The New N96 Firmware Is Here – v.12 Available Via NSU And OTA

By Vaibhav Sharma on Dec 9, 2008 in Handsets

The update that promises to turn the N96 in a complete different phone in terms of camera performance, speed and many other improvements to areas such as the WIFI and other bug fixes is finally here. The firmware on the N96 has been finally updated to v. 12.043. The NSU version is about 120MB while the OTA version is a around the 2.5 MB mark. Full changelog below.

NEW FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE

  • Switch 4.0 – improved switch application to transfer user data from/to other devices.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS RELEASE / GENERAL AREAS

  • Still image quality is improved, with fixes for color haziness and motion blur that appeared under certain conditions.
  • Many fixes for conditions that can lead to application crashes or instabilities.
  • Improved overall Bluetooth interoperability Improved overall Bluetooth interoperability.
  • Now compatible with Nokia Email service (application available as separate download).
  • If user sets brightness to maximum value the display backlight now does turn back on after screensaver mode.
  • The device autolock no longer locks the device while viewing or recording videos.
  • SMS no longer gets auto-converted to an MMS message if there are more then 20 recipients.
  • Music Player “Refresh Library” no longer hangs if General Settings Date separator is set to “:”.
  • Now only one message alert tone is played per synchronization with Mail for Exchange, instead of one per message.
  • Fix for issue with alarm snoozing when alarm was set and device was powered off.
  • Theme no longer jumps back to default theme after using USB mass storage mode.
  • CSHelp texts are now updated to resolves several identified issues.

KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE

  • During boot, we recommend to wait for battery bar to show up prior to using media keys to ensure they are responsive.
  • Ngage pre-selects wrong access point in certain operator networks, in these instances user needs to reconfigure Ngage access points manually from within Ngage settings menu.

Via:N95 Users

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2 Comment(s)

  1. On Dec 21, 2008, luqman said:

    i noticed one main recurring issue, and thats that my phone has sim reading issues. every 1-2 hours, the phone will start saying, insert simcard, sim card registration failed, and then it will work again only to have the same problem a couple of hours later, anyone having this problem?

  2. On Jan 5, 2009, scoobydoo said:

    My access to the text messaging menu and its various submenus became noticeably slower in firmware v.12 than when it was in the most recent release of v. 11. I hate it!

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