[Help] Nokia 6260 Newbie Questions

And it's also illegal to obtain/use the Nokia 6260 firmware yourself. It's best to send it to official Nokia service centers for firmware upgrades

will a 6260 firmware upgrade wipe out the phone memory (e.g contacts etc) as i remember when i had the firmware of my 8310 upgraded all my contacts on the phone were wiped out.

also is there a time from when you first buy the phone that you can get free firmware upgrades or are they free all the time, no matter how old your phone is/will be?

A firmware upgrade will wipe out everything in the phone's memory, so do a backup or save what you need saved otherwise before.

nokya wrote:also is there a time from when you first buy the phone that you can get free firmware upgrades or are they free all the time, no matter how old your phone is/will be?

Nokia gives free firmware upgrades only if your mobile is still under warranty

My Nokia 6260's microphone has not working for around 2 weeks already. And I thought it was a network problem that people cannot hear what I say (but I can hear them)! Heck, I can't even do voice recording (using the built-in voice recorder), so confirmed it's the microphone problem. Damn lousy phone... Anyone experience this issue? My phone is only 1 month+ old 😞

Will resetting it to factory defaults solve the microphone issue? I came across *#7780#, *#7370# and [green]+[def3]+[*+] codes. Questions, what are the differences between these three codes? Will it wipe out everything or just settings? Any precautions that I should be aware of and also side-effects?

Probably is a hardware problem.
I had a problem with my 3650 - the speaker stopped working after a while.
I found out that the ringer was damaged, so i got it fixed.

rohitkhannak wrote:Probably is a hardware problem.

yeap hardware problem alrite ... but u mite wana give check to any new programs u mite have installed b4 the problem started .. uninstalling them mite solve it the eazy way David ...

DaViD_BRaNDoN wrote:Any precautions that I should be aware of and also side-effects?

Well *#7780# does a soft format i.e it keeps the contacts n stuff .. where as *#7370# does the hard format i.e clean system format .. ur phone will be as new as u bought it first .. the last option m not quiet shure bt .. but its the same as *#7370# i guess .. hope m right 🙄 ...... ppl ?

i did the call green button+3+* and it formatted the whole phone as it was when it came from the factory, so it depends if you wanna get rid of installed app system files etc

Well, the only app that I installed is FExplorer, SMSReminder and some themes. Not sure if related to software that I'd installed but I'd uninstalled SMSReminder quite awhile already. Now it's only FExplorer and some themes

uhm, can i ask how you guys know what firmware version your phone has? also, is flashing the same thing as upgrading the firmware? sorry, i'm new and not as familiar with the jargon. thanks a lot!

blanca19 wrote:uhm, can i ask how you guys know what firmware version your phone has? also, is flashing the same thing as upgrading the firmware? sorry, i'm new and not as familiar with the jargon. thanks a lot!

*#06# .. gives u the current firmware for ur phone .. google up a search for ur firmware version and u will have many results on the latest firmware ...

Yes Flashing means Upgrading ur firmare or keeping the same firmware .... formatting is different from flashing the phone .. flashing upgrades the files in ur phone ROM with the latest files .. formatting wipes out ur phone memory and copies files from the ROm to the phone memory .. hope that helped 😊

dhanesh wrote:*#06# .. gives u the current firmware for ur phone

DaViD_BRaNDoN wrote:*#06# gives IMEI (serial number)
*#0000# gives firmware version

OUCH ! :redface: Sowiee ... hehe .. got confused with the code ... c'mon i got a lil brain ... how many numbers do i keep inside .. lol

Will be sending my Nokia 6260 for warranty repair tomorrow - microphone and speaker problems, auto-restart problem and also poor built quality. Hopefully they'll upgrade my firmware

I need some help i just bought my buddies Nokia 6260 and reset it to factory conditions i need a few pointers because he lost the booklet. Whats the default pass word for any security option? My phone keeps telling me that MMS Roaming is OFF, how do i turn it on, how do i connect to internet? it says i need to see "connections" settings but i have no clue what to do. What's VPN?

Thanks to anyone who actually takes the time to answer my newbie questions, yea the internet thing is annoying, what are the basic requirements or configurations to set up the internet browsing?

Thanks Again 🙄

Stachu wrote:I need some help i just bought my buddies Nokia 6260 and reset it to factory conditions i need a few pointers because he lost the booklet.

The manual is available for download as a PDF on Nokia's site: http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,60827,00.html
Some other useful stuff for the phone on that page as well.