Ovi Maps free navigation now available for N86
Published by Rafe Blandford at 18:02 GMT, March 17th 2010
Ovi Maps 3.3, with free navigation, is now available for the Nokia N86. The new version is available via the SW Update application (listed as 'Ovi Maps with free navigation') and is 8240kb in size. As stated previously, Nokia are making Ovi Maps 3.3 available across selected S60 3.2 devices, step-by-step, either via direct download or via firmware updates. Read on for a few screenshots and a compass tip.
Ovi Maps 3.3 is already available for E72, E55, E52, 6730, 6710 (S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2) and all of Nokia's Symbian^1 (S60 5th Edition) devices. Other S60 3.2 devices may follow; S60 3.1 or earlier devices are unlikely to be supported (but have had a license price drop), although there is no official confirmation from Nokia on this.
Currently the N86 update is not listed on the Nokia Maps website, though this is likely to change in due course.
Update process
A few users have said that the compass function does not work on the N86. This is not the case: once you have a GPS location lock press '5' which will rotate the map according to the compass (pressing it again switches the map view back to 'North up'). You may need to calibrate the compass by waving the phone around in the air in a figure of eight motion. You may temporarily lose the compass lock when you close or open the slide - another quick phone wave should sort you out!
Ovi Maps on the N86
Thanks to andrewjheatley for alerting us to this. Do let us know if your phone has recently gained Ovi Maps support.
Rafe Blandford
Categories: Software, Hardware, Services
Platforms: S60 3rd Edition
News Discussion
jamoiholland
Still waiting for N79 :-(
mkr10001
Mine didn't show anything because i installed the e72 version because apparently that worked. i unisntalled it and now its only offering maps 3.1 :con?:con?:con?:con?
ricman
Works like a charm. Eerr... GPS.
Unregistered
Same here, uninstalled e72 version and only get 3.1?
Rafe
You may need to upgrade the N86's firmware (see if there is a Phone Update in SW update).... other than that you may have to wait 24 hours until the next automatic check for software updates. I suspect installing Maps 3.1 would also trigger it - but not sure.
Candido
Here is a tip for those that only see Maps 3.1 as an upgrade. Like Rafe said above, you may need to wait until the Software Update software refreshes itself.
The way around that is to change your date 3 days ahead. I changed my date from March 17 to March 20. Went back into the update app and voila, it refreshed and I now see the new maps app.
Just remember to set your time/date back to auto so that your date is corrected.
Just for the record, this version is 3.03(316). The E72 version was 3.03(246), so it is newer.
Cheers from Canada.
Unregistered
*waits for all the N86 users berating Nokia in previous threads for not releasing it to come back with a thanks*
I somehow think I'll be waiting a while ;)
Good work nonetheless Nokia
rafiii
It just appears on my software update and I installed it without uninstalling the previous version (3.3 from the E72). Still work like a charm. And I still have my 40-35 MB on C: disk :)
Thank you Nokia, just add the contact bar in the next update and it will be perfect.
guizzy
I already had the E72 version installed, but thanks anyway Nokia! It just didn't make sense not to offer this on the N86.
ansgp
Just downloaded the update. Works fine. Nice step by nokia. Thanks nokia for officially making it available for n86.
5630XpressMusic
When it support 5630 XpressMusic?!
clonmult
Quote:
Originally Posted by 5630XpressMusic
When it support 5630 XpressMusic?!
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Seems unlikely, 5630 doesn't have on-board GPS, so it'd probably be a lower priority than the N95 and N85 - I get a feeling that these may have a long wait.
fakefur
probably just coincidence but for the last few weeks my N86 has not been able to get a GPS lock using the E72 version yet suddenly today when the N86 version is officially released my GPS lock is instant
i wonder if they were preventing the unsupported handsets from getting a-gps info from the new version?
either way i still don't see the update for my N86 and i still can't get the firmware update to happen so if it depends on that i'm SOL
whatever... my htc desire should be arriving in a week or two
magnus.erlandss
@rafiii: How the h-ll is that? The only applications installed on my N86 C: is these: Spotify, Road Sync, Quickoffice, Quickaccess, N-Gage and Adobe Reader. (On E: though, I have at least twenty other must-have-apps.) And I only have 14.8 MB left on C: to play with! The Memory Information states that 42 of the used 63 MB on C: are ‘Other Files’. How to get rid of those – with my Y-Browser – and without a hard reset or adventuring the phone´s stability? (Which I´ve fought so hard and long for! One bastard was the Ovi app Safe Store. Beware!)
rafiii
On my c: disk I have Ovi store, Ovi maps, facebook widget, metro widget, France 24, cclock, Energy profiler, just light (the theme), and 1 MB of customisation (wallpaper and ringtones). I haven't installed N-gage, quickoffice 6 (still using the default version), Spotify and Roadsync.
Unregistered
Somebody has tried the pedestrian with compass?
pkwakman
The article states that version 3.03 is available for all S60 5th edition devices, but unfortunately it is still not available for the 5530 XpressMusic (maybe because it doesn't have builtin GPS?)
Unregistered
Thanks Nokia!
DKlaus
Great! Just a couple of days *after* I lost my patience and decided to pay for it...
Congratulations though, to all the rest of you! :-)
Unregistered
pls help! using n86 software update download complete but installation failed. tried many times still the same. Any suggestions? my current firmware version is 21.006 n ovi maps v3.01. many thanks..
TheProdigalFool
Well, there's a surprise, Software Update doesn't show anything other than Maps 3.1 for my unlocked, SIM-free, fully paid up N86 bought from the Nokia flagship store in London...
Then again, I'm still waiting for firmware 21 to show up on my phone too so I don't know why I'm surprised!
Nokia, any chance of updating all your phones not just a few randomly-chosen product codes!?
Unregistered
I'm having the same problems as TheProdigalFool above. So much for buying direct from Nokia. I feel as though my 400 odd pounds could have been spent better, the software on this phone has been TERRIBLE since I first got it. If it's not the software acting up, it's hardware and build problems (I write this from a N85 with dust under the camera lens that ruins photos, a non functioning navi wheel and a crack next to the menu buttons that causes the entire front plate to lift up). And this is from someone who takes care of his phones!! Company loyalty = fast fading.
davesmith
You can always change your phone's product code to a generic one. Just search the website how.
I bought mine in the nokia store and it turned out to have a specfic UK code. I changed it to a euro one and now when there is an update I get it 1st rather than wait a few months.
Unregistered
Thanks for the tip davesmith. Shame we have to go to such measures.
Unregistered
Yeah, annoys me when I buy direct from nokia and get updates after the custom firmwares;
How can I tell what my firmware version is (i.e. I dont mean version number, but what that version number corresponds to);
Also, I am planning on a trip this weekend, if I put the e71 version on and take it off again will that cause much hassle?
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