AutoSisInstaller automatically installs programs to your phone memory and memory card, now also for Symbian S60 5th ed.

Need to reinstall many programs on your phone because you switched phone, did a hard reset, or upgraded your firmware? That takes a lot of time and pushing of buttons.

AutoSisInstaller makes things a lot easier. Just copy your .sis, .sisx, .jar, and .jad installer files to E:\ThinkChange\c\ (to install them on your phone memory) or E:\ThinkChange\e (to install them on your memory card) and AutoSisInstaller deals with all the questions like "yes," "I agree," and "finish."

The old version would install everything on your phone memory. The option to choose between C:\ or E:\ is new. And AutoSisInstaller is now also available for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and other phones that run on Symbian S60 5th ed.

• AutoSisInstaller by Tong Ren

Automatically run your programs from time to time with Timer switch

If you want your VoIP application to run every day from 9 to 5, or connect your instant messenger from 5 to midnight, or run any other program at a specific time without having to switch it on, then Timer switch will do it for you.

Timer switch is a very simple task timer: select the programs you'd like to run on your mobile phone, enter the start and end time, and Timer switch will start and stop the selected applications at the right time.

Unfortunately Timer switch just does times. You can't tell it to run programs on weekdays (or weekends) only. Maybe a future version will be able to add days as well?

• Timer switch official site (in chinese)
• Timer switch v1.0 on Mobile Castle (in english)

Browse system folders with File Manager

The file manager that comes with Symbian is crippled. It only shows you part of the contents of your phone memory and memory card.

But now there's a ROMPatcher patch for hacked phones that forces File Manager to show the contents of your system folders.

It doesn't give you full control over your system folders. It lets you browse the "private" and "sys" folders of your memory card, but not on your phone's built-in memory. And you don't get full write access to your system folders.

For full control you should hack your phone and use a real file manager like ActiveFile, Y-Browser, or X-plore. But if you only want a quick'n'dirty method to browse the system folders on your memory card without plugging it into a computer, the File Manager patch will do.

• File Manager patch on Symbian Freak (login/signup required)
• File Manager patch (open for everyone)

• all about hacking your phone to set it free

YouTube for Symbian fixes bugs, music identifier Shazam iD now also for touchscreen Nokias with Symbian S60 5th ed.

YouTube

YouTube for Symbian plays YouTube video without any extras. It won't let you log into YouTube, so you can't play any adult videos that require logging in.

When you install YouTube it asks you to choose a location from a list of 5 countries. Just pick any country and the program will work. If you can't download the latest YouTube for Symbian version from the official YouTube site, you can get it from sites like Mobile Castle. Tip: you can erase the search history and other private data, but that option is hidden in the help menu.

The latest version fixes bugs but doesn't add any new features.


• m.youtube.com (on the fly installation)
• YouTube 2.0.17 on Mobile Castle (downloadable installer) UPDATE: this link expired
• MobiTubia, an alternative YouTube player UPDATE: this link expired


Shazam iD

Shazam iD works like Sony Ericsson's TrackID. Start the program, point your phone to some source of music, hit "Tag Now," and Shazam will tell you which song you're listening to.

It's been available for Symbian S60 3rd ed. for ages (details here), and now there's a version for Symbian S60 5th ed. too, so you can use it on touchscreen Nokia's like the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

• Shazam iD for Symbian S60 5th ed. at MobiCreed UPDATE: this link expired
• Shazam iD for Symbian S60 3rd ed.
• Shazam iD official site (two-week trial, for english users only) UPDATE: this link expired