if you got time, try take a few shots.. all the stars will be at the same spot..

The dots in both pix appeared exactly at the same position. It's not noise or strayed light.. They tend to get lesser at higher ISO when the compression tend to blurs out the dots.. Problem is if you use auto mode in indoor like shopping malls where it is considerably bright the camera will choose between ISO100 to ISO200 then spots will appear all over if you look carefully enough.. When shooting outdoor and if the affected area tend to be shadow or dark area also it will appear. Okay, this is toooo extreme already. Most people doesn't care too much bout the camera and say it's just a phone but hey you paid for the 8MP haha. oh well, cheap manufacturing of the N86 cmos sensor............

This post has been edited by BingYao: Feb 14 2010, 06:56 PM

Actually frankly, no one will snap ISO100 in dark condition. My point is the CMOS sensor is a junk.. Got chance must find out if sony erricsson and samsung got such problem or not.. The camera software should at least detect these hot spots and remove it during processing. Better still include a remapping software but this is never seen on a phone haha.

This post has been edited by BingYao: Feb 14 2010, 07:02 PM

Wait for few more member to contribute some pictures then we can come up with a conclusion. When taken at high ISO with lens covered won't have the galaxy one.. Mind you the galaxy does appear in normal photos just that you won't put your head close to the monitor enough to notice.. Nothing to do with the aperture, definitely the cmos sensor.

This post has been edited by BingYao: Feb 14 2010, 09:25 PM

Let's protest. Nokia give us lousy CMOS sensors!! We don't wan stars..

Can we have more people contributing dark frame photos??

Conclusion, the image sensor does have dead spots all over (galaxy). v11 will remove the spots during processing while V21 will remain at ISO100 but removed at ISO400..

Ken send me his shot, also galaxy. He using v21. no point uploading the pix. so how? a high end camera phone with crappy sensor covered by camera software..

This post has been edited by BingYao: Feb 17 2010, 11:54 PM

KnY don't have galaxy haha. what the f.

Sighs, even if you claim warranty they can't do anything. My camera is new replaced by nokia also got galaxy. Only the firmware update can remove.. Not remove is hide.

Just one silly question, doubt I get any answers. Will leaving the slider opened for too long make the slider loose? haha

For those who crazy bout their N86. I found this on other forum. Since cant post forum link I'll directly post the link..

service manual level 1 + 2
http://rapidshare.com/files/256508199/Noki...l_L1L2_v1.0.zip

service manual level 3+4
http://rapidshare.com/files/256514690/N86_...SM_L3_4_N86.zip

Schematics.
http://rapidshare.com/files/256502081/N86_Schem.zip

Just for knowledge, don't screw up your phone.. Seems like the galaxy problem is known as normal!
Budingyun was right, nokia care does use phoenix software.
No clue bout the cacat dpad.

This post has been edited by BingYao: Feb 20 2010, 12:46 PM

Are you using digi? If yes there is a switch phonebook function. Switch to an empty phonebook slot, copy all contacts to sim. Put sim in new phone and copy back to phone contacts..

muh_is if wanna buy spare battery might as well go for sun global.. cheap only.. finally message from you funeralofheart, later show some pix with phone in it.. thanks

Energy profiler is monitoring software, doesnt improve battery life by any mean.. Im really interested in sunglobal too, 1800. but will it harm my phone? doubt it would but.. dun feel like ditching my ori battery

Got, please try look few pages back. Someone posted the patch. Its just a very small patch. After install, set to silent tone and no camera sound. Google mute-camera

Wobbly in what sense? The slider?

Errrrm. wobbly? how wobbly? hardly ever use the kickstand.. its just a piece of plastic. nothing much to be wobbly.
Come to think of it, the longer you use the phone, the slider become looser....

This post has been edited by BingYao: Feb 27 2010, 06:31 PM

The heating issue might be due to a badly written camera software. I notice it heats up when you snap a photo, then it's in the preview mode and you close the camera cover the soft switch will close the preview mode but left the camera running in background.. That will drain the battery till its dead.. Using capdase elminate the wobbly feeling actually.

Wah, did you ask ur friend to pay back? Show some photo how badly the glass got scratched... It's scratch resistant glass not sapphire crystal.. Even a scratch resistant glass on a watch will be scratched by sharp stones..

How ur capdase break? Why u and funeral of heart had broken the capdase weird.... i always take out also didnt break ah