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Phone(s):
1: Nokia N900
2: Nokia E71 (White)
3: Nokia N85
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Rogers
Joined: Sep 2004
From: Toronto
Posts: 5,690
Partial changelog for yall
* Following cases have been corrected and/or improved
- Fix for browser cache consuming more than specified in C drive
- Battery indictor showing wrong status (2-3bars) when charging completes
- Firmware over the air (FOTA) setting correction
- User interaction to device while FOTA may cause need for user to power on/off
- Fix for calendar entry lost
- Fix for mail that may get duplicated
- Fix to resolve GPRS access point selection even if WLAN access point is available
- Fix to not to ask user to do new profile while there is already one available
- Fix to display messaging application correctly when theme effect is set to ON
- Fix for Ovi store client may not properly installed if user has a client already installed earlier version
* Applications changes
- Ovi store application is now updated
The N97 is MUCH snappier after the update. I hard reset after the update (4-key method) and had 61MB free in RAM. Installed the homescreen widgets, and some oft used apps in phone memory, everything else in mass storage. Very fast now.
Phone(s):
1: Nokia N97 NAM (white) - happy!
2: Sony Ericsson P900 - backup
3: Apple iPhone 3G 8GB (black) - work
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T-Mobile, AT&T
Joined: May 2009
From: Southern California
Posts: 2,027
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikealive
Oh one more thing...
Before the update my "defaults" never worked right in the Contacts. Now it's working perfect!
Funny how different some things were. Defaults always worked for me, and I can't say I really notice a difference in auto-rotate or even general speed, but then never had complaint about it either. Very interesting.
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Originally Posted by sjhong
The 3.5 inch touch screen, the 32Gb internal memory and the qwerty keyboard are features I can no longer live without.
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Why?
I do not have internet connection any longer. And I really would love to solve this without any resetting. Any of you had this issue after the update? If so how did you fix? I tried the setting wizard to go do its thing, but no luck.
Edit: After restarting the phone 3 times, it is fixed.
Phone(s):
1: Nokia N97 NAM
2: Nokia N95-1
3: SE W810i
Provider(s):
AT&T
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 1,926
Quote:
Originally Posted by ozer19
Why?
I do not have internet connection any longer. And I really would love to solve this without any resetting. Any of you had this issue after the update? If so how did you fix? I tried the setting wizard to go do its thing, but no luck.
Edit: After restarting the phone 3 times, it is fixed.
I also had to reboot my phone 2 or 3 times before the internet connected
My Google Maps is extremely faster. Especially loading up the empty (white) squares is almost immediate. And no, that "showing the home screen in landscape mode" is not fixed.
Phone(s):
1: Nokia N900
2: Nokia E71 (White)
3: Nokia N85
Provider(s):
Rogers
Joined: Sep 2004
From: Toronto
Posts: 5,690
Here's something I just brought to mikealive's attention on Twitter and I'd like to bring it to your attention too. Slide open the lens cover on the camera and take notice of how fast the camera app now loads.
Phone(s):
1: HTC Touch Pro 2 (T-Mobile)
2: Nokia N97 Black NAM (For Sale)
3: Nokia N95-4 8GB USA Edition
Provider(s):
T-Mobile
Joined: Sep 2005
From: The OC
Posts: 110
After this update, I've noticed my Text Messaging is acting odd.
-During a reply, it'll randomly ask if I want to save this draft and try to shut down the app.
-After sending a text, it will exit the app immmediately instead of going back to the Text Menu.
-When typing on screen, when selecting the (*) key to open symbols, it will lag and show a blank grid for a moment and then load all the symbols.
And I'm still not sure why I have 20MB of Phone Memory left. I've done the hard reset and reinstalled apps to Mass Memory. All my texts are saved on Mass Memory too as are any pics I take with the camera.
Here's something I just brought to mikealive's attention on Twitter and I'd like to bring it to your attention too. Slide open the lens cover on the camera and take notice of how fast the camera app now loads.
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1: Nokia N82 - Nights & Weekends
2: Nokia E71 - Workweek
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Provider(s):
ATT
Joined: Dec 2006
From: Cypress, CA
Posts: 1,773
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deuce017
After this update, I've noticed my Text Messaging is acting odd.
-During a reply, it'll randomly ask if I want to save this draft and try to shut down the app.
-After sending a text, it will exit the app immmediately instead of going back to the Text Menu.
-When typing on screen, when selecting the (*) key to open symbols, it will lag and show a blank grid for a moment and then load all the symbols.
And I'm still not sure why I have 20MB of Phone Memory left. I've done the hard reset and reinstalled apps to Mass Memory. All my texts are saved on Mass Memory too as are any pics I take with the camera.
Any thoughts?
Something else is going on with your phone. Do you have any apps that are running in the background at all times? Maybe a buggy theme?
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Phone(s):
1: Nokia N97 NAM
2: Nokia N95-1
3: SE W810i
Provider(s):
AT&T
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 1,926
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaxx
Here's something I just brought to mikealive's attention on Twitter and I'd like to bring it to your attention too. Slide open the lens cover on the camera and take notice of how fast the camera app now loads.
Nothing noticeable in that regard on mine..buti it didn't seem real slow previously
I haven't really noticed anything different from this firmware upgrade, but I trust that it made it better lol. I guess it was functioning well for me with V11 to not really notice any changes that was made in V12.
The major thing I want in the next firmware update is:
-Maximizing C: space. So getting rid of useless stuff (Boingo) and if possible having everything on mass memory. And reducing footprints left by apps so the C: doesn't deplete over time. And giving the option of storing cache to mass memory from the default Web Browser.
-Maximizing RAM with efficient use of RAM.
-Maximizing processor (from what I read they increased 5800XM processor speed with a FW update)
Before the update my "defaults" never worked right in the Contacts. Now it's working perfect!
This reminds me of that Chris Rock special where he says in reference to the statement "well I take care of my kids," "you're supposed to take care of your kids, what do you want? A cookie?".
08-18-2009, 10:25
Why?
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