Nokia 6680

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ajax said:
Thanks, Gunny. I guess you can say RTFM for me! :o
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Funny how easy it is to miss the simple things. :D

Can't seem to use that updater though. Seems to want to be connected to the internet while it is updating or the bluetooth is somehow interfering with the cable connection or vice versa and the only internet connection I have is my phone. All I get is a "Your phone software is already up to date" message. :rolleyes:
 
@ Prometheus it needs to be connected to the net to update and while its on the net the phone is rebooting and doing funny things so you cant use the phone to connect to the net and upgrade it at the same time.
This is how I understand it anyway.
 
@ ajax funnily enough I dnt think I saw that trick in the manual But I knew that option was there somewhere because it collected the data from Outlook to update the phone. So I did what every geek would do and went to find it.
wait did I call myself a geek. Too little sleep for me.
 
And then u need to add a security code.... I don't want to lock the phone, only the keypad...
 
And then how do you get it to remind you of the birthday?
 
Im sorry to say the only way to have your 6680 autolock is by using 3rd party software....as for the brithday reminders I think you can set an alarm for it and the alarm will go off on the day or the day before the birthday, you can choose! and yes your right the N70 is no better!
 
Gunny said:
@ Prometheus it needs to be connected to the net to update and while its on the net the phone is rebooting and doing funny things so you cant use the phone to connect to the net and upgrade it at the same time.
This is how I understand it anyway.
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Umm, I realised that. But I would have thought it to be able to download the updates for the phone first and then install them without needing a connection. Like installing the firmware for a modem card. Seems like things are progressing backwards, thanks to Nokia for giving me something I can't use... :rolleyes:
Antonf said:
And then u need to add a security code.... I don't want to lock the phone, only the keypad...
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All the Nokias I've seen do that unless you were lucky enough to get one that does not for some reason only known to Nokia. The main reason I never lock mine as I never think about doing it manually.
 
Hi everyone - coming back to this thread is like coming home! Read it avidly when I first got my 6680 (on wife's upgrade) in January this year, but have not been back for a while. Excellent phone in my experience. Will be quite reluctant to let it go, but my wife has booked it from the day after my upgrade date! Am looking at alternatives, but would be interested to hear from other 6680ers what they are looking at. Amazing to see what developments there are in phones since 6680 was introduced. My main needs are:
* phone as a modem for my laptop out of the office
* internet browsing on the phone
* messaging including email
* occasional photo (not vital)

Have been looking at N80, E60, E61, E70. Recently read up on N73. Upgrade due this month, otherwise I would be quite keen on the N95!

Thanks
 
Definitely wouldn't take anything else than the N-series after using the 6680.
 
The phone is a bit buggy. I get disconnected when it switches from 3G to GPRS and if I am on Bluetooth the connection drops if the download speed approaches 200 kbits/sec.
For me the biggest advantage is being able to select towers and whether I use 3G or GSM with the ftd menu.
 
ajax said:
The phone is a bit buggy. I get disconnected when it switches from 3G to GPRS and if I am on Bluetooth the connection drops if the download speed approaches 200 kbits/sec.
For me the biggest advantage is being able to select towers and whether I use 3G or GSM with the ftd menu.
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I know that with the N80 you can select UMTS (3G), GSM (2.5G) or a hybrid of both so that it switches between the two. If I recall with previous models one couldn't force 3G only, you could either use it in GSM mode or hybrid mode only.

With the N80 you can force 3G only and avoid it switching between 3G and GPRS. Trust me even with the N80, the connection drops while switching back and forth between 3G and GPRS. The best way is to force it to use only one of the two.
 
Ajax: How on earth do you select which tower to use? I am only aware of selecting which mode to use. It seems however that there might be a Virgin/Cell-C tower a little further with a better signal but my phone seems to keep selecting the nearer one with the weaker signal.
 
Highflyer_GP said:
I know that with the N80 you can select UMTS (3G), GSM (2.5G) or a hybrid of both so that it switches between the two. If I recall with previous models one couldn't force 3G only, you could either use it in GSM mode or hybrid mode only.

With the N80 you can force 3G only and avoid it switching between 3G and GPRS. Trust me even with the N80, the connection drops while switching back and forth between 3G and GPRS. The best way is to force it to use only one of the two.
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Thanks, HighflyerGP, this is excellent news. I don't understand why Nokia didn't put this feature in the menu system on the first 3G capable Nokias. I know of several people that got "tricked" into buying a N70 "to use for 3G internet access" just to find that the phone selects GSM towers where they stay and the menu don't allow a UMTS mode.

This connection dropping is very frustrating. At least on Vodacom the 3G coverage is adequate so that I don't need GSM mode at all.

Prometheus said:
Ajax: How on earth do you select which tower to use? I am only aware of selecting which mode to use. It seems however that there might be a Virgin/Cell-C tower a little further with a better signal but my phone seems to keep selecting the nearer one with the weaker signal.
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I use the ftd menu, also called netmonitor. Get it from:
http://rapidshare.de/files/1529006/Netmonitor_FTD_4_Nokia_6680.zip.html

I use it when I am in an area where there's no 3G and where the EDGE tower is not the strongest signal. Then with this menu you can select to use a single tower only
See the following post of how to use it:
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=20914&highlight=force

[If someone can enlighten me as to how to make a link part of the word and not give the whole URL, please, thanks!]
 
ajax said:
I use the ftd menu, also called netmonitor. Get it from:
http://rapidshare.de/files/1529006/Netmonitor_FTD_4_Nokia_6680.zip.html

I use it when I am in an area where there's no 3G and where the EDGE tower is not the strongest signal. Then with this menu you can select to use a single tower only
See the following post of how to use it:
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=20914&highlight=force
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Thanks, I use netmonitor but didn't know about that.
[If someone can enlighten me as to how to make a link part of the word and not give the whole URL, please, thanks!]
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You wrote the url as this:
[NOPARSE]http://url[/NOPARSE] This highlights the words "http://url" and makes the link point to "http://url". If you write it like this:
[NOPARSE]link text[/NOPARSE] Then the words "link text" will be highlighted and the link will point to "http://url".

I suppose this is what you want? ;)
 
Or you could go to advanced post instead of quick reply, highlight the words you wish to link to a url, click the Insert Link button, and then enter the url into the pop-up box that appears ;)
 
Just loaded the version 5 firmware using the software updater. It's version 5.04.07. The firmware download is about 27 MB.
This is on my vanilla 6680.

My Vlive 6680 with version 4 did not report any new available updates :(
 
Can somebody help me wtih voddata on a 64k sim on blackberry and it did work on my old 64k sim. thanks
 
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