bleeding ticker...

[stepato]

just got an n73 for the missus on 3 and on the desktop there's an annoying ticker, banner type thing that just scrolls along and advertises 3 services. I can't find where to turn the bleeding thing off!!! I've searched through settings, tools, applications, everywhere.... maybe its just me, it's probably really obvious but I just can't find how to do it..... help!

[getti]

Try turning active standby off in the settings > display

Reboot the phone and switch back on again. I did that and the ticker bar was gone

[stepato]

Hooray!!
active standby?!
Oh it's so obvious....
I feel such a fool....

cheers

[getti]

No problem. I had the same thing on the N73 when i got it a few days ago on 3. I loved having active standby as its like a reminder of things but hated the ad bar.

Turned off standby, rebooted and put back on and its no longer there :)

[Ben]

Oo, so on Three-branded S60's you can either have Active Standby with Three's ad-bar or neither?

That's kinda harsh... on some other brands the ad-bar can be disabled without losing any functionality :( Active Standby rocks!

[getti]

That used to be the case. However now you can have active standby on with no ad bar

[delinquentwoody]

Yup.

Having experienced 3's ad bars on previous handsets I thought it'd be a nightmare to get rid of it.

But after 48 hours the ads simply disappeared, never to be seen again!

I didn't touch the active desktop settings, and the shortcuts to calendar etc are still there, but the ads stopped on there own after 48 hours.

I presumed they'd done this intentionally to introduce new customers to 3s services, and then the message went after they'd been on planet 3 a few times.