Nokia 6680

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I bought a 6680 yesterday that has the same firmware as your below. So far I have been very impressed. Pairs with the car bluetooth perfectly and I was able to connect to the Internet with no problems. Happy so far...
 
re:Nokia 6680 Firmware

Mine is
V 3.04.37
01.06.05
RM-36

I had some issues with my previous version where I was unable to transfer via Bluetooth. Works like a bomb now.
 
Seth said:
Mine is
V 3.04.37
01.06.05
RM-36

I had some issues with my previous version where I was unable to transfer via Bluetooth. Works like a bomb now.
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My bluetooth problems are worse than on the old firmware :eek:
 
V 3.04.37
01.06.05
RM-36

Vodafone branded - removed the stuff as quick as possible! :D

PC-Suite in box doesn't want to backup the phone, anyone have luck with the newer version?
 
Nokia 6680 - a piece of dung

V3G,

I saw plenty of complaints about the 6680 on this forum. Guess I should have listened. But I wanted EDGE, so I got it anyway.

This thing is truely up to ****. The problems are to many to list.

What version of firmware are you using? I've got 3.04.37.

Any contact with Nokia to sort this out?

Considering that I've always been a Nokia fan, I feel truely let down!
 
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Another one caught in the 6680 bubble. I feel *with* you biometrics. lots of crap with my 6680 as well

Firmware on mine currently:
V 3.04.37

Upgraded from whatever else before that, but it didn't fix any of the problems

EDIT: Oops, I lied. it did fix one thing: it actually updates the missed calls and received calls lists now without having to reboot the phone
 
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what problems do you guys have ?
I run the same firmware and I don't have any issues.
 
Let's see if I can remember a few:

1. Battery low, so I plug in the charger and the OS crashes, requiring reset
2. OS crashed yesterday when I answered a call
3. After trying the mail client and trying to clear our the message headers it wouldn't connect again. On restart it told me "phone startup failed. contact retailer" - i.e. refused to start. Had to reformat it.

There's more (can't remember now), I'll keep a log here ...

Updates:
4. Could not make any internet connections with Nokia PC Suite version 6.6. Loaded 6.5 and I could make a connection with bluetooth but not USB. After the reformat mention in 3 above I could now make connections with USB as well.
5. Opera often does not work. Says connecting to server and then nothing. Reload has no effect. Then other times it works just fine.
6. Battery low, so I connect the charger. It doesn't charge.
 
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ic said:
From the most awaited phone on this forum, to the phone that seems to be giving some forumites the most headaches :(.

v3g, is it possibly to escalate these issues with Nokia?
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We did, as discussed somewhere in another 6680 thread. There is a new firmware version available, 4.04.07

The 6680 is a very popular phone and it seems you either get a fully functional one, or end up with all the problems as in bio's case.

I use most of the features on mine and, in general, it's stable.

ic, maybe you could collapse all the various 6680 threads into one sticky?
 
I got 2 of them. Same version 3.04.37. Mine works great, my wife's won't connect via bluetooth to my PC but does nicely so with my 6680.

Guess it is a luck shot :-)

Today, while Vodacom internet went for a loop, I tried to connect to MTN via USB. For the first time it failed and would not connect to either GPRS or 3G. I then, after an hour, copied the file to MMC, setup email and sent it (from the phone itself) without a problem.

Apart from that I can call, receive, CHARGE without crashing, etc... I get very good signal quality and can talk where others can't.

Oh, just one anoying problem. After I have disconnected my bluetooth headset you can reconnect but no sound. I have to restart the phone. The sales guy at Autopage (avoid them at all costs !!) just looked at me and said:"Yeah, Nokias are known to do that". ...end of discussion.

VMS
 
Where can we get it?

btw, if I am having NO problems with my Nokia 6680, except the annoying jumping between GSM and UMTS... do I need to install 4.04.07
 
Yes, the 6680 is the most talked about topic on the Vodacom3G forum!

I think pre-paid data is next.....

You can go to Nokia to upgrade your phone to the latest firmware. The new version is supposed to address the bearer switching.
 
New features made to MCU SW v4.04.07:

- When a *#0000# is entered from the keypad, phone displays the software
version and product ID in a new way.
- 7-bit/Unicode character counter support for SMS.
- Upper case letters enabled in Phonebook edit label.
- FDN - GPRS connections now allowed with *99# when added to FDN listt



Changes/improvements made from MCU SW v3.04.37 to v4.04.07:


- Audio- Also DRM unprotected files can be set to ringing tones (if that is
defined in the variant).


- Bluetooth
- Improvements to BT connection handling (e.g. for carkit connection
and deactivating BT device).


- Browser
- Improved performance for loading big pages.
- Handling selection boxes in WAP browser improved.
- Optimised functionality if the request contains an empty If-Modified-
Since header.
- Improvements to show some links & texts correctly in certain web
pages.
- Browser multiple PDP contexts handling improved.
- Displaying Chinese text with punctuation marks improved.
- Several other browser improvements.


- Camera
- Colour balance of flash improved, less yellow in pictures.


- Gallery
- MediaGallery MMC FAT usage improved.
- Media gallery handling of metadata in case of all kind of files
changed. ID3v2 tags are shown when user checks music file details
via media gallery.
- Handling of spesific large and progressive JPEG images improved.
- Corrupted file icon now displayed if there is not enough memory to
open image.


- Messaging
- Interoperability improved to handle spesific MMS’s received from
other manufacturers’ phones.
- Improved Chinese input usage when editing settings.
- Functionality improved with push email client(s), which are using also
calendar updates. Now changes to PC calendar are observed and
transferred to phone calendar.
- MMS Slideshow is correctly played when .3gp file with audio only is
inserted.


- Phonebook
- Improved performance for displaying the image, when focus is in a
contact, which has a thumbnail image


- Streaming
- When streaming is paused, correct method to server is sent and
streaming resumes from right place.
- Handling of RAM-files with multiple streaming links improved.
- Playback of 3gp amr wb audio with improved


- Telephone
- Automatic redial improved.
- Improvements regarding different telecommunication switchboards.
- Error note now displayed if call setup is unsuccessful in spesific
signalling stage.


- Video Sharing
- Improvements to Video Sharing application.


- Video Telephony
- Reserved amount of RAM increased for video call to improve VT Call
releasing & ending.


- Always on PDP context is not tried to be activated if Dial-up connection is
active.
- FTP upload stability with USB cable improved.
- MMC durability improvement, Video recorder writes data to MMC in
bigger blocks, causing less unnecessary FAT accesses.
- Improved functionality with Chinese characters in MMC names.
- Functionality improved, when changing from SIM card to another.
- Improved functionality with certain SIM cards and SIM phonebook.
- IMEISV sent to network changed to 18.
- Automatic access point settings updated for some operators.
 
New Firmware - Yay

Give me new firmware or give me death.

Must we take the phone to Nokia or can we DIY?
 
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