Upgrade to new firmware V5.22 in US

[Gl4cier]

I bought my communicator in indonesia, and i already tried call the nokia customer service for firmware upgrade but they said that i cant upgrade my firmware in US since i bought my communicator in indonesia.

Does anybody know where i can upgrade the firmware in US?
will it give me any problem if i upgrade a communicator from indonesia in US? T.T

[Gl4cier]

Opz...btw i'm in San Francisco, CA ^^

A few days ago (07/15/05) Nokia told me that 4.51 is the most current US version available (not including internal beta testing versions).

[meLi]

My firmware update last week

V 05.22(01)
03-06-2005
RA-2
(c) Nokia

More stable .....

[limkimkh]

Bought my 9500 in the middle east and when i was in singapore, i asked nokia service center if they can upgrade my firmware and they said that they can only upgrade phones bought in singapore due to some firmware difference, they claim that they can try but there is a chance that they might 'kill' the phone. I'm now in australia and hoping to find any way to upgrade the firmware w/o going back to the middle east. appreciate any help.

[pierro78]

Originally Posted by Gl4cier

Does anybody know where i can upgrade the firmware in US?

http://iunlock.com (this will cost you like $45 total though ...)

[iaincd]

Hi,

I need 5.22 to enable some of the remote provisioning for some IBM Mobility Software. Talk to any service centre in the UK and they will tell you it is 4.53 and nothing else exists... ask nokia help via the forum and they say 5.22 is available...

Has to be the worst service I have seen. I had it "upgraded" 3 times before they admitted they did not know what they were doing!

I could ship it to IBM in the US to one of our labs, but that would void the warranty

[ccampbell1]

I have the UK version of the 9500, but live in the US.
I ordered it unlocked online and am really happy with it but was annoyed when I discovered it has 4.44 (REALLY old) firmware, despite I just got it last week! Grrrr!
(I am considering complaining to the place I bought it but not sure if I have a leg to stand on).

Anyway I called Nokia US about firmware upgrade, and as soon as they found out it was the UK version, they refused to help.

I contacted Nokia UK, and they gave me the number of a UK service centre. LUCKILY I am going to the UK next week for a couple of days so hopefully I can get the FW upgraded there....

[andygrunt]

I've read the list of what's new/changed in v5.22 and nothing particularly leaps out at me that makes me rush out and attempt to get my 9300 upgraded.

But I was wondering if someone who has gone from a previous firmware version (especially v4.53) to 5.22 can give an idea of what the noticeable differences are when using the communicator day to day.

For example, I'm wondering if 'Calendar speed improvement' is noticeable (both when using 'Calendar' and when using other Calendaring apps i.e. PowerDesk and AquaCalendar). If so, by how much.

Also, what other changes are noticable and make you glad you upgraded (if any)?

Thanks.

[CJackel492]

I did a little search, is this what 5.22 fixes?

Cover UI:
* Support for transparent Operator logos
* Infrared and Bluetooth activation to Go-To Menu in Cover
* Active Sim Access Profile connection on cover UI indication
* NITZ update notification improvement

Telephony:
* Emergency calls supports all voice codecs
* Single numbering scheme for fax added
* USSD editor added to communcator side (under control panel)
* Closed User Group support added
* Local DTMF tones playback added
* Speed dial entry improvement
* Unanswered USSD request improvement
* Contact search improvement in CUI
* CBS application icon location correction
* Calling name correction

Messaging:
* Instant Messaging PDP context will be released after 5 min

Multimedia messaging:
* Usability improvements to MMS Account settings
* Delete option added for non-media objects in MMS editor
* Capability to reply to MMS with SMS added
* Support for 300 kB MMS messages if requested by operator
* MMS viewer (closing phase) correction

eMail:
* Move to folder -dialog remembers the last used folder
* Forward functionality added to sent folder
* Sending email always goes from default account
* Support for IBM addresses added to email
* Retrieved emails converted to the device local time
* "Mark read/unread" functionality added into messaging centre menu
* User selectable character set added to email editor
* Email notification is shown according to setting
* Functionality of "Delete e-mails locally..." with POP/IMAP.
* Improvement of installed push solutions when creating new message
* Handling of Word document (containing pictures) attachements improved
* BlackBerry meeting request support for Notes email addresses in attendees field
* BlackBerry email account setting handling improved during simultaneous server connection

Calendar / PIM:
* Meeting Request support for email / PIM solutions added
* Location field in calendar event supports 128 characters
* RDATE Support (for WEA)
* User not prompted for HTTP Auth. id/pw on bootstrap & connect fails
* Correction of dst start/end time
* Animation for Sending New/Update/Cancel Meeting Requests
* Correction for maximum length of address control in calendar meeting request
* Calendar speed improvement
* WEA synchronisation improvement concerning cities without daylight settings
* Calendar Sync - Maximum length entry in Description field set to 128
* Sanity check added to calendar sync to filter out invalid calendar entries

Office tools:
* Improvements to fonts when showing slideshow with data projector
* Transparent bitmaps are supported in presentations
* Showing bullets improved in presentations application
* Word and Sheet: Intermediate saving not to be done when cover is closed

Wireless LAN (9500):
* Cisco Aironet IE will be only sent when detected that AP supports it
* Improved WEP key setting
* UI text changes in EAP-PEAP eap sheet
* Improvements to Identity dialog pop up window
* EAP-GTC identity dialog improvements
* PEAP and EAP-TLS authentications interoperability improved against Cisco ACS server
* EAP-TLS support to IBM networks added
* Interoperability improvements for Beeline WLAN operator
* Improved the WLAN co-existence with mp3 player

Device Management:
* Generic usability improved
* IP Passthrough option added to OMA Device Management Access Point configuration
* User is alerted when application waits installation
* User is alerted when incoming note is received
* HTTP authentication added to Device Management
* OMA Client Provisioning support for HTTP authentication added
* OMA Data Sync Client OMA CP Provisioning for HTTP Authentication added
* Improvements to device management accesspoint and VPN accesspoint co-operation
* UI Improvements when creating new configuration
* Offer APN product profile information for BlackBerry client
* GPRS shall be initiated when *99# is added to FDN list
* Correction of sync profiles created with device UI with OMA DM
* Contacts content type can be configured into syncml settings with Nokia configuration tool

Browser:
* Accept header HTTP transport framework filter for the browser
* Password field supports Non - Alphanumeric characters
* Streaming improvement
* Flash6 plugin support

Media:
* Video Playback functionality improved

WLAN:
* EAPOL packet handling updated

Others:
* Bluetooth SIM Access Profile support added (9500)
* "Note List" shortcut added to Desk main view’s command buttons
* Shows all Quick notes in terminal with one view
* Capability to re-run the automatic IAP configuration
* Can be done via control panel in case of deleting IAP’s eg. Accidentially
* Datamover usability improvement: asks explicitly the current city from user
* Improvements to operator wallpaper and camera co-operation usage (9500)
* Default Communicator display brightness settings lowered
* Improvements to handling corrupted memory cards (notification improved)
* Improved colour schemes in communicator side
* Interoperability improvements to Bluetooth carkits and headset audio routing
* Playback performance improvements to RealPlayer
* RealPlayer support SDP files
* Printing performance improved
* Music Player: Pause, Duration, FWD and RWD support for AAC files
* Support for MD-1 music stand added
* Usability improvements after restoring a backup (using PC Suite) and MMC backup
* User is asked to reboot the terminal
* Improvement of Home Zone functionality with new USIM cards
* Progress bar indicator on PDA during battery boot
* Improvement of Autolock functionality after PC Suite backup
* TSD procedure improvement
* Backup restore related error situation corrected to CoverUI.
* User Agent string updated to indicate correct sw version.

[andygrunt]

Yep, that looks like the list I saw.

[Imran]

Originally Posted by andygrunt

Yep, that looks like the list I saw.

The phone is MUCH faster, applications load alot snappier and switching between them is also much faster. You also get a small blue progress bar at the bottom of the pda screen when the phone is booting so you know how far its got. I would seriously recommend the upgrade if for nothing else just the speed increase is worth it.

The calendar is faster, noticably faster IMHO.

[andygrunt]

Thanks, that's interesting to hear.

Is that speed increase using the inbuilt 'Calendar' app or also using other Calendaring apps?

What was involved with the upgrade? How long did it take, was all your data unaffected? Did you have to backup first and restore afterward?

[Imran]

Originally Posted by andygrunt

Thanks, that's interesting to hear.

Is that speed increase using the inbuilt 'Calendar' app or also using other Calendaring apps?

What was involved with the upgrade? How long did it take, was all your data unaffected? Did you have to backup first and restore afterward?

Just the calendar application itself, I do not use any 'third-party' extensions to calendar. So for me the standard calendar is way faster than before.

What was involved, me going to my local service centre (in leeds uk) after backing up my data to the mmc (did a full backup) they flashed it to the latest firmware whilst I waited, took about 20mins. After that I did a full restore and got all my messages/contacts/calendar/application back

[andygrunt]

Thanks - now I'm tempted to get it done, especially as I'm in the UK too (I hadn't heard anyone say it was available in the UK yet).