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I recently discovered a need to temporarily disabl...

2013-01-04T01:12:09.468+02:00

I recently discovered a need to temporarily disable style sheets on my E73 and have just started looking for hacks or information on S60 browser internals. Harri, your blog seemed like a good place to start. :) Might you have any suggestions?

@ner0 I don't have an idea how to permanently ...

2012-02-03T13:08:42.527+02:00

@ner0 I don't have an idea how to permanently delete an account from Nokia server....

It really happens too often that new email account configured to Nokia device still uses their proxy even when user tries to be careful _not_ to use it. Sooner or later user will discover this when outgoing emails bounce back with strange error messages when Nokia proxy has hiccups.

This is really a pain in the ass and a violation o...

2012-02-02T22:37:45.758+02:00

This is really a pain in the ass and a violation of our trust as customers. I had two Nokia C05-03 within two weeks of each other, One of them allowed to setup a mail account manually (without going offline) and the second one had this stupid mandatory wizard. On top of that, Nokia Email client is so stupid that it's always overriding the connection settings and connecting on its own to a 3G connection busting your money, the setup won't even work without a 3G connection... this is a very shady move from Nokia, they should really be ashamed!! Now I want to know I do I remove my e-mail address from their servers since even after deleting the mail profiles through 'email.nokia.com' it steel keeps your address and password in their database.

Nokia X3-02 has also that "feature". Cur...

2011-11-23T05:37:21.397+02:00

Nokia X3-02 has also that "feature". Currently, they are using 67.220.123.xxx IPs.

I was looking for a way to disable this damn nokia...

2011-07-10T00:54:46.790+03:00

I was looking for a way to disable this damn nokia email wizard and found your blog. It is very dissapointing they still done nothing about this matter. The only thing i can say is that i will never buy nokia again, and will encourage people to buy other brands.

Hello, I found iphonesque through the http://noki...

2011-02-18T00:38:21.057+02:00

Hello,

I found iphonesque through the http://nokia5800.net site and finally installed and tested it last night. It works...sort of. I don't see any errors, but visiting http://browserspy.dk shows the HTTP User-Agent string changing, not the Javascript User-Agent string or the other JS properties. My phone is an E73 (3rd Ed. FP2) and I am trying to decide if I'm not signing it right (using a cert from http://opda.cn), if I should be using another version, or if this is just a limitation in my phone.

Thank you for for any advice!

Not much changed :( I've bought a Nokia C7 rec...

2011-01-18T21:46:14.307+02:00

Not much changed :( I've bought a Nokia C7 recently. Now they declare this: (translated from Hungarian by me):

"During the activation process the system sends to Nokia your email address, username and password, along with some technical data, for example the phone identifier."

Yeah lack of updates is what makes Ovi store a bit...

2010-11-12T18:28:57.792+02:00

Yeah lack of updates is what makes Ovi store a bit of a joke, and yet you don't see it mentioned often. I would expect the N8 ovi store would be better than on Symbian^1, guess not :) So maybe they don't get much feedback?

@Harri Salminen There was a wizard to setup the c...

2010-10-25T14:19:49.707+03:00

@Harri Salminen

There was a wizard to setup the connection. I had to change preferences manually because it's an IMAP server of "another" ISP.

Maybe that's the reason why I was running into this privacy entrapment. I contacted Nokia as well. Since they don't offer an email address for privacy issues, I sent a snailmail *sik* to:

Nokia Corporation
c/o Privacy
Keilalahdentie 4
02150 Espoo
Finland

and ask them to remove my data from their servers. Maybe this will disable emails on my C6 as well, lets see.

Hi, Can you verify you configured your phone to u...

2010-10-25T13:33:06.521+03:00

Hi,

Can you verify you configured your phone to use IMAP and not Nokia Messaging? I suspect that now your phone is using Nokia Messaging and that's why connections are originated from Nokia.

//Harri

This privacy issue happens on Nokia C6 too. Once y...

2010-10-25T12:17:52.684+03:00

This privacy issue happens on Nokia C6 too. Once you have set up the account in the mobile mails will be routed through a Nokia gateway located in USA.

I have sent a mail from my mobile to an other mail account of mine. I got this mail from IP 67.220.123.36. When you try to check new mails (IMAP), I see connections from em.outgoing4.messaging.nokia.com (67.220.123.24).

Both IP addresses are registered for:

Nokia
300 Satellite Blvd
30024 Suwanee, GA
US

I also own a Nokia N900 and this device seems not to have that privacy bug. I always see the IP address of my 3G provider. Maybe because N900 runs on Linux not on Symbian, so it's opensource.

Hi, I'm not very familiar with Python develop...

2010-09-01T09:59:52.146+03:00

Hi,

I'm not very familiar with Python development, so I have no clue about the Python SDK dependencies. Take the latest runtime from http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Installing_PyS60 and see if this combination works.

//Harri

Thanks for your answer. So, I'll compile with ...

2010-08-31T23:47:33.175+03:00

Thanks for your answer. So, I'll compile with the fp1 SDK.
Maybe you know a man who modified your app and add a script, so you can directly switch from one user agent to another. It's a good complement to Iphonesque, it's called UA changer: http://symbian-freak.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22250&p=620316#p620316 (login/signup required)
I asked him the source code in order to switch the UA we need. The script is in python and I've read somewhere that some python files are already in the s60 3rd sdk but we have to add python sdk files.
The last version of this sdk is the 1.4.5, there's fp0 and fp1. Is it better to use the python fp1 sdk whith the s60 3rd fp1 sdk? Someone said that using fp0 will be better for devices compatibility. But using the s60 3rd fp1 sdk for Iphonesque, it's already resticted for fp0 devices, so I think we dont care about the python fp, is that right? Should I use the python fp1 with?

Hi, for maximum compatibility I'd compile wit...

2010-08-31T23:09:58.518+03:00

Hi,

for maximum compatibility I'd compile with fp1 SDK and target devices starting from S60 3ed fp1.

There is a major problem with original S60 3.0 platform: this application requires DRM capability which is (in practice) impossible to get because it requires special permission from the device manufacturer.

For later platforms (starting from fp1) DRM capability is no longer required.

//Harri

Hi, first you have know that your app is very usef...

2010-08-31T22:54:25.244+03:00

Hi, first you have know that your app is very usefull, Harri. I can acces the free live TV channels of my network thanks to Iphonesque (N95 UA)! And sharing the source code is even better, I've compiled some specials user agents to acces another blocked free service. I think I will share the files if it works great, but I need some informations. I've compiled with Carbide C++ the S60 3rd FP2 SDK (GCCE) for my N86 and I want to know if it will be compatible with all S60v3 devices. If not, what should I use for a full compatibility with S60v3? Will the FP1 SDK work for an FP0 device? Or should I directly use the S60 3rd MR SDK? Need help! Thanks.

Many new Nokia S60 terminals seem to have an "...

2010-08-22T08:10:11.822+03:00

Many new Nokia S60 terminals seem to have an "email wizard" that helps the user to configure an email account to the terminal. Wizard prompts the user to give some basic information and then in most cases wizard is able to create account with all the correct settings.

I've heard in a mobiilivarmenne-presentation t...

2010-07-28T00:55:59.195+03:00

I've heard in a mobiilivarmenne-presentation that operators are also planning to release an open-source reference implementation for targetting/helping especially service providers to take APIs etc. into use probably in autumn 2010.

The operator-side presenter said that "if Finnish operating Banks are not participating, then they are going to do it themselves still. And if this fails, then they will never succeed" Sounds like promise. :)

Regarding reference software project, I hope they release it transparently keeping in mind opensource shopping cart developers like oscommerce Finnish Payment Module Addon.

Yes, I'm still getting ST failure rate > 90...

2010-07-19T09:19:11.984+03:00

Yes, I'm still getting ST failure rate > 90% and now decided to give a try to Endomondo. Let's see if that is more reliable.

//Harri

wow, in your case, with your errors I would have s...

2010-07-14T09:44:57.076+03:00

wow, in your case, with your errors I would have switched to ape@map, trekbuddy or one of those online-sport tools a long time ago ;)

Hi, I don't have an E71 here to test, but I&#...

2010-06-21T04:44:06.884+03:00

Hi,

I don't have an E71 here to test, but I'd guess that any device that has an email wizard is a suspect.

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2010-05-31T10:19:40.275+03:00

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Hi, I'm afraid that your calendar entries are...

2010-03-17T07:16:25.122+02:00

Hi,

I'm afraid that your calendar entries are now gone, entries are deleted from the terminal's calendar database and as far as I know there is no way to get them back.

I haven't checked this posting for a long time and it seems that screenshots have disappeared from Blogspot/Google servers. Sorry about that.

//Harri

I didn't even know this could happen but it ju...

2010-03-17T02:08:55.720+02:00

I didn't even know this could happen but it just happened to me about 5 minutes ago. Any chance I can get my entries back? I haven't synched my phone with iCal in ages!

Thanks for sharing. I really admire this.

2010-02-18T08:57:48.030+02:00

Thanks for sharing. I really admire this.

Cool post you got here. I'd like to read more ...

2010-02-11T11:44:22.714+02:00

Cool post you got here. I'd like to read more about that matter. The only thing it would also be great to see on this blog is some pics of any gizmos.
Kate Trider
Phone Blocker