V.21 Discussion & Changelog (see Post #147)

[dtm]

0576387: 5800 RM-356 FI CV B 25 TRACKS V1_COLOR
0580456: 5800 RM-356 FI CV BK 25 TRACKS V1_COLOR
0576385: 5800 RM-356 FI CV R 25 TRACKS V1
0575387: 5800 Taiwan CV B
0575392: 5800 Taiwan CV R

Looks like Taiwan codes are up.. Come on Nokia give us the EURO versions..


Is V21 hackable?

[Mr G]

Not tried hacking it yet, don't think i'll bother to be honest....can't see any advantages to it really.

[Tommie]

This is what Nokiaaddict.com says

Now the firmware is on my phone and I’m having a ****ed good look around to try and build an unofficial changelog. First impressions are not bad at all, things that I’ve noticed thus far :-

1. Quicker booting up - It seems to let you ‘take control’ a lot quicker than before.
2. As mentioned before you can make the menu button ‘breathe’ when the phone is in standby. It will flash twice if there is a missed call, message or email.
3. Music Player is showing BIG cover art - something that annoyed me in V20 was the fact the cover art was shrunk.
4. No longer switches predictive text off after you’ve used the Full Screen QWERTY keyboard and gone back to the regular keypad.
5. ‘Applications’ has been renamed ‘Apps’ - ‘Music Player’ is now ‘Music plyr.’ (These could be due to it using HK firmware?!)
6. Still no Widgety goodness on the home screen - it’s as it was in V20.
7. Web Browser isn’t working!!! I will try doing a hard reset I think.
8. Camera wise, there doesn’t seem to be any image improvements IMO - but it seems to work a little bit quicker.
9. Not had chance to test sound through a headset yet - I have personally had issues in V20 with a Stereo Bluetooth Headset so will be interested to check this out.
10. I think the handwriting recognition is improved - I’ve not used this much, but it seems better.
11. During text entry pressing ‘*’ key brings up a fullscreen selection of characters.

Yep - the web browser WAS broken - a hard reset (undoing all of the UDP) - fixed it though.

I must say the phone is noticeably ’snappier’, the Theme Effects seem quicker, as does the screen rotate. I’ll post screen grabs later.

From STOP PRESS : Nokia 5800XM v21 Firmware is in our hands! *UPDATED* nokiAAddict.com

I chek my phone last night but no updates available in Sweden..-(

[Mr G]

I see that earlier and i think thats from the HK version that got taken down as my Web Browser works and Applications and Music Player are NOT re-named.

[Sp00k]

Definitely the (buggy) HK version... Same problems (& cures) that I had...

They're a bit behind with the information... No mention of the Finnish version that works fine so far...

Get the most up-to-date info here!! We even have our very own firmware test-pilots!

[Evil Genius]

Originally Posted by sp00k

Get the most up-to-date info here!! We even have our very own firmware test-pilots!

crash test dummies, you mean

[Mr G]

Where did the 'EURO' in the thread title come from?

I know it's been edited but we're not all European are we?

[spyda]

Can anyone on v21 confirm whether those flamin stupid Nokia bookmarks that were previously forced upon us are now able to be deleted?

[Evil Genius]

if you mean the Nokia download folders then we are still not able to delete them in v21. we're stuck with them, i'm afraid.

[Rock69]

Originally Posted by Mr G

Where did the 'EURO' in the thread title come from?

I know it's been edited but we're not all European are we?

I assume its because v21 is now available and the subject wouldnt be correct anymore, so is looks like V21 EURO isn't far away :)