Today nokia has released firmware V20.0.015 for the N95. This is for unbranded or sim free phones only. Just installing now.

Bugger.. beat me to it!

Loads of new features.. the most important being Demand paging, which means the phone has 26mb upwards of free ram instead of 12-15mb.... you N95 8gb owners can stuff it :P

More info HERE

Changes in the new firmware

* New Welcome application

* New camera software and tweaks from the 8GB model - FAR faster shot to shot time, with 'Processing image message' during any delays. I suspect the image processing algorithms have changed too, to remove some of the remaining artificial edge enhancement in the v12 firmware.

* Long press on camera button launches camera if shutter is open

* New My Nokia SMS tips and mobile web portal system

* Demand paging (for ROM applications) with 30 plus MB free RAM after booting.

* Search 4.0 integration on standby screen.

* Old multimedia menu still there, i.e. it's not the new style

* N-Gage game previews (FIFA, Asphalt) and portal/shortcut to upcoming N-Gage client, as in N81 and N95 8GB

* Nokia Music Store client, although the store server hasn't been updated to handle the N95 yet - maybe this'll happen later today

* Keypress bug gone(!), I think

* No auto-screen rotation, looks like I was wrong predicting this, so we need Samir's RotateMe after all - someone please help him get this signed ASAP!

* Assorted other minor tweaks, along the same lines as the N95 8GB, with video ringtones, theme animations and a Circles Music Player visualisation.

Mine is on O2 contract but no evidence of branding (O2 logos etc) is that what unbranded means ?

Mine is on O2 contract but no evidence of branding (O2 logos etc) is that what unbranded means ?

Yup

plug it in and see if it sees a new firmware for ya

Now the last time I upgraded the firmware, I did a full back up, but then when I restored the settings to the phone I lost all the installed Apps and I lost a few contacts which were stored in the phone memory.

This meant I had to mess about contacting quickoffice for a re-install of their software and try and search for a few other apps that had been deleted.

Is this a fault, or do apps not get backed up when you install new firmware?

Apps that are on the phone mem *should* be brought back with a backup/restore

apps stored on the mem card *should* re-install when the phone re-boots.

Im taking the opportunity for a fresh start, fresh phone and fresh mem card.. ill get contacts back from outlook. - its reccomended to do this because of the big leap in fw versions

Also.. the GPS is MUCH MUCH MUCH faster

Just started nokia maps whilst sat in my room, and it got a lock within about 20 seconds :eek:

OK I'm sold now....

Edit: anyone know where I can get a cheap mahoosive MC for the N95. Got 2GB just now....

Just tried this but the phone won't update, saying I've got the latest version already. Just put a Vodaphone sim into it and it fired up fine so the phone is obviously unlocked. Any ideas?

OK I'm sold now....

Edit: anyone know where I can get a cheap mahoosive MC for the N95. Got 2GB just now....

Clicky

(cheaper sources may be available, but make sure its either sandisk or kingston)

I have a 6gb sandisk one at the moment... the main thing to note...make sure its a class 4 or better!

my old 4gig was a class 2 and this new one is MUCH faster (talking over 10mb/sec transfer vs 3-4mb on the class 2)

Just tried this but the phone won't update, saying I've got the latest version already. Just put a Vodaphone sim into it and it fired up fine so the phone is obviously unlocked. Any ideas?

Just because its unlocked doesnt mean its unbranded..

you will either need to change the product code of the phone with NSS (invalidates warranty) or wait until the network releases their customised version.

i've just changed my product code so i can do this update( i did this before to get .13) and its a bloody big download!! 114.9Mb!

ohwell its downloading now

backed up my phone using both the onboard phone backup and the pcsuite backup.

How slow is Nokia Content Copier? Grrrr!

EDIT: Firmware installed! It's noticably faster and there are a few easter eggs(or whatever they're called) on there. The multimedia menu boots up in no time!

I have icons for Coreplayer, Lightsaber and BT keyboard but no software. Boo Hoo, I loved my Coreplayer, it will be sadly missed!

Hmmm, something for later this week me thinks...

Too late now

Steve

Clicky

(cheaper sources may be available, but make sure its either sandisk or kingston)

I have a 6gb sandisk one at the moment... the main thing to note...make sure its a class 4 or better!

my old 4gig was a class 2 and this new one is MUCH faster (talking over 10mb/sec transfer vs 3-4mb on the class 2)

I will hopefully soon be the proud owner of a DIY N95 8GB! Wooot!

:woot: got this sorted finally.

I will hopefully soon be the proud owner of a DIY N95 8GB! Wooot!

What did you go for, what did you pay, and where did you get it from?

Steve

I think I'm gonna see if I can't get myself one of these 8 giga wotsit ones and see what all the fuss is about.

go on stu, you know you want to

I think I'm gonna see if I can't get myself one of these 8 giga wotsit ones and see what all the fuss is about.

Yes then you can join BriskN95

(or we should at least get our own sub-forum LOL)

My updated one seems to be going just fine, the home network support is much better because you can now stream upnp data to your phone, whereas before you had to send it to a upnp renderer.

Full changelog:

Changes/improvements made from

MCU SW v12.0.013 to v 20.0.015

(Service Bulletin No. SB-076/27.11.07)

New Features:

* Maps application version updated (Nokia Maps 1.0)

* GetNGI (Games)

* Music shop

* OTA WMDRM (Windows Media Digital Rights Management)

* Active standby search

* Video ringing tone

* ODP (On Demand Paging)

* DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling)

* Switch application version updated

Changes and improvements from previous SW release:

*

* General stability improved.

* Several localization errors corrected.

* Various application help files updated.

* Default language not always read from SIM correctly.

* Volume side keys don’t work in all situations.

* WLAN wizard can’t always connect to secure WLAN network.

* Cannot edit or delete access points if lot of WLAN access points created.

* Midlet icon may be shown twice after installation in some cases.

* Midlet suite upgrade doesn’t work correctly if amount of midlets in suite has changed.

* Streaming aspect ratio is not correct if QTSS server doesn’t provide Framesize tag in SDP.

* Key presses are sometimes missed.

* Connection dropped easily in crowded WLAN environment.

* Cannot pre-configure push email application in variant.

* OTA configuration containing an unknown parameter is ignored by device.

* Call divert icon disappear after power cycle.

* UPnP interoperability improved.

* Browser:

o Dropdown list not opened if size is defined.

o Large images in web page are not rendered correctly after scrolling.

o Flashlite memory management improved.

o Cannot access to SIM phonebook if device language is set to Chinese.

o Cannot add Chinese characters to input/search box in browser.

o Real One Player may show invalid default name for some downloaded videos.

o RSS-links does not work anymore if article was downloaded from web feeds.

o Improved handling of large web pages.

* Media Player:

o Streaming doesn’t always continue after long pause.

o Some m4a files cause music library to crash.

o Album art not shown for WMA files if picture size is over 64 KB.

* Gallery:

o Image editor closes on attempting to edit and send an image a second time.

o Cannot upload images to online share if lots of images stored in device.

o Image viewer crash when opening malformed JPEG file.

o Thumbnail creation speed of big video files improved.

* Messaging:

o Cannot have non-ascii characters in mailbox name.

o Reduced character coding -option in text message settings doesn’t work as expected.

o MMS presentation not saved to draft folder is exiting application with end key.

o IM client allows empty alias.

* VOIP:

o Device may reset if moving out of WLAN coverage during VOIP call.

o Cannot register to VOIP if found WLAN connection is too weak.

o VOIP doesn’t re-register if going momentarily our of WLAN coverage.

o Automatic connection to SIP server fails often if started device in offline mode.

o VoIP call can't be established when multiple profiles with same realm.

* Camera:

o Video recording with front camera may freeze the device.

* Telephony:

o Device may restart if receiving voice call during ongoing video call.

o Unable to create call after successful balance query.

* Streaming:

o Maximum limit for streaming bandwidth for UMTS and WLAN increased

o from 999kb.

* Voice Mail

o Call divert indicator disappear in device is restarted.

* Navigation:

o Improvement to Location API performance if lots of landmarks in device

how do you ge teh video ringtones working then?

how do you ge teh video ringtones working then?

Just select the video as the ringtone in the normal way.. you can also select them on a per-contact basis too

Also, not sure if its just me.. but the battery life seems better too, ive still got full charge now!