If you want to get the most out of your Nokia 5800, have a look at All About Symbian's 5800 tutorials:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Nokia_5800_XpressMusic-Tutorials_Tips__Hints.php

We'll be adding more tutorials to the list as time goes by.

I've added a couple of new 5800 tutorials, as usual they're aimed at absolute beginners who want no-nonsense explanations of how to do stuff with their phone:

How to use podcasts on the 5800
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/How_to_download_and_subscribe_to_podcasts_on_the_N okia_5800_and_you_dont_even_need_a_computer.php

How to transfer files to and from the 5800
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/How_to_transfer_files_by_USB_cable_between_the_Nok ia_5800_XpressMusic_and_a_Windows_Linux_or_Macinto sh_computer.php

Another new tutorial:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/How_to_convert_and_watch_video_files_and_DVDs_on_t he_Nokia_5800.php

There are LOADS more 5800 tutorials on there now, about thirty in all. Check them out! :-)

Even more tutorials including e-mail and Nokia Maps:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/How_to_use_e-mail_on_the_Nokia_5800_XpressMusic.php

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/How_to_use_GPS_satellite_navigation_and_Nokia_Maps _on_the_Nokia_5800_XpressMusic.php

Hello,

Your tutorials are nice and informative. However, I have found an error and request you to look at this carefully:

In your "working with emails" tutorial, you have written:
"9. Select "Enabled" if you want it to check through all internet connections including the phone network and Wi-Fi/WLAN. Choose "Only In Home Netw." if you want it to only check e-mail while connected through Wi-Fi/WLAN."

I have my mail retrieval settings to "only in home netw" and a configured interval of one hour between two checks. However, when my phone does not find a wi-fi link, it uses my GPRS connectivity promptly to get my mails!

My deduction: my phone considers the GPRS connection as a part of its "home netw". So the question is, where is the set of "home netw" configured? How can I reset this to exclude my GPRS connection?

Expecting a quick response! I am bleeding money on my data plan!! Please help....

Very good tutorials!

I have just received my new Nokia 5800.

I have followed all your v. useful tutorials and have personalised my phone.

However, even though I have set the screen lock to "none" the device switches off completly after a short period, if I put it on screen lock.

Also when I am in an application, if I tap the same key more than required (by mistake) the phone switches off automatically!

I then find I have to press the power key a number of times before it connects and switches on the phone again.

I would be grateful if you could help me as it is v.important that I have a phone switched on at all times due to my medical condition.

Thanks

samsmiles

I have just received my new Nokia 5800.

I have followed all your v. useful tutorials and have personalised my phone.

However, even though I have set the screen lock to "none" the device switches off completly after a short period, if I put it on screen lock.

Also when I am in an application, if I tap the same key more than required (by mistake) the phone switches off automatically!

I then find I have to press the power key a number of times before it connects and switches on the phone again.

I would be grateful if you could help me as it is v.important that I have a phone switched on at all times due to my medical condition.

Thanks

samsmiles

The turning off thing sounds like a bug, what firmware do you have? Type *(hash)0000(hash) to find out.

sorry for sounding stupid. But how do I access the application
to type what you suggest?
samsmiles

Go to the phone application with the phone keypad (the same thing you use to make phone calls) and type it.

is this it?

V20.0.012

thanks

samsmiles

Yeah, that's a old version, you need to update. Read the tutorial on updating firmware for more info.

I've added a couple of new 5800 tutorials, as usual they're aimed at absolute beginners who want no-nonsense explanations of how to do stuff with their phone:

How to use podcasts on the 5800
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/How_to_download_and_subscribe_to_podcasts_on_the_N okia_5800_and_you_dont_even_need_a_computer.php

How to transfer files to and from the 5800
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/How_to_transfer_files_by_USB_cable_between_the_Nok ia_5800_XpressMusic_and_a_Windows_Linux_or_Macinto sh_computer.php

It is also possible to import subsriptions from desktop/laptop podcasting application. It is useful, because it is easier to type the tipically longish url addresses. So when you need to subscribe a number of podcasts, it is a must and very easy way to make a full use of Tube. Secondly, one would be able to subscribe to the same programs on the move when at home. Thirdly, as many times the podcasting file gets corrupted and one needs to deleted, it would be a pain to subscribe repeatedly to the choosen programs. Nokia should work on making this third use superfluous.....

Pls help me. I got a new 5800 today and m completely cnfused about video support. Its apparent that my mob dsnt suppor divx format out of the box bt is there any software available for it? Also i wanna watch h.264 quality vids. Is there ny gud 3rd party video player

Team - Good day to all and happy new year, I need your fruitful help for after updating my unit to v20. it is asking for memory card password. Do anyone from here knows how to crack it. I've tried 65000 and other numbers i 've read in this forum but to no avail. pls help me as per nokia care i need to format memorycard but i have a lot of stuff , important stuffs i need to recover first prior format. Kinly give some help. A million thanks to all. also for your time reading my post. Mine is Black version.

Team - Good day to all and happy new year, I need your fruitful help for after updating my unit to v20. it is asking for memory card password. Do anyone from here knows how to crack it. I've tried 65000 and other numbers i 've read in this forum but to no avail. pls help me as per nokia care i need to format memorycard but i have a lot of stuff , important stuffs i need to recover first prior format. Kinly give some help. A million thanks to all. also for your time reading my post. Mine is Black version.

I have read the factory pin for the memory is 1234 (maybe also 12345 or 123456) I don t know exactly the counts of numbers but one of these 3 number series should work.
Hope i am right and haven t mixed up with the bluethooth confirmation pin.

- Karto -

Hello and thanks for all the good work which you have done in the forum:icon14:

I purchased a Nokia 5800 yesterday and it is working great but I have one problem:
Flash based websites are not displayed - I only see for example a Flash9 logo.
It was mentioned in this forum that flash sites works with the standard browser. I can watch YouTube videos so it seems that the flash player is working ok.
I have downloaded the Opera 5 (Beta 2) browser and although it is working better and displays more information, it still does not display flash based websites.

If you want you can take a look at "www.handballaction.com" - the landing page is hmtl but just click on one of the flags to see what I mean.

I asked a friend to try these pages with his iPhone 3G and he also could not see the content.

Does anybody have any suggestions or is it just not possible to see such websites on mobile phones.

Or maybe there are better mobile phones of the very latest generation which do display Flash based sites - If so, any information about these mobile phones would be great.

Cheers and please keep up the good work.

Maxplay

Ok. I've just see these tutorial. That's very informative