Don't know if this one is well known (or in the manual which I haven't read) but I discovered today that a quick double press on the bottom left 'number shift' key locks it. Most useful when particularly navigating around the GMail app to invoke actions instead of keep pressing the button before every keystroke.
Tim
I want to know about page up and page down, also cut, copy and paste. Any ideas?
Copy and paste can, in some situations be done with Ctrl+C (but you need to hold down Func+Chr+C to get this on the keyboard). You can highlight text (in edit situations) by holidng the shift key and moving the direction pad. Copy will appear as on of the softkey labels.
Page up and page down are Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down. Again you access control by pressing the function key first (so Fn+Chr+Up on the keyboard. Doing this directly is awkward. You can press Fn then Ctrl+Up. If you doble tap the function key it becomes sticky (i.e. like cap locks and as tim describes above) and you can then do multiple page up and page downs eaily.
Also handy are the usual silent and Bluetooth keys. From the idle screen hold down # to switch between silent and general profiles. Press and hold down * to switch bluetooth on and off.
I have stickied this thread as I suspect it could be very handy for new users. Please feel free to add your own tips, shortcut and other such things. I may try and keep things consolidated if it gets confusing.
Here's one more trick for Nokia E71 Keyboard that I find very useful -
Press Fn Key + Return Key for quick Mark/Unmark of items like Msg. emails etc. for deletion or moving.
In E51 & E61i doing this would automatically move the selection down to the second line, not any more in the E71 after this shortcut one has to move a line down by the down key, don't know why ?
madusa - I think that's shift and return rather than functions isn't it?
Rafe wrote:madusa - I think that's shift and return rather than functions isn't it?
It's 'shift' + 'return' (or click navi button) to mark a single item or...
It's 'shift' + 'navi button down' to mark multiple items.
Don't suppose there is a quick key to mark an email as read? it's a pain keep going in the menu to do it.
More tips:
On keys that show a symbol or number, hold down the key to get it.
In Realplayer
Press 'fn' twice then press 2 for full screen
Press and hold 'navi button up' to fast forward
Press and hold 'navi button down' to rewind
Press and Hold * key to activate or deactivate the bluetooth..
Press and Hold # key to switch between General and Silent profiles.
Press and Hold 0 (zero) key to goto bookmarks / browser
(Oh, this was already posted 😞 )
Rafe wrote:madusa - I think that's shift and return rather than functions isn't it?
Yup u'r right Rafe, thanks for correcting my mistake 😊
Ratkat : Thanks for showing me how to do multiple item marking :icon14:
When in locked mode you can hold the large center 'select' key to get a large back lit time and date display w/o unlocking or needing to re lock. My E70 just had a time/date bar that was tiny and not back lit at all. Much better IMO.
Is there a shortcut to switch the GPS from day/night mode?
fyrestrtr wrote:Is there a shortcut to switch the GPS from day/night mode?
No there's not. Menus, I'm afraid!
Tim
Do we have any keybord shortcut for the same?
Ok, I saw this trick somewhere but for the life of me I cant find it again...
I think it would be neat if someone could post the solution in this section..
How do I dial 0800 Flowers on my e71 qwerty keyboard if the numbers don't have the letters on them like a standard dial pad.
dh_za wrote:Ok, I saw this trick somewhere but for the life of me I cant find it again...I think it would be neat if someone could post the solution in this section..
How do I dial 0800 Flowers on my e71 qwerty keyboard if the numbers don't have the letters on them like a standard dial pad.
Dial 1-800 then hit the bottom left key once and then the shift key next to it twice and then spell out the rest of the word. Hit send and it will convert the letters to numbers automatically. :icon14:
Edit: Be sure to hit 'Send' afterward to see the magic take place! 😎
:icon14:
Now I just need to wait till the 22 untill i get my E71 to try it out. 😊
crap, it looks like the north american version does not have the # key to switch profiles. just like the n95, they removed it. the n95-2 has this shortcut, but the n95-4 does not. my n95-3 had this until the newest firmware which then removed it. why on earth would nokia take this out of US handsets?
RogerPodacter wrote:crap, it looks like the north american version does not have the # key to switch profiles. just like the n95, they removed it. the n95-2 has this shortcut, but the n95-4 does not. my n95-3 had this until the newest firmware which then removed it. why on earth would nokia take this out of US handsets?
I too noticed that. I even tried the shift key and holding down 'J' since that's the key that the '#' is on but all you get is lots of pound symbols. No silent/normal toggle. Seems that the shortest way on the E71 is tapping the power button once and scrolling down to silent.
pressing Shift + Backspace = delete letters after cursor
in Notes and Messaging, press Fn (most left bottom button) + Spacebar = gives input option such as turn on/off predictive text, settings, writing language, input method.
strange discovery, i notice this when i'm typing for my blog and accidentally press it.
On my device, E71-1 (26)
Press Fn and L gives "
Press Fn and O gives (
Press Fn and P gives )
What about other E71 model?
I'm hoping that in the next firmware, Nokia will "quietly" assign commonly use symbol $ = _ to QAZWSXEDC
Pressing Shift + CTRL + B makes text BOLD in a message.
Pressing Shift + CTRL + I makes text ITALIC in a message
Pressing Shift + CTRL + U makes text UNDERLINED in a message.
Works fine for email but I don't know if all phones are capable of displaying these in a text message.
*UPDATE* Sent a formatted text message to my N82 but the formatting was not display. Must only work in email.
I don't if anyone has tried this, I always thought that I had to lock/unlock the phone with top left button and function key. I missed the good o top left and * key from the E61. I finally figured out how you could do this on the E71. You have to get out of the Applications Shortcut area to area under it and then try pressing Top Left button + * key. Much easier on the thumb. Had this phone for 4 days so far. LOVING the battery life.
@aintiewiv:
nope, tried with email, doesn't arrive formatted. as far as i know s60 doesn't support composing html formatted email in the default messaging app.
atcmonke wrote:I don't if anyone has tried this, I always thought that I had to lock/unlock the phone with top left button and function key. I missed the good o top left and * key from the E61. I finally figured out how you could do this on the E71. You have to get out of the Applications Shortcut area to area under it and then try pressing Top Left button + * key. Much easier on the thumb. Had this phone for 4 days so far. LOVING the battery life.
Most Nokia users are used to the left soft touch key followed by the * which is generally in the lower left corner on most phones. So, if you're used to that sequence the way I am, it also still exists on the E71. Top left 'soft touch' key followed by quick press of the triangle looking key in the lower left corner also produces a lock and unlock function. Top left bottom left. Easy as that. You're way works too but I would spend too long looking for the * in the middle of all the keys. I can lock it w/o even looking at the phone using top left bottom left.
Now I need to find an autolock program from this phone. I had one for the E70 and am not sure if it's the same one or not. Haven't had time to look.
on mine it locks automatically after 2 minutes [Settings > General > Security > Phone and SIM card > Keypad autolock period]
adancau wrote:on mine it locks automatically after 2 minutes [Settings > General > Security > Phone and SIM card > Keypad autolock period]
Thank you. :icon14:
Hold down the End key to disconnect all data connections.
capkapak wrote:Hold down the End key to disconnect all data connections.
...also true of any S60 device.
capkapak wrote:Hold down the End key to disconnect all data connections.
Nice tip and news to me.
Hold down left soft key to read out new text messages.
Ratkat wrote:Hold down left soft key to read out new text messages.
Well spotted - never knew that! Works a treat - shame about Stephen Hawking getting in on the act 😉
Tim