Nokia N97 getting firmware 1.1 on July 1

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 30th 2009 at 8:54AM

There's no shortage of complaints -- some minor, some not-so-minor -- about the shipping firmware in the N97s that are already out in the field (our wonky backlight comes immediately to mind), but fortunately, it seems that Nokia's looking to tackle the issues perhaps more proactively than it's ever done before. Nokia Conversations' official Twitter account has announced that the "first variants" of the N97 (which we would take to mean the North American version, since the US got it first) will be blessed with firmware 1.1 starting on July 1, which hopefully will be available over-the-air without any Nokia Software Updater silliness. No word on what exactly will be changed in the new release, but honestly, if we can just get the LL Cool J startup screen, that'll be good enough for us.

[Via Nokia Experts]

Filed under: Software, Nokia, Symbian

Tags: firmware, n97, nokia, nokia n97, NokiaN97, update, upgrade

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nate @ Jun 30th 2009 9:18AM

I always like an update - but I can't say my N97 has been a huge bother either. I love it so far...only had maybe 1 glitch after 2 weeks of use.

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CanadianEh @ Jun 30th 2009 9:36AM

It's said that multitouch will be supported, any thoughts on that? http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=12761445&postcount=23

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ALBGunner04 @ Jun 30th 2009 3:16PM

I think the official changelog confirmed that was bs :(

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Blaxx @ Jun 30th 2009 10:23AM

@CanadianEh

You need to read the rest of that thread. That entire summary of the FW update was confirmed to be fake.

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CanadianEh @ Jun 30th 2009 1:25PM

Thanks, my bad.

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genpubdc @ Jun 30th 2009 10:56AM

I look forward to a firmware update, but I love my N97 so far. I have only had it for a couple of days, but I love this phone! My previous phone was a Nokia N85, so I am like a duck to water with the N97. There have been some problems with Nokia Messaging (had to uninstall it so the phone wouldn't keep crashing), but so far I have found it more stable than my N95 was.

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Blaxx @ Jun 30th 2009 2:17PM

This is reportedly the real change log. It does seem more realistic for a v1.1 update
http://www.serie-n.it/?p=2243

N97 & Firmware 11.0.021: il changelog!
Scritto da p@sco il 30 Giugno 2009

Nei prossimi giorni Nokia dovrebbe rendere disponibile per il download tramite NSU il nuovo firmware per N97, versione 11.0.021, che risolve diversi piccoli bugs e apporta alcune migliorie grafiche al gioellino della casa finlandese.

Per avere un’idea delle correzioni apportate, eccovi il changelog:

-USB detection error fix
-PC does not detect N97 or USB charging connection not detected.
-Widget
-Home screen online/offline widget crash fix
-Fix for “Alphabetical and Number input are mixed in facebook until end key is pressed.
-Widget UI improvement – New facebook widget fixes a problem of Home Screen background visible on soft-key area.
-Browser fixes to improve widgets stability.
-MfE related fixes
-Partial fix for Messaging/calendar entry lost.
-Mail for exchange calendar entry synchronization error fix.
-UI transition error fixes (Portrait landscape transition, there is a home screen corruption.)
-UI transition (Slowness and bad effects)
-Slow Touch UI response
-Picture of the device lock appears half of the screen when transitioning the UI sometimes
-Landscape: in some cases the soft buttons on touch (right hand) show the Home Screen in background (install maps.google.com)
-Photos thumbnail performance and stability improvements
-Device performance deteriorates when lots of content in the device - especially photos
-Partial fix no display backlight illumination when unlocking lock-key – CAP Genius reported already
-New version of Accueweather to improve the “Connection error” situation
-Device reset when browsing with high speed packet access (for Malaysia)
-“Browser soft key UI doesn’t work after putting Chinese character with qwerty keyboard”
-Java fixes (TCK, Pre-install app disappearing, *#7370#*)
-Operator fixes (CMCC, Hutchson and Telefonica, Vodafone)
-Ovi store client now embedded in the core image