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P990 firmware organizer R4B03 discussion |
xiaoka
Joined: Dec 19, 2004
Posts: 11
From: Hong Kong
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it looks like the /6 (hong kong) firmware is still not available. (as of 2/13...)
doh!
i'm still happy w/ my p990, but sooner would be better of course! |
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seunlock-uk
Joined: Jan 12, 2007
Posts: 294
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Most of the issues that have been found with the FW are due to "bad" installs of the FW, which occur because the connection between you and EMMA for SEUS is not anywhere near perfect, due to the volume sof users.
Therefore some data is lost or just poorly installed, and a full reformat usually sorts the issue, usually requiring updating again, but hey it works.
The benefit to having tools to do this whether you are retail based or just for personal use, is the massive reduction in active users and also the perfect sonnection between phone and tool, to make for a very stable connection.
Not every install is always perfect and sometimes they need to be done again, but it doesn't take that long and it's worth it to have a much improved FW.
As for the HK FW, I wouldn't hold my breath on an update. I would advise any and all users, who are able to, to change the CDA to /1 or /2, most people have someone near them who can do this for them at a very low cost. |
firetech
Joined: Dec 09, 2006
Posts: 295
From: Lund, Sweden
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Software firewalls like Zone Alarm can also cause corruption in downloaded files.
P990i (GW1) + 4GB MS
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tsh
Joined: Aug 18, 2006
Posts: 72
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Someone ought to explain checksums to SE. |
deeablos
Joined: Nov 30, 2006
Posts: 17
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Does anyone knows when the next firmware is coming.
Would really appreciate it
My patience is wearing thin.
Imagine a whole year and my phone is still slow as hell.
Right now Nokia smartphone solutions looks like the best deal you can get |
makbil
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Istanbul
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On 2007-02-13 20:12:06, deeablos wrote:
Right now Nokia smartphone solutions looks like the best deal you can get
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I would check the Nokia forums before a final decision. Some weeks ago I browsed through some of them and it seems Nokia users aren't immune to bugs either 
P990i: A mistake, a curse and a disgrace  So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD |
gearoid111
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 6
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Hi guys, just joined and I am really impressed with the info here as it has been a great help to me. A big thank you to all the posters!
I have upgraded to the new firmware and it is indeed more stable and a little faster. I have had only 1 crash in 2 days (while the radio was on).
Like some others, it is rather disappointing that SE doesn't inform us what has been improved, changed etc in these firmware upgrades. I get the feeling that they are trying to keep us in the dark too much.
Anyway, keep up the good work! |
koto
Joined: Sep 18, 2006
Posts: > 500
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With the latest fw (one before this), smpro 1.4 and tweak peaks my P990 is really superb phone. Very fast, stable (no self restarts), no bugs, a true P series representative. Only opera crashes sometimes but I use it very hard. Today I removed the flip and must say that a feeling is so good. Fantastic phone! |
Tail
Joined: Oct 06, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: SWE
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Im up an running now on my 5 day, and its still working great. Have around 10 MB ram free and cant complaine
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suland
Joined: Sep 06, 2006
Posts: 122
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That's exactly what i've got. Great update and I did not have a lot of troubles with the previous one. |
ares
Joined: Dec 11, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Coimbra, Portugal
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@makbill, of course not, s60 v3 phones have the same amount of RAM has UIQ3 phones, even the new N95, so problems also happen
Only the super E90 will be problem free - it has 2 times the RAM of N95 or P990 or N93 or M600
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frozenwaffles
Joined: Jan 08, 2003
Posts: 122
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so if i need to change to /1 or /2, where do i get that done in australia??? |
makbil
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Istanbul
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On 2007-02-13 23:46:22, ares wrote:
@makbill, of course not, s60 v3 phones have the same amount of RAM has UIQ3 phones, even the new N95, so problems also happen
Only the super E90 will be problem free - it has 2 times the RAM of N95 or P990 or N93 or M600
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Possibly, but I have used Nokia communicators before and didn't find them very practical. The preliminary photos I saw of the E90 look like a communicator model and definitely bigger than the P990. Anything bigger than the P990 and most likely I would start leaving it behind to avoid carrying all that luggage. So you see, size does matter
P990i: A mistake, a curse and a disgrace So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD |
ares
Joined: Dec 11, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Coimbra, Portugal
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Of course, i was not talking about design, i also am not a fan of comunicator style phones, but in terms of raw hardware power, the E90 is the real beast, not the N95 Imagine 80mb free RAM for user
Anyway, that guy from What Mobile that posts at my-symbian, John Morris, said next UIQ devices from SE will also have more RAM
SE w880 + Iphone 4 16gb |
kfchoong
Joined: Nov 24, 2006
Posts: 53
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@seunlock-uk,
You mentioned that most problems are caused by a bad firmware update. Is there a way in which we can verify if the problems are caused by firmware or hardware? Ever since I updated my phone to the latest firmware, I am experiencing strange problems (unable to make calls / send sms, but the phone is on). Decided to send to the Service Centre for them to reflash my phone. When I got my phone back yesterday evening, in less than 2 hours, I got my first reboot to improve performance. And while charging my phone at night, I found it rebooted when I woke up in the morning!
Can we verify the checksum on the phone or on our PC? Is there a image file on the PC whereby we check out the size? It would be much easier if we can just compare the file size of the firmware image to verify if whatever that is download is complete. |
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Posted: 2007-02-13 17:43
So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD 
