Profile Scheduler for E71x

A couple of weeks ago, Stephen (one of my best blog readers) recommended another very useful app called Profile Scheduler.  If you are like me who like to keep the phone on at all times, you probably change the phone profile to "Vibrate" before you go to bed and back to "Normal" after you wake up.  And if you forget to do this before you go to bed and someone calls, you (and more likely your significant other) are probably not at all happy that you or him/her got waken up.  As you probably figure out by now, Profile Scheduler runs in the background and automatically changes the desired Profile at the scheduled time - which means you no longer have to remember and your dear wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend will thank you for it!

As Stephen pointed out, there are two versions - signed and unsigned (both are free).  He quoted Symbian Underground which states that "the signed versions are bundled with adtronic, an intrusive piece of adware that pollutes your phone with advertisements when you get called or receive an SMS. That's right: adtronic puts ads on your screen even when Theme Scheduler and Profile Scheduler are not running! So better get the unsigned versions of Theme Scheduler and Profile Scheduler."

At first, I was kind of reluctant to go through the hassle of trying to sign an application myself, but Stephen again came to the rescue.  He posted step-by-step instructions on how to do this.  I will provide his instructions here again:

1. First, download the application from here (again, make sure you download the unsigned version) and remember the exact folder that it was downloaded to. Also be aware that sometimes files are downloaded zipped or compressed and you have to open the zip folder (the application file you are looking for will have an extension .sis or .sisx).
2. Next, proceed to the Symbian Signed website.  In the first field, enter your phone's IMEI number.  If you have no idea what this is, you can find it via several methods.  The easier is to install the application Jbak Taskman and within this application, select Menu -> Tools -> System Info.
3. Enter your email address in the second field.  Please enter a valid email address as this is where the link to download the signed application is sent to.
4. In the third field, you need to provide the path to the Profile Scheduler file you just downloaded in Step 1.  Simply press the browse button next to the field and navigate to the file (.sis or .sisx) in the pop-up window.  Select the file, press "Enter" or "Open" in the pop-up window and the path should appear in the third field.
5. Enter the squiggly characters in the fourth field to prove you’re not a bot.  Don't forget to check the checkbox to accept the legal agreement (you may want to read it first) and finally press the 'Send' button.
6. If you did everything right, you will receive a confirmation email in your inbox within a matter of minutes.  Click on the confirmation link in the email.
7. After another minute or so (at least for me), you will receive a second email that contains the link to download the signed application.  Click on the link to download the signed copy.  
8. Install the signed copy as you normally have done with the other applications and you should be good to go!

One caveat: I found out that not all unsigned applications are this easy to sign.  In fact, I attempted to figure out how to sign the iSMS application all morning and I haven't had any luck yet.  


In any case, a BIG THANK YOU to Stephen for recommending this app and providing all the instructions on how to get it to work on the E71x.  Thanks, Stephen!