Newbie needs help in getting most from phone

[Guest DuncanWardle]

Had my smartphone about 6 months now, but have not taken anything like full advantage of what it can do

In fact the only custom thing it has is a rather nice picture of a bottle of stela and one ( now rather old ) ringtone

Anybody here able to give me a few basics ?

< 1 > How do I get the phone to play sounds from the memory card ?

< 2 > Can the phone have random ringtones ?

< 3 > Were can I get games from ?

< 4 > How do I install the games and play them ?

< 5 > How can I recieve emails on the phone ?

< 6 > I have heard you can play Doom and Zelda on it - how ?

< 7 > Can I delete files off the phone ?

Sorry if these seem silly but any help would be most apreciated

Thanks

[Guest Gorskar]

How do I get the phone to play sounds from the memory card ?

A: By a registry hack - see here ( I assume you mean ringtones?) If you are talking about mp3s or WMAs then you just copy them to the storage card and windows media player will pick then up automatically when opened.

Can the phone have random ringtones ?

A: Not that I know of

Were can I get games from ?

A:Free games: http://www.monolothix.org

Commercial games: www.handango.com or www.smartphone.net. I'd advise you have a browse through the Software catalogue to find what you are looking for. If you read the sticky about searching the software catalogue you should be able to find what you are looking for easily!

How do I install the games and play them ?

A) Most commercial games have a windows installer. Just connect your phone to your computer and run the installer program on your PC.

:) Most free games are installed by a cab file - which you can install by copying to your IPSMwindowsstart menuaccesories folder on your phone, and then just running it by browsing to the accessories folder on your start menu.

C) For SP2002 .exe files you will need to do a bit more work - place the exe in a location on your phone or storage card using windows explorer on your pc, then create a shortcut by right clicking on it and chosing create shortcut. Then you copy the shortcut to your IPSMwindowsstart menugames folder (if its a game)

How can I recieve emails on the phone ?

settings-> more -> owner info lets you put in an email address for the phone. Then if you go to your inbox and go menu -> options you can set up all the details there.

I have heard you can play Doom and Zelda on it - how ?

Visit http://www.monolithix.org to download doom.

Zelda can be done by the game boy emulator on the same site. If you are an rpg fan though you can get nethack for free from http://www.nethack.org

All of these games require you to have de-certed your phone first though.

Can I delete files off the phone ?

Yes - Settings -> more -> remove programs

This can also be done via activesync on your PC

Some more advice is to install smart explorer and task manager available from http://www.binarys.com/smartphone/default_en.asp - these are essential programs!

[Guest DuncanWardle]

Thanks

I downloaded Rick Dangerous but it will not install

says it does not have adequate permissions ?

[Guest Will]

check out the FAQ for some good info.. or check other posts in Help and Advice.

BTW to run Xrick you will need to appliction unlock your phone, see this post : OTA

Will

[Guest Lojt]

If you have more questions, dont forget to do a search first :)

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

And post in Help and Advice

were this is just about to go :)

[Guest simonbratt99]

hi just a little note, its says doom only works on a unlocked e100, is that right, and is it feasible or easy when ya just got ya phone under a year contract

thanks

[Guest zeta101]

If you are asking whether its feasible/easy to unlock (the proper word is decertify :) cos i think unlock can mean unlocking it for other networks etc) then it doesnt matter if you have a year contract. I have a year contract and I'd imagine a good majority of the people here do also, its very simple just use this --->OTA, you can do it from your PC, its perfectly legal and definatly worth it because most of the good progs are not signed by orange and so require a decerted phone.

[Guest zeta101]

hmmm, the OTA link isnt direct, this one is better :)

http://www.developers.orange.com/WorkingWi.../SPV/Unlocking/