The Euro version of the Nokia E71 recieved a firmware update a few weeks ago, bringing the device up to v110.07.127, but at that time, the NAM version, with US 3G, was left out in the cold. I’m pleased to let you know, however, that the E71-2 NAM has now received this firmware update, through Nokia’s Software Updater application.
The new firmware is the same version that the Euro one received, which also tells us that the changelog is going to be the same. There are new versions of Nokia Email, Nokia Maps, and Mail 4 Exchange, as well as a few bugfixes here and there.
It should be noted that this new firmware eliminates the ability for you to ‘hack’ your phone, using the process we described earlier here at E71Blog.com. If you’re using MagicKey, you may want to hold off for a bit, or look into Smartphoneware’s Tracker application. Also, the Nokia E71 does *not* have UDP (User Data Preservation), so it’s suggested that you backup any important information before applying the update.
You can download NSU here.
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Be carefull. After upgarde you will not be able to hack your E71 to install unsigned applications
I have a Nokia E71-2 NAM but when I check with Nokia Software Updater it’s saying there’s no new version. What gives?
No update in Germany!
I’m sick of waiting
I can’t get mine to update.
I have gotten some really useful tips here. Thanks for everything.
Has anyone tried out FU with VirtualBox 2.0.6?
whats wrong with these nokia guys… after updating my e71… the performance has got degraded…. i hear some kind of strange sound with the beeps, bluetooth transfer rate is decreased(almost 60%), browser suddenly closes off while browsing and many more problems…. is updating meant to solve problems are create problems… why is this happening?? i’m pissed of using this phone after updating it….
What a disgrace Flashlite 3 gone after firmware upgrade. Falls back to Flashlite 2. Nokia customer service guy tells me there is no way I can get back Flashlite 3 as it is a built in thing. I have to stick to Flashlite 2 now!!!
I guess I should stick w/ my out-of-the-box firmware….. Thanks for the warnings.
Looks like a major update is coming soon!! (firmware: v200.21.118)
(in Chinese)
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/jay506/15038872
This update was never available for my E71 NAM. Hopefully the v200.x will make it to my model sometime!
Hello everyone…
I have 3 important points for everyone here….
There is a lot of buzz on the net about the firmware updates…(Especially for the USA and Canada: NAM).
I just order a new E71-2 NAM from buy.com (Pittsburgh, PA USA, will arrive in 2 days hopefully) and i have done enough googling and other searches to understand that the firmw. updates are only for earlier production devices. if you got the update directly from Nokia, with out messing with the Product Code, this means your mobile was in the first production batch for your country. For USA, (where i reside now), if you have any product code earlier than 0569371, (which is a serial combination number, for different batches) you will find an update. If it is 0569371 or higher, you will not see any firmware update through NSU. Why? Because Nokia, has updated their software during the later product batches.
Second point ( bare with me its for the sake of all E71 lovers), if you are too tempted to make an update, although your NSU doesn’t show one for your product code, you will have to understand that:
Each update is directed to a specific HW\SW combination of a given phone. Nokia has parts from many different suppliers, and virtually no 2 devices are the same. At least from country to country. For instance, in the US, Nokia uses too different Wifi modules parts, with slightly different specifications. That’s because Nokia has many parts manufacturedin in different firms and contracts with different supplying companies… The point is, if you update your device with another device firmware your putting “wrong info” in you’re mobile, no matter how the update seems making it “perform better”. This is why, no updates experiences or reviews, i have come across on the net, where 100% satisfactory…
Another important factor, is that most people, will restore their backed up content from the old firmware content, (which also contains OS files) to the newly updated phone. Making a part of their E71 file system to be corrupt, which leads to freezes, lags, and performance issues. A user should only restore backed up contacts, calendar and images\gallery, and never restore previous applications. Also, the firmware is designed for specific keyboard layout, some users have reported to have different letters for text inputs than what they would usually have. (Spanish versions mostly, for Mexico)…
3rd point, it is always advisable to go through updates, step by step, and not jumping from one release to the n+2 release without getting the n+1 version first.i.e try to get v110 then v200 instead of jumping directly to v200. Why? Because Nokia or Symbian OS releases are mainly incremental and not additional. (Some of the updates are intended to fix previous updates…and so on…). And i am amazed how Nokia doesn’t enforce it, where users can update freely, with disregard to what version they had already, since the product code can be changed easily.
In sum, an update is a serious thing, and most of us are serious users that torture our devices and take them to their design edges, but that never means that we don’t treat them well. We are getting the value of our money, and the benefit of the device….Don’t mess up your phones, just because you want that new version on your mobile screen. If your baby was drastically bugged, or behaving constantly bad, then send it back to Nokia….Switching back to the previous firmware is not easy, if not possible in the first place…..
Be wise, be safe, be good…
Cheers,
Jim
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