Firmware & pics

[mark_uk_07]

Hi guys im new to this forum its great thanks for making such site, ive been using my 8210 for past few 5 years and didnt really like any nokia phones till i saw n95 its a great phone ive had mine a week on Orange takes along time for me to understand it i have few questions.

1. my phones firmware is v10.0.018 what is the latest one & how can i download it? is it difficult to update firmware?
2. I have taken some pictures with my phone how can i get pics from phone to my pc?
3. How do i make a movie with the video recorder?
4. Ive seen peoples pictures they have taken with their phone when I have them on my pc will they be large pics?
5. what sort of addons can i get for the phone and from where?
6. how many pictures can the phone save without memory card?
7. how much is a good 1 or 2 gig memory card?
8. when will they bring another phone following n95 an ideas?

Thankyou for your time.

[pseudofinn]

1. You'll either have to change your product ID (invalidate your warranty) or wait for Orange to approve the latest firmware update. From there you'll just need to install the NSU (Nokia Software Updater) and it's pretty simple from there.

2. You can get your pictures to your PC in a number of ways. Easiest and quickest would be by pluging in the USB cable from the N95 to your PC, select "Mass Storage"- then navigate to the images directory on your phone. Then N95 should show up as a new drive in "My Computer". Or you can use the PC Suite- just select that mode when you plug in the USB, then open the Nokia software on your PC. You can also shoot them over via bluetooth in range of your PC, or send them to a flickr account from the phone anywhere in the world- this is by far the coolest method. There are even more ways to get the pictures off the phone. You can pull out the microsd card and pop that into a card reader. We could go on and on about how to transfer pictures, but the easiest would be with a USB cable in Mass Storage mode.

3. When you open the camera lens, the camera application starts up- click the first icon- this will switch to video mode. When you open the camera app, which ever mode you were last in will be activated.

4. They will be very large indeed. 2500x1900... somewhere around there. That's if you're in the highest image mode.

5. What kind of addons are you interested in? Software, hardware? I'd recommend checking out the 3rd party apps section here for software, and the accessories subforum for hardware. There are tons and tons of hardware and software available for the N95. More and more everyday.

6. Depends on how much you have installed or saved on your phone to begin with- then images vary in size, from as low as a couple hundred kilobytes- to 3 or more MBs. Hard to say what kind of mileage you'll actually get.

7. I got a 2 gig card for 25 bucks off ebay.

8. As soon as they possibly can. ;)

And welcome to the forum. Enjoy.

[lakerz4sho]

i'm pretty sure changing the product code won't void your warranty unless you forget to change it back to the original one prior to sending it to nokia.

[pseudofinn]

Exactly. I would have to imagine it's as easy as that.

Unless you are bringing your N95 in for service because it won't power on. That would be a tight spot...

I imagine one would also want to flash back to the original firmware.

Not that anyone here would change the firmware on their device by changing the product id. Obviously no one would actually do that...

[lakerz4sho]

yeah what kind of morons would actually do that in this day and age?

[pseudofinn]

Hooligans.

Tom Foolery...

Dag nabbit!

[mark_uk_07]

Thank you for your help. theres not many accessories with n95 not even a car charger lol.

can you copy contacts info from phone to pc?

is there any such software for n95 which can block certain numbers from calling/texting me?

also some times when i ring people i can hear music music when the phone is ringing how do they do that?

[Anarchi]

You can get the nokia car charger, its the same one for the other N-Series. N70, N80 etc..

Yes you can transfer contacts using the Nokia PC Suite found on the CD that came with the phone.

If you want music as a ringtone, simply download an MP3 or AAC file to the phone (use Nokia FileManager, put the files in E:\Sound\Digital) and select the MP3 as your RingTone in the Profiles settings on your phone.

[pseudofinn]

There are also portable chargers, such as the glorious proporta- and powered car mounts, such as the ultra well built Brodit models. If you really use the N95 as intended- you're going to struggle to get through the day with a charge in your battery without one or more of these options.

Oh yes... and there are a couple third party programs that will blacklist callers from calling and texting you. Post a thread in the 3rd party apps subforum if you need help finding one.

[mark_uk_07]

Thanks nokia have started giving less and less accessories not even a handsfree. When you pick up your landline phone and ring a mobile number in the earpiece you hear ringing noise and music thats what i meant how do people do that?