Nokia Remembers The U.S. With N78 NAM Firmware Update
A while back, when the N78 got its first OTA firmware update, most of the N78-3 (NAM) users were angry and annoyed (though not necessarily astonished) to find that the U.S. version of this new candybar was not showing any update. Well, Nokia has heard your replies (or gotten off its butt) and released the firmware update for the N78-3 NAM, only available OTA.
While details are still fuzzy as to what’s new, mobilehavoc at HowardForums, has posted somewhat of a user-observation-based changelog:
- Naviscroll sensitivity tweaked. I had it turned off. Turned it back on and it’s actually usable now! It’s not as sensitive so you don’t have accidental movement when trying to press down. Loving having this back.
- Right softkey 1000x better with response. Now everytime I press the right softkey it registers correctly. With v10 firmware it would sometimes not register no matter what. Huge improvement there.
- Music player seems to keep proper track of podcasts for resume. i.e. You are listening to something, phone reboots/turns off etc. and you go back to it, it will resume where you left off. This didn’t work well with v10. I listen to podcasts a lot so this is a great feature for me.
If you find anything else, please let us know in the comments section! If you have an N78-3, you can check for the firmware update by pressing *#0000# from your standby screen, and choosing ‘Check for Update‘.
Changes/improvements made from
MCU SW v11.043 to v12.046
Telephony
Improved performance of key selection using left/right softkey and send/end keys
Better handling of received video call during video recording
Connectivity
Plantronics M1000 headset supported
Correct audio routing and volume control when both Internet radio & FM transmitter/music player active
BT stability improvements
Media Servant can use WMA files
Nokia Software Updater fixed
Photos Application
Arabic language pack now correctly localises numeric name for new image and video files
Improvements to video playback
Internet
Streaming improvements.
Music
Improved stability with Downloading Rights
FM transmitter turns off correctly after period of no music playing even if music player is active
FM transmitter cannot continue sending internet radio when music playing is stopped.
Other Changes
FOTA can be restarted if cancelled during first download.
Resolved issue with incorrect wrapping in -Help- text file
Can now send mail via SSL/TLS SMTP server.
Stopped continuous upload attempts to Share online if there is a network issue.
Correct video icon now displayed for WMV file.
Share online image thumbnails update correctly.
Security improvements again XSIM.
Localisation fixes
Just in case users want to know what changed in v.11:
Change Log for the firmware v11.043
Telephony:
Improved CLI.
Slideshow wallpaper no longer causes in call device stability and audio problems.
Connectivity:
Improved stability when using BT headsets.
Voice tags now working with CK-7W and other BT car kits.
Improved stability with dongles using WinXP built-in Bluetooth stack.
Photos Application:
Stability improved when viewing image and video.
Volume and time information is now displayed when playing video clips.
Camera Application:
Stability improved when using the camera.
Camera drivers optimized.
Autofocus now correctly deactivated in Landscape setting.
Burst mode corrections.
Music Playback:
Stability improved when playing music over extended period through headset.
FMT-x timeout is now correctly synchronized with Music Player.
DRM Silent Rights Acquisition now working.
Content refresh improved.
Other Changes:
Naviscroll sensitivity improvements.
C-S Help anomalies fixed.
Switch application contact sync corrected.
Display colour corruption corrected.
Vibra now functions after factory settings have been restored.
Theme transitions are OFF as default (as per PR1.01).
Pictbridge2 localization improved.
Thai and Turkish localization corrections.
USIM’ phonebook now visible after FDN disabled.
Java application icons are now shown correctly.
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