N70 Ringing Problems..

[whatleydude]

Ok..

I've suffered with this problem for a while and I've been kinda waiting for a firmware upgrade to fix it..

Basically - My phone is on its 'General' profile and it just isn't ringing.

I have a 1gb memory card with a LOT of mp3s on.
I figured the phone takes its time trying to find the correct ringing tone for whoever's calling... and by the time its sorted it out - I've missed the call.

Anywhoo - I don't know if anyone else is suffering with this problem.

BUT IF YOU ARE - there is now a fix!

WOOO!

Go here: http://www.nokia.co.uk/nokia/0,,77767,00.html to download Nokia's N70 ring tone patch file -
I did.
It fixed the problem.
And I'm Happy!


Bizarre eh?
Nokia releasing patches for their mobile phones online?
What next?
Downloadable firmware?!

( YES PLEASE! )

[Ben]

That's pretty damn good, and yes, a step in the right direction. It seems quite insane that, especially with S60, there's no system for downloading and installing firmware for the end-user. It'd surely save thousands of warranty jobs if, for example, Nokia started releasing patches to 'upgrade' from one firmware version to another.

[Yssybyl]

There is the means and the software for reflashing firmware on the nokia phones via USB now, but I doubt this will ever be released for public consumption as it will remove all the control that exists over firmware versioning. The operators do not want to enable us to do these upgrades ourselves as we would be able to unlock features that they did not want us to have on our handsets, not to mention the warrantee issues if the flash didn't work for any reason and you ended up with a dud handset. I don't think it is in Nokia's interest either as once the images get out onto the internet and hacked about, all it will take is a few hundred dodgy units imported from a cheaper country and reflashed inappropriately and the Nokia brand will begin to be damaged.

That said, downloadable upgrades and patches are most definately the way forwards Well done Nokia (Not that I'm biased or anything )

[Ben]

Mhm you raise some good points there. My Sony Ericsson W900i has OTA software updates where it can upgrade to the latest software version incrementally (I assume). However, the Vodafone version does not have this capability to the best of my knowledge.

If only the SIM-Free market would grow a little to make having such update programs justifiable to all the manufacturers. As it is, I'd imagine Sony Ericssons efforts are only available to 1% or less of its customers due to the networks removing the feature.

Of course, rather than remove such features the networks should be embracing them by establishing their own updates server for OTA branded software updates.

[Hands0n]

Agree totally Ben. Micro$oft push their OS updates out into the wild, as do much of the Linux community (not sure about Apple), so its hardly rocket science. If the mobile ops and manufacturers worked together they could do the same and almost eliminate the issues of various firwares entirely.

Of course the hacked firmware market will persist for those that want such things. It wouldn't exist [largely if at all], however, if the mobops didn't cripple the original manufacturer implimented features (I await to see how much vandalism is caused to the N80 OS when the mobops release it)!