Nokia 8.1 - General FAQs Thread

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

Does it have a pre applied screen protector? Coz my tempered glass might arrive a day or two after the phone

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

GTR12 said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

Does it have a pre applied screen protector? Coz my tempered glass might arrive a day or two after the phone

No, just get another brand of clear case, there's no "official Nokia" case. Mine is some silicon clear case. 

Okay thanks. And what about the screen protector I asked about in the question that you quoted in your response to an earlier question?

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

GTR12 said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

GTR12 said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

Does it have a pre applied screen protector? Coz my tempered glass might arrive a day or two after the phone

No, just get another brand of clear case, there's no "official Nokia" case. Mine is some silicon clear case. 

Okay thanks. And what about the screen protector I asked about in the question that you quoted in your response to an earlier question?

There is no pre-applied screen protector, why do you need one? The case has raised edges. 

The raised edges will help only when the phone is kept face down on a clean and perfectly flat surface. Rest of the time the screen will be exposed without any protector. I personally don't use a screen protector on my current Moto X Play and its held up pretty well so far. But this Nokia 8.1 is very notorious for catching scratches very easily, as mentioned by various reviewers (I really hope they're wrong, but don't wanna risk it). Besides, it uses NEG glass and not Gorilla glass. And I haven't used a device with NEG glass before. So I'm not sure of is ability to keep away scratches

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

GTR12 said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

The raised edges will help only when the phone is kept face down on a clean and perfectly flat surface. Rest of the time the screen will be exposed without any protector. I personally don't use a screen protector on my current Moto X Play and its held up pretty well so far. But this Nokia 8.1 is very notorious for catching scratches very easily, as mentioned by various reviewers (I really hope they're wrong, but don't wanna risk it). Besides, it uses NEG glass and not Gorilla glass. And I haven't used a device with NEG glass before. So I'm not sure of is ability to keep away scratches

NEG is a competitor to Gorilla Glass, they provide the same sort of protection. 

I've dropped my phone lots of times since I've had it and not a single scratch, I'm more worried about the back glass breaking rather than the screen. 

That's great news about the screen strength. Thanks
Regarding the back glass, I suppose they've used the same glass as the front. So that should be fine as well

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

GTR12 said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal 

Regarding the back glass, I suppose they've used the same glass as the front. So that should be fine as well

Nope, it's normal glass and extremely slippery. It's also a stupid design as the phone doesn't have wireless charging so it's a pointless feature. 

Oh okay. I like 7 Plus' design the most. Looks good as well as is durable (coz no glass)

EswarGade

Is TrulySecure face unlock coming to Nokia 8.1 via an update, or does it have a hardware limitation?

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

EswarGade said:

Is TrulySecure face unlock coming to Nokia 8.1 via an update, or does it have a hardware limitation?

Guess it's not coming to 8.1

https://www.xda-developers.com/nokia-9-nokia-4-2-nokia-3-2-software-based-face-unlock/

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

Where's the ambient light sensor on this device?

singhnsk

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

Where's the ambient light sensor on this device?

The location 9 houses both the light sensor (on the right) and the proximity (on the left).

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

singhnsk said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

Where's the ambient light sensor on this device?

The location 9 houses both the light sensor (on the right) and the proximity (on the left).

Okay thanks

manishkr

While playing YouTube when we mute incoming calls and continue play YouTube then it play but sound is also muted of playing video. I have used many phone but never seen like this. Nokia 8.1 has any solution for this?

HARSHH14

Facelock is removed in nokia 8.1 official android 10 update..😡..Bring it back.

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

HARSHH14 said:

Facelock is removed in nokia 8.1 official android 10 update..😡..Bring it back.

I'm afraid Nokia can't do anything about it. It's Google's decision

HARSHH14

Dark mode is not dark. Its like grey mode and also bad changes are in android 10 update. Lots of bugs..👎 #Nokia8.1

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

HARSHH14 said:

Dark mode is not dark. Its like grey mode and also bad changes are in android 10 update. Lots of bugs..👎 #Nokia8.1

Bugs like? Didn't face any yet 🤔

Vinit Sharma

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

HARSHH14 said:

Dark mode is not dark. Its like grey mode and also bad changes are in android 10 update. Lots of bugs..👎 #Nokia8.1

Bugs like? Didn't face any yet 🤔

Switch off dark mode ... And then try to open play store.

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

Vinit Sharma said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

HARSHH14 said:

Dark mode is not dark. Its like grey mode and also bad changes are in android 10 update. Lots of bugs..👎 #Nokia8.1

Bugs like? Didn't face any yet 🤔

Switch off dark mode ... And then try to open play store.

I did. Didn't find anything wrong. What am I missing?

Vinit Sharma

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

Vinit Sharma said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

HARSHH14 said:

Dark mode is not dark. Its like grey mode and also bad changes are in android 10 update. Lots of bugs..👎 #Nokia8.1

Bugs like? Didn't face any yet 🤔

Switch off dark mode ... And then try to open play store.

I did. Didn't find anything wrong. What am I missing?

Oh then its great!! Because in my device the screen starts splashing ..continuously when i did that .....
Btw did you find focus mode in your nokia 8.1. I didn't find it in my device.

SanjayP

The seek bar for the songs isn't working too. The ram management is totally bad. I can't even upload a picture. Really the "ram management" should be improved. Lot of bugs to be fixed

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

Vinit Sharma said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

Vinit Sharma said:

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal said:

HARSHH14 said:

Dark mode is not dark. Its like grey mode and also bad changes are in android 10 update. Lots of bugs..👎 #Nokia8.1

Bugs like? Didn't face any yet 🤔

Switch off dark mode ... And then try to open play store.

I did. Didn't find anything wrong. What am I missing?

Oh then its great!! Because in my device the screen starts splashing ..continuously when i did that .....
Btw did you find focus mode in your nokia 8.1. I didn't find it in my device.

Sorry to know about your play store. Nope, don't see the focus mode. Maybe an update to the app is on the way

SanjayP

Sorry about this topic, could someone share me any link of the gcam mod of the latest version. 

SanjayP

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Heard that the focus mode is still in beta. Let's see what happens until the next update

Dr. Kapil K. Khandelwal

Sanjayparsi said:

The seek bar for the songs isn't working too. The ram management is totally bad. I can't even upload a picture. Really the "ram management" should be improved. Lot of bugs to be fixed

Seek bar is working for Google Play Music, but not for Musicolet. Probably the 3rd party apps aren't updated yet

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I had tried for Poweramp music player. The problem is I can find seek bar, but the seek bar isn't syncing with the song. 

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I had tried for Poweramp music player. The problem is I can find seek bar, but the seek bar isn't syncing with the song. 

Try rebooting your device. See if it helps