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Video How to: Redownload Applications from the Ovi Store  (and other content!) version 1.05 (387)

Video How to: Redownload Applications from the Ovi Store (and other content!) version 1.05 (387)

| October 29, 2009 | Reply

Advertisements Redownloading lost content from the Ovi Store was once a major hurdle. From not being able to at all to having to contact support to email you back with a 2-hour window in which you can download  your app. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogexvJI6EY8] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogexvJI6EY8 Via NokiaConversations Now (as it should have been all along)  you can redownload […]

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How to: Replace camera lens cover for your Nokia N97

How to: Replace camera lens cover for your Nokia N97

| August 17, 2009 | Reply

The Nokia N97 has a major design flaw in its lens cover. Get a tiny bit of dust trapped in it, and it’s rendered useless. Worse, if that trapped particle is hard enough, sliding the lens cover will scratch your N97 so your pictures become tainted (particularly when flash is on) You can attempt to […]

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How to: Improving the menu layout of your N97 for faster application access

How to: Improving the menu layout of your N97 for faster application access

| July 29, 2009 | 12 Replies

Wrote this post a few weeks back but somehow never got round to ‘publishing’ it. After deep resetting the N97 and finding out “restore from memory card” did not restore my menu layout (as it did on 3rd edition), I got stuck in using the old S60 default menu layout, which was/is a pain! S60 […]

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How to: Ultimate calibration method for your Nokia N97's compass (side issue with N97 not getting GPS fix at all)

How to: Ultimate calibration method for your Nokia N97's compass (side issue with N97 not getting GPS fix at all)

| July 22, 2009 | 15 Replies

One of Mark Guim’s readers, RobertH, may have found the best solution for calibrating the Nokia N97. We’ve previously seen the Symbian World guys’ “wrist twist”, allowing compass calibration within 3 seconds. Later, Mark found a more subtle calibration method – but that required turning auto rotate off, which I was not prepared to be […]

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How to: Hard reset your Nokia N97

How to: Hard reset your Nokia N97

| July 18, 2009 | 1 Reply

If you’re unfortunate enough to encounter a problem on your Nokia N97, a hard reset maybe what you need to do. This wipes the entire phone memory and settings fresh to how it was (or should be) when you bought it. It’s also useful if you’re also unfortunate enough to have to send away your […]

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How to: Calibrating the Nokia N97's compass in 3 seconds.

How to: Calibrating the Nokia N97's compass in 3 seconds.

| July 12, 2009 | Reply

The Nokia N97 has a compass mainly for rotating your maps to align with the roads/surroundings as you turn your phone. It doesn’t rotate instantly towards north like a real compass – and so, needs a bit of calibration, which according to the manual, the method is to swing your phone in an 8-shape like […]

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