Nokia N79 and N85 blessed with firmware updates
The Nokia N85 and Nokia N79 have both received significant firmware upgrades, to version 20.175. Version 20.175 fixes as always some major bugs but also adds some new functions. It adds turning controls (flip to silent for incoming calls and alarms) and Nokia’s email wizard, together with email notifications on the active idle screen (homescreen). The email wizard (’Set up e-mail’, also known as Gimlet) is now becoming a standard part of Nokia’s S60 devices. As on other devices, you’re offered a choice between Nokia e-mail, which sets up email in the built in Messaging application, and Nokia Email Service (also known as Nokia Messaging), which offers a consumer push email solution for any existing email address.
Other improvements and corrections include Active Idle screen becomes blank in landscape mode, or Active Idle going dead after quickly accepting and rejecting an incoming video call, as well as improvements for the Application Manager, including Wrong Feature Manager flag used for seamless link functionality or The sis file that is installed to MoviNand or SD card that cannot be seen in application manager.
To get this latest version via OTA just enter *#0000# and press “Check for updates” option.
Check for Updates.
N79’s changelog:
Bugs fixed:
*Cannot display sim contact on U-Sim (1000 contact sim card) when switch another UI language
*Dialing 110 customer care phone redirect the call to be an EMERGENCY CALL
*Music plays in speaker when receive sms under silent mode
*Smartone foneTV video not restore after end MT call
*Audio is improperly routed from headset to speaker when receiving a SMS message
*Phone hang during accessing Nokia Maps application in SW 11.049
*Cant access sim card contacts
*Can’t input Chinese character “?” by stroke input
*Themes: Audio Themes, when select Nokia – “Several sound files Missing” appears
New Features:
*Bookmarks updated to remove Download link folders
*MTP configuration to enable Social Cinema support
*TARM in 3.2 based devices
*Email plug-in functionality
*7-bit encoding of Turkish characters in SMS
*TP Wizard to check availability of Nokia email service
*Media player default settings changes
*2 New vanilla CTRs, called: EGYPT NO-GPS (releases MEA datapackage)
*2 new codes : SYRIA NO-GPS (releases MEA datapackage)
*Memory card ID change for Indonesia CTR’s. was MC001 and changed to –> MC002
*Update Bookmarks for China PRC Vanilla Core SW
*Files on Ovi Widget
*S60 3.2 based devices – Making Gimlet visible in Settings Wizard selection
*Turn “PnP Mobile Services” On
*S&S Application updates
*MPX player not accessible when USB cable connected
SW improvements and corrections:
*Active Idle
*Search & WLAN information difficult to read in Active Idle.
*Active Idle screen becomes blank in landscape mode.
*Default Active Idle shortcuts configured.
*Active Idle going dead after quickly accepting and rejecting an incoming video call.
*White boxes shown on the screen while doing orientation change quickly in idle mode.
*Application Manager
*The sis file which is installed to MoviNand or SD card cannot be seen in application manager.
*Wrong Feature Manager flag used for seamless link functionality.
*Flashlite sis installation is not successful in the first attempt.
*Application Update
*Unable to upgrade graphic icons in Media Player / Media Settings via sis file.
*Unable to upgrade ROM based UI application by installing new version to memory card.
*Application Update self-update never completes.
*Upgrade of BrowserAudioVideoPlugin.rsc via sw installation is not possible.
*Upgrade of Connection Manager via sw installation is not possible.
*Audio Performance
*Tunings improvements for IHF audio.
*Keypad tones cannot be tuned for IHF.
*Auto-Rotate
*UI Accelerator toolkit (Hitchcock/Alfred) stub file missing.
*Locking keys and then opening camera reveal confuses orientation sensor.
*Disable orientation in alarm ringing, incoming call and semi active state.
*Panic after orientation change.
*Bluetooth
*Bluetooth headset disconnects when Wireless Keyboard is disconnected from the phone automatically.
*Phone panics when changing views in Bluetooth menu while choosing the last connected device from paired view.
May 30th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
It would be useful if you could list the things that have been adversly affected by the latest firmware v20 update. I’m interested in getting the n79 but if these updates cause other things to go squewiff (as I have read) then I might be forced to avoid Nokia phones all together and go for the iphone which would be a shame because i think the n79 sounds like a great phone, compact and nice looking!