Nokia 6220 Help and Advice

There's a wide range of accessories, including spare batteries, cases, chargers, in-car kits, hands-free units, data cables and fascias, available at Carphone Warehouse and MobileShop.

If you're looking for authentic Nokia spares and accessories, try the Nokia UK Store.

If you want to connect your 6220 to your PC for data transfer, the options are:

• Cable - Use the supplied USB cable to connect to your PC. The cable is terminated with a Micro-USB connector. The lead is a CA-101 ,and you can save some cash by picking these up very cheaply on eBay.co.uk
• Bluetooth - If your PC is Bluetooth-enabled, you can connect from the Nokia 6220's Bluetooth service. You can get a cheap USB Bluetooth adapter for your PC. Bluetooth help.

You can connect using the Nokia PC Suite supplied on CD with the 6220. Alternatively, you can use a third-party application called Oxygen II.

The Nokia 6220 supports microSD cards for memory expansion. Nokia can sell you their own microSD cards, but their prices for Nokia-branded cards are higher than for standard cards. We've not heard of any incompatibility with non-Nokia cards, so it's worth shopping around to get a third-party card. Here are a few online options:

• Amazon - Always a good choice for reliable delivery at good prices
• Jessops - Stockists of low-priced memory cards and accessories. Worth a look as their own brand of cards, for photographic use, can be cheaper than those on PDA sites TIP
• eBay.co.uk - bid for new cards at low prices!

For more details, see our Memory Card page

Yes. The Nokia 6220 is a quad-band phone operating on EGSM900/1800 (Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific), and EGSM 850/GSM1900 (USA, Canada, South America).

There should be no problem using the Nokia 6220 with network operators in these countries. Roaming restrictions from your network operator may prevent use of some services in other countries.

If you've taken some pictures of your chums with your phone's camera - here's a good way to share - Get the Polaroid PoGo - No messy ink cartridges, use your phone's Bluetooth to get instant prints with this portable, rechargeable Bluetooth printer.

See our Polaroid PoGo Review for more.

If you need to receive faxes, but don't have access to a fax machine, consider Mobile Fax - this is a small application for Series 60 phones that supports sending and receiving of faxes. For more details of this clever package, see Mobile Fax

Alternatively check out how you can send and receive faxes by email, with efax.com.

If you've got an old mobile phone handset that you're no longer using... do your bit for the environment, and recycle it safely. You'll also make some money when you send your old handset back.

Don't leave it in the back of a drawer - see if it can find a new lease of life, and pocket you some cash.

For a summary of the best deals on making cash from your old handset, try the comparison search too at www.sellyouroldmobile.co.uk

• Length: 5 digits
• Detail: Prevents access to certain functions on the phone
• Set from: Tools > Settings > Security > Phone & SIM
• Default: The default lock code for Nokia Series 60 devices is 12345.
• Lost? - If you've changed this code and forgotten it - you will need to visit a Nokia authorised service centre, who will be able to reset the lock code for you.

• Length: 4 digits
• Detail: This is an optional 4 digit code to protect your SIM
• Set from: Tools > Settings > Security > Phone & SIM
• Lost? - If you keep trying, you'll eventually get locked out and need to contact your network operator for a PUK code (see below)

• Length: 8 digits
• Detail: You'll be asked for this 8 digit code if you've entered the wrong SIM code more than the allowed number of times. You'll need to contact your network operator to get this lock lifted.

• If your phone was fixed to work on a specific network (for example, Orange), this lock may prevent you from using another SIM in the handset. You may see "SIM card rejected" or "SIM card unaccepted". This lock can be lifted for you by contacting the network operator in question (there may be a fee for this).

Memory Card lock code

• Our forum often gets messages from people that are seeing "Memory card locked". This means that your microSD card has had a password set on it. If you know the password, and want to remove it, go to Tools > Memory.
• Lost? - Sorry, but we don't know of a way to remove this code. The advice we've seen via our forum suggests that you may want to format your memory card either from the Tools > Memory > Options > Format mem. card, or using a PC Memory Card Reader. If you know of a better solution, please pass this on via our forum to help others that have managed to lock themselves out of their cards!