MY Nokia X200 Review

Nokia X200 is feature packed budget phone from Nokia

I bought it in July 2011 at a price of Rs.4600 along with a 2 GB memory card in Mumbai

This phone is known for its 5MP camera

Since I have been using this phone from last one year I thought of giving you a review

1. Phone features a 5Mp camera

X2 camera very large images due to its high resolution. Images are good in bright day light. And you get no image during night due to the lack of night mode

Camera also has a flash. But the flash is of no use at long distances. Flash is powerful as it is meant to double up as Flashlight or torch.

Due to very powerful Flash the image gets ruined (the problem is fixed here)

Also if you take many images at one time the Phone freezes (theproblem is fixed here)

2. Hardware is strong (like many Nokia Phones)

Keypad is good and easy to use

Music keys on the side are great

The Phone speakers are quite loud.

Much time the music keys get pressed accidentally leading to a surprise and embarrassing loud music noise from the phone.

Also the camera key on the side of the phone gets accidentally pressed during a call.

The Metal finish of the phone gives it a stunning look

The phones FM Radio as an inbuilt antenna

The battery life of the phone is good

3.Phone has Nokia's S40 software

4. Phone needs to be updated

When I purchased the phone back in 2011, it was version 4.9 and it needed to updated read the guide for updating the phone here

Other Nokia X200 or Nokia s40 Articles:

Nokia X200 or Nokia s40 Software Update

Nokia X200 Video Playback Problems (Poor Audio Quality)

Nokia X2-00 is freezing while capturing many photos at atime

Nokia X200 flash is too bright and spoils the image

Hiding Files and Folders in Nokia X200 or any Nokia S40 phone

Well Nokia x2 00 has two main preloaded applications in its main menu

1. Photos

2. Music

The Photos app will show all the images on your memory card at this one place

The Music app will show all the music files and video files on your memory card here

Now many a times we want to hide our personal files from other people

What we can do about it

1. Do not give the phone to other people

                But sometimes someone close to us, a friend or a cousin may ask for the phone and it may sound rude to not give the phone

2. Put a security Guard on the phone

                It is one of the best ways to guard your phone by simply putting a key guard security. But again the above reason stands true

3. Hiding the Folders on the Memory Card

                But still they will be visible in Photos and Music Applications

4. Hiding the Files so that they are completely inaccessible

Hiding the Folders on the Memory Card

1. Create a folder named ABCD.jad (or anyname.jad)

2. Put the files you want to hide in this folder

3. Create a folder named ABCD.jar (or anyname.jar)

4. That’s it the ABCD.jad folder and files in it will not be visible anymore

5. To access the folder back rename ABCD.jar to ABCD.jara (or .ja or .j or anything but not .jar)

6. But these files will still be accessible in the Photos and Music Applications.

Nokia X2 Camera Image Capture Problems: Nokia X200 flash is too bright and spoils the Image

Nokia X200 has a 5MP camera

Note 5MP denotes the number of pixels a image has

Nokia X2 also has a flash light to enhance your  Image

But you may notice that the flash spoils the image

1. It because the flash is too bright as it is meant  doubles up as a torch light

2. Because there is a plastic cover on the lens and camera which spreads the light from the flash on to the image

Solutions

Now many of you may be vary of removing the cover as it may end up giving scratches on the lens (which is really very bad)

So what I did is I used a paper cutter and cut out the lens cover from the flash light and kept the cover on the camera lens as it is

In this manner the problem was solved and even the camera lens won’t get any scratches

Nokia X2 Camera Image Capture Problems: Nokia X2-00 is freezing while capturing many photos at a time

Nokia X200 has a 5Mp camera

Note 5MP denote the number of pixels a image has.

Now since the camera capture the image at 5MP it results in creation of a very large file

After you capture an image you end up with an Image.nrw file this is nothing but the raw image

It is the raw dump of capture image and hence it is very large in size about 5Mb

After the raw file is created the phone starts to compress it in to a .jpg file of about 1mb. This requires processing power from phone

Now if you click many photos at a time it will lead to many raw images being processed at the same time and hence majority of the processing power is consumed here

And now if you click a new photo it tends to take a lot time to save

We don’t have any solution to this

May be you can try to

1. Reduce the image resolution

2. Wait for a few seconds before taking every new image.

Nokia X200 Video Problems

We find than Video Playback quality is acceptable but audio quality is poor and below standards

Many People who have Nokia x2 complain of having good video quality but bad audio quality

This can be fixed

Nokia X200 supports two video Formats .mp4 and .3gp

Generally quality of .mp4 is better than .3gp and size of the .mp4 is more than .3gp

I convert the videos on my pc and transfer it to my phone

I use the following setting for better audio playback (and lower video size)

I use .mp4 for files I watch the most and I like and .3gp for other files

I use ImToo video converter you may use any other video convertor Find and adjust these settings and save them as a new Profile/template for future use

SETTINGS FOR AN .MP4 FILE

VIDEO SETTINGS

Video Codec: MPEG-4

Video Size: 320x240 ( qvga ) (Nokia x200 screen size)

Bitrate : 256K (This produces Good quality video. Lower it down to reduce file size)

Frame Rate: 24Fps

Aspect ratio: 4:3

Zoom: Full (Keep Aspect Ratio)

Encode Mode: VBR (Variable Bitrate)

AUDIO SETTINGS

Audio Codec: MPEG-4 AAC

Sample Rate: 48000.

Bitrates: 192K (This produces Good quality audio. Lower it down to reduce file size)

Channel: MONO (Not STEREO! Very Imp!!)

Volume: 125% (More than 100%)

SETTINGS FOR A .3gp FILE

VIDEO SETTINGS

Video Codec: H.263

Video Size: 320x240(qvga) (Nokia X200 screen size)

Bitrates: 256K (This produces Good quality video. Lower it down to reduce file size)

Frame Rate: 24Fps

Aspect ratio: 4:3

Zoom: Full (Keep Aspect Ratio)

Encode Mode: VBR (Variable Bitrates)

AUDIO SETTINGS

Audio Codec: libamr_nb

Sample Rate: 8000.

Bitrates: 12.2K (This produces Good quality audio. Lower it down to reduce file size)

Channel: MONO (Not STEREO! Very Imp!!)

Volume: 125% (More than 100%)

Nokia X200 Software Update Tutorial

5 Simple Steps to Update Your Nokia Handset

Nokia X200 is another affordable handset from Nokia.

But it also has a lot of problems with it

We will address those problems in time one by one.

Majority of problems can be fixed just by updating your phone

Nokia X200 has 1 software Update

This Post will address the way of Updating your Phone Software

Note: This is the way How I updated my Phone

 Your experience may be completely different. I am not responsible any consequences whatsoever

Step 1

 Check Your Current Version of Nokia Firmware

Press *#0000# on your phone. You will get information about the version number of your phone

For Nokia X200 if it is V 08.25 then you are on the latest version and this tutorial is not for you.

If you are on V 4.90 or any lower version than 8.25 then continue reading.

Step 2

Gathering the Requirements

You need the following things.

1. A Reliable and Always on Internet or Broadband Connection

                Note that we are going to download a file of about 50-70 Mb and your internet connection should not fail during this download!!

2. Nokia Software Updater (This Software Will Update your Phone)

3. Nokia USB Cable.

Step 3

Backup all your data

1. Backup all your photos Videos

2. Backup all your applications

3. Backup your entire memory card

4. Backup all your contacts

5 backup all your messages

Step 4

Updating

1. Run the Nokia Software Updater

2. Follow on Screen Instructions

3. Connect your phone to your PC When Asked

4 Click Update

5. Wait for the Download to Finish

6. Phone will be automatically updated after the download

Step 5

Checking Your Brand New Updated Phone

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