N95

duchess

I know there is some threads about problems etc but i hope it ok to ask this one.

Completly usless with technology and have just got a new N95 8Gb with vodafone and was wondering if you guys could point me in the direction of good functions, downloads, and ways to ensure i don't spend a fortune on stupid things by mistake?

Thanks a million hope it's ok to ask

long_b

I would say to download opera mini for a start - it's free and widely regarded as the best mobile browser by a long chalk.

Also Nokia have a free podcast app - do a search for "nokia podcast"

Predhead

Just use the Nokia links too. They're already bookmarked on your phone.

Check out www.zedge.net for themes etc.

strecker

Divx player to watch clips/movies...(when you google "divx nokia mosh s60" you get a good version...).
Handy Taskman is a great taskmanager (like on your pc)...you can switch between programmes, keep track of memory consumption, and kill programmes that freeze etc...it's not free, but a must in my opinion....

well,...
www.handango.com have hundreds of programmes for you to check out - most can be tried out...

www.symbiangear.com similar...

www.mosh.nokia.com - nokia user share site (themes, some programmes etc...)

duchess

Thanks a million for that will check them out. Is there anything I should get security wise for it?

strecker

duchess wrote: »

Thanks a million for that will check them out. Is there anything I should get security wise for it?

"securitywise" as in anti-virus? Imho: NO!

i don't think there is a virus thread for s60 phones - sure there are antivirus programmes, and it's of course the developers' dream to get the mobile market, but search the web: mobile virusses??? I believe some businesses cover their asses and fall for the advertising, and they are afraid their employees' smartphones might infect their networks or..... But: If you follow threads on other forums where someone claims the phone has a virus, it usually turns out to be some other problem. Threats come mostly from dodgy sms and some applications that without your knowledge dial out/access the web,... So: careful!
Antivirus programmes on phones really slow down the phone as well - they are very ram-hungry!
Other security? There are apps that let you block your phone by sending it an sms should you lose it/have it stolen... You can get apps that let you encrypt/lock specific files/folders/applications - in case you have nosey mates/co-workers etc....

the sites I listed are well organised by categories, so again: play around/try out...

duchess

Thanks again like i said tach knowledge is seriously lacking!

Got the opera mini and am liking it a lot.

flywheel

you should check how much it it will cost you to use data with your operator and what data packages are available (if any)...

if there are no high-volume operator data packages available check if you have wireless internet available in any of the locations you regularly find yourself, configure your handset to use this facility while in this location (to save you any operator data costs)

duchess

Cheers for that I got the data package from vodafone but they said it won't be active till my first bill so am trying to be careful!

How do you know which access points are free?

bazzachazza

You didn't like Opera mini last night

wreckless

hey every1

have had the n95 for a while now but still wonder about the radio on it. Has anyone out there got their working yet? does it work in Ireland

And also the PTT , push to talk. anyone any joy with this either???

im on 3 network, who suck when it comes to offering a decent website for customers. still cant send an online txt for free with them!!!

anyone any ideas with PTT or the radio?

Doctor DooM

wreckless wrote: »

hey every1

have had the n95 for a while now but still wonder about the radio on it. Has anyone out there got their working yet? does it work in Ireland

And also the PTT , push to talk. anyone any joy with this either???

im on 3 network, who suck when it comes to offering a decent website for customers. still cant send an online txt for free with them!!!

anyone any ideas with PTT or the radio?

Radio wont work without the earphones plugged in, PTT is unavailable in Europe.

I have all the answers!

wreckless

ok, nice 1.

"PTT is unavailable in Europe" - typical...

duchess

bazzachazza wrote: »

You didn't like Opera mini last night

Ha ha ha i did once i got it working:p

bazzachazza

duchess wrote: »

Ha ha ha i did once i got it working:p

Meow:D

jimmycrackcorm

SDooM wrote: »

Radio wont work without the earphones plugged in, PTT is unavailable in Europe.

I have all the answers!

And some idiot in Nokia decided that the radio can't work in offline mode - unbelieveable, especially considering how quickly the battery runs out.

strecker

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

And some idiot in Nokia decided that the radio can't work in offline mode - unbelieveable, especially considering how quickly the battery runs out.

well, most phones' built in radios don't work in offline mode... - it's a bit like the phone not working in offline mode either, duh... It keeps the tiny little extra bit of weight and size away, by not having to install a complete, seperate radio element, and a second antenna with added interference option - instead using itzy bitzies of the phone's transmitter!... Similarly, the video cam doesn't work when the photo camera-thingy breaks...
Why not see it the other way around: oh gosh, look, when I put the headphones in, I can hear the radio while the phone is on! Isn't that a neat BONUS! Should anyone involved in designing that great mobile smartphonecomputerthingy have prioritised that little add-on radio? "oh, bugger, lets limit call quality, camera, gps function, and throw out wifi, so people can listen to today fm a bit more?" hehehe... It took palm quite a while to stick the antenna inside the phone's casing rather than have that nobbly bit stick out,...those phones are really really intricate, that's why there still isn't a lego one!

jimmycrackcorm

strecker wrote: »

well, most phones' built in radios don't work in offline mode... - it's a bit like the phone not working in offline mode either, duh... It keeps the tiny little extra bit of weight and size away, by not having to install a complete, seperate radio element, and a second antenna with added interference option - instead using itzy bitzies of the phone's transmitter!... Similarly, the video cam doesn't work when the photo camera-thingy breaks...
Why not see it the other way around: oh gosh, look, when I put the headphones in, I can hear the radio while the phone is on! Isn't that a neat BONUS! Should anyone involved in designing that great mobile smartphonecomputerthingy have prioritised that little add-on radio? "oh, bugger, lets limit call quality, camera, gps function, and throw out wifi, so people can listen to today fm a bit more?" hehehe... It took palm quite a while to stick the antenna inside the phone's casing rather than have that nobbly bit stick out,...those phones are really really intricate, that's why there still isn't a lego one!

What are you on about? I've had several phones where the radio does not depend on a network connection, particularly the SE W800i with its RDS capability. I don't understand the comparison to the photo "camera-thingy" breaking as the radio-thingy is not broken. The phone has all the radio hardware in place, what I'm talking about is that it requires a network connection to operate because it Nokia decided to come up with this "Visual Radio" concept. That wouldn't be so bad if the benefits were in place but it looks like no radio stations are interested in it.

So Nokia have blocked simple basic radio listening for a fancy Visual Radio concept that is pretty much useless.

Preset No.3

Whats the general life on the battery? Anybody getting more than a day out of it with normalish usage?

Danbo!

I just got one of these with vodafone too. First thing i did was check the firmware vodafone have - V11.0.026. And they havent updated it yet, even tho non branded phones have version 21 released.

Version 21 adds extra features, such as flash lite - allowing you to view youtube vids within the phones browser - and more accelerometer support, ie when you turn the phone sideways, the screen content rotates.

Now you can go and get the phone flashed and update, but this voids the warranty.

so i went looking and found a few and found this which is a list of programs that use the onboard accelereter.
Rotate me - rotates the screen when you turn the phone
flipsilent - flipping the phone upside down mutes a call

Mobitubia is an app for viewing you tube vids. Might want to use wifi or get a decent data plan first.

Ill post more when/if I find them

carbsy

v21 is available branded on Three now... just rebranded and finding it quite good!

d-redser

carbsy wrote: »

v21 is available branded on Three now... just rebranded and finding it quite good!

How do you rebrand a phone??

Danbo!

noblestee wrote: »

I just got one of these with vodafone too. First thing i did was check the firmware vodafone have - V11.0.026. And they havent updated it yet, even tho non branded phones have version 21 released.

Version 21 adds extra features, such as flash lite - allowing you to view youtube vids within the phones browser - and more accelerometer support, ie when you turn the phone sideways, the screen content rotates.

Now you can go and get the phone flashed and update, but this voids the warranty.

so i went looking and found a few and found this which is a list of programs that use the onboard accelereter.
Rotate me - rotates the screen when you turn the phone
flipsilent - flipping the phone upside down mutes a call

Mobitubia is an app for viewing you tube vids. Might want to use wifi or get a decent data plan first.

Ill post more when/if I find them

Disregard everything i have said, the new firmaware is available on vodafone, and there auto screen rotation etc so you dont need rotateme as i said earlier.

d-redser wrote: »

How do you rebrand a phone??

Change the product code back to three's product code and update firmware

Doctor DooM

Preset No.3 wrote: »

Whats the general life on the battery? Anybody getting more than a day out of it with normalish usage?

I get two days usually. Is your wifi sniffing on a high setting?

richieg

I have v21 and I don't have auto screen rotate. How so I set it up

tallus

My N95-1 has the latest firmware and I'm getting close to 3 days with light usage without having to charge.

Danbo!

richieg wrote: »

I have v21 and I don't have auto screen rotate. How so I set it up

Menu -> Tools -> Settings -> General -> Personalisation -> Display -> Rotate Screen -> Automatic

faigs

How do you update the Vodafone Firmware? Also, does anyone have a good source for themes etc that don't say "Certificate Error" when you try to install them?

Ta.

Danbo!

faigs wrote: »

How do you update the Vodafone Firmware? Also, does anyone have a good source for themes etc that don't say "Certificate Error" when you try to install them?

Ta.

You need to get the Nokia software updater

http://europe.nokia.com/softwareupdate

Follow the instructions here. Make sure to back up everything using the PC suite (contacts etc...)

As for the themes try
http://gallery.mobile9.com/c/nokia-n95-8gb-themes_1584/1/?st=2
Ive gotten a few here and they've worked ok

FX Meister

Im running v21.0.016 and dont have that option in my display menu. Do I need to download teh accelerometer stuff first?

Also, Was looking at a replacement screen on ebay as I have a N95 with a cracked screen, are these tricky to replace yourself or is it a simple connector?

Dr Bob

noblestee wrote: »

You need to get the Nokia software updater

http://europe.nokia.com/softwareupdate

Follow the instructions here. Make sure to back up everything using the PC suite (contacts etc...)

As for the themes try
http://gallery.mobile9.com/c/nokia-n95-8gb-themes_1584/1/?st=2
Ive gotten a few here and they've worked ok

Cannot for the life of me get this working -latest nsu , keep getting a Phone not supported , connected phone not recognised" error - yet nokia suite works fine?
Its a vodafone 8gb (11.0.026)
any ideas

Davy

luas_dublin wrote: »

Cannot for the life of me get this working -latest nsu , keep getting a Phone not supported , connected phone not recognised" error - yet nokia suite works fine?
Its a vodafone 8gb (11.0.026)
any ideas

Its a bit of a long shot, but the program has been having problems with vista? If not the case i would reinstall the drivers

FX Meister

ok, sent to install the accerometer sis file but said I already had it yet the display menu gives me no option to turn it on

FX Meister

SO anyone ever changed a screen on one of these?

Davy

FX Meister wrote: »

SO anyone ever changed a screen on one of these?

Takes about 5 mins, have you got a screen? Amazon.co.uk do them but their prob is cheaper. You need a T5 screwdriver which ebay has for next to nothing, sometimes you get them free buying items. Will need the opening tool or something similar see ebay link here for items you will need

FX Meister

Cool, just wanted to check if it was an easy enough job. I'll pick one up on ebay so.

Davy

Ye you will prob find one with the T5 and srt6 included.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNEOaB-mlSI if you want to see it

d-redser

FX Meister wrote: »

Im running v21.0.016 and dont have that option in my display menu. Do I need to download teh accelerometer stuff first?

I recently updated to v21 also and dont have the option of rotate... Do I need to download anything else for it??

Davy

richieg wrote: »

I have v21 and I don't have auto screen rotate. How so I set it up

Download

then sign the program here

d-redser

davton wrote: »

Download

then sign the program here

Its not working for me

Maybe I am doing something wrong?

I installed the accelerometer plugin ok.

I tried to install the rotateme file but keep getting this error:

Certification Error, Contact the application supplier

when I try sign the program I get this error

FAILURE: Submitted .sis file uses a UID that is not allocated to the account holder matching this email address (0x2000e270 )

What am I doing wrong?

Davy

d-redser wrote: »

Its not working for me

Maybe I am doing something wrong?

I installed the accelerometer plugin ok.

I tried to install the rotateme file but keep getting this error:


when I try sign the program I get this error

What am I doing wrong?

change the tick box settings at the bottom of the page before submitting to be signed. has to be signed before it can be installed. You will receive an email link with the signed program within a few minutes usually. hope this helps.

d-redser

Nope, still not working..

In the Application box, what do I put in there?

Davy

d-redser wrote: »

Nope, still not working..

In the Application box, what do I put in there?

The 'Rotate me' file. you have to up load it to have the program signed so it works on your phone.

d-redser

Still getting error message

FAILURE: Submitted .sis file uses a UID that is not allocated to the account holder matching this email address (0x200087b5 )

Sure thanks for your help anyway, was just something different to add to the phone...

Luckycharm

I just got a N95 and getting into it and the new applicatons. I am not a techie but am trying to learn- a few quick questions sorry if a bit basic.

I was using my Wifi last night on my wireless network at home I presume I don't get charged?
Downloaded Opera very good by the way. Nearly all the applications/games I downloaded need to be connected to the net- is that normally the case- is there any good ones that work without having to connect up?
Where is a good site for downloading TV programmes for free would like to download an episode of family guy.
Thanks for any help.

Davy

Luckycharm wrote: »

I was using my Wifi last night on my wireless network at home I presume I don't get charged?

No, apart from the eircom side ofcourse

Luckycharm wrote: »

Nearly all the applications/games I downloaded need to be connected to the net- is that normally the case

Yes can be with free programs they connect to update advertisments. Some you can get away without connect, use skip and it avoids it.[/QUOTE]

Sniipe

I bought my phone second hand, it had a lot of apps on it and I'm really missing one now. Its one that sets up my profiles correctly. ie at 9am it goes into silent mode, with a nice office theme. Then at 6 it goes into general profile and also changes the theme.

It was a great app, anyone know what it is or where I can find it?

I like rotate me, but doesn't it eat the battery?

[edit] Oh and another app flip silent I think, used to hang up the phone when I closed the slider... is that about anywhere? [/edit]

Davy

Sniipe wrote: »

[edit] Oh and another app flip silent I think, used to hang up the phone when I closed the slider... is that about anywhere? [/edit]

Flip silent put the phone on silent when you turn it over eg in a meeting.

gcgirl

Predhead wrote: »

Just use the Nokia links too. They're already bookmarked on your phone.

Check out www.zedge.net for themes etc.

thanks for that link its brill for themes!!

Psychobiker

I have misgivings about the build quality, but I'll be upgrading to one soon on Meteor and I'll hope it stays in one piece!

It's that or the Tocco

Luckycharm

Is there a way to put repeat reminders in your calendar? can put a reminder but cannot work out how to set it to come out weekly like I could on my other Nokias.