The Nokia N96 gets a big firmware update: v12.043

[slitchfield]

Released a few minutes ago, the Nokia N96 just got its v12 update, to v12.043. I'm applying it now, watch this space for any changes or observations. The update's about 3MB over-the-air (a block-patch process using Red Bend's software, as usual) or well over 100MB via Nokia's Software Update. Comments welcome if you're tagging along too...

Read on in the full article.

[oxfordmark]

It only took a few mins to download and install!

I really do think i was the 1st to discover this!

I posted the news on the Nokia discussion boards "8-Dec-2008 01:28 PM" so obv 5 mins before that time i was aware there was an update :p

[Micky!]

Just updated myself. menu navigation appears to be somewhat quicker, less lagging, and also the camera appears to focus more relistically now, not too fast as before.

Any further findings, I will let you know.

EDIT..

Improved WiFi Performance. Connects faster, and Range Improved.

Main Camera Improvements to focus. (Used to be too fast).

Menu Navigation much smoother, and no lagging.

[slitchfield]

Thanks, Micky, I'll tweak the main news text....

[clintonjeff]

Egads, about time !

[Nick17]

Great update! Much faster WLAN. More RAM and no more pincode for watching t.v.-recordings.

The N96 is the best handset for people who can get DVB-H and probably will be for some time!

it seems that nokia have forgot totally N79

[Micky!]

NEW FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE

Switch 4.0 – improved switch application to transfer user data from/to other devices

IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS RELEASE / GENERAL AREAS

Still image quality is improved, with fixes for color haziness and motion blur that appeared under certain conditions

Many fixes for conditions that can lead to application crashes or instabilities

Improved overall Bluetooth interoperability Improved overall Bluetooth interoperability

Now compatible with Nokia Email service (application available as separate download)

If user sets brightness to maximum value the display backlight now does turn back on after screensaver mode

The device autolock no longer locks the device while viewing or recording videos


SMS no longer gets auto-converted to an MMS message if there are more then 20 recipients


Music Player “Refresh Library” no longer hangs if General Settings Date separator is set to “:”

Now only one message alert tone is played per synchronization with Mail for Exchange, instead of one per message

Fix for issue with alarm snoozing when alarm was set and device was powered off

Theme no longer jumps back to default theme after using USB mass storage mode


CSHelp texts are now updated to resolves several identified issues

KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE

During boot, we recommend to wait for battery bar to show up prior to using media keys to ensure they are responsive.

Ngage pre-selects wrong access point in certain operator networks, in these instances user needs to reconfigure Ngage access points manually from within Ngage settings menu

Thanks to Mr G of N95users for the heads up.

[Nick17]

I got a new Access Point after FOTA: "Mail & Java"..

Looks like a faster connect to push-mail-server.. ;-)

45 Mb after boot ?!
It was the same with the previous version...

i just tried fota and it didn't work

[tnkgrl]

Doesn't seem to be available for the N96 NAM.

Yeah it is 45MB of free RAM now, before update was about 10 less
cheers
Andrzej

[slitchfield]

On the RAM front it's worth noting that, unlike with the N79 and N85 (etc), an awful lot of the S60 modules are preloaded into RAM for speed, explaining why there's not as much available after booting.

I'd hope they tune it a little better though, since 45MB isn't going to be enough once you crank an N-Gage game and some heavy web pages.....

keypad light seems to be dim in day time. And free ram 49mb