Jan "Jenkings" Škoda - blog

After some time, I finally got what I really wanted. In exchange for an incomplete old notebook and some other items, I got two incomplete Nokia C6s to assemble into one working phone.



It worked really well, and I now have one device with an outstanding battery. It's a Symbian 5th edition device with a physical QWERTZ keyboard. As I really like all Symbian 5th devices, especially those with a hardware keyboard, this one is pure joy.

So, I managed to jailbreak it immediately. Or, as it used to be called in our country for Symbian phones, I did "the HACK".



The principles have been simplified over the years. I can remember the very complicated and non-intuitive way of doing things through HellOx, the easier way of doing things by flashing the antiviruses, and the simple way of doing things nowadays by restoring the antivirus quarantine. I found the manual, downloaded the necessary tools and installers, and followed the steps. It was really easy and took me about ten minutes.

However, I was shown to be an absolute BFU. I went through the steps, installed the antivirus and, to be really quick, obviously just clicked 'Yes' to all the notices and warnings. Yes...

While rebooting, I read the next point in the walkthrough. 'Do not restart the phone when asked'. So, yes, I am an idiot.

Fortunately, however, it worked even though I restarted the phone. I just restored the quarantine as I was told to do, installed ROM Patcher and applied the necessary patches, especially those which enable installation of non-certified apps.

I have installed all the most popular Symbian games, such as Bounce Boing Voyage, Blockfest, Speedfest, Pool and all of Polarbit's awesome 3D games.

I have also installed an app for taking screenshots so that I can show you some of the games. Unfortunately, it is unable to take screenshots of any full-screen apps and only takes screenshots of the system UI or apps using system components as the UI. I'm sorry, but I can only show you a screenshot of the successfully installed ROM Patcher.