Nokia N96 v12.043 Firmware Confirmed and will be Released!!!

There seems to be a wave of device updates at the moment and the N96 is the latest device to get some attention!!!

The firmware v12.043 can be downloaded over-the-air from the device (Type *#0000# on the standby screen and then press ‘Options’, ‘Check For Updates’) as well as through the Nokia Software Updater!!!

It is recommended as usual to back up all of your data before updating just incase anything is lost, but UDP (User Data Prevention) is activated on the N96 so you shouldn’t loose a thing!!! Once again, Apoc’ from Symbian-Freak has managed to get hold of the changelog so that we can see what has been added/improved!!!

Read on for the changelog!!!

As usual the firmware is currently available for non-branded devices on generic product codes – branded versions of this firmware will be available at a later date!!!

New Features:

• Switch 4.0 – improved Switch application to transfer user data from/to other devices

Improvements:

• Still Image Quality is improved, with fixes for color haziness and motion blur that appeared under certain conditions
• Many fixes for conditions that can lead to application crashes/instabilities
• Improved overall Bluetooth interoperability
• Now compatible with the Nokia Email Service (application available as a seperate download here)
• If user sets the display brightness to its maximum the display now turns back on after screensaver mode
• The device autolock no longer locks the device while viewing or recording videos
• SMS no longer gets converted to an MMS message if there are more than 20 recipients
• Music Player “Refresh Library” no longer hangs if General Settings Separator is set to “:”
• Now only one message alert tone is played per syncronization with Mail For Exchange instead of one per message.
• Fix for issue with alarm snoozing when the alarm was set and the device was powered off
• Theme no longer jumps back to default theme after using USB Mass Storage Mode
• CSHelp texts have now been updated to resolve several identified issues

One thing that is strange is that a small Known Issues list has also been released with this changelog…

Known Issues in this Release:

• During boot we recommend to wait for battery bar to show up prior to using media keys to ensure that they are responsive
• N-Gage pre-selects wrong access point in certain operator networks, in these instances the user needs to configure the access points manually from within the N-Gage settings menu

All in all it seems that it is worth updating your N96 so that it becomes more stable than it currently is but hopefully there will be another update in the near future!!!

Have you updated your N96 to this firmware version? What improvements have you noticed and would you recommend updating???