Share Online 3.0 can be uninstalled!

I spotted an interesting item in my App manager after updating my N95's firmware version to v21:

Share Online 3.0 is an uploading tool for your photos and videos that works with Flickr, Share on Ovi and Vox. It enables one-click uploading to any of these (currently supported) services.

Remember, Share Online 3.0 is only an upgrade for N95s, since a
previous version of Share Online comes preinstalled with every N95
firmware. And after upgrading you get, for example, a new line dedicated to Share in
your Active Standby. I personally have used 3.0 since it came out and
am very satisfied, but there were those that installed it just to try
and came to the conclusion that they didn't like it after all. And
sadly, it wouldn't go away except after a full format of the phone or after a firmware upgrade.

Well now it can be uninstalled just like any other app, from within the App manager. I have no idea if this is because the v21 firmware or because of an update to Share Online itself, since the version I installed after my firmware upgrade was the latest one (and presumably more recent than what I had during v20 firmware).

Good news anyway. Having choice is always better than not having any.

SkyeQuiKey has a competitor. Worthy?

Came across this post by Amir on his Mobile Space blog. Immediately saw how similar the app he described, T9 Nav by Nuance, is to SkyeQuiKey by Skyestream, which incidentally I've been using more or less since it came out.

What SkyeQuiKey does

Using a T9-like mechanism

Just press a few keys like you'd be typing on T9, SkyeQuiKey then shows you a list of contacts, applications and bookmarks that contain those characters and possible character combinations. "7593" in the screenshot above stands for "Skye".

It's an addictive app, the sort that you can't imagine living without after having it for a few minutes. It has, however, caused occasional issues, as in randomly deciding not to autostart (obviously in spite of it being set to), and from time to time freezing and thus causing a semi-freeze of my standby screen.

So after reading about T9 Nav, a very similar solution from Nuance (currently available as a free beta on their site, BUT there's no word on whether or not it will still be free after the beta phase has concluded), I decided to install it and do a quick comparison to SkyeQuiKey.

T9 Nav

It scans through a lot more 'stuff' than SkyeQuiKey, namely everything (think Nokia Search everything - Contacts, Settings, Media, which means audio, video and pictures, Bookmarks, Applications and Calendar) except messages, from what I could gather. Now at first sight this might seem to be a great advantage, however, unlike Nokia's Search, you can't turn anything off. It only searches for everything it can search for, and that may be unnecessary at times. Basically the only option you can change in the app right now is whether or not it should start automatically each time your phone is turned on.

Beta, granted. But sadly, beta in the way that the word was used before Google (with Gmail) came and rather redefined it.

First of all, SkyeQuiKey has a "Sort by" option. T9 Nav doesn't and therefore always uses a Last name, First name order which is rather annoying for me.

Oh, and I've experienced some general speed issues with my N95 while it's running. I can assume that this is due to it having to constantly scan and/or monitor pretty much everything that goes on on the phone, and does this in the background. Which brings me back to the fact that you should be able to manually select the categories you're interested in having indexed. Perhaps I'd turn 'Music' off, as I have thousands of songs on my memory card. I don't know, but I know I don't consider the speed compromise worthy.

Because aside from some general decrease in responsiveness that I've seen on my phone, the app itself is rather slow.

It's a good concept, though.

When you press whatever keys you press, you're presented with an initial screen that lists everything it found. But you can filter results by categories (Contacts, Media, Calendar, and so on) via the right and left D-pad keys. Quite resembling Nokia's Search, which however shows categories in a vertical list at its initial screen.

Since you use the left and right D-pad keys to navigate between the initial screen and each category, you sadly can't map these two keys to perform a set action for the contacts it shows, like in SkyeQuiKey. I have 'left' set to Send SMS and 'right' set to view. In T9 Nav, you can naturally press the green key to initiate a call, but for anything else, you have to press Options and then select.

Nice effort, Nuance. Yet sadly quite sluggish at this point.

Anyway, if for some reason you don't like SkyeQuiKey or don't want to pay for it, T9 Nav is an interesting beta alternative.

Fair warning, though: the link below is not direct. You have to enter your details to be able to download. Apparently, you should expect to get a few emails from Nuance requesting feedback on T9 Nav.

AND: the version currently available is set to expire on July 31st. However, should common sense prevail, by that time either another beta version should be available, or perhaps even the final version. You will undoubtedly be notified of such by email.

I for one will go back to using SkyeQuiKey but I sure will keep an eye on future T9 Nav versions. Should it get new customization options, I'll definitely give it another try and post my findings.

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JBak TaskMan review: don't call yourself a 'power user' if you don't have it installed!

You're like me. An 'enthusiast', a 'geek', a 'power user'. Scrolling through your App Manager is painful, due to the insane length of its list of apps.

All's well then.

A great while ago you cried in pain every time you used the integrated S60 task manager. Because you knew, since BC, what a long press on the Menu key does. And because what it did was simply not enough for you.

You were happy when alternatives to the, erm, let's just say...basic, task manager in S60 arrived. You immediately tested all of them. And then settled for Handy Taskman. A mighty app indeed. Probably the first you install on a new S60 device.

Till now.

JBak Taskman

It's what will make you forget Handy Taskman exists and wonder why you kept paying for it with each new phone you got.

JBak Taskman has all the functionality of Handy Taskman, in a more user-friendly design (more on that throughout the review). And it's freeware. And yes, it's Symbian Signed! (download link at the end of this post)


So here's the review/walkthrough in all its glory.

This is what shows up when you do a long press on the Menu key after you've installed JBak Taskman.

On the left pane are the running apps. The right pane is Quick Launch, an application launcher, very similar to that of Handy Taskman. However, in Handy Taskman that's not available right away, you have to click 'right' on the D-pad to be able to see it. JBak's solution handles screen real-estate in a much better manner in my opinion. Naturally, toggling between the panes is done via 'left' and 'right' keys on the D-pad respectively, but the fact that the App launcher is there for everyone to see in the initial app window is a big win design-wise in my book.

The upper part shows available space on the phone memory, the memory card and free RAM. This part can be turned on or off to your liking from the (incredibly extensive) settings.

If you wish to kill an app from within JBak Taskman, just press 'C' while it's highlighted. Now, again, depending on what you chose in the Settings, this will either kill the app immediately or ask for a confirmation.

You can launch the apps in the Quick Launch pane either by scrolling to them and clicking the center D-pad key, or, for the first 9 in the list, by just hitting the appropriate number on the keypad (just press '1' for the first one and so on). These are clearly marked to the left of the app's name, as you can see in the screenshots above. Yet another nice touch if you ask me.

The Menu

This is what 'happens' when you go into JBak Taskman's Menu. Now I won't go into details about the more advanced functionality, such as Program rules, Task info and so on. These are very welcome add-ons to the Taskman, however I find myself rarely using any. They are for the 'power users' among 'power users', so to speak. However, if you're interested, drop a line in the comments and I'll do a follow up post detailing everything.

Now back to the menu. Go to and Close app are obvious, since I pressed Menu while a running app was highlighted. Add to launch menu is exactly what it says, it lets you add stuff to the Quick Launch. If you click on it, this is what you'll see:

Another neat touch. If you select Application, the list of your installed apps will show up. You can set this list so that the most recent apps you used are shown first (how to do this is detailed in the "Settings" part of this review).

You can scroll through the list via the D-pad or just enter a few letters. Not necessarily the first letters of the app's name, as you can see from this example:

It searches through the whole names of apps and returns all that contain the letters you wrote. Just click on the app you want to be added and...it's added. Added as the last item in Quick Launch.

Another way to do this is make use of the App launcher list. This shows up whenever you press the '#' key while at JBak Taskman's initial screen. The list of apps is shown again, only this time you can launch any app by clicking the center D-pad key. To add it to the Quick Launch pane go to Menu->Add to launch menu.

If you'd like to move an app up or down in Quick Launch, here's how: highlight the respective app, then go to Menu->Quick Launch:

Then just select 'Move up' or 'Move down':

The Tools menu (Menu->Tools)

A lot of advanced functionality again, as you can see. You can view detailed information about Processes, Threads and Memory Chunks. There's also a very handy Reboot option which does exactly that (you have to confirm first, though). This has been seen in standalone apps but it doesn't hurt for it to be included in JBak Taskman, if you ask me.

The Settings Menu (Menu->Settings)

This actually consists of three separate menus. Undoubtedly the most important is the Program Settings. Here are the available options in this menu:

I'll explain some of the less obvious options.

Remember pos. in phone menu simulates a feature found in many recent Samsung phones (which has seen a rather equal amount of praise and loath). When you enter the phone's menu, if this is checked, the last item you have used is highlighted. Normally the highlight is always in the center of the menu grid (corresponding to '5' on the keypad). But suppose last time you used your phone's menu you were in Music->Music Store. With this feature on in JBak Taskman, the next time you press the Menu key on your phone you'll be taken directly there, or wherever you last were.

I personally have this set to "On", as I only go through so many menu folders. It might not appeal to everyone, but I still think it's good to have.

Info panel practically does what the Memory on top does, yet in a bit more detailed manner, however it occupies a lot of screen real-estate. Try this and Memory on top, one of them you'll surely leave "on".

Show menu/desktop/UID/hidden apps refers to whether or not to show these in the 'Running apps' pane. Here again it's a matter of personal choice, but unless you're a developer, I'd leave hidden apps off.

Compact menu refers to the Quick Launch pane and what it does is make more space for the app's name by showing a smaller icon. Recommended.

Close without confirmation I've described at some point above. With this enabled, when you press the 'C' key when a running app is highlighted, that app is immediately killed. The same applies to Delete without confirmation, only that is meant for the Quick Launch pane.

Apps launch settings alter the way the installed applications list shows up and behaves (the one you can go to by pressing '#').

Menu Key Settings

This menu handles the way the Menu (a.k.a. Yin Yang) key behaves on your S60 phone. This alters the key's behavior in JBak Taskman as well as in the whole OS (while JBak Taskman is running in the background, naturally).

Conclusion

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Turns out my N95 got jailbroken!

My N95 got hacked. Sorry. What I meant was it got jailbroken. By me.

As Mr.X points out in his comment to this post, I've hacked my N95. Does this come in direct contradiction to what I've stated a while ago, in this post? Do I feel bad now? Do I feel good?

Hardly either.

In what was a rare moment of ignorance (I've used tougher words on myself, not to worry), I published a post describing a procedure to sign and install unsigned apps. Since that particular procedure had nothing in common (procedure-wise strictly, mind) with the 'hacking' method(s) described all over the internets, I obviously figured that it had nothing to do with that. And was actually very happy that I had found (rather quickly) a solution to an annoying problem.

The Problem

What to do when there are all this interesting (if not all very useful) apps floating across the net, but in unsigned form?

Well, the simplest solution would have been to sit around and wait for them to get Symbian Signed. For days, weeks, maybe months, perhaps years. Until the Symbian gods decide "it's time". Time to care about freeware. Not a good perspective. Not to me, at least.

So, off to find a solution.

Again, what to do? To hack or not to hack? Honestly, I couldn't be bothered with complicated "hacking procedures". Arguably, I can normally be bothered to do a lot more than your average normob would, but I have my limits. Admittedly, when news of the 'great hacking' first occurred, I scanned through the 'steps' and never got the urge to try. I might have, see as I'm what they call a 'power user', and, well, the more power (read: capabilities), the better. But that's just theory. I just couldn't be bothered.

So back to the Problem. The most appealing solution to me? Use mighty Google (I say that with half-respect and half-fear of world domination, naturally) and find an alternative solution.

Which I did. Took 5 minutes to do what I've described. It works. It just works. It is, therefore, probably developed by Apple.

So

I decided to blog my experience. Perhaps more people would easily get past the hurdle of not being to install unsigned apps. And quickly and easily.

And then

Mr.X said that despite all my claims, what I describe is basically a hack, because it takes advantage of something that was developed for hacking.

So do I now have access to C:\Sys? I don't know. I don't care. Haven't even checked. Don't plan to.

That's the whole thing. Being able to bypass Symbian's carelessness towards freeware is something I do care about. A lot. Why? I don't earn anything out of blogging. And what I do is really a piece of cake compared to the work developers put into such freeware apps. Sure, they accept donations (most, anyway), but the software is free. They do what they do out of sheer passion and I can relate to that. Which is why I care.

And I must say (I think it was the All About Symbian forum where a while ago I said the same thing), I surely hope that the mess Symbian Signed is in right now (and has been for, literally, years) is not because when they imagined the software signing procedure, they didn't consider freeware to be a valid distribution model. I would definitely not agree with such tactics. We live in the always connected world, where content is more and more expected to be served instantly. And much of that content is and is expected to be free. Would you now be willing to pay for personal webmail bringing you, say, an amazing 6MB of storage? Didn't think so.

The expected ratio of freeware to non-freeware apps to be available in the upcoming Apple App Store for the iPhone should clearly point out (if anyone still felt the need for that) that pay-to-purchase is only one of many monetization strategies out there. And the one that's most rapidly decreasing its spread (see the desktop app vs. app in 'the cloud' dilemma and inherent difference in revenue model). Oh, and there are people with no immediate monetization scheme well thought out. Twitter, anyone? A VC's nightmare, no doubt, but still, such silly creatures, working only out of passion, still seem to exist.

Here's the thing, Symbian

You look like you're trapped in the '90s. And let it be clear that I'm only referring to the signing procedure. I do enjoy the fact that there practically are no viruses out there to target Symbian because there would be no point for anyone to develop them - that is thanks to the signing procedure. But something has got to be done. Today. Now. Not in 'the long run', because in a few years there may well not be any 'long run' left.

Companies that are universally considered as innovative (and tend to outlive their non-innovative counterparts, strangely) do it quick. They respond to the way the market changes, they respond to the way people's needs and (more importantly) habits change. And they react quickly. That's also a great way to build brand loyalty.

So hopefully Symbian will not go the way of the recording companies and movie studios. The stupid way that they react to something they will never be able to control anyway, namely torrent distribution. That's a classic "how not to". Not to say such companies will disappear in the near future, but there is no way that they will be the ones to influence a change in people's habits. It's ALWAYS the other way round.

So do I encourage jailbreaking your S60 phone?

No.

The word hacking is panic-inducing to the normobs. I've seen a lot of use of it lately, and that's only so that a few people can brag. It's a powerful word, sure. But pushing it into the world of the normobs is dangerous for S60. That's why I'm 'afraid' of hacking, Mr.X. Of the word itself and how easily it can be misinterpreted. Not of the procedure. I'm not a fan of that, but I know many other 'power users' are. And there's no problem in that.

See this is the issue. This is something that is clearly appealing only to power users, and of those only to some. It's a niche inside a niche. And that's a really limited target.

And I am not going to encourage anyone to do anything that sounds that bad. Not enthusiasts, because I can't (yet) see a true gain. Not normobs because I don't want service centers flooded with hacked phones. There's just no point.

And one more thing. Learn from Apple. Please. Learn. To jailbreak. Sounds so romantic. So idealistic. So...good!

Ok? Jailbreak.

So will I change my earlier post?

No.

Ok, so it's not as documented as it could have been, granted. Ok, that procedure may rely on hacking. Fine. But what it actually is is a simple and, frankly, useful, erm, use, of that.

Simple and useful.
And it works.
You sure it isn't Apple's guys behind these hacks? Because if that was the case, even the use of the word hack would make more sense (competition, you know...).

And I recommend it to anyone who wants to use unsigned apps in 2008. Next year, who knows...

So I guess I am in favor of hacking after all. If it is referred to as jailbreaking and if it turns out to actually be useful.
Go ahead, blame me.

Nokia E66 and E71 to be officially announced on Monday

After months and months of leaks, the E66 (left) and E71 (right) are set to be launched on Monday, June 16th, at events in London and Singapore. Here is the excerpt of Eldar Murtazin's review of the E71 where I've first seen this information:

Expect extensive coverage of the E71 and the E66 here on Monday.

In the mean time, Boy Genius Report have a great video review of the E71. Check that out! I wanted to embed it, but the quite unreasonable width of their player breaks things.

[Image Source: GSMHelpDesk.nl]

Nokia N78 Hands on

Hands ons, actually.

Certain luckier than me folks have got their hands on the N78 and luckily for us unlucky folks (this pun might prove to be headache-inducing, I realize now), posted great walkthrough videos of their experience with the device.

To name names, the first two videos come from Zach over at SiMo and Boy Genius Report, and the third one is courtesy of Jonathan Greene, of atmaspheric | endeavors.

I know this might come as a surprise for some, but I'm drooling over the N78's looks. Yes, the keys look like a compromise but I'm a sucker for the fact that when the key lights are off, it almost appears to have no keys at all (thanks to the extremely flush design) except for the d-pad and those 4 'bars'. Very, very sexy if you ask me. Can't wait to get my hands on an N78 myself! Let's hope the WOM World chaps might help with this.

Enjoy the videos!

Hands on with the Nokia N78 from Zach Epstein on Vimeo.

Hands on with the Nokia N78, Again from Zach Epstein on Vimeo.

Shake controlled music player: finally!

I've always been a fan of accelerometer-based apps, but with every such release I was as excited as disappointed. Because in spite of touting new and innovative features each time (well, almost each time), none of them introduced a feature certain Sony Ericsson phones have had for quite a while, namely shake control for the music player.

So I'm naturally anxious to see this concept by Daniel Rocha turn into an actual app. What's more baffling is that it took him 2 (two!) hours to write the code for this concept in Python.

The idea is simple right now: shake the phone in one direction to advance to the next track and in the opposite direction to go back to the previous track. Hopefully Daniel will continue his work on this and add a decent UI.

In the mean time, check out the concept video:

[Source: Symbian Freak]

Firefox Mobile browser concept

Boy, is the mobile browser scene getting crowded! Mobile Safari (as seen on the iPhone) definitely started this, the S60 Browser followed suit, but now concept after concept shows up. There's Opera Mobile 9.5 (as seen on the HTC Touch Diamond, though not yet available for download for the rest of us), the much hailed Skyfire, and who knows how many others! (I haven't included Opera Mini since my focus here is on native solutions). I wonder who will still be around in a year or so...

Anyway, here's the latest preview/demo video of Firefox Mobile. Big brand, surely. We'll have to wait and see if it will produce a 'big' browser for the mobile world. They are kinda late to the game. [EDIT: Stacey Higginbotham from GigaOM has similar thoughts]

Firefox Mobile Concept Video from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

[Source: IntoMobile]

Nokia N79, N85, 6260 leaked? PLUS: New Nokia 5800 XpressMedia pictures and updated S60 Touch video

It's been all over the internets (I think I'll miss George W.Bush when he's gone). Interestingly, these 'leaks' showed up the exact same day Apple was announcing the 3G iPhone. Some say this is hardly a coincidence. If it actually isn't, all I have to say is "Way to go Nokia!". It was a smart move, even if at first glance it might not seem that way. One might argue that more attention would have been paid to this, especially by the 'mainstream' blogs, if it came on another day. The investors, however, might not agree. Nokia showed the world the fact that it has interesting things up its sleeve. And anyway, these were only leaks, not announcements. Announcing phones on the same day as Apple would have been a disaster. Samsung did exactly that with its i900. That was stupid.

Back to the leaks.

Problem is, in a way, deep down, I hope that these are not actual leaks. They don't seem to be Photoshop renders, so I can only hope that they were early prototype stages of other devices (like this N85 may have been to the N96). Because if they are leaks ...yawn... let's just say I'm not impressed (the 6260 is different, not that I'm overwhelmed by it or anything, but I see where that's going - more in the dedicated paragraph).

The N79

Um...This has got to be the ugliest Nseries I've ever seen! Seems cheap, overly cheap and has a design that is probably appealing to those in their early teens only. The screen doesn't seem to be bigger than the 2.4 inch ones found in both the N82 and the N78. I can only hope that this handset will bring something revolutionary (or at least interesting) spec-wise. Otherwise, it is sad in a way that Nokia appears to be going the Motorola and, more recently, Sony Ericsson way, as in releasing dozens of phones which are more or less the same thing. Again, here's hoping that's not the case...


The N85



Now...what is this? A while ago Eldar from Mobile Review posted some interesting information on their forums (no link for that, sorry). He said that the N85 will probably be the next video flagship device from Nokia, following on the footsteps of the currently aging N93. Expectations were therefore set high. But this... This looks like an N96 without all the gloss. Seriously. It apparently features a 5 Megapixel camera (soon to be dethroned in the megapixel race) with Dual LED flash. Sound familiar? I'm having real issues picturing this phone as a video flagship, and certainly hope this is nothing more than a very-early-stage rendering of the N96.


The 6260



As I said above, I see where this is going (or rather, aiming). It appears to be a slider version of the 6220 classic, has the same design language and presumably the same camera. Good move this, as it will further help pushing smartphones into the mainstream. Now a leak of such a phone may not be as exciting as that of, say, the N95 (back in the day), and surely devices like this will not get the blogosphere and media attention that the likes of the N96 and N82 get now, but that is a pity, really. For Nokia, the mass adoption of S60, made more and more likely by the 6120, 6220 classic and now the 6260, is more important in terms of prospective sales than any one flagship device. I know, it's the stuff no 'early adopter' wants to hear, but it makes perfect (business) sense. I can only wish for more 6220s instead of more N79s.


More pictures of the 5800 XpressMedia show up as well



First of all, people, please, pretty please, let's not call this the Tube anymore? That sounds disgusting. Kthx.

The first touchscreen device from Nokia (expected release: Q4) also popped up (again) during the infamous WWDC-day leaks. This time it sports Vodafone branding, which instantly leads to the question of whether or not it will be a Vodafone exclusive, like the 6124 Classic, for example.

Personally I look forward to the 5800's release. Even if a 'true touchscreen flagship' is yet to come (in 2009), this will undoubtedly be an interesting first-effort from Nokia in the touch scene.

However there is a certain element in the pictures above that I find very disturbing. I'm all for choice when it comes to input methods, but the stylus in both these pics just makes it look like it's 1999 all over again. If a stylus is there just to have a choice of input, fine. But stop picturing it! No one in their right mind (mind!) figures a stylus is a competitive edge anymore!

I obviously keep hoping that the stylus is not there because the interface is stylus-optimized, that, now that, would be a true catastrophe for Nokia. Luckily, judging from this updated video previewing the S60 Touch interface, that doesn't seem to be the case. Whew.

[Image source: MobileCrunch]

Sign and install unsigned S60 apps! No hacking, no OpenSigned, no developer certificate required!

After (finally) updating my N95-1's firmware to v21 (previously had v20 and was very happy with it, but anyway, I digress), a very nasty thing occurred. My developer certificate (this will be referred to as devcert from now on) expired, turns out. Now there are a lot of freeware apps ready for OpenSigned, some even (thankfully) Symbian Signed (it only took ages, Symbian, we really appreciate it!). But some are still as they used to be, plain-old unsigned apps. So. What to do, what to do?

Well I proceeded to OpenSigned Online, only to waste about an hour since it returned error after error after error. And by the way, the CAPTCHA implementation there is surely one of the least readable I've ever seen!

So I set myself out on a quest for a solution to this issue. I've had a developer certificate, as I said, courtesy of P@sco, but since it expired, I found myself in the exact position anyone who buys an S60 phone right now is in. No devcert, no OpenSigned capability of the app, no game. Or?

Well there is a rather simple solution to all this available courtesy of BiNPDA. Now, you might have heard of them in a, erm, less than legal context, but this has nothing to do with that. They have developed a tool that lets you sign and install any unsigned app.

Before I go into details, be advised that this is not a hack. Even if some people use that word incredibly loosely nowadays, this is not a hack by any standard. I have previously stated that I don't encourage anyone to "hack" their S60 phone. This, however, I strongly encourage you to do.

So...without further ado...


How to

First, a one-time procedure.

Download this package.

-Transfer to your phone and install "s60_3_0_app_trk_2_8_6.sisx" for NON FP1 devices (a.k.a. S60v3, S60 rel.3.0), or "s60_3_1_app_trk_2_8_6.sisx" for FP1 devices (a.k.a. S60v3 FP1, S60 rel.3.1).

-Make sure you have the latest Nokia PC Suite installed (get it from here) and Bluetooth on your phone is NOT active.

-Connect your phone to your computer via USB in "PC Suite" mode (NOT Mass storage).

-Start the TRK app on your phone (which you have just installed in step 1 - look for it in the Applications folder). It will first try to connect via Bluetooth, and therefore a prompt will show up asking you if you wish to activate Bluetooth. Choose NO.

-Then, in the TRK app, go to Options-Settings and change the first line to USB instead of Bluetooth. Also, remember the Port number listed in line 2. Now choose Options-Connect. If all is well, the app will show Status:Connected.

-On your computer, run SecMan.exe (included in the package above). Do NOT let it automatically pick the port, just enter COM1 for Port 1 (the appropriate number is according to the number for the Port field in the TRK app on the phone - see the previous step, above), COM2 for Port 2, and so on. Click OK. If SecMan on your computer returns an error, try again, perhaps changing the Port number on the phone and then in SecMan on your computer.

-Now disconnect your phone from your computer, go to the Applications folder on your phone and run SecMan. Choose Options-Install Root Certificate.

When you come across an unsigned app...

Download the app to your computer, run RootSign.exe (included in the package) and sign the app using this tool. Then transfer the RootSigned app to your phone, install and...voila!


Thoughts

This proves, yet again, that people hate the Symbian Signed situation. Furthermore, if Symbian itself doesn't fix the signing process (or continues to improve it in such a painfully slow manner), people will find 'alternative' solutions.

This is taking longer than usual...

Just had to quote Google on this one. Well, time has passed, and days turned into weeks and then weeks turned into months.

Now everything is slowly returning to normal.

You might have noticed the domain change, I don't think anyone would say that ssixty.info was better than s60online.com, so here it is! There are also a few 'cosmetic' changes, and more ads (of which the Chitika ones seem to be broken right now - I'll take care of that later).

More details about what's changed and what's not in the next post. So, if anyone is still here, following this blog (FeedBurner seems to think so!), hello again!