Blackberry USB driver - Charging via USB

Normally, I don't need to charge my Blackberry 8707v during the weekend, one fully charged battery is sufficient. That's why I always keep my power cable in the office. This weekend however, I received more calls then usual resulting in an empty battery Sunday late afternoon.

Blackberry 8707v

After searching on the Internet for a while, I found the perfect solution by installing the Research In Motion driver update for BlackBerry Device. After installation, simply connect the Blackberry with USB to your desktop PC or laptop. Nice & easy !

No need to install the full Desktop Manager, no sync is necessary since email and agenda are allways synced :-) !

A short description how to obtain and install this USB driver:

* Browse to Microsoft Update Catalogus
* Search for: Research In Motion BlackBerry Device
* Click on Add
* Click on Go to Download Basket
* Select the download location with Browse... and click on Download Now
* For example just create a temporary folder on your desktop
* Save a folder called "Research In Motion driver update for BlackBerry Device"
* Inside this folder will be a file called something like X86-ar_zh-tw_cs_da_de_el_en_es_fi_fr_he_hu_it_ja_ko_nl_no_pl_pt-br_ru_sv_tr_zh-cn_pt-13456806_3951c7b8446f3bd279e5f518d94b552dc1f40101.cab
* Double click (unpack) the downloaded driver (.cab file) and extract the 3 files back into your temporary folder on your harddisk
* You will get RimUsb, rimusbnt and RimUsbNT, RimUsbNT should look like a notepad page with a cog on it, right click this file and select install
* Connect the Blackberry device via the USB to your desktop PC or laptop
* Install the downloaded driver, follow the instructions on your screen

Afterwards, you will recognize the 'charge' icon on your Blackberry !

This entry was posted on May 25th, 2008 at 20:11:03 by admin and is filed under ICT, Gadgets.

37 comments

Comment from: wix [Visitor]

Its really ezy to install the driver after reading ur instuctions. It was of grt help.
Thanks alot!
cheers!
wix

2008-08-05 @ 18:55

Comment from: frank le tank [Visitor]

Thanks for the help, it was straightforward, easy, and it worked!

2008-08-30 @ 20:47

Comment from: ana [Visitor]

i got stuck on * Unpack the downloaded driver to a location on your harddisk can u explain it more?

2008-09-01 @ 00:44

Comment from: Kyle [Visitor]

That was very helpful. Unpack means to right click on it and hopefully there is something that says extract or extract to. That's what I did and it worked great. Thanks so much!

2008-10-10 @ 02:39

Comment from: aristarkhos [Visitor]

Thanks for the steps. Just what i was looking for.
Trying to figure out how the software/drivers functions...didnt know they could be used to regulate the power supplied to a USB port.
Unless the message, "not enough power" is just a ruse.
The blackberry site has another method...using the CD, in the Custom Installation mode.
Sorry, am unable to post the URL. You can search for - "Install the USB drivers for the BlackBerry Handheld Manager or BlackBerry Device Manager"

2008-11-12 @ 09:34

Comment from: David [Visitor]

THANK YOU! Your instructions were easy to fallow and to the point.
There are other instuctions on line that leave you asking "huh?"

Again, thank you.

2008-11-12 @ 16:20

Comment from: Kimberly [Visitor]

Thank you very much. It was easy and now my phone is charging.

2008-11-19 @ 02:53

Comment from: psv [Visitor]

It worked! Beautiful! Thanks so very very much much.

2008-11-23 @ 14:15

Comment from: Marco [Visitor]

Very nice and handy tool. Easy to install. My charge cable for my BB was always at the wrong place. USB cables are a lot easier to borrow....
Thank you for sharing this!

2008-11-25 @ 08:23

Comment from: Pat [Visitor]

Ohhh yeah!!!
perfect link, exactly what i needed! tried to install the update by myself, no success, then read the instructions and got it to work!

Thanks,

2008-12-04 @ 19:55

Comment from: JD [Visitor]

This didn't work for me, but I updated the driver through windows and that worked for me.

2008-12-11 @ 19:35

Comment from: KF [Visitor]

Sadly "install driver" means nothing when all that's provided is a *.inf file and there is not any device called "Blackberry" in the Device Manager. I right-clicked on the inf file and clicked "install", but it did nothing. Oh, well.

2008-12-15 @ 16:00

Comment from: Chandrakant [Visitor]

When BB is connected to the PC...an error msg use to pop up on my BB that BB is not connected to powered USB or correct USB driver is not installed. Some funny things were also happening... (1) BB was showing charging sign without actually charging the device (2)Device Manager on the PC did not show any error on USB Controller tab and just was showing USB Mass Storage Device connected properly.

I went ahead and updated the driver of that mass Storage Device with the unpacked drivers which I downloaded (As suggested above). I then connected BB and all is resolved... USB Controller tab under Device Manager List would show Blackberry Device instead usual Mass Storage Device.

Hope this info will help someone.

Cheers!

2008-12-27 @ 10:48

Comment from: amber [Visitor]

I've followed the instructions, but am having trouble at the step "Install the downloaded driver, follow the instructions on your screen" I have downloaded the file and extracted it - there are three files, but I cna't see how to run the download - there are no instructions on screen whichever of the three files I try to open.

2008-12-31 @ 08:04

Comment from: amber [Visitor]

frustrated at trying to get the microsoft fix described above to instal I found - http://blackberry-report.com/enable-charging-with-usb-driver-for-blackberry/ - it seems to have worked, just waiting the the blackberry to charge now...

2008-12-31 @ 08:09

Comment from: jose [Visitor]

Thank you for you help

2009-01-10 @ 20:09

Comment from: Jay Canfield [Visitor]

Using the driver specified and the method of manually updating the USB Mass Storage Device worked on Windows 7 for me. None of the blackberry packages will even install, but this driver did.

The important part is to not let vista search for the driver but manually specify the driver and use the "Have Disk" button.

2009-01-25 @ 00:23

Comment from: bengee [Visitor]

Wow! U saved my life. After trying several days to download the 16mb driver from blackberry website unsuccessfully, your tips allowed me to accomplish the job in 5 mins! Thank u, merci, danke.

2009-02-06 @ 21:20

Comment from: neeraj [Visitor]

2009-02-24 @ 19:38

Comment from: mahesh [Visitor]

thanks

2009-04-08 @ 19:31

Comment from: Danny [Visitor]

Don't try this if you have IE 6. The site is completely broken, at least for this unlucky IE user.

2009-04-12 @ 06:15

Comment from: Prashant [Visitor]

Chandrakant your inputs helped me resolve my issues in second. Thanks a Ton!!!!

2009-04-22 @ 21:12

Comment from: gaurav [Visitor]

Its really ezy to install the driver after reading ur instuctions. It was of grt help.
Thanks alot!
cheers!
wix

2009-04-27 @ 10:47

Comment from: kunta75 [Visitor]

For me is working like Chandrakant tell as.
My Computer - Properties - Hardware - Device Manager - Universal Serial Bus controllers - USB Mass Storage Device - update driver :) voala ... BB is charging.
. Thank You

2009-06-05 @ 05:19

Comment from: Waylan [Visitor]

Worked perfectly, Thanks!

2009-06-17 @ 04:51

Comment from: God Of Thunder [Visitor]

Worked for me too!
I didn't even know Microsoft had this site.
I thought my USB cable was deffective.
Thank you for posting this.

Rock N Roll!!

2009-06-21 @ 01:07

Comment from: Michael - KBS Aust [Visitor]

Hope this helps those who are getting stuck halfway through the instructions,
from the MS download site it will prompt you to save the download somewhere. Just make a temporary folder on your desktop, you will save a folder called "Research In Motion driver update for BlackBerry Device" inside will be a file called something like X86-ar_zh-tw_cs_da_de_el_en_es_fi_fr_he_hu_it_ja_ko_nl_no_pl_pt-br_ru_sv_tr_zh-cn_pt-13456806_3951c7b8446f3bd279e5f518d94b552dc1f40101.cab, double click that cab file and extract the 3 files back into your temporary folder, you will get RimUsb, rimusbnt and RimUsbNT, RimUsbNT should look like a notepad page with a cog on it, right click this file and select instal. There is no fan fair, but when you plug in the blackberry it will now charge. If you want to be tidy delete the tempory folder and you are done. Cheers

2009-06-29 @ 03:00

Comment from: Christy [Visitor]

This was /amazingly/ helpful! Thank you so much for providing this information. I was on the road and couldn't access the disc that came with my Blackberry, but needed to charge my phone in the car, so this was just perfect! Cheers!

2009-07-05 @ 10:58

Comment from: Sam Charles Sserumaya [Visitor]

Easy instructions easy to install and it works. Thanks to you

2009-07-11 @ 09:45

Comment from: Rob [Visitor]

Thanks for the tip! Cell phone is charging up!

2009-08-03 @ 18:37

Comment from: David [Visitor]

Perfect! Thanks heaps.. It has been so frustrating getting the crackberry to charge on the weekends!

For me, I had to follow kunta75's path to get it to work.

2009-08-16 @ 00:03

Comment from: Kumar [Visitor]

I couldn't get the driver downloaded from Microsoft Update Catalog, tried many times and it says download Failed, donno what's going on..Is there any other way to get these drivers downloaded

2009-08-16 @ 14:50

Comment from: Melanie Barnet [Visitor]

Nice post but most I like your blog design, nice and clean!

2010-11-16 @ 19:57

Comment from: Keeny [Visitor]

thanks a ton mate .. worked perfectly..

2010-11-19 @ 15:04

Comment from: Claude [Visitor]

This will sort your problems out https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads/quickdownload.do

2010-11-29 @ 11:38

Comment from: medi [Visitor]

these was very useful to me..thank God for u guys

2011-04-29 @ 19:48

Comment from: stumped [Visitor]

so i got all the way to "right click on RimUsbNT, and click install." but as soon as i do, an error message pops up and says "the selected INF file is not supported by this type of installation." idk what to do about this. i followed the instructions and everything worked until that point. help anyone?

2011-10-03 @ 20:11

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