had new n95 from MTN but still with old firmware version 10?!

[tony2007sa]

i just did a upgrade for n95 3 weeks ago and it still has this old v10 firmware version?! whats with mtn...its september now and they still havent update the firmware for n95?! or is it just mine that's like that?!

 

[spacebar]

Update with the Nokia Software Updater tool via the web. Just remember to back-up the phone before the time

 

[lion_fish]

Like spacebar said. Just download the Nokia Firmware Updater from www.nokia.com, plug your phone into your pc, and it will do the rest.

While you at the nokia site, get yourself the latest version of Nokia maps too. That way you can download the maps for SA so you dont need 3G when using SatNav.

 

[tony2007sa]

i know how to update by using nsu but im just wondering that since its september now, the n95 that's on the market should be equiped with the latest firmware already??!

 

[JK8]

Depends where you got it from, if it was a store that doesnt push high end phones chances are they still have old stock.

 

[LCBXX]

What is so bad about firmware 10?

 

[spacebar]

What is so bad about firmware 10?

It is not 11, like 11 is not 12

 

[tony2007sa]

i got it from mtn in eastgate..so does the new stock have better build quality then the old stock? but i thought the sand suppose to be new stock since it came after the plum? beside the firmware version is there any differences between the old and new stock of n95?

 

[tony2007sa]

well it keeps on crashing and the battery life sux, also it doesn have signal sometimes when the network is switching from 3g to gsm or vice versa...

 

[tony2007sa]

oh btw, im using vodacom sim card on my n95

 

[spacebar]

I received my sand coloured N95 in April from MTN, so I doubt it is new stock only.

Battery life is not the best in the world, but if you run dual networks, plus Bluetooth, plus Wi-Fi, plus GPS you surely dont expect the battery to last days?

Mine is pretty stable (as V10, and now as V11), BUT I did not istall hordes of badly written apps on it....

Vodacom/MTN ... The networks do not lock their phones anymore, or rather MTN does not.

tony200sa, if you do not like the phone (You keep on complaining about it!), maybe you got the wrong phone for you? Why don't you sell it?

 

[JK8]

i got it from mtn in eastgate..so does the new stock have better build quality then the old stock? but i thought the sand suppose to be new stock since it came after the plum? beside the firmware version is there any differences between the old and new stock of n95?

MTN only has Sand, Voda has both colours.

well it keeps on crashing and the battery life sux, also it doesn have signal sometimes when the network is switching from 3g to gsm or vice versa...

Yip if you read up on the phone, they crash, battery life sucks..... all normal, turn 3G off.

 

[radicool]

Nokia overseas will probably take months to clear out V10 stock before they start distributing V12 units.

I got my phone from Vodacom about 3 weeks ago with V10, crashed a few times so I upgraded to V12, and it's been perfect since then. GPS locks on in under 30 seconds, no crashes, battery lasts for days (bluetooth and WiFi off).