Quick way to find a map for a sidekick contact's address.In the address book, scroll to the contact desired. Click the menu button, then wheel-click on "Contact >" , at the bottom of the list is "Look Up ...". Wheel-clicking this option will launch the browser and find that address in MapQuest.... Read More

 Quickly start an email to anyone listed in the Sidekick address book.In the Sidekick address book, scroll to the desired contact, click the menu button, choose "Contact >". In the list, scroll to the entry that says "Email user@address", and click the wheel. This will start a new message, addressed to the contact!... Read More

 While in conversation, quickly jump to another IM conversation.In conversation, click menu, wheel-click "IM Conversations" (or Menu-D), choose the conversation you desire.... Read More

 This recipe is a quickie on how to upload your ringers you created!! This recipe ASSUMES you have the dev kit and key. And you have used it to upload Hiptones XP to your sidekick. This will work for both the Color Sidekick and Sidekick 2.Pre-steps: -download and install developers kit from developer.danger.com for your device. -apply to developer key using your sidekicks IMEI # and your username -upload developer's key received in email to sidekick allow it to be able to upload apps, tones, etc (unlocking it for developer uses) -upload hiptones bundle file using htconsole Step 1. Create a ringtone Here are some basic rules defined by Danger on specs on what ringer should be: .wav or .aif file under 100kb in size (for max performance) under 15secs in length (again for max performance) IMA WAV 4:1 compression highpass filter at 250hz 4db boost at 4000hz 8bit, mono 11khz bitrate i have been using Nero Waveditor or Sonic Foundry to crop my songs and to do the higpass filter and 4000hz boot... Read More

 This recipe is a quickie on how to upload your ringers you created!! This recipe ASSUMES you have the dev kit and key. And you have used it to upload Hiptones XP to your sidekick. This will work for both the Color Sidekick and Sidekick 2.Pre-steps: -download and install developers kit from developer.danger.com for your device. -apply to developer key using your sidekicks IMEI # and your username -upload developer's key received in email to sidekick allow it to be able to upload apps, tones, etc (unlocking it for developer uses) -upload hiptones bundle file using htconsole Step 1. Create a ringtone Here are some basic rules defined by Danger on specs on what ringer should be: .wav or .aif file under 100kb in size (for max performance) under 15secs in length (again for max performance) IMA WAV 4:1 compression highpass filter at 250hz 4db boost at 4000hz 8bit, mono 11khz bitrate i have been using Nero Waveditor or Sonic Foundry to crop my songs and to do the higpass filter and 4000hz boot... Read More

 This is a quick guide on how to setup the sidekick developers kit. Based on personal experience and hints found on the web. The locations for where i installed the dev. kit and drivers and so on can be changed to your preferences, just be sure to update the variables for java and apache ant to the appropriate ones! Peace seamonkey420created on: july.27.2004 WHAT YOU NEED: http://developer.danger.com - the SK Developer's SDK and developers key -OPTIONAL, ONLY IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMPILE SOURCE CODE : http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html - Java J2EE SDK 1.4 -OPTIONAL, ONLY IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMPILE SOURCE CODE : http://mirrors.midco.net/pub/apache.org/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.6.2-bin.zip - Apache Ant 1.6.2 Device Library Files (at danger dev. site) USB Drivers for cable (included in dev kit, check in the htconsole folder for a file named "windows-hiptop-driver.zip", extract it to a folder in htconsole) USB data cable - comes with sidekick Sidekick UPDATED on 8/1/04... Read More

 More listed/unlisted commands, hotkey combinations, and more! View IP Address, Jump menu hotkeys, Email hotkeys, hidden game... Well, i love my sidekick for all it can do.. but.. to really use it efficiently, one must know some of the cool and useful hotkey combinations in the user manual and ones that aren't in the manual... :-) At the Jump screen: 1. Look up phone number/contact: Hold and let go: Menu + Space 2. Turn the sidekick into a mirror (ie blank the screen) Hold and let go: Menu + Shift + M, Back or Jump will bring screen back. ___________________ 3. To Soft Reset your sidekick: Hold: 1 + @ + 0 4. To view your sidekick's IP Address, network status, packets info at the Jump screen: hit Menu > Network Status. Then Hold: MENU + M to bring up your ip address and other network info 5. Snowboarding Game (hidden) at the Jump screen, hit Menu > Settings > About Sidekick once your at the about screen, hold: Menu + Shift + 8 to get the old school snowboarind game. Spacebar jum... Read More

 This is a recipe for a true geek with a sidekick. Ok. I run my own shoutcast server so i can listen to my music from anywhere. But i didn't want to setup a webpage to control my winamp/shoutcast server due to security and i would prob need to learn some php. This recipe explains how to use your sidekick as a remote to control winamp/shoutcast server remotely; not a real guide but more of conceptual outline. How to use your sidekick to admin your shoutcast server. by seamonkey420 This recipe is more of a hotdish so to say. First things are first. We will need these prerequisites: 1. You own a sidekick/hiptop 2. You are/have the developers kit and dev key 3. You have a shoutcast server running and use winamp I'm a music junkie and want it anywhere, thus why i setup my own shoutcast server, streamed mp3s on any computer with wnamp or media player. However, i was limited to setting up the playlist the previous nite in the order i wanted. I had tried using a few plugins for winamp that had ... Read More

 This a recipe that i just came up with since i had to use it (for some reason my IMEI changed two days ago and i had to do this). Again, this requires the dev kit installed and the usb cable. Requirements: Sidekick USB Cable Dev. Kit w/htconsole null dev key : http://developer.danger.com/downloads/null-device-key.sq If you ever get a message on your sidekick like, "Locked Developer Key" or "Invalid Key" or something to that extent and you can't use your phone at all. You might need to flash the null dev key to the device to revert it back to normal. I would then suggest to check to see if the IMEI in the sidekick is the same as on the sidekick (mine just changed for some reason last week). To flash the null key, do the following: Attach the usb cable to your pc and to your sidekick Open Htconsole in the htconsole folder in the dev kit Once opened, go to Commands > Flash System and choose the null key you downloaded and let it finish uploading and reboot. Hopefully your sidekick loads u... Read More

 This recipe explains how to remove the top status bar to have true Fullscreen web viewing and also how to make the top status bar on the jump menu rounded.Fullscreen Webbrowsing Open the Sidekick Webbrowser. Hold these three buttons and let go: MENU + SHIFT + T to get the status bar back, just hold the same three buttons together and let go. ___________ Rounded Top Status Bar on Jump Menu At the jump menu, just hold these THREE buttons and let go: MENU + SHIFT + T to get the squared off top status bar back, hold and release the three buttons peace seamonkey420 "knowledge is power, spread the power" coming soon: sidekick II recipes... Read More

 UPDATE: SDK2 for SK2 is out as of 9/21/04, refer to the hiptones guide; will work for sk2... This is a newly discovered recipe of my own making.. Ok, so your a sidekick geek right? you got the dev kit and your own apps and ringers? However, your afraid if you get an SK2, ya gotta wait for the dev kit for ringers again?? UPDATE: SK2 Dev Kit released, and Hiptones XP for SK2 released, refer to hiptones and ringers recipe, same process with sk2 as csk. go here: http://tech-recipes.com/hiptop_sidekick_tips522.html ___________________ (old info, no longer appliable) got my sk2 today... popped in my sim... let the system to an OTA, install a few apps, then i let it sync up the rest of my stuff (my prev sidekick had teh dev kit installed and my own ringers on it.. ).. finally after fully charging, i hear.. "Dog barking, then exploding.." big GRIN that was MY ringtone i made for my sk and uploaded.... hmm@!!!!!!! check the rest of my imported ringtones.. and voial!! lustra - scotty doesn't kno... Read More

 this a super recipe. seamonkey420's tech-recipe brother site for Sidekick Users, XBOX and DVD Backupers, Guides, and more. Site is fully compatible to be viewed on sidekick browser. Courtesy of seamonkey420 and tech-recipes.com.Try my tech-recipes site, Seamonkey420's Guides to Sidekick | DVD | XBOX | and More. (thanks qmchenry for the subdomain!) http://seamonkey420.tech-recipes.com all content, no fluff! fully viewable on csk/sk2 browers peace seamonkey420... Read More

 This is a quickie recipe. Gives an overview of blogging and using your sidekick to do it and some great sites!Blogging (n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author. (v.) To author a Web log _____________________ So you got yourself a sidekick and what the heck, are a blogger or have thought about it.. well, good news... the sidekick is perfect for blogging.. plus you can send your pics with your blogs! blogging is nice cuz you can keep a running diary/photo album of whats going on at times... plus its fun and ya get free photo hosting in a way too.. :-) Most sidekick/hiptop blog sites have users send their posts to an email address. Usually you register your sidekick email with the place and then just click and boom.. instant blogs/photoblogs... Here are some great sites i've come to use and have found.. http://hiptop.com/hipblogs : Hiptop.... Read More

 Web browsing too slow on your sidekick? Here are a couple of tips.First, if a site has a "palm" or "handheld" version, these will generally load much faster and look better. The Sidekick will also let you "Go To" a URL, then while that is accessing and loading, click the jump button and use another app. The Sidekick will inform you when the page is loaded, click the jump button and choose "Web Browser" to see the page. While in the web browser, click the menu button, choose settings. Here you can set your home page and an alert when a page has finished loading. I recommend using one that just blinks the wheel. If you're really bent on speed, you can disable images from these settings as well.... Read More

 On an airplane? Gotta have an LED Football Fix? Here is how to disable the wireless part of a sidekick.From the Jump screen, Menu Key, choose Controls, Wireless. Wheel down to the "Wireless Off" radio button, and wheel-click.... Read More

 Having trouble with the wheel in LED Football?Use the disk (big round key on the bottom-right of the keyboard). Works great for controlling the player, wheel-click between plays.... Read More