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The Nokia N97 gets v20 and a new lease of life

111 replies · 43,129 views · Started 27 October 2009

Yes, it's out. For some product codes at least, with a changelog below. The next-gen Nokia N97 v20.2.019 firmware (a.k.a. PR 2.0), the biggest, most ambitious and most eagerly awaited firmware update in Nokia's history, is now available via Nokia Software Update. In short, RAM management is better and you effectively get a lot more flash memory on C: - plus the delights of kinetic, intuitive scrolling in all applications, transforming the S60 5th Edition experience, and a mountain of smaller fixes. See below for the changelog and what is sure to be a mountain of comments.

Read on in the full article.

which products have the update?

I have an unbranded uk device and I can't see the update in SWUpdate

I believe that the N97 was released early, and then finished off later, because Nokia needed it in the market.

I've managed to get one today, SIM free for �369 UKP, and will be able to upgrade immediately, even if I need to change the product code and have the hpone as it was meant to be.

I will never be stupid enough to be an early adopter.

...I'm in the UK and if past software updates are any indication, we'll be lucky to get it by Christmas. This annoys me to no end, especially after all the past talks about it and posts like these praising the udpate so highly. I mean, "the biggest, most ambitious and most eagerly awaited firmware update in Nokia's history"? I want it now! 😞

I couldn't see the update in SWUpdate, or by typing *#0000# and checking for updates.

But i could see it on Nokia Software Update! Thank god. I'm downloading the 133.9 meg right now. I've got an unlocked Australian n97, code 0576124

I've an RM-505, language set 1 too, but I'm not seeing any updates OTA or via NSU 😞

I wonder if the Nokia servers are overloaded?

Something went wrong, bricked my device :/

This happened to me last time there was a new firmware. I guess i just have to go get it reflashed by nokia... again.

hi

no voip - how long one has to wait to get it ?!

i do not talk about skype but sip - the manual talks about it how to set it up - but the device lacks support for it ?!

poor - very poor

Just updated my N97 NAM (latin keyboard)
Amazing speed!
My trust in nokia is a bit recovered with this update.

My unbranded Swiss phone, product code 0587861 is now on v20.0.19.

Unfortunately I am quite disappointed: The VoIP settings did not change. Still no integrated SIP telephony! :frown:

Have been waiting for a long time to get back all of the functionality of my N95. How long does it take Nokia?

Yes, I want the integrated functionality as in my old N95. No, I do not use skype, nimbuzz, fring etc.

Update: It seems that VoIP is available in v20. More information in later comments.

updated on my 0576461 n97 but i can only see vlingo.
No ovi maps, no n-ngage or contacts or whatever.
meh

List of devices the update is available for as of today.

RM-505
20.0.19:

0576124: RM-505_APAC_AUSTRALIA Black
0591376: RM-505_APAC_AUSTRALIA Black
0576208: RM-505_APAC_AUSTRALIA White
0591377: RM-505_APAC_AUSTRALIA White
0576129: RM-505_APAC_Bangladesh Black
0576211: RM-505_APAC_Bangladesh White
0576120: RM-505_APAC_CAMBODIA Black
0576132: RM-505_APAC_CAMBODIA White
0576128: RM-505_APAC_EMERGING ASIA Black
0576210: RM-505_APAC_EMERGING ASIA White
0575297: RM-505_APAC_HONG KONG black
0575841: RM-505_APAC_HONG KONG white
0575724: RM-505_APAC_INDIA Black
0576213: RM-505_APAC_INDIA White
0576121: RM-505_APAC_INDONESIA Black
0576133: RM-505_APAC_INDONESIA White
0576119: RM-505_APAC_MALAYSIA Black
0576131: RM-505_APAC_MALAYSIA White
0576126: RM-505_APAC_NEW ZEALAND Black
0576209: RM-505_APAC_NEW ZEALAND White
0576123: RM-505_APAC_PHILIPPINES Black
0576207: RM-505_APAC_PHILIPPINES White
0575722: RM-505_APAC_SINGAPORE Black
0576130: RM-505_APAC_SINGAPORE White
0575266: RM-505_APAC_TAIWAN black
0575829: RM-505_APAC_TAIWAN white
0575728: RM-505_APAC_THAILAND Black
0576135: RM-505_APAC_THAILAND White
0576122: RM-505_APAC_VIETNAM Black
0576212: RM-505_APAC_VIETNAM White
0592448: RM-505_CHINA3G_China PRC 3G silver
0589790: RM-505_CHINA3G_CHINA PRC 3G White
0576356: RM-505_EMEA_ALPS_QW Black
0576435: RM-505_EMEA_ALPS_QW White
0576364: RM-505_EMEA_BALKANS_QW Black
0576462: RM-505_EMEA_BALKANS_QW White
0576411: RM-505_EMEA_Baltian_QW Black
0576488: RM-505_EMEA_Baltian_QW White
0585556: RM-505_EMEA_Belarus_QW Black
0585574: RM-505_EMEA_Belarus_QW White
0576351: RM-505_EMEA_Benelux_FR_QW Black
0576420: RM-505_EMEA_Benelux_FR_QW White
0579050: RM-505_EMEA_Benelux_NL_QW Black
0579054: RM-505_EMEA_Benelux_NL_QW White
0579051: RM-505_EMEA_BULGARIA_QW Black
0579055: RM-505_EMEA_BULGARIA_QW White
0576410: RM-505_EMEA_CIS_QW Black
0576487: RM-505_EMEA_CIS_QW White
0581899: RM-505_EMEA_CIS_QW_2 Black
0581901: RM-505_EMEA_CIS_QW_2 White
0576366: RM-505_EMEA_CZECH_QW Black
0576468: RM-505_EMEA_CZECH_QW White
0576412: RM-505_EMEA_Estonian_QW Black
0576489: RM-505_EMEA_Estonian_QW White
0570817: RM-505_EMEA_EURO_QW1 Black
0576350: RM-505_EMEA_EURO_QW1 White
0574380: RM-505_EMEA_FRANCE_QW Black
0592009: RM-505_EMEA_FRANCE_QW Black
0576423: RM-505_EMEA_FRANCE_QW White
0592010: RM-505_EMEA_FRANCE_QW White
0576355: RM-505_EMEA_GERMAN_QW Black
0576430: RM-505_EMEA_GERMAN_QW White
0576375: RM-505_EMEA_GREECE_QW Black
0576474: RM-505_EMEA_GREECE_QW White
0576377: RM-505_EMEA_HUNGARY_QW Black
0576480: RM-505_EMEA_HUNGARY_QW White
0576413: RM-505_EMEA_ISRAEL_QW Black
0576490: RM-505_EMEA_ISRAEL_QW White
0576358: RM-505_EMEA_ITALY_QW Black
0591374: RM-505_EMEA_ITALY_QW Black
0576459: RM-505_EMEA_ITALY_QW White
0591375: RM-505_EMEA_ITALY_QW White
0579053: RM-505_EMEA_MALTA_QW Black
0579056: RM-505_EMEA_MALTA_QW White
0576406: RM-505_EMEA_MOLDOVA_QW Black
0576486: RM-505_EMEA_MOLDOVA_QW White
0576368: RM-505_EMEA_POLAND_QW Black
0576472: RM-505_EMEA_POLAND_QW White
0576363: RM-505_EMEA_PORTUGAL_QW Black
0576461: RM-505_EMEA_PORTUGAL_QW White
0576402: RM-505_EMEA_ROMANIA_QW Black
0576481: RM-505_EMEA_ROMANIA_QW White
0576403: RM-505_EMEA_RUSSIA_QW Black
0591865: RM-505_EMEA_RUSSIA_QW Black
0576484: RM-505_EMEA_RUSSIA_QW White
0591866: RM-505_EMEA_RUSSIA_QW White
0576352: RM-505_EMEA_SCAND_QW1 Black
0576425: RM-505_EMEA_SCAND_QW1 White
0576353: RM-505_EMEA_SCAND_QW2 Black
0576428: RM-505_EMEA_SCAND_QW2 White
0576365: RM-505_EMEA_SERBIA_QW Black
0576467: RM-505_EMEA_SERBIA_QW White
0576367: RM-505_EMEA_SLOVAKIA_QW Black
0576470: RM-505_EMEA_SLOVAKIA_QW White
0576360: RM-505_EMEA_SPAIN_QW Black
0576460: RM-505_EMEA_SPAIN_QW White
0580747: RM-505_EMEA_Swiss_QW Black
0580748: RM-505_EMEA_Swiss_QW White
0587797: RM-505_EMEA_Syria white
0576357: RM-505_EMEA_TURKEY_QW Black
0576458: RM-505_EMEA_TURKEY_QW White
0576405: RM-505_EMEA_UKRAINE_QW Black
0576485: RM-505_EMEA_UKRAINE_QW White
0576554: RM-505_MENA_ALGERIA black
0576573: RM-505_MENA_ALGERIA white
0575743: RM-505_MENA_ARABIC 1 black
0576558: RM-505_MENA_ARABIC 1 white
0576503: RM-505_MENA_ARABIC 2 black
0576569: RM-505_MENA_ARABIC 2 white
0576504: RM-505_MENA_EMBARGO NON GPS black
0576570: RM-505_MENA_EMBARGO NON GPS white
0576500: RM-505_MENA_KSA black
0576567: RM-505_MENA_KSA white
0576502: RM-505_MENA_LEVANT black
0580177: RM-505_MENA_LEVANT COMMON ENGLISH BLACK
0580187: RM-505_MENA_LEVANT COMMON ENGLISH WHITE
0576568: RM-505_MENA_LEVANT white
0576555: RM-505_MENA_MEA B black
0576574: RM-505_MENA_MEA B white
0576553: RM-505_MENA_NORTH AFRICA black
0576572: RM-505_MENA_NORTH AFRICA white
0576562: RM-505_MENA_SSA FRENCH Black
0576578: RM-505_MENA_SSA FRENCH White
0576560: RM-505_MENA_SSA Multi Black
0576566: RM-505_MENA_SSA Multi White
0576561: RM-505_MENA_SSA PT Black
0576577: RM-505_MENA_SSA PT White
0576559: RM-505_MENA_SSA1 Black
0576565: RM-505_MENA_SSA1 White
0576563: RM-505_MENA_SSA10 Black
0576579: RM-505_MENA_SSA10 White
0576564: RM-505_MENA_SSA11 Black
0576580: RM-505_MENA_SSA11 White
0587796: RM-505_MENA_Syria Black
0575744: RM-505_MENA_UAE black
0576576: RM-505_MENA_UAE white
0580749: RM-505_MENA_Venezuela black
0580750: RM-505_MENA_Venezuela white

20.0.24:

0576556: RM-505_MENA_FARSI black
0576575: RM-505_MENA_FARSI white

RM-506
20.1.21:

0572794: RM-506_CHINA _CTR CHINA black
0575821: RM-506_CHINA _CTR CHINA white

RM-507

20.2.19:

0576117: RM-507_NAM_ARGENTINA black
0576118: RM-507_NAM_ARGENTINA white
0580761: RM-507_NAM_AUSTRALIA_850 Black
0580762: RM-507_NAM_AUSTRALIA_850 White
0575402: RM-507_NAM_BRAZIL black
0576116: RM-507_NAM_BRAZIL white
0576557: RM-507_NAM_ISRAEL 850 Black
0588543: RM-507_NAM_ISRAEL 850 White
0575401: RM-507_NAM_LTA black
0576114: RM-507_NAM_LTA white
0575400: RM-507_NAM_NAM black
0576111: RM-507_NAM_NAM white
0583786: RM-507_NAM_NEW_ZEALAND_850 Black
0583788: RM-507_NAM_NEW_ZEALAND_850 White
0583785: RM-507_NAM_PHILIPPINES_850 Black
0583787: RM-507_NAM_PHILIPPINES_850 White

sure they did, but they cant roll out every country at once, give them a few days to get round to you, and then a few weeks for you provider to get their custom firmware out

Unregistered wrote:sure they did, but they cant roll out every country at once, give them a few days to get round to you, and then a few weeks for you provider to get their custom firmware out

Sure, but take a look at above list. There is almost every country in the europe but not UK - again.

BTW - my phone is unbranded...

Cheers

My phone code is not in the list and I have still received the upgrade. The list does not seem to be exhaustive.

Is the letters on top of the dial pad?

And is this maps3.1 with the enchanced screens/icons/Michelin/Lonely Planet guides or is that the maps 3.01 just bug fixes stuff.

And if you had n-gage installed before on the 32gig drive, does the n97 uninstall it?

OviStore is almost unusable now, it is inpossible to scroll by touching the screen, since a touch is imeditally interpreted as a click and selects the current item.

Before if you touched the screen with a swiping movement it was interpreted as a scroll - not any more...

Only way to use it is by opening the keyboard and using d-pad 😞

jaclu wrote:OviStore is almost unusable now, it is inpossible to scroll by touching the screen, since a touch is imeditally interpreted as a click and selects the current item.

Before if you touched the screen with a swiping movement it was interpreted as a scroll - not any more...

Only way to use it is by opening the keyboard and using d-pad 😞

yes, this is really bad , do they not test these things before releasing? Other than the Ovi store issue Im very pleased with the update , the Music player looks great with the album art, and kinetic scrolling is great

jaclu wrote:OviStore is almost unusable now, it is inpossible to scroll by touching the screen, since a touch is imeditally interpreted as a click and selects the current item.

Before if you touched the screen with a swiping movement it was interpreted as a scroll - not any more...

Only way to use it is by opening the keyboard and using d-pad 😞

yes you are right, its now hard to use, but you can use the bar on the right
but they have F***k it up