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Sidekick LX & Sidekick

Tony Hawk Sidekick LXPress Menu + Shift + P from the jump screen see the flashing lights!

Hit left shoulder key while composing an email and then you can record a voice mesage and send it with your email.

If you're in the web browser, press Menu + Shift + E to cycle through different cursor styles.

Press Menu + Shift + 2 to make your keyboard flash when recieving messages.

How about some Sidekick tips and tricks? I thought so.


Interesting Sidekick shortcuts:
  #646#   voice minute balance
  #225#   account balance
  #686#   your phone number
  #674#   messages used
  #793#   resets voicemail password to last 4 digits of your phone number
  #31#    plus any phone number, blocks your call info

More Sidekick tips and tricks:
  Menu > Settings > About Sidekick, Menu + Shift + 8   "hidden" SnowBored game
  Menu > "Settings" > "System Info"   system info trick
  Menu > "Settings" > "About Sidekick"   about Sidekick
  Menu + D   diagnostics
  Menu + D   erase flash settings
  Menu + U   network username/password
  Menu + U   fetch POP email
  Menu + F   wheel/D-pad into a flashlight
  Menu + ALT + F   flashlight
  MENU + SHIFT + T   full screen web browser
  Menu -> Settings -> System Info: MENU + M   shows detailed build information
  Menu + Shift + R   inverts terminal colors


Want to locate and use cool symbols on your Sidekick? Then go to this page from your Sidekick.

As much as I love Sidekicks and T-Mobile I gotta say I was bummed when Starbucks kicked them outta bed. I use Starbucks as my home-away-from-home when I need to hit the net on the road. Travel around the country enough and the mermaid becomes a beacon with WiFi her siren call.

If you're flying you can't use a cell phone. That doesn't mean you can't use your 'kick. Menu/Controls/Wireless turns off the radio leaving you with an MP3 player, PDA, game machine, whatever.

Camera - Menu + D, thumbnail/full-screen toggle; Menu + W, picture zoom

Web Browser - Menu + Shift + B or Menu + Alt + B, recent pages; Menu + Shift + T, toggles the title bar; Menu + Shift + W, clears the browser cache

Last but not least, here's T-Mobile's own Sidekick tips page.