Narelle
11th Feb '07 Sun, 20:06
Preparing the menu for the trick
Before doing the trick, you need to have a couple of things done on your phone's menu:
1 - Create the new folder "Most Used" in my main menu
2 - Move the "Most Used" folder so it is the first icon in my menu (and this is very important)
3 - Place any application, like Camera, so it is the 5th application on the menu list (the default icon highlighted when you press menu)
http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00d4141776c2685e-320pi
Refreshing the menu
In order to do this trick, the menu needs to be refreshed, and that's how you achieve this:
1 - Place any .sis / .sisx / .jar application on your phone
2 - Install this application (I will install eBook mobile trial)
3 - Before the installation is over, ie check the screenshot, press the menu button, the default highlight will be "Camera" (as I have move it to be my 5th application)
http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00cd970ff4b54cd5-320pi
Performing the trick
1 - Directly after pressing menu button, press options (left selection key)
2 - WAIT for a couple of seconds and don't press anything more (even though it may seem like the phone has frozen)
3 - The menu will refresh: instead of having "Camera" highlighted, the highlight will be on the first icon, ie the folder "Most Used" but the options list will still be open (check the screenshot)
http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00d09e51cf37be2b-320pi
4 - Choose "Move to Folder" from the Options list
5 - Then choose "My Own" as a target.
http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00d4141b9c576a47-320pi
6 - That's it http://www.?????????????????/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif The "Most Used" folder is now in the "My Own" folder as a sub-directory
http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00d4141b9ce96a47-320pi
Explaining the trick
1 - The whole point of the trick is to have the menu refreshed while the options list is open with "move to folder" as one of the possible choices. This happens when u press options while having an app (and not a folder) highlighted. That's why I chose Camera.
2 - I decided to place Camera as the 5th app (the default one selected, so no buttons needed to be pressed) because when u press Menu just before the installation is over, the phone is in such a delicate confused state that the least buttons are pressed, the better it is.
3 - When the menu refreshes, the highlight moves to the first icon on the menu, which means that whatever this icon is, if the options list is still opened, you can pick any choice from it and let it apply to the first icon, instead of the 5th icon
More to the trick
1 - You can create sub-directories and sub-sub-directories and sub-sub-sub-directories... the possibilities are endless
2 - You can move any app / game to this newly created folder, just by selecting it and pressing options > move to folder, ie like you normally do with any other folder (check screenshot)
http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00cd970ff5714cd5-320pi
3 - The menu also refreshes after uninstalling an app, so you can also perform this trick just before the uninstallation process is over
Before doing the trick, you need to have a couple of things done on your phone's menu:
1 - Create the new folder "Most Used" in my main menu
2 - Move the "Most Used" folder so it is the first icon in my menu (and this is very important)
3 - Place any application, like Camera, so it is the 5th application on the menu list (the default icon highlighted when you press menu)
http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00d4141776c2685e-320pi
Refreshing the menu
In order to do this trick, the menu needs to be refreshed, and that's how you achieve this:
1 - Place any .sis / .sisx / .jar application on your phone
2 - Install this application (I will install eBook mobile trial)
3 - Before the installation is over, ie check the screenshot, press the menu button, the default highlight will be "Camera" (as I have move it to be my 5th application)
http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00cd970ff4b54cd5-320pi
Performing the trick
1 - Directly after pressing menu button, press options (left selection key)
2 - WAIT for a couple of seconds and don't press anything more (even though it may seem like the phone has frozen)
3 - The menu will refresh: instead of having "Camera" highlighted, the highlight will be on the first icon, ie the folder "Most Used" but the options list will still be open (check the screenshot)
http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00d09e51cf37be2b-320pi
4 - Choose "Move to Folder" from the Options list
5 - Then choose "My Own" as a target.
http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00d4141b9c576a47-320pi
6 - That's it http://www.?????????????????/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif The "Most Used" folder is now in the "My Own" folder as a sub-directory
http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00d4141b9ce96a47-320pi
Explaining the trick
1 - The whole point of the trick is to have the menu refreshed while the options list is open with "move to folder" as one of the possible choices. This happens when u press options while having an app (and not a folder) highlighted. That's why I chose Camera.
2 - I decided to place Camera as the 5th app (the default one selected, so no buttons needed to be pressed) because when u press Menu just before the installation is over, the phone is in such a delicate confused state that the least buttons are pressed, the better it is.
3 - When the menu refreshes, the highlight moves to the first icon on the menu, which means that whatever this icon is, if the options list is still opened, you can pick any choice from it and let it apply to the first icon, instead of the 5th icon
More to the trick
1 - You can create sub-directories and sub-sub-directories and sub-sub-sub-directories... the possibilities are endless
2 - You can move any app / game to this newly created folder, just by selecting it and pressing options > move to folder, ie like you normally do with any other folder (check screenshot)
http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e4f4de9be2b00cd970ff5714cd5-320pi
3 - The menu also refreshes after uninstalling an app, so you can also perform this trick just before the uninstallation process is over