Nokia 8800
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- Anonymous
- jKr
- 18 Sep 2006
how would i check the firmware myself on this phone??
- N
- Nikoz
- nsL
- 17 Sep 2006
it is very easy: *#0000# and you are ready...
- ?
- Anonymous
- jKr
- 17 Sep 2006
how would i check the firmware myself on this phone???
- P
- Peter
- myr
- 16 Sep 2006
to CELTIC:
Thanks a lot, I will do that and hopefully will help to expand the battery time.
Peoples do that and thanks everybody to Celtic, and stop complainig whitout the knowledge. Everybody who just complainig and they dont know anything about the problem are idio.s
:-)
- C
- Celtic
- L55
- 16 Sep 2006
Peter:
Thanks a lot for your comment.
My best advice is to charge for the first time with the phone turned off ot even better to take the battery out of the phone and charge it with the desktop charger included in the box.
If you have a battery that is not working properly and not too old, it is possible to refresh it by letting it drain completely, until the phone turns off and then do a first time charge. After a few cycles, the battery should regain most of the initial capacity.
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- nEQ
- 16 Sep 2006
This phone (with o2) is £424.99 (to buy full price in-contract) and from what I've heard, it's not even worth £150. For what it is, it's a bit of an anti-climax. 1.3MP Camera, bad battery life, almost no talk-time... Why would you even bother?!?!
- P
- Peter
- iIR
- 16 Sep 2006
to Celtic
Thanks a lot for explanation. One more question. It means that first time I need to charge battery when is phone turn off or doesnt matter and the phone can be turn on? Once again thank you and have a nice day
- N
- Nikoz
- nsL
- 16 Sep 2006
I’m agreeing with Chez and Celtic…I did his with my 8800 and now I have about two days with one of the batteries only. People; please spend some time to explore what you have to do with your phone in order to set up your mobile properly and complain…to me 8800 is the best phone money can buy
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- Anonymous
- jKr
- 16 Sep 2006
In other words u flush out the battery, so it could last longer.
- C
- Celtic
- 4m{
- 16 Sep 2006
Peter:
The system works this way. When the new battery comes out of the factory, needs a special charge time to prepare the cells to operate at full charge. The whole life of the battery depends on this first charge.
Phones and desktop chargers have a safety function to prevent the battery to be overcharged and works stopping fast charge when the battery reaches 90%, at this moment you will receive a complete charge notification, the remaining 10% will be charged in a slow charge cycle that can take several hours, when the battery reaches 100% the device will stop sending electricity to the battery.
The initial 10 hours cycle is intendes to let the battery to charge at full and then permit the sensors to establish the real limit of it.
- P
- Peter
- iIR
- 15 Sep 2006
To Chez... Hi
I have been told by N8800 care line that phone has got a function when is battery full charge it`s stop charging and phone does not let you over charge battery. My question then is what is the point to keep phone in charger for 10 hours if is not charging anyway? Thanks for answer
- C
- Chez
- 5$4
- 15 Sep 2006
Lots of people saying the battery is poor which isnt the case.
The battery needs to be charged for 10 hours before the phone is switched on for the very first time. If not the phone will assume that the battery is at full power. This means that when you charge it, it will only charge to the power level that the battery was at when you first turned it on.
So if the battery only had 50% charge when first switched on, you will only ever have 50% charge (because the phone thinks its full). Thats why the battery seems poor
Not sure why this happens but was told this by a senior member of nokias tech team.
I charged both batteries for 10 hours when i first got my 8800 (which was fustrating cause i just wanted to switch it on and have a play)and my battery life is really good. I would say im a medium user and get a good 3 days between charges.
If you have a 8800 and havent done this (and your battery life is poor) there is nothing you can do except buying a new one!
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- Anonymous
- jKr
- 15 Sep 2006
how would i check what fireware my phone has??
- J
- Jogn Doe
- mXx
- 14 Sep 2006
this whole 'dead pixel' business is rubbish... my phone is 12 months old and i use the power saver mode with the clock showing and i dont have any dead pixels, neither do i have any 'ghost images' of the clock display when i use the phone again. dont worry- i know 5 people with this phone also and they dont have these problems either.
if you really dont want the power saver mode then just turn it off- very simple
go to settings, then to 'display' , scroll down to power saver option and turn it off.
thats it.
ps - 12 months on and i still love this phone. lots of scratches and battle scars now, but it just adds to the character of the phone!
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- Anonymous
- jKr
- 14 Sep 2006
how would i check what fireware my phone has??
- C
- Celtic2039
- 4m{
- 14 Sep 2006
Perhaps you haven't noted yet, but this phone is so well built that Nokia covers it with a TWO years guarantee and a piority customer service. This means that this model was built to last.
- k
- kami
- iIR
- 13 Sep 2006
mr certik got 8800,must be a kool set as it keeps him quite busy
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- Alex
- FKq
- 13 Sep 2006
What is the EFR code for this phone? the normal *3370# doesn't work
also, I'm fearing the dead pixel syndrome, the power save mode doesn't have the time bar move ... *scared* how do I fix please before it strikes!
- c
- chez
- 5$4
- 11 Sep 2006
All these comments are insane.
Look, if you want to take photo's, buy a camera.
If you want to listen to tunes, buy an ipod.
Everyone needs to rmember that this is a PHONE, which is used to talk to people.
People who slate this phone are just bitchin about it because they cant afford one, also those of you who have brought one and are then moaning about the spec........ well you should have checked it out on this site before you parted with your hard earned cash.
This is a great phone!
- P
- Pet
- iIR
- 11 Sep 2006
I have got my few days. Is crab with features, but i used it as speare phone because of good look.