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v20 Firmware Issued for N95 8GB NAM; When it Rains, it Pours

Posted by Zach Epstein on May 27, 2008 1:50 pm 6 comments
Filed in Handsets, News, Nokia, Symbian

Hot on the heels of the N95 NAM, the N95 8GB NAM has just received a firmware refresh courtesy of Nokia. The changes? You guessed it; just about the same as all the other v20 firmware out there, although N95-4 owners already had much of the functionality N95 NAM users had been waiting for. After a false start of sorts last month we have to wonder if the N95 8GB NAM update wasn’t delayed until one day after the N95 NAM update in order to avoid the public outcry that would have ensued. In any event, start backing up your 8GBs and get ready to have a blast manually reinstalling all those apps! The speed and performance improvements brought about by v20 firmware should make it worth your while though. We just wish Nokia could nail the updating thing already. The process should be a 10-minute cake walk, not a 4-hour endeavor…

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6 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On May 27, 2008 @ 5:47 pm, Randomguy Said:

    What? The process is already a 6-minute cake walk… Why’s it taking you so long???

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  2. On May 27, 2008 @ 5:56 pm, Zach Epstein Said:

    Reinstalling about 50 apps manually thanks to Nokia’s bunk backup/restore process. Reapplying settings to all of those apps. Etc, etc. With as many apps as I use, I’ve never done a backup/restore on any handset without kernel errors popping up shortly after…

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  3. On May 27, 2008 @ 6:05 pm, Randomguy Said:

    Aah, so you’re longing for UDP.

    Personally, whenever I update my firmware I like to start from afresh. I hard reset before and after the update and even format my mass memory. I also have around 30 apps installed but it doesn’t take longer than 10 minutes to reinstall them all as I keep all my .sisx files in a folder on my PC.

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  4. On May 27, 2008 @ 6:11 pm, Zach Epstein Said:

    Good plan for sure. Thanks to the fact that most developers don’t provide settings import/export however, it takes me significantly longer unfortunately. I spend 30 minutes + on IVCM alone… Then add the six and a half years it takes to transfer ~ 5GB over USB 1.1, and you’re in hell.

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  5. On May 27, 2008 @ 6:26 pm, Pat Cavit Said:

    Good thing I got the n82 with the User Data Protection. Screw reinstalling all my apps every time I flash my phone! :D

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  6. On Jun 13, 2008 @ 2:05 am, Danish Said:

    When Nokia is relaesing update for N82????
    any has any idea?

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