Lock Your Nokia E61 Remotely
Imagine that you misplace your precious Nokia E61. A tragedy in itself but with the amount of information on the device it could be a disaster. There is a great, built-in feature that lets you lock your Nokia E61 remotely. This trick could save your day by preventing unauthorised access to your Nokia E61.
The only thing you need to do is to enable this feature and set up the lock code. You send an SMS with the lock code to your device to turn on the lock.
Go to Tools > Settings
Security > Phone and SIM. Scroll down to "Allow remote lock" and toggle to yes.
Enter a remote lock code of at least 5 numbers and/or digits.
Verify your remote lock code and then confirm the setting with your device lock code.
The default device lock code for all Nokia E61 is 12345. If you haven't already change your device lock code I encourage you to change it. Once you have confirmed with the lock code you have enabled remote lock of your Nokia E61.
By sending an SMS with the lock code in the message to your device you can now lock it down.
Although this is far from an "enterprise strength" device management solution it is a great way to protect your device. Since this feature comes standard on all Nokia E61 (all S60 3rd edition devices) why not use it. It might save you one day.
July 4th, 2006 at 8:38 pm
Heey there man .
i learn alot from you about the e61 .. now i feel i really wonna get one ..
i follow ur posts almost every day ..
Keep up the gr8 work .. wishing you a lovely week-end
July 4th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Now this is scary; I just thought of writing a similar post for my E60, and then I find this
Great work, I have secured my phone this way as well as with Handy Safe and Best Crypto.
July 4th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
[...] Protect your personal information before you find it on the internet, taken from your stolen phone. There are easy steps to make your phone a bit more secure and its free. Lock the phone when using a new SIM-card and by SMS. I was thinking of writing more about this but I will just link another post about it on E-Series. [...]
July 5th, 2006 at 12:35 am
cool!! will try it
July 5th, 2006 at 1:40 am
Hi. thanks for the post. I learn a lot from this site daily for my e61. Just noticed that the standby clock on your wallpaper looks different to mine. Can I ask where you got this from? It looks much easier to read compared to the default style. Thanks!!
July 5th, 2006 at 7:37 am
I can’t seem to enable this option. I think my provider (Vodafone UK) has pre-entered the “Lock Code” and I can’t find it anywhere in the instruction manual. Otherwise, keep up the great blog!
July 5th, 2006 at 8:24 am
Great stuff! Do you know if this works in all Eseries products, how about other S60?
July 5th, 2006 at 8:47 am
Hi Tan,
Try “12345″ as your lock code. That is the standard, pre-configured lock code for all Nokia E61 (and the rest of the E-series). I hope that works for you.
Hi Jukka,
It is definetely part of the E-series, I tried it on an E70, E61 and an E60. I assume it is on all S60 3rd edition devices. I think it is representative of the many, many hidden “gems” with these devices.
Cheers!
July 5th, 2006 at 9:29 am
Thanks, I’m such a dufous! “12345″ worked.
July 5th, 2006 at 9:37 am
Hi Tan,
I’m glad it worked!
July 5th, 2006 at 9:52 am
Hi,
Just bought an N80 and this site is great as a lot of the stuff here will work on that phone…..except there’s no Remote Lock on this device (why Nokia?).
Never mind, I’ve got a lot of tips and apps that do work OK so never mind!
July 5th, 2006 at 10:35 am
What theme are you using in these screenshots?
July 5th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Hi Michael,
Thanks for stopping by again. I will write about that tomorrow but it is Auqa by Roman Keller.
July 12th, 2006 at 7:58 am
[...] July Abdul Aziz08:16 pmAdd comment The E-Series Blog has posted an article on how to remotely lock your E61 smartphone. It is quite easy: [...]
July 15th, 2006 at 1:58 am
Hi,
I still cant get my device locked. I have set the Auto Remote Lock to ‘Yes’, changed the code and everything but still cant figured how to lock my device.
And what do you mean by these sentence-
“You send an SMS with the lock code to your device to turn on the lock. ”
&
” By sending an SMS with the lock code in the message to your device you can now lock it down”
I have Nokia E60
July 15th, 2006 at 8:26 am
Hi Fredy,
In order to succssfully activate this feature you must first come up with and enter your personal remote device lock code. You enter this twice. Then you have to enter the device code. The standard code on all E-series devices is “12345″ but if you have changed it you need to enter your device code.
If you successfully set it up you will get a “code accepted” message as above.
Then you can send youself an SMS with your personal device lock code - that will lock your device.
I hope it helps.
July 15th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Hi Admin and Fredy,
I’m also a little bit confused. I have entered a “remote lock message” containing 6 characters, repeated the message and confirmed the procedure with my lock code (5 digits). Everything is accepted by my E61. Finally, I send a SMS from my computer containing the lock message. The messages arrives to the phone - and nothing more happens. The unit remains unlocked!
Obviously, I must do something wrong. But what?
Admin, your blog is really great!
July 15th, 2006 at 6:02 pm
Hi Fredy and Anders,
One problem could be if you send the message from a service that doesn’t deliver the message as a plain SMS. For an example, sometimes 3rd party SMS delivery services can put in extra characters (crap) that can prevent the device lock. It has to be exactly as the device lock code appears. Test it from someone’s phone - that would be the best test.
Let me know if it works.
July 19th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
Does not work on my phone. I’ve sent so many sms from my Nokia 9300 and the E61 will only say “1 new message”. I have the mind to hard reset the phone just because it’s getting so annoying to know that it works on others but not on mine.
July 22nd, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Does not work in my E61 either. It´s weird.
July 22nd, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Hi,
Found the problems with remote locking on my E61. If you can´t make it work, read this thread at My Symbian
http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27169&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
In addition to setting a password for both the memory card and the phone, you need to keep your messages in the phone memory instead of storing them in the memory card. After changing this setting, remote locking works for me.
July 27th, 2006 at 3:52 am
I have forgotton my lock code (dumbass !!), is there anyway around this ?
July 27th, 2006 at 7:09 am
Hi,
As I wrote in an earlier comment, I had severe problems with the remote locking. After resetting my E61 totally, I reinstalled every program and … remote locking works fine!
Perhaps the E61 OS is written by the same guys who wrote MS Windows…;-)
July 27th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
Anders:
I sure hope not. Glad it’s working now.
Graham:
Did you change the standard “12345″ lock code?
July 28th, 2006 at 4:41 am
Yes, I did change the standard “12345″ code and now can’t unlock my phone. I’ve seen threads on other sites saying that a ‘back door’ code can be generated to get me back in but I can’t see to get that to work either !!
July 28th, 2006 at 7:33 am
Hi Woody,
I’ll do some research and see what I can find. In the meanwhile if you manage to solve this please follow up.
Cheers and good luck.
August 3rd, 2006 at 2:07 am
Can anyone tell me how to remove email accounts from the e61. I have added a few to amny but cannot seem to delete them.
Any ideas
August 3rd, 2006 at 6:57 am
Hi Waldi,
Here are the steps to delete an email accout:
Go to Messaging > Options > Settings > E-mail, highlight the mail account you want to delete and the press option, choose “Delete”.
Cheers
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:15 am
Hi guys,
can u suggest me some 3rd party applications link for the e61. would like to download and use but dont know what all are available right now.. i am new to the smartphone sector
also, any solution to the last name, firstname contacts sorting? its kinds irritating.
August 24th, 2006 at 8:12 am
Hi guys,
tried the remote lock and it works fine. I did change the standard lock code to a new one and had no problem in unlocking my phone.
But my storage card remains locked and none - new or standard code - works.
Any idea?
Simon
September 1st, 2006 at 2:24 am
[quote] i guys,
tried the remote lock and it works fine. I did change the standard lock code to a new one and had no problem in unlocking my phone.
But my storage card remains locked and none - new or standard code - works.
Any idea?
Simon [/quote]
I have the same above problem can any1 help
September 2nd, 2006 at 4:58 am
Does this fucntion lock the memory card as well? I mean if the memory card is removed from the mobile does the protection work?
September 29th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
Hi,
The lock code suddenly appeared on my E70 without me actually setting it! How do I remove or disable the Autolock? On changing the Autolock period to None i recieve the message ‘Cannot disable Autolock’.
Any help would be appreciated.
Rgds
October 21st, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Hi,
I have the similiar problem described by baldyman. It sort of just appeared out of nowhere. I have read that people had the problem with Mail for Exchange / Blackberry, but I have had that running for at least a month without any hassles. It almost seems that it happend after I setup Internet calling (SIP / VOIP). Could this be the cuase of the problem?
Rgds,
Frogman
November 3rd, 2006 at 5:58 am
Frogman here again.
Apparently there has been an update of MS Exchange which forces the autolock functionality. Apperently the Nokia E61 keeps holding the autolock setting. After deleting MEF, Making a backup, Resetting my phone, putting back backup and reinstalling MEF everything works fine again.
Rgd,
frogman
November 21st, 2006 at 5:53 am
Hello everybody,
I guess this never happened to anyone of you..?
My Nokia E-61 was set up to auto lock every five minutes. Last night I switched the Arabic writing option to send an SMS. Then after a couple minutes, I tried typing in my code, I could only write in Arabic or Numbers. I switched the phone off and then back on, I tried to use the shift or control button…..But nothing seems to work.
I can only receive calls and when I hang up the screen goes back asking for the lock code
If anyone knows how to fix it or if there is a shortcut to change the writing option, that would make my life easier and save my phone
Rgds,
Karimo
November 22nd, 2006 at 11:31 pm
Hi, I set the lock code, the phone locks with that send as an SMS. But I can open it with the default code 12345 and not with the lock code sent. Is that the same what you have ?
November 23rd, 2006 at 10:13 am
Hi Hannu,
There are two codes.
The code to unlock your device (default is 12345) and the code to lock your code remotely. If you don”t change the default unlock code (12345) you can still use it to unlock your device. It sounds to me as if you didn’t change the default unlock code.
Cheers
November 29th, 2006 at 8:27 pm
i set up my nokia e62 to remote lock and me being an idiot put in lock phone with a space in the middle of the word lock and phone. when i sent it to the phone it locked up with no problem but now i cannot unlock the phone because it will not let me use the space bar on the phone……any help will really help thanks
November 29th, 2006 at 8:30 pm
never mind i am an idiot i should have read the post right above my first post now it is unlocked
December 2nd, 2006 at 2:18 pm
hi i change my lock code on my n80 some time ago been playing with phone put lock on tried all combination i normaly use but phone will not unlock can any one help!!!
December 11th, 2006 at 4:02 am
Hi how can i unlock my nokia e61 to GSM
December 17th, 2006 at 10:42 am
Hi
My memory card on E70 is locked after softawre upgrade, although remote lock or password is not set on memory card. Please help,
Thanks in advance
Maria
January 4th, 2007 at 4:53 am
Hi happy new year to you all, need to unlock my e61 from t mobile asap can anyone help thank you
January 19th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Hi,
This is a great feature, but what I would also like to do is have the device automaticly lock if I don’t use it after a preset time for example 2 or 3 minutes.
How should I configure this? It’s not clear in the manual…
January 23rd, 2007 at 12:13 am
I have loaded the Blackberry connect on the Nokia E61. By default it enabled the lockcode on the phone and unfortunately I cannot disable the option.
I even tried to change the minutes to 100 which is the maximum, but it resets it back to 1 minute. Please assist as it amkes my life difficult.
Thanks
Monty
February 20th, 2007 at 10:30 am
I have nokia 9300 which is same as 9300i only the virsion of the software is changed is it posibale to update my 9300 with 9300i’s software? and can anyone tell me how to reset the phone to its factory defult ?
February 20th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
It would be cool if the lock screen displayed your contact information, or some sort of customizable lock message. That way if you lose your phone and its locked, there is more chance that it would make its way back to you. I’m excited to try the lock feature but terrified its gonna lock and then some sort of bug will prevent me from unlocking it.
February 20th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Kamran:
To reset your 9300/9300i to its factory default you have to do the following procedure:
1. Turn off phone and take out the battery
2. Insert battery, and while it boots up press and hold Ctrl + Shift + F
3. After a few seconds you will be asked if you want to format or cancel
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:05 am
this feature is not there in my nokia N 73 -1…
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:47 am
Hi farroakh,
It’s probably only available on the Eseries devices.
March 3rd, 2007 at 11:49 am
[...] How to solve the problem? If, for some reasons, you have activated remote lock option on your phone, it changed your memory card’s password too. Just to remind you, remote lock option allows you to lock your phone by sending SMS to it. It is a nice feature if you accidentally left your phone somewhere and you don’t want other people using it. You can activate this feature from Tools | Settings | Security | Phone and SIM | Allow remote lock menu. The password of your memory card will be your remote lock message. [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 6:24 am
hey! i need help.
im almost desperate!
my phone is nokia6280 and i just serviced it..
but like everyone else here, my miniSD card is password-protected.
the thing is, i cant remember putting any password!
it’s really important to me,
im ALMOSt desperate to get my files.
all my favourite songs are there and no where else.
please say you can help!
will be greatly appreciated, THANKs.
please email me at dlamhq@hotmail.com
April 15th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
I can’t unlock my micro sd memory card and i don’t remember if i set the password or not…i don’t want o format it because there are many important files in it.. My mobile phone is a Nokia 3250… What can i do? Plz help me…
email me at gag_f@hotmail.it
July 9th, 2007 at 4:15 am
hello,
my nokia E61 is simlockt
how to get it off?
It’s KPN lockt (the netherlands)
please email me i you know how
cemalgencer@gmail.com
thnx
July 11th, 2007 at 7:05 am
ive got the e65 n ive tried the remote lock on it.and it worked a treat as i sent a txt to my fone,and it locked it alright..the only drawback i found was tht i had to enter the lock code every time i turned the fone on,bt hey,other then tht,its a great fone..well i think so anyway…
July 11th, 2007 at 10:03 am
sorry,i shudda added,tht to take the lock code off so i didnt have to ”pin” it in everytime i turned my fone on,i had to turn the remote option off….
July 16th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
In order to get rid of inability to alter autolock settings after synchronization with Exchange, there is a workaround as follows:
- install BlackBerry client from Nokia update page
- do not configure it
- uninstall BlackBerry client
After that, autolock should be off again (worked for me on E61i)
Hope that helps you as well, cheers guys
July 17th, 2007 at 4:02 am
Hey i need urgent help, i got an N80 n i just updated the version, n my memery card is locked and i dont know the password, i dont want 2 format my memory card as i got important things on it, can any1 plz help me, reply 2 my email if possible cindy_laus@hotmail.com.
August 17th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Hey gw019,
Thanks for the advice to get rid of the ‘cannot disable autolock’ message. I installed M4E and uninstalled but couldn’t change the autolock feature - don’t know why - seems like a bug to me. After following your advise I can now change it as i want.
Thanks,
Tom
September 11th, 2007 at 7:26 am
I just lost my E65 just now. It actually got stolen from my handbag!!! I should have read this blog waaay before it got stolen. Is there a way I can still lock my phone if I still have the IMEI number? So that the bad thief can’t be using my handphone. I am crying my heart out!!
Please help.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:16 am
i want to know how yo unlock my stolen phone.it was robbed 2 days ago and i cant search the net for software to lock it including the sim card.i would appreciate it.if you will give me a reply at my email add.tanx.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:17 am
by the way my phone model is nokia 6630.
October 4th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Hi all,
If you are having trouble trying to send an SMS and making it work then just text your self from your phone.
Text the lock down code and put your number in as the sending
Also remember you need to put the exact code as you typed.
so if you did something like lock down or lockdown, make sure you don’t capalize the L and also put the space in there.
October 18th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
I just got an E61 from Spain and I need to have it unlocked so that I can use my sim card in it..Can you help?
October 31st, 2007 at 4:28 am
hiii !!! i have nokia E50 and i change my lock code 12345 now i forget what new code i put. can anybody tell me how can i fine my phone lock code. 12345 not working i change it. i formet my phone but still 12345 not working. i formet 3 times but 12345 not working. help me guys plz…………………. e-mail me at SNAKER143@yahoo.co.in
December 10th, 2007 at 7:05 am
How can I change the writing language on my Nokia E61 device take attention that my looking code in english and the and the phone is looked and the writing language now is arabic??
January 6th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
gw019,
Thx! Works fine.
January 19th, 2008 at 3:43 am
I have a problem with my e50, i’ve updated my phone and my lock code doesn’t work anymore, can anyone help me find out my lock code? please help
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
hi,I HAVE FORGOT MY LOCK CODE.CAN U HELP ME?
MY IMEI: 353659014628347
MY DEVICE:KOKIA E90
PLEASE HELP ME.THANKS
March 19th, 2008 at 6:53 am
hi admin…..what if my e61i was stolen before i read this message? is there any code that i can use to protect my data so that the thief wont use my data??
Please reply , because the data is very important…thank you
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 pm
hiz,
i entered Nokia N73 2GB memory card passward wtice i still remember the password but it dost not accept the passward now. i tried hundared times but i says wrong password. i cant event formate the memory card.
i dont know what to do i have important data stored in it. Please help me in finding some solution of this problem !!!!!!!!!!!
May 7th, 2008 at 5:36 am
How can I repair nokia 73-1
made by nokia
type ram 133
Sim disappear when the screen
May 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Even though the relevance and quality of the messages has been diminished, I’ll have a go with this question I had all night.
Does anyone know what kind of ‘encryption’ (if even) this gives? I am tempted to think it is more than just the software disabling access, as the memory card will be locked as well (and should not be readable with another device)
June 10th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Hi everybody!
I forgot the phone code! do you know how to reset the code? to 12345?
even I can’t reset the phone with computer,
my phone is E62 & unloceked,so I don’t need the unlock code,if you have idea,help me
E61,E62,E61i the same
you can E-mail me @ mehmet_inc@yahoo.com
June 18th, 2008 at 10:40 am
how can i unlock my gsm E65 phone