Comments on: Nokia N97 Camera Flash Useless After 45 Days

By: nokia supporter

nokia supporter — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:13:08 +0000

I just removed the scratched glass. Now i get HQ Pictures with my N97

By: Zoran

Zoran — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:43:12 +0000

I have new phone, just unpacked 2 days ago and have an other problem. I have on the sreen horizontal colour lines, and it stays on picture also…

By: Zoran

Zoran — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:43:12 +0000

I have new phone, just unpacked 2 days ago and have an other problem. I have on the sreen horizontal colour lines, and it stays on picture also…

By: mikejay

mikejay — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:58:14 +0000

had my n97 less than a month gps has more or less packed up lens has not scratched yet but i get the same white haze on all pictures that the flash has been used on i also spotted my mates 5800 has the same problem his pictures using flash are all washed out on one side next to the flash so this was an issue before the n97 came out.

By: mikejay

mikejay — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:58:14 +0000

By: alexisdover88

alexisdover88 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:56:35 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvgV6uWkyA
my video will help sort this problem. pretty easy fix actually

By: erfiz

erfiz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:31:36 +0000

ehm beware with your camera ,friends

By: Mark Fisher

Mark Fisher — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:49:05 +0000

I have had my N97 for less than a month and now when I take photograph (with the flash on) I have lose half may photograph to what appears to be a light similar to what i've seen on this blog but only worse, Never had this problem with the N95. I would suggest this is a design flaw which needs addressing. Anyone have any ideas who I should contact?

By: sudhir_yss

sudhir_yss — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:21:32 +0000

N97 Camera is the worst camera in a handset i have ever seen, every shot it takes has a yellowish tint in it, i think it happens because of the dual flash located very near to the lens. The yellowish tint in the shots usually comes at the border that ultimately spoils the whole shot.
N97 's camera is just pathetic.. :O

By: Philly

Philly — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:12:17 +0000

Same problem here after 14 days..

By: scgn97

scgn97 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:57:04 +0000

yesss the same is happening with me… first, i thought it to be coz of scratches, but later i found pics taken without flash are absolutely fine… but the ones with flash have this hazy white effect on all pics…
how to get it corrrected?? please help!!

By: Aravind

Aravind — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:16:06 +0000

More N97 flash flooding pics.

http://www.twitpic.com/gtogd
http://www.twitpic.com/gtr1v

By: Braam

Braam — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:56:25 +0000

I have the exact same problem, pictures look just like the examples shown. No flash, no problem, flash on … whooohaaa.. TERRIBLE!!!!

Whats up Nokia????

By: Heinz E. Silkeit

Heinz E. Silkeit — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:08:07 +0000

There is an online petition about this problem,I 've just found
http://www.petitiononline.com/N97lens/petition….

a simple changing will not fix the problem, so much people should sign in …

By: shaneoconnor

shaneoconnor — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:35:21 +0000

Hey you guys
Do not worry,try this and report back.Tonight i was experencing the mist on the left hand side of my pictures.I was told over at a forum to move my fingers to a different position and try again.

The picture appears to be clear,its the lights reflection off the fingers i think.Maybe i am wrong and there really is a problem with some handsets just give it ago.

By: philippss

philippss — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:35:03 +0000

Nice article about the Nokia E75 Express Music Model Mobile..Nice review..I am using the Unlocked Nokia 6600model mobile i am going sell it & buy the Nokia E75 Model soon soon.

By: Jade Bryan Jardinico

Jade Bryan Jardinico — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:29:01 +0000

oh my…sorry Mark for ur n97 prob..i hope nokia will do things on these probs

By: ldimasi

ldimasi — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:21:13 +0000

i am having the same problem also videos at night time with the flash on is a big joke. i never had this issue with my nokia n95 8gb…it's sad really. i think its because of where the flash is on the camera. but i did try turning the phone upside down so the flash is in a dif position.

By: superrei

superrei — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:20:16 +0000

Are you applying too much force on the cover when you open it. I don't have such problem. Though I do it very gently every time.

By: stringg

stringg — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:29:21 +0000

Review Nice To read the Symbian Nokia N97 Model mobiles..It camera,WI-FI Technology,the style etc are likeable One ..I used the site mobileunlocksolutions for the Nokia Mobile Unlocking..

By: Baptiste

Baptiste — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:17:42 +0000

Which is really annoying with this mobile is that we discover every day a new problem.
i have a white N97 and in order to make it work I had to remova all the active widgets from homesecreen, I also discovered that the camera slider makes some scratches on the lens.
Finally I also noticed that the pad on the keyboard starts getting yellow !
For a 700€ phone it's a shame, I am thinking about changing for an Iphone even if I am a Nokia fan.

By: jsoncv80

jsoncv80 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:09:24 +0000

I was a big fan of Blackberry at one time and lived by it, i always got the latest one and was always happy, i finally started looking towards other phones specially since having att since i was open to use far more and when i read about the n97 i was so stoked and how for over the years nokia has lead the industry and had awesome features like flash on web and amazing cameras…i really wanted to love this phone and gave it such a chance, but with my friends rocking things like android devices, one getting his hands on the touch pro 2 and a handfull iphone 3gs users…my n97 just wasnt hanging in the sense of “up to date” like the UI, Support, Words on the web, easy to use things like zooming in on web and openig pages, i dont wanna take extra steps just for it to do what others do well in one step…damn i wanted to love it but i sold it this morning…going 3GS.

By: WOM World / Nokia » Blog Archive - N97 camera flash

WOM World / Nokia » Blog Archive - N97 camera flash — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:20:11 +0000

[...] reckons the flash has ‘washed out’ one side of all the snaps he has taken. Previously he has posted saying a quick wipe of the lens could sort [...]

By: awallafaShagba

awallafaShagba — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:00:17 +0000

this is a huge issue with 1000's on handsets being returned for repair !

Personally mine is ok – but when it does affect the pictures i'll have a moan to Vodafone..

By: liperan

liperan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:11:31 +0000

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By: Robbie

Robbie — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:13:52 +0000

What a bummer. I also have an N97 and had to return my first one due to the phone having various issues. One of those was the GPS not working right. Anyways this makes me nervous since one of the big reasons I bought this phone was for the camera. Is this something that they will fix under warranty? This is an expensive phone to have problems like this.

By: ben1010

ben1010 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:41:51 +0000

yup, mine started doing this a few weeks ago too… i noticed it's caused by the flash, so a picture in the daylight turns out ok, but in the dark, I get a white haze over the left side of my photos.

By: sloanb

sloanb — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:26:01 +0000

This is exactly what mine is doing. I had no idea this is what the cause was. This is horrible news to us N97 owners. Sadly I feel that the price of this phone simply isn't worth it. You sending yours in for repairs?