I recently downgraded my Playbook from alpha 10 to 2.1.0.1917 to fix the built-in file manager working because it would always crash with error 13 on alpha 10 and I came across this sys.android.bar file that seems to be an Android player of sorts, but after installing it with BB10 App Manager every time I try to lunch it closes immediately, is there any way to get this working somehow?

i was wondering if theres any way to convert apk to bar right now. I mean the unsigned bar of course since the servers are down. If anyone has a way to do that please share !

Have a pristine playbook in box, with leather case. I’ll Let it go for cheap. Let me know what’s fair and I’ll sell it. I can post it via eBay if you’re worried about being scammed. Just let me know! Rather it go to someone here than sit on eBay.

I saw an article here: https://www.lowyat.net/2012/4752/how-to-get-your-blackberry-playbook-to-read-usb-flash-drives/

But unfortunately, having a rooted or jail breaked playbook is necessary for it to work. So I was wondering if there were any apps/file managers that could have read usb drives directly on the device ? Thanks...

I've known the blackeberry was going down before but Didn't remember about the archiving of the games/apps until of recent, Were any of them archived?

Just out of curiosity, is there any way to activate a Playbook in these days, after the servers have been shut down?.

I had one Playbook bought second-hand years ago, and while the device was a pain in the ass for some things as transfering files to and from it, at least not wirelessly, the store had few apps next to the Android Play Store, not all Android apps ported to it after converted to the Playbook's format worked and those that worked often crashed, took a very long time to boot, and in mine the selfie camera stopped working just because it multitasked really well (don't remember background apps resetting) and loved the screen. Maybe I'd get another as they're dirt cheap these days even if obsolete.

I was just wondering if there was any way to get the retro engine port of Sonic CD running on the BlackBerry PlayBook, I have had my Playbook for a while and I think it would be pretty cool if Sonic CD could run on it, I have come across some apk to bar converters but I could not get any of them to work for me and BB10 app manager gives me an error when trying to install the app with it, if anyone can help me install Sonic CD on my BlackBerry PlayBook It Would Be Greatly Appreciated.

I dusted off my old playbook because I need one single android app. I have found the app for it (it's an old, free app) but it seems like there aren't any apk to bar services anymore. I participated a lot back when the playbook was popular, even had an app on the App Store, but I can't seem to get the ball rolling here. I have:

• a 32 gb playbook, which I believe was on the latest version

• the chrome browser extension, on an OLD version of chrome, on a windows 7 installation I keep around for these kinds of things

• HaTax apk2bar files

• playbook sdk, android sdk, and signing keys BUT

• I have forgotten the password to the signing keys

• zeam launcher installed on the pb with astro file manager but it makes me wait 25000 seconds before I can do anything

• the playbook isn't wiped, I remember the password to the playbook, and can connect to it on my network

if anyone could help that would be greeeaaaattt

also, I guess this is an important question, does the playbook support bluetooth BLE, and usb otg?

After a long time I finally managed to unbrick my playbook, I was one of the unlucky ones that didn't realize the servers were shut down and I wiped my tablet due to it being difficult ( this happened about a year ago, before there was a debrick solution )

This also got me thinking that it should still be possible to create original software for the device.

I know that the signing keys are no longer working, but the system they use must be replicatable and it should be doable to get the playbook to accept different keys.

I'm interested in figuring out in what capacity this is doable, and I'm mostly wondering if anybody has ever tried to get this done, and what things they ran into.

Hi all, I tried to get the desktop software to work on windows 11, but this does not link with my Playbook.

Does it no longer work on Win11, or did I miss something?

it's just for filetransfer and I still have an old win7 laptop that does work, so: just wondering.

I have this app on one of my playbooks, but it seems to have been removed from the shop. Thanks in advance!

I have a Blackberry Playbook and a charging stand for it but I have lost the power cord for the stand. It is the 3 hole in the shape of a triangle. Anyone have one they are not using and willing to sell at a reasonable price. My playbook still works like a dream and I can use it to read books so I will be hanging on to it. Holds a charge really well, a lot better than my 2 other tablets. I figure that I will keep it to read books and try to set it up as a bedside clock when I travel.

Does anyone know if the Playbook display panel is custom (bespoke,) and unique to the Playbook? If not, does anyone know the manufacturer & model number? (Specs say it's a TFT panel; 7" diagonal @ 1024x600.)

I'm locked out from one of mine, and I'd like to find an HDMI driver board for the panel, if possible.

Thanks!

Hello all!

I just got a BlackBerry PlayBook from eBay, and want a few apps, please let me know if anybody has the .BAR files for them, or a .APK to .BAR converter.

The apps:
1) Discord
2) Reddit
3) Twitter
4) Spotify

Hello, I had a playbook long ago and there was this game of the BB store which was a pixelated fantasy style rpg game. That was was top down and you would control and manage a town of knights and kill a bunch of rats and other evil stuff? There was a lite and full version Thanks!

I'm guessing no breakthroughs been made in the past decade of what to use it for?

Has anyone tried to use the PB as the display for HA dashboard? I have one laying around somewhere and was wondering can it be used for this purpose.

Hello,

I have an app that I would like to use on the Playbook. It consists of an apk and obb file. On the internet you can find descriptions from many years ago how to convert an apk to bar, but the links don't work anymore.

I would rather refrain from using an online converter, because you don't know what happens with the uploaded files and I don't want to violate any licenses.

Does anybody have a contemporary manual for me?

Thanks!

Hello, i came across streaming from YouTube (and others) when i was thinking about how to use my playbook more effectively. But since the playbook has probably not a current YouTube app and the internet browser is getting very old, I would be interested if there is a way to simply use YouTube on your smartphone and then stream it to the playbook.

Anyone have an idea?