S60 3rd Edition Support
104 articles
Missing applications on S60 5th Edition
Q. Having upgraded from a Nokia N95 to a 5800 XpressMusic, I've been very happy with the extra functionality and that lovely large screen. However, qu...
Faster music access
Q. I've got almost 1000 songs loaded on my Nokia smartphone, whose mass memory is now about 75% full. Music is played fine, but getting to a particula...
Why is the size of the firmware update different?
Q. Why is the size of the firmware update through the phone itself (Over The Air) around a few MB (at most), while Ovi Suite says the update is well ...
iSync failure
Q. I've been syncing my Symbian smartphone happily to my Mac for over a month, yet all of a sudden the iSync has started failing, with error: “[Nokia ...
Greyed out download in Ovi Store
Q. Nokia's Ovi Store application seems to have got itself confused, it's showing the 'Download' buttons for some freeware applications (that I'd tried...
Backing up everything?
Q. How can I back up everything on my Symbian smartphone? Not just data, but every application, every license key, and so on?
Music System Error
Q. Help! I've bought a Nokia N96 and, after inserting my memory card, Music player's now giving me 'System error' when I try and refresh my music libr...
My phone remembers too much about me!
Q. I'm worried about securing my sensitive data on my Symbian phone should it be lost. I've got the really personal stuff in Handy Safe Pro, but I'm t...
YouTube terminates
Q. Somewhat weirdly, on my Nokia smartphone, Google's YouTube client has started misbehaving. It used to work fine, but now just terminates almost imm...
Massive FM transmitter interference
Q. When driving, Why can't I use the FM transmitter in my Symbian phone while it's being charged via the cigarette lighter lead?
Behind slow GPS locks
Q. I'm pretty sure that Assisted GPS is set up properly, and yet my Nokia still sometimes takes up to ten minutes to get a GPS satellite lock. Is it f...
Kilometres to Miles
Q. I'm generally quite happy with Ovi Maps on my new Nokia N97 mini – I downloaded the new v3.0 and it's proved superbly reliable. But I'm not happy w...
On a phone, what is an EDoF 'full focus' camera?
Q. I see the new Nokia E55 and E52 have an EdoF camera. What is EdoF?
Adaptor woes, changing headphones on the Nokia E71
Q. I'm new to Symbian phones, but really loving my Nokia E71. I think it is a thing of beauty and probably the greatest phone I have ever owned. I hav...
Deleting confidential files for good
Q. Is there a way to permanently delete information on my S60 phone? I have had several confidential documents and want to be able to electronically s...
A dim E90
Q. On my Nokia E90, I've upgraded to new firmware and seem to have disabled the ability to change the screen brightness on the internal screen. It is ...
Why do I still need a mains charger?
Q. With my new Nokia N85 now using USB charging, why do I still need a mains charger? This phone came with both!
No more security warnings
Q. Help! I'm getting utterly fed up with all the security warnings in Web on my Nokia smartphone. For example, “You are leaving a secure page. Continu...
Messaging data won't stay on my mass memory and keeps switching back to C:
Q. I keep setting built-in messaging apps to use my mass memory for their data and they keep switching back. Why do they do this?
Low light blur on N86 photos
Q. For a premium camera and camcorder smartphone, the Nokia N86 8MP (in my case) is proving disappointing – low light photos are blurred and not much ...
Maps Booster makes my position fix worse!
Q. On my Nokia, I've been experimenting with Maps Booster. Having bought and installed it, I've found that it makes the accuracy of my phone's locatio...
Printing from a Nokia Nseries phone to a photo printer
Q. How can I print photos from my Nokia Nseries to my photo printer?
Enabling writing aids
Q. On my Nokia E75, I'd like the same word correction and completion aids as on my friend's E71. How exactly do I turn these on?
Blurry Nseries videos
Q. Why do all the recent Nseries phones from Nokia make blurry videos?
Remarkably Resilient Nokia Messaging
Q. I have purchased a Nokia Eseries phone and am generally very happy with it. However, its headline feature, Nokia Messaging built-in, is proving a r...
That's one very large file!
Q. I have recently been doing a clean up on my microSD card and have come across a very large file in one directory: /private/101ffc31/glxmdstn. My PC...
Can't back up!
Q. I'm having problems with my Nokia S60 3rd Edition-powered E75, which I've had for almost a year. First of all, the available space on its internal ...
Ghost Music entries
Q. Music player on my old Nokia smartphone seems to have developed a few glitches. The main problem seems to be that some 'albums', synced across from...
Podcast subscriptions
Q. I've subscribed to over a dozen podcasts on my old Nokia smartphone and now want to get the same shows set up on my new one. But most of them aren'...
Beware the Trash effect!
Q. In an attempt to work out why my microSD card was full, I connected my smartphone to my Mac in 'Disk Transfer' mode. Aha - I found a load (Gigabyte...
Saving web images
Q. How can I save images from web pages using the built-in S60 browser?
Repeats that don't repeat!
Q. I'm trying to set up some repeated entries in S60 Calendar, to remind me of various weekly chores, but even though I mark them in the dialog as rep...
Resetting wallpaper: harder than it looks!
Q. My daughter set an image from my gallery as 'Wallpaper' on my S60 phone and now I can't seem to get rid of it. I've tried changing the theme (inclu...
Copy and Paste URLs in Web
Q. I need to copy web addresses that I discover and paste them into a Content Management System (CMS) for my blog. Can this be done in Symbian Web?
No Assisted GPS
Q. I'm having problems with the GPS on my Nokia smartphone - sometimes it will lock in a few seconds and other times, usually while driving, it can ta...
Keeping my place in Podcasting
Q. I've been experimenting with Nokia's Podcasting application and gradually finding some Internet podcasts that I really enjoy. I have a question tho...
Resetting the predictive text list
Q. How do I reset the list of words in the predictive text system? I've got a few annoying typos in my phone!
My Eseries phone is often quite slow to respond after I pick it up
Q. My Eseries phone is often quite slow to respond after I pick it up, it seems to wait for a second or so before responding to my keypresses!
microUSB charging problems
Q. My new smartphone isn't charging very fast via its microUSB port. Is microUSB limited in this way? Each charge is taking five hours!
How can I avoid duplicate contacts when syncing to Ovi? Syncing is broken
Q. Through changing devices, I've ended up in the situation where my contacts are fine on my S60 phone and look fine on Ovi, but when I try syncing, I...
Why won't my Calendar entry repeat?
Q. I'm trying to set up some repeated entries in S60 Calendar, to remind me of various weekly chores, but even though I mark them as repeated 'Weekly'...
Can I use memory cards of over 8GB in my S60 phone?
Q. Can I use memory cards of over 8GB in my S60 phone?
'Calculating Route' always up and broken roads
Q. In Nokia Maps, my roads are all broken up and route calculation just doesn't work!
Where's the GPS Satellite Status display?
Q. When I upgraded to Nokia Maps 2.0, I lost the ability to display 'Satellite status'. How can I see the individual satellite signals again?
Why is my GPS lock so slow?
Q. I've heard great things about the GPS in the Nokia N82 and N95 8GB, but when I start Nokia Maps on it, the lock time to find my position is often a...
Wi-fi problems - turning off 'power saving'
Q. I'm having lots of problems with random errors and disconnections when using Wi-Fi on my smartphone. I've heard that turning off 'power saving' hel...
Preserving Java game downloads
Q. I bought several games from both my network provider and through Nokia's Download! catalog, but now I've switched to a new phone and I'm annoyed th...
When everything goes horribly wrong in Nokia Software Update
Q. I was trying to upgrade my S60 smartphone using Nokia Software Update, but after the download and 'installing' sections were complete, the NSU erro...
Photo access error
Q. When using Image Store (in PC Suite) to try and copy off all my photos, I'm getting 'Error communicating with phone'. I've tried restarting both th...
The manual's too slim. Where's all the extra info I need?
Q. Why do manuals seem to get slimmer and slimmer each year? The one that shipped with my Nokia Eseries communicator is fine for starting off with, bu...
How can I carry on with my Nokia Maps license after a hard reset?
Q. I paid for a year's navigation on my S60 smartphone but then I upgraded the firmware and now navigation doesn't work anymore. Surely I don't have t...
Problems installing and removing Smart2Go
Q. I'm having real problems installing Smart2Go onto my smartphone. What tips can you offer?
Country at a time
Q. Nokia Maps is working fine on my N95 but what I really want is not to suffer continual data charges. How can I preload country content?
Adding Album Art to the N95 Music Player
Q. I have a Nokia N95 which I'm generally pretty happy with. One oddity is that, having copied over hundreds of MP3 and WMA music tracks, in named fol...
Screensavers and battery life
Q. What's happened to the battery life of my S60 smartphone? From going a couple of days easily without recharge, I'm down to a full charge every morn...
Install problems on restarting device
Q. Whenever I start my smartphone, it pops up 'Installing....' and then gives an error saying that 'Untrusted applications' were on my memory card and...
Syncing bookmarks? To where?
Q. When I synchronize my S60 smartphone using PC Suite, status messages appear along the lines of 'Sending bookmarks 27 of 27'. Where do these appear ...
Losing space on disk C
Q. My smartphone is showing many megabytes less free space than there should be on my internal memory. Where's it all gone?
How do I restore my S60 3rd Edition smartphone to factory settings?
Q. How do I restore my S60 3rd Edition smartphone to factory settings?
Saving your Wi-Fi WPA password
Q. My W-LAN (Wi-Fi) network at home uses WPA encryption, but I have to enter my password every time I want to get online. How can I get the smartphone...
Saving my favourites
Q. I'm going to change devices very soon, but it's going to be a pain having to retype URLS and rebuild my Web favourites. How can I transfer these to...
Can I print from my S60 smartphone?
Q. Can I print from my S60 smartphone?
Faster access to Camera
Q. Why does my E70's camera take so long to start up?
Inserting special characters on Nokia E61 and E70
Q. How can I insert special characters into my text on my Nokia E61 (or E70 for that matter)?
Pasting cell ranges in Sheet on E70
Q. How can I copy and paste a range of cells (including formulae) in Sheet on my Nokia E70?
How can I stop PC Suite deleting my images?
Q. I take a lot of photos and am generally happy to have PC Suite archive and delete them all, making space on my memory card for the next batch. But ...
Calendar / journal entries
Q. How can I add notes and journal text to Calendar entries? There doesn't seem to be a field that matches Outlook's detail/notes field.
99% frozen
Q. Help, my PC Suite backup hangs on 99% and I have to reboot my PC!
How can I speed-dial contacts?
Q. It's a real pain having to keep finding people in my Contacts just to call them. How can I speed-dial them?
Viewing all my system files
Q. Can I view the contents of my S60 3rd Edition system folder? I like to fiddle...
MIssing Calendar items
Q. Many of my upcoming appointments from the next few months don't seem to be synced properly with Outlook, mainly those from the medium future. Why i...
Missing to-do items
Q. Having synced my new S60 3rd Edition smartphone to my PC, I find that only half my Outlook Tasks make it across to my smartphone. What's going on?
Fast forward and rewind in RealPlayer
Q. How can I fast forward and rewind videos in RealPlayer?
MMS error when sending images
Q. When I take photos with my N70 and want to send them via MMS, I currently have to make a copy of each photo and then use a third party utility to s...
Why is Gallery so slow?
Q. Why is Gallery on both my Nokia S60 smartphones so incredibly slow? Surely something must be wrong?
N-Gage games on Series 60 smartphones
Q. Can I use my old N-Gage games on my newer S60 smartphone?
Deleting specific phone calls from the Log
Q. I have a particular contact who I'd like to keep a secret. How can I stop calls to and from this person from being recorded in my smartphone's reco...
Custom ringtones revert to Nokia standard
Q. I've set my ringtone to an MP3 several times but after a while it always stops working and reverts to the standard Nokia tune. What's going on?
Theme keeps getting reset
Q. My smartphone theme keeps getting reset when I take my memory card out in order to fill it in my memory card reader. How can I stop this happening?
Browsing the contents of another phone via Bluetooth
Q. Is it possible to browse the contents of another phone via Bluetooth? My old Samsung could do this. Once paired you would also have the option to b...
Major problems getting TomTom MOBILE 5 to work
Q. I'm having major problems getting TomTom MOBILE 5 to work. I can't seem to get the file and folder structure right. It works OK on my friend's smar...
How on earth do I install software?
Q. I want to install games/software and I dont know how. When I connect to the phone via USB cable under Data Transfer, I don't know where to put the ...
How do I add my Inbox to the E61's active standby screen?
Q. How do I add my Inbox to the Nokia E61's active standby screen?
Error communicating
Q. I've been trying to 'Store images' in PC Suite, as I've done several times before, but now the utility just comes up with 'Error communicating with...
Do I need a firewall?
Q. On my PC I have the ZoneAlarm firewall loaded all the time, to protect myself against Internet-borne nasties. Do I need to do something similar for...
How to select non-contiguous items
Q. How can I select multiple items that aren't next to each other in my smartphone's Gallery?
Installation of PC Suite crashes with MSXML-related error
Q. I've been trying to install the Nokia PC Suite software, but when I get to the end of the installation I get an error:Error 1935. An error occurred...
Errors after upgrading Nokia's PC Suite
Q. After upgrading PC Suite, I get error messages saying 'Operation could not be completed' and other puzzling errors. What's going on?
How can I search through all my information?
Q. I've got quite a bit of information tucked away in my PIM apps, plus other office documents and general files on my Nokia smartphone. But how can I...
I've forgotten my lock code. How can I get back into my smartphone?
Q. I've forgotten my lock code. How can I get back into my smartphone? I've tried hard resetting it to factory conditions, but still it demands my for...
How can I view my videos in wide screen format?
Q. I've collected quite a few videos for my S60 smartphone. How can I view them in wide screen format?
PC Suite Connected but not functional?
Q. Why does PC Suite seem to be "Connected" but not let me browse my Nokia's files or use the various Suite utilities?
Why can I send MMS messages but not receive them?
Q. I can send MMS messages, but I can't actually receive them. When someone sends a picture to me, I don't see the actual picture. but a link to a pag...
Viewing the number used by an existing contact
Q. When I've missed a call, Log just shows me the name of the caller. While this is very friendly, it would be useful to know which number they were c...
How can I send email, as well as receive it, over GPRS?
Q. I've just started using a Symbian-based smartphone with a Vodafone Pay As You Go SIM card, but I'm having problems with sending email. I'm able to ...
Overnight battery drain with a Bluetooth smartphone
Q. I'm mystified. I go to bed at night with my smartphone next to me, showing a full charge, and in the morning it's down to almost zero. I've reboote...
Keeping data while having your smartphone's firmware upgraded
Q. My Nokia smartphone is quite an early example and I've had few problems with it. I've read quite a bit about making sure to keep Symbian smartphone...
Is there a 'Dummies' book to help me with Series 60 smartphones?
Q. Despite Nokia's pretty good manual and despite me surfing a number of popular web sites, I'm still struggling with the Series 60 interface and get ...
Can I use a domestic 3.5mm headphone set?
Q. The stereo headset supplied with my Nokia smartphone isn't bad for listening to music on the go, but when I'm in a quiet environment (like my boat ...
Last ditch cures for battery charging/power on problems
Q. My new Nokia smartphone has turned off by itself. I thought it was the battery and I tried to charge it but the phone didn't show any sign that it ...
Low battery life, no rogue applications
Q. My Nokia smartphone doesn't seem to take long to get through a full battery charge. I've read tips about checking for rogue programs in memory and ...
Getting rid of 'Installation security error'
Q. Having bought a new Nokia smartphone, I'm having problems installing most of the programs I've downloaded. The error message is 'Installation secur...
How can I see how many GPRS data bytes I used in my last connection?
Q. The built-in Log application just shows me a summary of the total GPRS bytes sent and received since I last cleared the 'counters'. It's really tir...
How do I backup my phone to the memory card (MMC/RS-MMC/miniSD)?
Q. When getting my firmware upgraded, or when resetting a device using restore to factory settings codes, it is useful to be able to back up the inter...