K700 Tips 'n Trick

Tips
& Tricks for Sony Ericsson K700











Viewing
service menu and firmware





>*<<*<*
Is how you can access your service menu





>*<<*<*11
is how you can view what firmware your phone has





> is
move the joystick right


< is
mover the joystick left


* is
press the star key


1 is
press the 1 key





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Camera





camera
functions using toggles:





-toggle
"1" picture size


-toggle
"2" nightmode


-toggle
"3" special effects


-toggle
"4" self timer - unavailable for "video mode"


-toggle
"5" flashlight





Video
functions using toggles:





- toggle
"1" video size


- toggle
"2" night mode on or off


- toggle
"3"cycles through the effects


- toggle
"5" turns the light on or off





-Joystick
up and down changes zoom (will work on the following modes ONLY)


-Video
mode: 176 - 2x zoom & 128 - 2x 4x zoom


-Picture
mode: 320 - 2x zoom & 160 - 2x4x zoom





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How
to unlock your K700





To unlock
your K700, you must first of all get the following codes from your operator;
IMEI number, Code CCK, Code NCK, Code NSCK, Code SPCK and the Phone Code. Once
these codes have been recieved, press <**< to view your phone's unlock
status. Your phone should now display "Personalized with MNCx" (x
could be 2 or 3, does not matter). Then press "yes" then you should
go onto a "Personalize" menu with "network" highlighted.
Now press yes, and the phone should display "enter NCK" or one of the
other ones (CCK, NCK, NSCK, SPCK) Then enter that unlock code. Then press
"yes" and if done properly, the phone should display "Network
unlocked". If necessary, you may need to restart your phone to search for
the network.





This was
taken from ProtoMan AP.





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Longer
battery life





Upgrading
the firmware on your K700, would greatly improve the life of your battery.





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Pause
ringtones and vibration without having to reject the call





Press the
volume switch on the side and it will stop both the vibrate and the ringtone
but it will not reject the call.





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No
more picture editing





When
people send pictures to your T610, you will notice that some of it has been cut
off. But with the K700, if people send you pictures, it uses a "best
fit" option that fits the picture so that it will exactly fit the screen.





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How
to write SMS with one button





First go
to Connectivity -> Wap Profiles -> highlight "Your WAP profile,
whichever one you usually use" -> edit -> advanced -> change
homepage -> change URL to "mailto:" then press OK. go back to the
main screen and when you press the quick WAP button or left joystick you'll be
able to write SMS way quicker.





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Quick
silent mode





To turn
on/off silent quickly, hold down "c" or "#"





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Animated
wallpapers





The K700
supports animated wallpapers, but some say it drains the battery faster.......





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Joystick
customisation





Joystick
can be customised, ALL four directions (More -> shortcuts)





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Control
your PC with your K700 via Bluetooth





You can
control your PC with your K700. The K700 is a HID (Human Interface Device), an
input device. You can find the conection files on your K700 here:





Go to (in
K700 menu):


Connectivity
-> Bluetooth -> Remote control





From the
phone you can choose three different files to control your PC:


Desktop
(to control your desktop)


MediaPlayer
(to control your mediaplayer on your computer via BT)


Presenter
(to control powerpoint presentations, i think)





Note: All
K700 software (which is found on the software disk that came with your phone)
should be installed for this to work.





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Refer
to your IMEI number





*#06#
Brings up your IMEI-number. Can be used to unlock your phone.





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Slide
show trick





When
viewing a slide show pressing the left softkey (the one above the back button)
pauses the slide show.





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Turn
backlight while screensaver clock is active





To turn
the backlight on when clock is on, just press the volume key.





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Make
any recording as your ringtone





In
entertainment choose the "Record sound"


record
your sound and press save when done


you can
press more, rename and give it a useful name


then go
to settings, profile, edit profile and change the ringtone to the sound just
recorded.





Note, to
listen to your sound in the media player you need to move the file to the
sounds folder.


after you
have renamed your sound click on Recorded sounds, then more then manage files,
move to folder and then sounds.





Press the
volume switch on the side and it will stop both the vibrate and the ringtone but
it will not reject the call.





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Screensaver
clock





Turn the
screensaver clock on or off: settings -> display -> light ->
automatic.





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To
show off screensaver/lock keypad





To show
off screen saver/lock keypad press * and lock keys (to unlock do the same).





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Quick
connectivity





From
standby, "more" will give you options for infra-red, Bluetooth,
silent, phone status and shortcuts customising - on unbranded model.





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Phone
Status





From standbyscreen,
press volume button





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No
ascending ringtone





Note the
ascending ringtone when turned off is removed, so ringtone starts straight
after a short vibrate.





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"Go
to" letter in addressbook





Holding
down the corresponding number on the dialpad will lead you to the corresponding
name in your address book. ie: holding down #5 will lead to letter
"j" on your book.





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Go
to the bookmark menu, without having to start an internet connection





Use the
second icon on top row from left "internet services" as this doesn't
connect to wap until you've entered an address or selected one of the links.


Once in
the screen use "more" and "enter address".





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Change
radio station while the phone is locked





Noticed
another use for the +/- keys though. If you set the radio playing and minimise
it, you can lock your phone and then hold either of the +/- keys to change
radio station. Quite useful if you're quite into the K700's radio .





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Verifying
the K700's unlock status





<**<
brings up the lock status of your K700. You can use this to unlock your fone.





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Shortcut
codes for your K700





Look at
this post. You can type these codes into your K700 (when you're on the main
screen) for them to work. Please note that they will NOT work with all
networks.





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