BlackBerry PlayBook: Force Reset, Security Wipe, Connect to Linux Via USB
How to Force Reset BlackBerry PlayBook
hold the volume down button and power button together for about 15 seconds
How to Reinstall Blackberry Playbook? (Security Wipe)
- go to the Settings icon. (top swipe, touch right corner)
- In menu [Security ▸ Security Wipe]
How to Find BlackBerry PlayBook IP Address
How to Connect BlackBerry PlayBook to Linux
Here is how you can mount it on Linux via USB connection.
- • plug in the USB between PlayBook and Linux machine.
- • on PlayBook, go to “Storage and Sharing”, set the menu “USB Connections” to “Connect to Window”. In the “File Sharing” section, turn it on.
- • on PlayBook, go to “About”, find the USB IP address of the PlayBook. In the About screen, the Network menu. Note, it's the USB's IP address, not the wifi ip address.
- on Linux, just open a folder, press Ctrl+l to show the address bar, type
smb://169.254.134.77/
, where the IP is the Playbook's IP.
BlackBerry PlayBook, Unable to Delete File
Summary: if you downloaded a zip file that expanded, and is unable to delete them later in your file manager, you probably have to do a security wipe.
i downloaded the python doc in pdf (http://docs.python.org/3/archives/python-3.3.2-docs-pdf-letter.zip) on PlayBook. It's a zip file. Touched the screen to unzip. They expands to tens of pdf files, clutter my files. So, i want to delete some of them. But, it says unable to delete.
fine, connect to my linux, and i though i should be able to delete them there, with rm or sudo or chmod etc. (PlayBook doesn't support linux, so you'll have to smb the USB ip, for example: smb://169.254.134.77/
). Still, says perm denied. Ok, after a while finding where smb is mounted, it's at ~/.gvfs/
(press Ctrl+h to show hidden file). Then try sudo rm -rf
. No go, still perm denied. Try sudo chmod 777 .
, no go.
◆ xah@xah-p6813w◆ 2013-11-07 09:37 ◆ ~/.gvfs/media on 169.254.242.33/downloads/python-2.7.3-docs-pdf-letter/docs-pdf ◆ l total 10717 -rwx------ 1 xah xah 820875 2012-04-09 16:24 c-api.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 425403 2012-04-09 16:24 distutils.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 407672 2012-04-09 16:24 extending.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 491981 2012-04-09 16:24 faq.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 96716 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-advocacy.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 109686 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-cporting.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 121221 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-curses.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 114583 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-descriptor.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 113071 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-doanddont.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 154847 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-functional.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 134829 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-logging-cookbook.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 149790 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-logging.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 140880 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-pyporting.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 161764 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-regex.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 121969 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-sockets.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 116303 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-sorting.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 147362 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-unicode.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 136696 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-urllib2.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 140284 2012-04-09 16:24 howto-webservers.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 255306 2012-04-09 16:24 install.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 5049392 2012-04-09 16:24 library.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 557469 2012-04-09 16:24 reference.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 475269 2012-04-09 16:24 tutorial.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 283653 2012-04-09 16:24 using.pdf* -rwx------ 1 xah xah 240812 2012-04-09 16:24 whatsnew.pdf* ◆ xah@xah-p6813w◆ 2013-11-07 09:37 ◆ ~/.gvfs/media on 169.254.242.33/downloads/python-2.7.3-docs-pdf-letter/docs-pdf ◆ sudo rm -rf * [sudo] password for xah: rm: cannot remove `c-api.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `distutils.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `extending.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `faq.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-advocacy.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-cporting.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-curses.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-descriptor.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-doanddont.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-functional.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-logging-cookbook.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-logging.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-pyporting.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-regex.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-sockets.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-sorting.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-unicode.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-urllib2.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `howto-webservers.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `install.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `library.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `reference.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `tutorial.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `using.pdf': Permission denied rm: cannot remove `whatsnew.pdf': Permission denied ◆ xah@xah-p6813w◆ 2013-11-07 09:37 ◆ ~/.gvfs/media on 169.254.242.33/downloads/python-2.7.3-docs-pdf-letter/docs-pdf ◆ sudo chmod 777 whatsnew.pdf chmod: cannot access `whatsnew.pdf': Permission denied ◆ xah@xah-p6813w◆ 2013-11-07 09:37 ◆ ~/.gvfs/media on 169.254.242.33/downloads/python-2.7.3-docs-pdf-letter/docs-pdf
so, the problem is you have a tens of files in your PlayBook you can't delete. Search the web, there's few reports too, saying you have to security wipe. WTF?
then, perhaps i should jailbreak it, but that means who knows how many hours i'll have to put in.
- http://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-playbook-os-f228/unable-delete-unzipped-read-only-files-717210/
- http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-PlayBook/Re-Unable-to-delete-files-extracted-from-zip/td-p/1862321
- where is smb share mounted. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1479974
BlackBerry PlayBook is the worst tablet.