Exclusive: Nokia N82 v31 firmware now online
Published by Steve Litchfield at 10:43 UTC, January 26th 2009
Nokia Software Update now has firmware v31.0.016 available for the Nokia N82, weighing in at 118MB. The N82 has UDP, but best to back up anyway, just in case. I had a few issues, now resolved - the firmware is safe to upgrade to. See below...
In my case, after upgrading, I hit lots of hangs (all involving Nokia Maps), requiring battery-out-restarts, so I used *#7370# to wipe the internal disk back to 'factory' status and rebuilt everything, to no avail. Maps is still misbehaving, hanging after launching and answering the 'Go online' question. I'm not pleased.
[Later] Turns out there's a wierd bug in Nokia Maps, whereby if you don't have a working SIM AND non-Wi-Fi data connection the first time Nokia Maps starts, you'll get the hang and problems I describe. Putting in a valid SIM (I initially only had an old, zero-credit one in since I was trying to set everything up using Wi-Fi) and making sure 3G data was all working seems to have solved the problem. Phew.
Mobitubia is behaving erratically, this may relate to something broken under the hood or it may be that YouTube have changed their formats again. Will report back on this.
Watch this space for a changelog. Mainly bug fixes, I suspect. Note that v30 firmware was already protected against SDK 'hack' tampering, so v31 here is for other reasons. If you can help add to a changelog, please comment!
Steve Litchfield, All About Symbian, 10.30am, 26 Jan 2008
Categories: Hardware
Platforms: S60 3rd Edition
News Discussion
slitchfield
Noone? Am I the only one still interested in keeping the N82 up to date?
TetrisAttack
I'm interested in updating but I'd rather wait until these bugs get ironed out.
Unregistered
I'd love to update my N82. It has the Euro1 product code, but Software Update is telling me that v30 is the latest firmware :(
Out of interest what product code are you using Steve?
slitchfield
Rm-313
Unregistered
Have you tried downloading a version of Maps from the website and reinstalling? The versions included in firmware releases are often quite old so it may help.
Unregistered
I'm assuming it still doesn't have nice FP2-like transitions? Right?
Probably the same changelog as that of the N95's version?
sad1f
...will post any remarkable changes if i find them!
Unregistered
just upgraded successfully on a german n82 (GERMANY - 0554980). no problems so far, maps works as expected (i've manually installed an .sis update a while ago, if that matters).
slitchfield
Tried everything. Re-wiping C disk. Tried installing from latest standalone SIS. Tried without microSD in. Nothing works. Maps is screwed. Still need more data points though, guys....
Karp
Does Y instalserver.exe works on fw 31?
CSC
Ugh. I'd love to try it but I need Maps to navigate.
Unregistered
I'll upgrade when I know what exactly at least the main benefits are :)
fbloise
As somebody stated, does it comes with menu transitions?
I have V.30 and I think (for me) there is no need to upgrade, since sometimes the newer firmware is worse than the older.
slitchfield
no, there are no transitions. That I can see, anyway! I'm not doing a very good job of 'selling' this upgrade, am I? 8-)
Unregistered
Is Hellocarbide "working" on the new fw?
Ratkat
Have you tried connecting to map loader and deleting the maps and then redownloading?
I am curious to your product code too, it's certainly not Euro 1, other wise it would be Nokia N82 (01.01) not (28.01), I think yours maybe a UK CV.
Mine seems fine, with the Euro 1 firmware.
Unregistered
"no, there are no transitions. That I can see, anyway! I'm not doing a very good job of 'selling' this upgrade, am I? 8-)"
Erm.... i just don't see the benefits of upgrading to this firmware... v30 already had the "anti-jailbreak feature" and is (arguably) a good firmware update...
what more could Nokia have added? I was badly hoping they'll add transition effects to the N82. Oh well... so much for keeping my hopes up... :-(
slitchfield
@ratkat: The problem shows with just-flashed firmware and no memory card in at all, so it's nothing to do with map formats..... 8-)
N/A
Quote:
Originally Posted by TetrisAttack
I'm interested in updating but I'd rather wait until these bugs get ironed out.
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Which "these bugs"? This is the 5th firmware update for the N82, if I count correctly, so between the first version and this one, I imagine a bunch of bugs have already been fixed.
Unregistered
Is the icon bug in log fixed (showing always the mobile phone icon)?
sad1f
...nothing special about this update at all!
although the update process did fail on me the first time, i had to remove the battery and try again... when i i did, it worked and kept all my programs/data intact...
Jay3gsm
Now that I've made the choice to use the N82 as my main phone until a proper replacement is ever released, I'm certainly interested in keeping the phone updated. This bug you seem to be having with maps is putting me off trying at the moment though!
Unregistered
slitchfield: Did you try to reinstall the firmware in NSU, you've got nothing to lose.
Unregistered
Installed the update from ver 30.0.019 (RM-313) and it worked ok. No problems with Maps. IŽll get back if I find something strange.
Unregistered
Updated to the new firmware v31.0.016 and everything well. No problems with the nokia maps in online. Everything works smooth. No hangouts nothing. The changelog follows soon...
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