Nokia C3 Quick Reference

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  1. Are there unbiased reviews of Nokia C3?
    Click on Which.co. UK

    Here is another I just read: http://www.knowyourcell.com/nokia/nokiac3/c3reviews/687372/nokia_c3_review.html

  2. Where is the UserÅ› Guide? Other references
  3. Click on
    official Nokia C3-00 User's Guide Wikipedia has an etnry for the C3! Click on Wikipedia C3-00 article will add more as we trawl the net
  4. What is the serial number of my C3?
  5. Every phone has an IMEI. A physical method to look at your IMEI is to open the cover, remove the battery and you will see a NOKIA tag inside. Look at the IMEI: The characters and numbers are too small to see!! You u can avoid the inconvenience of opening the back cover and battery by simply dialing *#06# . It returned my 15 digit serial number (SN).Copy this SN is in case you want your cell phone blocked in case it gets lost!
  6. How do I set the date and time?
  7. Goto Settings, select "Date and time", click on the center button and set it to the actual current date and time by clicking on the number keys. A computer which gets its date and time from the Internet is a good source of accurate time.
  8. How do I stop the my cell phone ringing on incoming calls?
  9. Activate the "Silent" mode on the ProfilesOn the main menu. Check that "Settings/Tones/Incoming call alert" is set to "OFF".
  10. How do I adjust the volume for an incoming call ring?
  11. Be sure that the Settings/Profiles mode is not on "Silent". Select or activate General profile mode. Note that the C3 does not have an external volume control. Again choose "Settings/Tones/Incoming call alert" from the main menu, select the desired sound (except OFF), browse down to "Ringing volume" and adjust to desired ring volume[5 selectable levels].
  12. How do I turn off the startup tone(sound) on turning on the cellphone?
  13. Select Settings/Phone/"start-up tone" and turn it to Off.
  14. What is the current software version of my phone?
  15. Select Settings> Phone > Phone Updates >Current sw details. As of January 14, my phone told me it is using
    V04.45 04-08-10 
    RM-614 
    
  16. How do I update the phone software?
  17. From the main menu, select Settings/Phone/"Phone Updates". Press center button and choose "Downl. phone software". If there is no software available, it only means you have the latest version of the NOKIA C3 software. If there is a downloadable version, then click on Install software update.
  18. How do I secure my phone even if it is stolen?
  19. To make it harder(but not impossible) for thieves to get at your data, select Settings/Security. You will be presented with the following choices: PIN code request Call barring service Fixed dialing Closed user group. Security level NOne, Memory , Phone Access codes Code in use Authority certificates User certificates Security module - grayed out in my phone. Click on PIN code request, set it to On. If you have not set your PIN, it will ask you to generate one. Be sure to memorize or copy to a safe place your PIN code! You can set Settings/Phone/"Security keyguard" to ON, however the frequent nagging to enter your security code might force you to turn this off. PIN code is by default usually set to 1234. Security code is at 6 digits long. Avoid the temptation to use for convenience, a Security code which is the PIN code with two additional digits.
  20. How do I listen to FM stations?
  21. Attach the wired earphone. This works secondly as an antenna. Open main menu. Select Music/Radio. To adjust volume: click right ring portion to increase, click left ring portion to decrease sound To select stations: Click upper right ring portion for next higher numbered FM station. Click lower right ring portion for nxt lower numbered FM station.
  22. I want to hear the radio over the speakers.
    You can do that, but you still need the headphones attached! In the radio screen click on the left settings/Play via/Loudspeaker. You wont look good with the headphones on and the sound coming out of the tinny speakers!
  23. How do you adjust the screen brightness of this camera?
  24. The sad fact is that you CANNOT! This is one of the main gripes of this excellent but low-end model on the Nokia line of phones. See discussion on Nokia discussions I think phones which do not allow brightness adjustments should be banned from being sold!
  25. What are the specs of the Camera?
  26. Specification Value
    Camera Resolution1600 x 1200 px
    CMOS Sensor2.0 Megapixel
    Camera Digital Zoom4 x
    Camera Focus range50 cm to infinity
    Camera Image FormatsJPEG
    Camera FeaturesFull Focus, Full Screen Viewfinder, Self Timer, Sequence Mode
    Video Recording Resolution176 x 144 px
    Video Recording Frame Rate15 fps
    Video Digital Zoom4 x
    Video Recording FormatsH.263, MPEG-4
    Video FeaturesVideo Player,Video Recorder,Video Streaming
    Video Playback Formats3GPP formats (H.263), H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, WMV
    Graphic Formats BMP, GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG, M3G, PNG, SVG-T, WBMP
    The camera specs is from http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/C3-00/ Got a hint on the C3? Will post it with an acknowledgment here. This quick reference quide is subject of frequent revisions.

19 comments:

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  2. Hi,

    How do I access my memory card on the nokia C3? Unlike my other nokia, I can't find a gallery option in the main menu.

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  3. @ Sir Jo:

    Gallery is under Menu > Apps > Gallery.


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  4. how do i connect to Fm if on selecting radio nothing happens even aftr earphone is attachted?

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  5. Congratulations, very useful site!

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  6. Can anybody help me.. I am not able to listen my music in my nokia c3 and i unable to set my profiles to general,my mobile is not giving any sounds when it switched on or when press any key.

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  7. @sumathi, sorry for the late reply. But one option is to go to the original store and ask the technical people you can find.

    your questions are so many and perhaps you can present them one at a time so I and other readers can help you.

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  8. I have this phone. It's really a nice phone, i would definitely recommend it to everyone!=)

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  9. I am unable to select the Closed User Group. I set up the names in the Closed user group but when I try to activate it its asking me for a number and not the name of the user group. What do I do

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  10. hi, can someone suggest me what it is like every time I record/watch video from my C3 it gets hang.

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  11. @Vikrant, your phone may need more memory as videos consume a lot of memory. The C3 can handle up to 8Gbytes card.

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  12. how do i turn off the time profile? i really find it very annoying setting the profile expiration everyday, otherwise, if i wouldn't set it, it's going to utilize the other profile.

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  13. does the Nokia c3 have a flash for the camera??

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  14. It's very bad phone's.C3 ear phone volume is too much slow we can not heard in rush.It's biggest issus

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    1. does someone reply as I have same problem for low volume to hear. Jamil, Karachi

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  15. JUST I WANT TO DISCONNECT THE 3G ITS KEPP ON DEDUCTING AND SUCKING MY PREPAID BALANCE...GUYS PLZ HELP
    HOW I CAN DISCONNECT THE 3G...I HATE INTERNET...

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  16. Is there a way to tell which model of the Nokia C3-00 has wifi? I have read at&t has the wifi disabled or removed from there regular and gophones to force you to add a data plan. Thanks

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  17. Can we record incoming calls on nokia c3 as I my old Nokia N95 china has this option?

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  18. jamil, refer to the post http://me-and-my-nokia-c3.blogspot.com/2011/02/record-voice-calls.html.

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