Extract text from REM files
To convert your REM file to another format, you need BlackBerry Desktop Software or other Encoded software.
To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted Mobile Data" file type, you need software like BlackBerry Desktop Software or a similar tool.
A .REM file is primarily an Encrypted BlackBerry Data file, generated by legacy BlackBerry smartphones (OS 7 and earlier). These files are created when users enable encryption for media stored on the device's SD card. While this security feature protected data in the mid-2000s, it now presents a significant barrier to access. The file content - often standard JPG images, MP3 audio, or video - is wrapped in a proprietary shell that renders it unreadable on modern systems like Windows 11 or macOS without specific decryption keys or legacy software.
To access the content, users generally need to decrypt the file, effectively converting it back to its original format (e.g., .REM to JPG). Relying on the original BlackBerry Desktop Software is often impractical due to discontinued support. For archiving and modern use, the best workflow is converting these encrypted containers into accessible, open standards like PDF for documents, MP4 for video, or JPEG for photos.
Note: Less frequently, a .REM file may be a RemNote export (essentially a renamed ZIP archive) or a Rapid Eye Multi-Media video recording from older DVR surveillance systems. RemNote files can often be opened by renaming the extension to ZIP.
Convert.Guru analyzes your REM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted JPG, PNG, PDF, JPEG, DB, HTML, BAK, SDOCX, ZIP, DOCX, ENC, PDC and DAT files.
If you want to convert REM file to PX, MSV, SV, RAD, GRAY, PT, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK or OLD, you can use BlackBerry Desktop Software or similar software from the "Encrypted Media Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to REM, try BlackBerry Desktop Software or another comparable tool in the "Encrypted Media Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our REM converter.