[Hands0n]

There is a lot of stuff said about the faulty slider on the Nokia N95. For my part I have two of these (T-Mobile and Vodafone) and neither of them have the clicky slider. Both get a lot of use seven days a week. So my reckoning is that they leave the factory "clicky" rather than develop the fault. If anyone has seen otherwise please make mention here.

Anyroadup, there are lots of helpful (and not so helpful) solutions to this problem. I offer a couple here for your use. The usual caveats apply - you do this at your own risk, follow the instructions to the letter, do not compromise, use the proper tools, take your time and - most importantly - if you are not handy don't even begin to try this. You must have some technical/mechanical skills or aptitude.

A good question is "Why should I do this on a £400 phone?" - well, yes, you could send it back for repair. But for the time you'll be without, and you may even get it back in a worse condtion (it happens). Or you may get another from the same batch, same problem. The fix is often simple, quick and effective. But I'd be the first to agree that it is a sign of the times where even something costing half a Grand can be sub-standard in design, manufacture or both.

Firstly a handy little blog page - http://n95slidefix.blogspot.com/

Here is a Youtube video showing a simple fix without opening up the handset. The audio is in Italian but it is easy enough to follow
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QqkkUMAe6do&mode=related&search=

There seems to be tons of stuff on Google, so don't suffer in silence. And if you have any other fixes to share please do let us know.

[miffed]

As mentioned in another thread ,My Orange (CPW Generic) N95 was very loose out of the box - whereas the T-mobile branded one I had started off fine but worked its way loose (not as loose as the Orange one though) over a few weeks
I used the sticky felt solution - I "borrowed" one of the self adhesive felt squares from one of my wife's favourite ornaments - cut it in half and stuck the semi circle to the back of the slider along the edge - worked perfectly , didn't look too out of place either - I'd recommend that to anyone

The solution that I WOULDN"T recommend even trying is the one where you take the Black metal slider off and try to bend them into shape ! , I simply don't think this is physically possible for anyone to be able to do properly (neatly and evenly ) - If you DO succeed , then as well as shortening the height of the gap (the intention) - you'll also be increasing the size of the lip, which may cause problems of its own !
I have also seen people suggest that you can simply loosen the screws and move the rails down a bit - RUBBISH !! - the screwholes are countersunk (slightly) - they will force the rail back into its original position !
Stick with the felt circles I say !