I agree! I think he isn't trying the 4 buttons two on either side of the arrow pad one above the other being one of them is Menu and can not be changed. I believe that is the top left one right beside the left arrow and not on the left edge of the phone; being that is SoftKey1.
Signed: Stephen Giggar Skype: dr-phone. Hardware eventually fails, software eventually works. No amount of bandwidth can fix poor design. -----Original Message----- From: talks-boun...@talksusers.com [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of Eleanor Martha Burke Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 3:04 AM To: Talks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Talks] help! nokia e71 menu there is always a D4 menu key which cannot be changed.I do not understand therefore how you have changed it. > On 13 Nov 2014, at 08:15, stephen faill <stephen.fa...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > hi stephen. > thankyou for your reply to my post. > setting up the keys is what the problem is here. > i went through every key and assigned it to something that would be useful without using the menu. > unfortunately i don't have any key assigned to menu anymore and hence i cant get into the phone anymore. > as it is, this has made my mind up to upgrade the firmware in the phone. > i will have a clean slate after it is done and talks reinstalled. > regards. > stephen faill > > -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Giggar > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 11:22 PM > To: 'Talks Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [Talks] help! nokia e71 menu > > Yes you aren't pressing the Menu button, you are pressing SoftKey1 and > or Softkey2. That is the top Left and Right. > > It sounds like you having done any configuring of the phone at all. > Another words; you never went into the setting to change how the phone > behave and set it to your liking. > > Anyway in saying that; There are two buttons to either side of the > Arrow pad. There are two to the left of the left arrow and two to the > right of the Right arrow. I mean they are beside the arrow pad and not > towards the sides of the phone. One of these 4 buttons is the Physical > Menu button, One is the Messaging button, One is the contacts button > and I think the last one is the calendar button. These buttons can be > changed to point to what ever you want in the Settings of the phone. These buttons are flat. > > Then on the outside edge of the phone you have SoftKey1 and below it > the call button on the left. Then on the Right edge you have SoftKey2 > and below it the End-call. Note! The SoftKey1 buttons is defaulted to > Menu but this isn't the same thing as the physical menu button. The > Physical menu button I think is to the left of the Left arrow and it the top of the two buttons. > > So please Steve take the time and go through the settings of the phone > and set it to your liking as far as the softkeys and shortcuts etc... > You will then probably be much more happy with the phone and how it works for you. > > > > > > Signed: Stephen Giggar > Skype: dr-phone. > > Hardware eventually fails, software eventually works. > No amount of bandwidth can fix poor design. > > -----Original Message----- > From: talks-boun...@talksusers.com > [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of stephen faill > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:18 PM > To: talks@talksusers.com > Subject: [Talks] help! nokia e71 menu > > hello list. > ok i had my home screen set as business where i could use the up and > down arrow keys to go between the various options of wlan, calender, e > mail and messaging. > i could use the left and right keys to go through various shortcuts. > i have the top left key assigned to menu and the top right to contacts. > my problem is this: > i have switched the home screen from business to personal i think it > was and that has totally changed the way the buttons work on the home > screen when i press any of the navigation keys they open applications > instead of letting me arrow through predefined ones and more > importantly i have no way of accessing the menu anymore. > the top left button gives me messaging. > can anyone help me how to get the homescreen back to business so the > phones works the way it did? > all help is greatly appreciated. > stephen faill > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. > http://www.talknav.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. > http://www.talknav.net/ > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5557 / Virus Database: 4213/8558 - Release Date: > 11/12/14 _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. > http://www.talknav.net/ _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list Talks@talksusers.com http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list Talks@talksusers.com http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/
