N8 poor signal reception and other hardware issues...

I have always been a Nokia fan . I started with Nokia 6600, then N70, then N82 and now a Nokia N8.
However, I am facing the worst experience with N8 reception issues.
The problems faced are as under :
1) Poor Signal Reception Issues - Signal strength is weak and is constantly fluctuating compared to other Nokia Phones. At my workplace, if Nokia N82 displays 5 bars, N8 would display only 1 or 2 bars.
2) Phone freezes many times. Whenever an Alarm is enabled, phone freezed much more.
3) Purple Tint in the display. Nokia Service Centre says that its normal but according to me, they are just ignoring this issue.
4) Vibration is weak : I often do not realize when the phone is vibrating in my pocket !!
Upcoming Symbian Anna will just improve the user interface but will not be able to solve these hardware issues.
If Nokia plans a hardware update facility for N8 users wherein they can fix the signal reception issues and increase the RAM to 1 GB atleast, I would retain this phone for few years.
But, now, I intend to switch to Samsung Galaxy S II.
Your views solicited.
Regards
MODERATOR'S NOTE: This post has been edited as we do not allow the discussion of speculations concerning products or services which have not been officially announced by Nokia.

sats_24 wrote:
I have always been a Nokia fan . I started with Nokia 6600, then N70, then N82 and now a Nokia N8.
However, I am facing the worst experience with N8 reception issues.
The problems faced are as under :
1) Poor Signal Reception Issues - Signal strength is weak and is constantly fluctuating compared to other Nokia Phones. At my workplace, if Nokia N82 displays 5 bars, N8 would display only 1 or 2 bars.
2) Phone freezes many times. Whenever an Alarm is enabled, phone freezed much more.
3) Purple Tint in the display. Nokia Service Centre says that its normal but according to me, they are just ignoring this issue.
4) Vibration is weak : I often do not realize when the phone is vibrating in my pocket !!
Upcoming Symbian Anna will just improve the user interface but will not be able to solve these hardware issues.
If Nokia plans a hardware update facility for N8 users wherein they can fix the signal reception issues and increase the RAM to 1 GB atleast, I would retain this phone for few years.
But, now, I intend to switch to Samsung Galaxy S II.
Your views solicited.
Regards
MODERATOR'S NOTE: This post has been edited as we do not allow the discussion of speculations concerning products or services which have not been officially announced by Nokia.
I am agree with poor signal issue with nokia N8. I have two cell with one is N8 and other one is N26 with nearly 4.5 year old but at same place Nokia N8 showing very poor quality of network signal compared to N26. So for same network provider with two different cell with same manufacture how can drastic different that is also investing nearly RS.22000!
Please resolve the issue ASAP.
Regards,
Praful

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also, you can organize your network ports to have airport as your primary. this may help
open system preferences > network
- change the Show: to network port configuration
- drag airport to the top of the list
- click apply now , in bottom right
- restart
hope this helps

Signal reception and/or antenna

Hi! I just recently updated my blackberry 9300 OS 5 to OS 6. The first time it was interrupted, so I downgraded it back to OS 5 and then re-install OS 6. Since then, I've been experiencing intermittent network reception. Most of the time there's no network at all. I already called my network provider about it and they said that all the settings on my account are all up and running. I already tried the reboot, pull-out battery and change sim and they all show the same result. I've also tried the back-up and re-store method but its still the same.
The new OS is all good but I can't really enjoy it without signal/network reception. Maybe something happened with my antenna or what. Please help.
Thanks!

Hello Heather!
I have the same frustration with Globe Telecoms as they always have intermittent network issues. I think it just coincidentally happened that you upgraded the device OS. Upgrading Blackberry's operating system really doesn't affect coverage. You should talk to Globe about coverage issues.
Ron
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Completely drained battery and other weird issues

Hello,
I have a MBP 13" early 2011 (8GB ram, 250GB SSD).
I have not used it for a couple of months (4-8 or so) but I recently decided to re-install it with the latest osx.
Since I'm not that used to OSX and MBPs I decided to let an AASP do this, which they did. When I went to get
it they said that it was VERY slow and that it didn't run on battery alone (i.e. the power cord had to be in all the time).
OK, that's weird I thought, it worked fine when I last used it.
I got it home and booted it up, and it was very slow. I got information of an update, that should take 8-9 minutes to install, but it took approx. an hour.
The battery info says it should be replaced now and that it's not charging. And it's empty. 0 mAh
The battery cycle count is just 33.
I've tried resetting the SMC, but... I don't know if that worked, or even if I did reset it. No feed-back...
I've tried running the Apple Hardware Test, but this "When the Apple Hardware Test chooser screen appears, select the language for your location" never happens.
So, I have a couple of questions:
- could the "slowness" have something to do with the empty battery?
- how come it suddenly stopped working, while not being used?
- anyone have any idea what's going on or what might have happened?
And of course:
What are my options?
Thanks in advance,
Markus

I did try the online recovery but that didn't work, that's why I had an AASP fix it. So ATM it does run Mountain Lion which is what I wanted. It is just the other issues that are annoying.
Although I agree that both batteries and hard drives may fail on occasion, it's weird that they both should fail while being turned off. And I'm fairly certain that I did turn it off, prior to putting it in the bag and going home. Not 100% certain, but I usually turn laptops off while moving to and from the office/home.
I'll see if I can dig up the hd that was included with the MBP and test with that.
I could sell it of course, but I thought I'd fix it so my girl friend could use it. And of course, for me to get more used to it
Thanks for the reply!

Can't access "Network" and other performance issues

Hi all,
I'm facing a catch-22 and am not sure what to do to get myself and my mac out of this downward spiral. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated (fyi I am admittedly not great with macs and probably don't maintain my MacBook Pro well enough).
I've had a serious slowdown in performance starting a couple weeks ago. the system moves at a glacial pace and most of the time is spent watching the spinning rainbow.
To add to my issues, my ISP recently performed a system upgrade which requires me to change some settings under "Network" in my system preferences. Well, when I try to access "Network", the machine thinks for a while, then an error message appears telling me that the network preferences has shut down unexpectedly. When I hit "retry" the error message eventually reappears.
So, because of the upgrade, I can't access the internet to download any repairs for the machine, and because of the problems with the machine, I can't modify the preferences to access the internet. Obviously a vicious cycle which someone of my expertise level is struggling to solve.
Side notes
- I've passed the 90-day phone support period so can't call for help.
- I'm on my work computer now. Could I download some repair/diagnostic tool here, then run it on my machine at home?
If anyone can throw me a lifeline I would be grateful!
MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.3)

OZ 99,
For logic's sake, I'm gong to take these out of order a bit:
2) A "disk error" occurs when the "file system" (sometimes called the "disk directory") becomes damaged. This is data that is written to the HD, so yes, it could be considered a software error. Your file system is, basically, a map of your physical HD, and it indexes the location on the drive of all the other files. When it is damaged for whatever reason, your disk "forgets" where some amount of data lives. Because of this, the associated files become damaged, or "corrupt." If those files happen to be critical components of the OS, bad things can happen. At worst, the disk will become unmountable, and all of your files unrecoverable.
1) Disk errors can be caused by several things. Sometimes, one or more "blocks" (let's call them physical locations on the disk) on your HD can become physically damaged. Whether this is because of a slight flaw in manufacturing, a scratch, magnetic particles that lose their "oomph," whatever, matters not. What is important is that some data is lost. Because the file system still believes there is data living in this location, it (the file system) is no longer reliable; it is damaged. While the initial loss of data could be considered hardware-related, the disk error is not. I'll come back to this.
Another potential cause is some random error in the process of writing data to the disk. Again, this is a software problem, not a hardware problem. The most common cause for this occurs when your computer is shut down improperly, either a forced shutdown or a power loss. Journaling, which is the default for an OS X boot volume, goes a long way toward automatically fixing these types of disk errors, but it is not always a guarantee.
If you have had your MBP for only a short period of time, it is not surprising that a disk error has occurred, and probably because of a bad block. Absolutely flawless drives are rare, and many computers ship with incipient disk errors. For this reason, many people like to format any new drive, even one in a new computer, right out of the box (I'll get to reasons why this is a good thing to do).
3) Yes. Disk Utility can check or repair your file system. Any repairs must be made using Disk Utility while booted to the OS X install disk. Your HD can be "verified," however, while booted to the HD. Simply open Disk Utilty (in the "Utilities" folder), select your startup disk, then click "Verify" in the "First Aid" pane.
4) Yes, you will have to reinstall all of your applications after formatting and reinstalling. Formatting erases everything on the volume or drive selected. Settings and data for all of those applications can be saved, however, then transferred back to the MBP after reinstalling OS X. Once the applications, themselves, have been reinstalled, you will be right back where you started. I can talk about making a comprehensive backup in another post, if you like.
DISK UTILITY: In my first post, I recommended that you select your entire drive, then using the "Zero All Data" option. This process takes a considerably longer amount of time (as much as an hour and a half, depending on the size of your drive), but it has one big advantage. When this option is used on an entire physical drive (also called a "device"), it will scan for those pesky bad blocks, and "map out" any it finds. Since these bad spots on the disk will not be included in the new file system's list of "useable" locations, your chances of encountering another disk error in the near future is drastically reduced. So, even though a bad block could be considered a hardware error, management of them is handled by software.
Scott

X-Fi XtremeMusic MIDI recording issues and other SoundFont issues

I am attempting to record output from the MIDI synthesis through "What U Hear", but seem to be getting periodic pops. This is while recording at 24/48 - the problem is much worse at 24/96; I get a constant scratchy noise or silence until I stop recording. Note that I am in "Audio creation mode" at this stage.
Additionally, I have found that while having 3rd party SoundFonts loaded and playing a MIDI file, I experience the following issues - missing notes and percussion and notes playing with with the wrong pitch.
Is anybody else experiencing these issues? I am using the latest 1187 drivers.
Cheers

DSM wrote:
I am having issues with the balance of the input signal from my turntable to my Elite Pro. The turntable in connected to Aux 2 with the switch on the console in the phono position. The signal from my turntable (B&O RX2) is slightly off balance with the left channel signal slightly higher than the right channel. I have attempted to use the Master Auxiliary Balance control in audio creation mode to balance the signal during recording. Unfortunatly I have not been able to make it work as adjusting the balance control has no impact on the recorded signal. I have worked with Creative and to date they have not provided a working solution. I have moved my card from one slot to another, uninstalled and reinstalled the software on numerous occasions and taken every step suggested by Creative. I have an ASUS A8N SLI Premium motherborad. Creative thinks the board may be the issue. Does anyone have any suggestions?
- old cardridge/stylus being worned out,
- weak connectors/connections,
- too light stylus pressure (try 2-3 grams),
- dirty/dusty stylus,
- mispositioned stylus (not straight, wrong 'arm'length (if adjustable),
- wrong connection imbedance,
You can also try if connecting turntable through amplifier (w/ RIAA) to X-Fi Line-In makes any difference --> shows out, if the RIAA pre in X-Fi is not working properly.
jutapaMessage Edited by jutapa on 09-05-2006 0:30 AM

"screen shot can't be saved" and other permissions issues

After having my iMac at the Apple Store for four days solving a problem with "quit unexpectedly" issues with all Apple built-in Apps on OS X Yosemite, I got the machine back with those problems solved. It involved re-installing OS X and restore files from backup. I thought all was well; the Genius Bar dude showed me that it's fixed. He said it took so long because of bizarre permissions issues he'd never seen before.
Now that I've lugged this 40lb machine back home (after verifying the fixes in the store) I now find that several (other) functions don't work. When I try to do a screenshot, I get this message:"Your screen shot can't be saved. You don't have permission to save this file in the location where screen shots are stored." Message could have been more helpful; the "location" is the desktop. Pretty descriptive, though. Seems I can't save anything to the desktop.
I tried creatng a folder on the desktop. Got this message: "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this". Type password and new folder appears. Drag the new folder to the trash, get same message..
I tried copying a file from a network drive to the desktop. I get this dialog: "Modifying Desktop requires and administrator name and password. I clicked "authenticate" and after a 3 minute delay (with "Preparing.." ) I get this dialog; "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this". I type the password and the file appeared on the desktop. Before the work at the Apple Store, this never happened. BTW I have only one user account and it's marked "Allow user to administer this computer". Thinking something might be goofy with the pw, I changed it (took 3 minutes to do, oddly) and rebooted. No joy. Same thing happens when I try to drag something from the desktop to the trash. Long time "moving" message followed by having to provide and admin pw.
I tried to save a Safari attachment to the Downloads folder and got this message: "Safari could not download the file xxxxx because there is not enough free disk space". Since I have more than 600GB of available space, I think the message is wrong and that it's really a permission issue with the Downloads folder.
Tried to reset the password again. Click to unlock the Users & Groups panel, get "System Preferences is trying to unlock Users & Groups preferences. Type your password to allow this".
All this tells me that somehow Yosemite is in "nag" mode (reminiscent of Windows Vista.
Any ideas?
Chaz

Back up all data before proceeding.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership, permissions, and access controls to the default. If you've intentionally set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it, but you do need to follow the instructions below.
Step 1
If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.
Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:
sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nouchg,nouappnd,noschg,nosappnd {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1, if you prefer not to take it, or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.

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