Thursday, 29 March 2012

Blackberry ID Locked? See How to change or reset a BlackBerry ID password

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To change the BlackBerry® ID password, complete the following:
From a Computer:
  1. Visit www.blackberry.com/blackberryid from a PC or a device browser
  2. Click Log in
  3. Enter the BlackBerry ID Username (email address) and password, then click Sign In
  4. Click Account Details
  5. Next to Password, click Edit
  6. Enter in the current password, followed by the new password. Enter the new password again in the confirm password field, then click Save
  7. Click Done to exit from the BlackBerry ID account information screens
From a BlackBerry smartphone with device software 6.0:

  • Navigate to Options > Third Party Applications > BlackBerry ID
  • Click on Change next to BlackBerry ID Password
  • Enter in the current password, followed by the new password. Enter the new password again in the confirm password field, then click OK
  • A confirmation message will display Your password has been successfully changed.
  • Click OK
From a BlackBerry smartphone with device software 7.0 and 7.1:

  • Navigate to OptionsDevice > BlackBerry ID
  • Click on Change next to BlackBerry ID Password
  • Enter in the current password, followed by the new password. Enter the new password again in the confirm password field, then click OK
  • A confirmation message will display Your password has been successfully changed.
  • Click OK
From a BlackBerry Playbook with Playbook software 2.0:

  • Navigate to the Options icon
  • Select BlackBerry ID
  • Click on the edit button next to Change Password
  • Enter in the current password, followed by the new password. Enter the new password again in the confirm password field, then click Submit
  • A confirmation message will display You have changed your password. 
  • Click OK


If the password for a BlackBerry® ID account has been forgotten and the login is unsuccessful, please use the following process to reset the password.
To generate a password reset email, please follow these steps:
  1. Browse to the following location using the BlackBerry browser or desktop browser: http://blackberryid.blackberry.com/bbid/recoverpassword
  2. Enter the BlackBerry ID email address and the CAPTCHA characters, then click Submit >
  3. A confirmation message will display A password reset email has been sent to email@domain.com, at which point, a reset email will be delivered to the BlackBerry ID email address. 
Note: For security purposes, this reset email will NOT be delivered to the BlackBerry smartphone.

To reset the BlackBerry ID, please follow these steps:

  1. Login to the email account associated to the BlackBerry ID using the desktop browser or the browser on the BlackBerry PlayBook
  2. Locate the BlackBerry ID password reset email in the inbox and select the link within the email
  3. The BlackBerry ID reset email will come from bbidpw-donotreply@blackberry.com. If the email is not found in the inbox, please check your spam folder.
  4. When the password reset page loads, enter the new password along with a confirmation of that new password. Then click Submit >
  5. A confirmation message will display once the changes have been saved successfully
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