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Nokia Finally launches self-service upgrades |
axxxr
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From: Londinium
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Nokia has quietly introduced a DIY firmware upgrade service so phone owners can update their phones over the air, or via a PC connected to the internet, and no longer need to visit a service centre to update the device.
Sony Ericsson has supported self-service firmware upgrades for several years now.
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masseur
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supported phones are:
N70
N72
6131
6630
6680
6681
6682
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DragonEye
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good job nokia... |
govigov
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30 minutes... it hardly takes 15 minutes for the  
but considering it is symbian and stuff, i guess that is pretty ok.
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DragonEye
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On 2006-08-22 22:07:31, govigov wrote:
30 minutes... it hardly takes 15 minutes for the
but considering it is symbian and stuff, i guess that is pretty ok.
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meh, who cares.. as long as it works well.. (which remains to be seen)
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floatlite
Joined: Jan 23, 2002
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It certainly works, it's been about for over a week now, I got an email last week about it from Noia, and I tried it with my old N70.
Worked a treat, actually slightly better system than SE, you don't need to remove the SIM, and you don't need any special drivers, the little application (similar to the SEUS) contains all the specific drivers for the phones, they simply auto install when you attach the phone. You can also keep the phone on the mains charging whilst you update (very good idea).
All in all a nice system.
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crude75
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Wondering if they will include the 3250 in phones supported.
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Evil Eye
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@crude they have not included 3250 in supported phones list. see first reply by masseur. 
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sapporobaby
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@floatlite,
Better than SE? When was the last time a software upgrade from SE resulted in the complete loss of all data?
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shaliron
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From: Melbourne, Australia
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Not many are supported phones compared to SE. And it also took them how many years?
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voda_jon
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the software supports all models... the list of handsets they have are ones that have an updated version of software on the system.
I just tried updating my N73 and it noticed it an told me there are no updates as of yet for it.
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SL33PYH34D
Joined: Sep 06, 2004
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On 2006-08-22 23:36:06, floatlite wrote:
Worked a treat, actually slightly better system than SE, you don't need to remove the SIM, and you don't need any special drivers, the little application (similar to the SEUS) contains all the specific drivers for the phones, they simply auto install when you attach the phone. You can also keep the phone on the mains charging whilst you update (very good idea).
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With SEUS despite what it says, you do not actually need to remove the SIM - they only request that as a safety precaution. Neither do you need any special drivers either - SEUS II (rather then the online version SEUS I) includes the required drivers natively.
Also if you use a CDS-60 deskstand with SEUS you can also remain connected to the mains power when updating.
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On 2006-08-23 09:28:43, sapporobaby wrote:
Better than SE? When was the last time a software upgrade from SE resulted in the complete loss of all data?
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Actually with any of the SE Symbian phones you do loose all data on the device, as you will for all Nokia Symbian devices. Since the Symbian OS uses the same flash storage as user data it will be lost as part of the update. |
sapporobaby
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Thanks SL33PYHEAD,
for clearing that up. I forgot about Symbian.
*edited on a Mac of course. Mac: There is no substitute*
N82(YES), iPhone 3G, Shure es530, Nikon D300, more stuff. No more SE stuff, why am I still here? |
aremaboy
Joined: Nov 27, 2004
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From: Malang, Indonesia
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Nice..is it the time to love Nokia? No, SE is the best.. |
fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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i wonder if this will debrand nokias??
if not is it going to rebrand my Orange unbranded N70??
fatreg
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