Symbian Tips and Tricks
Warning: use these at your own risk
To use these, go to your phone dialer and type in these as if you are dialing a phone number.
*#7370# – Hard reset
*#7780# – Soft reset
*#06# – Display your IMEI number
*#0000# – Display information about phone software
*#92702689# – Shows warranty information
*#06# – Display phone IMEI number
*#2820# – Display phone Bluetooth address
*#62209526# – Display phone Wifi MAC address
*#92702689# – Display phone life time
Unlocking can bring many important benefits and can save you a considerable amount of money.
We provide a comprehensive phone unlocking guide which explains what unlocking means, why you should unlock, and the safest and cheapest place to get it done.
Simply go to the menu at the top of this page and select: Phone Guides – Unlock Your Phone Guide.
Shift and navigation keys switches between Mark / Unmark mode.
Any key – Open quick search
Backspace – Delete items
* – Zoom in
# – Zoom out
1 – Switch between Day and Night view
3 – Switch between 2D/3D mode
2 – Tilt map up
8 – Tilt map down
5 – Align map to North
4 – Rotate left
6 – Rotate right
0 – Go to your current position
To turn theme animations on or off, go to Theme – General – Theme effects – On/Off.
To set the default program to open files with in Files, go to Application settings – Default applications – (List button) – Advanced options.
The E6 has 350MB of C: space which is usually enough, however sometimes the C: drive can get full. The optimal amount of free space is 270MB, so here are some ways to free up space.
The first is to install new Apps to the E: drive, rather than C: To do this, go to Store, then change the installation path to E: Once you have done that, you can update all applications.
Secondly, you can uninstall Apps that you might not use such as Psiloc World Traveller, Extended Presenter and Font Magnifier.
Lastly, if you really need more space, then you can purge your mailbox as follows:
1. Check your mailbox and delete your emails. Then start the syncing.
2. After synchronization is done, delete all of your mailboxes.
3. Then add them again. Your deleted emails no longer exist on your E6.
A recommended way to transfer music to your phone is to use Windows Media Player’s sync feature. This way your Album art should be transferred to your phone too.
If you are playing music in the background and want to quickly change a song, then you can simply pull down the notification bar and hit Music player.