Motorola Flipout: Remote Wipe

Problem: You've lost your Flipout & you don't want some stranger getting all your contact info.

Solution:

1. Log onto Motoblur
2. Click the "Secure Phone" tab
3. Click "Wipe Phone"

Nokia C5: Sync w/Ovi Calendar

Problem: Using Ovi Sync doesn't work (to sync your phone calendar to Ovi Calendar online)

Solution: Menu > Settings > Connectivity > Sync > Options > Change active profile > Ovi.com > X the items you want synced > Options > Synchronize

Nokia C5: Get music to show up in your Music Library

Problem: You've uploaded a bunch of songs onto your Nokia but when you go to the Music Library to play them, they're not there.

Solution: Menu > Gallery > Songs > Options (upper L key) > Refresh Library > play the waiting game
Doing this causes the phone to recompile the library file, thus including the new songs that were loaded onto the phone.

Nokia C5: Uninstall/Delete a Theme

Menu > Apps. > Installat. > App. mgr.

Fix Nokia C5 Freezing/Crashing

Problem: Your Nokia C5 phone just randomly shuts down/restarts/freezes/crashes

Solution:
1) Update the firmware
2) Back up your data
3) Restart by typing code: *#7370#
*Security code (if you need it): 12345

iTunes 9 Not Syncing a Playlist

Problem: You have the playlist you want on your iPhone checked in the iPhone menu in iTunes, but you sync your iPhone & the playlist doesn't seem to have been loaded.

Solution 1: R click the (smart) playlist > Edit Smart Playlist > uncheck "Live Updating" > sync iPhone

Solution 2: Add the following rule to the Smart Playlist (while keeping "Live Updating" checked)

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Tested On: Apple iPhone 3g + iTunes 9

Inserting Unicode Characters

Problem: You're typing something in some Microsoft program that uses the Insert > Symbol command to insert one of those funny little characters you can't find on your keyboard, but it's a symbol you use so often that going Insert > Symbol every time w/your mouse has you royally ticked.

Solution:

1. Find the Unicode character number
2. Go back to your document & type in those numbers
3. Press Alt+X