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But, for the likes of you and I, gentle AllAboutSymbian reader, there’s still an overwhelming desire to see what’s really happening under the hood – or at least see as much as possible, since with all Symbian OS 9-powered smartphones the super-critical c:\sys folder is hidden from just about anything and managed with an iron fist by the OS. Enter a handful of third-party free file manager utilities, among which Y-Browser is possibly the most useful, with recent updates (0.75 and 0.77) adding a wealth of functionality. If you like to fiddle, if you’re having a few problems with applications not seeing their document files, if you’re curious or if you’re simply stocking up on a utility that may get you out of trouble tomorrow, read on…
The great thing about such a general utility as a file manager is that you find extra uses for it as time goes on. For example, I use it to navigate to and play my archive of AllAboutSymbian video podcasts, tucked away in \System on my expansion card – I can’t keep them in a regular folder because PC Suite would keep (not very helpfully) ‘archiving’ them off back onto my hard disk. But they’re safe in \System and selecting them in Y-Browser kicks off RealPlayer and I’m off and running. Very useful.
Source: All About Symbian
I leave all my poking around and hacking to my linux partion. The reason I got a Nokia phone was because I needed a phone, period; however I admire people who do like utilities like this. Someone needs to port NetStumbler on Series 60. Anyone? Personal favor of mine.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
