Maemo 5 firmware update available 1.2009.44-1 [new app manager icons]
There’s a mini update available for the N900 to 1.2009.44-1 (18.5MB – from 1.2009.42.11).
Changes as far as I’m aware:
- New icons in app manager [see screenshots below]
- Red Pill mode is now gone [If you need to google Red Pill mode for N900 you didn't need it]
- Ovi Catalogue is added to app manager (some new apps from that)
- Application lists stay in the position you last left it after installing an app (before, the app list would refresh and you’d start back up the top – annoying if you were trying out apps S-Z)
- Ovi Store is accessible (via web)
- There are a lot of minor updates, complete change log shown in the final screenshot (via Hiren) at the end of this post.
It came up this morning as a notification in the status bar.
I wasn’t going to bother with it as it’s supposedly just there in preparation for the proper firmware update ota. (Some have mentioned it even causes some lags). But I’ve been reinstalling my N900 firmware this morning anyway (to fix a bug) and thought I might as well try. [update, there are some changes. Can't check them all right now as I'm now in a meeting till 3]
If you don’t get the update notification, you can get it manually get the update by going to App Manager>Update [NOT VIA Nokia Software Updater, though it might be possible, it's a much larger update and you'll have to restore any backups as you'll lose your data this way]. You’ll get a list of applications that can be updated as well as “Maemo 5 1.2009.44-1″.
Back up is advisable, though it hasn’t seemed to have wiped anything like a normal update.
Oh – the app manager has new icons [instead of just words]
Some things I was hoping for in the new firmware: click
Firmware change list (via Hiren):
Jay Montano
chaslam
nokiacreative
llaadd
Sergejs Cuhrajs
Andy Harsent
John Wiegand-forson
Andre
Marc Lamarie
can’t wait to ask…so what’s new????
Nothing much really. It’s supposedly just there in preparation for the “big” update.
You do get new icons in app manager though (previously they were just words in panels)
still doesn’t work with three uk sims
why would you want to be on that network!!! and most likely a problem with three’s sim’s, not the phone
The things that I think have been updated are the following (based on the packages in the “updating” tab):
icons, application manager, browser controls/bookmarks/, clock settings, SIP, Operator wizard settings, WLAN settings, themes, welcome settings, TV out settings, ringtones, etc. you can see the full list here if it makes any more sense to you then it did me!: http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3020/n900updatedetails.png
That’s one huge screenshot!
post updated with it.
You want to be on that network because its the most fast internet there is in most countries in europe, as to your dumbass comment regarding it being 3s fault, it is nokia that failed to deliver support for the sim cards. Something they’ve promised to fix in an upcoming firmware upgrade, therefore us with 3 sim cards, are a bit bummed out about the imcompetence of nokia.
well I’m in the UK and even if it is one of the fastest…the problem is that no one can get signal because they are using Orange’s network…but I won’t bother going into that…that’s a whole other argument!
also, at least for me .. the anoying ‘blank-page-scrolling-lag’ while browsing is gone!
i have just installed the new update via my fone and switch my fone off and on again but im not able to view the new icons showing above in the app manager can some1 help
I’m sure you did this, but just in case.
When you go to application manager, you get three icons: uninstall, download and update. Select the download icon and the following screen will be the updated icons screen you see everywhere on the web.
the phone app is now lods fater, and i think some thing have been changed
did we have the abc def (makes it go to that letter faster) short cuts in contacts within the phone app
Didn’t install the update now..
and I also have those “abc def”-buttons..
MaBo
Ref Kam
I’ve updated my phone and i can’t see the new application manger icons either…just text but smaller than what was there previously. Can anyone help ?
I just found this forum and I must say that I’m glad I did. I hope to bring something to the community as I have already found some interesting topics.
Hailing from the Dirty South (United States for those that don’ know).
please can any one help me to browse in portrait in N900
I have also updeted my device but it did not allow to browse
in portrait
you know there is a newer version then this: http://wp.me/pUvlb-3f
if you have the latest version, enable it in the web browser settings: