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Nokia N900 Gets A Major Firmware 51.1 (PR 1.1) Update

Sony | Jan 14, 2010 | Comments 0

Nokia has rolled out a major firmware update for the Nokia N900 Maemo device and it is about 90 MB in size. The firmware version is 51.1 and also known as PR 1.1 and released on 14th Jan 2010. Nokia is following a strategic procedure to release the firmware country by country, so no need to worry if your device doesn’t indicating it, and just check it after sometime later.

We can also update it via Nokia Software updaater. Backup your data before updating.

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This update include many things, you can see them bellow

New features

Hutchison SIM cards are supported.
MS Exchange 2003 support.

Maemo Update

Bootloader (Nolo) can be updated over Maemo Update.
Cellular software can be updated over Maemo Update.
Icon cache removed to allow more memory space for Maemo Update.
Application Manager: Available space check moved to apt-worker for more accurate results.

Reliability

Improvements in SGX performance and reliability.

Use-time and power consumption

API for status area applets to detect if they are invisible/absent.
Fixes to Pulseaudio timer increasing power saving when starting/closing apps.
Browser: Removed unnecessary serial logging.
Reduction of wake-ups in Desktop, Connectivity, Conversations, RSS Feed Reader,
Backup handles correctly directories containing pairs of symlinks.
Less CPU load caused during video recording.
Support disabling Virtual Keyboard in input field.
Performance improvements in Browser.
Lock: “swipe to unlock” will not stay on.
CPU idle latencies and thresholds updated.
Fixing eMMC data lines while sleeping.
CellMO power consumption reduced.

Usability

Volume button operation in call flipped based on audio routing (no more on screen orientation).
Browser: Downloading & rendering of page content runs promptly.
Helping to avoid capacity limits of rootfs when installing apps (make Docpurge aware of /opt).
Stability and usability fixes to the Profiles applet. Selection, usage and restoring of ringtones.
Fast call from home shortcuts.
Fast SMS rejection of incoming call.
Avoid false alarms in pocket.
Silence ringing by flipping face down.
Fix to Camera photo orientation problem: correct orientation is now written to EXIF.

Performance

X: performance of GLES apps improved.
Lower RAM consumption while capturing video.
Phone-UI & Msg-UI always ready to appear.
Application Manager UI speed improvements.
Email faster with large mailboxes.
Large file copy (SD->MMC) doesn’t degrade system performance.

OVI Maps

Route calculation and search performance improved.

Connectivity

BT Secure Simple Pairing fixed for Windows Vista.
BT transfer progress indicated.
Improving WLAN connection stability.
Improved WLAN negotiation when going out of reach of access point.

Phonecalls

Add voicemail shortcut support.
Showing call forwarding correctly when busy forwarding is not set.
Call log improved.

Audio & Video

Audio volume control works with +/- keys in full-screen playback of flash.
Handling corrupted ring tone files better.
HW volume keys always have same orientation.
Media Player UI now provides feedback when tapping control buttons in video playback.
MIC input not clipped when loud voice in VoIP call.
Pulseaudio: Ringtone is heard from the loudspeaker if BT connected.
Ringtone played both to headset (BT or wired) and to internal HF speakers.
AV sync fix for recorded videos.

Camera

ISO EXIF value for images saved when automatic sensitivity in use.
Vignetting test of 2nd camera fixed, VGA sensor stability.

Battery and Charging

Improved charging in case of low charging power (PC USB charging).

USB

Fixing the USB detection and card mounting issue related to quickly attaching/detaching the cable.
Able to format corrupted eMMC properly.
Hang fixed in case of WLAN disconnection while copying files.

Synchronization

Activesync supports now MS Exchange 2003.
Activesync – fixes the forwarding of attachments showing incorrect sizes (Exchange server 2003).
Content copier of PC Suite enabled. Whole content backup (including Notes) can now be restored from PCSuite.

3rd party applications

Policy-settings: Fixes rotation transition in for 3rd party applications.
Policy-settings: By default, 3rd party apps should have the same limits as our applications.

Calendar

Public API for color picker. Home widget is now translucent.
Set/get alarms API.
Syncing of task alarms supported.

Image Viewer

Thumbnailing faster.

Application Manager

Rename Maemo Extras to maemo.org and enable by default.
Grid view applied for the categories in download view. Added API for filtering packages.

Development Platform

SDK content and tools updated.
SDK GUI installer updated.
New sharing-dialog-dev package added to enable Bluetooth and email sending.
New wappushd-dev package documenting MMS interfaces available.

And some other bugs have been fixed.