Nokia N95 Firmware v21.0.016 – first thoughts

Try do download Maps 2.0 Beta, maybe it will work than.
Anyway, my N95 works fine, no disadvantages untill now.

I’ve experienced many of the same issues on my N95-2 with the V150.0.015 firmware. I’ve sort of assumed it was due to some errant software I had installed but lately I’ve trimmed the installed programs back alot and still am seeing these issues. My phone randomly reboots sometimes. I’ll be sitting at my desk, having not touched my phone for literally hours and then I the screen turn on as it reboots. Other times hangs for a bit while caching input actions. GPS use tends to increase the hanging/rebooting issues so I think it might be related to that, but really hard to say. Here is a new one, right now as I am typing this, my Red key won’t exit any apps or menus. The button press sound is made, however the phone clearly not responding to it. No lag in the UI or anything, the left softkey as cancel/exit or whatever works just fine…. ODD. Well closing the Mobile Web Server and Fring fixed that, not sure which one was the issue if they were in fact the issue at all.

I´ll try it, Norman. But I don´t like Maps 2.0 very much…

UPDATE:
Maps works after updating to 2.0 Beta again.

listen n95 users who updated their firmware to v21.

when i learned yesterday that v21 was out, i didnt wait another second to get the new firmware. like most of you guys would do. i made a back up of my files first and then downloaded the freshly brought out upgrade.

the flash 3 support was cool and the web runtime. the phone seemed to work faster too.

but the next 2 thing ill tell you is something what i would call very saddening about this upgrade.

1. the camera flash lights doesnt work anymore. even if you set it on force flash

2. today ( 2nd day of v21 in possession) my phone stopped working and the screen went all black. i thought my phone crashed so i did what i usually do when it happens. i pulled the battery out for about 3 mins but the screen remained black. fyi, a phone that’s turned off shows a blank screen. i put it back, same story. my phone is dead and i couldnt turn it on anymore. i immediately drive by the nearest nokia point center and ask if they could fix it. i had to leave my phone there for inspection and reparation. that means i would be able to use it for a couple of days. and this is very tragic.

is there anyone there that encountered the same problem?

piece of advice to those who havent have theyre phone upgraded: wait a couple of days first, and listen to what those who downloaded v21 on their phone. v21 is what i call DOWNGRADE in this matter. im very disappointed with this new firmware….

upgraded to v21 minute it hit the nsu.
I have had none of the above problems, of course had to reinstall some apps to get them going and for some reason messaging works slower using microSD (still fine with phone memory)
I think the upgrade is great. I have limited data plan so flash videos is more of a novelty than something I’ll heavily use, but was worth it to rid myself of camera shutter bug and wired headset bug.
Also phone seems smoother and syncs with my wireless headphones nicer.

really buggy ,,applications like maps crashes as well as the sudden crashes while browsing the web,,also i ve experienced the ” memory full ,close some appllications” bug while browsing ,,,this did not apear during the previous firmware ,,i am disapointed

hey to all the people who updated to the new firmware v21.0.016

tell me if this happens to you. you have to turn your phone off then turn it on so it makes it fresh press the menu button the go to tools and find file manager dont go into it just look at it dose it have a white line across it if not get out of it turn the camera on take a picture then go have a look there there should be a white line across it why is that is that a bug or is there something bad wrong

please tell me thanks

+1 hussein, sooo buggy for me too!

no problems with v21 within 48 hours!
works faster, more stable and the flash 3 support is great!

nice post .. i think that Nokia N95 works fine and i love it

thanks again

If you want a stabil system, please reset your device. It helps.
But it must be a hard reset, like 3 + * + green button.
After this i have no probs with my device.

ya another method for reseting *#7370# this code will restore your original seting means format your phone memory

Just checked my N95-1 which is also running V21, and theres no issues with it at all. The upgrade in firmware has improved many things in my experience.

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Nokia disapoint me. If Nokia not make posibility to downgrade/restor to erlier version of firmware I will post hack with old version of firmware for downgrade to all nokia customers!
omhara

My first N95 Classic (bought 3 months ago) began to constantly reboot (every 15 – 20 mins) 1 week after having upgraded it to 21.0.016, Nokia care centre, “reflashed” it saying “It must have been a bad upgrade but its fixed now” and returned it. 2 hours later on 21.0.016 the phone stated to reboot again. Took it back, Nokia said that they would replace it. The next day i picked up the new N95. Its only been 3 days and now im having the same problems as RBn95. Phone turns on but screen stays off permantly. Initially i could get it to work by doing the hard reset trick but now that doesnt even work.

Has anyone else experianced similar problems? I think the firmware was written by 3-year olds.

I was forced to upgrade my N95 to 21.0.016 from 10.xxxx or 11.xxxx after I faced problems. When I restart the phone or turn it off and then on, it will restart 3 times before loading into the home screen.

So I backed up things and upgraded to 21.0.0.016, then restored it. I also reinstalled some apps. I didnt face any big problems.

Advantages are:
> Fast boot up!!! (from 49 secs to about 24 secs)
> Flash support ( i dont care about it
> Phone is slightly more responsive.
> All softwares are working fine! (Except 1 soft)
> Maps are also working fine!

Untill now there has not been any crash during app start up. But sometimes, the UI is unresponsive.

One Issue is, when installing the “preparing installation” is taking VERY long time even for a 100kb sis file!

Nokia Software updater sucks donkeyballs! Its frozen on mid software update for me and therefore fucked up my phone

camera not opening at all aftr V21 upgrade

how to fix this bug

Long time lurker 1st time poster.

hi anonymous ~ frozen mid flash is fixed by charging until full, and reflashing as before – keep retrying as I got it after a while. I suffer the same problem as RBn95 & voodoo.

Black screen (no picture) is lit, usb & tv out, sound etc work.
I have formattedd the SD, the phone, reflashed v21. Like Voodoo *, 3 & green button held together brought the phone back to life but only temporarily. Really upset by this as I was about to sell the ****ing phonne due to the headphone hiss

inferior product. When “working” it can’t even out perform a $100 2nd hand Psp.

: (

I just updated my phone from V11 to V21 and I have some reall internet problems. 3G and WiFi aren’t working anymore (just all the internet). Also some applications don’t show up anymore and according application manager they should still be there. But I also can’t delete them in application manager. Never had this problems when updating my old N70.
Hope that some knows an answer to this problems (especially the internet thing)

Thanks

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Hello from Bulgaria! First impressions on V 21 were promising. Everything works fine – from the regional settings (full language support) to the flash, Wi-fi, etc. Seems like it runs faster, but yet not sure.
Good luck to guys with problems to resolve them faster!

i upgraded to v21 and it turned out horrible… the phone crashes, it runs slow, etc… OMG how can i fix this

All i want to say is that plz nobody upgrade their firmware before checking their phones compatibility with the new version.Only some phones are working fine with the upgrade.version 21.1 is full of bugs.My camera is not working any longer after the upgrade.If anyone gets a solution to this plz contact

I had battery problems so was advised to download the latest firmwear (which was 20.2.011) from the Nokia web site. Now the left soft (options key) wont work. I tried downloading it again butstill the same result. what gives?