Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your REM file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert REM to another file type
To convert REM encrypted files to another format, you need BlackBerry Desktop Software or other Encoded software.
Convert a file to REM
To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted Device File" file type, you need software like BlackBerry Desktop Software or a similar tool.
About REM files
The .REM file is primarily an encrypted media file generated by legacy BlackBerry smartphones. When a user enables memory card encryption, the device encrypts saved photos, videos, and contacts, appending .REM to the original extension. Alternatively, this extension is used for RemNote knowledge base exports, FEBRABAN CNAB Brazilian bank remittance files, and Rapid Eye Multi-Media DVR surveillance videos. The BlackBerry implementation is highly restrictive. It is proprietary and relies on AES encryption tied to the specific hardware key of the smartphone. You cannot simply open a BlackBerry .REM file on a modern PC, Mac, or web browser. It requires the original device or BlackBerry Desktop Software. This creates massive data lock-in and archiving headaches. To recover your media, you must first decrypt it on the original device. If your file is a RemNote export, it is essentially a ZIP archive. For web use, convert extracted images to WEBP or JPG. For video archiving, convert to MP4.
Convert.Guru analyzes your REM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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 REM Converter Story
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.