The N95 classic hits v20 firmware!!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Sorry if this has been asked before (I'm having a sneaky look at this forum at work!) - does anyone know when the new firmware will be available in the UK? I've been frantically checking nokia.co.uk for the past 2 days but it still says 12.0.0.13 is the latest firmware.

Has anyone spoken to Nokia UK about it?

If its available for EURO1 then it would be available in the UK on unbranded/sim-free N95s. Carrier specific versions (O2, Vodafone etc.) *should* come at a later date. Your lucky, I've still got 11.0.026 on O2.

[Reda EK]

Originally Posted by Jacinta Hocking

Thats right Taomyn, the "Themes" Icon did disappear.

But its now hidden away back in Settings, in Personalisation.

Which is a bit inconvenient as I'm constantly changing my themes.

Ah well.

Other than that, everything seems neat & tight!

4 stars!

Also, they added lifeblog in the gallery, but didn't remove the usual icon

Another thing I noticed is the new use of multimedia button (which now you can use to switch quickly between the current app to music player and back to app). Keep pressed the multimedia menu and you'll get the music player as usual. Here you can change song (or whatever you want), then press the multimedia again and the player will go in the background.

[neilhoskins]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If its available for EURO1 then it would be available in the UK on unbranded/sim-free N95s. Carrier specific versions (O2, Vodafone etc.) *should* come at a later date. Your lucky, I've still got 11.0.026 on O2.

I've got unbranded/sim-free UK model that I bought from Amazon, IIRC. Product code 0547686. Nothing for me yet: still v12.0.0.13.

[Ratkat]

Originally Posted by neilhoskins

I've got unbranded/sim-free UK model that I bought from Amazon, IIRC. Product code 0547686. Nothing for me yet: still v12.0.0.13.

Thats because you have a Sim Free phone which is customised especially for the UK, much like a network branded N95, the new firmware will not be available until approved by Nokia UK.

Changes/improvements made from MCU SW v12.0.013 to v 20.0.015:

NEW FEATURES
- Maps application version updated (Nokia Maps 1.0)
- GetNGI (Games)
- Music shop
- OTA WMDRM (Windows Media Digital Rights Management)
- Active standby search
- Video ringing tone
- ODP (On Demand Paging)
- DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling)
- Switch application version updated

CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS
- General stability improved.
- Several localization errors corrected.
- Various application help files updated.
- Default language not always read from SIM correctly.
- Volume side keys don’t work in all situations.
- WLAN wizard can’t always connect to secure WLAN network.
- Cannot edit or delete access points if lot of WLAN access points created.
- Midlet icon may be shown twice after installation in some cases.
- Midlet suite upgrade doesn’t work correctly if amount of midlets in suite has changed.
- Streaming aspect ratio is not correct if QTSS server doesn’t provide Framesize tag in SDP.
- Key presses are sometimes missed.
- Connection dropped easily in crowded WLAN environment.
- Cannot pre-configure push email application in variant.
- OTA configuration containing an unknown parameter is ignored by device.
- Call divert icon disappear after power cycle.
- UPnP interoperability improved.

BROWSER
- Dropdown list not opened if size is defined.
- Large images in web page are not rendered correctly after scrolling.
- Flashlite memory management improved.
- Cannot access to SIM phonebook if device language is set to Chinese.
- Cannot add Chinese characters to input/search box in browser.
- Real One Player may show invalid default name for some downloaded videos.
- RSS-links does not work anymore if article was downloaded from web feeds.
- Improved handling of large web pages.

MEDIA PLAYER
- Streaming doesn’t always continue after long pause.
- Some m4a files cause music library to crash.
- Album art not shown for WMA files if picture size is over 64 KB.

GALLERY
- Image editor closes on attempting to edit and send an image a second time.
- Cannot upload images to online share if lots of images stored in device.
- Image viewer crash when opening malformed JPEG file.
- Thumbnail creation speed of big video files improved.

MESSAGING
- Cannot have non-ascii characters in mailbox name.
- Reduced character coding -option in text message settings doesn’t work as expected.
- MMS presentation not saved to draft folder is exiting application with end key.
- IM client allows empty alias.

VOIP
- Device may reset if moving out of WLAN coverage during VOIP call.
- Cannot register to VOIP if found WLAN connection is too weak.
- VOIP doesn’t re-register if going momentarily our of WLAN coverage.
- Automatic connection to SIP server fails often if started device in offline mode.
- VoIP call can't be established when multiple profiles with same realm.

CAMERA
- Video recording with front camera may freeze the device.

TELEPHONY
- Device may restart if receiving voice call during ongoing video call.
- Unable to create call after successful balance query.

STREAMING
- Maximum limit for streaming bandwidth for UMTS and WLAN increased from 999kb.

VOICE MAIL
- Call divert indicator disappear in device is restarted.

NAVIGATION
- Improvement to Location API performance if lots of landmarks in device.

BUGS/COMPLAINTS
- Tracking feature removed from Nokia Maps application
- Some people have reported issues with the Search application upon removing their memory card
- Some people have reported issues with not being able to connect to their PC via USB cable after update
- Call log bug STILL alive (where the call log represents every call as a mobile call)
- Some people are complaining that picture quality has been degraded

[Taomyn]

Amazing what you take for granted and forget how it behaved prior to the upgrade. Doesn't help that the backup software doesn't back up all settings.

I could have sworn with the power screen saver that following would happen after closing the slider:

1. Keypad locks
2. Screen dims - can still see standby screen
3. Screen saver appears after x seconds
4. Screen switches off completely after x seconds.

Was I wrong?

Now I get 1, 2 and 3, but 4 never happens. Am I missing a settings?

And yes I'm embarrassed to be asking such a newbie question

[Maticek]

- Flashlite memory management improved.

Does this hint to a new Flash Lite 3 plugin to come out?

When will the update be available for all N95-owners? I have the firmware as shown on the thread-screen but don't get any 20.x.x.x :-(

[chrsfrwll]

Originally Posted by Ratkat

Thats because you have a Sim Free phone which is customised especially for the UK, much like a network branded N95, the new firmware will not be available until approved by Nokia UK.

And finally I find out what product code 0547686 means. Still, at least we only have to wait on Nokia Uk, rather than Vodaphone/Orange/O2 to approve the changes. Presumably that means it will be quicker.

[UnrealTechno]

Has anyone else noticed that videos can now be ringtones???? (Upgraded from v11->20)

edit: just the sound I guess, nuts

it is possible

[noahod]

lol, I just discovered a bug...

If you plug v20 N95 Classic into media player, it comes up as "Nokia N95 8GB".. obviously a lot of code just got the copy + paste for this firmware

Hi All,

Not sure if anyone else noticed but the rolling ball game that you can download for the 5500 works with this firmware (gfx still dodgy though)

Needs to be played in landscape mode

sweeeeet, but i live in montreal and i dont have the update yet... any idea when its going to be available here? Cant wait for this update, but how can a firmware update change the battery life and the ram that the phone starts with?

[Menneisyys]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

sweeeeet, but i live in montreal and i dont have the update yet... any idea when its going to be available here? Cant wait for this update, but how can a firmware update change the battery life and the ram that the phone starts with?

1. via optimizations

2. these enhancements are REAL. Iv'e already published some figures on the RAM usage; I'm just finishing my latest battery life tests. It seems the device indeed has significantly better battery life when playing back multimedia.