Comments on: Nokia N95 8GB latest firmware Version 20.0.016 solves video Recording and Memory Access issues

By: samuel

samuel — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:08:20 +0000

amharic language interface dawnlode

By: Firelogic

Firelogic — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:17:04 +0000

I don’t think Nokia PC suite is very reliable in that matter. i tried it several times and it crashed on me.
Do we know of any utility that i can use to externally (from my PC) see the phone memory (not just card) and take a full snapshot of all the files there?

By: Kanak Bhandari

Kanak Bhandari — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:55:17 +0000

yeah firelogic , I think you can take a backup using Nokia PC suite and then restore the same …

By: Firelogic

Firelogic — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:11:34 +0000

I have to take mine to the service provider whenever i want to upgrade the firmware in order to maintain my warranty. say, is there a way to take some sort or snapshot or image the phone memory so i can put it all back after the upgrade without reinstalling everything. (maybe i asked this question once but i don’t remember the answer? they don’t make memory for my brain anymore. old model).

10x
FL

By: Kanak Bhandari

Kanak Bhandari — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:02:38 +0000

great Toby,
Things will be fine now … N95 firmware comes with loads of bug fixes… and overall speed will be great…

Have fun with N95.. its indeed a great phone.

By: Kanak Bhandari

Kanak Bhandari — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:01:15 +0000

@firelogic,
I beg to differ here, The programs should be installed in mass memory. Accessing time doesnt matter coz the phone is capable of reading the memory at that pace.
Its always advisable to keep the phone memory empty so that the overall performance of phone is at pace. Normally, many programs use phone memory for temporary storage and hence if your phone memory is already low, it will result the phone to hang and stutter more.
Consider it like your OS. If your C drive( in which OS is installed) goes low on memory , your overall desktop system becomes slow coz of low memory. Hence better option is to keep the phone memory free so that the phone perform at optimal speed.

Cheers !!

By: Firelogic

Firelogic — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:36:55 +0000

it may sound crazy, but if you think the problem is in the mass memory, why not plug your phone to the PC and run defrag?
personally i prefer “Diskeeper” because i believe MS defrag doesn’t do the job, but i don’t think you have anything to lose. (make a backup first. just in case)

also, apps that run from the mass memory run slower because of access times. if you have one of those run in the background then the whole device will be affected. i have a personal rule, to install all the applications i can on phone memory and leave the mass memory for data (pics, videos, music etc.)

just my 0.02$
FL

By: Toby

Toby — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:32:16 +0000

Hi there Kanak, well the re format seems to have worked, Thanks.the phone may have been struggling with a file structure set out by the old firmware, it did have about 6Gb of music on it, no applications though. just incredibly slow at accessing the mass storage. video seems to work now, and the music player found the 1 song quickly! I guess time will tell!

By: Kanak Bhandari

Kanak Bhandari — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:34:00 +0000

@toby
As for me ..all the major problems got solved with firmware upgrade. The phone is fast and video saving takes maximum of 5 sec for 15-20 minute video recorded at 30fps at VGA. May be you should format the mass memory..I think that should solve the issues … Sometimes if you install loads of untrusted programs ..it is likely to corrupt memory and hence formatting is the only solution.

Good Luck

By: Toby

Toby — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:20:29 +0000

Hi there, I have just updated my N95 8GB with 2.0.016 but it’s still having quite major problems, memory addressing the mass storage is very slow, video still jumpy, music player takes minuets to open files….. etc etc. was thinking of re-formatting mass memory, anyone tried this? could try re installing the update? ideas? Thanks