Nokia N97 v20 Firmware Is Now Available

Unfortunately… the UK misses out once again, remember v12 isn’t even available overe here!!!

Has anyone with an NAM version seeing an update to Nokia Messaging? I didn’t have it installed and the update didn’t install it. If you did get an update, what enhancements did it bring?

Ricky, I’m thinking about buying N97 now, but after watching your video in your software review of N97 I’m pretty confused… http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2009/06/nokia-n97-review-software.html I’ll be greatfull if you’ll make a new, full review of 2.0 software, aiming at the same features that you showed in your last video to see if there are a real improvements in this version.

Mateusz Rodak

I don’t currently have an N97 on hand to do so, but our own Wampyre does, and we’ll see about getting him to do a video showing the changes. He’ll also be chiming in here with any changes he notices.

How come Orange UK gets the update and generic UK doesn’t?

It has been release to the following product codes…

RM-507
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

RM-505
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

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

Still no update for my UK unbranded N97 (0585162)

I just did the update and what I find is that applications like Ovi Chat and Vlingo are added and cannot be removed even if I don’t want them. Vlingo is not a free version either, yet there is no way to remove it. I also cannot find Nokia Messaging anywhere on the phone. I did not have it before and even looking in the Installed Applications listings I don’t find it.

What did i find?

1. I lost C: drive space and I see no benefits added there.
2. The amount of RAM has not changed.
3. Ovi Maps is the same, including a longer than desired GPS link time.
4. Kinetic scrolling is not throughout the phone but there is more of it (doesn’t work in X-plore).
5. Photos works a lot like the beta Photo Browser so I can now remove that to save some disk space.
6. Touch response seems to be less-responsive as opposed to the advertised more responsive. It may be because the menus now have kinetic scrolling and any time you try and select a folder it tries to scroll through the list of folders (may be my fat thumbs)

Time will tell if this update has really done anything. If my initial impressions don’t become changed in the next few days then I will wait for the N900 to go through it’s initial issues and a few upgrades and then I will replace the N97.

Currently no update avaialble for my N97. (0585732). Anyone know when it will become available?

Oi, Nokia, I hope you didn’t forget about my 5800 and millions like it you sold all around the world. We are waiting… ;)

just did the update, and now the OVI store is pretty much unusable. if i try to scroll on a list of apps, it immediately picks it up as a click, and opens up the page for the app. i can’t believe they didn’t test this out!

another problem i noticed is when you are trying to enter a web address in the browser, and it gives you the .com, .net, .org list to pick from, it is un-clickable.

too many fails for such an anticipated firmware release…

^^
Go to store.ovi.com via browser and download the newest OVI store app.

@meggman I just did a hard reset and, in addition to getting tons of room and my C; drive (48m after reinstalling everything except QuickOffice), I find that I have the older version of Ovi Store. I found out as when I went into it after the reset I was asked if I wanted to update it to the current version (yes I still have f/w V20) and I said no. Works fine.

w00t!

I’m happy cos widgets are working after a very long time. Now I can proudly present my phone. Before everybody was asking where are the widgets they saw on TV advertisement.

Wish Nokia would let the users to decide what programs they want to their phones. Vlingo is waste of memory for me and I know there is no memory to waste in this phone’s memory.

Still, I’m positive and I believe N97 is going to the better way.

Nothing for the UK AGAIN. Bumber.
Sim Free Black (0585162)
UK Vodafone Black (0585262)

I updated, everything works fine, and imho the phone is faster and feels “better” to use, didnt get anymore free space, but i have just recently made a hard reset (due to nokia-screen-freeze) so i didnt feel like doin it again.

As for RAM, i didnt get anymore free when i boot the phone, its around 44-45 MB free then, but i tried starting Camera, N-Gage, Palringo, TweetS60, Opera Mini, Music Player, default webbrowser, a word-document with quickoffice and Nokia Messaging, so all in all 9 quite memoryhungry apps plus Daves Gadget and S60 News widgets running on the homescreen and bluetooth on (not that it makes any big diff.) I had 7MB free RAM and i still didnt get any “out of memory”-error until i actually started a game in n-gage :), but multitasking still worked well.

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Unfortunately as I just recently sent my N97 for repairs I can’t benefit from the updated firmware as of yet.

From what I’ve read so far it’s best to wipe everything out.
One neat thing for those that use N-gage is that the client now is included as well as the OVI Maps 3.1 with 3D Maps and the Vlingo application.

Users of Nokia Messaging seems to not find this application on their handsets anymore. Besides that there are some quirks here and there, with the small benefit of kinetic scrolling throughout the phone as well as the better support for cover art in the music player.

I had to first do a debranding of my N97, then I could upgrade to ver 2.0. Everything works 100%. Very happy!

hmm i did get more space on C: but my ram is unusable.
connecting through wi-fi, i cant keep more than 2 of these apps open: ovi store, web, opera, gmail, gravity, sw update. kinda sucks

anybody else experiencing this?

Software 20.0.019
The ringtone I have set (Crank.mp3) for general profile doesn’t play everytime. Sometimes my phone plays Nokia Tune and I get to hear comments like “very special ringtone you’ve got there:-)”.

I changed the ringtone to other and then back to make sure everything is ok.

Anyone else got this “feature” after FW update?

I have an RM-505. The product code on the back of my phone is 0529803. I have entered it on the website to check why does my phone doesn’t get any updates through OTA or NSU. The website says that I have an n73.

Question 1: What the hell?
Question 2: How can I know the real product code and know when I can get an update from my 12 to 2.0?

I’ve been a loyal Nokia user for the past 10 years and the N97 is the last nokia I will buy. I’ve had the phone 3 months now and am on my 3rd replacement handset – memory management issues, freezing, dropping calls….
really regret getting the N97… wont make that mistake again.
GET THE FIRMWARE RIGHT NOKIA.

my n97 still does not have the new software update. can anyone help me in this? please.

Dear sir, I updated the firmware on my N97, but thereafter, Nokia PC Suite has stopped sync of the contacts library. Is this some incompatibility with the new firmware or what ??? I have even updated the PC Suite to 7.1.40 version

Dear sir, I updated the firmware on my N97, but thereafter, Nokia PC Suite has stopped sync of the contacts library. Is this some incompatibility with the new firmware or what ??? I have even updated the PC Suite to 7.1.40 version

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