TECHMUNDO 2.0

Ever had those tough to remove themes? Installed them, but after awhile they lose their appeal and when you try to remove them, they aren’t even listed in the list of uninstallables?

S60 3rd’s Echozulu has this trick up his sleve. (The Step by step is a quote from their site, click on the link to see the guide with pics)

1. Connect your device to your PC in ‘Mass storage’ mode - or insert your Mini SD card into a card reader and connect it to your PC.

2. Once your PC recognizes your card a new drive will appear under ‘My Computer’. Open it, and browse to \private\10207114\import.

3. Browse through each of the folders in this directory to find the theme you would like to remove. The MBM, MIF, and SKN files in each folder should each be named after the theme - so if you want to remove a theme called “MyTheme”, look for “MyTheme.mbm” etc.

*Note that you may see some MBM/MIF/SKN files named simply “themepackage.mbm” etc. In this case, simply open the SKN file in Notepad and you will see the actual theme name in the first few lines of text. Here is an example:

In the example you can see that the actual name of the theme is N80 Simplified v2 (created by teddymustupo).

4. Once you’ve found the folder containing the theme files you’d like to remove, simply delete the contents of the folder (don’t delete the folder itself).

Now put your card back in your phone you’ll notice that the theme is no longer listed under themes and you’ve freed up some space on your memory card.

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I used to go to Tools > App. Mgr.  to uninstall programs on the E61.  I try out alot of demos and trial software and sometimes I feel like some of them slow down my E61 and I get into the mood of spring cleaning.  Its just that waiting for App.Mgr. to populate the list of installed programs so I can delete them takes too long.

I found a better method.  Just find the icon of the program you want to purge.

Click Options and then Remove.  I found this to be a much more efficient method of cleaning out unwanted programs in the E61.  I’m not sure if most of you guys do this already, but coming from a non-symbian phone, I’m not really that accustomed to doing even the most basic process, so it’s a new learning curve.  Also, not all installed apps show up on the App.Mgr.

I only wish that deleting themes would work the same way.  I found certain themes to be stubbornly uninstallable.

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I don’t read my manuals. I normally find it more fascinating to discover new features on my own or read about them in forums or blogs. I guess it feeds the primal hunter gatherer instinct (ehrrmm, hunter gatherer of info, not food) in me. I read the manual of the E61 though, and I saw something that might be helpful to most (since I know most of you don’t read manuals as well). I’ve wanted to share this a few weeks back but I was lazy scanning this page.

Ok, now can someone send me a picture of of anyone doing what the line art guy is doing?  Or a picture of someone using the E61 entirely wrong as per the manual’s instructions. hehehe

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I didn’t blog about this problem earlier because a lot of the other blogs has covered this topic pretty well. But looking at the list of google keyword searches for my blog yielded this topic as one of the top queries. So here goes.

If you get a Certificate Error when installing themes or certain apps, go to Tools > App. Mgr. and then select Options > Settings

Software installation should be All, and Online Certif Check should be Off.

I just keep this setting as is, as I don’t want to be troubled with changing settings every time I add an unsigned application. But this is another layer of security for the Symbian device. Others deem it unnecessary, but malware does abound. A word of caution, just be careful with what apps you install and from where you get your apps from.

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Check out the tips page.  It’s been updated!

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I was playing with my phone again earlier and I noticed something that could be a shortcut, but I’m not really sure if it will be helpful.  I’m putting off adding this to my shortcut list until I hear comments from people. 

OK, here’s the sort-of-shortcut I discovered.  On the standby screen . . .

By pressing any of the number keys, *, # or p, Options will show up as the Left Softkey.  Click Options and . . .

. . . you get three menu items.  The first one is pretty straightforward.  If you input a phone number, just click call to uhrrm call.  (That’s why I wasn’t sure if this would be a helpful shortcut, hehe).

The other two (I think) is more helpful — Send allows you to send Text and Multimedia messages, while Add to Contacts enables you to Create New Contacts or Modify Existing Entries in your address book.  The biggest problem with using this shortcut is that whatever character typed into your phone to make that Options selection come out will be used as the phone number to either send a text message or the new contact in your address book.

So there’s my dillema.  I consider these shortcuts in the sense that changing the erroneous phone number is much faster than digging through a bunch of folders for to access these functions.

Please send me your comments as I’m regreting even posting this tip.

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Nokia is well known for rewarding phone owners who spend time to learn the ins and outs of their phone. The E61 is no different. Here’s a collection of tips, shortcuts and secret codes for the Nokia E61. (Don’t be shy to send in your own tips and shortcuts.)

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