A bit more free RAM at boot for me, everything seems a little faster and more responsive, no new features I can see - this is probably the stability / bug fix update, hopefully an update with new functionality will be available in Sept.

Berty 17 Aug 2009, 14:19

Just done my update. Went smoothly enough and everything back to how it was. Seem to have about 10mb of more RAM at start-up, a tad faster operation, maybe. Not sure I can see anything else. Hopefully more stable this time round.

No kinetic scrolling on contacts!!

Ho Hum, got to wait with baited breath another couple of months for the next update!

ironass 17 Aug 2009, 14:36

Let's see if we can put a stop to the enevitable posting that always accompanies the news of a firmware update... and that is something along the lines of...

"Why is there no update showing for my phone?"

Firmware is usually released for "unbranded" handsets first. That is handsets that have generic firmware as opposed to firmware that has been mucked about by operators.

In the usual course of events, the various operators approve/amend this firmware and it is normally released 2 weeks or months later, depending on the operator.

If you are unsure if there is an update for your particular handset you can check on-line here:-

http://europe.nokia.com/get-support-and-software/download-software/device-software-update/can-i-update

You can download the Nokia Software Updater from here:-

http://europe.nokia.com/get-support-and-software/download-software/device-software-update

Hope this helps!

Zyyb 17 Aug 2009, 14:53

Where do you tell how much ram you have? I only ever see my hard drive space..

Berty 17 Aug 2009, 14:54

Zyyb wrote:Where do you tell how much ram you have? I only ever see my hard drive space..

I have Handy Taskman installed. Tells me there. about 50mb at start up, it was 40mb.

celios 17 Aug 2009, 15:02

Zyyb wrote:Where do you tell how much ram you have? I only ever see my hard drive space..

Try this free widget:

DeviceInfo widget

Ratkat 17 Aug 2009, 15:08

Berty wrote:I have Handy Taskman installed. Tells me there. about 50mb at start up, it was 40mb.

I get 55mb at startup on the old v11 firmware

spirit44 17 Aug 2009, 15:10

is the unlock slider prob sorted out? still having to do it twice/three times when the phone is not in the mood to unlock!

Berty 17 Aug 2009, 15:16

spirit44 wrote:is the unlock slider prob sorted out? still having to do it twice/three times when the phone is not in the mood to unlock!

Never had a problem with mine. Seems ok to me.

celios 17 Aug 2009, 15:19

Ratkat wrote:I get 55mb at startup on the old v11 firmware

Depends what you have installed / running I guess. The point is that no matter what you had before, you will get more with v12...

Ratkat 17 Aug 2009, 15:27

celios wrote:Depends what you have installed / running I guess. The point is that no matter what you had before, you will get more with v12...

Actually I now have only 51mb free at start up so 4 less than on v11

Also c drive space has gone done from 53.6mb to 50.2mb

Ratkat 17 Aug 2009, 15:36

I can tell you what isn't new in this firmware

No Maps 3.0
No Quickoffice 6.0
No Sip/Internet Tel
No Skype

in fact I can't find anything worthwhile at all

celios 17 Aug 2009, 15:40

Ratkat wrote:Actually I now have only 51mb free at start up so 4 less than on v11
Also c drive space has gone done from 53.6mb to 50.2mb

Looks like you are the unlucky one! I'm consistently getting about 8Mb more free, I have the SEVEN email client running at startup.

It could just be my imagination, but I think the web browser allows me to move around the page a bit sooner (i.e. before the page is "100%" loaded). Time will tell if it falls in a heap as often as under v11.

moph_dog 17 Aug 2009, 16:40

Can't get it via PC update on 0587240 model

😞

pookey 17 Aug 2009, 18:15

Ditto - no update yet for UK vodafone

ironass 17 Aug 2009, 18:23

Ratkat wrote:I can tell you what isn't new in this firmware
No Maps 3.0
No Quickoffice 6.0
No Sip/Internet Tel
No Skype
in fact I can't find anything worthwhile at all

B*gger! :banghead:

celios 17 Aug 2009, 19:09

[email protected] wrote:B*gger! :banghead:

It's just like the N95; going from v11 to v12 was a bug fix update. When there is major new functionality (Skype, Kinetic menu scrolling, etc) it will be be a big jump in version number i.e. v2x.

We can keep our fingers crossed that the next update will be a biggie with new functionality - Skype was mentioned as being added in Q3.

sjdean 17 Aug 2009, 19:44

I can't find any updates for my phone, and Im based in the UK with a plain old N97 unbranded! Where's everyone based that has the new firmware?

celios 17 Aug 2009, 20:05

sjdean wrote:I can't find any updates for my phone, and Im based in the UK with a plain old N97 unbranded! Where's everyone based that has the new firmware?

I have a UK SIM-free N97 but I changed my product code to the Euro version for v11. I think the SIM free UK firmware still needs to be customised/tested by Nokia UK, so you may wait anywhere from a few days to a few weeks until it's available, which, to use the vernacular, sucks.

But it could be worse, at least you aren't on Three or some network that takes forever or skips the updates all together!

managerxxx 17 Aug 2009, 20:25

OK having previously bricked my N97 Vodafone device by changing the device code and flashing I thought that this time the upgrade to V12 would be smoother...

...well it was kind of. I got the flashing white screen of death BUT this time I was able to recover by doing the 'four button salute'.

Slider does appear to be fixed - it's the first thing I noticed.... but I've only been playing for 5 mins...

Hope this helps someone.

zxon 17 Aug 2009, 20:59

celios wrote:I have a UK SIM-free N97 but I changed my product code to the Euro version for v11. I think the SIM free UK firmware still needs to be customised/tested by Nokia UK, so you may wait anywhere from a few days to a few weeks until it's available, which, to use the vernacular, sucks.
But it could be worse, at least you aren't on Three or some network that takes forever or skips the updates all together!

This explains why I can't see the update. Got an unbranded UK N97. I haven't bothered changing the product code.

1 2 Next →