I recently broke the screen on my n95 8gb, but got it replaced for a brand new one with my o2 insurance.
When fully charged the new one dies after 12 hours, and thats with no programs running and maybe 2 short phone calls whilst at work.
It freezes when going through images, turns its self off.
Is it a duff phone? Or battery?
Should i call to have this one replaced or is there a fix?
The last phone was de-branded and had the latest firmware and worked flawlessly. I backed that phone up before swapping for the new one.
I restored that backup after charing the phone.
Would that backup replace the firmware?
My first reaction to your plight would be that it could be caused by any or all of the reasons you've thought off. My 7 month old N95 8GB lasts 24 hours easily and I send 30 - 60 texts a day and make about 15 mins of calls as well as using GPS.
So lets try and tree it down for you.
1. Are you using an official Nokia BL-6 battery with a holographic logo on it?
2. What was the firmware on your last phone and what is the firmware on this one?
(This can be found by typing in *#0000# from the front screen)
My feeling on this one is that as you had debranded your last phone and that your new one seems to be O2 branded that there is a conflict occurring because:-
a) The firmware on your new phone is lower than your old one because O2 haven't released a version 20 yet.
b) Operator branded firmware differs somewhat to generic (unbranded) firmware and this could be part of the problem.
Possible solutions:-
1. Debrand your present phone and install version 20 firmware and reinstall Gallery, Contacts, Music, etc bot NOT Settings. These should be entered manually.
or
2. Return your phone to it's factory state by entering *#7370# from the main screen and then reinstall as above. This will keep your O2 branding.
In answer to your question .... does backup change the firmware.... the answer is no but it will be restoring settings from either a different firmware which will cause conflict.
IMHO I would go for option 1 and debrand and load version 20 firmware and then reinstall without Settings.
Since the V20 update i have to charge my phone twice a day somtimes 3X.
It could be that i need a new battery but it's strange how it only happend after upgrade.
Same thing used to happen when i had rotateme installed so i'm going to switch off built in auto-rotation and see if it changes things,which i think it won't but still.
this version is v20. I havent debranded this one, so i don't know why it is v20 unless the restoring the backup changed the firmware?
I did a hard reset earlier, so i'm unsure of if it has improved anything yet.
The last phone was a v20 and that one lasted 24 hours.
The battery is the one that came with the phone direct from o2 insurance so it must be legit.
Thanks for your replies
I still think that the backup from your last phone which I believe was generic unbranded you said, will run into conflict with the branded O2 firmware.
If it does then I still suggest debranding and installing generic firmware.
Good luck. 😊
I am on the fourth day of the current charge and I still have 3 bars left. Debranded, no 'clever' accelerometer proggies and NO BACKUP INSTALLED after flashing to v20.
I honestly think my n95 8gb does not last as long since I got V20...
clapprob wrote:The last phone was de-branded and had the latest firmware and worked flawlessly. I backed that phone up before swapping for the new one.
I restored that backup after charing the phone. Would that backup replace the firmware?
Restoring a backup doesn't affect FW version.
However, a backup is only properly useful (and safe) to use for restore when the handset FW version and Network FW Variant are exactly the same.
I suggest you do a hard reset, don't restore the backup and see if the battery life is any better. If no improvement, sent it back as faulty.
Mine happend after the v20 vodafone branded update
i failed to state what version it was in earlier reply also with no back up installed