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April 19, 2009

How to Change Fonts on Nokia 5800

Filed under: S60V5 Tips — Tags: , , — billyben @ 10:19 pm

There are two parts to this tutorial. The first part is for those with v11 firmware. The second part is for those with v20 firmware. Just a quick reminder though, when you change your font on your phone it also affects the font displayed on your web browser. So you might want to choose a suitable font to go with your phone.

Nokia 5800 - v11 firmware

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Download Font

  1. Connect your Nokia 5800 using mass storage. Alternatively you can use a card reader.
  2. Browse through your memory card and look for the folder called “Resource”
  3. Copy the ‘Fonts’ folder into in. (Download links to Sample font above)
  4. Eject the memory card and restart your phone. The new fonts will take effect.

Alternatively you can use your own custom fonts. What you need is the font file in the .ttf format.

  1. Create a folder called “Fonts” and copy your .ttf font file into it.
  2. Make 4 copies of the same file and rename them to
    • s60snr.ttf
    • s60ssb.ttf
    • s60tsb.ttf
    • S60ZDIGI.ttf
  3. Repeat the same procedure as above (copy the Fonts folder into the Resource folder in your memory card.
  4. Restart your phone and the new fonts should take effect.

Nokia 5800 - v20 firmware

It is the same procedure as above however only 3 files need to be created in the following names:

  • s60sc_c.ttf
  • s60tchk_c.ttf
  • S60ZDIGI.ttf

Copy the Fonts folder to Resource folder and yes a restart is required…

How do I change back to my default fonts?

It is even easier to revert back to the original fonts. To do that, just browse to your memory card and delete the “Fonts” folder which you created in the “Resource” folder. Restart your phone and voila, it is back to the original font.

March 30, 2009

Speed up your S60V2 device !

Filed under: S60V3 Tips, S60V5 Tips — Tags: , , , , — billyben @ 11:09 pm

Study show Symbian ain’t exactly the fastest OS inexistence. In fact, it can get pretty damn slow. So, direct from theTEAM DOTSIS, are some handy tips to fine-tune your S60 phone for speedwithout going completely insane.

The method:

1.Set your log duration to 1 day or No log if possible. Works wonders!Normally, the call log list defaults to 30 days, but that’s completelyunnecessary, at least from our speed point of view.

Open up the Log application, hit options (left softkey), and select theSettings option. Change the Log duration to (optimally) 1 day or No logif possible. Either way, it should give you a noticeable speed increase.

2.Delete install log.. See  Screeshots..

3.Delete media log… Follow Screenshots..

4.Finally, keep your phone’s firmware updated! All right, that was acheap one. But seriously, sometimes Nokia actually improves the userinterface a bit - take the latest N95 firmware, for example, whichspeeds up the Gallery by removing the mean bug that caused the gallerymenu to appear for a second or two before (slowly) sliding off thescreen.

Author: Joel dela rosa

- Nokia Engineer

Please notethat this method may not work on either symbian 9.xx or s60v3 or itdoesn’t work on a synbian 9.xx, s60v3 phone. It successfully worked ona symbian 7.xx, s60v2. And it didn’t work on my symbian 9.3, s60 v3(5320 xm). I personally guess its only for s60 v2 phones.

March 19, 2009

Nokia 5800 XM Tips and Tricks

Filed under: S60V5 Tips — Tags: , , — billyben @ 8:14 pm

5800 Tips and Tricks

1. To bring out the Shortcuts on your Screen/Desktop-> Settings/Personal/Home Screen/Home Screen Theme and select Shortcut bar, you can then select which shortcut to display if goto “Shortcuts”. This will also bring out the “Track” playing being displayed when you open the Music Player.

2. Tap the Clock to bring out the Clock menu and make your alarm, alarm repeat is now built-in.

3. Tap the “General” or Date (the set Profile besides the clock) and the Profile selection menu pops out, almost similar to pressing the “Power” button in all S60, but here the Remove memory is not shown, but “Calendar” shortcut is included and the other profiles as well.

4. If you are on the Numeric Keypad, pressing the [#] key alternately will toggle the General and Silent Profiles, same as before, which means long press on zero [0] will bring out bookmarks for the Web.

5. Tapping on the displayed To do or Calendar entry will bring you immediately to that particular item.

6. Tapping the Active Icon on the Top Left (near the battery indicator) will give you shortcuts for any of the active icons.

7. Long press on the Green Call Button will still activate the Voice Command Prompt

8. Long press on the center button is similar to the Long press on the “Menu” key (the yin-yang key on most S60) which will bring out the menu for all the active applications.

9. Go to Applications/File Manager and setup “Backup” for automated backup schedule of your phone data.

10. How to update your Nokia 5800 firmware using your phone.
Presss *#0000# to display phone factory information and firmware
Now press options and select check for updates
The newest update is sent to your phone from nokia
Download and install updates.
This is done using GPRS or WIFI Connectivity.

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General Tips
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1. Use Dialer and press # for about 2 seconds will switch the profile between Silent and General; press and hold 0 will open the web browser; press and hold 1 will open the voice mailbox

2. There is a shortcut key for Music, Gallery, Share, Video, Web shortcut at the top right corner just below the front camera

3. Press and hold the Green caller button when standby mode will activate the voice command. You could call the name from the contact or application name.

4. Organize your sms by grouping them like outlook by Messaging -> Option -> Setting -> Text message -> Other -> Show messages in groups -> Yes

5. Notification light will blink if there is unread sms/missed call. It could be turned off at Settings -> Notification light -> Off

6. If the touch input is not accurate, you could calibrate your screen at Touch Input-> Touch Screen Calibration -> ( Tap around the 4 dots at the corner)

7. Turning control functions:
a. Rotate your screen horizontal or vertical
b. Silence your phone for incoming call by rotate your phone with screen facing down.
c. Snooze the alarm by rotating phone screen facing down

8. Theme effect will give 3D and transition effect if on but will slow down your tube considerably. Settings -> Personal -> Themes -> General -> Themes effects -> On/Off

9. Shortcut to exit application : Press and hold the middle white button then press and hold the program that you wish to quit, an open/exit option will pop out (useful for those haven’t install handy taskman yet)

10. When using handwriting input, slide from left to right is Spacebar, right to left is Backspace

11. Organize your menu by Menu -> option -> organize. You could drag and drop the location of the application you wish to relocate.

Battery saving Tips
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1. Always turn off wireless scanning, Bluetooth when not in use
2. For those not using 3G, choose your network mode to “GSM” instead of “Dual mode” which will consume more battery. Settings -> Connectivity -> Network mode -> GSM
3. Less Display Light
a. Setting -> Phone -> Display -> light sensor (move the slider to the left)
b. Setting -> Phone -> Display -> Light Time-Out (lesser time to save battery but annoying if too short while you are playing games)
4. Always terminate the application properly that is not using by using Option ->Exit. It might be running background and consuming battery which you don’t know.

Memory Saving Tips
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1. Restart your phone if the memory less than 30MB, you could either soft reset (User a dialer and dial 5 * * then call) or hard reset by pressing the power button

2. Use Handy Taskman to close all application regularly or kill application that is not in use.

Camera & Picture tips
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1. Some noise could be reduced if set the ISO sensitivity to low instead of auto.

2. When viewing pictures, you could use your stylus to view for previous (slide left) or next (slide right) picture like iphone feature.

Video
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For converting video that is high quality to play at 5800, should use the mp4 format as below (All is 16:9 widescreen):
a) Xvid @ 678kbps resolution 480×272
b) Xvid @794kpbs resolution 640×352
c) H.264 @ 512kbps resolution 400×224
d) H.264 @ 550kbps resolution 400×224 (Recommended)

Music tips
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1. If you can’t find your songs after transferring from your pc to memory card, go to music player -> Option -> Refresh library

Application Tips
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1. Always install your phone theme on the memory cards. This is because if some theme does not work (Christmas tree) then you need to flash your phone.

2. Uninstall your application in proper way. Use Menu -> Setting -> Application mgr. -> Installed apps -> Choose application then option n uninstall

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Nokia 5800 CERTIFICATE EXPIRED! Problem Solved

This method Is exclusively for Nokia 5800xm….
first of all I need to say some thing….. “This is a F.W bug(v11)……And I hope nokia will fix this bug in a month”
Exclusive Method:
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people you need signed applications(nokia 5800 compatible Appz)
1) Make your phone memory backup data using nokia pc suit 7.1(very important)
2) After that remove your Micro sd card from mobile..
3) Remove your SIM card also(very important)
4) press *#7370# and unlock code to format your phone memory(yap.. this is safe default is 12345)
5) You will lose all your important date with this action…so make a backup of your phone memory
6) Now nokia 5800 xm will reboot…..wait for a minute….
7) Then select your country region as “Hong Kong”
Cool Set the current time……(set your phone to offline mode)_
9) Now you can put that Micro sd card ……
10) And don;t insert that SIm card right now…just wait….and try to install any supported singed application (E.G-nokia handwriting calculator)
11) And Volla…u may install any singed application ……
12) After that just install your Sim Card…..
Hope this will make nokia 5800xm owners happy……..

5800 Hard Reset(credit goes to Phat )
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WANNA HARD RESET YOUR NOKIA 5800 XM?

JUST PUT *#7370# AND THEN PUT LOCK CODE(I.E 12345) BACK UP YOUR PHONE MEMORY BEFORE DOING THIS

NEW LOCK CODE METHOD FOR NOKIA 5800XM

PRESS GREEN KEY + RED KEY + CAMERA KEY WHILE BOOTING YOUR 5800 JUST PRESS IT UNTIL YOUR DEVICE RESTARTS

This method is for nokia 5800 XM WITH F.W 20 AND UP

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