Questions tagged [s60]

S60 is a smartphone UI and middleware layer on top of Symbian OS. It is developed by Nokia. Formerly it was known as Series 60. Currently S60 has been merged to the Symbian platform itself.

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How to get started with Symbian (S60 plattorm)

So at my new job one of the platforms we use is S60 (Nokia phones, Symbian OS) and I am getting curious about it, as well feeling the need to help the team a bit from time to time (I actually work on the server side of things for this software). So…
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how to get a console shell on my symbian phone?

How do I get a bash or a similar shell for my new Symbian s60 rev 5 phone (Nokia 5800) ? I already installed putty for s60, but it does not have telnet and it seems that there is no local ssh server running.
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How to solve Python memory leak when using urrlib2?

I'm trying to write a simple Python script for my mobile phone to periodically load a web page using urrlib2. In fact I don't really care about the server response, I'd only like to pass some values in the URL to the PHP. The problem is that Python…
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Does PyS60 produce sis files that are native?

I am currently looking at developing a mobile apps for the S60 platform and is specifically looking at PyS60. It seems to suggest that the it can be compiled into native .sis files without the need for an embedded python interpreter. Reading through…
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Start MIDlet automatically when device reboots?

I am working in J2ME. I want that my application must be automatically started when my device reboots. I have made Nokia-MIDlet-auto-start: yes entry in my JAD file as suggested in…
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Quickest way to build a simple Symbian app?

I have a Symbian 9.1 handset, Nokia E65, based on Nokia S60 series UI. I'd like to build a simple, full screen, graphic application. It should be able to display some text and pictures and have a basic interaction from the keyboard. That's for me…
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Error deleting resources while cleaning project & building J2me project

I'm running Eclipse pulsar with S60 SDK for j2me development and using LWUIT.jar but I'm getting following error while cleaning my project Errors occurred during the build. Errors running builder 'Preverification Builder' on project…
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How to receive power off events in a Symbian console application?

I am looking for a working code example for Symbian S60 5th edition in which a console application can receive power off events (i.e. detect phone switch off). I know how to do this from UI application [AppUI, HandleSystemEventL(const TWsEvent&…
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python S60 Application access

I wrote simple application for my Symbian mobile(Nokia 5800). Let's say it something like this: import appuifw appuifw.app.screen = "normal" appuifw.app.title = u'Group 13' colors = [u"red", u"green", u"blue", u"brown"] index =…
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Nokia s60 emulator for linux

I am using EclipseMe on Ubuntu. I want an emulator that can emulate mouse movements on screen. Is there an s60 emulator for linux? Edit: Does net beans has an in built emulator that can emulate mouse movement on device screen?
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Different editions of Symbian

I have to built a project in Symbian. I am having and confusion and had some question related to Symbian version. What is the difference between Symbian^3, S60 3rd edition and S60 5th edition? Is there any major difference as coding point of view…
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Carbide / Symbian C++ - Change Application Icon

I am using Carbide (just upgraded to 2.0) to develop an S60 3rd Edition application. I would like to know the easiest way to change the icon (both the application icon on the device menu and the icon at the top left of the main view) because I have…
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developing symbian app for personal use only

I recently bought a second-hand Nokia E52, and I'd like to write some apps for personal use only, i.e. without needing to distribute them. Now, learning about Symbian S60 today is a bit like learning an ancient language noone speaks anymore, and…
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Reading SIM contacts on Symbian S60

I am looking for a working code snippet for Symbian S60 5th edition in which you can read SIM contact details. If possible, I would skip using RPhoneBookSession, but if that is the only way, please provide code snippet how to use it. Thank you.
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Central Button Soft key LWUIT

This might seem like a very trivial problem but I have spent quite some time on this without finding a viable solution. Nokia devices have a central select button,which allows us to assign soft keys to it. According to my requirement, I need to…
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