So the Nokia N8 from WOMWorld has been with me for 6 days now. Here are a number of unsolicited tips that I think are worth sharing to the new proud owners of the Nokia N8 come October 23rd:
- Change your APN to avoid getting charged unintentionally. That is if you're NOT on unlimited data plan. The Internet connects from time to time without you knowing it, even if you choose for it to connect on WLAN only. Just change the APN to make it wrong. In my case, I just added "p" at the end, so it won't connect anymore.
- Make the most out of your home screens. It's useful and powerful!
- Shortcuts for (1) clock, (2) profile switching, (3) calendar are already there, so don't add them as additional application shortcuts anymore.
- (4) Add up to 20 of your most important contacts in the home screen for faster calling, texting, etc.
- (5) From the upper right side, tapping the battery icon will show you how many percent is left on your battery power.
- You can also change your (6) alarm settings and (7) enable/disable your connections (WLAN/Internet/Bluetooth) by tapping the upper right side as well.
- Switch your widgets to offline mode. You get to save battery life and avoid unintentional connection to the Internet. Removal of the WebTV widgets in the homescreen might also work, but to be sure, put it in offline mode.
- Fill in your phonebook with as much details as possible. So that your navigation among apps (e.g. email app, call feature, Ovi maps, etc.) will be faster with just one selection of a contact.
- Do not delete messages in your Inbox and Sent folders. Because that action will also delete your messages in the thread (Conversations), and you'll never get it back.
- Download apps from Ovi Store. Some simple but useful ones I got are Foursquare, ClickTheCity, Timer Lite, Panorama (sample picture below), ScreenSnap for all screenshots in this post, Converter, Flashlight.
I'll add more tips if I discover new ones moving forward. Don't forget to check out the Unboxing Video of the Nokia N8. Put your comments below if you have more tips!
6 comments:
How'd you d/l ClickTheCity app from Ovi? When I try to d/l the app, error comes up after installing it.
Hi! What error do you get? Perhaps you can just try it again and again? I didn't have any problems with mine. :)
Great tips,,
thanks,,
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Great tips,,
thanks,,
BTW, i have been created my own theme,
Womencipation Theme Pack for Symbian ^ 3
download it for FREE
http://store.ovi.com/content/121195
hope you share others :)
enjoy ^^
Hello.
I am a new nokia N8 owner.
I find that my nokia looses battery life very quickly.
In order to save battery life I did the following:
1) In the WLAN wizard marked (Never) to show WLAN availability
2) marked (Enabled) for Power saving (activated power saving mode)
3) Turned off the Bluetooth
4) Never keep many opened applications
5) turned the phone display brightness to the minimal.
I didn't know anything about switching my widgets to offline mode (I will try it)
Nevertheless, I want to know what are the other ways/tips to improve/increase my nokia n8 battery life. Something to change in settings? Turn off something? Install new software? etc.
Thanks in advance.
Hi, Milo! I think what you did is already correct. Haven't used Nokia N8 for quite some time now, so I'm not so sure what other ways apart from you have written can you do to save battery. But with smartphones having so much capabilities nowadays, perhaps it will really eat the battery faster.
You might want to try visiting Nokia's website and check if there are any software updates available. :)
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