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Recent Support Entries - S60 3rd Edition - Troubleshooting
How do I restore my S60 3rd Edition smartphone to factory settings?
Q. How do I restore my S60 3rd Edition smartphone to factory settings?99% frozen
Q. Help, my PC Suite backup hangs on 99% and I have to reboot my PC!MMS error when sending images
Q. When I take photos with my N70 and want to send them via MMS, I currently have to make a copy of each photo and then use a third party utility to shrink them down, and only then 'Send>via multimedia', otherwise I fall foul of the 100k limit on MMS. Is there an easier way?
Custom ringtones revert to Nokia standard
Q. I've set my ringtone to an MP3 several times but after a while it always stops working and reverts to the standard Nokia tune. What's going on?Theme keeps getting reset
Q. My smartphone theme keeps getting reset when I take my memory card out in order to fill it in my memory card reader. How can I stop this happening?Error communicating
Q. I've been trying to 'Store images' in PC Suite, as I've done several times before, but now the utility just comes up with 'Error communicating with phone'. What's wrong?Installation of PC Suite crashes with MSXML-related error
Q. I've been trying to install the Nokia PC Suite software, but when I get to the end of the installation I get an error:Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'Microsoft.MSXML2,publicKeytoken='6bd6b9abf345378f ",
version="4.20.9818.0",type="win32",processorArchit ecture="x86'". Please refer to Help And Support for information. HRESULT: 0x80070002
Errors after upgrading Nokia's PC Suite
Q. After upgrading PC Suite, I get error messages saying 'Operation could not be completed' and other puzzling errors. What's going on?I've forgotten my lock code. How can I get back into my smartphone?
Q. I've forgotten my lock code. How can I get back into my smartphone? I've tried hard resetting it to factory conditions, but still it demands my forgotten code!PC Suite Connected but not functional?
Q. Why does PC Suite seem to be "Connected" but not let me browse my Nokia's files or use the various Suite utilities?
Why can I send MMS messages but not receive them?
Q. I can send MMS messages, but I can't actually receive them. When someone sends a picture to me, I don't see the actual picture. but a link to a page on my network provider's web site instead. I've double checked the MMS settings and they seem to be correct.
How can I send email, as well as receive it, over GPRS?
Q. I've just started using a Symbian-based smartphone with a Vodafone Pay As You Go SIM card, but I'm having problems with sending email. I'm able to collect email perfectly but when I try and reply and get errors every time. Any ideas?
Overnight battery drain with a Bluetooth smartphone
Q. I'm mystified. I go to bed at night with my smartphone next to me, showing a full charge, and in the morning it's down to almost zero. I've rebooted and made sure that there no extra, running applications that might be hammering the processor, and yet every night the story's the same. Is my smartphone faulty?
Last ditch cures for battery charging/power on problems
Q. My new Nokia smartphone has turned off by itself. I thought it was the battery and I tried to charge it but the phone didn't show any sign that it was plugged in. I tried to turn it on again but it only showed a white screen and after 2 sec turned off again. Will flashing it to the latest firmware help to solve the problem?
Low battery life, no rogue applications
Q. My Nokia smartphone doesn't seem to take long to get through a full battery charge. I've read tips about checking for rogue programs in memory and I regularly use TaskSpy, but by the end of a day on the road the battery's almost always very low. Do you think it's charging properly?
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Note: Some of the Q&A in this Support section were written by Steve Litchfield in his PDA Essentials magazine column from 2000 to 2005 and are republished here with permission. In many cases, the text has been revised and updated over that which appeared in the published magazine. In some cases, questions have been reworked from more specific queries on Internet forums, thanks to all who contribute to these. All text is copyrighted to Steve Litchfield, All About Symbian, PDA Essentials and other relevant contributors and commenters.
