Learn the fastest and easiest way to transfer files from your PC to your BlackBerry and vice versa

1. Fast Wi-Fi File Sharing
from your PC to your BlackBerry
Requirements:
BlackBerry OS 10 and above
Wi-Fi network – PC & BlackBerry connected

2. What’s the benefit of setting this up?
 Fast, drag & drop files between your PC & BlackBerry
 Rapid access to documents you’ve been working on
 Save time moving files

3. Step 1: Let’s set your BlackBerry up for Wi-Fi sharing
i) From the home screen on your
BlackBerry, scroll down from the top
so you can access the Settings area

4. ii) Scroll down to find Storage and
Access and click into it
Step 1: Let’s set your BlackBerry up for Wi-Fi sharing

5. Step 1: Let’s set your BlackBerry up for Wi-Fi sharing
ii) Switch on Access using Wi-Fi

6. Step 1: Let’s set your BlackBerry up for Wi-Fi sharing
iii) Create a password and click OK
iv) Write down or remember your
password

7. Step 2: Write down your username
i) Click on Identification on Network

8. Step 2: Write down your username
ii) Click on Identification on Network
iii) Write down your username

9. Step 3: Find your BlackBerry IP Address
i) From the main Settings menu,
scroll down to About and click into it

10. Step 3: Find your BlackBerry IP Address
ii) From the drop down Category
menu, select Network

11. Step 3: Find your BlackBerry IP Address
iii) Write down the first section of the
IP / IPv4 numbers
iv) In this case, the number is
192.168.0.3

12. Step 4: Get your PC ready
i) On your desktop click on the
Start button then type the word
run into the search bar
ii) Click enter

13. Step 4: Get your PC ready
i) Enter your BlackBerry IP Address
that we wrote down earlier with
the prefix file:
ii) As an example, I would type in
file:192.168.0.3
iii) Click OK

14. Step 4: Get your PC ready
i) Enter your BlackBerry Username and Password if you are asked for them

15. Step 5: BlackBerry Media Storage or Removable SD Card
i) Typically, if you have an SD card
you should use it as your primary
storage area. If so, click into
“removable_sdcard”
ii) If you don’t use an SD Card, click
into Media and use your
BlackBerry’s own memory

16. Step 5: View your BlackBerry folders
i) You are now viewing all the folders on your BlackBerry
ii) Click into any of the
folders to view files on your
BlackBerry

17. Step 5: View your BlackBerry folders
i) Click into the documents folder

18. Step 6: Setup your shortcut to any folder
i) Click into the address bar
ii) Right click your mouse and select copy

19. Step 6: Setup your shortcut to your documents folder
i) On your PC desktop, right click the
mouse
ii) Click on New
iii) Click on Shortcut

20. Step 6: Setup your shortcut to your documents folder
i) Click into the location bar
ii) Right click and paste
iii) Click Next

21. Step 6: Setup your shortcut to your documents folder
i) Name your shortcut something
familiar
ii) In this example, I’m calling my
shortcut “BlackBerry-Documents”
iii) Click Finish

22. Step 7: Your shortcut folder over Wi-Fi is complete
i) Look for the shortcut link on your desktop
ii) You can now drag and drop documents from your PC to
your BlackBerry and vice versa
iii) You can access this folder from your desktop or
BlackBerry and whatever documents you place in this
folder will be accessible to you on either device

23. Step 8: Viewing the folder on your BlackBerry
1. Go to File Manager 3. View your documents2. Click into Documents

24. Create another shortcut to a different folder
i) If you want to setup another shortcut link for perhaps pictures or videos, repeat
from slide 17
ii) Click into any folder then copy the address bar again

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