2720 Beginner Cell Phone User Info Resources?

Can anyone recommend a reference or info source for neophytes?  I've had a basic cell phone for twelve years, which I've only used to place and receive phone calls.  Imagine that!  But I've just purchased a 2720, and find the "User Guide" to be absolutely worthless.  ( Where is the "menu" button?  How could I go back and forth?  How was I to know to press "7" to change from "am" to "pm" when setting the time???)  Until I talked to my service provider's support, I couldn't even figure out how to navigate the screens.  That showed me how 20th century my background is.  I'm relatively computer-savvy, with a wireless network at home.
Now I'm curious about photographing, installing ring tones, texting, etc.  I don't see a "Cell Phoning For Dummies" book on amazon.
Any tips to get me rolling?
Thanks!

You would need to install OVI Suite on your PC using Bluetooth connectivity if you want to get any data off the phone from here:http://europe.nokia.com/support/download-software/nokia-ovi-suite/compatibility-and-download
A bit more information on what you can xpect to find on phone here:http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones/nokia-2720-fold/specifications
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    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 3 points 1 year ago
    That is very curious that the spikes happened at the same time.I'm curious. It may have put at least some of that 2.6GB somewhere. You could use a data visualizer tool to see if you can find it, which may lead to more clues. 
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    [–]mistrbrownstone 0 points 1 year ago
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    [–]lechnito[S] 1 point 1 year ago
    Got it. I downloaded a terminal emulator but unfortunately those processes no longer exist.Does Android keep a generic log of system level events like /var/log/syslog? 
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    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 2 points 1 year ago
    I don't think so, and I know you'd need superuser permission to read most of the files in /var/log anyway. I'm not super familiar with how Android does its logging, but I do know that the two files of interest are the logcat and dmesg. 
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    [–]sh0nuff 1 point 1 year ago
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    [–]kindofabuzz -4 points 1 year ago
    Quit installing pirated apps. 
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    [–]lechnito[S] 1 point 1 year ago
    That's definitely not the case here; both my PC and and Android phone are free from pirated apps.

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