New firmware available!!!

[stuartlowb]

Just checked on software updater and got the attached.

Not done it yet - does anyone have any info?

[gallous_boy]

Just checked on software updater and got the attached.

Not done it yet - does anyone have any info?

just checked mine, and yes its available, very excited going to download it later.

[fluxomatic]

I can confirm too that yes it available
new firmware update...

[UPatel]

Is the firmware update only for debranded handsets?

I'm on Tmobile

[ratkat]

More details here

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/6308_The_N95_classic_hits_v20_firmw.php

[Mithent]

Demand paging! I was never that tempted to debrand before (the T-Mobile branding is negligible) but that might be worth it..

[Ian Ross]

Demand paging! I was never that tempted to debrand before (the T-Mobile branding is negligible) but that might be worth it..

Trust me.....it's worth it!

Available for unbranded N95.
Things I have noticed:-

Boot up time about 50% quicker.
Camera a lot quicker on opening (if shutter is open the camera can be started with a long press on the camera butto, same as 8GB).
Quicker picture taking
Menu's open quicker
Used to have about 18M of RAM on Startup. Now around 30M.
With Contacts, Handy Taskman, Gallery, Music Player all open I still have 20M.
New Music folder
New Utilities folder.
Search: Internet and My content (same as 8GB) on standby screen.
N Gage and Music store added.

I have both the N95 and the N95 8GB and, IMHO, this firmware brings the N95 up to the 8GB standard. The 8GB still has around 50M more RAM with the above applications open but what the hell! This is the upgrade I, and I guess others, have been waiting for.
Now let's see what it does to the battery!

[ez2remember]

Wow, that's impressive 30MB of free ram + demand paging. I think 30MB free is enough for most users.

It makes me want to keep my old n95 classic... :confused: It shows you how good both phones are because I don't want to sell either now. lol

[Ian Ross]

Want to keep both the N95 and N95 8GB now.

Now that you're all busy upgrading the firmware on the N95 perhaps you would like the Nokia N series 4 theme that appears on the 8GB and on the latest N series PC Suite 2.0.

Try this:-

http://forum2.mobile-review.com/show...=50369&page=12

The default icons theme is as close as I've seen to the 8GB.

[ez2remember]

Sadly the classic has been sold on eBay although we are arranging to meet up on Wednesday so it's not finalised yet but I really don't want to sell it now... Perhaps I should sell the 8GB instead because it's worth about twice the classic at the moment? :confused: I'll upgrade the firmware tonight when I get home. It'll be interesting to see how good it is?

At least the new owner will have a better toy. ;)

BTW your link is broken.

[Ian Ross]

Want to keep both the N95 and N95 8GB now.

Now that you're all busy upgrading the firmware on the N95 perhaps you would like the Nokia N series 4 theme that appears on the 8GB and on the latest N series PC Suite 2.0.

Try this:-

http://www.e-series.org/archives/447

The default icons theme is as close as I've seen to the 8GB.

[sixarm]

Does anyone know whether the Nokia Maps on this new firmware version still has the tracking feature?

[randomfan]

Another new thing is the ability to have multi level folders in the menu, which is useful. However I don't particularly like the new default menu layout, as all the new system folders make things too fragmented. Ah well, I'll probably spend the next 3 hours moving icons around to make it exactly to my liking... :)

[Rusty!]

Does anyone know whether the Nokia Maps on this new firmware version still has the tracking feature?
No it doesn't it's the 'new' version I'm afraid.

Still, well worth it for the demand paging :D

[sixarm]

No it doesn't it's the 'new' version I'm afraid.

Still, well worth it for the demand paging :D

Ahh balls. :-(

I use the tracking feature on Nokia Maps all the time. You can still plan a route I take it, just that it doesn't centre the map around your current location?

Are there any decent alternatives to Nokia Maps that would allow either full navigation or tracking?

[Rusty!]

Just pirate Mobile7 like the rest of the world seems to have done :laugh:

[sixarm]

Just pirate Mobile7 like the rest of the world seems to have done :laugh:

Good call, I shall look into it!

[2-D]

What a treat to come home to. If I wasn't using a different model now I'd be over the moon. Nice to know I have a good fallback though.

[jemo]

no firmware yet for o2 for my nokia n95 (RM-159) curent version 12.0.013 is still the most recent firmware

[2-D]

Despite the fact I've an unbranded handset (O2, no branding, Warm Graphite) I've had to change product codes again. not sure why they always leave this colour variant out of updates...

[cmorrison]

No new firmware yet for Orange N95 V11.0.026.

[ez2remember]

Branded firmwares will take a while before the upgrade becomes available, sometimes never. :eek:

Like Orange is still stuck on v11 when v12 has been available for quite a long time now...

[seaniboy]

well Orange should pay Nokia for the firmware upgrade....

thats the problem, 3/Orange/o2/t-mob/voda dont want too as it gets costly when Nokia have to remove & re-do parts of the generic software for each mobile operator as per thier specs !

N95 was my first generic mobile and I will be generic from now on - so much easier getting updates/problems sorted

almost 50% update done :D

[sandozer]

Just upgraded, what a difference to WIFI browsing. Much faster than before, surfin U-tube, with Real Player running and still got over 15Mb ram free.:lick:

[seaniboy]

oooohhh 90%...its like im 7 again & santa is coming :D

EDIT

almost there, this is some update....estimated 25mins left ! WOW !! getting more excited !!!!

[seaniboy]

ive got a hard on !!! talk about responsive............

BACK on internet loads so much quicker !

everythings just funking hunky dory, guys get them product codes changed ;)

JESUS !!! for the first time ever my GPS worked ! it just came back from Nokia last week & still it was not working, the firmware AHOY !!!

[scruffs]

firmware is a godsend, loads faster, smoother ans no mem worries, funny thou just connected via usb in player mode and it reconises the phone now as a n95 8gb

[thesonandheir]

has it got you tube?

[Ruhel™]

Can you still access the 3 services? Like how many min's you got left etc? I don't wanna update and lose loads of functions on the handset.

[gallous_boy]

Just upgraded, what a difference to WIFI browsing. Much faster than before, surfin U-tube, with Real Player running and still got over 15Mb ram free.:lick:

How do you go about checking how much ram is free?

[2-D]

has it got you tube?

Nope

How do you go about checking how much ram is free?

You need an app like Handy Taskman or Y-Tools.

[scruffs]

comp recocnizes the phone as a n95 8gb as well,,,strange

[timbo_baggins]

Just ran this up, seamless update, all apps back, with contacts and calendar. Very impressed so far.

Tim

[AmanP]

wicked guys. got mine. loving it. who knows what else nokia got in store for us before xmas?

[davy4475]

my phone is unbranded but i cant get the update

[inzimam]

Lost some applications. Anyone know where to get Live Messenger again?

[inzimam]

Lost some apps. Anyone know where to get Live Messenger again?

[badgerduck]

Mine worked OK apart from the maps. Seems to have lost the maps that are on the memory card. Is there a setting which tells the phone to point at the memory card for maps instead of the phone memory cos I can't find it. Will try reloading maps with maploader.

[Rusty!]

N-Gage I should imagine

[Rusty!]

Lost some apps. Anyone know where to get Live Messenger again?
Easy-peasy, it's in the Download section :)

[Bad Horsey]

All of the above (had a crash this morning though).

However, none of my installed apps are running, including the ones I paid for - grrrr. How can I remove the defunct icons, though? They're still showing in the menu and in App Manager - trying to delete them gives a "cannot remove" error.

[inzimam]

Not very happy with the update. It does run faster,but i've lost some apps, my sms backup is corrupt, the maps app now takes ages to find a lock. This may all be as i restored the complete backup, with settings too.

Am I able to reinstall the firmware? I'm going to try a fresh install when i'm back home.

The camera is so much faster now!

[ez2remember]

It depends how you installed your apps before. It's best advised to install apps to the internal memory because if you upgrade the firmware or ever use hard reset to restore your phone to factory settings, all apps will be formatted/deleted giving you a "clean" phone. Internal memory is also faster. If you have installed apps on your memory card you may have to now format both mass memory ( e: ) and do a hard reset to get rid of icons, settings, program links, program pointers etc. left over.

Backup what you need but don't backup settings as this can cause problems especially if you've come from a branded firmware.


When upgrading firmwares I always advise to do it from a clean phone.
1) Backup what you need but not Settings! e.g. contacts, sms, emails, pictures etc. You can skip this step if you just want to backup your contacts. After you done step 2, just use the backup contacts to memory card option then move onto step 3.
2) Format mass memory
3) Hard reset phone
4) Upgrade firmware
5) Upload maps again using maploader
Viola...

[Rusty!]

For what it's worth, I found GPS to be faster now.

I don't know about reinstalling the firmware, I've read it can be done, but it's probably worth performing a format first, it only takes a few seconds, just enter *#7370# followed by 12345

[gkaloy10]

Hello,


Pros:

Faster:
Nice GUI:

Cons:
Lost all my conacts:
All my sms messages: - My fault, they do warm us!

Overall - very impressed but lost alot of my programs.! Urgh!

[Babychan]

i dont like the fact i lost the themes button now it takes longer to get to it but minor thing. But one thing that does bug me the timeout screensaver dont seem to work on date and time or animation

[ib1-2]

Makes sense to back up everything before upgrade by the looks of it.

[Rusty!]

i dont like the fact i lost the themes button now it takes longer to get to it but minor thing. But one thing that does bug me the timeout screensaver dont seem to work on date and time or animation
Mines working on that right now.
Makes sense to back up everything before upgrade by the looks of it.
But of course.

[andykn]

i dont like the fact i lost the themes button now it takes longer to get to it but minor thing. But one thing that does bug me the timeout screensaver dont seem to work on date and time or animation

You should be able to reassign Themes to any button you like.
Menu > Tools > Settings > General > Personalisation > Stanby mode. Then Shortcuts or Active standby apps.

[henklbr]

What about FOTA: is it now enabled in v20?

And the Radio-bug (sound only in 1 earpiece): has this bug been solved?

[Rusty!]

What about FOTA: is it now enabled in v20?

And the Radio-bug (sound only in 1 earpiece): has this bug been solved?

A) Dunno, but think of the data charges :eek:

B) Also dunno, since mine worked fine in both ears to begin with

[inzimam]

The GPS is definitely slower. I used to be able to get a lock using the A-GPS in the middle of a building as long as I had reception. Now I can barely get a lock at all!!!

[Babychan]

Mines working on that right now.

But of course.

Really it works for you? What settings do you have it on? Even the preview bit dont work for me.

[Rusty!]

Date/Time, powersaver time out 30secs

[pa49]

Not very happy with the update. It does run faster,but i've lost some apps, my sms backup is corrupt, the maps app now takes ages to find a lock. This may all be as i restored the complete backup, with settings too.

Am I able to reinstall the firmware? I'm going to try a fresh install when i'm back home.

The camera is so much faster now!

Never use a back up and restore across a debrand/upgrade.
This info is widely available and really does prevent many issues.
Reinstall all apps to your phone mem and you won't get future probs and you can change cards without loosing anything.
See my blog.

[pa49]

Mines working on that right now.

But of course.

Do not use backup and restore!

[Rusty!]

I used backup and restore fine.

First time round I restored the whole lot, and all was well, except it overwrote the new menu layout. Didn't want that so started again, only restoring contacts, message and calendar entries, again, fine.

Today I found a Nokia app that rearranges the menu back to the new style after a restore, wish I found that yesterday :laugh:

[scouser_75]

Guys is it yet possible to debrand and upgrade the firmware using a Mac?

I know the last time I upgraded the firmware you had to use a PC. But Im hoping with all the Nokia are trying to do to combine N95 usage with Macs they may have also sorted this section out :)

[Rusty!]

I doubt you can de-brand with a Mac as you'll need NSS to adjust the product code.

[The_Fellowship]

Hi,

Does anyone know "IF" I debrand my 3 UK N95 and then flash the EURO1 latest firmware (v20) , will I still be able to use the 3 X-Series apps i.e. Skype, Sling etc ?

I wasn't sure if debranding and installing a generic firmware will impact the 3 UK X-series apps due to certificate issues?

Thanks in advance

[jeezusisamobile]

I used backup and restore fine.

First time round I restored the whole lot, and all was well, except it overwrote the new menu layout. Didn't want that so started again, only restoring contacts, message and calendar entries, again, fine.

Today I found a Nokia app that rearranges the menu back to the new style after a restore, wish I found that yesterday :laugh:

hi, what app is this? I also backed up/restored fine... but not sure what this new menu layout is... someone send me a screenshot?

[Rusty!]

This app: http://nds1.nokia.com/files/support/nseries/phones/software/New_Menu_Structure.SIS

[jeezusisamobile]

thx mate, i'll try it out later!

[timbo_baggins]

OK, I installed the new menu layout .sis and I cannot see anything different. Does it need to be enabled post-install?

Cheers, Tim

[inzimam]

OK, I installed the new menu layout .sis and I cannot see anything different. Does it need to be enabled post-install?

Cheers, Tim

Restart the phone

[timbo_baggins]

Restart the phone

LOL well yeah, did that. I still cannot see any differences. What should I be seeing please?

[inzimam]

THe music player should now be in a separate folder, along with radio and podcasts

[kurtis]

Hmmm been waiting for this, muchos improvements! Everything just feels so much faster and solid in comparison, well done Nokia for finally giving us something decent to use. Anyones gallery now open up more or less instantly? Mine does, lol loving this update.

[timbo_baggins]

THe music player should now be in a separate folder, along with radio and podcasts

Oh OK, I have that. That's it then? Not as dramatic I was was expecting. Thanks.

[Jute]

Just done mine!
Seems loads faster, when sorting out my Nokia Maps I quickly went on to GPS and it got a signal in seconds, and I am inside! That is a first, andto be fair probably the only time that will ever happen!!

Will be putting it through its paces later.

[fab]

HELP!!!

I have just installed the new firmware and my phone says updating after wards, then it says not enough memory. also i can't see my themes in my tool, well i can only see like two rows of icons in my tools... has this happened to anyone else and what can be done about it? i have a 2gb memory card installed as well...

thanks...

[djhayesh]

Certainly improvements all round - slightly faster and more responsive. Good changes to how the web browser handles sites and switches between pages, nice to see the camera now tells you status of saving images. Overall nice tweaks revitalising the phone.
BUT
The GPS is nowhere as good as the last version. Before it would lock onto satellites within seconds (yes - it was that fast!) but now back to the speed of the first sw version and I had the N95 the day it came out. So despite the re-design of nokia maps it is impossibly slow - what a shame as the last version was so good to use
Oh well...

[jeezusisamobile]

A couple of things I've noticed:

the music player has a new Visualisation available
all my album art was lost after upgrade/restore - so now I have to re-do all the album covers manually again
I had some DRM protected wma's, which would not play on the previous firmwares, are now suddenly playing fine

[Cybercamel]

Everything seems to work much faster, which is always good! :)

The only problem I have is that my inbox wont remain on the date received format! Any idea how I might cure this?

[TWD-Tony]

I don't think the key-press bug has been fixed... :(

[davy4475]

can anyone tell me when the firmware will be released for the product code 0548763. thanks

[inzimam]

I dont know what people mean when they say Key Press Bug

Anyhoo, I've reinstalled - without copying settings from backup. Works like a dream now. Super fast wi-fi too, maps get a lock in a few seconds and the camera is faster

[fab]

I notice i don't have the option of mass storage anymore. just wondering how to upload my maps now? :(

[Rusty!]

You should have the option, something's gone awry.

[biggzy]

I notice i don't have the option of mass storage anymore. just wondering how to upload my maps now? :(

it should be there, altho its called data transfer

[fab]

Thanks... i got confused with the data transfer name... i tried a few times and no luck, but it seems to be working now :)

[Babychan]

I have noticed and very happy about the text message time stamp is not when it was sent and not when you recieved!

[qorky]

I don't get it.

I try and upgrade but it gets to the Step 2/3 and says I already have the latest version which is 12.0.013.

See attached pic.
http://members.bbnet.com.au/~stephen/pic.jpg

any ideas?

[andy f]

After upgrading to v 20.0.15 I've had problems using my phone as a modem on Web 'n' Walk plus.
I'm not receiving any error messages, but web pages frequently aren't loaded - just get a blank page and the "Done" message at the bottom.
It's the same in IE6 and Firefox, on XP and Vista (on different boxes).
Sometimes the page will load, sometimes it will load without images, but mainly pages are just blank. Refreshing/reloading a 'blank' page will occasionally yield the proper page, and refreshing/reloading a proper page will usually yield a blank page.

Anyone else experiencing similar, or have a solution?

[TWD-Tony]

I dont know what people mean when they say Key Press Bug

It depends on what version firmware you were on before? The last version (before version 20) had a bug that ignored key-presses every so often (probably 30 or 40 presses).
I don't think the new firmware has fully addressed this problem - it's not as bad but it's still there... Unless I have a faulty keypad :D

[Peter321]

Hi,

Does anyone know "IF" I debrand my 3 UK N95 and then flash the EURO1 latest firmware (v20) , will I still be able to use the 3 X-Series apps i.e. Skype, Sling etc ?

I wasn't sure if debranding and installing a generic firmware will impact the 3 UK X-series apps due to certificate issues?

Thanks in advance

I now for a fact that there are certificate issues with the messenger apps. However for me on 3 DK, mobileTV worked fine - don't know about Skype & Sling

Might be worth checking out if you need them.

The last time 3's upgraded firmware came out about 1 month after the generic one, so maybe you should just wait a month?

[Rusty!]

I don't get it.

I try and upgrade but it gets to the Step 2/3 and says I already have the latest version which is 12.0.013.

See attached pic.
http://members.bbnet.com.au/~stephen/pic.jpg

any ideas?
Yes, you have a branded phone, as yet v20 is too new to be picked up by networks. You have 2 options:

1. Wait (boo)
2. De-brand and go for it (best if you ask me)

[flopit]

Hi,

I’ve upgraded to the new firmware now when I go to Video centre and My Video folder there are no video there checked the settings and its set for preferred memory, memory card, looked through file manager and my videos are still there on my memory card and I can watch them through file manager, also in the Video centre there are now two Nokia Nseries icons and two Add new service icons, any ideas anyone? Also used the memory manager to remove memory card then re-installed it and booted phone :(

[Rusty!]

Video Centre isn't for stuff taken with the camera or transferred MPEG's it's for streaming content etc.

You'll still have to view the videos through the gallery.

[The_Fellowship]

I now for a fact that there are certificate issues with the messenger apps. However for me on 3 DK, mobileTV worked fine - don't know about Skype & Sling

Might be worth checking out if you need them.

The last time 3's upgraded firmware came out about 1 month after the generic one, so maybe you should just wait a month?


Yeah I think I may wait until 3 UK release their latest firmware...though very interesting to hear ppl's opinions of the update. Thanks anyway!

[flopit]

Video Centre isn't for stuff taken with the camera or transferred MPEG's it's for streaming content etc.

You'll still have to view the videos through the gallery.

I watched my videos through Video Centre before the update :( it is also set to preferred memory, memory card but save any video i download to my phone memory . .

[Rusty!]

Oh did ya? I never used it before lol

I just recorded a small video, and it didn't appear in the centre either, and it's help mentions streaming content, which is how I arrived at that conclusion.

[Jute]

i am on vodafone and my phone is non branded. I put the new firmware on last night but connot get the configuration settings sent to my phone from the vodafone site, i.e. Wap and internet access points etc. They say sent but i never get them, it usually works. Are any other vodafone users having the same problem?

[Rusty!]

I'm a Voda user... didn't even have to get the settings sent from the site, the phone plucked them out of thin air as soon as the upgrade was complete.

[flopit]

Oh did ya? I never used it before lol

I just recorded a small video, and it didn't appear in the centre either, and it's help mentions streaming content, which is how I arrived at that conclusion.

Ok found the problem need to format the memory card, just tried an old one I’ve got, formatted it then put some of my videos into the My Videos folder and now the Video Centre finds them and uses the memory card to save videos downloaded off the net . . That means I’ve got to re-install everything back onto my memory card Maps, Music EVERYTHING . . . . AAGGGHH . . . . :(

[Rusty!]

Hmmm, might be worth copying everything off the card, formatting, let the phone pick it up and do what it needs to, then copying everything back on again.

[Peter321]

Video Centre isn't for stuff taken with the camera or transferred MPEG's it's for streaming content etc.

You'll still have to view the videos through the gallery.

Set your device to data-mode and on the memory card find til folder named "Videocenter" (it's under "Data")

Delete the folder and restart the videocenter app.

Worked for me.

[toxicredcat]

Has anyone seen any improvements on battery life yet?

[flopit]

Set your device to data-mode and on the memory card find til folder named "Videocenter" (it's under "Data")

Delete the folder and restart the videocenter app.

Worked for me.

Your a star, done what you said and it works . . Great, thanks saved me a lot of time :D

[Jute]

Having a right nightmare now with my phone!
Posted earlier re getting configuration settings, supposed to be sent as a text from voda website, but just not getting it. Now I have noticed that I am not getting textx full stop, got a few but not even getting ones I am sending to myself, which made me notice the problem.

Anyone else noticing such issues?