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Nokia N8 tested camera parameter ISO - 100 (LOW), 400 (MID), 800 (HIGH) Shutter Speed - 1/15 secs (MIN), 1/4973 secs (MAX) Aperture - F2.8 (FIXED)
Digital Camera class (10MP)- Canon’s s90 Digital Camera - 1/1.7
Smartphone class (12MP)-Nokia N8 - 1/1.83 (12MP)- Sony Ericsson Satio– 1/2.5″ (12MP)- Samsung Pixon12 – 1/2.5″ (8MP)- Nokia N86 8MP – 1/2.5″ (8MP)- Sony Ericsson Vivaz – 1/3.2″ (5MP) - Iphone 4 - 1/3.2"
The lower the number the better.
The size of a camera sensor will have a big impact on the quality of your pictures. The lens gathers light and directs it towards the sensor, and the sensor records the light to create the image. Large sensor produces better images
All things being equal, a larger sensor will receive more light than a smaller one, and produce better images. This is especially important in low light photography.
When light levels are low, a smaller sensor will generate a higher amount of noise, which will decrease the quality of the images. This is why the best low-light setups include a camera with a large sensor (usually a
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1.Insert SIM and Memory Cards
2.Use the touchscreen
3.Make a call
4.Make a video call
5.Set up social networks
6.Multitask
7.Take pictures
8.Personalise your phone
9.Connect to a TV
10.Save your battery
11.Browse the web
12.Watch Web TV
Hang and Dead Issue
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If ever your N8 failed to boot up (mean pressing the power button but no response), do as follow:
1. Verify is it a SW hang by long press the power button >7.5 seconds to force shutdown the N8. This is for SW hang scenario 2. Plug in the charger and wait for AT LEAST 15 minutes, then try to boot up. This is for depleted battery scenario 3. Plug in the USB (connect the phone through USB to the PC), wait for a minute then un-plug the USB (repeat a few times would help), then try to boot up. This is for weird "DEAD N8" scenario
From experience, the N8 can't be Hard Reset once it's failed to boot up normally or so call "DEAD N8".
credit to sklchan
How to Sign App?
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1st u need a cer. and key. file ( u get it from the link given)
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If you felt your browser is sluggish when surfing heavy websites like Engadget, here is what you need to do
1. Open the Nokia stock browser 2. Go to Options and select Settings 3. Then go to General and disable Java/ECMA script 4. Go back and surf the websites like Engadget (or other heavy websites), check any differences
This is due to JavaScript unable to process flash, and other features of the web perfectly. You turn these off, you can browse with ease
N8 AMOLED Screen Power Usage Table
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Lost your Ovi Map?
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No worries. Here are the step to overcome it:
1. Install the latest Ovi Suite to your PC/Mac 2. Connect your N8 to your PC and set your connection to Ovi Suite [Activate] 3. Then, open your PC and start connected. Once connected, Click the Map icon 4. Choose the country map you want to download and click Download 5. Finish download, and then unplug your phone and test the Ovi Map, check if the map is there or not. 6. Then you're ready to go
How to take great pictures for beginners
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As a beginner, we know how bad we take pictures. Here are the tips to get things right.
1. Learn the curve, functions of the camera inside the N8, get to understand the scene mode, flash mode, exposure, white balance, light sensitivity, contrast. 2. Then, take alot of pictures with different light sensitivity, exposure or other settings. Compare the pictures. This is basically trial and error. 3. Next, take alot of pictures with different angle, positions and distance and scenery. Try with different setting as well. Compare the pictures, and choose the best among the best 4. Finally, share the best pictures with your friends.
It will take some time to learn, even professional DSLR user choose the best pictures from alot shot that have taken. Some video to share
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New Camera Quality & Sound Mods, please read through before use any of the mods
This mods are modify from hyperX camera mod:
Camera Mod HQ.sis: 1. video 864x480 change 25FPS to 30FPS 2. photo quality: high quality change from 85 to 100 3. photo quality: mid quality change from 75 to 85 4. photo quality: low quality change from 60 to 75 5. photo estimate size update to reflect more accurate file size 6. photo capture profiles update, remove 1152x864 profile from low/mid quality, included 4000x2248 and 4000x3000 profile into low/mid quality. 7. Disable camera focus/shutter sound when silent profile or warning tone off selected
Camera Mod MQ.sis: 1. video 864x480 change 25FPS to 30FPS 2. photo quality: high quality change from 85 to 95 3. photo quality: mid quality change from 75 to 85 4. photo quality: low quality change from 60 to 75 5. photo estimate size update to reflect more accurate file size 6. photo capture profiles update, remove 1152x864 profile from low/mid quality, included 4000x2248 and 4000x3000 profile into low/mid quality. 7. Disable camera focus/shutter sound when silent profile or warning tone off selected
Camera Mod LQ.sis: 1. video 864x480 change 25FPS to 30FPS 2. photo quality: high quality change from 85 to 90 3. photo quality: mid quality change from 75 to 85 4. photo quality: low quality change from 60 to 75 5. photo estimate size update to reflect more accurate file size 6. photo capture profiles update, remove 1152x864 profile from low/mid quality, included 4000x2248 and 4000x3000 profile into low/mid quality. 7. Disable camera focus/shutter sound when silent profile or warning tone off selected
Camera Mod Restore.sis: 1. Will restore back the Original N8 default camera setting.
Installation Steps: 1. Download the attached .zip 2. Extract the zip file 3. Sign the .sis it with your own cert 4. Install and have fun!! 5. If want to change the level of quality fix, uninstall the previous mods then intall the prefer mods then restart. 6. For restoration, uninstall all the mods then install the "Camera Mod Restore.sis" to restore back the original camera setting.
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Ok, sometime you have difficulties connecting 3G and wifi with your phone and you're opt to use desktop instead to download. Here are some tips of how to download apps using your desktop Download apps. from Ovi store using desktop browser
How to type SMS fast
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to type sms really fast on landscape mode. Leave the prediction on and at high for text correction level and bang~ you just type and it'll try to predict the words you type out even though you typed it really
wrong. at landscape mode > click the settings > input options > settings > word auto-completion OFF, Text correction level HIGH, text correction mode SHOW SUGGESTED.
Credit: gigohlo
How to check GPRS/EDGE/3G networks data usage
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Luckily for us, symbian platform is backward compatible. I manage to find an app used for E71 previously to calculate data usage over GPRS/EDGE/3G networks only (wifi not included). This is way better than
Nokia N8 Screen Test (Dark Blend and Dark "Stains" during AMOLED near turn OFF mode)
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All, attached here the Screen Test color cards which use to check the Nokia N8 AMOLED screen quality.
1. Extract the .zip and it contain 16 color cards with below setting, all are in 360x640 resolution:
01. ST BLACK-00.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 000000. 02. ST BLACK-01.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 010101. 03. ST BLACK-02.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 020202. 04. ST BLACK-03.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 030303. 05. ST BLACK-04.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 040404. 06. ST BLACK-05.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 050505. 07. ST BLACK-06.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 060606. 08. ST BLACK-07.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 070707. 09. ST BLACK-08.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 080808. 10. ST BLACK-09.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 090909. 11. ST BLACK-10.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 0A0A0A. 12. ST BLACK-11.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 0B0B0B. 13. ST BLACK-12.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 0C0C0C. 14. ST BLACK-13.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 0D0D0D. 15. ST BLACK-14.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 0E0E0E. 16. ST BLACK-15.bmp are a pure black card where the RGB setting are 0F0F0F.
2. Open these files with the default photo viewer.
3. Go into an enclose place (total darkness needed) wait for a while (to let our eyes get use to the darkness) and view into the phone screen.
4. From what I've observed the phone AMOLED will start to turn off start at "ST BLACK-04.bmp", "ST BLACK-03.bmp", "ST BLACK-02.bmp", "ST BLACK-01.bmp",
"ST BLACK-00.bmp".
5. The screen dark "stains" will sufface as well during these few color cards.
6. Start from "ST BLACK-05.bmp" onward the dark "stains" will be not so visible.
7. All these have to be done in total darkness room as these defective "stains" are not visible at all when the surrounding are bright.
After you seen these result DO NOT simply bash N8 straight away as we're not sure why/how the AMOLED display technology work and how it perform on other
devices. Anyone can use these color cards to verify on others AMOLED display devices as well...
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*#0000# - Entering this code gives the firmware version of your phone’s software.Check your firmware version and make sure that you have the latest updated firmware.Newer firmware is made in order to rectify bugs and provide new features.
*#06# - IMEI(International Mobile Equipment Identity)Number – IMEI number is like Finger print.Each mobile phone has a unique IMEI number.
*#7780# - This code restores the original factory settings without affecting any of your files.It is also called soft reset.
*#7370# - This code will completely format your phone deleting all your files.It will take your software to the same state, as you first received your phone.Use this code only if something wrong happens with your phone’s software like virus attack.It is also called hard reset.
*#2820# – This code tells your device’s bluetooth ID.It can be used for manually adding bluetooth devices.
*#62209526# - Shows MAC address of the WLAN adapter.This will be useful while connecting to internet through your phone’s Wifi connection.
*#92702689# – Life Timer – Shows total call minutes since very first call.
01. During conversation in a call, the hand free speaker suddenly when ON.(PENDING) - please ensure your face is not off the screen as this will trigger the approx sensor OFF and screen turn back active. - try to re-produce the error if it start to happen by NOT reboot or do anything, just direct make another call and try to simulate it back (report if you success to confirm the bug).
03. Default browser randomly crash and causing an auto soft reboot.(CONFIRMED) - when surfing mostly on those heavy site the browser will crash for no reason (confirm not cause by low resource). - try disable the "Java/ECMA script" might help on some heavy scripted pages.
04. Call Logs missing even set to keep for 30 days.(PENDING) - Logs over flooded by network connection logs. - Logs having limited overall entry although set to keep for 30 days.
This post has been edited by sklchan: Nov 4 2010, 01:44 AM
i know, i am just letting secret paladin and leo know, that normal users wont even be bothered with firmware upgrades, hence initial stable firmware is very important from what i see, and secret paladin is argueing BuFung's complain regarding this matter info iphone's overhype overprice? that's totally irrelevant IMO if you see properly, all he was trying to say is Android, BB, iOS have stable firmwares at launch compared to Nokia phones, where Leo keep argueing that there will be upgrade to fix..and secret paladin is off topic
i'm VERY bother with fw updates... poor me i'm ABNORMAL...
same here, most the time just plug in and copy to N8 straight when i was using it last time
i use bt most of the time in office as only small file involved and malas mau take keluar my N8 from the pocket and connect using cable... when connected all incoming call, sms can view directly from my lappy... also sending sms can direct type from laptop as well, cool features as i can say... but the ovi suite kanasai not soo stable so i'm still using the pc suite...
btw, we all are, but we are just 1% of the total user, there are another 99% of them out there, and i bet 80% wont be bothered with firmware...so they will just suffer from hang/crash/restarts even when the latest firmware fixed them...to those that think firmware update is soo natural that everyone is doing it, i can tell you, no, not at all, that's just your own imagination
hehe... my wife is the one... she never bother apa saja fw... all she know is download theme pack from ovi store.... LOL if i wanna update her 5530 she will stare at me and say DONT SPOIL my phone ahh...
it seems that my call log has some problem..it didnt record my previous calls. it just shown today's call..help~
it's known issues... u need a proper 3g dataplan setting (so the wifi wont trigger for connection every minute) so the connection logs wont be floated...
from what i've observed... the Log is overflooded... no matter u set it to 30days or not... how this happen i've explain before:
1. when u dont have proper dataplan the phone will keep trying to connect to the net 2. and when u set ur default wifi point then it will keep triggering the wifi connection (of coz all in the background) EVERY SINGLE MINUTE!! 3. so in 1 hour u will have 60 logs inputs... and within a day u will have 1440 logs input 4. then all your important call/misscall/received call logs will flushed out from the logs... 5. but if u have proper dataplan... once it's connected it will stop triggering the wifi connection (checked actually NOT MUCH data flow when connected for >10hours just about ~200kb total data flow through the 3g internet)
I've try whatever i know lah to disable those wifi connection thing (when still dont have dataplan) but as i can tell u "I BODOH SANGAT & FAILED"...
This post has been edited by sklchan: Oct 29 2010, 06:10 PM
only sklchan can post bah..he's the only one that knows what's happening?
i too noob to sreen capture... ok try below and u will see it happen to urs N8 or not:
1. go to connectivity destination 2. delete ur 3g internet (later can set back with phone setup wizard) 3. left only your wifi within the internet destination 4. reboot 5. now open Log, and clear it (YES CLEAR IT) 6. walk out your house (YES WALK AWAY) where sure no wifi able to connect (better still go out yum cha for ~1 hour) 7. now open Log and see got wifi connection triggering or not (if not then u LUCKY B*TCH) 8. if yes then u will see the whole list is wifi logs 9. open them 1 by 1 and check the time stamp. 10. if u not the lucky B*tch then u will see each every entry are triggering EVERY MINUTE SHARP!!...
okliao boh... tired typing liao lah... tangan lenguh sudah...
Added on October 29, 2010, 6:43 pm
QUOTE(hangy2k @ Oct 29 2010, 06:39 PM)
there is a recent calls function in the log to filter out all the missed call, received call and dialled number, all your call/misscall/received call will still be there no matter how many log entry in the log list view
hehe u ingat i'm soo dumb donno that kah?? it ONLY filter for VIEW and it's not filter what to be log and what's not to... when the Log is flooded NON of ur old call log will be inside the log list...
This post has been edited by sklchan: Oct 29 2010, 06:43 PM
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