Comments on: Unboxing: Nokia E65

By: Asad

Asad — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:47:26 +0000

Nokia E65
Hey friend i had a problem frm last tow weeks weith my nokia e65 can someone help me .
Problem wit slide when the slide is close its all buttons working but when the slide up (open) Right side keys doestn work . Plz help me . if Anyone have a solution about.

By: Clint

Clint — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:56:51 +0000

My Nokia E65 started randomly beeping and hitting out symbols. The top right corner keypad button stopped working. When I spoke about it to friends, the same thing had happened to them. Mine was just over the 1 yr warranty, the other lucky people were within so got a replacement. The dealer new of this problem and said it couldn’t be fixed? If it was a car there would have been a re-call! Keypad backlight doesn’t work either. Almost a good phone if it kept working.

By: BEN1010

BEN1010 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:09:34 +0000

how do i store a file on my phone with out it going to the message centre.

i will like it to go stright to the memory card

By: dina

dina — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:11:48 +0000

well, E65 is a good cell phone, though it’s kinda difficult.
anyway, i faced a problem that i can’t solve in using it and i hope some one solve it to me, as i used to put a password to the phone, and i changed the sim card and tried to open it again but the password is wrong,

By: George Crewe

George Crewe — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:05:42 +0000

The paint scratches very easily, very fast. If you buy one, be sure to take care of it very well.

Tryed to get a replacement case from the Nokia repair shop in Mexico. Said the case was 130 USD. Almost a fifth of the price of the phone.

Multimedia Gallery stopped working properly, so I cannot look at my photos. Even after firmware upgrade.

Wifi, works ok. Have used Fringle with skype with some success.

Never new the lights in the keypad lighted up.

Practical phone, although imperfect.

By: Wessie

Wessie — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:41:14 +0000

How do I get the keypad lights on again…..pls.

By: Foxfalk

Foxfalk — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:41:09 +0000

Could the people who say that the font size on the E65 tell me exactly how it’s done. I got the E65 two days ago and I’m about to bring it back to the shop.

Also having a calendar that will not allow one to repeat an alarm every day/week/month is just nuts…..and this is supposed to be aimed at business.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:36:06 +0000

My E65 has been relegated to a SIM free VOIP phone for home use only.

Like many other commentors I have to agree that the E65 is a disgrace. Nokia should be burying their heads in the sand over this one!

I’ve done A LOT of research since my problems with the E65 started a year ago. I found that most Nokia phones are garbage. I will NEVER, EVER buy another Nokia product… and I tell anyone who’ll listen the same!

Stay clear of ANYTHING Nokia!!!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:58:16 +0000

Email me if u have had similar problems, or any support from Nokia (Or advice)
Thanx hypno_57@hotmail.com

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:55:47 +0000

Im on my FOURTH NOKIA E65
The features of the phone are excelent for the price….BUT
All mine freeze up, reboot, switch off, have a bad battery life, My keys on the front stop responding untill restarted. The people at Nokia Care (Australia, WA) tel me (After having 3, and reparing the 4th twice) that it might be the memory card Aplications …! After I told her all I had was music and pictures they said, that could be the problem aswel! She says its like a Viruse and that mobiles dont have stuff like computers to stop that! BUT HOLD UP. I had installed Trend Micro Security For The Nokia e65 (Came with my PC, version for added support for portable devices) When I told her that she replied, “Oh, Well we can book it in for repair…” The phone boasts about all its features but quite frankly if it cant even store music and pictures, Let ALONE Applications, it’s not living up to it’s name. NO ONE buys a PC expecting them to tell you, You cant put any programs on there because the PC wont work right!!! Nokia REFUSE to provide me with a knew model Nokia, or Knew e65. They told me to go to 3 (My service Provider) but I dont see how Three have more resposibility over a Nokia faulty mobile over Nokia Themself!
I will never recomend Nokia again to anyone. LG, Sony Ericson OR Samsung for me!!!!

Very UNHAPPY COSTOMER!!

By: steve

steve — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:02:46 +0000

theo,could please explain to me where you downloaded the greek language and how to install it on the e65.
i rang nokia and they said they do not know.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:44:18 +0000

does anyone know how to add greek language software onto the e65?

By: cb

cb — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:02:41 +0000

@ js
pdf user guide available from the Nokia europe website. I have managed to set the font larger without any problem,

how did you manage to change the font size, I’ve read the pdf user guide but can’t find anything on it

By: JS

JS — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:31:38 +0000

hate this phone wish i cud burn al the damn models produced nokia u hav a reputation rite y not keep it u may take this e65 crap an shuf it up ur asses! bloody lites dnt work txt font to small no front camera y did u design it wiv a fake one nah im goin back on samsung nokia u have lost my att thanx 4 nuttn altho i liked the old phone n80 try harder ! butt u lost me as a client 4 sure SAMSUNG HERE I COME!1!

Wow winston 3g! If you could learn to spell maybe attempt the pdf user guide available from the Nokia europe website. I have managed to set the font larger without any problem, no paint has peeled off, and the backlights are more reliable than our domestic electricity supply. Did you know that the reason the backlights do not function in the day is to conserve battery power? So before you send it in for a repair of something that is not broken consider trying to use them at night. Maybe our handsets come from different factories, but I am on my second Nokia E65 because the first one was stolen. And we work very well together, without any problems. Go rush out and buy a samsung. There is a difference between a business phone like the E65 and a mickey mouse samsung.

By: yo

yo — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:54:25 +0000

This phone really sucks… DONT buy it is the worst and slowest nokia mobile…

By: winston 3g

winston 3g — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:30:12 +0000

î hate this phone wish i cud burn al the damn models produced nokia u hav a reputation rite y not keep it u may take this e65 crap an shuf it up ur asses! bloody lites dnt work txt font to small no front camera y did u design it wiv a fake one nah im goin back on samsung nokia u have lost my att thanx 4 nuttn altho i liked the old phone n80 try harder ! butt u lost me as a client 4 sure SAMSUNG HERE I COME!1!

By: Miller

Miller — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:34:22 +0000

Yeah bit of a crusty phone and 4 months after getting it the paint is peeling off on d-pad and around the rim of the screen.

- Keeps saying ‘use in offline mode’ when i swap my Malay/Aus simcards.

- Bad camera, whats the use of a camera with no flash? And a 3 second delay on the picture?

Gonna try handing it in to Optus for a replacement.

By: Theo

Theo — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:46:04 +0000

JJ, to make the voice to read mails in danish you have to download(for free) the danish language from nokia website. I have done this for greek language and it worked great.

You can have stopwatch for free [not legally(cracked)] but I dont recommended it.

For navigation you can use Garmin Xt. Its great.

About the other stuff you said, I totally agree(mainly for the flash integration in the browser).

By: TH

TH — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:44:27 +0000

At first glance I loved this phone, it is truely beautiful, but a Sony Ericsson Z520i is a more reliable phone. My phone buzzes, the side buttons stopped working after a month and then two weeks after that the all keys except the power button have stopped functioning, so I can switch it on but do jack, beautiful.

By: jj

jj — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:47:13 +0000

Experiences:

- No smileys in SMS’es. you have to manually choose the single symbols of a smiley (count the keystrokes for this…)
- Alarm not logical (when creating a new appointment and setting the alarm, why should it then be necessary to choose the alarm, navigate to the activate alarm button, activating the alarm and THEN set the time of the alarm?)
- Cannot disable vibrating on email only. you have to disable vibration in general. Annoying when you need to use a silent profile but want to have vibration on calls and SMS’es, but not on email (I get 150 emails a day).
- No Flash integration in browser (seriously – there is a flash player in the phone, but not for use in the browser)
- The voice for reading mails and voice recognition is in English only. Ever tried listening to a Danish mail read with English phonetics? Ugly…
- The phone has a supersmart integration option to a navigator… but cannot integrate to a Garmin Nüvi, probably the most used navigator in the world…
- Quickoffice is useless. No images in Word documents. Poor pdf rendering. Excel incompatible with many files.
- No stopwatch, countdown etc. Default in most Nokia phones, but on the E65 you have to purchase it.
- No shortcut key combinations (except on main menus). Common actions like “mark mail as unread” requires 8-10 strokes.

…that was jus my 5 cents off the top of myhead. On a bad day I might find 100 more annoyances with this phone…

By: Kayla

Kayla — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:48:05 +0000

i’m on my second one, i got it exactly a day ago and my back light broke… and now i’m on my second one which i got today and it broke again!! wat the hell!

By: Roman

Roman — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:43:11 +0000

the backlight and keypad light work with the sensor, meaning, that when the sensor gets much light, the keys won’t light at all, and the backlight will be weaker.
try covering the light sensor (the right corner’s button-like), and see what happens.

hope it’ll figure some people’s problem.

cya.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:45:56 +0000

What a crap it is!

I want to warn all people considering this model. Don’t! I’ve made a mistake of entrusting in the brand and not checking any independent forums _before_ purchase.

Got one a few ways ago – it was a brand new model, but had to have the simlock taken off, as networks didn’t match. This voids my warranty to each I intelligently agreed. I remember me saying to the guy – well the phone is new and Nokia is reliable, so why bother.

Now, the keypad light is gone and I’m impatiently waiting for all other problems to develop. How thrilling.

I’ll dump this crap through an auction site in a two months or so, when I will renew my contracts. Hope the auction will be popular. After all, if someone badly neeeds this phone, they can buy it for half the price and already broken.

Oh, and bloody texting has been modified in a way that “reduced language support” which earlier allowed for special characters in my languge to be converted to non-accented latin letters, no longer works. It works bloody the same as “full support” so why bother putting this option in the first place (did work in past models though). Now each SMS is 62 or something characters long. How briliant. I’m sure all the operators are so grateful.

I’m gona convert to fridge-like handsets by LG. I &%%$&(# promise.

By: dan woodward

dan woodward — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:42:33 +0000

I am also on my second e65 with the backlight problem. Also the paint has scratched and d pad is so scratched that its showing bare plastic

By: gareth

gareth — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:33:23 +0000

Hi Guys,

I need some help with my E65..

This mornign, my keypad froze for about 3 hours. Now the middle button and left and right buttons dont work. I use this phone for work, do not have insursance, and is only 5 months into my contract!

Any Ideas?
Thanks in Advance..

By: Syd

Syd — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:20:18 +0000

Phone is a great business phone. On my third now, but am having my first run in with keypad lights. WLAN access works well, FRING useful for skype out calls. Buzzing, overheating, crashes, & insufficient horsepower to run software are all problems. Sync works great with Mac and PC, and Exchange plug in is very effective alternative to BlackBerry.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:26:52 +0000

Trying hard to like the E65 from Nokia – difficult to be 100% enthusiastic though. Experienced the same problems as most – switches itself off, buzzes annoyingly and font way to small. Finding that texting has some frustrating issues especially the closeness of the c (clear) key to the red close key – result lots of messages ending up in the drafts folder.
Phone looks good tho – main problem text size!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:26:40 +0000

I have had both problems. After having the phone for about a month the keypad lights stopped working and are barely visible. It has also turned itself off at least 6 or 7 times in the past month when the battery is full. Obviously this is a very common problem!

By: Dan woodward

Dan woodward — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:34:29 +0000

My back lights dont work and the paint is peeling off. Shame on nokia

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:43:15 +0000

I am also on my third E65. The first one wouldn’t hold a charge for more than 8 hours. With the second one, the keypad backlighting stopped working after a couple of days. And now, on the third one, the keypad lights have just stopped working after having this new handset for a couple of weeks.

There are obviously some serious defects with this model.