Is your BlackBerry LED constantly blinking, to the point it’s annoying the crap out of you? Don’t know how to stop it? While seasoned BlackBerry vets know which light means what, not everyone does. Once you do know, though, you’ll find it easier to figure out why the thing is blinking and how to make the bloody thing stop. There are four colors: red, yellow, green, blue. Here’s what they mean.
The red LED means you have a new message. Awesome. You are popular. You can change the LED indicator settings by going into Profiles, Advanced, clicking on the profile name, and then clicking on the message type. You can set the LED next to Repeat Notification.
The yellow LED means your BlackBerry is out of juice and needs a charge. The most efficient way is to plug it into your wall charger. The one that comes with the Berry works best. I tried charging mine once with my Jabra bluetooth charger, and it took forever. Same thing as when I plug it into my computer. It charges, but slowly.
The green LED is annoying because it’s basically on all the time unless you do something about it. If you are within cell coverage, the green LED will flash. Sorry, I don’t need to know I’m in coverage. I assume I’m in coverage unless something doesn’t work. In which case I look at my bars and determine if I’m out of range or I’m in need of a battery pull. You can turn this off by going to Options, Screen/Keyboard, and setting the LED Coverage Indicator to Off.
Finally, the blue LED indicates that you have a Bluetooth paired to the device. This is usually done intentionally, by turning a pre-paired device on while in range of your BlackBerry. You can turn off the Bluetooth radio by going to Manage Connections and unchecking the proper box. You can also turn off Bluetooth by turning off the headset.
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Brilliant information and help on your site for blacknberry
Thankyou
This is very useful – thanks. What about turning off the yellow led for low battery warning?
I did what you said to turn off the green light. It is still blinking. When I turn it to off, is there something else I need to do to save it or something? Just got my blackberry 8520 today. Making me crazy. Please help.
@Sherry
Try pressing menu key > save after you change that setting. Also GO to Profiles > active profile and press option edit. Then go through and verify the LED is turned off.
can i recover any of the deleted text messages from blackberry 9700
@robin nope unfortunately not
This was so helpful! T
thank you so much for showing me how to turn my led light off! it was giving me headaches and i now love this phone much more. thanks!
I have bold 9000 . recently the red led is not blinking when I get mails or SMS although the profile is set to led flashing . would appreciate advise
@doron Have you recently added any software to your BlackBerry that may have settings to control your LED?
My blackberry curve 4 tmoble I actin up…it says my battrie is low but its really not so it keeps cuttin of..wat can I do?
Thank you sooo much I couldn’t get the damn thing to stop blinking green!!!!
My red led is not going off when i get a sms or something else…..
I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO PLEASE HELP!
evry1 kept telling me that somethin was running on my bb thats why my light was workin but now iv turned it off and told them what light means what colour and its tured out very helpful thanks… also add me on bbm 238EE40F thanks people
ive got no messages or anything but its constantly blinking red?
Thanks so much. I’ve only had the phone for 4 days and the green light was driving me insane. I also learned about 2 other lights i didn’t even know existed on the phone Now I know what they mean in case they come on!
Is there any way to get rid of the blue flashing led *without* turning off bluetooth? Yes, I know I’ve got bluetooth on, now stop harasing me about it please?! :P
Hi There can you tell me how to get my led back on plz my blackberry phone
Thank you
Thanks. The Green one was getting really annoying. My blood pressure has now dropped again :O)
Thank you so much ,my batter always dies so fast from the green light
To turn of the blue bluetooth led is much like the green. Select Options, then Bluetooth. Then on the screen that lists your paired devices, click the BB key that opens a pull down menu, select Options, the set LED Connection Indicator to Off.
You may need to do this for each paired device. I only have one, so I can’t test that.
I have turned off everysingle place that you can for the LED light and it still is vibrating and flashing green!! Help me please…
for the red led you need to check everything not just your sms like sms, email, blackberry messenger and email and any other battery meter programs or any programs that can track your battery or led.i suggest you explore the options/setting for yourselves aswell
somebody help me here, i just can’t stop the blue led light from blinking, i turned it off but it is still doing the damn thing
thanx you saved my nervs U R d man
no matter what i do the blue light wont turn off what should i do ?