How To Download Games, Ringtones and Wallpapers

Getting a new game or ringtone or wallpaper for your phone should be one of the easiest things in the world. Ordering and paying for it is easy enough, just enter your mobile number, reply with ok to confirm you want it and job done. All that’s left to do now is to download your funky new tune to your phone. So how do you do it? Well, once you’ve ordered your tone, you will receive a text message from us with a link to a webpage where you can download the ringtone or game.

The message you recieve will be something similar to this:
http://wap.mobilefun.co.uk/index.wml?w=1&number=447890123456&pin=1234567

Now if you’re not that technically minded, I wouldn’t blame you if you’re a little bit confused right now and not 100% sure what to do next, but don’t worry, it’s all pretty simple. The link that you’ve received in your text message needs to be accessed from your phone and not from your PC. (If you try it from your PC you’ll get an error message that tells you to use the link on your phone.)

To view web links on your mobile phone its normally just a case of pressing a couple of buttons and the phone will do all the work for you. In most cases there is no need to type in the address that you’ve been sent. As each phone is different, the process for accessing web links varies quite a bit, so I’ve listed some instructions below on how to access web links on the most popular Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG and HTC phones and will add more over time.

If you get an error message that refers to a problem with the settings on the phone, you may need to get the Internet settings resent to your phone. It’s free and only takes a couple of minutes, and I’ve put a guide together on how to do this for you: Setting up MMS, WAP & GPRS.

Standard Handsets Symbian S60 Handsets
Open the Message Open the Message
Press "Options" Use arrow keys to highlight the link
Scroll to "Use Detail" Press "Select"
Press Select/OK  
Scroll to "Web Address"  
Press Select/OK  
Highlight the address  
Press "Goto"  
   
Symbian S60 Touch Screen (5800 & N97)  
Open the Message  
Press the link in the message  
Press "Open Link"  

Standard Handsets Symbian UIQ
Open the Message Open the Message
Use arrow keys to highlight the link Use arrow keys to highlight the link
Press "Open" (left soft key) Press "Select"

Standard Handsets Touch Wiz
Open the Message Open the Message
Press "Options" Press the link in the message
Scroll to "Extract Address"
Press Select/OK  
Press "Options"  
Scroll to "Go To URL"  
Press Select/OK  
   
Symbian S60 Handsets Windows Mobile
Open the Message Open the Message
Use arrow keys to highlight the link Click the link in the message
Press "Select"  

NB: You may experience problems when trying to download games and ringtones using Windows Mobile, as your phone might be recognised as a PC rather than a phone.

Standard Handsets Touch Screen Handsets
Open the Message Open the Message
Press "Options" Press the link in the message
Scroll to "Extract Data"  
Press Select/OK  
Scroll to "Web Address"  
Press Connect  

Non Touch Screen Handsets Touch Screen Handsets
Open the Message Open the Message
Use arrow keys to highlight the link Press the link in the message
Press "Select"  

NB: You may experience problems when trying to download games and ringtones using Windows Mobile, as your phone might be recognised as a PC rather than a phone.

7 thoughts on “How To Download Games, Ringtones and Wallpapers

  1. Have downloaded a ringtone onto my Samsung P300, and it is set in the browser. How do I transfer it so that it is set as my incoming call ringtone!!??

  2. Hi Bill,

    Are you able to access other internet sites on your handset?

    What phone do you have?

    Andy

  3. hi i bought a ringtone from you and it wont download to my phone it goes to WAP gprs and then it says failed everytime, its a waste of £4.50 if it wont download .
    regards Bill

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