How to install and change themes on the Nokia 6288

You can change the whole personality of your Nokia 6288 by downloading and applying colourful themes

Every mobile phone user has changed their ringtone, and most people are familiar with adding wallpaper to personalise a mobile's screen, but Nokia lets 6288 users change the whole personality of a phone in one go by adding themes.

A theme is a self-contained package that can include any number of custom elements. Nokia 6288 themes are generally saved with the suffix .NTH

The quickest and easiest way to add a new theme to your Nokia 6288 is to use your PC to go to on eof the many free theme sites such as Zedge.com or Mobile 9 and then download the theme to your PC or Mac's desktop. Then transfer the file to your phone by Bluetooth or the USB cable. (You can find detailed instructions on how to do this in the User Guides section).

After installing a theme, you'll usually notice your standby screen and desktop have changed, but more creative theme designers will change your ringtone, new message alert, screensaver, the icons on your main menu, font colours and alert tones. Complete themes will even add new backgrounds for your radio and animations that appear when you open or close the 6288's slider.

Fortunately, you don't need to be an ace designer to change the look of your mobile. Your phone comes with a set of extra themes and, depending on your network provider, there will be more themes on the miniSD memory card that came with your 6288.

To change the theme on your phone, from the standby screen, click Menu and highlight Settings.

Click Select and highlight Themes. Click Select and highlight Select theme.

The Gallery will open with the Themes folder highlighted. Click Open and the themes available from your phone's memory will appear, with your current theme selected (make a note of its name in case you want to switch back later).

Highlight one of the themes and you'll see a preview of that theme on your desktop wallpaper. If you like the look of the new theme, apply it by simply clicking Apply.

To find any themes loaded onto your miniSD memory card, when the Gallery opens, navigate to your card's name, click Open and you should find a folder called 'Extra'. Highlight this, click Open and a folder called 'Themes' should appear. Highlight this folder, click Open and your extra themes will appear.