the new v5.30 doesn't auto run TSRautostart.exe and dont have a prob with cardrunner afaik.

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Mar 1 2009, 01:04 AM

yeah use the phone as modem only when it's not charging and for a short while..so the battery lasts longer

you mean that plug in usb then it's charging?

yes in the specs it says that it can be charged with usb but it means that the charger head is not rounded but USB shaped socket. not the normal rounded shaped socket like other nokia chargers.

take note that the usb charging will not work for all computers/laptops ..not sure y though

the pic of the spider close up looks out of focus and isn't focusing on the spider

yes...there are data charges for using a-gps

is there an all black version..the sides are black too??

n82- on of the best 5mp camera and by far has the best xenon flash - xenon uses more batt power but on the other hand it makes up for great shots

n85- one of the best overall phone in nokia but has dual led - dual led uses much less batt but indoor/low light pics will be somewhat not up to digital camera's or n82's standart

yeah video rec at 30fps like on n82 and n95 so it's smooth and great..

but for a 5mp phone n85 doesnt have anything to be ashamed of..its good..

nokia's night mode is only good if you have steady hands and if you got light sources like lamps etc and your hands are shaking it will produce a streaking light effect.

but the built-in led light has no effective use for video recording of far away objects more than 1 metre away... close up video okay lar.

form what i've tested a brigher environment would make the picture size smaller (but of course it's still in a 5mp format) the dimensions WONT be any different from a pic taken in dark/lowlight environment

a darker environment would make the size bigger maybe because the need to capture the details in the dark.

it wont go to 5mb per image.

everyone has to keep in mind that a phone's camera will have certain degree of image compression to reduce the size and thus reduce the time of processing each image.

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Mar 21 2009, 11:51 AM

when i took pics with 5610 i remembered that the pics got smaller as it zoomed more..

but nowadays i didnt zoom because the details will get worser as it zoomes..

im not sure if the smaller pic when zoomed happens to n-series phones..

of course zoomed pictures taken will look nice on the n85 because of the small screen size... but in reality when viewed on a pc the quality will diminish

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Added on March 21, 2009, 11:57 pmthe lcd monitor size is bigger, higher resolution.. n85's 320x240 resolution is small and it also has a small screen so it will look nice on the phone's screen.

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Added on March 21, 2009, 11:58 pmif im not mistaken nokia doesnt have this option.. even on the new fp2

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Mar 21 2009, 11:58 PM

buy a se for a 2nd phone and keep the nokia too..

well, do you have the latest firmware? i would suggest EURO1 firmware. plus you can take silent pics without the shutter sound on.

Ap and ori are different because of their warranties.

try googling it... forums in sites like symbian-freak would have a thread on n85 country codes that include apac and euro codes.

try this site http://www.n95users.com/forum/nokia-n85/19...-codes-n85.html

for a how-to update your phone to another product code see this.. it's basically the same http://www.n95users.com/forum/general-95/8...hange-logs.html

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Added on March 23, 2009, 12:50 amyup ..ur wrong if u have ori avaxx or zitron phone and want to update to another product code such as EURO:

do this steps man..

1. write down your original product code as stated in nemesis.
2. change the product code to another product code such as EURO using nemesis
3. update the phone through nokia software updater
4. after update change the product code back to the original code

extra directions...
5- if you told nokia care that u changed the codes and/or u didnt even think of changing the codes to the original, of course la void..they will be happy to tell u that u screwed up the warranty yourself..


plain and simple..sheesh... this is what booooster means..

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Added on March 23, 2009, 1:01 amim not so sure as to the max volume of n85 having a problem with sound distortion.

but one thing is for sure, an mp3 that even has 320kbps would not promise a better sound than a 128kbps mp3 file.

this is because quite a number of people converted their lower bitrate files like 128kbps to a higher bitrate file and this will never make that mp3 better, it would just make it bigger..

if the original mp3 file or sound file originally has a higher bitrate then it would be logical not to convert it or to convert it to a lower bitrate file to save space.

a misconception explained:

1. converting a lower bitrate mp3 to a higher bitrate WILL NOT improve sound quality
2. a usual 320kbps mp3 WILL NOT PROMISE a better sound quality because of the unknown bitrate of the original format sound
3. a usual mp3 file will pretty much sound the same in the range of 128kbps to even 320kbps. large sized sound files such as flac are formats that will deliver sound quality..but there's not a lot of people that use these formats

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Mar 23 2009, 01:04 AM

you are welcomed. btw try adjusting the equalizer and audio settings like loudness to minimize sound distortion on the speakers. try adjusting it when u use a headphone as well because it may have different effects

it should be better through headphones as with all handphones..

you mean turn it into a TORCH light right? nice. i dont think it will suck a lot of batt power since it's led..