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[luiscamino]

We do have an excuse if you didn't find news around here for a while, even if there was a lot of spy shooting lately (to which we have something to say about, but later on that); it's been the holidays, our comeback to California, the yearly server slowdown/upgrade, and the resulting technical problems in the forum, altogether. So while we're updating the latter, here's a little trick I found myself the other day and will certainly surprise more than one or two readers out there. Were you, like me, furious about the first so called music phones, W800/K750 and W600, not having dedicated music buttons other than the pretty basic "music button"? Will I make your life happier if I suggest you to press-and-hold the volume buttons from any menu, keypad locked or not, during playback, and you found yourself SKIPPING SONGS? Go tell everybody, you SE prophet!

(and if you already knew, why the heck didn't you tell us!?)

UPDATE: Steve tells us it also works in the V800, so it may also be a feature of the K600, K700 and S700?

[adrinkit]

Great tip! It also works on my K700i 

[menion]

:D you killed me with this one, guys read the manual!!
I know, reading manuals is very ungeeky, but I discovered many functions of my Z600 and Z800 this way. like the little shiny bubble next to the camera on many camera phones - would you have ever guessed that was for shooting pictures of yourself? you have to be a skilled navigator with steady hands though...

[JAC]

You didn't ask. That's how simply it is

[nakata]

dude i know this when i first got the phone man and im sure most ppl know this too

[bee87]

Great tip! It also works on my K700i  Cheesy

Erm.. doesn't work with my 700.

[moopenguin32]

I found out by accident. I was trying to change the volume and held the key down for too long and it skipped to the next song.

[luiscamino]

that was the same way i found it out!

[kamron_1]

i found out after reading a review on the w550/600 that i think may have been linked from this site

[luisgutier]

shut up!!!!, i thought everybody knew it!!!!
i use it specially when im watching videos in full screen mode, i rest the w550 in one of its sides and leave the volume keys up...very handy when im the treadmill.

i dont even have to move the phone...i keep running, never stop!!!!

[Xellar]

Works on S700, too. Using it for about one year already

[Aerod]

It doesnt work on y S710a     

No big deal althought. . . .

[Xellar]

It works not with the full black-outed display! You've to press e.g. the main navkey so that the display awakes and then press the volume-key!

[htiek1]

i knew this from day 1... it's in the instructions manual.

It works not with the full black-outed display! You've to press e.g. the main navkey so that the display awakes and then press the volume-key!

No, you have to HOLD it for it to work.

[Aerod]

err.... nop, mine just pull the volume up or down as long as i keep the keys pressed. . . . i dont think the manual had someting on this but hey its a s710a i wasnt really expecting fancy (and quite practicall. . .) w-series behavior

[eyemas]

lol, thought everyone knows, sorry, i'm not a big mobile music lover...

[Xellar]

No, you have to HOLD it for it to work

I know that... but with a full black-out of the display, it does not skip, even if I hold the key till hell freezes over. 

[htiek1]

My bad. what phone you have?

[Xellar]

S700i. In radio mode, the volume keys are used for switching to next available radio station, btw.

[sasha-SE]

i know for that trick in june.... but i think everybody know for that 

[kako]

Yeah, works for the Z1010 too.

[dEvIlDuDe]

I knew this too already since first week of Jan .... It ticks me off  tho, I dont want to be clickin on it again and again to lower or make the volume higher.. oh yeh my phone is the w900i

[ciccio]

Yes this is really great!
In fact volume keys but also play/stop key are enabled to work also when keypad is locked.
This last according with the function given in the configuration menu.
Bye

[stonario]

i didn't find the way down to this forum yet
found out quite fast after i got it on other hand, maybe third day or so after i got my k750, but then it was on a holiday and i had lots of time to explore evrything in it's reach