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Video: Nokia fixed one of my S60 annoyances!

Categories: Ideas and rants
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, February 8th, 2007 at 2:09 PM

I changed "Symbian Annoyances" to "S60 Annoyances" since Tommi made the platform’s architecture much clearer for me.

Remember this earlier post:

Take an S40 phone. Leave it alone until it goes in to screen saver mode. Hit a number on the keypad. What happens?

The screensaver turns off, and the number you hit on the keypad is now on your screen.

Take my Nokia E61. It’s in screen saver moder. Hit a number on the keypad. What happens?

The screen saver turns off. That’s it. At this point I have to push that number again for it to show up on my screen.

When I was using the N93 I didn’t have this problem because it was a
flip phone. Now that I’m back to using my E61 I never realized how
annoying this bug is!

My source, who chooses to remain annoyomus, sent me this video:

Direct link to video

What you see here is the Nokia N76 (S60v3FP1) going in to screen saver mode. When he hits the 3 button the screen saver turns off and the number 3 shows up on the screen!

Problem solved!

The Nokia N93i (S60v3) next to it replicates the exact same behavior my E61 has.

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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.

  • J&E61

    I don’t think it’s opposite good because of the lack/bad autolock programs. If the autolock would function with some keys you defined for yourself ie. a fast double click on number 7.

  • PhoneBoy

    Not all Series 40 phones operate like you describe. My wife’s 6102 does not do that, and you’re right, it’s an annoyance. :)

  • Henrikki

    Congrats! You got what you asked for..:)