saw the webcomic- cant sleep.....somebody must be working around the clock, lol

Posted by abdul Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Great.I like this web site,5.0 BBM is awesome.

Posted by vdubnbass Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

so stupid...can that site get any less funnier?

Posted by alikat979 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Sheep have never done it for me loool

Posted by FlicksBerry Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Very.....very....sleepy....now....Zzzzz

Posted by sakgwea Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

So, how do I go as to making my own barcode(s)...
I like the 5.0 I had the leaked version of it. It was pretty cool. I liked that you could post a pic of what you liked instead of the regular ol' generic face. Now just gettin the word out to the customers.....btw...i still want to know about the barcode creator = ^ _ ^ =

Posted by DragonBusta Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

LOL! comic strip??

Posted by tpop35 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Maybe it's just me, but I think that along with contacts, we BB users, are only able to access url's with the bb code scanner. I've tried different sites, and different types of data: SMS, plain text, even just phone numbers, and each time it continues to try and scan or it kills my phone, as if it had powered down or reset itself. Any other opinions out there or someone who's tried a qr code creator that actually works for the BB? Oh BTW I'm using a Storm1.

Posted by khrissi17 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

I had the same problem when I created a barcode on that site someone on here added the link for my phone froze and restarted itself and I panicked! I thought it gave my phone some sort of virus..lol so I won't be doing that anymore..Oh I have the Tour but I scanned Kevin's barcode with no problem

Posted by kbeard26 Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 954 days ago

the scanner works on my storm..i've tried it on 4.7 os and 5.0.0.230 and it works great...i'm not sure whats going on with your phone. someone posted contact info...phone addy bbm info and my phone scanned that barcode no problem..i didnt add the contact...i just wanted to make sure it worked. and i just made a bar code for my cell number and it pulled right up.

Posted by digitalb0y Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

One of my favorite sites for a laugh! I figured some of RIM's coders must be pretty cool, but a particular geek (or group of geeks) definitely gets even more cred with me for that one!

Posted by iLovemy_bb Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

...hmmm, I shall create a barcode of my own, why, I'll even give it a name. It shall be called, the code for my abode. Wow, that has a slight ring to it, don't you think? Oh, dear, I'm ranting. Well, carry on then, I have added my opinion where I saw it was needed. Good Day!

Posted by amarettek Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Too funny, and at the same time, weird!

Posted by moyjoy Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

That's a free ringtone download for an artist I manage. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25285338@N04/4005683061/

Posted by ghostshell Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

http://mobilecodes.nokia.com/create.jsp?terms=accepted

Posted by tpop35 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Ok, hopefully no one will ostracize me for having too much time on my hands or being for lack of a better work, anal retentive. I just needed to know why the code reader wasn't working like we all wish it would. Well I made a little discovery and someone one else has probably figured it out too, but I haven't seen it posted yet. So go here to scan the barcode and see what I'm talking about.
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm141/blkflyer00/barcode.jpg

Posted by kbeard26 Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 954 days ago

just glad your scanner works now lol

Posted by devilzlitangel Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

O K, wtf! its cool that it can recognize and scan but ANYWAYS, waste of time. Thought it'll be something cool, yet its OMG, stupid!

Posted by tpop35 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 955 days ago

Surely I hope you mean the BBM, if you haven't read the rest of the post, then you'd know that the app is severely limited with what it can read, at least for now. It amazes me the amount of people who always criticize, well shut up and go do something cool, then we could be amazed by you. Did you even read what you scanned? If you had then you would've understood the purpose of the post!

Posted by McSaggler Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 955 days ago

This is amazing!

Posted by tdmsna523 Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 954 days ago

thats hilarious!

Posted by RonBlum Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 954 days ago

Crazy Developers...

Posted by Harry_Yambag Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 954 days ago

my phone (curve 8320) will read every barcode i make that contains numbers only. The second I add even one letter, it fails to read it whether I choose phone number, text, html etc

Posted by boss1969mustang Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 954 days ago

Basically being bored at work I used this website to test barcodes that I created.

http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

So far the ones that I got to work on my Tour is the location (which opened bb maps and pulled up the location), the email (which opened a new email to the address), the phone number (which dialed the scanned number), and the url (which opened the website).

I couldn't get the calendar, contact info, or the SMS to work. Hope this feature advances to include these functions because it's pretty awesome.

Posted by sailboats Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 954 days ago

the new age of subliminal advertising

Posted by Giopand Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 954 days ago

Man I know that since the first day the BlackBerry Messenger BETA was leaked. Old stuff and boring, next time I hope you come with some real good news (NEW Please)...

Posted by thom1223 Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 953 days ago

LMAO....

Posted by daytyme Monday, Oct 19, 2009 948 days ago

I have the same problem where a group calendar is created once you join a group in the new Blackberry messenger. there are no service books created for this Group unlike emails (CICAL) and facebook. Calendar entries are moved to this new retarded group which cannot be deleted.

if anyone has a way to rid this calendar. please post it.

thanks,

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