Best Tips and tricks for Nokia N95

Classic/ Mobile/ Download BookMarkI have created a list of N95 Best tips and tricks for this phone after being disappointed with other Internet articles on customising your N95. If you have any other tips i haven't mentioned let me know and I'll add them to the list. I hope you enjoy this N95 Blog and find them useful.

First if you want to get the best from your phone READ THE HANDBOOK!
The N95 is a Symbian 60 phone like the N73, N80 and N70 before it and so some of the tips are based on ideas from these phones.Some of the tips will also work for Nokia Symbian 60 phones like N90, N91, E61 and the E70.

I have used Freeware applications for the N95 and avoided shareware although there is a lot out there.

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I have created two N95 icons for your computer,
A Silver and Black version. They are both in 3 formats XP/Vista/Mac.
download Silver download Black

Tutorials: I have created tutorial pages and links to other tutorials. Click on the image to view tutorial.

Top Tips

1.Get Rid of your operator logo easily! ***Changes 04/02/2009***
The website listed below is now unavailable and therefore the tip does not work, If the website is reinstated i will post the new links.
All networks make it difficult to remove the operator logo from the Inactive background screen. It is possible to remove it using S60 freeware FExplorer but its a real pain and quite frankly unnecessary, the easiest way is to download a blank logo from a website like http://www.free-ringtones-free-logos.com/ its not free but only costs the price of text and lets face it most of us with N95 will have plenty of free texts. Type in blank logo in the search box on the left of the web page and follow the instructions, When the blank is sent to you save it and your logo will disappear. This works for all Nokias from 6230i to N95. I have found that i have to sent texts to both numbers shown on the page, which seems to be a ploy to get u to send 2 texts, but its by far the easiest way to remove the logo.

2. Themes
There are three basic ways to get more and better themes for your N95.

A) You can download free themes from websites like
Mobile9 Zedge Symbian themes Rannat BabiNokia Mmc Forums

B) You can create your own themes free online with
Ownskin.com
Its completely free and makes creating themes pretty easy, you can upload your picture, change the colours of the text and battery bars etc. under the advanced options. It creates a .sis file which you can send to your phone via cable etc. You can also share your theme with other users. Its an easy way to make themes, and well worth trying, though i do find it a bit basic

C) I have made a tutorial for creating themes with the Nokia carbide theme program, which deals with creating transparent navi panes, and handle key pair certificates.
To view the tutorial click here.
Well the best way make your own themes is with Nokia's free software. Its not the easiest program to use but once you have mastered it its pretty simple, my advise is start with the default theme and just alter the active /inactive background. Use the Nokia PC suite to transfer the .sis file to your phone
Series-60-theme-studio.en.softonic.com/symbian
This link above has more details on the Theme Studio.
Nokia forum general info on theme creating
Getting Started is the basic starter guide


3. Symbian 60 3rd Edition Freeware
There are a few feature missing in symbian phones as far as i am concerned.There is no stopwatch and the calculator is disgusting and no torch! so download some freeware for your phone. I really don't like "shareware" so i have concentrated on freeware

Tevero Stopwatch
Finally a freeware Stopwatch for N95 !! It doesnt look as "pretty" as other non freeware apps. but it works well, and was designed for low power use, You need to download the Jar/Jad file zip file and Install to your phone via pc. Install from the .Jad file.







TalkTimer
This works as a Stopwatch, with very big numbers, but was not designed as a full stopwatch, it only shows Minutes and Seconds, and the sound timer function doesn't work properly, but it's an alternative never the less.






Calcium s60
A good calculator is Calcium, It looks great and works well, my favourite






cCalc
For a scientific calculator get









XCalc
Another Calculator, not so simple to use but (note the equals button is Options/Calc) but has other features including Trigonometric functions and graphs, Don't ask me what they mean, I don't know.





SpotOn
Want a torch? well not really a torch just uses the white backlight, but its pretty bright at night,






Dictionary
For a Dictionary, try







Screenshot
For a screenshot, try









Divx Player
To play .AVI video files rather than the mp4.Tutorial for creating .AVI video files here






Y-Browser
For viewing files not shown by the Standard Phone's File manager. Essential if you want to change your Phone's Font etc.







4. Keypad shortcuts
If you have read your handbook then you shouldn't need this one but useful shortcuts are:
Hold down Right navigation key to launch Voice commands (based on contacts name or application name)
Hold down the Multimedia key to start Music player
Hold down the Menu key to start Application manager

5. Sent Message Info / Received report
If you want to know when someone has received your text message on their phone use this code start your message with *0# This is similar to "Delivery Reports" feature available on most phones but you will receive a details text rather than a confirmation note on screen.It will not show up on their message and a text will be sent to your phone when it has arrived in theirs. Best to leave a space before you start your first word in the message. You wont know when they read the message but you will know when they received it!
NOTE : This feature has only been tested on UK phones Networks.

6.MP3 & Album Art
The N95 has a really good MP3 player with an 8 band graphic equaliser, loudness function, stereo speakers and of course the 3.5mm headphone socket that means you can use your normal headphones. The phone also can hold memory card to a least 4GB which makes for a very useful MP3 player, so take advantage of this feature and get yourself a good memory card.

Album Art
There are two ways to show Album Art on MP3 files.
1)To embed your MP3 album with an image tag, This works fine if you are transferring an Cd or downloaded Album. You will a program to embed your MP3, i recommend Mp3tag.
You can download it from Pcsos Freeware page


To learn how to easily import image tags to Mp3 files click here.
You can also use WMP11 to embed Album art into MP3 files transfer.

2) You can manually add Album Art to albums, but you can only add Artwork to individual tracks or Albums not playlists or Artists. The advantage of using this manual system is that you can create or edit your own image rather than the original Album cover artwork. First create album art images 160px X 160px (smaller images are degraded when viewed, around 20Kb size).Transfer to phone.
Select: MusicPlayer/MusicMenu/Albums/(ie)TheStrokes/Options/AlbumArt/Options/Change/ Select Image/Yes(for all songs in the Album)

Mp3 Ringtones and Message tones editing
If you want to make music clips from MP3's the best freeware program is



I have created a Tutorial on making Mp3 Music Ringtones/ Message tones here.

You can download it from the PCSOS freeware page link at the top of this blog. It's a brilliant tool to cut up any music or sound clip, so u can make a ringtone of text message sound.
screenshot:









What's your message tone? we've all got our favourites. Ive found some cool websites with free sounds everything from StarWars, Homer Simpson to alligator grumbles.

Movie Wav Simpson Crazy FindSounds Amazing Sounds

SimplytheBest Ultrasonic Ringtones RetroJunk

You can save most of the MP3 files directly to your PC or Use Rightmouse and select "Save Link As" then save to your desktop. You can use the "Super" freeware program (in section 13. on MP4) to convert .wav files into MP3's.


7. Google earth and GPS
Well I have created 3 tutorials here on:

1) GPS activation on N95
2) Nokia Maps installation and use on N95
3) Mobile GMaps using internal GPS and GoogleMaps

In the detailed tutorials i have found Workarounds for Nokia Maploader v.1.1 XP/Vista errors, Google Images restrictions on MgMaps, and details on how to use the free Nokia Maps.




8. Phone Recommended Settings
Well this may seem obvious, but there a few useful adjustments that i think are worth making to enhance your N95.
a)Turn up your screen brightness to max. It does use more battery but for such a short time that you won't notice. to change settings Go to 'Tools | Settings | General | Personalisation | Display. Adjust to highest setting
b)Turn off Active Standby. I prefer a clean screen so its usually the first thing to go. Tools | Settings | General | standby Mode | Active standby and select Off
c)Turn off the Background video that plays when you use the Media applications, press the multi media key once and select options / background images / and select graphics and select theme


9. Multimedia messages
It is very simple to sort of your Picture messages on your Nokia phone, If you are getting a text message asking you to go to your operator Wap address and view a picture message then you are not set up to receive mms. All you need to do is go to the Nokia website on a PC and activate your phone . They will send you settings via text message which you save. Once you have saved the settings you MUST send one picture message first to activate the system.
Select Step1 Get standard settings from the link
http://www.nokia.co.uk/


10. Using WLAN Wireless connection for the Internet
It is quite simple to use the WLAN wireless connection on your phone. Obviously you will need a wireless router and know any password set. On your phone select Menu, then select your browser Web 'n' Walk (T-mobile) or Opera which ever you have. A message "Connection to server needed, connect?" appears select yes and you should see a list of Access points. Top of the List you should see "Search for WLAN" press yes a list of available networks will appear with a signal strength indicator on the right, select your choice and it will ask you for your password if needed. That's it !
If you don't have the choice of Access points and you connect immediately to WAP then you just need to change it by selecting Options/Settings/General/Access point and select Always ask.
Using the WLAN is faster than WAP and of course free.
NOTE ; Make sure you have turned off your Browser when using WAP connection as you maybe charged extra (depending on your contract) check to see if it is still running by holding down Menu key. If it is then select/open it and under options select exit!


11. Battery Life!
Well by now I'm sure u realise that the battery life on the N95 is pretty poor, Its fine if you only send the occasional text but as a multimedia device! Well its a joke!
There is no way around it find your old N70, N80 chargers and leave one at home,at work, in the car etc
First off don't waste your time buying a slightly larger battery which are available on the Internet,
The N95 comes with a standard BL-5F Li-Ion battery with 950mAh other non Nokia batteries have 1000mAh but this increase in size is so small u will never notice it and more importantly these batteries are mostly Li-Poly and have had problems in the past with exploding!

There are a few good basic tips however to get the best from your battery, Most are common sense but its worth checking you've done them,

1. The best power save is by turning of 3G network searching (based on U.K reception) To do this Tools / Settings / Phone / Network / Network mode, Set to "GSM" not Dual

2. Packet data connection set this to "when needed"Connection" To do this Tools / Settings / Connection / Packet data, Set Packet data connection to "When needed"

3. Wlan scanning, make sure your Wlan scanning is turned off, To do this Tools / Settings / Connection / Wireless Lan / Show WLAN availability , set to "Never", dont worry you can still connect to wireless routers at home, it will do it automatically when you select "web and walk" for example.
If you use Wlan a lot the its a good idea to turn down the Wlan transmit power to 10mW To do this Tools / Settings / connection / Wireless Lan / Options(top left key) / Advanced settings (Ignore the warning select yes) scroll down to TX power level and select 10mW

4. Animated Screensavers, i don't see much point in having them running when your not there anyway, and u can save a bit of battery just selecting Date and time, To do this Tools / Settings / general / Personalisation / Themes / Power saver and select "Date and Time"

5. Reduce screen display times, To do this Tools / Settings / General / Personalisation / Display / Power saver time set to 1 minute (minimum)
Reduce Light time out To do this Tools / Settings / General / Personalisation / Display / light time out, Set to your preference.

6. Turn bluetooth off , Its really easy to turn bluetooth On and Off, just use the preset voice command, just hold down top right key and say "bluetooth" when prompted repeat to turn off, to search for devices you will need to locate the application from the Menu

7. Don't leave applications running by accident, check by holding down Menu key, select the unwanted app. then from the options select exit.

8. Don't leave the camera on unless you are using it, obvious but its better to open /close than leave open.

Thanks to keffa for some good info on battery life.


12. Games, The Best freeware games?
I must admit i don't play games on my N95 that much, i really don't get the time, and i prefer to play on PC when i do play games. I have listed Freeware games which now includes Space Invaders (like), Free flight, Global Race, Chess, Sudoku, Tetris, Same Game, Quake and The Journey.






















































S-Tris 2
Well its Tetris, It got a good options features, You'll need them to stop the awful music. All in all simple fun
Download the S-Tris 2 v1.40 S60 v3 (Symbian 9.1) 240x320 QVGA portrait here










Quake
PC game which is possible to use on N95 but you need follow difficult install directions. If you can get this one to work, i'll be impressed.
Instructions Simply Symbian










RealReplay
This freeware game allows you to create your own race track (by using gps) and race people who are not there? visit there website here all will be revealed.









The Journey S60 3rd Edition
A Virtual Game for N95. Follow the Clues, to solve a Mystery detective style story, you have to actually move around yourself to activate the game??
Download from Official Site here






13. MP4 Video Clips For N95
Converting and transferring Video Clips to your N95 is pretty easy.
1) The first thing you need is a Video clip, this can be an avi, mpeg, wma, vob etc. you may want to edit a dvd to smaller clips but for this you will need to use a dvd ripper, i haven't found any good freeware extractors, i did used Ahead dvd ripper in the past but its not free.
2) Now you need to convert it to MP4 so the N95 can play it. i have found a good freeware program for this though i did have problems in the past with 3gpp clips having problems of lip-sink but it's much better when converting to MP4. The program is
Super



It has detailed settings which you can adjust, my preferred settings are shown below:

Nokia do also have there own video converter called Nokia Video Manager . I haven't tried it, but its basically the same.
3) Now you just need to transfer to your phone , The Nokia PC Suite is pretty good for this, I use the 'File manager' and just 'drag and drop' the MP4 file into my Videos section in my External memory card, as below,



That's IT!, Find the clip in your gallery and enjoy, dont forget you can view clips in full screen by pushing the slider down.





14. Camera Tweaks
Turn Off the Camera Capture tone, Well if you dont want people to know you're taking a picture of them or you just don't like extra noises, there are two simple ways to remove the sound the camera makes when taking a picture.
1. In your Profiles Menu/ Profiles/ General/ Personalise/ Warning tones/ set to OFF. The obvious drawback is that you will no longer receive warning tones like Low battery alerts.
2. The other way is to select the Silent profile or create a profile called "Secret Camera" etc. and adjust the Warning tone to OFF.

The camera has 4 basic capture sounds which are changed by activating the camera and selecting Options/ Settings/ camera tone. There is a program available to turn off camera tones but for me it easier to turn off the Warning tones.
It is possible to change the camera tones but it is a complicated procedure requiring additional software.

To stop the Automatic flash : Activate Camera, scroll down the side icons to Flash mode and select off, the automatic setting is useful but often unwanted in lower light levels.
There was a bug in the earlier firmware version 10.0.0.018 that set the picture sharpness to HARD. To check your setting is Normal: Activate Camera, scroll down the side icons to Sharpness and select Normal.


15. Nokia N95 codes
Here is a short list of useful codes. They are very simple to use, just type in the code and the details will show on your screen.
*#0000# To view Firmware version.

*#06# (*#0M#) To view Serial number, IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity).

*#2820# (*#BTA0#) To view Bluetooth device address.

*#62209526# (*#MAC0WLAN) To view the MAC address of the WLAN adapter. This is maybe necessary for wlan encrypted setup.

*#92702689# (*#WAR0ANTY#) To view the life timer information. This is the total time of phone calls in minutes.

Warning : All old data will be lost when hard reset is used. Ive not tested tthe codes below take no responsibility for any problems arrising from using them.

Soft reset (*#7780#) : Restores ini files from rom but preserves user data (photos, 3rd party apps etc).The phone will ask you a confirmation, enter a security code (12345 by default)

Deep Reset (*#7370#) : This reformats completely the C: drive. All applications and files stored on this drive will be lost and clean default files will be rewritten. The phone will ask you a confirmation and enter a security code (12345 by default)

There is another key combination which is used to hard reset the phone (similar to #*7370#). It is useful in some cases, for example when the phone cannot reboot. The trick is by switching off the phone then press and hold Call key (Green key) + * key + 3 key + power button for a couple of seconds.

N95 product codes for updating firmware if you have a problem getting the correct firmware version here



16. Barcode Reader
The N95 come with a free application called "Barcode" (located in Applications). It reads using the camera QR codes (Quick Response) a matrix type code created in Japan in 1994 . You can create text messages, URL's, phone numbers even SMS messages and send them to friends or anyone who can read them. Webpage addresses can even link directly to the website.
Online QR code Generator here , and more info here




17. Video calling, Video centre, & Life Blog Tutorials
Here are Tutorials on :
Video Calling Setup
Using the Video Centre
LifeBlog Setup

All the tutorials are provided by 'KnowyourMobile'



Back from the Dead !
My phone's screen finally died during this week, after trying to fix it myself (and invalidating my warranty) i took it to a Nokia repair centre who replaced the screen free of charge THANK YOU!!
During my searching i found useful information on Problems, Repairs and Fixes for the N95, so many so ive posted a new page for them here

Themes tutorial for Nokia N95

Classic/ Mobile/ Download BookMark
Updated: 29 Sept 2009


This tutorial will show you how to create a Symbian S60 3rd edition theme for Nokia N95. I used the Nokia Carbide.ui S60 theme edition 3.1.1. (latest version 3.4) to make the theme and Adobe Photoshop CS3 to edit the Backgrounds.
The finished theme is shown right.
In this example we will be creating "Handle key pairs" certificate, adding Active/Inactive backgrounds, Creating "transparent Navi pane" and adjusting colours to match the theme.

Note: All images can be enlarged by clicking.

Download & Details Of latest Nokia Carbide Theme Creator below:
NokiaCarbide

For a basic starter guide:
Getting Started


Getting Started
You will need two images which you use for the theme.
The Inactive screen will be your image or picture that will be displayed when the phone is in idle.
The active screen will be shown when you are using applications like text messaging, gallery, music player, therefore it is probably best to be a faded or plain image otherwise it will detract from the application you are using.
The images are best edited before you create the theme with a program like Adobe Photoshop and cropped to 240pixels X 320pixels. To achieve a clearer image in landscape view it better to use a 320 x 320px image. (Thanks for this tip form the comments section).

1) Install the carbide program and select
"Create a new theme", then name it, Keep "Base graphics" selected this is the default for S60 3rd edition.

2) You will now see a default theme which you can edit. the first thing to do is edit the Active background.
Select "Background" from the Resources tab on the left, then select the top grey rectangle next to the panel.
Right click the background in the "Active background" tab in the centre bottom of the screen, and select "Convert and edit in bitmap editor" (which should have been set up in the installation) as shown below.



3) Now your bitmap editor (Photoshop etc.) will launch and you can move your saved image on to the theme background, Then flatten the image and SAVE, then return to Carbide and your new background should appear.













4) Repeat this for the Inactive screen, and you should end up with an image , shown right.

5) Now you will notice that there is a blue line across the Clock symbol. This is the navigation pane and is better to be set it to match the background rather than being blue. To can be a little tricky so follow carefully.
First select "Areas" from the resources panel on the left, then "Status Area" then select the bottom of the three rectangular images next to the panel,
Then select the Navi pane from the "Navi pane background" panel.
Now right click the box and select Edit/Animate, this will change the details to a layers shown below,




















Now you can edit the "navi pane layer" layer tab, right click on the layer1 and select "Add background".
Then remove the old blue layer by right clicking on the layer one again and selecting "delete layer"
as shown right.











6) Now you can edit the colours to match your theme, this is done from the "Colours" section in the resources tab on the left. There are a lot of colours that you can change, so try whatever you like, i changed the text colour and main title to light grey as well as a few other alterations , shown below











7) Now that the Theme is finished remember to "save" it. Now we need to create a "handle key Pair" which is your certificate/owners rights. The carbide program can create one for you.
First select Tools from the Menu bar, then select Handle key pairs, A dialog box will open select "New" it will prompt you to enter an title , it can be anything , like "Theme cert" etc. then select "Make keys"
Now a new dialog box will appear, as shown right, fill out your details, then select generate.
now it will return to the earlier box and now select "SAVE"

8) Now you have your certificate you can use it for every theme you create, all that is left is to create a .sis file
Go to Tools in the menu bar and select "Create new sis package", a dialog box will appear in which you can change some Information/settings, Then select next, in the new box the Key pair should be highlighted, then select finish
The program will ask you if you want to transfer to your phone now, that's up to you just remember where the .sis file is saved, most likely C:Program Files/Nokia/carbide.../workspace...

I use the Nokia PC suite to transfer .sis files, When installing to the phone a message that the certificate is untrusted, but as you made it , it's OK!!




5800 Default Themes For N95

Yan Flahorn has released a N95 Theme based on the 5800 default theme. He says he spent 3 months working on it! and the amount of detail is impressive. There are 600 New icons most based on 5800 icons and .svg images which sort out the problems with landscape mode. The themes (Blue and Red) were highlighted over at the SymbianFreak. You can download the for N95 and N96 from his website at deviantart.com. For N95 use Touch Blue by Flahorn.sis & Touch Red by Flahorn.sis not the FP2 versions.












Adding Badges and Logos to your N95 & N95 8GB

If you want to add a football team badge or any other logo to your Main idle screen you can easily do it without having to create a theme.
All you need to do create an image with a transparent background.
You will need a PC application like Adobe Photoshop to create the image.



Here are the basic tips for creating the Image
1) Download an Image, logo or Badge from the Internet
2) Remove the background & Edit the image with Photoshop or similar program.
2) Make the image 240 x 235 pixels
3) Save the Image as a .png
4) Transfer to your Phone
5) Find the Image in the Gallery and "Set as wallpaper"






There are 2 small problems with using this system to display logos

1) The image will be stretched in Landscape Mode
2) The Phone display shows a slightly darker shading to the area that is transparent. The visibility of the shading depends on your themes colour.

Alternatively you could just make a complete theme with the logo to avoid both of these problems.

Here are a couple of Transparent logos i made which you can use. To download click the image to open full size then right click and "Save Image As".















Sending Themes via bluetooth
If you want to send a theme to a friend via bluetooth, you will need to zip the file to send it as the N95 does not let you send Theme .sis files via bluetooth. This is quite easy to do using the Zip Manager inbuilt in the N95 & N95 8GB.
Here is a quick guide on how to send themes via bluetooth:

Create the Zip

1. You will need to transfer the Theme .sis file to your phone (rather than opening it and installing), you can store it in any location, just remember where you put it.

2. Now go to Menu/ Applications/ Office/ Zip. Open the application and select Options/ New Archive. Now name you New zip folder, then select Options / Add Archive and select the theme .sis file. As shown in the screenshots below









Send the Zipped Theme

1. Now to send the Zipped theme use the file manager to locate the Zip archive folder you created and select Options/ Send/ via Bluetooth

2. If you haven't already turned on your bluetooth, it will prompt you and start bluetooth and then locate other devices. Then find your friends phone and SEND.











To Extract and Install the theme

1. Once the Bluetoothed Zip folder is saved on your friends phone they can located it from your Inbox and simply open the zip folder which will launch the Zip Manager and then start the install process or:

2. Go to Menu/ Applications/ Office/ Zip. Open the Zip application and locate to Zip Archive Folder, then open the Zipped Theme. Which will start the theme Installation. As shown below.













My Themes



Sullivan's Travels
This is a screenshot from Sullivan's Travels, a classic feel good comedy made in 1941. It was directed by Preston Sturges and if you haven't seen it and like old Movies you're going to love it ! Joel McCrea and Veronica lake at their best!
I used the base template i created for Hollywood 1940. I had to rebuild a lot of the image to fit nicely on the screen and i have rectified the Music player notes error (black on very dark grey) as well as improving incoming caller i.d colours.
Download







Blue Ice Sheet
This is my favourite of the four i have just created, mostly because the blue looks great on the phone. If you view in landscape you can see more of the image. I used to use this image as a desktop a while ago, if you want the full image email me and i'll send it.
Download









Hollywood 1940's
Well i've been meaning to use this image for a while now, finally i got around to it, Its taken in the USA around the 1940's, if you recognise where or when it is or you can tell from the cars let me know. I used sepia tones for the signal/battery indicators.
Download










Blue Water
This is a simple Coast scene. What i liked about the image is that you actually seem to be in the water, and its sharpness of course!
Download











Maserati Ghibli
Updated - I have been using this theme i created for screenshots. Like all the later themes i have created it works in landscape mode without blurring the image.
Download









Beach Scene
Updated - A simple theme with wide screen image.
Download











Gold Circuit board
Updated - This theme continues my personal interest in Circuit boards!
Download











Porsche 911 2.2s
Updated - Classic porsche, no fancy bumper or fins, just early 1970 class!
Download











Sandtroopers Wide Theme
Updated - Whats better than stormtroopers ? . . . . Sandtroopers! just ask my Nephew.
Download











Stormtrooper Wide Theme
Updated - Now with wide screen and Music player updated background for firmware v.20
Download wide











Lamborghini Miura SV
Updated - This theme shows the rear of the classic late 1960's Lamborghini. Download












Defender Wide
Updated - This is a theme based on the Classic arcade game Defender. The colours are based on the original artwork. The Zip folder includes the .sis file and various .wav sound from the original game which you may want to used a message tones. This theme is not designed to be used with active standby as it will obscure the other graphics.
Download








Hard day's Night Album cover - The Beatles
This themes certificate has expired, you can still install it if you first set your date back 1 year, install the theme then set the time back.
This theme is based on one of the most iconic album covers of all time, A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles. As usual with my themes the active screen is just plain colour so that it doesn't interfere with the open applications.
Download









Taito Space Invaders 1978 theme
Updated - This theme is based on the Original Taito Space Invaders arcade game made in 1978.
As with most of my themes the Operator logo is the same colour as the background so if you haven't removed the logo it will not show up on your screen.
Download









Green Motherboard
Updated - This theme is based a very busy image of a MotherBoard.The Indicators appear almost hidden amongst the maze of dots on the inactive screen, but that is the point. As with all these themes the active screen (Menu etc.) is a plain colour so not to interfere with your applications on screen. All the themes i have created do not have any Icon packs in them so your phone will automatically use the default N95 icons, which are much better quality than most basic phone icons.
Download

Album Art, AudioBooks & Creating Ringtones

Classic/ Mobile/ Download BookMark
Updated: 25 Sept 2009



Downloading Music from the Internet, Part 1

Here is basic guide to downloading music from the Internet. Let me first say, I do not endorse illegal downloading, i offer any details purely as information on current practices on the internet.
The reason i haven't mentioned it is because most of it involves copyright infringement making it illegal.
In the old days there was Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, and for the last few years Bit Torrents and more recently Rapidshare Blogs. As you might know to download music you need a Bit Torrent client like Utorrent, Transmission, Bitcomet that can convert files from websites like IsoHunt, Mininova, Pirate Bay or BitJunkie.

What you might nor know is that there is a Website for legal downloads called Legaltorrents offering a host of free audiobooks, Music etc. What you need then is a Bit Torrent client for your N95 or 5800 and SymTorrent for S60 is just that!

SymTorrent for S60
Click on the application name above to visit their website

I have to say that i would recommend downloading using a PC rather than a phone, purely for size and connection principles. I tested it on my N95 and Syntorrent works and is capable downloading the same files as any other Bit Torrent clients. The ability is there but the ease and stability of PC performance not to mention battery life makes downloading to PC a practical idea.

Downloading Music from the Internet, Part2

I wanted to highlight another way to download music from the Internet, it doesn't have much to do with the N95 except that you might play the music on your phone, but i still wanted to highlight current Internet practices.

As with Bit torrents i dont encourage the downloading of illegal material, if you like an artist buy their music.

Rapidshare Blogs is a term i use for Internet blogger websites that host music via Rapidshare (A free file hosting website). Technically the hosting of copyrighted material is illegal and therefore most of these blogger sites mention that they are providing links to the files only.

Rapidshare blogs provide an alternative to Bit torrent downloading that i mentioned last week. They use direct connection from the Rapidshare servers to your PC and generally have faster download speeds but with Rapidshare restrictions on the file size and only one file at any one time. One problem is that the rapidshare links become broken, but the amount of music available is enormous. Some websites specialising in albums that are not available on CD that often have become forgotten, while others cater for the authors specific interests.
I really admire the dedication and attention to detail of the 1000's of Rapidshare blogs of there.
Good Work!!

I have found a few as examples, Click the image to visit the website:
Freewave: A search engine for rapidshare blogs, Lots of Info on this site and took me a while to understand the layout.


Bentley Funk 2: Good for old and rare Funk,Soul and RnB. He has 2 websites original is here.


Babakazoo's: Good for Classic 70's and 80's retro stuff


Sarajevo-x.com Soundtracks: This is not technically a blogger site, Its more of a forum website but you can find over 60 pages of Soundtracks with some really obscure stuff.




Editing Mp3's using iTunes

Apple iTunes can be used to edit Mp3 for N95 and N95 8GB, i personally prefer to use MP3tag but many people already use iTunes so i have created this simple tutorial to show how easy it is to edit Mp3 info and add album artwork.
You cannot edit the N95 directly using iTunes therefore you will have to edit the albums in your "iTunes Library". There is no need to register with apple to get artwork but you will have to manually search for the Album Covers, this allows you to create you own picture if you want.

Editing iTunes Library

1. First use Google Image Search to find the Album Artwork you want and save it on your Desktop (Make sure it is a exact square but cropping in photoshop if necessary) I recommend using images of 256x256 pixels or more and they must BE .JPEG or .JPG NOT .PNG files.

2. Open iTunes and select Library / Music from the left hand panel, there are 3 views formats List, Album and Cover flow (my preferred). I have used Cover flow as it easy to see the images.

3. Highlight the Album you want to edit by selecting all the tracks (Select one track and use Shift Key and select bottom track) then right click and select Get Info, as shown in the images below:














4. Now a Mp3 edit box will appear, Check that the Info is correct and if no Artist name appears it is because there are differences in the name. iTunes has a few categories which are useful to clear avoiding albums fragmenting.
I would tick the box but leave blank "Album Artist", "Compilation" and "Disc number"
Then double click on the Artwork box and locate the image you saved earlier.
Then click ok to complete















5. If you are adding a new image to an album with artwork, i have found it is better to remove the old image first, by checking the box and leaving blank, and then redoing the process with the new image.

6. That's it you should now be able to connect up you N95 and move the Tracks from your music library to your phone via the PC suite or Nokia Phone Browser.



Nokia Default Ringtones
Do you miss your old polyphonic ringtones? Well probably not that much, But if you want to find an old favourite or just a bit of phone Nostalgia, here's something for you.
The default ringtones on Nokia phones are stored on the internal memory and are difficult to extract but thanks to Gizmogates you can download loads of Nokia default ringtones, from N97 to 6220.






More Nokia Default Ringtones
For More Nokia Default Ringtones can download this Nokia Tones Zip file








AudioBooks Tutorial

Nokia AudioBooks
Nokia AudioBooks is an application that allows you to listen to audiobooks on your N95. On of the advantages of is that Audiobooks are around 10 times smaller in size than a low quality Mp3 of the same length.
You can Download Nokia Audiobook Player for S60 3rd Edition FeaturePack 1
You will also need to get the Nokia Audiobooks Manager which can convert .Wav files into Audiobook format.







Converting Mp3 files into .Wav
You can convert Mp3 files into audiobook format but you but the Audiobooks manager can only convert .Wav file so you will have to first convert the Mp3files into .Wav .This is simple to do using Super.
1. 'Drag and drop' the Mp3 file into the box below the Output settings, Then select the output Wav from 'Output container box' drop down menu in the top left.
2. Then press Encode, the files new files can now be converted into Audibook amr-wb/ amb format .














Converting .Wav files into AudioBooks for N95
1. First download the Nokia AudioBook Manager from here
2. The unzipped folder can be placed in C:\Program Files or and place of your choice,
3. Run the NokiaAudiobookManager.exe and you will see the interface as below
4. Give your book a Name in the top blank box then click on the 'Select files' tab to add your files
5. You can also add a jpeg image of your choice usually the book cover by clicking 'Select picture' this is optional.
6. Now press 'Process' and the manager will convert your files into a folder with all the necessary info.
7. The application will if you want to transfer the folder to your phone, but you can manually transfer

Manually transferring Audiobooks to Nokia N95
Audiobooks need to be transferred to your external memory card in an Audiobooks folder, if one has not been created by the application you can manually add a new folder to the root folder eg.
E:/ Audiobooks. Place the new converted folder as such E:/ Audiobooks/James Bond-Live and let die.
When you open you audiobooks on your N95 you should now see the book listed.

Free AudioBooks at LibriVox
You can download some freeware AudioBooks at LibriVox, click here to search their Catalogue



Creating Ringtones and Message Alert tones from Mp3 music

This tutorial will show you how to create a short music clip to use on your phone as Ringtone or Message tone.
You will need an Mp3 music file (song), Mp3 editor (MP3direct cut), Pc or Mac to edit and transfer the file to the Phone.
Most Ringtones only need to be up to 20 seconds in length as an Answer phone will usually cut in at around 17 sec. Message tone length is your personal choice as you will be the one listening to it but usually they are less than 10 sec in length.
1. Download Mp3DirectCut from the PCSOS freeware page and install on your Computer.

2. Start the program and Select File/ Open ... and select your Mp3 music file










3.You can now edit your song. Use the Play/Stop buttons to listen to the track, then select the Start of the track by using the Left mouse click and the End by using the right mouse click. As shown below left. Now go to Edit from the Menu and and Select Crop .










4. Now you have your music clip you can create a simple start Fade in and Fade out for the end of the Track. This can be easily done by selecting a short segment at the start of the track then go to Edit on the Menu and select Create simple fade. You can listen to the new edit by pressing the Play button. As shown Above right. Repeat this at the end of the track to create a simple Fade Out.

5. To save your new Clip go to File from the Menu and select Save all to save your ringtone. Now you just need to transfer to your phone via Nokia Pc suite or by bluetooth etc.

Two other useful features on Mp3directcut are:
To remove a portion of a track, just simply highlight the part you want to remove and select 'Delete' on your computer.
If the sound level is too high or too low, highlight your selection and Go to Edit / Gain here you can increase or decrease the levels (It is best to lock your left and right channels).

Here are two Short Mp3 files i created whilst making this Tutorial. download by clicking on the image or right click and 'Save Link As...' (depending on your browser set up)









Personalised Album Art using MP3TAG and MP3 EXT (For PC)
If you want to embed Personalised Album Art into MP3 tracks before you transfer them to your Phone you can easily do this with MP3TAG, but first i want to show you a great freeware program for viewing MP3 files on your PC. This hasn't got anything to do with N95 it only works when viewing on windows PC, but its so good i had to mention it!

MP3 ext
This program was last updated in 2004, so its not new but its so under-used, i Love it!!. Below is an screenshot of part my MP3 music collecton. (Yeah they are all icons the album art work)

When i view and Album details using MP3ext i can see the Bitrate quality of each track, below we can see that there are a few different quality rates.This is because they are downloaded from different sources. The program works on XP and Vista, you can choose different icon themes, but i have created my own, which you can see below, if you want a copy of the icon set. Click either icon below. I have updated the icon set and put some Install notes in the zip file as it can get a bit complicated to set the theme.




Adding Personalised Album Artwork with MP3TAG
MP3TAG is a freeware application for Windows PC that allows you to edit MP3 info which includes adding album art, which will show up in your N95.

Applications like iTunes and Windows Media player 11 can add artwork to Mp3 tracks that you buy online but other music you may have download usually doesn't have any album art or has artwork on some tracks or poor quality images. Below you can see that the Thriller album has already has some album art, but strangely its of the cd back? and two other tracks have nothing, but using the MP3ext i can see the bitrate quality as an icon, rather than just showing a MP3 symbol.










Once you have downloaded and Installed MP3TAG you can rightclick on any MP3 folder using the shell extension and select Mp3tag.
Now select all the tracks ( Ctrl A) and in the Tag panel (which i undocked) right click on the Album Art circle symbol and select Add Cover



















This will open a dialogue box where you can navigate to any image you have saved. I have found that the optimum size of an image for the N95 album artwork is 160x160px, although i make mine 256x256 because i view most album art on my PC, the larger image is compressed slightly by the phone which reduces the quality. I have downloaded 2 images of the Thriller, one traditional cover and one alternative take of the cover.
I simply select the image i want, adjust any other tags like Comments and Genre (Don't get me started) and select Save.





Now you can see that when i view the albums on my laptop In List and Details view you can see the Mp3 info and it shows the MP3ext bitrate as an icon (rather small), but when i increase the size in Tiles, Icon (Small, Med. and Large etc) i can see the album artwork i embedded earlier.

Now all you need to do is transfer it to you phone and the Artwork will now appear in your music player when you play the tracks.






Embedding Album Art Images into Mp3 files

End Result















The first thing you will need is a program to embed your Mp3 files. I recommend Mp3tag its is excellent and FREE.

You can get it from the PCSOS Freeware Page


1) Once you have installed the program, start it up and located an Mp3 album you want to embed.

2) Then highlight all the tracks and Select from the tool bar the World/ internet logo, Then select "Amazon. de" (usually works the best)



Click image to enlarge











3) A new dialog box will appear and you can choose the correct album, As shown below






Click image to enlarge









4) Then another dialog box will appear showing the files new infomation and Album Art. Click OK. As shown below.








Click image to enlarge










5) Thats it! you can now transfer the Album to your N95 phone and the Album Art will show up Automatically.

N95 Problems, Repairs and Fixes

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Updated: 25 Sept 2009



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!

Nokia Device Status is an application that can monitor your system (phone and pc) and allows you to send this data to nokia to help with any problems you may have. download



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.

Examples of this problem: N95User Allsym. NokiaEurope

Spyda has produced a very useful Tutorial on Removing the phone covers If you are brave enough to attempt it.
Here

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. Micro SD Memory Card, Fix Errors and Defragment to improve Read Time.
Quite a few people have contacted me regarding problems with the SD memory cards. They have been getting error messages on the phone or the phone just crashes and restarts.
So have written this tutorial to help people with some of the basics for keeping their External memory cards in good shape.

2GB, 4GB or 8GB??
The N95 classic come with a 512MB and occasionally 1GB micro SD memory card. Nokia only recommend upto 4GB for the N95 and 2GB for the N95-NAM. You can buy cards upto 8GB , i have had a 4GB sandisk card from the start in my N95 and i have never had any problems with it, even though at that time Nokia only recommended 2GB for N95.

8GB Problems
Some people with 8Gb card have noticed Error Problems once the card is over 4Gb full, especially with older firmware pre v.20. If you are having this problem i would suggest updating your firmware the v.20 or above (soon to come). Otherwise it would be worth reducing the data to below 4gb's and see if any problems subside.

Micro SD Card Error checking and Defrag tutorial
If you have been getting Error Messages or Crashes whilst using your Music player or Gallery it is possible that there is something wrong with your memory card. In many cases a good "tidy up" will resolve smaller issues and improve read speed from the phone to the card.

I will show you how to check for Errors and defrag using the data cable which comes with the phone although if you have a memory card reader you could take the card out of your phone and connect it via a smart card reader.

1. Install the Nokia PC suite (this will include the necessary drivers for the data cable) from the nokia website or from your cd that you got with your phone.

2. Connect your phone to a PC via the USB cable and Select Data Transfer on the phone's pop-up screen. A warning message will appear after, but there's no need to be concerned.













3. Now Navigate on your PC to My Computer (XP & 2000) or Computer (Vista), There you should see your Memory Card. It will probably be called SD card with the size shown.


Now right-click on the icon and select Properties, In the new tab select Tools, then under the section Error-Checking select the button Check Now. In the new dialogue box tick both the boxes, then press start as shown in the screenshots below.












4. The Error checking will take some time depending on the size of your card and your PC but it should be completed within 5 minutes. A dialog box will appear with some basic results. It may have recovered some lost data which used to happen on my old MP3 player fairly often.

Now you can proceed to the defrag, To complete a defrag the computer need 15% of free space on your card, so if your card doesn't have that much space i would copy some of the data, video s etc to the PC's hard drive then continue with the drefag.

5. Now Right click on the SD card in My Computer again Select Properties then under Tools select Defragment Now from the Defragmentation section.

With XP the defrag application will start, select the SD card and select Defrag. A Display and Process bar will show you how fragmented your card is, and it will probably be very fragmented.
With Vista there is no process bar or display which means you are left wondering how long it will take or even if it is working. It took my PC around 15 minutes to defrag my card so be patient. I have Diskeeper Defrag application on my PC which gives better info on the process, and below are the before and after screenshots with analysis.

6. Once the defrag is complete close any exit windows and safely disconnect you phone from the PC. Now your Phone will be able to read the data from the memory card quicker even if you may not be able to see any difference and you will know that if your card could speak to you it would say: THANK YOU!!



3. N95 High Pitch Noise Fix. Original Souce: minhthn here
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. . .



4. Fix loose slider Original Source: http://www.n95users
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)



5. Microphone not working during a call? Original Source: http://myn95.com/?p=16
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.



6. Contact name not showing when your phone rings? Original Source: http://myn95.com/?p=40
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.



7. Unable to play MP3’s or any music files Original Source: http://myn95.com/?p=44
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.



8. TV Out - Picture won’t display correctly Original Source: http://myn95.com/?p=49
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.



9. Multimedia key not working Original Source: http://myn95.com/?p=70
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.



10. N95 Audio Hiss Fix Original Source: http://myn95.com/?p=73
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!



11. #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.


12. 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 !!

DivX Player, Creating .AVI files

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Updated: 25 Sept 2009


The DivX Player

The Nokia N95 supports video formats: MPEG-4 (MP4), AVC(H.264), 3GPP(H.263), RealVideo 8/9/10 but not .avi format.

The Divx Player however can play .AVI Video files.You cannot play .avi files used on a PC directly into a N95 , they first have to be converted with the correct codex, Further details below
The latest version is Divx 0.91






There are various settings from Screen mode, brightness, contrast which make it a really worth while player to have. The Version 0.91, 0.90 & 0.89 have a new start screen which allows you to easily see your .avi files (not MP4). To get the Fullscreen with only the time showing i have used the Options settings shown below.















Converting Videos into .AVI

If you want to convert Video files into the correct .AVI format you can use Super (complicated download page!) freeware program. You need to select .avi as the Output container and follow the settings i have used Below. You can alter the Video bitrate and Frame per second (30 is the Maximum frame rate for the N95 phone). You can alter the Audio settings depending whether you have a music video or film.















1. Install Divx Player to your N95, via the Nokia Pc suite, Go to the Phone Menu/ Applications and move the DivX player into the Root folder for convenience by selecting Options/ 'Move to folder'.
2. Transfer any .AVI files to your Phone via Pc suite, or data transfer ( You could remove your SD external card and transfer directly to that if you prefer).
3. Start the DivX player on the phone and select Menu/ Browse Files any compatible files will appear in the File browser, Select the .avi you want and press the center key (or menu/ Play). The volume is usually set high and can be turned down with the navigation keys.
4. Adjust the Settings from Menu/ Options to your personal preference. That's it!


I have converted a couple of small Mpeg files to .avi for you. They are just intended to be used as test examples as they are taken from old footage from 1957 and 1942!! rather for their high quality. Click on the image to download

Elvis Presley & Frank Sinatra b/w 1957










The Blue Dahlia b/w 1946 ,Taken from YouTube










Changing the Look of your Internet webpages on your PC or Mac.

Are you bored of your Google plain Homepage? or the Youtube white background washing out the videos. Well you need not worry, its actually quite easy to do


















You can change the colour and appearance using a freeware extension called Stylish
It ONLY works with the Mozilla Firefox browser, which around 34% of people viewing this page already have. It also works on PC's and Mac's.

How to get customized webpages

1) Download Firefox , there is a download link in the sidebar on this page "Get Firefox . . ."
or visit there homepage at www.mozilla.com/firefox

2) Once you have installed Firefox go to "Tools" in the Navigation bar and then select "Add-ons".

3) In the new window at the bottom right click the text "Get extensions" and type Stylish in the search bar. Then install stylish and restart firefox.

4) Now you are ready to choose which customized pages you want , there are hundreds to choose from, but i will show how to get the one i created which works for Google.com and Google .co.uk , but you can edit the code, so that it will work with any countries Google search engine (details at the bottom of this section).

5) Now you should see an icon in the status bar (at the bottom of your screen) with a white piece of paper and brush, rightclick on this and select "Find styles for this page" or you can go directly to the page i created at Google classic Grey, Clean, Stylish










6) Then click the tab "Load into Stylish" , then go back your customized webpage and refresh the page. You should see the new colours immediately.

7) I also created a matching pages for Google Image Search as shown below here










and the one i use for Youtube is here










8) If you have a different google search engine like Google.fr, then all you need to do is go to Manage styles in the Stylish extension open up the code of the one you want to change, then Select all and copy the text to a program like Notepad. Then select "Edit" then "Replace" and change all the google.co.uk to your countries prefix ie. google.fr then select "Replace All" in the small dialog box,
Then select all again and Copy/Paste the new text into the Original stylish code and select "Save". Then refresh the page.

Details of Replacing text shown below.











There are loads of really good firefox extensions , like Ad blockers, Favicon viewers, Customize google, its well worth have a look at some.




Movie Sound Clips

I have uploaded some of my personal favourite Movie sound clips, mostly because its fun for me. I will keep the full set here rather than filling up my main page.

Click to download

GPS, OVI Maps and Mobile GMaps Tutorials

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Updated: 25 Sept 2009


Nokia Maps 1.2 and 2.0 beta comparison

Nokia have relaunched Nokia Maps as OVI Maps and the beta version of Maps 2.0 has now become OVI maps 2.0. If you still have the Maps 1.0 on your phone and are unsure whether to upgrade to Maps 2.0, this guide and may help you.

Below are screenshots of Maps 2.0 beta and 1.2.


Nokia Maps 2.0 beta Screenshots












Nokia Maps 1.2 Screenshots













Maps 2.0 beta Features
One of the main developments is Walk - pedestrian navigation, as well as the Drive navigation. An obvious visual change is the Black colour and Search bar on the main screen. The GPS indicators are slightly different and there is a useful feature to "Turn off GPS" which should help memory use. I found the "GPS current location" worked well better than previously but it really depends on your location.
The Selection Key has different features to the Left selection key. The Selection key open the Navigation Options, While the left selection key give the usual options for Search/Favourites etc.
The main Keys work the same like */# keys (zoom in or out) and Nokia highlight the fact that they have 15 million points of interest available on the maps from the 48 categories.
The maps tutorial didn't work on my phone and I found the 2.0 Routing navigation confusing. I had got used to the Maps 1.2 Walk navigation and i really liked the free non assisted routing feature.

I am not a heavy user of Nokia maps but i really like having Maps and "Points of Interest" are really useful. I have always found Maps1.2 worked well for me and the additional options on the Maps 2.0 didn't add a great value. Maps 2.0 is still a beta version and i am sure they will improve its features making 2.0 well worth getting when the full version is released in the coming months.

Find out more about OVI Maps and get help on Routing, City Guides and much more.

Click Below

Download and Details below

If you hate the new version, i have hosted a couple of old Maps v1.0 Click below

How good are Nokia Maps?

I wrote this piece back in 2007 using Nokia maps1.0, since then OVI Maps 2.0 has been released, but i have kept the article for the example it gives.

How well can you trust a navigation system on a N95? Can you trust them to have The Force and get you where you want to go?

A few things to note all the navigation tips i used are free to use on the N95, You can buy Licensed voice activation which would have cost me a bit but i didn't need to use it. So you can disable network connection (Internet GPRS) for the Maps (Not GPS) as there is no need to use an internet signal unless you going to use the voice activation feature. The GPS connection is free.















Well i put Nokia Maps to the test in the USA, First they were very useful in finding where all the shops were in areas that i didn't know, as you can see below, It made it simple to find the main shopping street once i had selected the Shops Category in the Maps settings.

Using On Foot Navigation for free on N95

I used the By Foot navigation setting rather than By Car.

1. Open the Nokia maps application and then create a route by using the Find Place or Use This Place feature.

2. Then you can create a Route from or Route to and select the locations.

3. Now from the Options Show route, you will now see the route but for me it's much simpler to use the Show on Map feature from the options. Once you have worked out which way round you are! You can use the Navigation Key Up to move through the marked points, as shown below.














In the images above, the Process Bar shows you how far you have walked (in this case) which is really helpful, if you don't know exactly where you are going!



Can Nokia Maps to find a location over 5 Kms away through trees and hills?

I set off on a 5km walk to a ferry port, and trusted that, Nokia maps could get me there, It took me through main roads, small streets and over hills, which would have been quite complicated to plot not to mention needing a details local map. I was amazed how accurate the information was on individual shops, odd hairdresser's and Garden Centres.
After two hours or so of walking i arrived at the ferry port, extremely please with myself and Nokia maps for getting me there.

Obi-Wan would have been very proud of Nokia Maps for having THE FORCE and getting me easily to my destination.

A view from the top a a hill, showing how complicated it was to navigate without Nokia maps

Above a complication of 3 images taken on my N95, never mind about the joints, its not ART!

GPS, Nokia Maps and Mobile GMaps Tutorials
















I have created 3 tutorials for:

1) GPS activation on N95

2) Nokia Maps installation and use on N95

3) MgMaps using internal GPS and GoogleMaps


1) GPS Data

The N95 has of course an internal GPS Global Positioning System. This means you can locate where ever you are in the world (in theory).
This Gps position is shown in latitude /longitude coordinates and does not shown your position in a maps image.
You will therefore need to install some maps or software to view an image of your position.
Many people have experienced problems acquiring a satellite signal , so this tutorial will show you how to check your global position.

Nokia's tips on getting satellite signal can be found here.

A) First Open the GPS data application in your phone menu. It may be in Application folder. A dialog box will appear saying "Searching for GPS satellites".

To view the connection status Select Position/ Open/ Options/ Satellite status.

You will see white bars appear, it should take from around 2 minutes to 5 minutes for the gps to lock onto your signal. remember to follow nokia's tips , keep the slider open, do not cover the #key and you need to be outside.
when connection is established your bars will start going black (At least 3 bars needed)

You can now select "Back" and your position coordinates will appear on the screen.

Now you will need to decide how to view your position using a Map or satellite image (Google satellite)




2) Nokia Maps (formerly Smart2go)

Nokia Maps is a pre-installed application in your phone, But the actual Maps of the world need to be download usually via PC for you to see your location (street names etc).


NOKIA MAPS ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD & USE BUT THE NAVIGATION (Voice Activation,SatNav.) IS NOT FREE


The Nokia maps contain information like Street Names, Airports, Hotels, Parking and therefore can be quite large in size, England is 90mb and Spain is over 192mb. The data is transferred to your Memory Card, so the bigger your card the better!
Once you have downloaded the the maps to your phone you can use the Nokia Maps and integrated GPS to find your location and plan a route to another destination as well as view points of interest, shops ATM machines etc all for free, without a need for Internet connection. BUT you will have to pay if you want to use it as a SatNav application.

Nokia MapLoader 3.0.28

Nokia provide free software called Nokia MapLoader to install to maps to your phone. The latest version 3.0.28 works much faster than the earlier versions. I would recommend updating your MapLoader if you haven't done already as many people have experienced problems especially v1.1 with error messages saying "Connection to Storage Medium interrupted...". So i have left an earlier version 1.0 and a stable v.1.3.5 incase anyone has any compatibility issues.

THE LATEST VERSION NOKIA MAPLOADER v.3.0 IS AVAILABLE HERE

EARLY MAPLOADER v.1.0 AVAILABLE HERE

A) First download the Maploader from the link above and install on your PC/Mac.

B) You will need to connect your phone to your PC either by USB cable or by removing the memory card from the phone and connecting it to the PC.

C) Run the Maploader program and select the Region and location you want ie. England, PRESS the + button, then select "Download". If you have not connected your memory card it will prompt you otherwise it will install it directly on to the Card. As shown in the image below .Click to enlarge










Now the maps are loaded return the card to the phone or disconnect the usb cable.


D) Open the Maps application located in your Menu. The application will open to the last saved location you can skip the intro and go straight to the maps.

To view you GPS location Select Option/ View/ Satellite Info. This will launch the gps data app. as seen in the earlier tutorial. It will take a few minutes to locate the signal when its done it should show your location on the screen.

You can change the colour of the Map, angle of View, Add or remove Categories ( Hotels, Hospitals etc.) to suite your preference.

You can "Plan Route" from one location to another and change the transport mode from "By Car" to "On foot".











3) Mobile GMaps

This is an excellent freeware application that allows you to use Google maps, Yahoo maps and other maps with your internal GPS to locate your position anywhere in the world (just about)

GOOGLE HAVE STOPPED MGMAPS USING THEIR MAPS DIRECTLY (From 31/7/2007) more info here

I don't blame Google for stopping MGMaps using their images because it much better than their own product GoogleMobile!! The latest version v1.36 doesn't use Google Maps but earlier version do still work with Google, Available here


MGMaps uses an Internet connection to source the Google/Yahoo images which means you can access images where ever you are without having to have downloaded them earlier. It does though cost you for the Internet connection depending on your contract.

MGMaps can use saved maps which means you don't need an Internet connection. The downloading of the maps are quite complicated and (i have had problems getting the images to work) a good tutorial on how to setup MgMaps is available here

I will concentrate on setting Mobile GMaps for Internet connection and leave the Offline Maps to Reef Reid!!

A) Download the MGMaps Jad/Jar files for N95 here. I have used ver1.35.02. in this example. If you are never going to use offline stored images you only need to download the jar file

B) Install the file(s) to your N95 either via Pc suite application manager or by transfer through memory card reader.

C) Open MGMaps from you phone menu. A dialog box will appear asking for access to Internet.
Select the correct type, usually Provider's Internet or WLAN

D) The internal GPS needs to be activated. Go to options (left or right top keys) 7.Settings/ GPS / Select Device/ Internal and remember to SAVE (Top left)

E) When you restart the application you will get a request to use GPS data. I find its better to get a GPS signal before you start MGMaps by using the GPS data application as shown earlier Tutorial.

Now you can find your location quickly by Selecting Option 6. GPS/ where Am i?

F) There are a lot of settings you can adjust,
You can find other locations by using postcodes etc.
You can use Key * Zoom in, Key# to Zoom out,
Key0 to switch between favourite map types Googlehybrid, Yahoo Maps etc.
Key7 to switch rotation

Best Tips and Tricks for Nokia N95 Part 2

Classic/ Mobile/ Download BookMark
Updated: 25 Sept 2009

This is part two of N95 Best tips and Tricks, to see Part one click the
page title above.

12. OVI Maps, Mobile GMaps and GPS
Well I have created 3 tutorials here on:

1) GPS activation on N95
2) Nokia Maps installation and use on N95
3) Mobile GMaps using internal GPS and GoogleMaps

In the detailed tutorials i have found Workarounds for Nokia Maploader v.1.1 XP/Vista errors, Google Images restrictions on MgMaps, and details on how to use the free Nokia Maps.




13. Multimedia messages and Text messages

Picture Message SetUp
Most new phone come with picture messaging already set up. Nokia used to provide a free service that would send you various picture, email etc. settings via text to your phone. They now recommend using the settings Wizard from your N95 phone menu. If you are having problems sending or recieving picture messages you can find more detail at: http://www.nokia.co.uk/


Sending Text Messages from a PC
Here are 4 ways to send texts from your PC via a connected N95.

1. The Nokia PC Suite
The Nokia PC suite allows you to send text message from your PC when your phone is connected via a USB cable. It is an essential application for transferring data and organising your N95.










2. Nokia Communication Center 2.0
Nokia Beta labs have also created the Nokia Communication Center beta which allows you to organise contacts and send text message like the Nokia PC suite.










3. Nokia Phone Browser
You can also more simply use the feature Nokia phone browser which is installed with Nokia PC Suite and usually found in My Computer on a PC. I personally use the Nokia Phone Browser all the time to transfer data to and from the Phone rather than using the PC suite as its quick to locate and simple to navigate. In the left Tab you can create text messages.






4. .txt files.
Notepad the basic text application found on most PC's (in Accessories) can creates .txt files that can be read by N95. This allows you to write text or copy text from Internet (or most documents) and make the .txt file that you can then send to your phone via cable and then manually send from the phone. Below Screenshots show how to easily send a text message from a .txt file.

















14. Change your Delay time for Voicemail diverts on N95 & N95 8GB
If you are fed up missing calls because your Voicemail diverts too quickly then this tips is perfect for you! Firstly thanks to Dave Green who contacted me about this issue.
To change the delay time of your Voicemail you have to send a special message to your Voicemail box.
There are a couple of points worth mentioning:

● This tweak only works with Pay monthly Accounts NOT "Pay as you go" customers.
● There are Old and New Voicemail box systems which need different codes.
● As the Voicemail box is specific to your operator there are variations to the code.
● The maximum time delay is 30 seconds in 5 second intervals (5,10,15 . . .)
● I found 25 seconds worked but not 30 seconds on T-Mobile UK.

The Code is:
**61* (international mailbox no. +4479. . .)*no.of sec# then send (Green Call key)
or
**61* (international mailbox no. +4479. . .) *11* no.of sec# (if 11 doesn't work use 10) then send
New Mailbox System
**61*12107(international mailbox no. +4479. . .)*10* (no. of seconds)# then send

You can get your international mailbox number from Menu/ Tools/ Utilities/ Call Mailbox. There you should see your number +447912343455 for example.

To check if you are on the New or Old mailbox system press *#104# then send, if you see your mailbox number you are on a new system if you see "Request not completed" then you are on the old system like me!

The screenshot (left) shows a code example using a 25 second delay.







15. Using WLAN Wireless connection for the Internet
It is quite simple to use the WLAN wireless connection on your phone. Obviously you will need a wireless router and know any password set. On your phone select Menu, then select your browser Web 'n' Walk (T-mobile) or Opera which ever you have. A message "Connection to server needed, connect?" appears select yes and you should see a list of Access points. Top of the List you should see "Search for WLAN" press yes a list of available networks will appear with a signal strength indicator on the right, select your choice and it will ask you for your password if needed. That's it !
If you don't have the choice of Access points and you connect immediately to WAP then you just need to change it by selecting Options/Settings/General/Access point and select Always ask.
Using the WLAN is faster than WAP and of course free.
NOTE ; Make sure you have turned off your Browser when using WAP connection as you maybe charged extra (depending on your contract) check to see if it is still running by holding down Menu key. If it is then select/open it and under options select exit!


16. Battery Life!
Well by now I'm sure you realise that the battery life on the N95 is pretty poor, Its fine if you only send the occasional text but as a multimedia device! Well its a joke!
There is no way around it find your old N70, N80 chargers and leave one at home,at work, in the car etc
First off don't waste your time buying a slightly larger battery which are available on the Internet,
The N95 comes with a standard BL-5F Li-Ion battery with 950mAh other non Nokia batteries have 1000mAh but this increase in size is so small u will never notice it and more importantly these batteries are mostly Li-Poly and have had problems in the past with exploding!

There are a few good basic tips however to get the best from your battery, Most are common sense but its worth checking you've done them,

1. The best power save is by turning of 3G network searching (based on U.K reception) To do this Tools / Settings / Phone / Network / Network mode, Set to "GSM" not Dual. If you can get a strong 3G signal i would actually leave the phone in "Dual mode" as i found it does not effect the battery life as much i first assumed.

2. Packet data connection set this to "when needed"Connection" To do this Tools / Settings / Connection / Packet data, Set Packet data connection to "When needed"

3. Wlan scanning, make sure your Wlan scanning is turned off, To do this Tools / Settings / Connection / Wireless Lan / Show WLAN availability , set to "Never", dont worry you can still connect to wireless routers at home, it will do it automatically when you select "web and walk" for example.
If you use Wlan a lot the its a good idea to turn down the Wlan transmit power to 10mW To do this Tools / Settings / connection / Wireless Lan / Options(top left key) / Advanced settings (Ignore the warning select yes) scroll down to TX power level and select 10mW

4. Animated Screensavers, i don't see much point in having them running when your not there anyway, and u can save a bit of battery just selecting Date and time, To do this Tools / Settings / general / Personalisation / Themes / Power saver and select "Date and Time"

5. Reduce screen display times, To do this Tools / Settings / General / Personalisation / Display / Power saver time set to 1 minute (minimum)
Reduce Light time out To do this Tools / Settings / General / Personalisation / Display / light time out, Set to your preference.

6. Turn bluetooth off , Its really easy to turn bluetooth On and Off, just use the preset voice command, just hold down top right key and say "bluetooth" when prompted repeat to turn off, to search for devices you will need to locate the application from the Menu

7. Don't leave applications running by accident, check by holding down Menu key, select the unwanted app. then from the options select exit.

8. Don't leave the camera on! unless you are using it, obvious but its better to open /close than leave open.

Thanks to keffa for some good info on battery life.


17. Games, The Best freeware games?
I must admit i don't play games on my N95 that much, i really don't get the time, and i prefer to play on PC when i do play games. I have listed Freeware games which now includes Space Invaders (like), asteroids,Free flight, Global Race, Chess, Sudoku, Tetris, Same Game, Quake and The Journey.

These freeware games are in three main formats:
.SIS .JAR/JAD .SWF



The sis file will instal using the Nokia pcsuite Installer. The jar/jad files can be moves to your phone or external memory and instal by opening the Jad file. The .swf is a adobe flash game which is also simple to use , it doesnot instal but you can simply transfer the file to your phone/external memory (i usually put in the "other" folder). Then go to Menu /Applications/ Flashplayer open the player and you should see the applications listed. You can change the quality, screen size etc.

Have fun they are all free!


PacMan
This is a version for S60 3rd edition phones by the original manufacturers Namco. It works in full screen with sounds. I have created a zip folder with 2 Pacman themes and original game sounds for you pc or phone.






Space Invaders
This is a exact copy of the 1979 second edition of the classic arcade game Space Invaders by Taito. It works in full screen with sounds.






























































































Quake
PC game which is possible to use on N95 but you need follow difficult install directions. If you can get this one to work, i'll be impressed.
Instructions Simply Symbian










RealReplay
This freeware game allows you to create your own race track (by using gps) and race people who are not there? visit there website here all will be revealed.









The Journey S60 3rd Edition
A Virtual Game for N95. Follow the Clues, to solve a Mystery detective style story, you have to actually move around yourself to activate the game??
Download from Official Site here






S-Tris 2
Well its Tetris, It got a good options features, You'll need them to stop the awful music. All in all simple fun
Download the S-Tris 2 v1.40 S60 v3 (Symbian 9.1) 240x320 QVGA portrait here
























18. Flash lite & Animated Gif Screensavers


Here are 2 free online animated gif creators, that you can use make Screensavers for you N95 or N95 8GB.


1. Ownskin
You can create your own animated gif with upto 10 images, there are good options to change backgrounds, colours and effects. You can also share and download other screensavers created by other ownskin users.


2. Red Dodo
I came across a good post from Symbian Freak about Animated Screensavers recently.
Redo Dodo have a Screensaver Generator where you can create Animated gifs online and download them for free. They have 30 templates to choose from and you can add from 8-17 characters or letters.
Once you have downloaded the .gif you can transfer it to your phone and set it as a Screensaver from Menu/ Tools/ Settings/ General/ Personalisation/ Themes/ Power Saver/ Animation/ Animation File. Then select the Screensaver from the a list.
I realised that you can create your own Animated gifs in Adobe photoshop which you can use in your phone so i will post a tutorial for that soon.


The N95 comes a free application called 'Flash Player' made by Adobe its full title is Adobe Flash Lite. This application can be use to Play games, run basic applications (like Wikipedia Search) and Screensavers.
There are some pretty cool screensavers around for lots of different tastes, here are a few examples:






Here are some links to good website with lots of Flash applications:

Mobile9 Mosh Adobe Exchange

Displaying Screensavers
If you want to display a Screensaver on your phone, you need to got to Menu / Tools / Settings / General / Personalisation / Themes / Power saver / and then choose Animation.

Changing Screensavers
To change your screensaver, follow the instructions above and while on the Animation section select Options / Change / Animation File , you can then browse from the available .swf flash files on your phone.

Setting Screensaver Time
To set the Screensaver duration go to Menu / Tools / Settings / General / Personalisation / Display and there you can adjust the Powersaver TimeOut and the Light TimeOut.

How Much Power does a Screensaver Use?
Well the flash applications use a lot less Ram than i originally thought, Although different files will use different amounts, ones i tested (Launching and playing flash lite files) used on average 2.2Mb of ram which is a lot less than most games and the actual animation only used 0.2Mb ram.


19. N95 and N95 8GB display indicators
I have compiled a list of the Display Indicators for the N95 and N95 8GB. They are taken from the handbook, so if you have lost your copy or just can't tear yourself away from your computer, you can see the list here.

Click on the Image below to view all the Indicator Icons and save the .png

or you can download an editable Word .doc version below

20. MP4 Video Clips For N95
Converting and transferring Video Clips to your N95 is pretty easy.
1) The first thing you need is a Video clip, this can be an avi, mpeg, wma, vob etc. you may want to edit a dvd to smaller clips but for this you will need to use a dvd ripper, i haven't found any good freeware extractors, i did used Ahead dvd ripper in the past but its not free.
2) Now you need to convert it to MP4 so the N95 can play it. i have found a good freeware program for this though i did have problems in the past with 3gpp clips having problems of lip-sink but it's much better when converting to MP4. The program is
Super




It has detailed settings which you can adjust, my preferred settings are shown below:

Nokia do also have there own video converter called Nokia Video Manager . I haven't tried it, but its basically the same.
3) Now you just need to transfer to your phone , The Nokia PC Suite is pretty good for this, I use the 'File manager' and just 'drag and drop' the MP4 file into my Videos section in my External memory card, as below,



That's IT!, Find the clip in your gallery and enjoy, dont forget you can view clips in full screen by pushing the slider down.





21.Broadcast yourself live with qik

You can Broadcast yourself live to the world with qik.
Whether you want to be a film maker or share your day qik allows you to stream video live from your phone via an internet connection.
You need to sign up to the website Here.
The website says: "Qik is a little piece of software that enables you to stream videos directly from your phone to the Web. Use it to stream engaging videos to your friends in Facebook, Twitter, etc. or as your camcorder to capture entertaining and special moments"
qik FAQ
I have found watching qik videos works well on PC but not so good on my N95. This is fairly new technology and improvements are sure to follow very quickly.





22. Camera Tweaks
The camera tweaks below work on original N95 but many people with N95 8GB have found that these tips don't work, in that case you may prefer to use a application like cCam which allows you to turn off camera tones, or simply to turn your phone to silent quickly by holding down the # key on the keypad.

Turn Off the Camera Capture tone, Well if you dont want people to know you're taking a picture of them or you just don't like extra noises, there are two simple ways to remove the sound the camera.

1. In your Profiles Menu/ Profiles/ General/ Personalise/ Warning tones/ set to OFF. The obvious drawback is that you will no longer receive warning tones like Low battery alerts.

2. The other way is to select the Silent profile or create a profile called "Secret Camera" etc. and adjust the Warning tone to OFF. But you need to make sure your silent mode setting has Warning Tones set to off! Many people have found that this tip doesnot work N95 8GB.

The camera has 4 basic capture sounds which are changed by activating the camera and selecting Options/ Settings/ camera tone.

It is possible to change the camera tones but it is a complicated procedure requiring additional software. I tried it and gave up after some time!

To stop the Automatic flash : Activate Camera, scroll down the side icons to Flash mode and select off, the automatic setting is useful but often unwanted in lower light levels.
There was a bug in the earlier firmware version 10.0.0.018 that set the picture sharpness to HARD. To check your setting is Normal: Activate Camera, scroll down the side icons to Sharpness and select Normal.





23. N95 Micro SD memory Card Improvements & Fixes

This Section has guides on:
1. Completely REFRESH your Memory Card back to only necessary Folders (default & personal folders)

2. Remove old Artist/Album details from N95 Music player

3. Removing old Applications and Themes stored on the Memory Card


1. Completely refresh your micro SD memory Card back to only its essential folders

The benefits of this are:
1. Increase Space on card by Removing unnecassary Files and Folders
2. Improve Performance of Music Player and Gallery (with new firmware versions)
3. Remove Dead Traces of Old Themes and Applications (still showing but not functioning on phone)
4. Increase Read speed with defragmentation of memory card

The disadvantages are:
1. Any applications installed on the memory card will be lost, or need reinstalling.
2. You will loose data like Nokia Maps which will need to be downloaded again but they often contain new info so a new version is always useful.
3. You run the risk of loosing data by making some small mistake in the process below.

I realised a while ago that the memory card on the N95 stores a lot of data that often becomes unnecessary. These files and folders hold data from applications like games, themes and programs, once these applications are removed a lot of the old data remains and in cases of the Music Player actually restrict its functions to that of the earlier versions. I decided to Completely refresh my MicroSD Card by carefully removing ALL the Files and only restoring the default folders and the essential ones i wanted. Below are 2 screenshots the first of the existing folders on my Memory card, the second the Default folders necessary on the N95 memory Card.
So if you have had your N95 for some time now and regularly use the memory card i would recommend cleaning up your Memory Card.

















The process for cleaning up your memory card is quite simple. I prefer to remove my Memory card and Connect via the external Card slot on my Laptop, the transfer speed seems to be faster but i have used USB cable connection on the guide below incase you do not have a Memory Card slot.

1. Connect you Phone to your PC via USB cable and select "Data Transfer mode" on the handset.
2. Open up My Computer and open the Memory Card
3. BACK UP all your files by Copy/Paste all the folders from the memory Card to a new folder on your Desktop on the PC.
4. Now DELETE all the folders on the Phones Memory Card
5. Disconnect your Phone from the PC. The default folders will be created by the phone automatically on disconnection from the USB cable.

6. Reconnect your phone to your PC via USB cable and Copy all the essential file that you want like
Video files, Music files and Images this could take some time depending on the amount and size of the files you have.

7. (Optional) Now you can Defragment your clean Memory card. This is done from the defragment application on your PC. Details on how to Defragment your Memory card are in Section 2. Micro SD Memory Card Defragmentation. on my Problem and fix's page HERE

8. Finally disconnect your phone from the PC. When you restart you Music Player for the first time it will look for new entries, i would Cancel the operation and manually refresh the Music library from the Options, it just seems to work better.You may need to reinstall any applications that were deleted but I recommend installing all applications to the Internal Phone Memory not the External memory. I also got new Nokia Maps (which was an updated version).

That's it your Memory Card should now be in Perfect Condition.



2. Remove old Artist/Album details from N95 Music player Tutorial

I noticed a while ago that the Music Player kept all details of Artists/Albums even when i had removed the songs and wouldn't allow me to delete them. When i tried to delete them i would get an error message "General: Feature not supported". Artists spelt with different case's would stay listed like "the Strokes" or "The strokes" and even when i manually changed their name the reference would remain.
I have noticed that with later firmware versions now v.21 that this problem has been fixed, but i was still left with the old references!!

So i had a look around the Nokia Forum to find this Fix.

Problems Associated with this Fix

1) I lost 1 of my 7 Playlists even though the tracks were still visible from "All Songs".

2) The MusicPlayer Memory will be wiped "0 Tracks" and will automatically reload all the tracks which initially caused a long delay in refreshing. It worked better for me to remove/ reinsert the memory card rather than trying to initially refresh the Music Library. Backup your files on your PC incase you loose some data.

Remove Old Artist/ Album details Tutorial

I recommend making a copy of the files and saving onto your PC rather than deleting the files straight away, just incase there are any problems

1) On your PC you will need to have allowed to "Show" hidden files, do this from Explorer/Tools/ Folder Options/ View and select "Show hidden files and Folder"

2) You will need to connect your phone to a PC via usb cable and select the "Data transfer" mode.

3) Go to My Computer and open the Memory card, the 3 folder you are looking for are : 101FFC31, 101f8857 & 101ffca9 they should appear on your PC similar to the image below.Click on the images to enlarge.










4) In the folder 101FFC31 there will be 2 files the mpxv1 is Music data and the pcv5 is podcast data. (Make a copy of .mpd files on your PC just for backup) delete both files NOT THE FOLDER.








5) Now go to 101f8857 /cache/ E in there you will see around 40 .dat files (Make a copy of the E folder and save to your PC) Now delete the .dat files in the E folder NOT THE "E" FOLDER.










6) Now finally go to 101ffca9 (Make a copy of the .dat file on your PC) then delete the harvesterdb.dat file NOT THE FOLDER.








7) Now exit all open windows, disconnect your phone from the PC, you are finished.

All the Files will automatically be created by the phone once you open the Music Player.

8) Now when you open your MusicPlayer it will show "0 Music & 0 Podcasts" but it should automatically rescan for files, If you have a lot of tracks this can take a long time, so i found it easier to "Cancel" the action and Remove & Re-insert the memory card. It then found all the 415 tracks easier i still used refresh a couple of times and it found 4 more.

You should now have a much cleaner Artists list, i also found that i can delete old artists details with my Music Player v.21 firmware, so i wont have to do this again!!

Go through you Playlists and check for dead references. As i mentioned earlier i lost the track references to 1 Playlist, it was quicker to delete that Playist and make a new one

The Backup file copies on your PC can be deleted once you are happy with your Music Player details.

3. Removing old Applications and Themes stored on the Memory Card

Many people have noticed that after a firmware upgrade or a Hard or soft reset some old themes still showed up on the phone. I had this problem, the applications showed up in the App.Mgr but i couldn't remove them.
This is because i installed them to the memory card and some information is still stored in the card but it is incomplete causing errors.
It is possible to remove these "Bits" and clean up your applications list. You will need to do on a PC, i have tried to do it directly on the phone but it doesn't work as well as the Private files are protected.

Removing Old Themes from the Memory card

The Files you will need to change are "Hidden Files" so you will need to "Show" hidden files on the Computer, to do this,
Open any Folder and select "Tools" then "Folder Options", then in the "View" tab select the button "Show hidden files and folders" (highlighted in Red) see below.


1. Remove the SD Memory Card from you Phone and insert the card directly it to you Pc/Laptop or connect via usb cable.
2. Navigate and open the Memory card, you should then see a list of folders open the "Private" folder. Now locate the Folder 10207114 highlighted below in red.














3.Now locate the Import folder inside 10207114, in there you should see the folders with MDM, MIF,SKN files. These are the files you want to delete, DELETE the FILES NOT the FOLDERS
If the files are titled "themepackage", You can open these files with Notepad and you should be able to see their titles if they are not displayed. as shown below.












4. You may find references to old themes in Memory card/ Resources/ Skins, have a look and delete and files there too (Delete the files not the folders).









5. All that is left now is to put the Memory card in your phone and the Themes should no longer exist!

This tutorial is based on the excellent post by Zach at Symbian in Motion View




24. Shazam on N95
Shazam was originally launched in 2002 and is a music identification program that identifies music from short segment captured by your phone, The application takes a 10 second recording of the music, connects to Shazam via an internet connection (This will cost extra unless you can use free wireless) to find a match and displays the result together with a picture of the album artwork and any products available to buy relating to that track. There webpage says "Shazam is now used in a variety of ways: callers can use it to discover new music and get information about something they haven't heard before, search for a specific interest, buy a range of music products or simply used as a way of remembering what's playing so that they can buy it later, or just to create a collection and even pass it on to friends and family."
















Shazam has now released a new application for S60 devices simply called Shazam. You can download it for free from the OVI Store until 30th Nov 2009. At the end of the promo, to continue using Shazam you can download a new app and use Shazam Lite** with limited features and tagging for free; or pay once for unlimited tagging and full features. Shazam OVI page below:

ShazamOVIStore

There is also a simpler way to use Shazam and that doesn't require any software but it is more expensive:
Simply dial 2580 on your mobile phone and this will start this music analysis, but this costs for the £0.50 per tag and further charges for Fees are charged by premium rate SMS as it requires an internet connection for completion.




25. Back Up & retrieve your Contacts to your Memory or SIM Card
If you have ever lost your "Contacts" from your phone memory you will know how difficult and time consuming it is to make a new list not to mention sometimes impossible!
Nokia N95 & N95 8GB both make it easy to Save and Retrieve your Contacts to your Memory card or SIM Card.

To Save your Phone Contacts to your Memory or SIM Card:

1. Go to your Contacts Folder either from the Main Menu or a preset shortcut.

2. From the Options select Mark then select Mark all.

3. Now all your Contacts should have a tick by each name.

4. From the Options select Copy then select To SIM directory

5. Now select All (or preferred option) then select OK. The screenshots below show the Main steps



















To retrieve your contacts from your SIM Card: Go to Contacts/ Options/ SIM Contacts/ SIM directory.
I use this method after Firmware updates to retrieve Contact details.

To retrieve your Contacts from your Memory Card: Go to Contacts/ Options/ Copy/ From Memory Card.










26. Free Underground Transport Maps
I noticed a while ago that there are applications to view underground transport maps. But why not just use a Image/Picture in GIF or BMP format and view it from the gallery using "zoom in".

I have found a website with links to transport maps worldwide. Scroll down to your City you want and open the image full size and right-mouse on the image and select "Save Image As ...". Then you can transfer to your phone via Nokia Pc suite, Bluetooth or USB Data transfer. Very large images may have a problem using too much memory in 100% Zoom. but most i have tried work fine even at 200% zoom!


Here are three you can download Manhattan Subway, London Underground and Paris Metro, just click on the image to enlarge:















27. Wikipedia on your N95

I have been looking for ways to get Wikipedia on your N95 quickly and easily. Wikipedia is as i'm sure you know a online encyclopedia style website with loads of information on just about anything.
I have found 2 ways to quickly access the website. I have shown full size screenshots so that you can see the quality of the text and images.
To give you an idea of how the webpage looks like on a PC i have shown the basic search page for . . . "dogs" i often use this search word because it rarely contains any porn links/ads and its simple to type!










1. Wikipedia Mobile
This is a Flash application by rhishi which allows you to type in your search word before you connect to the internet. The Layout is clean and simple with an easy to use search bar, the quality of the text appears blurred as you can see from the screenshots below. I also had problem of loosing connection to the internet (GPRS) whilst searching for further details. for more details click on the title.














2. UnyverseWikipedia
This is a java application which searches wikipedia and also has added features of

- Showing hyperlinks from text shown on original pages
- Starring function for articles
- 3 different size fonts
- Compressed format for bandwidth optimization.

It has a much more precise look and feel, although not all of the images were displayed. There are a few other useful features click the link on the title text to view.

















28. Barcode Reader
The N95 come with a free application called "Barcode" (located in Applications). It reads using the camera QR codes (Quick Response) a matrix type code created in Japan in 1994 . You can create text messages, URL's, phone numbers even SMS messages and send them to friends or anyone who can read them. Webpage addresses can even link directly to the website.
Online QR code Generator here , and more info here



29. Video calling, Video centre, & Life Blog Tutorials
Here are Tutorials on :
Video Calling Setup
Using the Video Centre
LifeBlog Setup

All the tutorials are provided by 'KnowyourMobile'



30. How much power do Applications use?
This data was based on the v12 firmware and i will show new improvements with v20 firmwareI soon.
I have been testing out how much RAM different applications use. I used Active File onscreen memory monitor which shows the memory left when running different pre installed applications ans external third party applications. It is worth noting that the memory use can fluctuate, so the results will often be different, but as a general guide they show just how much memory use applications like the Camera and games really use. (I will be adding more details to this section soon). Click on the images to view details.

Nokia N95 Freeware

Classic/ Mobile/ Download BookMark

Symbian S60 3rd Edition Freeware

This page lists useful freeware applications and download links including Active Notes, Tevero Stopwatch, Calcium and Conversation RotateMe and many more to come.

Now that i have created a section on unsigned applications in my main page , i will include unsigned freeware, i have used the Nokia logo recoloured to highlight these programs


Certificate Problems
If you get error “Certificate Error, contact the application supplier”. To accept all applications Go to Tools > App. mgr > Options > Settings. Change “software installation” from “Signed Only” to “All” and “Online certificate” check to “off”.

If you get "Certificate Expired" Go to Menu > Tools >Settings > General > Date and Time and set the date to an earlier day , one year should be enough. You can change the date back after you have installed the application.


Guide
.SIS or .SISX application


Unsigned .SIS or .SISX application, This will need to be signed, details on my main page here


Java application


Adobe Flash application


Gold Star Rating, I highly recommend this application

N95 FREEWARE

Nokia Photo Browser
The Nokia Photo Browser is an alternative to the default gallery. It allows you to quickly flick through images on your N95. Previously this application only worked on 5800 but now you can enjoy browsing the your photos on your N95. It make using the gallery fun experience, you can use '*' to zoom-in, '#' to zoom-out. The soft keys also allow you to open and delete images.

Google translate
Google Translate is a widget created by W.Seto. It allows translate words or simple phrases into 10 languages using Google translate servers.

Nixie
Nixie v.1.01 is an application by Jouni Miettunen that emulates the Nixie clocks developed in the 1950's. The Clock works in Portrait and landscape mode and has an option to change the colour to Red, green or Blue. It is not technically a screensaver and has to be started from the application menu folder.

Wallpaper Composer 1.1
The Wallpaper Composer is a freeware application that creates a Wallpaper montage from your pictures. You can set the numbers of images to use and select each image manually or use a Auto generate feature..
The image size is set at 240x235 pixels which is slightly smaller than the full screen. The new image is not as sharp as the original images but it creates quick new designs. The application appears to be from a German company 12snap.

DataSafe
DataSafe is a nice simple Application by Neil Sands that allows you to password protect text files. You could hide Bank account details or other security details and passwords. His website has more details about the application.

FreeFullScreenWallPaper

FreeFSWP v.1.01 is a great little application from Junnikokuki which allows you to put a full screen images in a theme. As you probably know Themes allow you to set a wallpaper but the image is cropped 3/4 image with bars at the top and bottom. FreeFSWP goes one better and not only puts a true full screen image but allows you to show the images on all menu or idle screen only. The application need to be signed online. An excellent application for those who don't make their own themes.

Nokia Magnifier
Nokia Magnifier is a freeware application from Nokia Betalabs. It uses the Camera feature to magnify text or photos. It has a few useful features with a built-in stabilizer to avoid Camera shake and a "Take Picture" and "Negative" for those who want to capture of enhance an image.
There is a Video Guide MagnifierVideo

MultiCounter
MultiCounter by yohanes allows you to increase or decrease a number count on your phone. You simply push the right navigation key to increase and left navigation key to decrease the count. You can change the name of the Counter, add additional Counters and also export the data from the phone as a text file stored in C:\data. The application is already signed, More details on Yohanes Page

AudioSmileys from Nokia Beta Labs
AudioSmileys is a simple application that allows you to play sounds to express emotions. It was designed for kids and has 9 basic defaults sounds. The great thing is that you can completely change the image and Sounds in the settings. This allows you to choose your own .mp3/.wav clips and .jpeg images (64x48 pixels).
So you can have you own weird crazy sounds!!
In the screenshot left, i have changed the top 3 images and sounds to Woody woodpecker. a Henry Hoover and an old Typewriter.
If you want some free sound clips then try a really cool website called FindSounds.com where you can download loads of free sounds from Polar bears to Eagles and Earthquakes to Lawnmowers.

Nokia Step Counter

The Nokia Step Counter is an application that uses the inbuilt accelerometer to count and track the your movement. Nokia say "The Nokia Step Counter not only counts your steps, it also determines the distance you have covered and your energy expenditure. You can even compare your activity levels on different days by looking up the summaries stored in a handy diary. All you have to do is carry your phone around with you whenever you move, for example in a pocket of your clothing, attached to a belt or your upper arm, or in a handbag worn over your shoulder."
This application first came out in May 2008 but was updated in December.There are a couple of points worth mentioning
1. Height and weight must be entered in cm and kg regardless of whether Metric Units is chosen in Settings -> General.
2. If the scheduler is disabled and the Step Counter is run past midnight statistics might be incorrectly allocated to different days.

FreeTimeBox v.1.05
FreeTimeBox by junnikokuki is an application that allows you to sync the correct time on your phone. If you are obsessed about the correct seconds then this is for you. There are 4 ways to get the time info, Wlan, WAP, SMS and GPS. You can set it to run at start up or just get the time when you want. The application is already signed!!.

FreeCaller
FreeCaller by Ynon Perek is a Full Screen Caller display for N95. It is the only freeware Full screen application i have seen and allows you to add any picture from your gallery to a Contacts list. It needs to run as an application in "Hide" mode rather than completely replacing the default caller display. The application does need to be signed online!
One tip is to make special cropped photos 240x320 for the caller images, otherwise it will distort any wide images to fit full screen.
The latest version is v1.04 but i found that the later versions have a bug when using the Settings feature, so i have provided a v1.01 which i found works perfectly.

Nokia AudioBooks Updated
Nokia AudioBooks is an application that allows you to listen to audiobooks on your N95. On of the advantages of is that Audiobooks are around 10 times smaller in size than a low quality Mp3 of the same length.
You can Download Nokia Audiobook Player for S60 3rd Edition FeaturePack 1
You will also need to get the Nokia Audiobooks Manager which can convert .Wav files into Audiobook format.

Conversation Updated
Nokia Conversation is a freeware application from Nokia beta Labs which groups your Calls/Messages by contact name. It works as an extra tab in your contacts Folder. You can organise the list by 'Time' or 'Name'. It makes it easy to see and reply the entries of a particular person.

Enhanced Calculator Updated
This calculator from Nokia beta Labs, has standard ans scientific modes as well as a load and interest calculator. Nokia say "In essence, this is the same calculator application that is pre-installed in several Nokia phones based on Series 40" it is an improvement over the default calculator. Download from NokiaBetaLabs

MobiGenie
This application from Nokia was designed for the E65 but works on the N95 without any problems. MobiGenie can be used as a Answer machine, Caller locator, SMS auto-reply service, Caller blocker. You can record you own "Busy" messages or use the default ones as well as set the answer time delay. There are some very useful features and i am amazed it hasn't been released for N95 by Nokia themselves.
(Note : If you are using Firefox it may block the "Accept and Download" button on the nokia page, try with IE7 etc.)





Call Filter by Anfy
This freeware allows you to Block unwanted callers from your contacts or any specified phone number.

Opera 4.2
Opera is an Internet browser that works on mobile phones. It has been around for years now and offers a good alternative to the inbuilt Web browser on your phone. there are loads of settings to play with including opening in full screen and landscape mode. The link opens in the Opera mini homepage where you can see full details of their features.
The latest version 4.2 beta includes New Skin features, Faster downloading especially in USA and Asia-Pacific, You tube compatibility and sync features for Notes. There are also many shortcut keys fro rotating the pages, fullscreen etc

MagicKey 1.0 beta
Magic Key is a freeware application that allows you to change or disable the functions of the Keys on your N95. The application needs to be signed via SymbianSigned process.
The applications is a beta version and it does have a few bugs but nothing serious. I have created the Zip folder which contains instructions on how to set the Key Pairs as it is a bit difficult at first. The screenshots left show part of the process in changing the Keys.















MemoryUp Personal
MemoryUp Personal is a freeware application which can reclaim lost resources. It has a useful main Screen that shows your current RAM use and an option to "Quick Boost" where you can gain back lost Ram from Memory leaks. You could simply restart your phone to achieve the same results, but this makes a quick and useful tool to gain small amounts of RAM.
When you download the Zip folder be careful not to choose Upgrade button otherwise you will have to pay for the PRO version.
Once you have downloaded the zip folder extract the .jar and .jad files and move them to your phone. Then use the File Manager on the phone to locate the .jad file and Open, it will automatically install.





Jbak Taskman
Juriy Bakunin a developer from Russia has updated Jbak TaskMan 0.99 which is a Task manager that not only can kill applications but also launch applications for your own personal menu.
Another great thing is it is already signed, and of course its free. When its running it automatically replaces the standard task manager which is opened by holding down the Menu Key. The application shows running applications on the left and allows you to add personal applications or documents to the launch menu on the right. There are also many other options, which makes it a really useful application indeed. Download Jbak TaskMan 0.99 directly from his website by clicking the title or go here.





AlertMe
This application by Ahmet Yildirim (McLightning) alerts you if your phone is moved using the built in accelerometer as the sensor.
You need to install python and a Megapypack 1.52 to get the application to work. Before you install the MegapyPack remove RDAccelerometer if you have previously installed it. I have provided a zip folder with all 3 applications.
The AlertMe Application and MegapyPack 1.52 both need to be signed via Symbian signed online process but the python1.4 app. is already signed. Click on the application name to download the Zip folder or go here.

Thanks to jd Sullivan for highlighting this application :)

SwitchOff
This Application allows you to turn off your phone at a set time. It is very simple and useful if you need this feature.
The application needs to be signed via SymbianSigned process.













N95 Lightsaber
A developer named Graham Oldfield has used the Accelerometer in the N95 to create a simple lightsabre out of the N95! The latest version 1.62 has even better settings, allowing you to choose the colour, sound level etc. You also need to install the Accelerometer plugin which comes in the zip file.






Theme Scheduler
Here is another useful Scheduler by Dr Jukka, this time its Themes Scheduling. The application is simple to use, you can set the day/ Time and frequency of the automation. The application is Unsigned , therefore it needs signing with symbian (details on his page). It a useful application and a simple way to remind yourself of those cool themes you often forget about.





Profile Scheduler
This application is by Dr Jukka who makes Y-Browser and Y-Fake Messages. It allows you to change Profiles automatically whenever you want . There are good options and a setting for Random profiles. The application needs signing , there are links on his page for the signing process.












SMS Scheduler 1.0.7
This application by Lombrozo allows you to send text messages when you want. You could scheduler birthday text or reminders with options of hourly to yearly frequency.
It requires Python to be installed but doesn't need signing.







Y Fake Messages
Y Fake Messages is an application that allows you to send fake messages to yourself. You can choose the time, day and sender in the options. It is a useful tool to remind yourself of things to do like the Calendar Memo feature. The application needs to be signed, which is a small drawback and details on the signing process can be found on my main page in section 3. Once the application is installed you will find it in the Main Menu screen inside the Dr Jukka folder not the applications folder.





SpeedCam
This application Alerts you when you nearing speed cameras whilst driving. I usually test all the applications before featuring them but i haven't i this case, so i have taken most of the information from their website. It is designed to operate either in conjunction with Nokia Maps, or in the background (e.g. whilst using another application or in standby) and popup to the foreground with an audio visual alert, then return to the background. There are a number of file to install, and you will need to update speed camera info. The developer homepage gives you links for all the relevant details.
They have tested it on a N95-1 with Nokia Maps v.2., it also requires python to be installed, to download and view full details go here or click on Application Name.

RockNScroll
RockNScroll is another Accelerometer based application similar to Samir's RotateMe, The good thing about RockNScroll it does more than rotate images, you can use it to open programs and many other things too, There are a lot of detailed settings so that you can use it for gaming or normal everyday use.
The application is unsigned and quite complicated to understand at first, so the guy's at KEYnetik have produced a useful user guide video
To download the unsigned sis file you need to register with their forum or you could search mosh for a shared version.

Star Wars Imperial Ace
In this game you are the Imperial fighter, shooting down x-wings and other things.
There are really good quality graphics and guides. it was apparently originally used in Siemens phones and has been resized for N95. Use the Dark side!!








FreeCallsSprite
FreeCallSprite is a dial-up vibration application by junnikokuki that basically vibrates when you make a call until the other person answers the phone.
You could of course hold it in your hand or just leave the phone on a table vibrating as the vibration is quite strong you will certainly notice when the it stops!
Unfortunately the application is unsigned so you will need to follow the online signing process, on my Main page Section 3, if you haven't already got a certificate.







IfInfo
This freeware application by Yohanes allows you to see your N95 Internet Connection details like I.P address, DNS, Gateway and many others.
It is similar to using the PC command prompt ipconfig /all.







Theme launcher
To change themes on a N95 you have to go to Menu/tools/settings/general/personalisation/themes, well Theme launcher simply creates the themes folder in the application menu so you can move it to the main folder(root). This allows you to quickly change your themes. Its a really simple idea but really useful saving time and effort.









Theme Magic beta
This application use the accelerometer inbuilt in the N95 to Change themes when you shake your phone. This is a beta version and does not have full settings capability. I found it difficult to see the new changed theme before selecting it but i am sure this is something that will improve when the full freeware version is available. For more details on Theme Magic visit Symbian Freak










Beeper
Beeper is a freeware application by Ariek44 that is simliar to the popular Timebar. It can show the date, Time, Battery or signal strength or RAM use on the Inactive Screen. You will need to install Python for the applicaton to work, i have provided a copy in the zip file.
Generally Beeper is more customizable than Timebar, but both allow you to move the display around the screen using XY coordinates.
The Bar display type is changed by selecting "Bar info". You can also set hourly alarm tones as with Timebar by creating .mp3 tracks. I have provided a Timebar set of basic hourly tones in the zip folder. You can change the hour alert range, though i did have problems getting the correct hourly time voice alert.



The screenshots left show the Options available in Beeper, you can "Restart your phone" start specific applications at allocated times as well as changing the colour of the text and background of the display.

For RGB Colours see ColorSchemer

For more details on Beeper see SymbianFreak





Nokia Internet Radio beta
Nokia have produced an Internet Radio application that allows you to listen to Radio stations from around the world via the Internet. You can browse radio stations by language, genre or most popular. There are added details which pop up as you browse each section like station details. If you connect via WLAN with a Music speaker system you can get a very good listening experience.
This application is still in beta version, which means there maybe small bugs which will be fixed in future versions. I personally had problems using GPRS internet connection with "Connection TimeOut" errors but with WLAN the connection was very good without any loss of signal.




Battery Voice
This freeware application speaks your Battery level out loud! After starting the application simply shake the phone to active the Battery Voice. This version is in English, but you could change the .wav files to your own language.
This application needs python installed and a copy is in the zip file. There are also images and sounds folders which need to be placed in External Memory Card: z / others.






Battery Widget
This Battery widget simply shows your current battery level. Widgets only work on N95 with later firmware v.21 and N95 8GB. To Install widgets move the.wgz file to your phone, then open the file within the phone to start the installation process. The installed Widget is located in the applications folder.









iBattery and Clock Screensaver
This .swf file is a Screensaver that shows you battery strength and current time. The application can be viewed using the Flash lite player located in your Media folder on the phone.
If you want to display a Screensaver on your phone, you need to got to Menu / Tools / Settings / General / Personalisation / Themes / Power saver and then choose Animation. You can also change the time delays and back light. For more info on Screensavers see section 8 here







G Desk
G Desk is an amazing application that allows you to customize your N95 and N95 8GB. In a way it is a bit like a theme where you can change the background and icons, but you can also position the icons where ever you want.
The G desk website has information on downloads, designs and even a forum.
You can download version 0.26a from their website here.
I also have a version 0.30 which may not be as stable but it works on my N95. download 0.30 zip


This application looks great and has lots of options, some shown left, but it does take a while to create the design you want.
You need to install the main application and any additional applications, provided in the zip folders Taskmanager, Icons, clocks etc.
The .gdd file are the background images and they need to be moved to a folder in your phone memory.
I would recommend taking a look at the designs first to get some ideas, it will take some time to create a look you want, but if you love customizing then this is an application for you!




DivX mobile player
To play .avi video files rather than the mp4.
Tutorial for creating .AVI video files here
The Latest version 0.91. Choose the Symbian OS 9 S60 3rd Edition version on the download page.











WakeUpMe
Wake Up Me otherwise known as pyBudzik by the developer Damian is an application that allows you to change your default alarm sound to the Radio, LCGJukebox, FIVN player or "Other" application from z:/sys/bin.
It can open another application like realplayer by using this string Z:\sys\bin\MediaPlayer.exe but i cannot open a track just the application, so it is not so useful in this mode.
To set your Alarm tone to you favourite track go to Menu/Tools/Settings/General/Personalisation/Tones/ClockAlarmTone and choose the track from your Music Library.
You need to install Python to make the application work and i have supplied both applications in the zip folder.





ShakeSMS
Shake SMS is a freeware application by TongRen that uses the accelerometer in the N95 to open text messages when you shake the phone. There are good options and useful settings, more info on the application at his website here.
There are 3 versions available but the one i have linked in the title is the symbian signed version, so you can use it straight away.









Mobile Weather 1.1
Mobile weather is a freeware application that allows you to get weather forecasts for hundreds of different cities around the world. This application uses Yahoo weather as it source and therefore needs and internet connection to retrieve the initial data. It will remember different locations that you set and has good options for updating the forecast.








WorldMate
WorldMate is a freeware application that allows you to get Weather Forecasts, Currency info and World Clocks on your N95. This freeware version does not include other features available on the main screen (marked with a star). The weather info is not as detailed as Mobile weather but shows a 5 days forecast. The link goes to there home page where you can choose the N95 or N95 8GB version to download.
You are initially asked to register an email account.






Nokia DJ Mixer
This Nokia application came out in 2007 from th Nseries India website and is available for most Nokia Nseries phones. It basically allows you to mix tracks from your music library and also make Karoke tracks. You can create playlists and save them, which is really useful because gettings track is a little slow due to need to the constant Read data approval.
Although you can load a long playlist you can only mix 2 tracks at one time.


I have to say i found this application a lot of fun, its quite simple to use and if you play the phone through a stereo system the mixing sounds quite good :)
You can download the Jar file from the Title at the top or visit the Nseries India website to sign up here










Mp3 editor
Mp3editor is a tool to cut/join Mp3 on your phone. For me I prefer to edit mp3 on a pc with MP3DirectCut but this gives you the opportunity to do it anywhere from your mobile. The application has a few small problems: the Key options does not show up on the screen, and they are important to know they are

Use left soft key for menus and right key to cancel or exit.
1 & 3= Move start point to right
2= Reset start position
4 & 6= Move end point to left/right
5= Mark end point at current position
7 & 8= Adjust timing steps
Up, down keys= Volume control
Left, right keys= Move position mark

The other problem is that you edit in time(secs) rather than on a graph.
Although i have mentioned a couple of issues i must say i think its a really good application, and its gives you the option to create clips/edits where ever you are.





Syntrax
Syntrax is the first and only professional music software for the mobile phone. It is a sequencer, sound synthesis and sample editor all wrapped up in a nice little package! A mobile synthesizer in your pocket. Those are the quotes from the Syntrax website, i have to be totally honest, ive had this application sitting around for a while and havent posted it because i have no idea how to use it! I get totally confused at the intricate layout, but i am sure if you use this type of software you will understand it. The good news is the website has tutorials to download and more details.





S60 Ticker (Old free Version) (Latest trial Version)
S60 ticker allows you to show incoming Text messages in a Ticker tape scroll bar on your phone. It is a really good application with excellent settings allowing you to move the scroll bar, Enable Theme support, change scroll speed and many others. The advantage is that you can continue playing games, or writing messages whilst the incoming text.
Ok now the complicated bit, The Earlier version is freeware and the latest Full trial version is not free. The earlier version needs one part to be signed! so you have a choice of visiting their Website and getting latest Trial version or download Free version (needs signing). Personally i use the earlier freeware version





Message Mirror Lite
Message mirror Lite is a application that backsUp all your messages, even when you have deleted messages from your inbox. You can transfer messages via Bluetooth, Infrared and MMS. This is a freeware version of Message Mirror, both versions are available from the site Wireless-Labs look for the free version.
Details about Message Mirror can be found here






pyMoneta
This freeware application by Ariek44 allows you to move a coin of your choice around the screen. It needs python to be installed and uses the inbuilt accelerometer to control the coins movement. I have provided a zip folder with the necessary python and coins by Teo from symbian freak and myself. Click on the application name to download









pyPoziomica
This application by Ariek44 turns your n95 into a Spirit level! I'm always wanting to check how level things are REALLY i am, so this is great for me! Well i haven't checked how accurate it is yet but its pretty cool. It needs python to be installed. You can change the backgrounds or leave it plain. I have provided a zip folder with python and the backgrounds from symbian freak which you could change at a later date.





Reboot or EQ reboot
This is a very basic Reboot application. There are no options once you press the button it will restart the phone . One good thing is that is signed so you can use it straight away.











PyRestart 2.00
This application requires Python to be installed on your phone. It doesn't need signing which is good and has simple options with a Auto Restart feature. I really liked this application. When it restarts the phone there is no Nokia linking hands clip and no pin card request as with most of the other reboot apps.








NStarter 1.05
Nstarter is a Reboot application with the advantage of having loads of settings and shortcut options. The main disadvantage is that it is Unsigned, so you will need to sign it yourself or submit it to symbian signed (see signing process on main page)








NeoReboot
NeoReboot is a recent application that can Restart your Phone. The main drawback is that the application is unsigned.












Google Search
Google Search is a very quick way to search the internet from your phone. The application has a quick key that displays on your Inactive screen for around 3 seconds. I prefer to disable the key as it pops up too often for me and i use one of the 7 keypad shortcut buttons instead.





AppQLaunch
Application Quick launch by Yohanes is a simple but very good freeware program that allows you to quickly open applications by name. To save time its a good idea to open it with a shortcut key, as shown in the second image. I also found it necessary to refresh the list in the options after installing, to bring up the full list of application available.

pySnake
pySnake is a simply but entertaining game that uses the Accelerometer to change the direction of the snake. The action works well and makes the game a little more complicated and interesting than normal. Just tilt the phone to move the direction its that easy. You will need to install Python for s60 for this game to work. python is needed for other applications so its well worth installing it.

Galaxian
Well this continues my collection of old school arcade games. It wasn't originally made for a N95 but i have resized it and improved the app. icon. This is not 'Galaxian Mini' which is a poor substitute. In the resizing process text details have been degraded but the game play is better. Its a copy of the Namco game by Vboarz.
The sound works but is amazingly loud! the vibrate doesn't seem to work. You can turn the both on/off.




Kingdom of Heaven
This game is based on the 2005 Movie Kingdom of Heaven. The screenshot gives you a good idea of the action? lots of running around in 2D, there are various challenges in each level. I like the use of Orlando Bloom Movie stills.












Voice Breaker
This is a game where you have to shout to destroy the building. The louder you shout the more damage you will do, but look out for the people walking in the road, and try to get the planes and helicopter to crash into the buildings.

Speaker
This application by Manu uses the speech command inbuilt in N95 to Speak the Date, Time, IMEI, Missed calls, or Last missed call. You may need to download Python1.4 before installing the Speaker application, all the links are on his page.
The application is still in development and you can contact Manu with suggestions for further additions to the speech list or any other ideas you may have.
There are some simple but clever settings which allow you to select a shortcut like contacts on Exit. For example you can set your usual "Contacts" key to open the speaker application which could then say the "Time" then close and bring up the "Contacts" menu. with a little development this could be a useful application.



Mini Sky v1.0
MiniSky is a freeware application map of the constellations or Star Groups. I really dont know my star's but i'm sure many of you do. The applications works well on the N95.

MobileRAR 0.8
RAR if you don't already know are a compressed file format similar to Zip, They are commonly used on the internet and emails. WinRAR is a not a free product and this application is not made by them but by a individual developer.
The app. can extract RAR files withi