Comments on: New Nokia N97 firmware update V21.0.045 and 21.2.045 from Feb 1, 2010, 08:00GMT.

By: rkam

rkam — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:09:56 +0000

if i try updating on ovi suite it stops working and my phone would’nt react

By: dj

dj — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:30:29 +0000

Mine is unusable.

Get short bursts of internet of a few pages.
Than stops conductivity.
Send a SMS to myself.
If the SMS sends, I go back to the net and get “connection unavailable”.
Try to call someone after that “connection unavailable” on call.
Go back to net and get “Memory full, close some apps”.

Turn off phone, unplug battery, go through several resets waiting for it to stop freezing.

Finally works!
3 pages on the web later… back to step 1.

Hard reset only fixes the phone for a couple of weeks if your lucky!

So get use to carrying your friends phone numbers on a piece of reliable paper in your back pocket.

By: Atish Nischal

Atish Nischal — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:29:15 +0000

i have had my nokia N97 for 6 months now and since i got ive had nothing BUT trouble, first the internet was disconnecting me while i was logged into websites like banking, when the phone went died and i recharged it, i had to pull the battery out and turn it back on. Then when i was ringing people they couldn’t hear me. Then my navigator was telling me that it had expired when ive only had it 6 months, and my battery was faulty.

Now after waiting 2 weeks to get my phone back from nokia (yes it took them 2 weeks to get a battery) i cant make or receive calls and my internet is done but only in selected areas. I rang Vodafone & nokia and they sugested i get a replacement phone but the store i got it through said i couldn’t

By: adnan anwar

adnan anwar — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:24:10 +0000

I am also experiencing the same problem that it is not updating the firmware to 21.x.45 instead keeping the version 20.x.19 and hang problem still there.

Did anyone found out a solution?

By: Win2Kuser

Win2Kuser — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:43:25 +0000

hmmm I tried updating from FW version 20.0.019.235.10 but all I’m told by the NSU is that I have the latest version and I can re-install it if I wish. Tried downloading the latest NSU and no change, it won’t find the new 21.x.045 versions

As a side on, I have found a simple way to get an N97 to soft boot when it decides to play up. It’s essentially a hard boot but doesn’t loose any settings or programs.

Hold down the green (call button), the red (end call button), the camera button, and then press the power button. You will need to hold all 4 for around 30 seconds or so until you hear the Nokia tune and see the familiar hand shake video.

Unfortunately, for some reason my phone won’t let me install anything, regardless of signed or not. As soon as I put on any other software, it fails to boot. I’ve formatted the memory, re-installed the 20.0.019 FW un-installed just about every application I can and it still does it, so needless to say, I’m looking forward to this new 21.x.045 update as I hope it fixes my phone.

For the time being, I’ve still got the stuff I want to use, and if (and when) my N97 decides not to play, this 4 fingered solution works every time

Hope that helps…

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By: N97 Failed Boot up/Hard Reset Problem Fixed by new firmware update V21.0.045?! | My Nokia Blog

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:07:23 +0000

[...] With V21, as well as other improvements, the music player was supposedly improved (I was hoping that meant a database fix – see rest of the post on how that’s related). I didn’t notice the boot up being fixed because it seemed to be stuck on the Nokia logo. (Anything past 45 seconds and I assumed it needed a restart) Actually, it just turns out that instead of the previous 28-34 (v10/v11) second startup, it now takes 50 seconds.. (I was never able to make V20 startup tests as that’s when I encountered the failed bootup problem) [...]

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