Guide
Getting Started
- Go to the register page
- Fill out the tiny form
- Add in your services
- Download the application to your phone (via SMS or go to http://m.xumii.com/get)
- Find the application on your phone (usually in an folder/tab called Applications)
- Run it, log in and start Xumiiing
To chat over instant messenger (IM), update and view statuses on your social networks or to share media from Flickr, YouTube, Imeem and others you need to connect them to Xumii.
- Register (you can add them during registration too)
- Login to Xumii on the top right of the home page
- Click “Add New Services” on the upper right of the page
- Click the service (network, IM) you want to add
- Follow the instructions (they are all a little bit different)
- Go back into your application on your phone and it will be automagically added
Xumii is more fun with friends! Here’s how to add them.
- Sign in to your account page at Xumii
- Find the Invite a Friend section just under your details on the left
- Add your friends' names and emails and click 'Invite'
- They’ll get a message to join Xumii
- They'll be able to form groups with you, post on your wall, and you can check up on their status updates on all their social networks — cool
It’s easy to import friends from your phone’s address book.
- Open Xumii
- Select Find Friends in the main menu
- Select Options at the bottom left, then select Import from Phone
- The imported friends will appear in your Xumii friend list with a small icon of a phone next to their name
Note: Access to Contacts is restricted by some carriers to applications that they’ve explicitly approved so if you get the message "Cannot sync contacts without access" or similiar, then you cannot import contacts from your phone.
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Doing Stuff
- Register, download and install Xumii
- Add the services/networks you want to use
- Open it on your phone
- Click Find Friends
- Find the friend you want to chat
- Hit your main selection key
- Select Chat
- Start typing
- Hit send
You can update your status on your favorite social networks (MySpace, Facebook, and IMs) when you’re on the move.
- Register, download and install Xumii
- Add the social network of your choice by signing into your account on the Xumii website
Setting the status on all your social networks at once:
- Open Xumii on your phone
- In the main menu of your phone, click on Option
- Select Set my status
- Enter your status, then select the Apply
Setting Status on only one particular social network:
- If you only want to change your status on MySpace but not on Google, you can be selective!
- Open Xumii on your phone
- Select Options in the main menu
- Select Me
- Select which of your identities on which social network you want to change
- Select Options
- Click on Set my status
- Type in what your status is
- Select Apply
Voila! Your status is now changed for that social network.
Setting your status as unavailable:
- Open Xumii on your phone
- Select Options in the main menu
- Select Me
- Select Set unavailable
You can check up on what’s going on with your friends by reading their status updates on all your social networks. No need to log repeatedly into GoogleTalk, AIM and FaceBook to get the lowdown on what’s going on.
- Open Xumii on your phone and log in
- Select Check Updates
- Navigate to updates up top. Now you can see all of your friends updates on Facebook, Google, AIM and a host of other social networks!
You can give gifts to that special someone on Xumii while you’re chatting.
- From the main menu of Xumii choose Friends Chat
- Select your available contact
- In the menu select Chat
- While you’re talking with your friend, you’ll want to give them a gift
- Click on Options, then Send gift
- Select your gift from the list
- You have the option of sending it or previewing it first.
- If you've selected send gift, write a message to accompany your gift in the Enter Message and select Apply to send your friend their gift!
- If you've selected preview, select Options, the forward
- Select whether you want to send it to Friends, Groups or post it Walls
- Select which friends/groups you want to send or post the gift
- Select Ok, enter your message, then select Apply to send your friends their gift!
If your friend has a Xumii account, you can post gifts and leave messages for them on there Xumii wall whether they’re online or not
- From the main menu of Xumii select Friends Chat
- Select the Xumii tab, then select your Xumii friend
- Select wall from the pop-up menu
- When viewing their wall, click Options
- Select Post gift
- Select the gift you want to give your friend, then in the pop up menu select send gift
- You can add a the personal message if you wish, then select Apply
- Your gift will now be posted on their wall for everyone to see!
- Open up Xumii
- Select Share Media
- Scroll left or right to choose a social network, such as Flickr or Facebook
- Select an album, then the media you want to send
- Select Options
- Click on Share
- In the Forward Attachment menu you can choose whether you want to send to a Friend, a Group, or post the media on a Wall
- Now your friend will be able to see your photo or video!
You can check out the hottest youtube videos from your phone no matter where you are. Here’s how:
- Open Xumii on your mobile phone and in the main menu select Share Media
- Select the youtube tab
- Select the appropriate youtube category, then choose between Top Rated, Most Viewed and Featured
- Select the video and then in the pop-up menu select Play video
Your Mobile Wall is a cool place where you or your friends can leave messages, photographs or videos. Even when you aren’t online, your friends can check up on you. You can also view your friends’ walls as well!
- Want to check out your Wall?
- Go to the main menu of Xumii
- Select View Wall
- Scroll up and down your wall to read messages or view media
- Write on your Wall
- Click on View Wall in Xumii
- Select Options and then Post text
- Post a photo on your wall
- Click on View Wall in Xumii
- Select Options and then Post media
- Select an album, then choose a photo
- Edit your message then select Apply
- In the main menu of Xumii select Group Chat
- Select Others
- Select my own
- Click on Options and then Create Group
- Enter a name for your Group then click Apply
- Your Add Member page will list all of your Xumii contacts (at the moment only Xumii members can join groups)
- Select all of your friends who you want to be in the group and then select OK
- Open up Xumii on your phone and log in
- Select Check Updates
- Select News
- Check out all the Gossip, Science and Tech news from all your favorite sources!
There’s a Xumii Facebook Application. Once you install it you’ll be able to view your Xumii mobile wall on your Facebook profile. Your friends will also be able to add photos, give gifts and write text as well.
- Log into your Facebook Account
- On the bottom left, click Applications and then Find More
- Do an application search for Xumii
- The search result should return Xumii Mobile
- Click on Xumii Mobile, then the Go to Application button
- Click Allow on the Allow Access? page
- Enter your mobile number on the Xumii app first screen
- If you already have a Xumii account, enter Xumii PIN and then click Allow Offline Access to link Xumii and Facebook
- If you don't have a Xumii account, just fill the required information and you can create a Xumii account
- When you're done adding the Xumii Facebook Application, click on the Settings tab and click on Add to profile to install your Xumii wall on your Facebook profile page where you can stay connected with your friends
Questions
About
Xumii allows you to stay connected with all your friends right on your phone. See the latest status from your friends and find out what is going on in the news. Chat with your friends on AIM, Yahoo!, MSN Live or GoogleTalk. If you want to invite a few friends to join a private chat you can create your own group. Everyone gets a mobile Wall where you and your friends can post messages, photos and gifts.
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It means we are still building our product and are looking for feedback from those of you who like to test things before anyone else. There are likely going to be some short term limitations and issues but you can be the first on the block with the newest social mobile application entering the market.
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Xumii is free to join and use. To keep you up-to-date Xumii connects to the Internet so standard phone network charges will apply when using the Internet on your phone.
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If you need more help you can visit our Xumii forum or send us a message using our feedback form.
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General
The easiest way is to sign-up for Xumii. You can find the latest details on signing up and downloading there.
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Our goal is to make Xumii free and available to anyone with a feature or smartphone data plan. We are working hard to continue to add new phones so if you don't see your phone check back again soon. We just added support for some Windows Mobile phones and are starting to test Xumii on some Blackberry handsets.
Don't see your phone on the list?
» Contact us using our feedback form and we can see about adding your phone.
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You can just download Xumii to your new phone and use your same account number. Your account number is not tied to a specific phone.
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Downloading Xumii
One way is to sign in to your Account page, where you will find a button at the top that allows you to send yourself a SMS message that has the link to download Xumii. Another way is to just open your mobile browser and go to
http://m.xumii.com/get
This will open a WAP page and all you need to do is select "Download Now". Its that simple.
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Open the message containing the download link from Xumii. Depending on your phone, you may need to scroll down to highlight the link and choose 'Select', 'Go to' or 'Open'. Once you have done this your phone will make an Internet connection and start the download.
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During the download process certain operators may ask you if want to trust the Xumii application. Answer yes to these questions and the download process will continue smoothly.
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You can always just open your mobile browser and type in the URL . You will get a Xumii page with a link to download our application.
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This depends on the type of connection you have. If you are on one of the newer 3G networks it should take less than 10 seconds. If you on a 2 or 2.5G network it may take up to 30 seconds. Just be patient, it's worth the wait.
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Features
For Instant Messaging (IM) we currently support AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Yahoo! Messenger, Microsoft Live and GoogleTalk.
For Facebook we allow you to update and receive status messages from all your friends as well as display and upload photos.
For Flickr we allow you to display and upload pictures right on your phone.
For imeem and MySpace we allow you to connect with your friends as access and share your photos.
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Find out what is going, 24x7 right on your phone. We have a place where we you can stay connected to all your friends on Facebook, MySpace, imeem and IM, get the latest gossip news and see if anyone has left you a message since the last time you logged in.
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Just go to "Find Friends" and click on your friends name. A menu will appear and if they are not already a Xumii user there will be an option to invite them. If you invite them they will get an IM or SMS message with a link to the http://www.xumii.com website.
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If you have an AT&T or Sprint mobile phone, many of them are configured so that 3rd party applications like Xumii cannot get access to the photos on your phone. Another possible reason is that you have your photos stored on the memory card, Xumii only accesses photos stored directly in the phone's memory.
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There is no limit on upload size of a photo. Please note that your upload speed depends on your data plan network speed.
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