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Monday, December 08, 2008

Nokia N96 OTA update to 12.043 available for PC 0573582

Just did a *#0000# & left menu->check for updates on my generic N96 (finland) just now, and update 12.043 was available and is currently installing.

At last. Great news. Looking to seeing improved reliability. Will post later on findings.

2 comments:

planetf1 said...

release notes for N96 12.043 -> Found this on ipmart forum. I cannot vouch for it's accuracy/originality

NEW FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE
Switch 4.0 – improved switch application to transfer user data from/to other devices

IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS RELEASE / GENERAL AREAS

Still image quality is improved, with fixes for color haziness and motion blur that appeared under certain conditions

Many fixes for conditions that can lead to application crashes or instabilities

Improved overall Bluetooth interoperability

Now compatible with Nokia Email service (application available as separate download)

If user sets brightness to maximum value the display backlight now does turn back on after screensaver mode

The device autolock no longer locks the device while viewing or recording videos

SMS no longer gets auto-converted to an MMS message if there are more then 20 recipients

Music Player "Refresh Library" no longer hangs if General Settings Date separator is set to ":"

Now only one message alert tone is played per synchronization with Mail for Exchange, instead of one per message

Fix for issue with alarm snoozing when alarm was set and device was powered off

Theme no longer jumps back to default theme after using USB mass storage mode

CSHelp texts are now updated to resolves several identified issues

KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE

During boot, we recommend to wait for battery bar to show up prior to using media keys to ensure they are responsive

Ngage pre-selects wrong access point in certain operator networks, in these instances user needs to reconfigure Ngage access points manually from within Ngage settings menu

Jon said...

Thanks for the info on the firmware