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But I have a problem with my Nokia Pc Suite. After the firmware update I had to get done at the Nokia servicepoint I can't do a thing using my NpcS
This is very frustrating can't install, or upload a thing on to my phone.
It says I have to reinstall my supportsoftware on my phone, but it just won't. Anyone any idea's?
My thnx in advance
Ps: the site is very helpfull!!
I'm starting to think it's my pc, but I'm not sure..
"In contacts app details for Facebook, MSN, Yahoo, Ovi, Gizmo, Google, Skype have been added." <--not sure about all of these, but pretty sure that Skype, Yahoo, and gizmo were already on there...can't comment on the others as I don't remember if they were there or not. Also, the 'Call Alert Text' detail option in the contacts app appears new to me...I don't recall having it before (it's the last detail in the list when adding additional details to a contact).
"(we will cover this more extensively in the new future)" <---I'm pretty sure you meant NEAR future, but oddly enough, your words happen to fit the situation perfectly :) If in fact you intended to say NEW future, well then, sir, I commend you.
MD 7
:)
MD 7
Also, what macdea mentioned about the "sliders" to answer the phone. Not only does the text make more "sense" but the area you can swipe your finger in is now bigger making it easier to swipe too.
Great site guys, i also follow you on twitter. You appear to also have a good community here. Cheers
Martin.
ps I am using Opera mini as my web browser and its brilliant.
MD 7
I've tried Nimbuzz and it's ok, but not great. It has very "tiny" notifications. Just a small beep, nothing on the display...
Thanks everyone!
Does that make sense? In Contacts, tap a contact and edit their details. In Options tap 'Add Detail'. In that menu you will find a few different details to add to the contact...a Skype ID, a Yahoo ID, etc.
MD 7
Here are some more small changes in the music player:
- When viewing an album, the album name and artist are "locked" at the top of the screen.
- When browsing music by artist, if there is only one album, you no longer see the "All Songs" option.
- Not sure if this was there before, but touching the speaker icon at the bottom of the volume slider mutes the player.
With the back button in the music player, I like the new functionality. It seems to make sense to me that if I went to the music player via the home screen, clicking back should take me back to the home screen. One thing I do is in the music player, I go to Options -> Go to Music Library.
Good call on the unlock swipes...I can honestly say that I had NO idea how to answer my phone when I first got it...I tried pushing the swipe, I tried pushing the green call softkey...none of it worked. I think I discovered the swipe action by accident.
Didn't notice, but I'm happy the 'All Songs' thing has been taken care of.
Great comment.
MD 7
I see your point on the music player and tend to agree now that I tried what you say. I guess I don't do that very often. They should make clicking on the song title and artist bring you to the music library. Please both of us.
MD 7
I've loaded 1000+ songs to my nokia N97 (V20 firmware) and on the next phone restart it got stuck to the nokia welcome screen. it's the same reason i had to hard reset my phone with v12 firmware. Prior to loading songs it was working fine.
IN THE HOPE FOR A SOLUTION TO A "FREEZING" PROBLEM
wasted time on 3 firmware updates during the past 4 months
and the problem is still there
USELESS PHONE - CRAPPY FIRMWARE - FROM PATHETIC BRAND
MD 7
This was there before, but it is only in Landscape mode, not in Portrait.
"Letters on the dialpad (however, those with European language packs installed won’t get this feature). "
I don't have the letters on my dialpad, and have a UK version (which admittedly is within Europe, but...), surely a UK version could/should have the letters if an American one does... it's the same 26 letters after all!
Anyone else noticed that when the keys (screen) is locked using the side switch, if somehow it tries to re-activate but is still locked, the screen seems to stay in the unlit mode where you can just see the screen display (greyed out) until you unlock. Previously it would go back to black after a few seconds, but it seems to remain in this partial state since v20, which seems to also have a bad impact on the draining of the battery because obviously the screen is "on" when it would normally be off. I need to check more to see exactly what is happening here.
My Product Code: 058600 (RM-505) Singapore. Please advice, anyone? Thanks.
thanks
As far as the music palyer is concerned, if I want to go back to the home screen I just push the red end call key which has always worked on my previous phones, whereas I find that I end up at the home screen when I just wish to go back the the last visisted list. It was a lot better the way it was previously.
I thought this was a bug as the screen responses sometimes lag.
Nokia's silent policy on the changelog is plain stupid, if they just released it we wouldn't have to speculate on what they actually fixed/added or bugs that Nokia know about. I think it's the least they could do after I spent US $700 on this buggy phone.
Im Much Awaiting My Nokia N97. (Four/Five Weeks Of Waiting And Saving *Sigh* Sucks Being A 16 Year Old With Crap Pay/Job)
Im Planing On Buying Mine. Unbranded/Unlocked $830 From Allphones In Australia.
Can Anyone Please, Please, Tell Me. If There Would be Anything Wrong With Buying That Phone? (I Am How Ever Planning On Updating Firmware. First Day I Get It A.K.A Before I Even Put Anything On It So Theres Nothing I Have To Back Up, Hahaha Im Lazy)
I Ask Because My Only Concern Is The Fact Its So Cheap. A Branded/Locked Phone Is About $1130, Does Anyone Have Any Helpful Hints.
OH! And I Only Use My Phone For Txting, Games (Already On My Memory Card) Occasional Call, Rare Bluetoothing. Lots Of Photo's, I Have Over 1500 Photo's No Vids. If Any. 1 or 2. And Only About 400 Songs.
(I Only Say This Incase It Has Some Importance) I Cant Picture Myself Really Using Internet Or The Ovi Store.The Main Reason I Want The Update Is Kenitic Scrolling. (Life Saver I Swear)
Anywhoo. Please Help If You Can, =)
You will find it will have optus pre-installed as i did, and couldnt get the firmware updates without Optus or who ever giving it the green light. I debranded mine, took 15mins. Once debranded you have a completley unlocked device, with no operator settings.
Im not sure, but i think i have read debranding can void software warranty..anyone with more knowledge on this?
Martin
When I Talked To The Lady On The Phone. (At Allphones) She Said It Was Unbranded. And Had No Carrier. And That My Telstra Sim Would Work. So Does That Mean It Is With Vodafone or Not? O.o (Sorry If That Sounds Dumb)
If It Does Still Mean Vodafone.
Because Im Not Egsactly.. Umm Tech Savy? How Does One Completely Unbrand There Unbranded Phone? (In Simple Terms If You Can. Seriously.. Not Tech Savy =P)
And If I Completely Fail At That. Is It Possible To Just Buy A Vodafone Sim And Update With That? Then Put My Telstra Sim Back In?
Thanks!
This link http://www.n97fanatics.com/complete-guide-to-un...
Explaines in detail and very easy to follow steps on how to debrand..i did it in 15mins aprox after a few whiskeys..so it must be easy!!
Now i have a "completely" debranded n97 which i bought for $840 rather than $980 for a nokia factory model, which is what they are selling for at Dick Smith Powerhouse
Hope this helps,
Martin
Hey! Thanks. That Was Really Helpful.
All I Gotta Do Know Is Wait Like 5 Weeks. yay? ... O.o
Hahaha.
Oh. One more Question.
Whats Your Personal Opionon On The Phone?
Many Bad Stuff After Update?
My Question About Sims? Does That Make A Difference? Just Putting A Optus/Vodafone Sim In And Doing it? Then Putting A Telstra One In After?
Sorry If Im Annoying you.
Which SIM you use does not matter, i use Telstra, phone was unbranded..but as said..through Optus.
So no matter what sim you use, the device will work as it should, simply with a few pre-installed items from the service provider its been despatched from.
Martin
Sorry. Lol.
What i meant was. doing the update. if its supposed to be unbranded but isnt. and its actually still optus. does putting an optus sim and doing the update make a difference? and then after doing the update. putting my telstra sim back in?
(I hope that made more sence. sorry again)
Hope i have been of some help to you
Martin
Your Very Helpfull. Thank You =)
we all had to learn this stuff, the manual only teaches so much.
These devices require a learning curve, all good
Martin
I previously used an N95 which i love..and still use mainly as music player with speakers.
N97 firmware v11..v12..too many issues, problems to name..at first i was unsure i made the right choice with my purchase.
However, after the firmware v20 i have come around and loving the n97 now, the main problem i have is the lens cover has scratched my camera lens deeply causing a white out on dusk photo's. Im taking this to nokia care centre to get fixed / replaced soon, its a common problem with this device, one which n97 fanatics have spoken about in recent past.
The touch screen and qwerty keyboard are great!! The web browser isnt 100% but easily got around by using Opera Mini
Over all, going back to N95 now feels so basic and limited..and if you have never used N95..it sill is a great device, but n97 offers more input meathods, memory, better running applications / games, and touchscreen.
Martin
The way to unbrand a branded phone can be quite complicated depending on the network, but usually you just need the nokia phoenix software and navifirm and go from there. If it is branded I strongly do not suggest this if your not very technically savy and just ask your network for the unlock code to use with any sim.
Thats not a simple yes or no answer, you may be able to update with the vodafone sim, or it may just see you've updated to that specific software and you can go no further.
So only do it if you think you are in a position where you wont need a warranty and can pay for anything that happens to the phone
I used the following sites to do this and it was very quick. You won't even know you've done it. No comeback tho if it does not work for you.
http://www.nokia.nigelcoldwell.co.uk/firmware.htm
http://www.b-phreaks.co.uk/
READ Nigels instructions carefully and you SHOULD have no problems
One thing I'd like to mention: a very annoying bug in quick dialing was fixed! I couldn't quick dial numbers in the following format +49 (123) 456789, which is my default. This works now.
A bad change: no separate option any longer for setting delay time for the key lock - or did I miss it?
This is the following: Once i rebooted my phone i got a message on screen stating something like:
Internet Emergency calls, when your phone is out of the network range and you want to make an emergency call the phone will try to connect via WLAN to make an internet emergency call
no more predicitve search (is that the correct name?) in the player. With v12 it was possible to search for a string and the N97 showed any entry that CONTAINED this string. Now it only shows the entries that BEGIN with the string. This also works eg. in the albums list only for the album title, not for the artist.
I'm not forced to fix my tags in order to correctly find my songs.
Off topic: can anyone confirm if the mark function works in the music player. I used to use the shortcut shift dpad center to mark my songs to add to a playlist, but i dont think it functions like it used to.
just my 2 cents.
very simple program. started using it when I first got the ipod touch. lets you convert different formats to MP4.
turn on Music Player from the homescreen (widget) and navigate to a
playlist, then play a song, the back button at that point will in fact take
me back to the playlist...I think that fact, coupled with what Alex says,
makes the situation that much more bearable.
MD 7
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GReatings from the Netherlands
there's been lots of discussion on this...from the responses I've seen, it
looks like it will most likely be modified/resolved next update...just an
hypothesis.
MD 7
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I've decided to take the risk and debrand my phone so that I can do the update. Just hope that if I really need to bring the phone back for servicing, I can brand it again and no one will notice! My original product code is the same as yours from M1.
Something I've noticed for version 20.0.019, once I change my backlight duration to 25 seconds, and I try to leave any application in the background running, while I'm at the homescreen, my backlight will continue to be lit and it won't diminish!
I changed to 20 secs and so far it hasn't happened again. This phone is so quirky.
Issues:
1. After putting on the latest firmware update my phone stopped working. Every time I tried to make calls it wouldn’t allow me to and indicated not allowed. I was also not able to receive any incoming calls as well. Numerous calls to Nokia and my provider (T. Mobile) failed to fix the issue. The provider indicated everything was okay from their side. Any attempt to reset the device from the Nokia line was also unsuccessful. I am still not able to make or receive calls from my few month old Nokia N97. This all started right after the latest firmware update.
2. A second issue was the battery cover never fully closed properly- upper right side never seemed to close fully. This was from the day I received the phone.
You may also want to try a hard reset as described by @EverythingBlaxx on this site. It may help get your functionality back.
Good luck,
MD 7
I just received a text message that was 390 characters long. Normally, this would be split up over 3 messages, but I received it all in one message on my N97. I sent the message to my wife's e71 and it split it into three messages. Is this new 2.0 behavior for the n97 or am I just missing something?
To be clear, the n97 is displaying SMS messages longer than 160 characters as one message, even though they are coming across the network as multiple messages.
Sorry, not much of an answer...
MD 7
Thnx in advance!
Also, why won't Nokia allow us to add select an entire playlist to be added to another playlist? This one has been there since before.
MD 7
It only connects once to the car. For another connect I have to reboot the phone.
Alex
in an entire different league.
real qwerty keyboard and great multimedia capabilities is in a league of
it's own, as I've said before. Gosh... I wonder what you'd say once the N900
comes out.
up in a few weeks. You'll have yet another battle ground to play on!
what do you think? Stop the bloodshed...by an N97
B
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http://then82blog.com have you?
With N97, V12 was a month behind European update. Still dont get any V2.0 update yet. It has been 2 weeks. Nokia! Are you hearing this? N series people, how can you be so different from E series people in delivery speed???
Anyone else?
MD 7
Thanks...Adi
P.S: This is an awesome site..cheers.
I would double check that your settings are adjusted correctly. Menu >
Settings > Phone > Sensor Settings > Turning Control > Auto-Rotate Display.
Here you can decide what happens when you tilt the phone sideways. Believe
it or not, there's an option to turn off of the landscape view, which is
probably what happened in your case (either with the update, or more likely
with the hard reset).
As for the slider action, my N97 has always switched to landscape view
automatically when sliding open the keyboard. It won't go back to portrait
at all, no matter how hard you try (with the keyboard still open, of
course). For a while, this seemed strange to me, but after having my N97
for some time now, it of course makes perfect sense. I've never actually
needed to see the screen in portrait with the keyboard out.
Hope this helps,
MD 7
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Thanks a ton for pointing me in the right direction.
Cheers Mate :-)
MD 7
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MB or so. Sorry, don't have the link at the moment, but search
N97Fanatics.com for EverythingBlaxx's article on how he resets his N97.
It's titled, "So You Want to Reset Your Phone?"
MD 7
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The only problem I have had so far is trying to set up Vlingo, when I go through the set-up stages select language, next then data plan required , ive choosen my Home wireless router - next- checking connection that seems to work, then accpet terms . I then do the hold and speak do as requested then get this message
An unexpected server error has occured, please try again.
Ive tried know so many tims and it still doesnt work, has anyone had the same problem, have you managed to find a solution.
Vlingo look quite a good app, I wouldnt mind giving at try, so any suggestion would be much apprecaited. Thanks MM
I haven't had any issues with Vlingo whatsoever...you may want to think about resetting phone since the update. I did mine, and I got a ton of C Drive space and everything seems to work fine. There's a detailed article about it by @EverythingBlaxx here http://www.n97fanatics.com/so-you-want-to-reset...
If you're not into resetting your phone, the only thing I can suggest is trying to connect via GPRS instead of your home network...not sure why this would make a difference, but perhaps it will.
Cheers,
MD 7
MD 7
guys please help to sort this out, should i just hard reset the device? the Facebook widget is also quite slow now because of this. I cant set my access points. thanks!!!