Some tricks that maybe you didn't know

Really useful tips for N8

Keypad shortcuts (Select “Call” from homescreen)
- Bluetooth ON/OFF: longpress on ‘*’-key
- Call log: press call key
- Contacts: press on contacts icon
- Open browser: longpress on ’0′-key
- Silent profile: longpress on ‘#’-key

Keypad codes (Select “Call” from homescreen and type…)
- *#7370# does hard reset
- *#7780# does soft reset
- *#06# shows your IMEI
- *#0000# shows info about phone software
- *#92702689# (*#war anty#) shows lifetimer
- *#2820# (*#BTA0#) displays the Bluetooth device address of your phone
- *#62209526# (*#MAC0WLAN) displays the MAC address of the WLAN adapter

Clock and Profile -widget
- Active and edit profile: press on profile name on the widget
- Calendar: press on date on the widget
- Clock: press on clock on widget

Notifications popup (press on battery icon)
- Clock: press on time on the popup
- Connectivity settings: press on connectivity icon on the popup
- Powersave mode ON/OFF: press on battery icon on the popup
- USB mode: press on USB icon on the popup (when connected) to switch USB mode without unplugging
- WLAN-manager: press on WLAN connection on the popup (when connected)

Miscellaneous
- Alarm Enable/Disable: Set alarm to repeat, then you can disable and enable it
- Animated Themes: Nokia default themes (not Midnight pack) have animated backgrounds, just active it from theme settings
- Data Counter: Open call log and tap on right tab to view data transfer log.
- Disconnect all networks: longpress with red call key
- Edit Homescreen: longpress on anywhere on the homscreen changes to edit mode
- Faster Homescreen: turn of theme effects from Themes settings to make switching between homescreens instant
- Favorites Widget: you can scroll the favorites widget horisontally and add more than four contacts, unlike in N97 homescreen
- Forced Reboot: press power key for eight seconds simulating “battery removal”
- “Full” Reset: hold “Volume Down + Camera Key + Menu Key” and press power button until your phone shake (Warning! Will remove some apps permanently like Ovi Store and Qt!)
- Predictive QWERTY: predictive text and word auto-completion are also supported on QWERTY, not only in keypad
- Screen Saver Notification: Use ‘Music Player’ screen saver to show new sms and missed calls icon on screen. Time, Date, Profile and Music being played will also be shown if enabled.
- Silence Calls/Snooze Alarms: turn around your phone upside down to silence calls or snooze alarms (set it on from Settings > Sensor settings)
- Special Characters: longpress on ’1*’-character on QWERTY keyboard to input special characters like õ, ü, etc.
- Torch (n/a in N8): hold down keylock to use LED flash as a torch
- Two way Charge: Both USB and regular thin-pin adapters can be used for charging
- Two way Keylock: open keylock by sliding keylock button on side OR by pressing menu key and then press on the screen where it says “Unlock”
- Two way TV-OUT: use HDMI cable to get digital TV Out (only N8/E7) with HD resolution or use 3.5mm cable for composite TV out
- Voice Command: hold Call button in homescreen (setup voice command first)
- USB OTG: you can directly connect almost any USB device to the phone (including USB mouse, -keyboard, -pendrive and -external HDD)
- Widget settings: in homescreen edit mode, press on widget (Notifications, Mail, Search and Shortcuts)
- Widgets Online/Offline: select Options > “Widget to Offline mode” from homescreen

Applications
- Calendar: browse through days by swiping through screen from left to right or vice versa to browse back
- Camera: use Pinch zoom to switch between 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios (9Mpix vs 12Mpix on N8)
- Camera: double press on screen to zoom (like with browser)
- Camera: you can also zoom by using volume keys
- Clock: switch between analog and digital clock by tapping the big clock shown on screen
- File Manager: connect to a network drive by choosing the setting from options menu (instead of Settings)
- File Manager: jump down on folder tree by pressing on one of the folder icons on top of the screen
- File Manager: open search bar by lightly pressing on camera key
- Gallery: Three ways to zoom pictures; by making a double press, a pinch zoom or by using volume keys
- Mail: Collapse and expand all days by doing longpress on a day
- Menu (App. Grid): instead of leaving it to background, choose Options > Exit
- Profiles: set profile (except general and offline) to change based on time of the day from profile settings
- Ovi Maps: share current (or favorite) location via MMS or E-Mail to any other Nokia device with Maps
- Task Manager: open Task Manager by doing longpress on (physical) menukey on the phone
- Task Manager: longpress on any of the apps to bring out option to close invidual or all running apps
- Lost Application (general): in case you accidently delete some of Nokia applications, like Communities or Midnight theme pack, use Software Update re-install it


L.E. : and maybe one of the most useful tips link : http://highdiver.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/top-67-nokia-n8-tips-and-tricks/

very happy if that helped !

Im sorry I know your trying to be helpful. But 90% of this is utter garbage.

To access contacts press the contacts icon. FUCK ME SIDEWAYS. Whats next? to dia 150 press 150 on the dialing screen?

To open the web browser click on the web browser icon.

I have one more.

I find this out today, while inputting text in QWERT if you long tap the Q, you will be able to change the language dictionary.

If I knew that first I would not have added english and german words in my Portuguese Brazilian dictionary.

This menu is also available if you click in the Symb key

Now I'm editing the dictionary to make it easy to swype.

Best regards,

Mauricio

Have you installed the Swype Landscape Keyboard that is available on Ovi Store?

It is a must have app, typing is much faster and easy, as long as you got used to it.

Unfortunately Nokia had decided not to give us a Tutorial to help us Swype, like the old Graffit Tutorials from Palm.

But if you go to www.swype.com there are very good videos explaining how to properly use the Swype.

Best regards,

Mauricio

I had the same opinion until I started using it.

But you should really install the Swype keyboard, even if you are not going to use it.

It enables lots of shortcuts that are not available in the regular keyboard, you should try and if you don't like. I think it will be easy to remove it from the N8.

Best regards,

Mauricio

That's right. It is still not supported in Swype.

Portuguese-BR is supported but I have to say it's much easier to write in English, because of the way the words are generated in english there are almost not duplicate meanings, but in portuguese there are lots of words with letters that I need to "jump" otherwise it will not understand...

But it is still faster to use than one letter at a time...

Best regards,

Mauricio

Format SD Card :
   Menu Button > Applications Icon > Office Icon > File Mgr Icon > Long-pres on [F:]
   - Format comes-up as the last item on the pop-up menu for F: .
 
[it's a long path so I have File Mgr as an Icon on a Widget]