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Symbian ^3 Firmware thread
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and here's eight minutes of the same Belle running on an N8
YouTube
If the guy had put blu-tak under the phone, it'd look a whole lot more responsive. As it is, he's barely touching it, in case it slides off the table
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Right-o, time to bump this thread...
Symbian Anna (PR2.0) is now available via Ovi Suite, or Nokia Software Update (if you use a mac)
Most product codes seem to be available, but some of the operator locked Irish phones may take another couple of days. My phone is a SIM-free UK product code (059C5Q8), and the update was available this morning for it.
You won't see this update on the phone yet; you need to conenct it to your PC/Mac and update it that way. The download is about 140 Mbyte...
(Note, if you are using one of the Nokia "Midnight" themes, you'll need to change your theme to one of the new ones, also helpfully called "Midnight", in order to see the new icons)0 -
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Just got my update to Symbian Anna (v022.014). My phone is RM-596 598986.
:D:D
I had checked with OVI suite as well as SW update and found nothing . On an off chance, I then decided to try NSU.... lo and behold there was the update. All 248Mb of it. Installed it without any issues (about 30min). I didn't see the 2nd part of Symbian Anna that everyone was talking about, so I tried the 31 August date trick and found it under 'sw updates'. Installed on. Gave me a new OVI suite and Communicator.
Haven't had an opportunity to play around with anything - just too tired. (I've been up for work since 4:30 this morning). I'll post more tomorrow when I've had an opportunity to play.0 -
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Another update...so far so good.
No further problems with Settings / Application Manager etc. The reboot obviously solved whatever stuffed up the works during / after the update.
I still think Nokia mucked it up a bit with regrds to the Themes. When I first purchased my N8, I got to download a series of 'Midnight' Themes (I used Aqua). With Symbian Anna, every single Theme is now called 'Midnight' with an associated colour. This makes it a bit difficult especially as there is ZERO difference between Midnight blue (Symbian Anna) and Midnight Acqua (N8 PR1) except the icons. You only find this out when you go back to the home screen. In the Themes screen itself there is no appreciable difference at all when you click the 2 options.
I already had the update for the Sleeping Screen. Really nice application and doesn't seem to guzzle the battery either.
I think Nokia provided a nice and very welcome update that solved a number of niggles (web browser for one) and querty keyboard (in portrait mode).
The good news is that there is more to come with Symbian Belle (due in December?) and Nokia has announced that Symbian will be developed / supported until 2016...so....
Not to start a flame war with Android supporters, but if I look at the problems my friend is having with Android operating system on his HTC desire (the F word is pretty constant these days :rolleyes: )....I'm even more convinced that I got a great phone with the N8.I had the same problems opening Applications Manager the first time I updated, but I'm not sure if this was before I applied the "Anna Applications" updates. Problems have gone away now.
Yes, the new, Anna, Midnight themes ("Silver, Copper, Blue, Green") are now the default.
Can't remember what the others were, as I never used them. There's a new version of Sleeping Screen out, by the way.. you should
get it if you don't have it already.
Change your theme to Midnight Silver, Midnight Blue, Midnight Copper (not the one on your E: drive) or Midnight Green.
Personally, I liked the "Midnight Rose" theme from the X7, so I've got that now. (Download a copy of it from here: http://iceman.sepia.org.ua/ICEthemes/Midnight_rose.sis)
That's correct. It means that Bluetooth is on, but hidden from searches.
When your phone is visible to others over BT, the icon is white, and "boldface"
One tip:
Go to Application Manager and delete "Conversations Server" and "Conversations App". This will fix two problems:
1. shortcut icon for "Conversations" being wrong
2. split-screen keyboard view not showing in SMS Conversations.
(Not my tip; via a post by "Asdasd" on allaboutsymbian.com )0 -
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If you have an N8, there is a camera update available on Nokia's Beta Labs page.
- 30fps video
- better UI
- autofocus video if you enable close-up mode
Details here: (Nokia Conversations article). That article is worth a read, anyway; it gives a good insight into how this stuff is put together.
Download here: (Beta Labs)
Restart your phone after installing this update!
As an aside, I found another one of the "50 features" When you receive a file via Bluetooth, you get a single notification, and then the "Recevied Files" application opens, showing the file(s) at the top of the list. Pre-Anna, you used to get a "fake SMS" for every file received. 0 -
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