5800 Tips and Tricks

8/3/2019 5800 Tips and Tricks

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5800 Tips and Tricks

1. To bring out the Shortcuts on your Screen/Desktop-> Settings/Personal/Home Screen/HomeScreen Theme and select Shortcut bar, you can then select which shortcut to display if goto

"Shortcuts". This will also bring out the "Track" playing being displayed when you open the MusicPlayer.

2. Tap the Clock to bring out the Clock menu and make your alarm, alarm repeat is now built-in.

3. Tap the "General" or Date (the set Profile besides the clock) and the Profile selection menupops out, almost similar to pressing the "Power" button in all S60, but here the Remove memoryis not shown, but "Calendar" shortcut is included and the other profiles as well.

4. If you are on the Numeric Keypad, pressing the [#] key alternately will toggle the General andSilent Profiles, same as before, which means long press on zero [0] will bring out bookmarks forthe Web.

5. Tapping on the displayed To do or Calendar entry will bring you immediately to that particularitem.

6. Tapping the Active Icon on the Top Left (near the battery indicator) will give you shortcuts forany of the active icons.

7. Long press on the Green Call Button will still activate the Voice Command Prompt

8. Long press on the center button is similar to the Long press on the "Menu" key (the yin-yangkey on most S60) which will bring out the menu for all the active applications.

9. Go to Applications/File Manager and setup "Backup" for automated backup schedule of yourphone data.

10. How to update your Nokia 5800 firmware using your phone.Presss *#0000# to display phone factory information and firmwareNow press options and select check for updatesThe newest update is sent to your phone from nokiaDownload and install updates.This is done using GPRS or WIFI Connectivity.

General Tips:

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 cornerjust 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 -> Textmessage -> 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 ->


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Notification light -> Off

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

7. Turning control functions:a. Rotate your screen horizontal or verticalb. 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 theprogram that you wish to quit, an open/exit option will pop out (useful for those havent installhandy 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:

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 willconsume more battery. Settings -> Connectivity -> Network mode -> GSM

3. Less Display Lighta. 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 tooshort while you are playing games)

4. Always terminate the application properly that is not using by using Option ->Exit. It might berunning background and consuming battery which you dont know.

Memory Saving Tips:

1. Restart your phone if the memory less than 30MB, you could either soft reset (User a dialerand 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:

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 (slideright) picture like iphone feature.


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Video:

For converting video that is high quality to play at 5800, should use the mp4 format as below (Allis 16:9 widescreen):a) Xvid @ 678kbps resolution 480272

b) Xvid @794kpbs resolution 640352c) H.264 @ 512kbps resolution 400224d) H.264 @ 550kbps resolution 400224 (Recommended)

Music tips:

1. If you cant find your songs after transferring from your pc to memory card, go to music player-> Option -> Refresh library

Application Tips:

1. Always install your phone theme on the memory cards. This is because if some theme doesnot work (Christmas tree) then you need to flash your phone.

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

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