The Nokia N82 gets v30 too!

[slitchfield]

I'd been holding off on this until it was fully available - but now the Nokia N82 just got its v30 firmware upgrade too, following on from the v30 upgrades for N95 and N95 8GB, with similar (but not identical) improvements, namely more stable Flash Lite 3, Maps 2.0, new Music player visualisations and increased speed and overall performance, less sensitive auto-screen rotation, Share online 3.0, plus numerous other detailed fixes and improvements, including better battery life. Sadly, the dim display 'feature' hasn't been fixed. But with UDP (User Data Preservation) in place you shouldn't need to restore data or apps or settings. But - you know - an extra sync of your PIM data might be a good idea - just in case?

Read on in the full article.

[Tzer2]

Steve, do you know if the N-Gage app built into the new firmware?

[slitchfield]

No, there's no N-Gage client. I'm guessing that the UDP (User Data Preservation - which works BRILLIANTLY, by the way) wouldn't play right with the replacement of the N-Gage stub with the full client.....

[iolo003]

Steve,

Is the firmware applicable to Asia Pacific Region?

I have discovered one application - navigational program Naviexpert (www.naviexpert.pl) - that uses full screen brightness of N82. It's probably written in java. Full brightness works only in Naviexpert, if I switch to another app (with Naviexpert running in the background) brightness goes back to normal dim screen.

[slitchfield]

Hmmmm..... UDP may have seemed to work brilliantly, but something's not right under the hood.

Data's all there, apps are all there, but I'm getting crashes and freezes. This is what happens when you try combining system files from one OS version with another.... 8-(

Going to hard reset and rebuild, based on v30 etc.

[Tzer2]

Is there an option to NOT use UDP, i.e. do things the old-fashioned way and update the phone by completely replacing the old firmware?

hi there. do you know by what other N-series models UDP is also supported with the new 30.x FW? or is it just the N82? thanks.

Shame that now the search content spans 2 lines and they've added 'share online' on the active standby screen. Other than that, doesn't feel any faster than v20.

a long press on the # key no longer toggles the silent profile. Am I the only one ?
Steph

[malerocks]

Steve, do you have every Nokia S60 handset that's out there??

[dohouch]

a long press on the # key no longer toggles the silent profile. Am I the only one ?
Steph

Works fine on mine!
N82
Product Code:0554980
Software v30.0.019 (updated 20Sep8)

[slitchfield]

Answers:

1) No, I don't have EVERY handset. But I do have most of the good ones 8-) And some are Rafe's.....!!

2) The hard reset procedure worked fine. Proving that UDP isn't the answer to everything - it certainly screwed up here. Personally, I think Nokia should keep user data and apps and some settings but delete most config files under the hood, to minimise this sort of incompatibility....

3) And yes, # to silence works fine here.

[MaciekBora]

God damn it, why the hell Nokia N95 8GB doesn't have UDP?

[genXhippie]

Originally Posted by slitchfield

.... Sadly, the dim display 'feature' hasn't been fixed....

My sentiments exactly(as I expressed over a week ago at SF when it was initially avail), it would have also been decent of Nokia to provide settings for the asr, like a very well known 3rd party freeware app imo.