FreeTimeBox time synchronisation tool now Symbian Signed

FreeTimeBox synchronises your mobile phone clock with an atomic clock, either automatically or on demand. It can also sync your clock by SMS and with GPS. You can schedule time synchronisation if you want: every day, every week, every month, the choice is yours.

And that's not all. You can run FreeTimeBox on demand or automatically at startup to display a clock in the programs menu, in any application, in all Symbian configuration screens, and anywhere else on your phone. You can exclude the clock in certain applications too. Of course you can also switch the time display feature off and use FreeTimeBox for time synchronisation only. Or the other way 'round.

FreeTimeBox version 1.05 is now signed, so you don't need to sign it yourself or hack Symbian to install it. If you install FreeTimeBox 1.05 on top of an older copy your phone may pop up error messages. Removing your old copy before you install the new version should fix that.

• FreeTimeBox 1.05 from junnikokuki

If junnikokuki's site is unavailable, try here:

• FreeTimeBox 1.05 (direct download link)

• FreeTimeBox 1.05 from Mobile Castle (signup/login required)

If you don't trust the accuracy of the default time server (or if the default IP address gets out of date - FreeTimeBox can't handle domain names) you can make it connect to any other time server you like. Two lists of time server IP addresses that work with FreeTimeBox:

1. NIST time server list
2. List of time server addresses at microsoft.com

FortiCleanUp Tool stops the Curse of Silence SMS attack

The Curse of Silence is an SMS exploit that hits many Symbian S60 Nokia phones. If you receive a malformed SMS, your message box is effectively blocked and you'll no longer be able to receive incoming SMSs and MMSs.

If you've hacked your phone to set Symbian free you can remove the offending SMS from the Symbian system folder, but for unhacked phones the recommended solution was to reset your phone and lose all your data. Of course you can make a backup before doing a hard reset, but if you back up your SMSs then the Curse of Silence SMS gets restored along with the rest of your data.

But there's no need for a hard reset. Fortinet made a Curse of Silence cleanup tool which you can use for free. It defends your phone against the attack, and it removes the Curse of Silence SMS if you're already bitten by it.

So if your phone is cursed by silence, or if you want to be prepared just in case you get attacked later, go get the cleanup tool.

• Fortinet FortiCleanUp Tool

UCWEB 6.3 finished beta testing, english version available

UCWEB 6.3 is out of beta testing, and the final version has been translated into english.

Proxy based, data compressing mobile web browser UCWEB features tabbed browsing and more configuration and personalisation options than any other mobile web browser.

A minor flaw is that the URL entry box doesn't use T9 predictive text. UCWEB doesn't support Flash and is not very good at javascript.

This unofficial UCWEB translation is unsigned, so you'll have to use Symbian Signed Online, sign it yourself, or set your phone free so you can install unsigned programs.

• UCWEB 6.3 in english, with english proxy server

What's in my .sis file and why won't it install?

There are a couple of programs to take Symbian .sis installer files apart so you can see what's inside them.

But there's no need to install anything on your computer, because you can also analyse .sis files online: whatisinmysis.com tells you which files in the .sis or .sisx wil be installed where on your phone, and who signed it with which certificate. Just upload your file and let the site analyse it for you.

If you can't install a .sis or .sisx, whythefuckwontmysisfileinstall.com will tell you what's wrong with it.

• www.whatisinmysis.com (online)
• www.whythefuckwontmysisfileinstall.com (online)

• SISContents for unpacking, editing, and signing .sis files (for Windows)