Setting up Magic Key on the N82
A few days ago, I presented to you tips on how to improve the music experience on the N82. These tips involved using Magic Key to launch the music player, but this isn’t the only way I am using Magic Key. I have it now mapped to 3 different functions according to the application I am using. Let me explain to you my reasoning.
The N82 lacks playback buttons, as well as the pen key. In order to bring at least the Play/Pause button (that allows launching the music player too) and the pen, I had to use either the Multimedia Menu key, either the Gallery key. I went for the Gallery, since it isn’t easily pressed by mistake like on the N95, and since I actually use the Multimedia Menu. This is how I set it up:
- In X-Plore and Shozu: Pen mode. The current versions of my favorite file explorer X-Plore and my all-in-one uploading solution Shozu don’t recognize the # key which has replaced the pen. This means that I have to go through Options > Mark/Unmark > Mark to select each item, which is horrendous. By setting the Gallery key to map the pen in these 2 apps, I can simplify the process.
- In Camera: Gallery mode. In previous models, there was a Go To Gallery option in the Camera menu. I seriously can’t understand why Nokia removed this option, since after taking a couple of pictures, the logic step is to view them! So I left the default setting (no mapping of other functions) in the Camera, that way I can easily access my Gallery after taking some shots.
- In All (other) Applications: Play/Pause mode. This allows me to launch the music player and play/pause music everywhere else on my phone (ie not in X-Plore, Shozu or Camera).
Personally, I find this the ideal setting for me. You can use it as a pointer to find your own favourite setting. In order to set Magic Key, read my previous guide here, but remember that you’ll have to associate each setting with the application where you want it to be applied in, in the App List tab. You can also watch this handy video showing from scratch how I’ve set it up on my N82.
wait.
x plores latest version is 1.22
and it DOES recognize # as the pen key.
what would be the ideal keys to map as the gaming keys for n gage?
Thanks a lot for the guide, been trying a bit on my N82 and couldn’t quite manage it right.
Going to give it a try again following your guide.
I must say that I’m in fact more curious about the keys that are only named in hexadecimal?, I mean those keys that are not with names.
@Aatif
Tried the volume up/down keys and made them work, however the volume went up and down also, which was not something I wanted it to.
Going play more with Magic Key once I got time.
Aatif, it does recognize the # for multiple selections but not for one-item-selection. Sometimes i select several items in a row, then skip some, and add one more item for example, so this is why I’m saying the # is not fully recognized as the # key.
As for gaming keys on N-Gage, I am still experimenting with different setups.
I do agree with Cheung regarding the volume keys, which could have a good potential there since they’re located on the opposite side of the keypad when you hold the device horizontally. Will have to try further.
how about the power key?
and yeah rita thats valid.
also if u want to copy a files name, u press 7 to edit text. normally u should be able to hold the pen key and drag it to select and copy the text, that doesnt happen. LCG recognized this error and promised to fix it, but havent released a new version in like 6 months.
Can someone plz tell me the code of the red-key on a N81? Mine is broken and i want to remap the multimedia-button to it.
Aatif, that’s true too
I remembered there were many instances where the # doesn’t work on X-Plore, but the one that fisrt came to my mind was the single-file selection.
Steve,
Red key is 197. Also as a tip, when you’re inserting button numbers in Magic Key, if you don’t know the exact number of a key, press the green key, you will see 999 on the screen. Now press the key that you want to either map or map to, and you will get its number automatically.
Hi, I am new to Symbian. How do I get this app signed using my own certificate? If someone can point me out to a webpage listing the process, then it would be great.
Thanks
@dotsisx: thx a lot. Now i can end calls without closing the slider…
Yippea!
(Thanks 4 ur tip, but: non-working button = no number.)
@Nikhil: http://www.n95users.com/forum/general-95/6851-signsis-your-phone.html
I’d like to use the multimedia key as an unlock key, but ONLY when the phone is locked
hi,
I tryed to make a pen map for my N82,worked well for activating nokmote but it made the selection key go nuts it started to mark things up around the gallery & it wasn’t active in list i had to manage list by the left (-shaped) key , so i deleted the map & close magickey but it still made the same thing (the map was defined for nokmote only) ,,a reboot set it back to normal but when i define again i get the same error ,, can any one plz help ? [sorry for the long post wanted to explain clearely]