Thursday, November 29, 2007

N95 Classic Hits v20 Firmware

Well, sorry guys, apparently it's v20.0.0.15 and not v21, but maybe this is just a temporary update before the next firmware?? Hmm...

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Undoubtedly this new version has fixed many, many of the n95-1's problems. Nokia has took time to listen to our cries and complaints and we have to admit, they've nailed it with this firmware. Faster camera startup, Demand Paging with more RAM, n-gage 2.0 gaming, and pretty much everything we asked for.

Here's the complete changelog of this firmware.

New Features:

  • Maps application version updated (Nokia Maps 1.0)
  • GetNGI (Games)
  • Music shop
  • OTA WMDRM (Windows Media Digital Rights Management)
  • Active standby search
  • Video ringing tone
  • ODP (On Demand Paging)
  • DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling)
  • Switch application version updated

Changes and improvements from previous SW release:

  • General stability improved.
  • Several localization errors corrected.
  • Various application help files updated.
  • Default language not always read from SIM correctly.
  • Volume side keys don’t work in all situations.
  • WLAN wizard can’t always connect to secure WLAN network.
  • Cannot edit or delete access points if lot of WLAN access points created.
  • Midlet icon may be shown twice after installation in some cases.
  • Midlet suite upgrade doesn’t work correctly if amount of midlets in suite has changed.
  • Streaming aspect ratio is not correct if QTSS server doesn’t provide Framesize tag in SDP.
  • Key presses are sometimes missed.
  • Connection dropped easily in crowded WLAN environment.
  • Cannot pre-configure push email application in variant.
  • OTA configuration containing an unknown parameter is ignored by device.
  • Call divert icon disappear after power cycle.
  • UPnP interoperability improved.

Browser:

  • Dropdown list not opened if size is defined.
  • Large images in web page are not rendered correctly after scrolling.
  • Flashlite memory management improved.
  • Cannot access to SIM phonebook if device language is set to Chinese.
  • Cannot add Chinese characters to input/search box in browser.
  • Real One Player may show invalid default name for some downloaded videos.
  • RSS-links does not work anymore if article was downloaded from web feeds.
  • Improved handling of large web pages.

Media Player

  • Streaming doesn’t always continue after long pause.
    Some m4a files cause music library to crash.
    Album art not shown for WMA files if picture size is over 64 KB.

Gallery

  • Image editor closes on attempting to edit and send an image a second time.
  • Cannot upload images to online share if lots of images stored in device.
  • Image viewer crash when opening malformed JPEG file.
  • Thumbnail creation speed of big video files improved.

Messaging

  • Cannot have non-ascii characters in mailbox name.
  • Reduced character coding -option in text message settings doesn’t work as expected.
  • MMS presentation not saved to draft folder is exiting application with end key.
  • IM client allows empty alias.

VOIP

  • Device may reset if moving out of WLAN coverage during VOIP call.
  • Cannot register to VOIP if found WLAN connection is too weak.
  • VOIP doesn’t re-register if going momentarily our of WLAN coverage.
  • Automatic connection to SIP server fails often if started device in offline mode.
  • VoIP call can't be established when multiple profiles with same realm.

Camera

  • Video recording with front camera may freeze the device.

Telephony

  • Device may restart if receiving voice call during ongoing video call.
    Unable to create call after successful balance query.

Streaming

  • Maximum limit for streaming bandwidth for UMTS and WLAN increased
    from 999kb.

Voice Mail

  • Call divert indicator disappear in device is restarted.

Navigation

  • Improvement to Location API performance if lots of landmarks in device

So what are you waiting for, update your firmware NOW! If you're an n95-1 user, this could just be the best thing in your life. :)

*changlog provided by SymbianFreak

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