E71 Screensaver: Blank & Big Clock, Now Playing, Or Animation
Topics: E71 Settings, E71 Tips 35 commentsPosted by Mike Macias
One of the small flaws of the E71 and other S60 phones is the settings arrangements. People new to S60 always have a hard time trying to figure out what does what and where to find certiain tasks.
For instance the screensaver of the Nokia E71. I hate how it's so buried deep down in the phone and hard to find. I'll show you how at the end of the article.
There are a few different settings you can have when your phone goes into screensaver mode.
First up is my favorite - None. This is a blank screen and a hell of a battery saver. If you need to know the time and status of your phone just hold down the center d-pad button and it will show up for a few seconds, just like the picture above. I don't know why all S60 phone's don't have this option, especially battery drainers like the Nokia N82.
Next is Now Playing screensaver. Not sure why they called it that but this is pretty much the generic screensaver that comes with all Nokia S60 phones, but a little prettier. It's a little hard to see and kind of pointless in my opinion. I'm sure it drains more battery than the "none" setting. See the image below (it's kinda hard to get a picture of it)...
And lastly is the animation screensaver. This is all for looks. If you know your going to be near a power source then why not. Right? The gradients move around in nice colors, check out the image below and imagine more colors...
To change your screensaver go into
Menu > Tools > Themes > Power Saver.
Enjoy!
What screensaver do you prefer?
July 31, 2008 2:23 PM
I am using e71 from singapore, even when I set the power saver to off I still get a time band similar to the now playing. I can't find the setting to disable this anywhere
July 31, 2008 2:34 PM
did you go to the settings I showed you and select "none"?
Menu > Tools > Settings > Personalisation > Themes > Power Saver > None.
July 31, 2008 5:50 PM
Damn! o.O
I LOVE the 'hold down d-pad' trick!!!
July 31, 2008 5:54 PM
I would like to mention that, at least on the E71-1 RM-346 (Philippines) it's:
Menu > Tools > Settings > _General_ > Personalization > Themes > Power Saver > None
You may have missed "General". Of course, why not just go the shorter route?
Menu > Tools > Themes > Power Saver > None
=)
July 31, 2008 6:17 PM
hey thanks follerec, just fixed the article!
July 31, 2008 11:26 PM
Second time I find myself screaming "Tragedy", Mike.
First, The "Now Playing" screensaver shows the title of the song you're playing in the Music Player, if you're playing anything. If not, it shows the date & time.
Second, the big clock when u press the middle d-pad is available in all screensaver modes and not just blank, or so I remember from my trial E66.
July 31, 2008 11:33 PM
Hey thanks Rita, I hadn't noticed it shows the music titles. I usually keep my phone in the "None" screensaver. That makes sense now.
This leads me to a question Rita. Why would Nokia put the "now playing" screensaver on a phone that isn't meant to be media centric. I'm glad it's there but I'm wondering why it's not on Nseries phones that are more geared for music. You know what I mean?
August 1, 2008 9:30 AM
1st poster again, From what I understand now if you turn off the "breathing" notification light in your profile, you will be given the default power saver no matter what.
Even if you have none selected and there is no way to disable this that I can tell! Very odd. (I'm using a e71 apac version from singapore)
August 1, 2008 11:16 PM
Going a bit off-topic. Has anyone figured out how to keep the keypad light from staying always on? Regardles of what the Light Sensor is telling it to do? I have been looking for a hack to do this, no luck. Why? you may ask. I am in the Middle East and my keypad is dual language with the English printed in blue. Hence not visible without backlighting.
-Keith
August 3, 2008 7:28 PM
Guys,
Do check this application out:
http://home.pacific.net.sg/~welic/cClock.html
it is a beefed-up application in comparison th the clock screensaver on our phones.plus, it doesn't require pressing the d-pad button to view! just an alternative.
Thanks to Symbian-Freak.com for the info.
August 4, 2008 12:56 AM
Mike,
I do agree with you concerning the fact that this isn't a music-centric handset. I first found the Now Playing screensaver on the N81 8gb, and I liked it, I hope that with its introduction to the E66/E71 line, Nokia hints that this screensaver will be on all S60 handsets later, since I find it very convenient to have.
Keith,
I hear you. I only handled the middle eastern version of the E71, and the blue lighting for the latin keys vs while lighting for the arabic keys was awful. When I get my E71, I am planning on replacing the keypad with an all-english one.
August 4, 2008 10:10 PM
@ Rita. Thanks for the info. You never let down.
@ Kulam. That is indeed a great application but haven't installed it on my E71 since it has a big clock that I like. Does it work fine on your e71? Maybe you can take a picture for me if you can.
August 6, 2008 9:16 AM
LeoB
I have my screensaver set to "None." But when I press the D pad, it just opens up the active home screen. I would LOVE to have a big clock screen pop up, and been trying to find an application to do that.
I'm using the E71 NAM.
September 3, 2008 5:00 AM
you could always hold your finger over the light sensor (left of the speaker) to force the backlight back on...
September 9, 2008 9:16 AM
2 LeoB:
The central key on D-Pad brings the big clock only when the keypad is locked or the whole device it locked.
When keypad is not locked, any key basically just wakes up the phone.
October 15, 2008 2:07 AM
Hi Keith, I just block teh light sensor and type with the other hand... but it's only an aletrntive solution.
November 12, 2008 3:00 AM
I've pressed the d-pad on my E71 but it does NOT produce the Big Clock. SW version 100.07.76.
November 12, 2008 3:02 AM
...either with locked or unlocked keypad.
November 12, 2008 3:22 AM
...ok, it doesn't actually show
*immediately* rather after some elapsed time the d-pad can be pressed and then it shows. Case closed.
November 21, 2008 4:49 PM
Hey there, I have a E71 Spanish keyboard and my wife has the US version on hers the button press does bring up the clock on my it does not. Might be a different sftware on the phones. Also mine is hacked and hers is pretty much standard
December 15, 2008 9:38 AM
I have a E71-2 (RM-357) with new firmware (110.07.127). After the firmware upgrade I have 3 optiones under "Power Saver": None, Now Playing, Animation. When I set to "None" it display the usual nokia clock. Before the upgrade when I set to None, it was a blank screen. I would like to have the blank screen again, Do you know how? Regards from Argentina, GermanG
December 25, 2008 2:23 AM
thanks for the tip, the big clock is helpfull.
December 27, 2008 6:11 AM
To Germang: Go to Profiles - Option - Personalize - Breathing Light (ON) and only then the clock will disappear.
March 10, 2009 7:17 AM
hey there Mike!
just a quick question, do you know how to select an image as a screen saver? i just got the Nokia E71 yesterday and i can't figure out how to! when i go to my photos, and click Use Image, the options i get are "as Wallpaper" and "as contact picture". how do i use it as my screen saver?
March 13, 2009 10:37 AM
I have noticed that Nokia also incorporated the regular S60 series screen save like in the older models such as e61 or N95 where you get the blue horizontal bar with time and date and information about sms, missed calls and current profile. I noticed it to appear for a quick second and then it would go away or get replaced by the clock screen saver. It seems to me that it is overwritten by some other screen saver app, but it does exist in the core of OS. However, I am sort of an experienced user with few years of S60 experience but I still can not find a setting to activate it in the menu.
Just an observation, not like it bothers me. Overall I like the clock screen saver.
March 16, 2009 11:47 AM
Hey i have recently bought E 71. Though its a classy phone but at the same time little tough to understand. I m not able to activate my keypad lights & its creating hell lot of problem for me. please help......
June 11, 2009 4:26 PM
anyone knows how to select "high quality" on .swf screensavers like in the photo browser??
August 15, 2009 12:31 PM
Fantastic trick with the d-pad clock. Thanks!
October 10, 2009 4:50 AM
how to use image powersaver ??
November 23, 2009 11:49 AM
An spit! It don't work on the E71x. ATT again I sure.
I think I understand when people say to get the unlocked version.
December 9, 2009 3:01 PM
Hi, I've just got the E71, I have the background theme set as E71 3 Theme. I like the black colour, however I was to change the digital clock to white, is this possible?
January 31, 2010 2:48 AM
Hi!
I use E71 with SmartSettins. When I swich off standard keylock I cannot get trick with big clock with any powersavers. Do anybody now how swich off standard keylocking and save possibility swich on big clock with D-PAD?
February 2, 2010 2:07 AM
Recent firmware update has taken away the screensaver bar that would roll up and down the screen???
March 16, 2010 2:53 AM
I have selected the NONE power saver but everytime the clock shows, the time is not being updated unless I press the d-pad to show the big clock... Is it really normal?
August 2, 2010 4:10 AM
To anonymous above re the power saving clock not updating itself, I have the exact same problem too, can anyone help?