Help us test our new BibleReader for Blackberry with storage card
Install BibleReader 4.0 Beta directly to your device. (9/3/2008, version 4.02.013)
Important! This version requires that you download new files, and place them in /olivetree on your storage card.
To install BibleReader manually (non-OTA install) click here
To install Bibles for the new BibleReader:
- From your desktop computer, go to Olive Tree for BlackBerry with Storage Card to see the products currently available for BlackBerry with Storage Card.
- Make sure the Current Device at the top of the screen says "BlackBerryWithStorageCard(BR 4.0)".
- Download Bibles or eBooks to your desktop, then transfer to your storage card. details
- Visit our store to download free books.
- Log onto your account to access purchased products. No repurchase is necessary.
- Disconnect your BlackBerry from the USB cable before attempting to access your library.
- If your library is blank, exit the BibleReader using Menu->Exit, and restart the BibleReader.
Beta notes
- Please submit any comments on the new beta reader to our
BlackBerry Beta forum.
- The files changed between version 4.001.0007 and 4.02.013. All library files need to be re-downloaded, and placed on the storage card in /olivetree.
- We are still working on this BibleReader. Expect frequent updates, which may include upgraded Bible files.
- Changes in 4.02.013 include:
- Faster search, including multiple word search and more search options (details)
- Faster navigation
- Notes are now stored in a separate file, so they can be searched and accessed as an eBook
- Library rescan menu option to see newly added files
- Bug fixes
To transfer files to your storage card:
- First, run the BibleReader, then use the menu to exit. This will create the directory needed for Bibles.
- Download the file directly to your desktop computer (no OTA install).
- Connect your BlackBerry to your desktop computer using the USB cable.
- Transfer the .pdb file as follows:
Without using Desktop Manager:
- Be sure you can access the memory card in Windows Explorer.
- Use Explorer to copy the .pdb files you just downloaded to BlackBerry drive that now shows up as your BlackBerry (i.e. to E:\). Copy to the directory \olivetree that was created by the BibleReader.
- Eject the BlackBerry drive using the USB device eject icon in your systray on the task bar.
Using Desktop Manager:
- Make sure BlackBerry Desktop Manager version 4.2, service pack 1 is installed on your desktop computer.
- Start BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
- Click on Media Manager.
- On the right side of the screen, browse to the olivetree directory created by the BibleReader.
- On the left side of the screen, browse to the .pdb files you downloaded. Select the files to transfer and click the arrow pointing right.
- Disconnect your BlackBerry from the USB cable.
- If the new file does not show up in the BibleReader immediately, go to the Library and select "Reload library" from the menu.
To use advanced search options:
Advanced Search Syntax
We don't have the Advanced search syntax documentation ready to include with the reader yet. So here is some documentation on it. Please post to the forum if you have questions or examples of things you want to search for. That will be the most helpful to explain this. You don't have to use the Advanced Syntax. You only use it when this option is set in the search options. This is very powerful and very fast search algorithm.
To use advanced search, change the "Find" option on the search screen to "Advanced search."
The search string must start with an open parenthesis and end with a close parenthesis plus the codes following it or it must be a single word. Each word may have an unlimited number of asterisks in any position. The codes following the close parenthesis are as follows:
- For an OR search, just put "o"
- For an AND search, put "a" followed by the three more values listed below:
- o/n: "o" in order to retain order, "n" in order not to require retaining order
- v/w: "v" in order to make the proximity based on verses, "w" for proximity to be based on words
- a number: the proximity in either verses or words. The proximity gives the maximum distance between the first word/expression in this set of parentheses and the last word/expression in this set of parentheses. So, for two consecutive words, one would use "w1". For three consecutive words, one would use "w2". For words in the same verse, one would use "v0".
Searches may be nested inside of searches as many times as one wishes. There is no limit on the number of words within one set of parentheses, no limit on the number of nested searches, no limit on the length of the search, and practically no limit on the number of asterisks in each word (an upper limit is employed that we don't anticipate anyone reaching--currently 100).
Here are some example searches. The quotation marks are just for seeing what is part of the searches in this list. They are not part of the search syntax.
"jesus": returns all occurrences of the exact word "jesus"
"jes*": returns all occurrences of words beginning with "jes"
"*jes*s*": returns all occurrences of words with "jes" somewhere in the word with another "s" somewhere after it in the word (e.g. "jesus", "jesse")
"(jesus christ)aow1": returns all occurrences of the exact phrase "jesus christ"
"(jesus christ)anw1": returns all occurrences of "jesus christ" or "christ jesus"
"(jesus christ)anv0": returns all occurrences of "jesus" and "christ" anywhere in the same verse in either order
"(*hover* spir*)anv3": returns all occurrences of words with "hover" somewhere in them and words beginning with "spir" somewhere within 3 verses of one another
Also, if you don't want to use the () syntax you can use quotes for exact phrase. So searching for
"son of man" Jesus
will find all verses that have the exact phrase "son of man" and Jesus somewhere in it.
You can also put newlines in your search for readability. So you may write a search like this
(
(*hover* spir*)anv3
(god lord)o
)anw200
This search returns all occurrences of words with "hover" somewhere in them and words beginning with "spir" somewhere within 3 verses of one another and either the word "god" or the word "lord" within 200 words (regardless of how many verses that is)of both the word with "hover" and the word beginning with "spir".
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