Symbian Tips and Tricks

If you are worried about your phone being stolen, you can allow remote locking of the device by text message. To activate, go to Menu – Settings – Phone – Phone management – Security settings – Phone and SIM card – Remote phone locking. Enable this and choose a Remote Locking Message. This should be at least 5 characters. Then set a PIN to unlock the phone.

To activate the lock, simply text this Remote Locking Message to your phone

If you want to quickly call a contact you can simply slide the keyboard open and start typing their name. They will appear on the screen. From there you can either call or long-press on their name to send a text

Hold down the 1* key on your keyboard to get special characters like accents

If your keyboard is open, but the screen is locked, you can wake it up by pressing any key on the keyboard

If you want to quicklly create a calendar entry, then go into the Calendar app. Find the desired date and start typing the calendar entry. A new entry will instantly be created

Compose New message – C
Save message to Drafts – Ctrl + S
Reply – R
Reply to all – A
Open message – O
Delete message – D
Forward – F
Sync with your mail account – Z
Zoom In – #
Zoom Out – +

There is a very easy way to transfer your contacts, calendar events, bookmarks, messages etc from your old phone.

First you need to get both devices and turn Bluetooth on. Then on your N8, go to Menu – Settings – Phone switch. Then select the middle icon (receive data). Then press Continue and find your old phone in the list of Bluetooth devices. When it asks for a passcode, just type in anything (for example 1234) and press Ok.

Then go to the old phone and type in the same Passcode.

On your N8 you will be given some options of what data you would like to receive. Select the data types you want, and press Ok.

On your old phone you should be asked if you want to Allow synchronisation, so select Yes. Your data transfer should begin. Be patient as it may take awhile depending on how much data you want to transfer

To change how the phone behaves when you slide the keyboard, go to Settings – Phone – Slide handling

C – Compose a new email
O – Open email
R – Reply to current email sender / reply to all
F – Forward an email
L – Flag this e-mail
A – Reply to all senders
S – Search for an email
P – Go to previous email
N – Go to next email
U – Mark email as read or unread
H – Open User guide
I – Collapse all emails
M – Move this email to another folder
D or Backspace: Delete email or emails
Z – Sync with your mail account
# – Zoom In
+ – Zoom Out
Ctrl + S – Save email to Drafts

Hold down the keylock to use the LED light as a torch