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Tips & Tricks for nokia smart phones !

Tip 1 : Do u know how to use the edit button (abc or pencil button)? Heres how... in the inbox for example; u wanna delete multiple sms simpl! hold the edit button scroll down and then press c to delete the marked sms. The edit button can also b used to cop! and past text in sms simpl! hold it and scroll across choose cop!. prett! "ood for placin" son" names in n"a"es Tip # : $hit happens on a smartphone its ine%itable u do somethin" wron" and tis calls for a format of fone. to format the fone press &'()(*' then enter the lock code which is the sec code of the fone. +,T-: batt must b ful. else if format is disrupted b! low batt conse/uences will b disatrous 0 heard the code &'((1*' works too prett! much the same i tink. for 22** users to format the fone theres an alternati%e wa!. 3ress and hold 4)5 4&5 and 6all ($end) buttons then power on fone keep holdin" on the ) buttons till u come to a format screen. this method ,+78 works on 22** and need not enter the sec code. 9:T sec code would be reset to default 1#);<. Tip ) : T, +=>=- :$-?$; Did u know u can install .sis files simpl! usin" the cable "i%en? @uA plu" it in place the .sis file an!where on e: (the mmc) not in an! folders root of e: disconnect then look for it in mana"er. Tip ;: $a%e on batter! and s!stem memor! bein" used b! re"ular! checkin" the task mana"er which can be accessed b! holdin" down the menu buttonBB Tip <: T!pe &'*2' to displa! !our 0C-0 seriDl number %er! %aluable for the unlockin" !our phone to other sim cards Tip 2: T!pe &'****' to %iew which firmware %ersion !ou are runnin" Tip ;a: $et the screen sa%er to a short time out period to prolon" batter! life. Tip ;b: >%oid restartin" the phone or repeatedl! turnin" it on and off. This helps increase batter! life. Tip (: 0f !ou would like to a%oid bein" Eblue FackedE keep bluetooth turned off or set !our phoneGs %isibilit! to hidden. Tip 1: DonGt want to carr! a watch and a phone? $et the screen sa%er to show date and time then !ou can ditch the watch. Tip H: $a%e memor! when installin" apps b! installin" o%er bluetooth. This can be done usin" the nokia phone suite and a bluetooth seriDl connection. ,nl! works with .$0$ files so Fa%a still has to be sent to the phone but will sa%e space when usin" .$0$ files. Tip 1*: ,perator lo"os :se a filemana"er like I-xplorer or $eleJ to add the folders: Ec:Ks!stemK>ppsKphoneKoplo"oE. >dd a .bmp picture to folder Eoplo"oE and restart !our phoneB The .bmp picture siAe needs to be: H( x #< pixels Tip 11: 6heck if the recepients phone is on Deli%er! reports or T!pe &*' !our messa"e in the messa"e composer window space then write !our messa"e the recipient will not see the star Aero hash bit L Fust the messa"e Mhen the! read it it will rela! a messa"e back to !our fone showin" the time the! recie%ed it. (ha%enGt !et tried it m!self thou"h) Tip 1#: 9lue@ackin" Iirst up !ou need to know what 9luetooth is. There are lots of t!pes of modern de%ices that incorporate 9luetooth as one of their man! features. 3D>s mobile phones and laptops are a few of these modern de%ices. 9luetooth means that 9luetooth enabled de%ices can send thin"s like phonebookKaddress book contacts pictures N notes to other 9luetooth enabled de%ices wirelessl! o%er a ran"e of about 1* metres. $o weG%e "ot past the borin" part. +ow usin" a phone with 9luetooth !ou can create a phonebook contact and write a messa"e e". GHello !ouG%e been blueFackedG in the G+ameG field. Then !ou can search for other phones with 9luetooth and send that phonebook contact to them. ,n their phone a messa"e will popup sa!in" EGHello !ouG%e been blueFackedG has Fust been recei%ed b! 9luetoothE or somethin" alon" those lines. Ior most G%ictimsG the! will ha%e no idea as to how the messa"e appeared on their phone. Tip 1): Mhile !ou are %iewin" a picture in !our phoneGs "aller! press one of these shortcut ke!s (definitel! works on 22** not sure about other s!mbians) 1 L turn ima"e anticlockwise ) L turn ima"e clockwise

& L to""le onKoff of ful. screen < L Aoom in * L Aoom out '1< u can select all files in a folder b! selectin" TH- folder and cop! it then paste it somewhere. howe%er u need to make a new director!. fexplorer wun let u cop! that folder to"ether. well seleJ can mark files to cop! but it reall! takes timeB '12: > soft and Hard reset > $oftLreset L the process of resettin" all the settin"s of the phone to the factor! defaultB +o applications are deletedB > HardLreset is like formattin" a dri%eB 0t does format the memor!. -%er!thin" that has been installed after the first use of the phone is deletedB 0t will reco%er the memor! of the phone to the state !ou purchased itB 0t is done b! inputin" the followin" code: &'()(*' +,T-: The batter! must be ful. or the char"er has to be connected to the phone so that it does not run out of power and make the phone unusable. '1(: Iormats of ima"es supported ones: @3= :3I =0I1(aK1Ha M9C9 C9C T0IIKI 3+= -O0I How to cop! N paste text in !our +okia )2<*: 3ress and hold the pencil ke! and select !our text usin" the scroll ke!. 7eft function ke! will chan"e to G6op!G. 3ress it to cop! the selected text to clipboard. 8ou can paste the clipboard contents the same wa!: press and hold the pencil ke! and press G3asteG. ,r press pencil ke! once and select G3asteG. 3ress and hold the Cenu ke! to open the application switchin" window where !ou can &duh& switch between applications. 0f a pro"ram han"s and !ou canGt shut it down select the application in the application switchin" window and press G6G to kill it. 0tGs also a faster wa! to exit pro"rams. Turn onKoff the EclickE sound made b! the camera b! selectin" the G$ilentG profile or b! turnin" warnin" tones onKoff: Cenu 5 3rofiles 5 Eselect !our acti%ated profileE 5 3ersonalise 5 Marnin" tones 5 ,nK,ff. (This also effects the sound of @a%a "ames and apps). To chan"e back"round ima"e "o to: Cenu 5 Tools 5 $ettin"s 5 3hone 5 $tandb! mode 5 9ack"round ima"e 5 8es 5 Echoose an ima"eE. The best siAe for back"round ima"es is 1(;x1)# pixels. ,nl! "ot blue "reen and purple in !our )2<* colour palette? This free app adds ) more colours: 3alette -xtender. Displa! an ima"e when someoneGs callin": Cenu 5 6ontacts 5 Eselect a contact cardE 5 ,ptions 5 -dit 5 ,ptions 5 >dd thumbnail 5 Echoose an ima"eE. >dd a personal rin"in" tone to a contact: Cenu 5 6ontacts 5 Eselect a contact cardE 5 ,ptions 5 ,pen 5 ,ptions 5 ?in"in" tone 5 Echoose a rin"in" toneE. Delete all messa"es from !our 0nbox at once: Cenu 5 Cessa"in" 5 0nbox 5 ,ptions 5 CarkK:nmark 5 Cark all 5 ,ptions 5 Delete. $end or hide !our caller 0D: =o to: Cenu 5 Tools 5 $ettin"s 5 6all 5 $end C! 6aller 0D 5 G8esG G+oG or G$et 9! +etworkG to follow the default settin"s of !our home network. 0f !ou often cop! lar"e files to !our CultiCedia 6ard 0 recommend a card reader. -.". Mith a card reader it takes onl! 1# seconds to cop! a 1* C9 fileB ?ecord the sound of a phone call usin" the (sound) ?ecorder. Cenu 5 -xtraGs 5 ?ecorder 5 ,ptions 5 ?ecord sound clip. +ote: short beeps are audible durin" call re"istration. 9ut there is a 2* second limitation so if !ou want unlimited sound recordin" "et this app: -xtended ?ecorder. Mhile writin" text press E'E to switch between upper and lower case and Dictonar! onKoff (predicti%e text input). 3ress and hold E'E to switch between >lpha mode and +umber mode. Pe!board shortcuts for Aoomin" and rotatin" ima"es in 0ma"es: 1 Q Aoom in * Q Aoom out press and hold to return to the normal %iew. # Q rotate anticlockwise H Q rotate clockwise & Q ful. screen.

0n standb! mode press and hold the ri"ht soft ke! to acti%ate %oice diallin". To add a %oice ta" to a phone number open a contact card and scroll to the phone number and select: ,ptions 5 >dd %oice ta". 8ou can customiAe both soft ke!s located below the screen (in standb! mode): Cenu 5 Tools 5 $ettin"s 5 3hone 5 $tandb! mode 5 7eftK?i"ht selection ke! 5 Eselect an applicationE. 0n standb! mode. press scroll ke! center (Fo!stick) to "o directl! to 6ontacts. 0n standb! mode press and hold * to launch !our wap home pa"e. 0n Cenu or an! subfolder press numbers 1 L H to start the application at that location. 1#) ;<2 (1H 0n standb! mode ;<' R dials the number on !our sim in memor! slot ;<. <*' R dials slot <* and so on. 0f !ou ha%e !our ke!lock acti%ated Fust press the onKoff button to turn on !our backli"ht to look at the time when itGs dark without ha%in" to unlock the ke!pad. +e%er e%er in !our whole life install Mild$kinA on !our +okia )2<*BBB Mild$kinA screws up the whole )2<* s!stem. 0t was ne%er intended to work on the )2<* onl! on the (2<*. Mh! assi"nin" %ide* ?ecorder in the ri"ht or left soft ke! does not work? ($ound ?ecorder is launched instead of %ide* ?ecorder) 0tGs a bu" with firmware %ersion #.<*. How to check !our firmware %ersion: > EIirmwareE is the phoneGs operatin" s!stem stored in internal Ilash memor! of the de%ice (disk S. Canufacturers release new firmware %ersions containin" bu" fixes impro%ements and L sometimes L offerin" new functions. Iirmware up"rade can onl! be made in authoriAed +okia ser%ice centre (point). To check !our current firmware %ersion simpl! t!pe &'****' on main 3hone screen. How to check !our 0C-0 (0nternational Cobile -/uipment 0dentit!)? T!pe &'*2' on main 3hone screen. $tart up in $afe Code so no Gauto startG apps will be runnin": To make sure that no memor!Lresident pro"rams start when !ou reboot !our phone hold down the pencil ke! when !ou turn on the phone and hold it on untill !ou ha%e to enter !our 30+ code. (Mhen !ou ha%e trouble bootin" up the phone with the CC6 in it because it "ot corrupted for some reason this trick will almost alwa!s let !ou boot up the phone so !ou can remo%e the latest installed app which mi"ht ha%e caused the problem or if !our phone is EunrepairableE !ou can still back up !our important data before !ou do a format.) J: How to totall! format !our +okia )2<* and remo%e all installed applications user files and restore all settin"s to default like itGs new out of the box? (,-C apps wonGt be deleted like 6amera and ?eal,ne 3la!er). >: Iirst Iormat !our CC6: Cenu 5 -xtras 5 Cemor! 5 ,ptions 5 Iormat mem. card 5 8es. +ote: 0t is %er! important to format !our CC6 before !ou format !our phoneB Then format !our phone b! t!pin" &'()(*' on main 3hone screen. 3hone will ask: E?estore all ori"inal phone settin"s? 3hone will restart.E 3ress G8esG and enter !our 7ock code (default is 1#);<). Tip: Iormattin" takes se%eral minutes so !ouGd better connect !our +okia )2<*

to a char"er to ensure that !our batter! doesnGt "et empt! in the middle of formattin". +ote: >ll !our created acces points and mailboxes will be lost so take a note of them. >nd all application settin"s will be reset. -.". 0n 6amera ima"e /ualit! is set back to normal and memor! in use is set back to phone memor!. >nd also in Cessa"es memor! in use is set back to phone memor! etc. >lso backup !our contacts with 36 $uite or a pro"ram like 6ontacts Cana"er. To reset !our wallet should !ou for"et !our code T!pe in: &'()(*H#<<)1' this will reset the wallet code the wallet contents will be deleted. LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL How to free more ?>C on !our phone 555 555 Cethod 1: Ili"ht mode: 3ut !our phone in EIli"ht modeE with 3siloc $!stem Tools. 0nstall $!stem Tools open it and select EIli"ht modeE. This wa! !ou can restart the phone without !our $0C card so there will be no runnin" phone tasks in the back"round. +ow !ou can ha%e up to ) < C9 of free ?>CB +ote: ironicall! enou"h Ili"ht mode doesnGt work when $mart 7auncher is installed at least in m! case. 9ut iG%e also heard se%eral reports of people who ha%e both apps runnin" without an! problems. 555 Cethod #: $mart 7auncher trick: 0nstall $mart 7auncher and open it. =o to ,ptions $ettin"s and put 7auncher ,+. +ow plu" in !our char"er and switch off !our phone. Mait untill the batter! meter appears and short press the Cenu button (donGt hold). The menu should appear and now !ou can ha%e ) < to ; < C9 free ?>CB (Hold Cenu button to check ?>C). The trick is that with the char"er plu""ed in the phone must "et a minimum software support for char"in" e%en when the phone is switched off. >nd somehow $mart 7auncher has still "ot itGs shortcut runnin" and thatGs the Cenu button. $o when !ou press the Cenu button !ou "o directl! to the Cenu without an! other phone tasks runnin" in the back"round so !ou trick the phone and !ou ha%e more free ?>CB +ote: when !ou unplu" the char"er the phone will switch off. 555 Cethod ): Cenu : This method 0 found it b! m!self it frees a little about 1**T#** P9 but 0 "uess itGs useful sometime 6lose !our menu not b! selectin" the ri"ht selection ke! EexitE or pressin" the menu ke! another time the! onl! hide the menu app but do not close it to close it select the left selection ke! EoptionE and scroll down and select EexitE $o when !ou open an app needs more ram reopen menu and close it itGs useful when pla! low bit rate %ide* in realpla!er paradis.

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