Nokia 5800 Xpress music Tips and Tricks

General Tips
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1. Use Dialer and press # for about 2 seconds will switch the profile between Silent and General; press and hold 0 will open the web browser; press and hold 1 will open the voice mailbox

2. There is a shortcut key for Music, Gallery, Share, Video, Web shortcut at the top right corner just below the front camera

3. Press and hold the Green caller button when standby mode will activate the voice command. You could call the name from the contact or application name.

4. Organize your sms by grouping them like outlook by Messaging -> Option -> Setting -> Text message -> Other -> Show messages in groups -> Yes

5. Notification light will blink if there is unread sms/missed call. It could be turned off at Settings -> Notification light -> Off

6. If the touch input is not accurate, you could calibrate your screen at Touch Input-> Touch Screen Calibration -> ( Tap around the 4 dots at the corner)

7. Turning control functions:
a. Rotate your screen horizontal or vertical
b. Silence your phone for incoming call by rotate your phone with screen facing down.
c. Snooze the alarm by rotating phone screen facing down

8. Theme effect will give 3D and transition effect if on but will slow down your tube considerably. Settings -> Personal -> Themes -> General -> Themes effects -> On/Off

9. Shortcut to exit application : Press and hold the middle white button then press and hold the program that you wish to quit, an open/exit option will pop out (useful for those haven’t install handy taskman yet)

10. When using handwriting input, slide from left to right is Spacebar, right to left is Backspace

11. Organize your menu by Menu -> option -> organize. You could drag and drop the location of the application you wish to relocate.

Battery saving Tips
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1. Always turn off wireless scanning, Bluetooth when not in use
2. For those not using 3G, choose your network mode to “GSM” instead of “Dual mode” which will consume more battery. Settings -> Connectivity -> Network mode -> GSM
3. Less Display Light
a. Setting -> Phone -> Display -> light sensor (move the slider to the left)
b. Setting -> Phone -> Display -> Light Time-Out (lesser time to save battery but annoying if too short while you are playing games)
4. Always terminate the application properly that is not using by using Option ->Exit. It might be running background and consuming battery which you don’t know.

Memory Saving Tips
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1. Restart your phone if the memory less than 30MB, you could either soft reset (User a dialer and dial 5 * * then call) or hard reset by pressing the power button

2. Use Handy Taskman to close all application regularly or kill application that is not in use.

Camera & Picture tips
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1. Some noise could be reduced if set the ISO sensitivity to low instead of auto.

2. When viewing pictures, you could use your stylus to view for previous (slide left) or next (slide right) picture like iphone feature.

Video
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For converting video that is high quality to play at 5800, should use the mp4 format as below (All is 16:9 widescreen):
a) Xvid @ 678kbps resolution 480×272
b) Xvid @794kpbs resolution 640×352
c) H.264 @ 512kbps resolution 400×224
d) H.264 @ 550kbps resolution 400×224 (Recommended)
Music tips
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1. If you can’t find your songs after transferring from your pc to memory card, go to music player -> Option -> Refresh library

Application Tips
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1. Always install your phone theme on the memory cards. This is because if some theme does not work (Christmas tree) then you need to flash your phone.

2. Uninstall your application in proper way. Use Menu -> Setting -> Application mgr. -> Installed apps -> Choose application then option n uninstall

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Nokia 5800 CERTIFICATE EXPIRED! Problem Solved

This method Is exclusively for Nokia 5800xm....
first of all I need to say some thing..... "This is a F.W bug(v11)......And I hope nokia will fix this bug in a month"
Exclusive Method:
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people you need signed applications(nokia 5800 compatible Appz)
1) Make your phone memory backup data using nokia pc suit 7.1(very important)
2) After that remove your Micro sd card from mobile..
3) Remove your SIM card also(very important)
4) press *#7370# and unlock code to format your phone memory(yap.. this is safe default is 12345)
5) You will lose all your important date with this action...so make a backup of your phone memory
6) Now nokia 5800 xm will reboot.....wait for a minute....
7) Then select your country region as "Hong Kong"
Cool Set the current time......(set your phone to offline mode)_
9) Now you can put that Micro sd card ......
10) And don;t insert that SIm card right now...just wait....and try to install any supported singed application (E.G-nokia handwriting calculator)
11) And Volla...u may install any singed application ......
12) After that just install your Sim Card.....
Hope this will make nokia 5800xm owners happy........  

5800 Hard Reset(credit goes to Phat )
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WANNA HARD RESET YOUR NOKIA 5800 XM?

JUST PUT *#7370# AND THEN PUT LOCK CODE(I.E 12345) BACK UP YOUR PHONE MEMORY BEFORE DOING THIS

NEW LOCK CODE METHOD FOR NOKIA 5800XM

PRESS GREEN KEY + RED KEY + CAMERA KEY WHILE BOOTING YOUR 5800 JUST PRESS IT UNTIL YOUR DEVICE RESTARTS

This method is for nokia 5800 XM WITH F.W 20 AND UP