My N95 Hints, Tips and Help

Hi to all the folk in Australia who picked up their N95′s from 3 today.
There are quite a few useful hints and tips on here for your shiny new N95.
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Enjoy your new phone!

If the multimedia key on your N95 has stopped working, you can fix it by doing a simple restart of the phone. Failing this, a hard reset should definitely do the trick.

One reason for this happening is a bug in the clock application, specifically with the recurring alarm. If you set a recurring alarm, once it has activated, the key will no longer be working.

There is also speculation that using photographs taken by the user with the N95 as the background in the multimedia menu, then deleting them, also triggers the bug, but this is yet to be proven. Further comment would be appreciated.

Article by: jimridge

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In N95 the GPS receiver is located in the bottom of the device, below the numeric keyboard. When using the receiver, slide the numeric keypad open
and hold the device upright in your hand at an angle of about 45 degrees, with a clear view of the sky. Make sure, that your hand does not cover the GPS receiver.
Establishing a GPS connection may take from a couple of seconds to several minutes. Establishing a GPS connection in the car may take longer.

If your device cannot find the satellite signal, consider the following:
- If you are indoors, go outdoors to receive a better signal.
- If the numeric keypad slide is closed, open it.
- If you are outdoors, move to a more open space.
- Check that your hand does not cover the GPS receiver of your device.
- If the weather conditions are bad, in such a case the signal strength may also be affected.
- Establishing a GPS connection may take from a couple of seconds to several minutes.
- Avoid to use screen saver when GPS connection is establishing.

NOTE: The GPS receiver takes its power from the battery. Using the GPS receiver may drain the battery faster.

Regards,
Nokia N95 Support Team

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Article by: muzzamo

If you have a problem with your TV picture out not working properly (rolling or in black and white) on your N95, try this.

Tools
– Settings
– General
– Enhancement
– TV out

Try changing TV System from PAL -> NTSC and vice versa.
You should be rewarded with a more stable picture.

I received an email from ‘raz’ this morning about some camera problems with the N95.
This post contains some links to discussion on the issue.
The issue revolves around the rear (5megapixel) camera and that it stops functioning after a period of time.
The front camera remains unaffected.
Interestingly for me, my first N95 had a dead camera when I picked it up. Luckily I was able to exchange
the phone on the next day and I’ve had no problems since.

Some further reading on the problem can be found here:
http://ipadventures.com/?p=1779
http://www.n95users.com/forum/its-broke/1220-email-outbox-stopped-my-camera-working.html
http://www.n95users.com/forum/its-broke/1876-camera-stopped-working.html
http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=smartphones&message.id=40501&jump=true#M40501

Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS based activity tracker that runs on S60 smartphones. Information such as speed, distance and time are automatically stored to your training diary. To be able to use application for real, you need Nokia S60 3.0 phone with Bluetooth GPS device or Nokia S60 3.0 phone with integrated GPS (the N95!)

Click here for more info

Article by: muzzamo

I was dissapointed to find out that the N95 only does real media streaming radio stations, specially when most internet radio stations are MP3 based. But I found this link to an open source app for the N95 which plays mp3 streams as well as shoutcast. 

You can get it here: http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/s60internetradio/ClientPage.html
To add stations to the shoutcast type playlist you have to put each stations IP address instead of DNS address, but this is not a hassle if you do a DNS look up on the net.

Follow the instructions and you should be listening ot other stations on your N95. I had stations that my ISP provides for free running over wireless in about 10 minutes.

Article by: scanman

Some people have reported problems with a corrupted music folder that wont play sounds/music files. There is a solution and it involves tracking down the \Private\100012a5 on the memory card. The file causing all the problems is named something like DBS_101FE031_mcv7.mpd

The simple solution here is to delete the entire \Private\100012a5 folder. You could try just deleting the offending index file, but no guarantee’s as to how that will work.

After you have deleted/removed, be sure to go into music player and refresh your music selection so it can rebuild the index.

There is an updated version of the search program available. The update allows you to also search content on your phone. This is pretty handy if you want to search your calendar or contacts list, email or pretty much any other content on your phone. I even use it to find song titles in my MP3/AAC collection.

Ok so what do you need to do?

Note: myN95 takes no responsibility for the instructions contained on these sites. If you make a mistake and you brick your phone, write to the author of the article, or explain it to a nokia service center.

An N95 debranding guide has been created.

There is also a list of product codes to use.

Article by: muzzamo

Found a problem with your map while using the navigation feature on your N95?
Has the maps program tried to send you up a one way street or tried to drive you through a brick wall?

You can provide feedback on the maps and get the changes incorporated into a future update by visiting the Navteq feedback page

A nice feature is being able to register as a user so you can track the status of your requests!

There is a simple fix to this particular problem.
On the Nokia N95 (and other Nokia’s) when you have an identical contact in phone memory and also on the SIM card the phone isn’t able to successfully display the contact name when the phone rings.
Delete one of the contacts and you should get the display name back.

I’ve installed a module that will allow you to browse the site on your mobile phone.

Just goto myn95.com and your browser should automatically format the site to suit your phone.

If it doesn’t please leave a comment describing what phone you have and which browser you use.

Note: Seems as though this article has been removed from the Nokia Forums, however I found another link on the 3G forums and this one has pictures!

A fix was posted for this on the Nokia forums, however it’s not really one for the faint hearted. Rather than follow the instructions given here, my preference would be to return the phone. However if you are feeling adventurous then read on and discover how to dismantle your N95 and wedge a piece of paper into the display to make it stop squealing.

Access the forum article

We’ve added a Nokia N95 links page.
Any useful N95 resources can be added to this page.

Simply email your links or resources to admin@myN95.com with the details you’d like to have added.

I had to refer to the manual for this one. I was listening to a podcast on my N95 and I had to stop it for a while. I came back to it later and thought hmmm how do I get 14 minutes into the track? The music player only shows the skip to the end or the beginning of track buttons.

The way to fast forward or rewind is just to hold the corresponding skip button down.
This works in both music player and real player.

Having trouble with your WiFi staying connected? If it keeps dropping in and out, then try this handy tip.

Tools
-Settings
-Connections
-Wireless LAN
-Options
-Advance Settings
-Disable Power Saving

I was just looking at Widsets tonight and I saw that myN95.com is now the #1 most used N95 tag!
We have added 390 subscribers in just over 24 hours.

Thank you for choosing myN95.com as your source for hints and tips on the Nokia N95.

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I was given a heads up on this by a regular reader of myN95.com
Check out this video.

It’s in Italian, but the instructions are still very easy to follow and give you a relatively easy option for fixing a loose, wobbly or flimsy slider on your phone.
The mod itself is non obtrusive, so you don’t have to rip your N95 apart.

If you elect to try this mod, myN95 takes no responsibility for botched jobs which render your shiny Nokia N95 worthless.

NOTE: Rather than exceed the bandwidth on my hosted account the maps are currently offline.
With the advent of the new Nokia mapping application, I’ll review in July whether to place the maps back online.

Includes East Coast and West Coast Australia
Singapore
Hong Kong
South Korea

The file needs to be uncompressed (RAR) and copied to your memory card.

As part of the most recent firmware update V11.0.026,
you can now search for addresses without being connected to a network.
Just be sure to use a suburb/town name rather than a postcode.

This feature worked for some customers previously, however those of us in Australia always had to maintain an active network connection.

Note: You need to make sure you have the maps downloaded and saved to your memory card. On a new N95 there are some basic maps contained in phone memory. I would guess that these are non searchable. See the tip on downloading the latest maps.
Version number required is v3.0 w12 b02 (to find your version Maps – Options – About)

Then try this.