These shortcuts and tricks will work on other #Nokia Symbian^3 phones like C7, C6-01, E7 too. Keypad shortcuts (Select “Call” from homescreen) - Bluetooth ON/OFF: longpress on ‘*’-key - Call log: press call key - Contacts: press on contacts icon -Open browser: longpress on ’0?-key - Silent profile: longpress on ‘#’-key Keypad codes (Select “Call” from homescreen and type…) - *#7370# does hard reset - *#7780# does soft reset - *#06# shows your IMEI - *#0000# shows info about phone software - *#92702689# (*#war anty#) shows lifetimer Clock and Profile -widget - Active and edit profile: press on profile name on the widget - Calendar: press on date on the widget - Clock: press on clock on widget Notifications popup (press on battery icon) - Clock: press on time on the popup - Connectivity settings: press on connectivity icon on the popup - Powersave mode ON/OFF: press on battery icon on the popup - USB mode: press on USB icon on the popup (when connected) to switch USB mode without unplugging - WLAN-manager: press on WLAN connection on the popup (when connected) Miscellaneous - Alarm Enable/Disable: Set alarm to repeat, then you can disable and enable it - Animated Themes: Nokia default themes (not Midnight pack) have animated backgrounds, just active it from theme settings- Disconnect all networks: longpress with red call key - Edit Homescreen: longpress on anywhere on the homscreen changes to edit mode - Faster Homescreen: turn of theme effects from Themes settings to make switching between homescreens instant - Favorites Widget: you can scroll the favorites widget horisontally and add more than four contacts, unlike in N97 homescreen - Forced Reboot: press power key for eight seconds simulating “battery removal” - “Full” Reset: hold “Volume Down + Camera Key + Menu Key” and press power button until your phone shake (Warning! Will remove some apps permanently like Ovi Store and Qt!) - Predictive QWERTY: predictive text and word auto-completion are also supported on QWERTY, not only in keypad - Screen Saver Notification: Use ‘Music Player’ screen saver to show new sms and missed calls icon on screen. Time, Date, Profile and Music being played will also be shown if enabled. - Silence Calls/Snooze Alarms: turn around your phone upside down to silence calls or snooze alarms (set it on from Settings > Sensor settings) - Special Characters: longpress on ’1*’-character on QWERTY keyboard to input special characters like õ, ü, etc. - Torch (n/a in N8): hold down keylock to use LED flash as a torch - Two way Charge: Both USB and regular thin-pin adapters can be used for charging - Two way Keylock: open keylock by sliding keylock button on side OR by pressing menu key and then press on the screen where it says “Unlock” - Two way TV-OUT: use HDMI cable to get digital TV Out (only N8/E7) with HD resolution or use 3.5mm cable for composite TV out- Voice Command: hold Call button in homescreen (setup voice command first)- USB OTG: you can directly connect almost any USB device to the phone (including USB mouse, -keyboard, -pendrive and -external HDD) - Widget settings: in homescreen edit mode, press on widget (Notifications, Mail, Search and Shortcuts) - Widgets Online/Offline: select Options > “Widget to Offline mode” from homescreen Applications - Calendar: browse through days by swiping through screen from left to right or vice versa to browse back - Camera: use Pinch zoom to switch between 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios (9Mpix vs 12Mpix on N8) - Camera: double press on screen to zoom (like with browser) - Camera: you can also zoom by using volume keys- File Manager: connect to a network drive by choosing the setting from options menu (instead of Settings) - File Manager: jump down on folder tree by pressing on one of the folder icons on top of the screen - File Manager: open search bar by lightly pressing on camera key - Gallery: Three ways to zoom pictures; by making a double press, a pinch zoom or by using volume keys - Mail: Collapse and expand all days by doing longpress on a day - Menu (App. Grid): instead of leaving it to background, choose Options > Exit - Profiles: set profile (except general and offline) to change based on time of the day from profile settings - Ovi Maps: share current (or favorite) location via MMS or E-Mail to any other Nokia device with Maps - Task Manager: open Task Manager by doing longpress on (physical) menukey on the phone - Task Manager: longpress on any of the apps to bring out option to close invidual or all running apps - Lost Application (general): in case you accidently delete some of Nokia applications, like Communities or Midnight theme pack, use Software Update re-install it. #Admin
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:45:39 +0000
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