Well Nokia software updater (NSU) just got better, at least for me. I had become frustrated with the fact that I would have to use Windows XP to burn new firmware onto my E61i (apparently) and disliked seeing the app fail each time it tried to run on Vista. So I turned it off and forgot about it.
Well last week I wanted to make a phone backup, cranked up Nokia PC Suite and automagically NSU ran and, for the first time, gave me the option to upgrade! Well the new firmware made my WiFi access more stable so I am very pleased that I did. And no hiccups, like a dead phone!
I followed the advice to the letter, I made sure encryption / lock passwords were all off, that the battery was fully charged (actually NSU won’t let you proceed until it is – the power supply could fail after all) and that my data backup was ready to restore, which it did. Even some of the applications survived the upgrade, so getting the ones I still needed was no real hassle.
Our latest LEXECORP mobile application (yes, shameless plug to be addressed later) also has an info page which reports on phone stats (like that battery level) and Software Version (2.0633.65.01 03-10-07 RM-227 (c) Nokia) which saves me searching for the weird set of numbers to key that will tell me just that.
Fun when it is easy
Life, like software, should be simple. Being conservative with upgrades (lazy) also paid off – I really had to do nothing for a nice result (thank you Nokia).
Now I recall there being a 3.* version of the firmware for Euro phones! So does that update still not apply to us in the Asia Pacific area?
