Nokia N97 & N97 mini | The problems with the Music Player search
Posted by Norman John in N-Series, N97, N97 2.0, N97 Mini, N97 Mini RAOUL Limited Edition, Nokia
The latest firmware update for the Nokia N97 brought many new features and changes. However, not all changes have improved the experience and usability of the device. One of which is the new search function in the music player.
For all of you who haven’t noticed it or have not yet updated your handset, I’ll start from scratch and explain the problems. With the old search function you could enter the word ‘love’ for example, and you got a lists of the all songs containing the word ‘love’, either in the title or author’s name.
However now, with the new v20 firmware and also on the Nokia N97 mini, when you enter the word ‘love’ you only get a match with the first word in the title of the song. So, you end up getting a really limited search result which isn’t much use at all.
Take the following example:
I want to listen to a song of which I only know that the title contains the world ‘diamonds’. I will never find the song ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ by searching ‘diamonds’ as ‘diamonds’ is the last word in the title.
More over there is another issue with the search functionality when you want to edit the search term. Once you have entered your word, you can’t edit it and if you try do to so by pressing the clear/delete button, you will be asked whether you want to delete the song instead.
These are some major bugs in the software and not how the search functionality should work. The N97 offers 32GB storage, essentially for music, and you can store thousands of songs on it. Without a proper search option, the music experience is spoiled and leaves the end user browsing through extensive lists to find the desired song to play. I really hope that Nokia send out an update to solve this issue soon, as it is so much easier to use an mp3 player at the moment.
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I have the same issue, it’s very irritating when you have up to 20GB of mp3’s on the phone…
Yes, this really sucks. I use the Music player daily and so I cannot find songs that fast as before…
It seems they exchanged the search algorithm between the N97 (mini) and the ovi store
A few days ago, it wasn’t possible to find the “egg timer” on ovi store by searching for “timer”- this works now. But now there are similar problems on the phones. How funny…
no sir,
I have a German 20.0.019 on an N97 and I don’t have this problem. The only thing what was changing is that I couldn’t place the icon for the player on the front screen for direct access anymore.
oh … now I see … I use the search function that will find anything on your phone or if you go to music only the music … I have that now on front screen
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Whats the name of that N97 theme in the screen shots???
I’m using this theme:
http://symbianworld.org/2540-n900-maemo5-theme-for-s60-5th-edition/
does anyone found a better music player to install as an app?
This problem is terrible !!!!!!!
I have also a lot of music in the 32G memory and it’s impossible to find something with default player.
i bought two units of Nokia N97 because i like the style of this phone and also its features. Best phone i have ever used.
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Did anyone found a solution yet ? It’s a pain in the a** ! Can’t find any music since this update…
I love the look and feel of the Nokia N97. This is probably the best phone that i ever bought, the other best phone would be the iPhone.