does the N85 comes with a TRIAL for Nokia maps voice navigation. If got, how to activate the trial ?

I have garmin mobile XT installed, but i find scrolling through the map is faster with Nokia Maps, so just wanted to try out the Nokia Maps voice navigation.

yah... u can still use Garmin on it.

anyone know if Maxis have a AGPS server ?... if got, wat's the server address ?

currently my phone set to use Nokia AGPS server which is basically useless since we are in malaysia.

does it matter from which supplier if AP ?... mine from UTNT Mobile.

mine with Thai wording.... kena con by my blur case cousin who bought the phone for me. She said got chinese wording... mana tau she cannot tell the difference between thai and chinese...

the thai wordings are very obvious to me, but most of the time, u slide the phone closed, so cannot see at all la...

for those of u who wants to know wat the Thai wordings look like... please refer to attachment


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yah.. it's annoying, but doesn't affect the functionality of the phone... anyway to change the keypads ?

hmm... or get black paint or stickers and just cover the Thai words.

This post has been edited by unitron: Jan 9 2009, 02:57 PM

sorry no way to hack N85 firmware at this moment... actually no way to hack Symbian 9.3 FP2 at the moment... whjch is wat N85 is using

u bought directly from the US seller ?

do u guys have frequent hang issue for this phone ?

firmware v 11.047

aih... nobody else find hang issue for N85 kah.. only me ?

any type of hang at anytime..... on firmware v 11.047

Mine sometimes happen when activating the camera, sometimes when playing games when have to do many repetitive key presses. Quite often occuring.

Depends whether you have A-GPS on or not and are you within range of 3G services. With A-GPS can get a lock less then a minute sometimes.
If you just depend on the internal GPS, then a lock can take from within 3 minutes to even longer. If you are in a moving vehicle sometimes almost impossible to get a lock.

As usual weather, terrain and enclosed area will affect how fast you can get a sattelite lock. Another thing I notice which affect it is also how long since you last turned on the GPS. If you just turned it on get a lock, then later turn it off, if few minutes later you want to use the GPS again, it gets a lock faster if you say did not use it the whole night.

Vint, is your 3G setting correct ? Also is your A-GPS on ?
I assume you are doing it outdoor right ?

Also please verify if you are getting satellite signals using the phone built in system first before u try with Garmin.

Tools --> Connectivity --> GPS Data

Press options and select satellite status, must get blue bars for satellite lock.

aiyoh... no wonder la.... i've already gave advice in earlier post that in a fast traveling vehicle very hard to get satellite lock unless you got a satellite lock earlier. see this is what happens when you don't follow expert advice...

Try to stand still under an open sky.

this is to check if your GPS got problem or not.... if you cannot get a lock standing still under open sky then for sure cannot get lock in moving vehicle.

aiyoh... that's the Nokia Maps la... if you want voice navigation using Nokia Maps (the built in navigation software in ur phone) then u need to pay after that one month free trial.

So most of us using Garmin XT, the better and free alternative to Nokia Maps.

I see a lot of confusion here, this is to clarify for the blur blur sotongs and noobs here...

GPS (also known as integrated GPS) = this is the hardware on your phone being able to receive position information from the GPS satellites.

A-GPS = assisted GPS, also hardware based, being able to use information from ur network provider (maxis, digi, celcom, etc) base stations via 3G/gprs to assist (hence the name) for ur gps to get faster satellite lock.

Nokia Maps = software in the phone which interface with the gps chip (hardware) in your phone for location and navigation purposes.

Garmin XT = 3rd party software, free and better ..

So both hardware and software work together.... do not confuse one with the other. Using your PC as an example Windows / Linux /Mac DOES NOT EQUAL Intel/AMD

This post has been edited by unitron: Jan 23 2009, 12:08 PM

don't think so, this should be the built-in speaker quality..