Nokia n86 issues?

I am planning to purchase a nokia n86. Does anyone have any reviews regarding this phone? good? bad??
Also, does this phone experience any dust on the screen after some time? I've heard from someone that the design of this phone prevents dust from going under the screen as there is no space between the screen itself and the glass front. Can anyone confirm this

yeppi wrote:
I am planning to purchase a nokia n86. Does anyone have any reviews regarding this phone? good? bad??
Also, does this phone experience any dust on the screen after some time? I've heard from someone that the design of this phone prevents dust from going under the screen as there is no space between the screen itself and the glass front. Can anyone confirm this
Hi Yeppi,
I've had my N86 for almost 3 weeks now (upgraded from an N95-1) and to be honest haven't found anything major to dislike about the phone.
The camera is excellent (although its hard to see what you're photographing in bright sunlight - this also affects the phone in day to day use) and you need to press the shoot button all the way in to get the picture, anything less and it autofocusses and that's all.
As far as the battery is concerned, its a world better than the N95-1, I charged it overnight and have played music over the FM Transmitter, had it browsing the web using WiFi and had the e-mail client running all day. I must admit that I've not made or received any calls but it runs for at least 2 days without draining fully.
I'd read that some people have had problems with the main keypad but I've found it no tougher to use than the N95.
The FM transmitter is superb, will be using it a lot on holiday to play music in the car rather than bringing a huge pile of CDs.
I'm using the onboard 8GB for maps and my old 8GB MicroSD card for music and photos
It comes pre-loaded with a load of the apps that I'd recently installed on the N95, such as the E-mail client, OVI Maps 3.0 (Don't get me started on the licence transfer grief that I've had with Nokia for the last 2 weeks) and the BBC iPlayer client.
Some people have commented on the phone locking up or rebooting but I'm tied to v10.086 until Orange authorise its release - So far I've only had one or two, many fewer than the N95-1 on original software.
Its a good deal heavier than the N95-1 and it remains to be seen if this is noticeable when I go running again as I wear it in a water-tight sports armband just in case the water filled ditches are as deep as they were 2 years ago when I drowned the N95-1. I'd thoroughly recommend the small arm holder by aquapac, it may be more expensive than the others but its the only one that guarantees to keep your phone 100 dry (and it floats)!
All in all, I'm pleased with the phone after upgrading. I've been waiting for a worthwhile replacement for my N95 since December 2008 when my last contract lapsed, I'm glad I held out for the N97 and then chose the N86 instead .
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I am asking you guys:are these values normal? 800-1000mA during HSDPA usage for a Nokia N86? I need a serious, valid opinion from somebody who really knows mobile hardware. Thank you.

This has happened to me every now and then. First it seems as if the battery is almost full and then it's suddenly empty even without using the device much.
Sometimes the device feels warm. In those cases I just reboot it.
Obvious things to check would be that BlueTooth and WLAN are off if you don't need them.
Sometimes the switch of the kickstand has activated when I have carelessly thrown the phone on a bed for example. If you have defined it to start an application that could cause some power consumption.
I haven't tried to measure my power consumption. I guess there are two options:
- the device actually consumes a lot of power sometimes
- the battery indicator isn't always up-to-date i.e. it shows several bars when the battery is actually almost empty.
It's a shame because it's a pretty nice phone and I quite like it. Luckily it's quite a rare problem.
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Nokia n86 camera photos preview problem

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Welcome to the Nokia Forum and thank you for your post.
Please reinstall the phone's current software using Nokia Suite. Click on the green arrow, where the option to reinstall the current software will be displayed in blue.
This will clear up the bug that's causing the preview of the image to be incorrect.
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Software update for my Nokia N86, product code 05...

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i know this issue has been discussed a zillion tymes but still am unable to understand and i need a solution to this problem. After entering the product code from ma Nokia N86 it tells me that a version 30.009 is available for update. but wen i try updating using ovi suite or the software updater tool it gives me different errors every tyme including check the cable connection or no updates available. i am living in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Please guide me how can i update my software in this region?

Phone is made
Phone is designed for different markets and countries and phone operators all have different firmware      country specific local law specific and operator specific .
That results in a very large number of product codes for the same phone .
Nokai make firmware pass it back to the operators or wait for it to clear local laws .
Its then passed back to the Nokai server   so you wait until your product code has the update .
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Product code refers to the phone   .
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Sorry, if you are not willing to try it then I cannot help you.
Take it to a nokia care point for assitance.
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Nokia N86 8MP software update failed.Any1 can help...

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