N95 Problems, Repairs and Fixes

Updated: 08 FEB 2012

The screen on my N95 became faulty and needed to be replaced and in the process of trying to find out what was wrong i came across a Fixes that might help people.
If you have found some useful fix's let me know and we can use this space to help others. Opening up your phone will invalidate your warranty and any repairs are done at your own risk if you are unsure i recommend just take it to a Nokia repair centre!

Opening up your Phone will invalidate your warranty!

1. N95 Screen Ribbon Problem
Many people have had problems with their N95 screen, which can invert in colour, appear upside down, the colors can also appear distorted with high pinks greens and finally a multi coloured noise speckle.
The N95 screen is attached to the phone by a Ribbon, on my phone i had to replace the whole screen (with ribbon) but for some people reconnecting the ribbon maybe all that is needed.

My Tips for removing Slider cover
I tried to reset the ribbon but found that it didn't entirely cure my problem , So i took it to a Nokia repair centre who did it free of charge. But in the process i found some useful tips for removing N95 covers.
























A) The Four Screws are located on the underside of the top slider. you will need a Torx6 screwdriver to remove them.(Image 1)
B) To remove the Top Slider cover it helps to gently push one edge inwards as you lift the cover off then push then do the same to the other side. (Image 2)
C) To lift the Button Panel put a small screwdriver in the top righthand corner and pull back.(Image )

















D) The ribbon is the gold like coloured strip and is connected by a Clip which lifts up from the bottom, as Spyda says the clip will move 180 degrees.
E) Now the screen can be removed and replaced or reset.



2. N95 High Pitch Noise Fix.
Well after looking through forum and forum. I realize that the high pitch noise is very common among n95 users and many have send back a few times and still have to same high pitch noise unfix. so instead of sending mine I decited to find out what the problem is myself and found out that it was the screen that is making noise when ever the light turn on (try putting your ear to the back on the screen when you open it, that is where the high pitch come from). So here is what i've done to get rid of the noise. more. . .



3. Fix loose slider
Basically this modification consists of compressing the nylon grooved slider-rail by a fraction, which is all that's needed in even the loosest slider.
The nylon moulding with the groove that locates the sliding rail of the top screen is held in place by a metal bracket on each side of the phone. The following instructions detail how to access this bracket, remove it, modify it and replace it. more . . .
or another basic way here (In Italian)



4. Microphone not working during a call?

Saw this and thought it might be useful.

I’ve seen a few people post on forums to say their microphone appears to be dead when making a call.

A temporary fix until new firmware is released is to turn on the loudspeaker and then switch back

to microphone mode.

This seems to give the phone the kick it needs to get the mic functional.

Currently the problem seems to be isolated to the 10.0.0.18 firmware.

5. Contact name not showing when your phone rings?

There is a simple fix to this particular problem.
On the Nokia N95 (and other Nokia’s) when you have an identical contact in phone memory and also on the SIM card the phone isn’t able to successfully display the contact name when the phone rings.
Delete one of the contacts and you should get the display name back.



6. Unable to play MP3’s or any music files

Some people have reported problems with a corrupted music folder that wont play sounds/music files. There is a solution and it involves tracking down the \Private\100012a5 on the memory card. The file causing all the problems is named something like DBS_101FE031_mcv7.mpd

The simple solution here is to delete the entire \Private\100012a5 folder. You could try just deleting the offending index file, but no guarantee’s as to how that will work.
After you have deleted/removed, be sure to go into music player and refresh your music selection so it can rebuild the index.



7. TV Out - Picture won’t display correctly

If you have a problem with your TV picture out not working properly (rolling or in black and white) on your N95, try this.

Tools
- Settings
- General
- Enhancement
- TV out

Try changing TV System from PAL -> NTSC and vice versa.
You should be rewarded with a more stable picture.



8. Multimedia key not working

If the multimedia key on your N95 has stopped working, you can fix it by doing a simple restart of the phone. Failing this, a hard reset should definitely do the trick.

One reason for this happening is a bug in the clock application, specifically with the recurring alarm. If you set a recurring alarm, once it has activated, the key will no longer be working.
There is also speculation that using photographs taken by the user with the N95 as the background in the multimedia menu, then deleting them, also triggers the bug, but this is yet to be proven.



9. N95 Audio Hiss Fix
I've been chatting to some people who have been having hissing issues through their headset when using their N95’s. I was confused as A LOT of people complained of this, yet my phone didn't seem to have the problem.

After some thinking, a light bulb went off in my head and I realised that I had turned Keypad tones off, as I dont like my phone to beep each time I touch it. Sure enough, when I turned my keypad tones to any level above OFF, the phone would hiss in my ears.

So just a heads up, that this MAY be a fix for the hissing coming from peoples phones. Turn your keypad tones off!



10. #HotKey Fix with Firmware ver.12 Original source: N95 Best Tips and tricks
The #key on most Symbian 60 Phones would switch the phone between the General and Silent modes when held down. Many N95 users found that their phone #key didn't work in this way including mine.
There was a lot of talk about different manufacturing locations being the reason which were later disproved, but i am glad to see that with the Firmware version12 this feature is now working on my phone.


11. Hacking your N95
Firstly i would like to thank TonyJ for highlighting this Feature to me.
It is possible to hack your N95 to:
*Allow unsigned applications
*Allow old applications
*Change default standby applications as well as many other things.
Nokia have known about these issues and released some firmware updates just to close the loop holes allowing people to do this.
Hacking your phone is not an easy process but there are step by step guides offered by many websites. I have avoided hacking after trying a few early hacks that didn't work properly.
But for those who love to customise there phone or who want to avoid the unsigned .sis process this could just what you want.
Here is a YouTube Tutorial which gives you a good idea of what is possible .
Here is a link to Phutse's Weblog where there are tutorials and downloads for tools to hack your phone. The tests were originally on N82 & N73 but they were found to work on N95 too, but this does depend on the firmware you have.

Please Note that Hacking your phone is not easy and could cause problems, that is why i didn't mention it before, You do this at your own risk.
If you have any questions on Hacking please contact the websites directly, I cannot help you on this subject. Enjoy your Hacking !!