Since I normally use Nokia Nseries, I didn’t know about access points groups feature. I noticed this recently when playing with my Nokia Eseries device. Access Points Groups allows us to group several access points in priority order. When we connect to the Internet, it will first try to use the access point with the highest priority. If it is not available, it will try to use the second highest priority, and so on.
Why is it useful? You can create an Access Point Group that has your WiFi connection as the first priority and your network operator’s data connection as your second priority.
Go to Tools | Settings | Connection | Access point groups menu to create a new access point group.
Then select Options | New group menu. Enter the name you want to give to your access point group in the Group name box. Then, you need to specify which access points and their priority in the Access points box.
Now you can use this access group point as the default connection for your Web browser, for example. This way, you don’t need to change the access point each time you want to switch between WiFi and network operator’s data connection.
The last thing I want to say here is: it would be nice to see this feature on other S60 devices, such as Nokia Nseries.
Compatible devices: Nokia Eseries.
Before reading this posting, please note that this is a very technical tip. What is it all about? As some of you may know that starting from S60 3rd Edition, every single application (.sis/.sisx) has to be signed. The signing ensures integrity of the application so that nobody can tamper with. Besides that, it also ensures that you can only install trusted applications on your device.
Why do we need to sign S60 3rd applications with our own certificate then? There are more and more S60 3rd applications that are distributed unsigned. For example:
- Screenshot. This application is actually developed by me. I started distributing the unsigned version of this application because Symbian Signed process takes too long. However, I am still distributing the signed version of this application because many users don’t want to bother signing applications.
- ActiveFile. According to S60Tips.com’s last polling, ActiveFile is the most popular file manager application for S60 3rd Edition.
- GNUBox. GNUBox is a small application for your cell phone that allows you to create Internet connection on your device using PC’s Internet connection. This is a useful feature for devices without WiFi support, such as Nokia N71 and N73.
- TaskSpy. TaskSpy is a task manager for Symbian OS devices. It allows you to get more control and information over running tasks on your mobile phone. The developers decided to release unsigned version of TaskSpy because lack of time of Symbian Signed process.
The question now is how to sign S60 3rd application? There is a comprehensive tutorial on Mobile9. It is a very comprehensive and good tutorial, so I don’t want to repeat everything here. 
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Compatible devices: S60 3rd Edition, Nokia Nseries, Nokia Eseries.
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And here is the result of our last polling about favorite file manager for S60 3rd Edition devices.
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ActiveFile from Alie Tan is in the first place. Congratulations Alie!
Click here to download ActiveFile and other file managers for S60 3rd Edition devices.
Compatible devices: S60 3rd Edition, Nokia Nseries, Nokia Eseries.
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