Worry away, chica, the mini seems (at least according to uncle google) to have a high lemon rate, lol.

Not that I have anything against it or anything (typing this on me brand spanking new copper mini - add me to the club guys) - but me brand new mini seems like its a lemon edi.

Why? The metal bezel around the screen has popped loose, causing the touchscreen to go loose as well and it's wrecking havoc whenever I call anyone (screen goes blank unless I press and hold on the top left corner of the screen) . And it's barely a few hours old...

Funny that my (traded-in) 5800 never really gave me such scary hardware problems even with all the heavy abuse I put it through (even though in terms of the firmware, it was generally a jammy mess - must've been all the hacks I did to it).

Sigh. It's a real shame because other than that little niggle, I LOVE mY mini - uneven keyboard lighting, light leaks, loose battery cover, tiny chiclet keys and all.

Anybody can reccomend me a good Nokia Care center to go to for me to sort out this mess? Planning to go to the one in Plaza Berjaya after work tomorrow.

Lol, I guess so. Was so pressed for time that I didn't have time to check it properly.

But really, other then the loose bezel and loose touchscreen, everything else is more then bareable:

1) "Y" key light a bit dim - nothing major
2) Loose batt cover - fixed with some diy
3) Chiclet keys - well, I DID want a slide out keyboard + touchscreen + slimness. The keys could be worse, lol.

And in terms of firmware stability, I really don't think anything can beat my jelly unstable 5800 which needed almost daily restartng.

Sad I haven't seen an epik case for the mini yet. I NEED one to make sure my mini survives through the year - like my 5800 did before it lol.

Just got back to KL (Kuala Lipis) from KL (Kuala Lumpur), lol... Seems that I'm not as remote and ulu as I think I am. But anyhow, service was okay as usual from Plaza Berjaya's Nokia Care. Firmware Update + Full front panel replacement + Back cover refitting in less than 3 hours. Also got a Capdase Soft Jacket for me Mini, the closest I got to an Epikcase. Works swell, shame it's not available in fully transparent form (only black + clear front)...

Now I'm really lovin me Mini. Plus the fact that I got it at the same price I paid for me 5800 a year ago, and me W810i a coupla years back (all original) - main reason why I was not as exasperated as I should be over the cover issues... Only problem is, other than the hardware keyboard (which I now bust out constantly), solid build quality, the svelte size and the OH-ME-GOD-THERE'S-KINESCROLLING-EVERYWHERE - it's practically my old 5800 in brown, at least in terms of OS performance. Yeah, it hiccups less, but you'd think that a smaller screen + faster processor = noticeably faster performance?

Gonna test some of the homebrew firmwares later (not for the Jack Sparrow stuff, I swear!). There's one that promises 60MB of free RAM at boot, W00T...

@bboyspirit - Basically, it's the same. But not all the stuff you can install in the N97/Mini you can stuff into the Omnia. Likewise, the opposite is also true. Omnia runs smoother initially compared to the N97, but Symbian is REALLY like windows - it lags with time (price to pay for it's extreme flexibility and relative robustness). Expect both the OmHD and the 97 to run at the same speed after a few days due to what I can only describe as memory hemorrhaging.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Feb 22 2010, 10:16 PM

No problems here, at least for now. About hating them dismantling a day old unit, try sending in a 18 hour used unit to the NCC for repairs (not even a day old lol)... Al least they did a dandy job on mine, now works marvelously with no problems except for the occasional random restart...

Oh, and with Firmware V11 + KillMe taking care of renegade processes, I've managed to free 58MBs of RAM at boot. No need for CFW then...

NCC Berjaya Plaza. But the queue is surprisingly long, at least when I was there...

Settings --> Phone --> Notification --> Standby Br Light --> Off

Should solve your problem... I think...

Wah, that's great news...



Take out your memory card (if you're using one) and THEN restart... Might work...

Though it's happened to me once before. For some unknown reason.

Normal... Though I think it gets less hot compared to the 5800 actually, steel back cover helping dissipate the heat?

About the ringtone thing... I get it sometimes too... Maybe move your ringtone to the C: drive might help. I still think Nokia has a problem with removable media drives (memory cards/mass memory).

And the metal strip around the bazel so easily longgar nia... Mine is loosening up by a little bit, again.

Here's hoping that Symbian^3 supports the N97... It looks really cool as far as Symbian goes...

That and Garmin should quick-quick fix the N97's landscape problem in XT. I wonder why it works fine on the 5800... Fixed in 5.00.60...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 11 2010, 05:44 PM

Depends on what codec you're using. SmartMovie plays DIVX/XVID avi, properly encoded of course (low bit)...

But straight out of PC avi... Nope...

I WANT an EpikCase for me N97m, no dice... Closest I got is a Capdase soft jacket advanced2 - feels close to the Epik, though ONLY available in black + transparent front plate (me want full trans)...