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Tip 1: Do you know how to use the edit button (ABC or pen button)?

Here's how... in the Inbox for example; you want to delete multiple SMS, simply hold the edit button, scroll down, and then, press C to delete the marked SMS. The edit button can also be used to copy and paste text in SMS, simply hold it and scroll across, choose copy. This is pretty good for placing song names in NGage.

Tip 2: How to copy & paste text in your Nokia smart phone.
Press and hold the pencil key and select your text using the scroll key.
Left function key will change to 'copy'. Press it to copy the selected text to clipboard.
You can paste the clipboard contents the same way:
Press and hold the pencil key and press 'paste'. Or, press pencil key once and select 'paste'.
Press and hold the menu key to open the application switching window, where you can switch between applications.


Tip 3: For NGage users; did you know you can install .sis files simply using the cable given? Just plug it in, place the .sis file anywhere on E: (the MMC), not in any folders, root of E: disconnect, and then look for it in File Manager.

Tip 4: Save on battery and system memory being used by regularly checking the Task Manager which can be accessed by holding down the menu button!!

Tip 5: Type *#06# to display your IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) serial number, very valuable for the unlocking your phone to other SIM cards.

Tip 6: Type *#0000# to view which firmware version you are running. A "firmware" is the phone's operating system stored in internal flash memory of the device (disk Z: the ROM of the phone). Manufacturers release new firmware versions containing bug fixes, improvements and sometimes, offering new functions. Firmware upgrade can only be made in authorized Nokia service centre.

Tip 7:[/B] Saving on battery & increasing battery life:
1. Set the screen saver to a short time out period to prolong battery life.
2. Avoid restarting the phone, or repeatedly turning it on and off. This helps increase battery life.

Tip 8: If you would like to avoid being "Blue Jacked", keep Bluetooth turned off, or set your phone's visibility to hidden.

Tip 9: Don't want to carry a watch and a phone? Set the screen saver to show date and time, then you can ditch the watch.

Tip 10: Save memory when installing applications, by installing over Bluetooth. This can be done using the Nokia phone suite and a Bluetooth serial connection. Only works with .sis files, so java still has to be sent to the phone, but will save space when using .sis files.

Tip 11: Operator Logos
Use some file manager like FileMan, FExplorer or Seleq to add the folders: "C:/system/apps/phone/oplogo". Add a .bmp picture to folder "oplogo" and restart your phone! The .bmp picture size needs to be: 97 x 25 pixels and should not have spaces in the file name.

Tip 12: Check if the recipient’s phone is on
Delivery reports: Set delivery to on and send a message when the message is delivered you get a report. This indicates that the recipient’s phone is on.
Type *0# followed by your message in the message composer window space then write your message, the recipients will not see the star zero hash bit and will see just the message. When they read the message, it will relay a message back to your phone showing the time they received it. (I haven’t yet tried it myself though).

Tip 13: While you are viewing a picture in your phone's gallery, press one of these shortcut keys:
1 - Turn image anticlockwise
3 - Turn image clockwise
* - toggle on/off of full screen
5 - Zoom in
0 - zoom out

Tip 14: If a program hangs and you can't shut it down, select the application in the Application switching window and press 'C' to kill it. It’s also a faster way to exit programs.

Tip 15: Turn off the "click" sound made by the camera by selecting the 'Silent' profile or by turning warning tones off. Go to: Menu > Profiles > ‘Select your activated profile’ > Personalize > Warning Tones > on/off. This also affects the sound of Java games and apps.

Tip 16: To change background image go to: Menu > Tools > Settings > Phone > Standby Mode > Background Image > Yes > ‘Choose an Image’. The best size for background images is 174x132 pixels.

Tip 17: Display an image when someone's calling:
Menu > Contacts > ‘Select a Contact’ > Options > Edit > Options > Add thumbnail > ‘Choose an Image’.

Tip 18: Add a personal ringing tone to a contact: Menu > Contacts > ‘Select a’ > Options > Open > Options > Ringing Tone > Choose a Ringing Tone’.

Tip 19: Delete all messages from your Inbox at once:
Menu > Messaging > Inbox > Options > Mark/Unmark > Mark All > Options > Delete.

Tip 20: Send or hide your Caller Id: Go to: Menu > Tools > Settings > Call > Send My Caller Id Yes/No/Set by Network to follow the default settings of your home network.

Tip 21: If you often copy large files to your multimedia card, I recommend a card reader.
E.g. with a card reader it takes only 10 seconds to copy a 15 MB file!

Tip 22: Record the sound of a phone call using the Sound Recorder. Go to Menu > Extras > Recorder > Options > Record Sound Clip.
But there is a 60 second limitation so if you want unlimited sound recording get some application.
Note: short beeps are audible during call registration.

Tip 23: While writing text, press "#" to switch between upper and lower case and dictionary on/off (predictive text input). Press and hold "#" to switch between alpha mode and number mode.

Tip 24: In standby mode, press and hold the right soft key to activate voice dialing.

Tip 25: To add a voice tag to a phone number, open the Contact and scroll to the phone number and select: Options > Add Voice Tag.

Tip 26: You can customize both soft keys located below the screen (in standby mode):
Menu > Tools > Settings > Phone > Standby Mode > Left/Right Selection Key > ‘Select an Application’.

Tip 27: In standby mode. Press scroll key center (joystick) to go directly to contacts.

Tip 28: In standby mode, press and hold 0 to launch your WAP home page.

Tip 29: In menu or any subfolder, press numbers 1 - 9 to start the application at that location. Following is the mapping:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

Tip 30: In standby mode, xx# dials the number on your default contact list at xx location. E.g. 50# dials slot 50 and so on.

Tip 31: If you have your key lock activated just press the on/off button to turn on your backlight.

Tip 32: To reset your wallet, should you forget your code, type in: *#7370925538#
This will reset the wallet code; the wallet contents will be deleted.

Tip 33: Start up in Safe Mode so no 'Auto Start' apps will be running.
To make sure that no memory-resident programs start when you reboot your phone, hold down the Pen (ABC) key when you turn on the phone and hold it on until you have to enter your pin code. When you have trouble booting up the phone with the MMC in it because it got corrupted for some reason, this trick will almost always let you boot up the phone so you can remove the latest installed app which might have caused the problem or if your phone is "unrepeatable" you can still back up your important data before you do a format.

Tip 34: Shit happens, on a Smart Phone, its inevitable you do something wrong, and it calls for a reset or format of the phone. There are three ways to reset the phone:
1. Soft Reset: Press *#7780#, then enter the lock code. This resets the phone to the original settings, however no format is done.
2. Hard Reset (Soft Format): Press *#7370#, then enter the lock code, which is the secret code of the phone. This will format the phone memory and reset the phone to default settings.
3. Hard Format: Switch off the phone then press and hold <3>, <*> and <Call> (Send) buttons, then power on phone, keep holding on the 3 buttons, till you come to a format screen. This method does need not need the security code, but security code would be reset to default 12345.

Note: battery must be fully charged, otherwise if the format is disrupted by low battery, consequences will be disastrous.

If there are various problems like too slow performance and very frequent hangs, try formatting the phone. Formatting the phone makes it new as it is out of the box. But, the OEM apps (like Camera & Real Player) won't be deleted.

First format your MMC: Menu > Extras > Memory > Options > Format Memory Card > Yes. Then format your phone by typing *#7370# on main phone screen. Phone will ask: "Restore all original phone settings? Phone will restart", Press ‘Yes’ and enter your lock code (default is 12345).

Note: It is very important to format your MMC before you format your phone.

Note: all your created access points and mailboxes will be lost so take a note of them. And all application settings will be reset. E.g. in Camera, image quality is set back to normal and memory in use is set back to phone memory. And also in messages, Memory in use is set back to phone memory, etc. also backup your contacts with PC Suite or some other program.

Tip 35: Backing Up Data Before Reseting Phone.
Before reseting your phone you can save your data such as Contacts, Notes etc. Go to "C:\System\Data\" of your phone ('C:\' means in the phone memory) and save following files:

bookmarks.db - Bookmarks
calendar.db - Calendar
notepad.dat - Notes
contacts.cdb - Contacts

You will not be able to copy these files diectly using simple copy and paste operation. Use some software like FExplorer to copy using 'Shared Copy' operation and the pasting to a location from where you can easily backup these files.

PS:A note of thanks goes to Marko for giving this tip.

Tip 36: Restart your friends phone using your Bluetooth
Write "<TAB><BluetoothName><TAB>" (including qoutes, e.g. " BlueSymby ", sorry can't show tab space here.) in a text file and transfer the text file to your phone. Then copy the text of the attachment from your phone using the copy feature of S60 phones and rename your bluetooth name by pasting the text you just copied. Now switch on your bluetooth, whenever anybody tries to search nearby bluetooh devices to send files, his phone will restart. This process will go on and on if he tries to send you files.

You can type any name in the Bluetooth Name. But remember, do it carefully one mistake or any space will render it useless and this trick will not work.

Note: Works on all bluethooth enabled phone having Symbian OS 7 or below. This loophole is fixed for phones having Symbain OS 8 and above.