N86 / N96 Speakers

I got the Nokia N86 running v11.043 software but my mate has a Nokia N96 with v20.050 software. Both these phones use Stereo Speakers but how come N96 speakers are much louder than N86?
Does the N86 have the same speakers as N85 which are not good ?
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As a happy N95 8GB user, I had high hopes for the N86 after much research. The reviews were promising, although there are numerous mentions of poor sound quality. Surely this couldn't be?
O2 delivered my N86 last week, and I was instantly disappointed by the AWFUL, tinny, quality of the calls and even worse, the loudspeakers. I sent the phone back, assuming that a new model couldn't be THAT bad, and, today, took delivery of a brand new handset; it ha exactly the same problem. I am a diehard Nokia fan, but the call quality is so bad that it beggars belief Nokia could release a handset with speakers and a sound chip of such low quality.
Nokia - PLEASE FIX THE AWFUL SOUND QUALITY! This phone is great in so many ways, but the overall call and loudspeaker quality is genuinely shocking. I suppose the tiny speakers are necessary to improve the 'pocketability'/ profile of the phone, but clearly at a cost.
A quick scour around these discussion groups and elsewhere confirms many other's have evidently clued up to the fact that whilst it's a great phone - fantastic camera, feels good in the hand, and for those few of us left that like buttons, it ticks all the boxes. But I'm afraid it's got to go back - I couldn't bear to use this phone day in, day out, which such risible sound quality.
Ah, not to worry, such issues will be fixed in eminent firmware upgrades, surely? Speaking to Nokia directly, and looking at the bugs the latest firmware DOES fix, it doesn't appear sound is on the menu (although I could be wrong). I'm sure they will be addressed in time - Nokia must be aware of the general feedback related to the sound issue (!?) but I don't want to wait.
-M
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N96 to n86 headphone sound quality

Hi,
Im upgrading from my n96 to a n86 and would like to know about the headphone quality from the n86 as the sound quality from my n96 i thought was exellent. I use the phones music player everyday around 2 hours on my daily commute so this is a major feature for me.
Thanks

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N97 speakers are an embarrassment for an Nseries. ...

I had read on All About Symbian in his loud speaker test, that the N97 was pitiful compared to the 5800 and the N95. I couldn't come to terms with that assessment on the basis that surely Nokia wouldn't put lousy speakers on their flagship. Boy was I wrong. After comparing it side by side with my N95-3, I totally hear what Rafe, Chris from Engadget, and others are saying about the speakers. They can't hold a candle to the N95-3 or the 5800 (best I've ever heard). It's not even close. They're incredibly tinny, unclear, and not nearly as loud. I don't get it. I've done everything to adjust the sound from the equalizer, which for some reason hardly changes the sound output compared to my N95, to trying the loudness and stereo widening, and still it sounds bad. How is it possible that they're the same size as the 5800's yet they sound worse? Could they have used different speakers? Better yet, is it possible to address this issue with a firmware update, or are we all screwed? I assume everybody else feels the same way here about them. If only they could get it on par with the sound output through the headphone jack, which is amazing, it would be perfect.
I really wish consumers in the US knew about the power of the Nseries and Eseries lines, instead of living in the carrier bubble that they do.
My list of Nokia's past and present: 3360, 6500 Slide, N75 (sold), N95-3, E71-2, N97-3

Test Frequency response Noise level Dynamic range THD IMD + Noise Stereo crosstalk Nokia N86 8MP +0.04, -0.32 -91.0 90.8 0.0064 0.870 -89.1 Nokia N97 +0.04, -0.27 -90.7 90.7 0.0048 0.896 -89.5 Nokia N96 +0.52, -2.14 -90.6 90.7 0.016 0.364 -73.5 Nokia N85 +0.28, -1.19 -94.4 95.4 0.305 0.701 -88.1 Nokia N81 +0.39, -1.13 -86.6 85.8 0.041 0.040 -69.9 Apple iPhone 3G +0.52, -1.05 -89.9 90.1 0.0033 0.016 -93.1 Apple iPod Touch 2G +0.04, -0.05 -91.4 91.5 0.0027 0.012 -90.0
Nokia N86 8MP vs Nokia N97 frequency response graph
Nokia N78 +0.30, -1.59 -76.1 76.1 0.014 0.548 -72.7 Nokia N81 +0.39, -1.13 -86.6 85.8 0.041 0.040 -69.9 Nokia N82 +1.10, -1.53 -81.6 80.8 0.0046 0.137 -69.3 Nokia N85 +0.28, -1.19 -94.4 95.4 0.305 0.701 -88.1 Nokia N95 +1.17, -2.68 -74.9 74.9 0.019 0.186 -75.3 Nokia N95 8GB +1.14, -1.68 -77.1 76.9 0.0066 0.148 -68.5 Nokia N96 +0.52, -2.14 -90.6 90.7 0.016 0.364 -73.5
I think that is obvious that N 86 and N 97 share the same audio problems !
(article from gsmarena.com)

Where is Facebook after Nokia N96 V30.033 update?!...

I updated to v30.033 on my nokia n96 and in i didnt see facebook in share online.
anyone else missing facebook?
or is it just my nokia?

v30 is way better. Would advise to update to it but one thing u will lose it music loudness via speakers on stereo wiedening will be lower than v12.
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Nokia n86 a good phone??

ok, my phone got stolen recently so im looking to get a new one for christmas..i had the 5800 and loved it,but i wouldnt want to get another one on xmas day - it just wouldnt be the same lol. so, im looking into phones, the max ill spend is 350 -whats the besty phone i can get for that price?
i want a phone thats loud, like the 5800 and is generally easy to manage.
i dont want one that slides into a keyboard - too awkward!!
i was lookin at the Nokia N86, it says it has integrated speakers..is it a good phone?
please give me suggestions, i need a new good phone ..
thanks

The N86 is a tad bit smaller than N96 and the thickness of the N86 is tad smaller than N96 aswell but the N86 is a little bit heavy from N96.
Sound of the speakers arent really low like the 5310. N86 speakers are decent and has good quality sound but not loud as N96, N95, 5800. Lets just say N86 volume output is a tad bit quiter than 5800. 5800 speakers are louder than N86.
Either phone you wont regret N86 or 5800XM but id go for N86 due to the 8MP Camera, FM Transmitter, AMOLED screen which is really good. Battery life on N86 is awesome
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Nokia N96 - A long review!

The Nokia N96 Long Review by Jupstejuho
v. 1
(Please notice that this is the first published version so I will
be making this much longer a bit later if you just want me to do so)
In this case I have only reviewed the phone's main software
things, not many of its good-too features.
--> A BIT INFO -->
Firmware used: Unbranded Scandinavian v11, upgraded to that from v10 wich was originally branded
Phone used: Elisa Finland network branded, simlocked Nokia N96-1
Operator used: Elisa Finland
Memory card used: 512MB (have not actually even touched it as the 16GB has been fine for me
More settings used: Screen brighness set to full 100%, display light set to disappear after
30 seconds of inactivity, Online mode always on. Screensaver set to none.
1. THE FIRST WORDS
OK, as all of the active Nokia people around the internet already know, there
are many reviews in the internet considering about the famous, all-new Nokia
N96 smartphone. It is a new part of the Nokia´s 3rd generation phone series,
the N-Series. The Nokia's N-Series is a quite big group of some really good
phones using much more advanced technology than the previous camera phones
that Nokia, and many other well-known phone companies have made. That is the
Nokia's N-Series in short. But, I am not writing this long review for all you
Nokia-People to just tell you what Nokia N-Series is, you basically did not
come here to read about that. I am writing this because I want to show you
my first feelings about the Nokia N96. I hope you have time to read the whole
review
2. ABOUT THE PHONE'S DESIGN, LOOK ETC. ALL ITS OUTSIDE-SEEING THINGS
So let's start from the usually first things that most people want to know
about a phone before buying it, the phone's ergonomy. The Nokia N96 feels
really, really good in my hand. Althought the phone seems to be quite big,
it fits in almost anybody's hands really well. It is not so thick, comparing
to my good old Nokia N91. And that impressed me pretty much. The phone is
relatively wide, but does not weight much (about 120 grams). The phone's
outlook is something I like, it is somehow much like the Apple's iPhone
within its big screen and black'n'white and grey colours. But, I was very
sad when I actually realized the biggest mistake made in the phone's
design. Its outer casing is actually made from cheap plastics, wich leads
to the very unliked feature... The Nokia N96's cheap plastics are in all
only not good-looking, but also really effective fingerprint magnets! The
phone's outer casing takes fingerprints really easily, and you can see
them very well in a bright sunlight, that is something I really hate. But,
that is luckily the only problem on the phone's design, I think. Just that
the phone's front side is quite widely crowded with many buttons. I really
like the phone's frontside's media button, as it reminds me of my good
old Nokia N91's Musicmenu-key. It is surrounded with the play/pause, stop,
forward and backward keys, and the already-known menu key, C-key (also known
as the backspace key) plus the green & red answering keys and the two
softkeys. All this is has been made to fit around the phone's joystick,
wich also had to include the handy Naviwheel option, but they removed it from
the software, wich is sad in my opinion. They have removed the handy
pen-key, wich formerly worked pretty well as a shortcut for many nice
programs that i used to play around with my old Nokia N91, that is sad but
I guess they had a good enough reason for removing the key.
>>> To the phone itself, features etc.
3. PHONE'S USER INTERFACE IN ALL
The Nokia N96 uses the same OS that almost all N-Series devices use, the
Symbian S60 3RD. But this time it is not just that. The Nokia N96 is one
of the first phone's to get the new, famous Feature Pack 2 (FP2). A feature
pack is like the "Microsoft Service Pack" for phones. Just that you cannot
upgrade any NON-FP/FP1 device to FP2 unless you really are an employer of
Nokia, and that the Feature Packs are for phones, not for computers
Symbian S60 3RD is the 3rd edition of the famous Symbian OS for phones,
wich has all the features that are required in order to say that a phone
is REALLY a Smartphone. OK, I am now comparing the FP2 Nokia N96 to my old
Pre-FP1/Non-FP1 Nokia N91. The phone's standby screen is pretty much the
same. Just that you can also set the standby screen to be in 3 different
modes. No active standby at all (The old S60 style), the normal already
known active standby row of 6 different program shortcuts and a new
arrangement, the one that is more complicated. It has the icons in the right
side of the phone's standby/idlescreen and you choose the icon and you see
its features at right side. Anyways, I chose the good old S60 3RD arrangement
as it is not too complicated for me. Going to the phone's menu is easy, you
just press the menu-key and that's that. The taskmanager is renewed, this
time it is horizontal and looks better (I guess they have made the idea from
the nice IQ AltTab program wich I used to use with my old Nokia N91. Yeah,
well pretty much nothing has changed. The phone's messages application has
been also renewed... It now has only 2 message types: Text Message and Sound
Message. If you want to send somebody a MMS wich contains a sound clip,
that means you have to choose the Sound Message-option. If you want to send
a normal SMS, or an MMS wich contains picture or video etc, you have to
choose the Text Message-option. Just choose that and write your message.
If you only add text into that, you are sending a normal SMS automatically.
Add any MMS-content in it and it will automatically be an MMS message.
That is a quite nice new feature. The phone also has a new Themes-application
and its icon has been removed from the phone's menu! You can get to it by
setting up an active standby shortcut for it but it will take you straight
to the Active-Standby Themestyle option wich is a part of the Themes
application. The phone still lags pretty much, as it is brand new.
The same problem was with the Nokia N95 when it first came. I guess the
phone does not have so much features that the Nokia N95 does not have.
Well that's all about that.
4. MEDIA COMPLETION
The Nokia N96 is advertised as a Videoplayer phone. That is true, but that
was not the reason why I bought the phone. The phone can play MP4, 3GP and
surprisingly they are advertising that the phone can also play WMV9 videos.
That is actually true, but the phone did only play the video's sound, not
the video itself Well that is OK for me as I do not have a reason for
playing WMV videos with my PHONE. The phone can also of course play music
but supports only a little amount of filetypes. Pictures are (surprise,
surprise) supported too.
4.1 DVB-H
One of the phone's new main features is the DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting
Handheld) receiver. That means that you can watch digital television wherever
that is available. Here in Finland we can only receive DVB-H signal in the
big cities (luckily I live in Oulu and I can receive DVB-H signal in here...)
But I would be pleased if I could be able to see that signal in places like
cars, trains, planes and ferries but that is not gonna be possible ever,
because only a really small amount of phones have the DVB-H and hardly anybody
watches it. I do not look it unless I have a good reason as it takes a lot
battery. You can also record DVB-H and schedule recordings, that means you
actually have a recording television receiver in your pocket But I do not
have any reasons to do such a thing.
4.2 VIDEOS
The phone, as I said earlier, is being advertised as a pocket-sized video
player. The phone has some pre-loaded factory videos (Some advertising
videos and 1 Transformers Movie). I tested DivXPlayer and it played
small video files (like 100-200MB) really well but when I tested a 350MB
TV-Series episode, it lagged all the time after playing it for 2 minutes.
I also tested CorePlayer and Smartmovie and they both had the same problems
except that the CorePlayer played the file hardly for 2 seconds and started
lagging. But I converted the same file with SmartMovie converter to a 80MB
file and it had much worse quality but still it played with no lagging at
all You can also convert any video to a .3GP or .MP4 file but I guess
that it is better to play your video files with SmartMovie or DivXPlayer.
The videos captured with the phone's camera are relatively big, a 4minutes
long video with the best possible quality that the camera has, is over
50MB big. Oh, and one more thing: I just also realized that the phone
supports Winamp Remote really well. Just for all of you who are not familiar
with the Winamp Remote: Winamp Remote is an application wich lets you watch
any videos from your computer´s hard drive over an internet connecton with
quite high quality. I tried that and I was amazed that it worked. Althought
you have to put the flash player as default way playing the video, because
it laggs too much when watched using the Real Player. Oh, and that brings
one another thing to my mind: The Nokia's default web browser now also
supports Flash videos I tried youtube and it worked pretty well. And,
as I said earlier the Winamp remote Flash Videoplayer also was able to play
my PC´S videos So, Nokia N96 is good for what it is originally meant for:
PLAYING HIGH-QUALITY VIDEOS ANYWHERE, ANYTIME whenever you need to do so.
4.3 MUSIC
The phone has music keys and I just love them. But the music player is not
anymore being started automatically when the phone is being started and
that means you have to manually put it on if you want to be able to use
the music buttons for playing music. That sucks. The phone has really nice
stereo speakers and they are very loud and I just love them. The earphones
supplied with the phone are really, I mean REALLY bad. They suck, but with
20-40 € you can get some good earphones like KOSS. They have also removed
an old really nice feature. The phone always lists the newest added music
tracks to a list, but you cannot anymore add the newest tracks easily to
another self-made playlist. That is what I hate as I used to do that with
my old Nokia N91. :@ That sucks, I don´t know why on earth they made such
a change in the Music Player. Quality of the music played with good
earphones is quite amazing. But also playing music eats the battery as fast
as a worm diggs itself into mud, you cannot play the music so long time,
but as I am not a music freeak that does not matter so much to me (I prefer
listening to .XM keygen music with my computer and Logitech speakers) But
I can also listen to Keygen music with the LCG Jukebox, I have done that
once for real at school and I just loved that as it made me more creative
at the arts lesson
4.4 PICTURES/CAMERA
The phone has a 5MP camera with a LED flash and a red LED light
to "help" with taking videos The phone takes really good images
especially when the phone's flash is used. It can take amazingly good
pictures even when there is no sunlight at all The flash is really
amazing. I don´t know why, but I even think that it takes better pictures
at night comparing to the pictures taken at daylight. Umm, I guess you
can use the phone as a camera in emergency situations when you need to
be able to take a picture of a good situation. The front camera wich is
intended for Video calls takes really awful pictures when there is not
enough light, especially the videos ARE JUST AWFUL but that is just because
who would use the front camera to take pictures of anything else (just for
testing purposes and taking some stupid images of yourself Um, and yeah I was
surprised about that, but it does not matter at all anymore Taking videos
with the 5MP camera at the back is nice because they have quite good quality!
But they are also relatively big and I guess that is one more feature that sucks,
as the video quality is not too good! One more new and really nice feature is
that you can set the phone to automatically save the location where the picture
was taken into the picture's metadata and view the location in the Nokia Maps
application. Almost all photos that I have took with my phone have a "geotag".
5. NAVIGATING/GPS
The Nokia N96 also has a GPS receiver with A-GPS support. I was first surprised
that the phone really knows where you are in just 10 seconds or a bit more. But
when I noticed that it is only caused because the phone has A-GPS and I had set
it on. And what is so bad about that? The A-GPS does not know where you are so
specifically, the accuracy in A-GPS is almost everytimes something like 100
meters so using the phone as a navigator is not so good but I guess it is just
fine for me! The phone has 1 year navigating license for the Nokia Maps application
(wich BTW sucks), but I prefer Garmin wich is better in all ways But while I
was testing navigating in the car, it was working fine. When Garmin said that
"waiting for better GPS signal", it only took about 5 seconds for it to already
show me that it had a full signal with 5-10m accuracy! Yum that is going to be
a nice feature because I am going to use it while travelling at Europe next summer.
Navigating is much, much better comparing, for example to the Nokia E90 and
some external Bluetooth GPS receivers. I am pleased that I know that I am always
carrying a really powerful GPS navigator in my pocket, and it is ready whenever
i just need it to be used
6. N-GAGE/GAMES
Nokia N96 also has pre-installed Tetris and an activation code for that is being
given with the phone (wich BTW WAS NOT WORKING FOR ME!). I installed brothers
in arms AND IT LAGGED LIKE A HELL?! What the hell is the problem with that, they
did not add a 3D Accelerator chip to the phone and they are still advertising
it as a "Good N-Gage gaming phone" Haha, I just shall laugh about that. I guess
I WILL NOT BE USING THE PHONE FOR GAMING THEN. So overall, if you did not already
understand my opinion about the Gaming features in the phone: DO NOT THINK THAT
THE PHONE IS GOOD IN GAMING... Also, tried Vampent´s vNes and it was not able
to start emulating (it was when I tried with my Nokia N91! Well, also the joystick
is a limitation wich makes it nearly impossible to play games with the phone.
It actually isn´t a joystick at all (they do not even advertise it to be that
I liked my old Nokia N91's joystick as it was really nice for playing games! But
playing games like Tetris should be fine. Also I will be going to try playing
games with the numeric keys, maybe that will be fine ;D
7. THE 16GB MEMORY + SDHC Memory Card place with hotswap support!
Yep, that´s true. I was first really impressed when I heard that the Nokia N96
has a HUGE 16GB memory and also A SDHC memory card spot. That was one of the
main reasons why I really said myself: If I am going to buy a phone, it will
definitely be the Nokia N96 unless something REALLY impressive will become
to the markets. I put my favorite tracks and kept almost all of the factory-loaded
videos in the phone and I still have a bit over 10GB free space (I also took about
hundred photos) not even mentioning that I also have installed Garmin Mobile XT
with all European maps to the phone (also Navicore and TomTom, they just weren´t
working and I was too lazy to be able to remove them or try solving why they
weren´t working) They are advertising that the phone can take up to 40 hours
of good guality video. Yeah that is just amazing and it is true too. Borrowing
to one guy's words who has been showing the N96 prototype at youtube: "So you
really, really have enough space on this phone" That is so true. I just wonder
what the hell I am going to do with all that 10GB left space ;D
8. A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE BATTERY LIFE
Many have complayed about the Nokia N96 battery life. I cannot understand why!
It has better battery life than in by Nokia N91. Two listed examples by me:
* I just charged the phone at around 7pm. I went to sleep and the clock was about
10pm. Before that, I decided to put a 1 hour long TV episode to a scheduled
recording. The phone did that very well. And I was surprised that when I looked
at the phone's battery state: It showed me that it had 100% full battery life!
And it kept there until I watched the whole 1 hour episode, then it still had
6 bars left of the 7 bars maxium. Pretty impressive.
* I put the phone to charge itself a few minutes before I went to sleep.
At morning I went to school. At there I watched TV episodes using Winamp
Remote for about 30-45 minutes. Then I listened to .XM keygen music with
LCG Jukebox for about 2 hours! Also I was playing with the phone a bit more
time too. When I went to home, it had something like 2 or 3 bars left. That
is not a very good example but that is already enough for me, and the
phone has had much better battery life after this case
---> [OVERALL REVIEWING] ---
* The Nokia N96 is a good mediaphone but it is also enough
good to be used as an officephone. The stereo speakers,
DVB-H, GPS and a good camera, 16GB mass memory and a
SDHC memorycard slot... That is just everything I would
ever want from a phone! But all this comes with a price
wich will make most people just dream about the phone,
or buying it from an operator with a cheap price like
I did. Even thought the firmware is buggy, I can still
recommend the phone for anybody who likes to have a
good-looking phone with all possible mediafeatures!
The phone is still buggy but that was with the Nokia N95
too. I cannot understand why people are saying that
"Nokia N95 is soo much better and looks better..." that
is so not true. The N96 beats N95 hands down! And overall,
the phone would be too perfect if it would not have bugs,
all new phones have bugs! Think about the iPhone, it was
not even able to send a MMS message but it has been enabled
in the new firmware update. Also iPhone has been buggy when
it first came but it has been improved much. The same will
100% surely happend with the Nokia N96 too! They already
have released v11 wich has made my phone a bit faster too
+ A big screen with bunch of colours!
+ 5MP camera takes good quality photos
+ GPS finds location fast with the A-GPS feature
+ Really good stereo speakers!
+ Supports WMV
+ The phone is not too thick and it is smaller than N95
+ The phone just looks sooo good!
+ 16GB memory + A SDHC memorycard slot!
+ The phone's 1-9 keys are nice and they can be easily pressed even
thought they are really flat! Writing with the phone is fast
+ The phone just looks so good!
+ DVB-H with scheduled recording and awesome quality!
+ Battery life is just enough!
- The GPS is fast but mostly not accurate except at outside
- Music-Player no longer gives an option to add a freshly added
music track to another playlist I have to find all the
freshly added tracks manually from the All tracks-section if
and when I want to add them to a nice playlist
- The front camera has a really bad picture and video quality
- The software in the phone still has many bugs
- A fingerprint magnet & Cheap plastic materials
- Price!
- OH, the gaming features just suck
Phones history: Nokia 3210 > Nokia 5210 > Nokia 9210 Communicator > Nokia 3230 > Nokia N91 > Nokia N96
Current phone: Nokia N96, Elisa Finland Network Branded, v11 Unbranded Firmware [MADE IN FINLAND] Product Code: 0573582

Um, yes I can (BTW, nice that there are other N96 likers too, as I am also very surprised that there are so many haters )
You can get Winamp Remote from here: http://www.winamp.com/player/free-download-full?lang=en-us When you install it, choose Winamp Remote as a part of the installation. You can get more help from the Winamp Forums. Winamp Remote should be easy to use, but if you need more help ask from the Winamp Forums or PM me (One of the main things is that you have to have ports forwarded fine, that is quite hard to explain but go to: www.portforward.com and follow their instructions meant just for your router, I am not sure that do they have instructions just meant for Winamp Remote but if you are lucky enough you just should be able to do the tricks in half an hour )
DivXPlayer is available at here: http://labs.divx.com/system/files/private/DivXPlayer_S60_3rd_0.sisx AND PLEASE NOTE that DivxPlayer takes so much memory that it CANNOT PLAY FILES OVER 200MB. I tried a 150MB DivX .AVI video and it played very well but I tried a 350MB DivX .AVI video and it lagged like a hell. You can use Lonely Cat Games (LCG) SmartMovie to convert about 350MB file to a 80MB file with just fine enough quality. I know that talking about "illegal" things is forbidden in here but just a small tip: Find a good Mobile Phone stuff forum, they are giving some good and CR@CKED applications for free (normally they are asking huge prices for them) There are dozens of good mobile forums just waiting for somebody who needs all that stuff For example the SmartMovie will put the video's image grey after two minutes (if you have converted the video with that tool) of playing it. But just some little googling and you are fine to go But supporting software studios is also important, so if you just have enough money I really suggest that you buy all your softwares!
Phones history: Nokia 3210 > Nokia 5210 > Nokia 9210 Communicator > Nokia 3230 > Nokia N91 > Nokia N96
Current phone: Nokia N96, Elisa Finland Network Branded, v11 Unbranded Firmware [MADE IN FINLAND] Product Code: 0573582

N86 Web problems can't scroll down

I am hoping someone might be able to help me. I have an N86 and just upgraded the firmware to the newest release. I am having a problem with the web. It will not allow me to scroll down past a text input box. For example I tried to go to T-mobile.com and I can scroll down to the search box part of the page but can not get past that part whether or not I enter a search word. The cursor gets stuck in the search box even though I did not click on it to enter a search word. It was the same before updating the firmware. Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone also know if it's possible for me to get the web program from my N96 and install it on my N86? The N96 web is so much better than the N86's. The N96's web browser gives you the option to shrink the entire page or to zoom in on the page. It also has autofind for phone numbers, email addresses etc. The N86's web doesn't have anything like that, it's horrible.

Here's an option before taking your bb apart. Squirt some Windex on a paper towel. Not much, say less than your thumbprint. Wrap it around your thumb. Scroll left, right, up and down for 30 seconds or so each direction. The cleaner coats the trackball .... the friction cleans the underlying elements. Hey, I'm not joking. Worked for me. Patent pending. (NOW, I'm joking!) Hope this helps someone.

N96 life timer problem

Well i heard from a couple of my friends whos using N96 that life timer dsnt work properly. he was in a cal for 15 mins, aftawrds when v try the 92702689 code the phone says that he has used the phone for 15 hours. And d same thng hapnd with sum otr ppl too. Has any one come across this problem?
Message Edited by blackslash on 15-Nov-2008 05:24 AM

we r talking abt life timer not log. Life time can show by pressing *#92702689#. That doesn't has any relation with right or left soft key.
Message Edited by reaz33 on 16-Nov-2008 03:04 AM
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Playing radio through speakers on my N70

Just wanted to ask...
If I wanted to play radio through external speakers on my N70 is my only option to buy a AD-15 Audio Adapter and then get some speakers with a 3.5mm jack or is there another way ?
I just feel daft in hotel rooms with headphones in...
RICK
N96-1 + 8G SD~Software Version 30.033~Software Version Date 18-06-09~Type RM-247~P/C 0543713~T Mobile UK

I know but there is also a AD-15 Audio Adapter...
Have a look...
sorry but Ebay is the only place its easy to link to... item number 9700045533.
I would think it uses its cable as the aerial.Message Edited by ricksvill on 19-Mar-2006
08:05 PM
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The N96 should have been released on April Fools d...

Hi All
Im really sorry to rant but I just got my N96 upgrade this morning and will be sending it back for my first ever Sony Erricson this afternoon.
Its HUGE, slower than my N95 8GB and the vast majority of functions do not work. I am totally unable to transfer my files from one phone to another, upgrade the firmware or even copy music to the device. The camera takes blurry pictures (nothing covering the lens) and the speakers sound worse than my N95's.. Even after 18months use!
I have been a Nokia user since the 402. Vodafone charged me £20 for the pleasure of upgrading to the Nokia N96 (apparently due to die-hard fans and Nokia being greedy) but im deeply dissapointed and feel its nothing more than a bad joke.
To the end of an era!
IHA
If you were to cut my arm off it would read 'Nokia / Symbian' like a stick of rock.
6680, N70, N73, N95, N95 8GB, N96

you're all right.n96 is the biggest flop of nokia in 2008 in high end fones.nokia should take care about the quality control , which is in ruins for many regions, if not finland.my n81 went to the nokia care twice in two months and was finally replaced the third time!!.poor correspondence is what is rendered by team nokia.one can see the nokia care centres flooding nowadays(i do accept the mobiles increase manifold every year,but still see the kind of complaints....)
Nokia better take care of the quality control as it is not too late to lose the majority of the customers who trust nokia >>
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N96 - my opinion

I have been reading the negative feedbacks of N96 so I shall post about my opinion.
I just bought the N96.
And I love it!!!
I was using N76 before that.
As what the Mobile Gurus say, new phones are buggy and especially N96 which uses S60 3rd edition FP2. Just be patient, new firmware will be released for the bug fixes. When N95 is first released, the situation was the same (although I never use N95). I had a worse experience using N76.
N96: Encountered 2 restarts in 2 days
N76: Common to encounter 3 restarts in 1 day
After half a year, my N76 didn’t restart anymore.
If you do not want to have such laggy phone, I advise you to buy it after few months. Cheaper with less bugs and lags.
N96 is a great phone with great features.
Thx to Nokia for producing such a great phone.

Oh ya, forget to add,
The phone is not as laggy as N73
my N96 rotates the screen in less than 1sec.
Speakers quality is good.
Play videos smoothly.
I found out that if you on the theme effects, the phone will LAGGGGGGG....
so to reduce laginess, switch off the theme effects by:
Menu > Tools > Settings > General > Personalisation > Themes > General > Options > Theme Effects

Bluetooth speakers

First off... SORRY if this is in the wrong place but it fits a few sections.
OK I like my music... My N70 is my MP3 player...
I like to listen to music while im in the bath and my N70 has no business being near water...
Can I connect via Bluetooth some speakers so my N70 can be in the bedroom and the speakers can be in the bathroom ???
I know the speakers should not be in the bathroom either but id rather blow up a set of speakers than my beloved N70.
I have seen some I Pod speakers but im not sure... there has to be a better way...
Anyone ?
N96-1 + 8G SD~Software Version 30.033~Software Version Date 18-06-09~Type RM-247~P/C 0543713~T Mobile UK

Ok I got the LINX B-Tube,Portable A2DP Bluetooth + MP3 Speaker System -Grey
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINX-B-Tube-Portable-Bluetooth-Speaker/dp/B000RY6TRC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8...
Bluetooth capabilities with 10m range
In Reality: about 12feet point to point, as I stepped into the hall holding the phone upright and opened out facing the speaker it cut out, the speaker was up high about chest high standing up in clear view of the phone, I do not know how the aerial is polarized inside as in its position of the aerial inside the tube.would like an inside view..
although N95 does have some aerial placement issues itself especially the GPS antenna, have yet to do some more tests through a thin Gyprock plasterboard wall with some thin kitchin tiles. It pairs up easily no discs no hassle! thats a major plus for me.
Use as either sound system or speaker phone
In Reality: It pairs up nice and easy, the ends rotate, one twists and does volume the other end is a push button system,
although the volume end seems a bit rattly not tight and no stand like displayed on amazon, although they were pictures sent in by somebody else, it rolls about with some bluetack or use the baggy to steady it, oh look my external hard drive that sits flat has a stand to stand it upright perfect! I'll use that! improvising is easy.. have not fully tested speaker phone yet as I've been tied up with SD cards and bluetooth keybord that dose not work yet.
Transfer A2DP stereo music from mobile phones, computers and MP3 players
Yes no problems all works 1st time. Press and hold end in for 6 seconds to turn on and enter pair mode instantly
Built-in microphone to make/receive hands-free calls through mobile phones
Built in Lithium-Ion battery with 6 hours playback time
not fully tested but when I do it will be nearly full volume so about 5 hours, takes about 1.5 to 2.5 to fully charge!
top up charging is fast!
AC adapter supplied
Also connects via normal headphone 3.5mm Jack via supplied cable, has a few extra features like built in Mic, hands free calls,
In reality:
Its a great super lite charger with female usb so you can plug your own lead in and use it for other devices.5v output 1000mw.
Plus! a clever 3.5 to USB charging lead nothing is lighter than this, the tube is made of metal! and with some fiddling with the BASS BOOST settings in N95s Equaliser you can edit it to sound pretty good with both at full volume, putting a COWON D2 into the mix is also good, you can hear the deep base but dont exepect chest moving bass ok it does a very good job considering the very small size, i'm going to make a Ported Bass Enclosure for it to sit on with a front ported Bass opening out of some old tubes and containers until I get the bass right, as it is greatly affected by what it sits on, Its very loud considering its size, not bad at all, no rattling at full volume although I was able to get it to distort but thats because the Cowon has a 74mW output! per channel, i'd say don't push it anymore than 38 from a Cowon. I use the Jazz Preset on the N95 with some adjustments in edit EQ mode.
Fits in you front jacket pocket easy or just hold it, I can only imagine what the little chavs are going to be like with one of these one the bus but no doubt its going to happen, I'd like to compare it with the GEAR4 MiniBox but dont think the bluetooth is compatible.. amp3digital.com £49.22p incl VAT and Delivery to uk but sure they could be alot cheaper like £29.
Still nice job and very happy with it as works with my D2! that has no speakers at all. it uses clever multi colored LED lighting thats very thin and is RED for charging, Red and blue flashing fast when in pair mode, blue when paired and receiving data, and Green turns on instantly you plug your own 3.5 or supplied audio socket into it.
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N86, why is my call speaker so quiet?

I have a Nokia n86, and when i receive calls, i can hear hardly anything, the speaker volume is already on max, does this need replacing or is it just an N86 fault?

ok. first, check if you have latest os on your phone (check for updates and update the os). see if it fixes it....if not , then you may consider replacing the speakers then. It may be the reason the previous owner sold it.

N86 Colour Question

Hello. I am considering purchasing an N86 in the upcoming weeks, so I'd appreciate it if somebody could help solve the following puzzle:
Here in the UK the N86 is listed as being available in two colours: black or white. The problem is that the "black" N86 looks more dark blue than black. Having searched on youtube and various other sites it is clear that there is a version of the phone that's actually black (and not blue) however I am unsure as to whether this colour is exclusive to the North American market or something to that effect. If somebody is able to clear this up I'd be thankful, as I think the black version of the phone looks far, far better.
Thanks.

the phone is available in two colors: black and white. however, the black one tends to look indigo-ish when seen in bright light, therefore it's sometimes named indigo, depending on the sites, their marketing strategies and so on. i've ordered mine (N86 indigo) thinking that maybe a better choise would've been choosing the black one, but i've found out when the shipment came that it's just a name, and a very vague tent of indigo, indeed (i've realised this because when comparing with my monitor or the speakers, i can notice a difference between their black and the phone's).
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Screensnap for N86 8MP

the screen snap software that works on my n95 8gb does not work correcty on the n86 8mp. I i set the short cut to be shift and left when i press shift and left it just does what it would normally do and opens and app etc.
Any ideas if screensnap works for N86?

Best Screensnap for S60v3 should work - it did on my N96, which is also a S60v3FP2 device.
Check first to see if you can't change the key combo that triggers the screen grab with your software, though.
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