NOKIA N73 AND THE CASE OF THE BLINKING BLUE LIGHT

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I really like my new mobile phone which is a Nokia N73 Music Edition. There is however one disturbing thing and that is a blue light that is blinking whenever my phone is activating sleep mode. Sleep mode is great because it consumes less battery when it is active but that blinking blue light is really getting on my nerves.

I mean, I know when my mobile phone is turned on and just in sleep mode which means that the blinking blue light of the Nokia N73 is completely useless. The problem is that you can turn it off but this also means that you turn of sleep mode which in turn means that your mobile is wasting more battery.

To turn it off you navigate to: Menu -> Tools -> Settings -> Phone -> Display -> SLEEP MODE => off. This sends the blue light and the sleep mode to Nirvana which is probably not such a good idea. An alternative would be to place the phone with the front on the desk to get rid of the light without disabling sleep mode.

I’m not sure why there is no option to turn of the light only and still keep the sleep mode. Nokia, it is time for a firmware update that fixes this problem.

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Lawliet says, August 3rd, 2007   

This also happens in N80 and other N-series phones I reckon. I believe the rationale behind this is to tell you that your phone is very much still turned on even though the screen probably says it isn’t.

Martin says, August 3rd, 2007   

I think it is questionable to force the blue light onto their customers like this. They should at least add an option to turn it off because I do know when my phone is still on or not.

And even if I would not I would realize the state after pushing a button.

Penfold says, August 3rd, 2007   

Well i have the 6300 and the blue flashing light means bluetooth is on, just turn that off and you should have no flashes with sleep mode

Udayan Chauhan says, August 21st, 2007   

no blue flash light has nothing to do with bluetooth…it simply means that sleep mode is on

adnesa says, September 13th, 2007   

inicially when i bought the phone it was blinking and the light was white and strong. it blinked all the time and not only when it goes to sleep mode… now it is like you described. i kinda got used to it and i cant make it back. the reason i like it is when i lose it in my bag. i find it easily. :)

BJ BRIAN says, September 30th, 2007   

wait… mine dont flash even when the sleep mode is set on but i want it on! please help!

Waiter says, October 18th, 2007   

Your blue light doesn’t flash?

Well, Bobby McFerrin said it best - “Don’t worry, BE HAPPY!”

Ram Rao says, January 3rd, 2008   

I just upgraded to the N82 from the N73 and sorely miss the li’l flashing blue light which unerringly helped me locate the phone in the dark. Is there a reason Nokia omitted it in the N82?

sunil sharma says, January 18th, 2008   

In Nokia N 73 Music Edtiton “Select whether the display is switched off to save battery power 20 minutes after the power saver is activated. when the display is swithced off, a LED blinks to indicate that the device is power on.”
but at this time phone is power off automatically.

mo says, January 20th, 2008   

How do i keep the blue light on at all time? it’s the coolest thing ever. If the phone is in sleep mode, the screen will be pitch black (same when it is switched off). Hence, it is extremely useful and it saves alot of battery.

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