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New firmware for P990i out now! |
penx
Joined: Apr 16, 2002
Posts: 18
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I have an Orange UK branded phone. I spoke to someone at Orange earlier, who got in touch with their technical team and they said the following:
I can run the SE Updater and update to the latest firmware, but my Orange branding will remain. I can debrand my phone via the SE website but this will void both my warranty and my Orange insurance.
I tried running SEUS but it said I had the latest firmware already installed. I reinstalled the firmware anyway but the Orange branding remains. I have no idea how I'm supposed to be able to debrand it, but according to Orange it is possible, and I guess once this is done I should be able to download the most up to date firmware. Does anyone have any idea about debranding via the SE website? I'll call Orange again tomorrow and try and get some more info. |
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bytes
Joined: Aug 24, 2006
Posts: 248
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Just updated my P990i to R9EA 
Anyone noticed that the phone memory is pretty used up as compared to before. Check the storage manager. Maybe its the better way to handle the RAM issue. Anyway the phone is more stable and RAM mgt is much much better.
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amanno1
Joined: Sep 05, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: HELL ON EARTH
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I`ve got 45 megs free internal memory |
bytes
Joined: Aug 24, 2006
Posts: 248
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I have 46/62 MB used and installed apps in phone only 520Kb. Not sure what went into my phone memory...??? |
drgopoos
Joined: Dec 02, 2004
Posts: 307
From: Toronto
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most of the remaining internal memory is used up the demo application, the games( the two inbuilt games alone make use of around 9MB of internal memory) pictures songs and so on... you can delete all of them to regain the memory
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firetech
Joined: Dec 09, 2006
Posts: 295
From: Lund, Sweden
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My phone had ~45 MB free on the C:\\ drive even with the R7 firmware, so that's nothing new.
P990i (GW1) + 4GB MS
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firetech
Joined: Dec 09, 2006
Posts: 295
From: Lund, Sweden
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Hmm, just noticed another thing.
MIDI playback has been rather simplified. I opened MusicDJ to goof around a bit and the song I've been working on earlier sounded almost like it came from a phone sometime between my old A2618s and my Z600... It's a good thing the phone supports MP3 ringtones 
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P990i + 1GB MS + CAR-100 (+ Z600 to charge and start the CAR with)
I  my P990i
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my_p990i
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 91
From: Cebu, Phils.
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does anybody knows when the branded p990i will have its update? i'm from the Philippines & it's Globe locked...maybe someone can help me unlock it from the network...thanks a lot |
dr_thug
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: India
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Hmmm...cant wait...will get my phone updated today in the evening.
Whats new???What all bugs have been fixed??
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drgopoos
Joined: Dec 02, 2004
Posts: 307
From: Toronto
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On 2007-01-03 04:30:48, dr_thug wrote:
Hmmm...cant wait...will get my phone updated today in the evening.
Whats new???What all bugs have been fixed??
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great news.. see here i have summarized something here
http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30476 |
bondizi
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 221
From: Boston MA
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@ all those who have successfully updated their p990's firmware:
any of you reformat disk first, and then flash?
i read somewhere that only flashing doesnt completely erase the internal memory beforehand- any truth to this?
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>500
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: > 500
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ok,
ive got r7a001 on my phone. I got my phone from x1387 on ebay so i assume its from hk.
SEUS says newest firmware already installed, but has continue any way option. I dont want to click continue and find that my phone isnt updated, as im on slow internet at the moment, 56k, gone over my limit for the month 
When i first got the phone i did an update and clicked continue anyway, though i cant remember if it put new firmware on it 
So do i continue or not?
Also, a silly question, but ive never done it before, how i do a 'backup' of my phone?
thanks
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aka_BoB
Joined: Jan 02, 2007
Posts: 7
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Had issues with my backup, after several reboots / retries I finally saved a backup Tthen I ran into issues updating firmware. It would go through the motions and then when I powered on the phone it would just blink a white screen (scared the !@#$ outa me at first). I ended up unistalling the update service downloading it from SE and reinstalling, then the update worked correctly. Now when I try to do a restore the phone reboots and says restore in progress, but I get an error message stating the restore was canceld by the device ???
I updated the pc suite from 1.1.8 to 1.2.15 still no luck, I am running mrouter 3.1.0.28... any ideas???? I really just need my contacts!!!
thanks,
aka
in the meantime wifi / inet browsing seams alot faster, video player works better also... |
chriswg85
Joined: Aug 16, 2004
Posts: 210
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@ ads1107: If SEUS says that you already have the latest software version installed, it will not update to the new firmware. So there is no need to attempt the update.
@ Everyone who is restoring a backup to the phone: If you really want to receive the full benefits of the firmware update, I would not recommend restoring your backup. As Jah has said, the best thing to do is to Master Reset prior to the update, and then do manual install of applications and synchronization.
I confirm all the changes that others have noted. Right after the update and with nothing installed, I managed 17.6 MB RAM. After installing everything, adding contacts, etc., I now get 17.4 consistently on startup. This is a good improvement from the previous 15.7 on the prior firmware.
The menus do move faster, and the phone is generally quicker.
Opera is indeed much faster, and has added a few options (one I haven't seen mentioned is an additional cache size option of medium).
Memory leakage still seems to persist for me, although programs do seem to use less memory.
I'm not absolutely certain, but it seems that there are many more options for shortcuts in the FC Today Screen.
One strange occurrence is that the Opera Mini icon is now blurry/pixelated whereas it was sharp before. Anyone else notice this?
Unfortunately, I haven't notice much difference in startup time. About how long in seconds does it take now for those of you who have seen improvements?
All in all, I think it is a big step in the right direction. I have always been happy with my P990, but this makes it even better. There is still a big wish list of improvements that could be made, but at least this update has helped many of the more important issues (multitasking, web browsing, speed). |
bytes
Joined: Aug 24, 2006
Posts: 248
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Had deleted Vijay Golf game but still showing low phone memory. Maybe its the update which stalled at 100% and I force quit maybe some system files still there. Shall try re flash r9 again. Cheers
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