Useful Hotkeys|View IP Address|Snowboarding Game|and more for Tmobile Sidekick

Contributed by seamonkey420 September 14, 2004  
Tagged: HipTop Sidekick

More listed/unlisted commands, hotkey combinations, and more!
View IP Address, Jump menu hotkeys, Email hotkeys, hidden game…

Well, i love my sidekick for all it can do.. but.. to really use it efficiently, one must know some of the cool and useful hotkey combinations in the user manual and ones that aren’t in the manual…
:-)

At the Jump screen:

1. Look up phone number/contact:
Hold and let go: Menu + Space

2. Turn the sidekick into a mirror (ie blank the screen)
Hold and let go: Menu + Shift + M, Back or Jump will bring screen back.

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3. To Soft Reset your sidekick:
Hold: 1 + @ + 0

4. To view your sidekick’s IP Address, network status, packets info
at the Jump screen: hit Menu > Network Status.
Then Hold: MENU + M to bring up your ip address and other network info

5. Snowboarding Game (hidden)
at the Jump screen, hit Menu > Settings > About Sidekick
once your at the about screen, hold: Menu + Shift + 8 to get the old school snowboarind game.
Spacebar jumps!

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6. Email Hotkeys (listed in user manual):

New Email: Menu + N
Check Email: Menu + U
Reply to Email Message: Menu + R
Forward Email Message: Menu + J
Add as a contact: Menu + @
Move message: Menu + O , then choose folder

Hope those help you out like they do me.. hehe..
peace
seamonkey420

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