Nokia N8 Megathread

kmart6 · 18-01-2011 7:36pm

Davy wrote: »

Dont buy soundhound, shazam was released yesterday and is much better and you save yourself a fiver

Download free from ovi here: > http://store.ovi.com/content/67101/download

Is Shazam not usually a paid app?!

Davy · 18-01-2011 7:44pm

kmart6 wrote: »

Is Shazam not usually a paid app?!

You get the premium version (full features) free for 30 days, and then you can continue to use the standard version after that for free.

srsly78 · 18-01-2011 8:02pm

Italia wrote: »

or an Android -IMHO, too flaky for my liking and for my needs.

Did you really just say android was flakier than Nokia's recent efforts? :rolleyes:

kmart6 · 18-01-2011 8:19pm

Davy wrote: »

You get the premium version (full features) free for 30 days, and then you can continue to use the standard version after that for free.

Thats what I thought alright....

Mimikyu · 18-01-2011 9:04pm

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jimmynokia · 18-01-2011 9:11pm

this seems to getting common after updates check your contact settings and see if they have returned to default

Mimikyu · 18-01-2011 10:22pm

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Italia · 18-01-2011 11:27pm

Yes I did.
Why ask? Are you really so surprised that there is someone who can actually think for himself and disagree with the remainder of the sheep out there?
I don't claim to speak for anyone else except myself - IMHO for my needs and liking it is too flaky.

For the 2 weeks I had the opportunity to try an Android based phone, I found that battery life to be really crap and apps fall over fairly easily. Plus Android really is just a collection of Java based apps cobbled onto a modified linux kernel (very loose description I know. If you want the correct version, look at wikipedia).

If you like Android, good luck and fair play to you. I don't.

srsly78 wrote: »

Did you really just say android was flakier than Nokia's recent efforts? :rolleyes:

srsly78 · 19-01-2011 1:19am

Well maybe you should try one of the good android phones, rather than the bad ones? Android is not flakey, some manufacturers screw it up tho. You will probably be able to put android on your N8 soon, so all hope is not lost.

Mimikyu · 19-01-2011 11:30pm

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Raffeal · 20-01-2011 3:06pm

I applied the updates and have had no problems. I'm not using a default theme though.

Have you tried soft resetting the phone?

Mimikyu · 20-01-2011 3:15pm

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Raffeal · 20-01-2011 3:25pm

that is weird, are the photo's still in your address book?

I did remove the bots widget from my phone alright and ended up putting it back on again, pics etc are still there.

If you'd backed up your phone before the update you could always restore it.

A post to this guy might help http://symbianusers.blogspot.com/

Sorry can't be of more help myself.

Raffeal · 20-01-2011 3:31pm

could always try this forum to, I took the liberty of reposting for you

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n8-reviews-3252.php

shadowninty · 20-01-2011 7:44pm

srsly78 wrote: »

You will probably be able to put android on your N8 soon, so all hope is not lost.

soon and never are not the same word

Nokias bootloader is the most locked out there and there are about five devs with C++ knowledge who would help

No chance of other OS

long_b · 20-01-2011 9:38pm

Don't be shy with those reviews folks - plenty of fence sitters in the wings here !

Kanedmick · 21-01-2011 2:16pm

Kanedmick wrote: »

I think I've bought that one - 16GB Sandisk microSDHC memory card w/SD adapter. Went with Sandisk as most web comments seem to suggest going with the old reliable (i hope!)
Will post again after I've tested it.

I had considered the 32GB Integral microSDHC CL4 - but tbh, for my own needs, I couldn't justify the price.

One comment from another site:

If you'd like the storage capacity of having a 32GB card (I can't get by without mine) then just get one, simply record your video to the internal card and you're good to go. Class 2 makes basically no difference when it comes to in-phone performance, high def video recording would be about the only meaningful case-use scenario, but by recording to the internal memory you can circumvent that issue.

I promised I would post a quick update. The card works well on all fronts. I've played video files thru HDMI on my panny and all good. I can store photos and video direct from the phone camera and both play back perfectly fine. I can copy across from internal E Drive to this external card no probs either. So, all good!:)

Kanedmick · 21-01-2011 2:20pm

Has anyone seen this and tried flashing their phone with it? If yes, did it work ok?

Was thinking of doing it, but has anyone got any update on when the "official" release here in Eire will come out, assuming it will of course?

Mimikyu · 21-01-2011 2:29pm

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Kanedmick · 21-01-2011 2:37pm

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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I know this is going to sound silly but, what do you mean by branded? I got mine on Meteor a while back. The phone itself doesn't have any logos, crappy Meteor based animations etc.
Ta!

Mimikyu · 21-01-2011 2:45pm

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Kanedmick · 21-01-2011 3:03pm

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Hi!

Product code = 059C5Q8

rickyjb · 21-01-2011 3:54pm

Same question, product code is 059D7X4

Davy · 21-01-2011 5:19pm

Kanedmick wrote: »

Hi!

Product code = 059C5Q8

Dark grey version from o2 i think.

rickyjb wrote: »

Same question, product code is 059D7X4

Yours is dark grey (black) also which is meteor.

KrisW · 21-01-2011 7:52pm

Sorry to put a spanner in your works, but my black N8, sourced from e-Mobile but with no SIM lock (or network customisation), has product code 059C5Q8 too

Davy · 21-01-2011 8:00pm

KrisW wrote: »

Sorry to put a spanner in your works, but my black N8, sourced from e-Mobile but with no SIM lock (or network customisation), has product code 059C5Q8 too

The reason I said i think, was because this isnt an networks model, but an early version realised, so different networks had it, was just mostly on o2

Kenny Powers · 21-01-2011 8:03pm

Davy wrote: »

The reason I said i think, was because this isnt an networks model, but an early version realised, so different networks had it, was just mostly on o2

mine was got from vodafone

Davy · 21-01-2011 8:14pm

long_b wrote: »

Don't be shy with those reviews folks - plenty of fence sitters in the wings here !

Dont be shy with the questions either :pac:

Kenny Powers wrote: »

mine was got from vodafone

Ye like I said they weren't assigned to just one network.

Mimikyu · 22-01-2011 2:30am

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Kenny Powers · 22-01-2011 9:05am

try mobile documents from nokia beta labs wont work if you have fring installed

Mimikyu · 22-01-2011 10:32am

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Kenny Powers · 22-01-2011 12:18pm

yeah you need to leave it running alright in the settings you can set when you want it to check for mail etc. if you add mail to the home screen it should give you a option to select it?

Davy · 22-01-2011 12:26pm

Just click hide and it will run in the backround. You can set the sync intervals in the options to every 5 mins to 2 hours, and then what days in the sync schedule. Its a bit more adaptive then nokia mail but wont work with as many accounts

donkey balls · 22-01-2011 3:36pm

Lads have any of you bought the phone on Three and if so could you update to the new firmware even with the Three software on the phone.

jimmynokia · 22-01-2011 4:06pm

twitter
anybody have this on there phone
any shortcuts to have this on homescreen
new to this social network lark,just doing a study on it
its a bit crappy having to go into the social app to login and get tweets and you have only to operator to choose from on the twitter site which is also crap

Davy · 22-01-2011 6:03pm

Gravity is the probably the best one for twitter > http://store.ovi.com/publisher/mobileways.de/

kmart6 · 22-01-2011 6:23pm

Shame the full version is €10 though!

Davy · 22-01-2011 6:30pm

kmart6 wrote: »

Shame the full version is €10 though!

Ye but least you can have it on trial first, you dont have to throw a tenner away and then not like it.

kmart6 · 22-01-2011 6:53pm

Yeah I know that...but €10 for an app kust for twitter is a bit excessive!

Davy · 22-01-2011 7:02pm

kmart6 wrote: »

Yeah I know that...but €10 for an app kust for twitter is a bit excessive!

Thats not excessive, this is excessive = http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ivip-black/id321971059?mt=8

jimmynokia · 22-01-2011 7:14pm

thanks for the advice Davy.like i said im just doing it for research and would like to have handy access to it should know all about this stuff myself but not into all that social network jazz

g0g · 22-01-2011 9:06pm

Took the plunge and got this phone in the end as it was only 40 quid. I'm coming from an N97 and so far so good with it!

Questions:
1) Other than two posts way back in the thread I can't find many app recommendations. Let us know if you all have any!
2) Is there no quick way to link your contacts to facebook etc with the social networks thingy? Seems like I have to do them one by one and the search never finds them that quick.

Initial Comments:
It's smooth although I have to confess maybe a little bit slower than I expected!
Not having a keyboard will take getting used to after the N97.
Absolutely love having a GPS that finally works and doesn't seem to eat as much battery as N97 did while using it
Watched the demo videos that came on it and quality is excellent.
Battery life seems great so far.
Won't connect to Nokia bluetooth in my car yet which is kinda annoying!
Camera quality is top notch.
Phone has a lovely "feel" about it!
Will post more when I've played with it more!

superspark · 22-01-2011 10:42pm

hi lads, been following this thread for a while and finally got an N8 myself, good phone a few small problems one of which seems to be the wifi, i'm with 3 and have the 2gb free but when i connect to the wifi at home through the connectivity it always seems to come up connecting to 3(01) and downloading it from my free data, if anyone can help i would appreciate it,
thanks in advance

deco nate · 22-01-2011 11:02pm

Dunno if this will help, but you could try making your WLAN the first-choice access point:

Settings > Connectivity > Settings > Destinations > Internet

Change the priority of the access points to make your WLAN first-priority: Long-press on your WLAN and choose "Change priority", then tap the first item in the list of WLANs.[/QUOTE]
this is from a krisw posted way back.
sorry krisw

superspark · 22-01-2011 11:09pm

yes i have the wlan set to priority 1 and 3(01) is priority 2, i have also tried disconnecting 3(01) and then going on through the wlan and it automatically reconnects through 3(01)

long_b · 23-01-2011 12:07am

superspark wrote: »

yes i have the wlan set to priority 1 and 3(01) is priority 2, i have also tried disconnecting 3(01) and then going on through the wlan and it automatically reconnects through 3(01)

Is it all apps or one particular app ? If it's one app then maybe it has stored the connection point somewhere in its settings ?

deco nate · 23-01-2011 12:40am

in settings,(data in home network)set it to wlan only

deco nate · 23-01-2011 12:45am

superspark wrote: »

yes i have the wlan set to priority 1 and 3(01) is priority 2, i have also tried disconnecting 3(01) and then going on through the wlan and it automatically reconnects through 3(01)

i think thats your problem,set your (3)network to priority 2,why does it have the (01)
there?

donno but i think 01 is sharing priority 1,only thing i can think of you set
it up wrong.
davey or krisw will help you better than i can,sorry my man

Mimikyu · 23-01-2011 1:02am

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deco nate · 23-01-2011 1:29am

just thought bout it,and someone posted that they had this problem.
and i dont know if this applys to you,but they had thier wlan set to
128 encryption,you need to change it to 64 bit?
again im not sure but worth a try.
let us know how you get on:)