n95 firmware upgrade

[carty]

hiya!!...anyone out there know how to get the latest firmware upgrade,i am currently on vodafone and my firmware is....v11, i have tried to upgrade with the nokia website but it is telling me that i already have the latest firmware??...am i missing out or do i stick with what ive got, i keep hearing about phone going funny after upgrades??...any help would be most grateful!!!

[pav]

The version V20 firmware that has been released is for generic / sim free phones. Phones that are network branded may take a while before V20 is available as the networks have to add their branding / tweaks before releasing it for their phones.

I am not sure if a V12 is available for voda, but you can check on the nokia web site to see which is the latest firmware available for your phone.

http://europe.nokia.com/A4305060

[candyman39]

if you really want to upgrade to the very latest firmware you can debrand your phone, but this may give you problems in the future if you have any warrenty claims the choice is up to you.

[ahus98]

Its simply to debrand if your not aware, you need 2 programs, NSS (nemesis service suite (NSS) and the nokia software updater.

Its easy to use, you simply need to change your product code to a generic one & then update, but read up on how to do this, there are too many places, dont wana create another. Plus if you read a proper article, it should warn you of the risks & warranty etc, so take all those under consideration.

[carty]

thanks to you people out there for your replies,i have found a link for ..nss..and heard about it from trawling the web,...but has anyone out there actually done the de-branding without any problems..i am scared sh*tless that i will kill my fone,i know its only a fone but i quite like it..cheers!

[ralph.holmes]

I debranded mine from voda and updated to v20 no problem.
Go back a few pages and you'll find my post and the replies I had that give links as to how to do it

[ralph.holmes]

You could also try here

http://www.blogn95.blogspot.com/

Second blog down.

[Homer J]

Also debranded and updated my vodafone N95 to V20

I doubt we will ever see an official update and the improvements really make it worthwhile.

[carty]

hiya ralph and homer j..i have done the firmware thingy,everything ok...except now the phone is not showing up with pc suite using a usb..any suggestions..just for the record i am now on v20 firmware..its not a major problem except that i only backed up my stuff using pc suite... phone book and a few games,as for my memory card i started afresh and formatted it using my pc, but without the nokia pc suite i am a little bit buggered..unless you chaps can suggest anything ???...cheers

[ralph.holmes]

I had loads of problems with PC suite so I re-installed it and it's been ok though it keeps telling me it wants to install nokia modem.
When I did mine I copied everything to my memory card and removed it before the upgrade and then copied it back to the phone and had no problems

[JanD]

Does anyone know what the name of the file that "iWallet" stores all its information? I need to reset my phone to get rid of two applications that will not remove the conventional way and I want to backup the file to save me having to recreate all the info.