Sony Ericsson Tips & tricks

Sony Ericsson Tips & tricks

Post here your tips and
tricks for all the SE phones that you may know. I'll try to put all the tricks
in this first post so everyone can read it.

Rules for posting:

- Mention the Model Name (e.g. T610, K700i etc.)
- Mention how to do the trick
- Make sure the trick do works, if not mention on which firmware version it does

Me or the other mods will try to update this post as soon as possible

Tips And Tricks

Sony Ericsson F500i

Service Menu - >*<<*<*

Shows you hidden items



Silent Mode - "#" or "C"

Puts your phone quickly in Silent Mode or disables it



Camera Toggles

When using camera use press:

"1" For switching Resolution

"2" Turning NightMode on/off

"3" For Special Effects

"4" Self-Timer

"Joystick Up or Down" Zoom

"Volume Up/Down" Brightness adjust



Phone Status - Volume Key In Stand-By

This will show your phone status



Quick Menu - "C" in Stand-By

This will show-up a small menu with the options: Silent, Profiles and IR



Sony Ericsson K500i -
Sony Ericsson K700i

Service Menu - >*<<*<*

Shows you hidden items



Firmware Info - >*<<*<*11

Shows which firmware you are using



Silent Mode - "#" or "C"

Puts your phone quickly in Silent Mode or disables it





Sony Ericsson T300

Silent Mode - When On Standby mode Keep on pressing the "C" button for around
2-3 seconds. Then a menu will pop up with the title Standby Menu. Now you
could press 1 to turn on silent press 2 to lock keypad.



Volume Adjust - During a call is in progress you could Move the Volume slider
Up & Down to adjust the volume.



Service Menu - >*<<*<*



Check IMEI - *#06#



Call List - When on Standby press the Yes key, this will pop up the Call list.



Zoom (+)(-) - While taking pictures using the MCA 25 Communicam, You may move
the joystick on the the Right to Zoom in, Move the joystick to Zoom out.



Status Information - Standby mode, move the Volume slider to view the Status
Information.



Activate Infrared

Press the Menu key and Press 3. This'll activate Infrared.



Access Mobile Internet Sites

Press the Menu Key and Press 4. This'll take you to your homepage.



Sony Ericsson T306



Sony Ericsson T310



Sony Ericsson T316



Sony Ericsson T600



Sony Ericsson T606



Sony Ericsson T608



Sony Ericsson T610



Call Voice Mail

Press 1



Recieving Calls

Press the Yes key or an alternative Joystick.



Word Editing

When Typing SMS to edit a word press the More Key. This is valid when using
predictive text input.



Key Pad Lock

Press the More key then the * key to lock & unlock the keypad.



Phone Status

Press the Volume key to findout about the status of your phone.



Activate Infrared & Bluetooth

Press the More key and scroll down and press the On Infrared or On Bluetooth
to make the ideal actions.



Silent Mode

Press the More Key and scroll to On the Silent Mode.



Post Note

When in Standby press More Key scroll down to New Note in the menu and then
select it.



Delay Timer

When in Camera press the More key & select the Self-Timer.



Sony Ericsson T616



Sony Ericsson T618



Sony Ericsson T630



Sony Ericsson T68i



Sony Ericsson Z1010



Sony Ericsson Z200



Sony Ericsson Z600



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Sony Ericsson P800



Service Menu



Jog dial Up -> * -> Down-> Down-> * -> Down-> *



Silent ModeWhen Flip Attached



Press C button on Flip



Menu KeyWhen Flip Attached



Keylock on/off, Silent on/off, Calls, status, Applications



Speaker PhoneWhen Flip Attached



When on call Open Flip, close to off Speaker Phone



Check IMEI number



*#06#



Volume Up Down



When On call, Move the Jog Dial for Volume Increase

Move jog dial down for Volume Decrease



Sony Ericsson T300 with MCA 25 Communicam



Silent Mode



When On Standby mode Keep on pressing the "C" button for around 2-3 seconds.
Then a menu will pop up with the title Standby Menu. Now you could press 1 to
turn on silent press 2 to lock keypad.



Volume Up/Down



During a call is in progress you could Move the Volume slider Up & Down to
adjust the volume.



Service Menu



Joystick Movements are constituted with these symbols <>



>*<<*<*



Check IMEI



*#06#



Call List



When on Standby keep on pressing the Yes key for 2 or 3 seconds, this will pop
up the Call list.



Zoom (+)(-)



While taking pictures using the MCA 25 Communicam, You may move the joystick
on the the Right to Zoom in, Move the joystick to Zoom out.



Status Information



Standby mode, move the Volume slider to view the Status Information.





Sony Ericsson T610



Call Voice Mail



Press 1



Recieving Calls



Press the Yes key or an alternative Joystick.



Word Editing



When Typing SMS to edit a word press the More Key. This is valid when using
predictive text input.



Key Pad Lock



Press the More key then the * key to lock & unlock the keypad.



Phone Status



Press the Volume key to findout about the status of your phone.



Activate Infrared & Bluetooth



Press the More key and scroll down and press the On Infrared or On Bluetooth
to make the ideal actions.



Silent Mode



Press the More Key and scroll to On the Silent Mode.



Post Note



When in Standby press More Key scroll down to New Note in the menu and then
select it.



Delay Timer



When in Camera press the More key & select the Self-Timer.



Sony Ericsson P800



Busy Tone



When receiving a Call to send a busy tone to the caller press the Jog dial
Outwards.



MMS navigating



While going through a MMS, turn up & down to go within the pages.



Sony Ericsson T300



Activate Infrared



Press the Menu key and Press 3. This'll activate Infrared.



Access Mobile Internet Sites



Press the Menu Key and Press 4. This'll take you to your homepage.





K750 Tips and Tricks:



Standby Screen:

*#0000# - Reset language back to english

>*<<*<* (>= move joystick right, <=vice versa *=press * key) --> Service Menu

Hold # --> Silent mode

* , right key --> Lock keypad

+ or - while clock is active -->Highlight clock

+ or - in standby --> view phone info

Left joystick --> Write message (default)

Up joystick --> Media player (default)

Down Joystick --> Contacts (default)

Right joystick --> create custom shortcut if not already set

Press any no. then # -->Brings up call from SIM list



Menus:

C --> delete selected item

+ or - --> increase volume if media is playing

Hold back button--> return to stand by

Settings>Calls>Time & cost>Messages counter --> Number of sent messages

Settings>Calls>Time & cost>Data counter --> Sent/Recived Data counter



Menu Shortcuts:

1 --> Play now

2 --> Internet services

3 --> Entertainment*

4 --> Camera

5 --> Messaging*

6 --> Media Player

7 --> File Manager*

8 --> Contacts

9 --> Radio

* --> Calls

0 --> Organizer*

# --> Settings*



Camera:

1 ---> picture size

4 --> Macro mode

7 --> night mode

* --> light

up or down --> switch video/stills

+ or - --> adjusts brightness

The Light will flash brighter once the picture is taken.

Taking pictures in full res. or with effects may cause it to lag.



Receiving call:

+ or - or # --> mute ringtone

Hold + or - ---> reject call



Media player:

Silent turned on, media still plays with sound

Fullscreen video--> More>Fullscreen

Settings>General>Music Button --> Change Media button function Radio/Media
player

> --> next track

< --> previous track

^ --> pause

+/- --> adjust volume

hold + --> previous track

hold - --> next track

hold > or < --> to scroll back forward media

* and then "lock keys" to lock whilst playing (still able to use +/- to
navigate).

Pause video>menu>capture frame -->Capture Video Frame (saved in pic folder
must be done in media player).

Press down when u are playing a movie in the mediaplayer and it will go in
slow motion.



Radio:

# --> Allows you to type in the radio station instead of scrolling through.



Memory:

Be sure to format a blank memory card via the phone before use.

Filemanger>More>Format



Check overall memory--> Filemanager>more>memory status



During Call:

Hold C -->mute/unmute



Misc.:

If you run out of SMS memory --> Remove your sent messages, without needing to
delete inbox messages.



Hold + Or - in input text screens --> Highlight text



Creating contact pictures --> Zoom in on the face and save as large. Did not
try saving as small or other size, so dont know how it will appear.



Quick Bluetooth --> Assign one of the Navigation key shortcuts to bluetooth
"Turn on". This way, whenever you press up for example, bluetooth turns
on/off.



Quick Add Number --> Type in number then goto "Other" > Save nr. > New
contact.



USB Charger takes longer than Wall Charger. The USB charger also doesn't fully
charge the phone.



Find out firmware --> Access service menu (see above) then goto service
info>software info and it should be on the top line.



Text Files:

Handling .txt files:



* txt files are saved in web pages\save_pages folder.

* You can create .txt files with a windows Notepad or any word processing file
and then send the file via USB to the folder mentioned above.

* I've noticed that if a Nokia sends me a txt file, when its opened the first
letter of the message appears only. It appears that the text message body is
saved in the filename, therefore, a long filename will not appear. Thus to
view the message, after it has been save in the saved pages folder, view it's
information, and the message will be seen in full. I have experienced this
with one user, I'm not sure if the user deliberately types the message in the
filename field or if thats how nokia works.

* Another way of creating text files is by using word and savnig them as a web
page(htm). This is useful if you are using foreign characters, as they will
sometimes not appear if saved as .txt.



K700 Tips and Tricks:



Standby Screen:

*#0000# - Reset language back to english

>*<<*<* (>= move joystick right, <=vice versa *=press * key) --> Service Menu

Hold # or c --> Toggle silent mode

More --> Quick options

+ Or - --> Phone Status

+ Or - when clock is showing --> Turns on backlight

Pressing # and * --> Brings up screen saver

Pressing 7 and 9 -->brings up 9p

*#06# --> Brings up IMEI No.

More>Shortcuts --> To change joystick shortcuts

+ Or - Then [Number] --> Quick set volume level e.g. +8 to set at 8.



Menus:

Press letter in address book--> Goto name beggining with that letter.

Hold down number --> Will take you to the contact with that speed dial in
address book.

You can use keypad for fast navigation.





Camera:

1 --> Toggles Picture size

2 --> Toggles Nightmode

3 --> Toggles Special Effects

4 --> Toggles Self Timer (not in vid)

5 --> Toggles Flashlight

Joystick Up Or Down --> Toggles Zoom

-video mode: 176 - 2x zoom - 128 - 2x 4x zoom

-pic mode: 320 - 2x zoom - 160 - 2x 4x zoom

Put phone in silent --> Mutes camera noise (only on some phones)

Hold * and move joystick down --> Lowers brightness

Hold 0 and move joystick up-->Increases brightness

Use binoculars> Get more than 4x Zoom

Press C after photo taken --> Delete w/o the need to browse through the
folders.



Media player:

+ Or - during radio and locked --> Changes radio station when phone is locked.

1 --> Shows estimated time left (seconds)

2 --> Turns it back to normal time view (seconds already past).

Hold + Or - --> Next Track

Use folders --> Organise music e.g. rock and/or get rid of ringtones (create
music folder).

*>More -->Can lock keys w/o minimizing.



Misc.:

Find out firmware --> Access service menu (see above) then goto service
info>software info and it should be on the top line



Supports Animated wallpapers



Joystick can be customised, ALL four directions.



Settings> display> light> automatic --> Turn the screensaver clock on.



Left softkey when playing slide show -->Pauses slide show.



Create New Bookmark >Name: Sms >URL: sms: >Save >Set Bookmark as Homepage -->
Set online Key for SMS.



Name: Email >URL: mailto: --> Same as above but for email.



Hold * >get p- used for skipping voice automated phones e.g. instead of
phoning 603123456 then pressing 32 to goto thoes options dial 603123456p3p2.



Send txt file to others folder>send via mms -->Can read txt files.



More when viewing picture --> photo editor (only avliable on 160*120 sized
pics).



Photo editor> + Or - --> Effects (ripple, emboss etc).



When replying to txt>More > Add Item > Original Message --> Include original
message.



When recieveing a call> - Or + --> Will stop both the vibrate and the ringtone
but it will not reject the call.



During call press + then - --> Increases volume to max.



Hidden smilies (in sms):

:-x --> Hidden Kiss Smiley.

:-] --> widesmile

:-[ --> widefrown

[:] --> Robot