Nokia N97 Firmware Update 2.1 Coming Soon – What Would You Like To See?

December 27th, 2009 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

Eldar Murtazin shared on Twitter last Friday that firmware update v2.1 is coming out soon for the Nokia N97. He has been quoted by Engadget as an “ultimate insider when it come to all things mobile,” so I’d probably listen to what he has to say. Whether you believe him or not, I’d like to ask what would you like to see on the update?

N97 review hardware (3 of 5)

The last update, v2.0, was released on October featuring usability enhancements such as kinetic scrolling and long-press for symbols. It also freed up internal memory and provided stability improvements. There’s no changelog available for this supposed Nokia N97 v2.1 firmware yet, but let us know in the comments what you want to see.

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  • ja
    I hope they have a default setting for the camera so i don't have to set it everytime it's opened
  • Mozilla browser for Maemo is fantastic! I an using it on my N900. Can't wait for full release.
  • birthdayless
    How about birthdays from contacts appearing on the calendar?
  • Kijjakarn
    1) Rotation effect must be added everywhere, except for calling.

    2) More smooth scroll in Web Browser, Photo Browser and Music. Also, enable smooth diagonal scroll in Web Browser, too.

    3) Bug when pressing "Back" button on Music must be fixed.

    4) Deactivate accelerometer while having calling actions.

    5) Make better "Slide to unlock" for receiving calls.

    6) Organise photos by folders, not by dates, or add some more options!

    7) Hardware fixes available for free: loose hinge which makes sound when you shake the phone, camera lens scratches, and RAM upgrade.

    8) If all above were not possible, change UI to Maemo.
  • hridheek
    To enable theme effects on the Nokia N97, open the setting menu, select "Themes" -> "General" (may be differently named) where you can switch between themes. From there, press the left softkey ("Options"), select "Theme effects" -> "On". This will enable UI effects.

    I have no idea what made them hide this in there.


    i mean more effects than these like the other touch phones have....
  • Mauricio
    I wish to not hear the Nokia Tune again. Also I would like to have something quite simple: a stable phone that I can pick up a call and be sure that it will not freeze.
  • Achin Jain
    I wish Nokia would take back all the N97s and upgarde the hardware and send it back... lol... The hardware is really not up to mark and is a major dampner to all the s/w enhancements they want to put in place...
  • Your views are probably echoed by majority of people who brought the phone

    They would not bother now tho - they got the money :(

    Surprising they still supporting us

    an N900 successor for me if in July 2011 if Maemo is as good as it 'billed' or likely i end up with a Android based smartphone (been with Nokia for 7 years with the 3 phones i had).

    N98 likely not going to happen N97 issues have probably put end to that and s60 too limited
  • hridheek
    we have seen many touch screen phones by now from various companies and all of them have managed to get the most important for a touch device right....its the visual and theme effects..be it dissolving or sliding screen menus or which ever is candy to the eye...and there is not a single effect like that...the first n97 ad boasted abt the multiple desktops just sliding out of the screen...nokia have previously failed like this on the n96 and once again we fell for their trick...didnt expect this as i am a die hard fan of nokia....anyway.....GET THE SPECIAL TOUCH SCREEN EFFECTS NOKIA!!!!!!!!!!. and having the n97 feels no different from the other nseries devices like n82 n85 and n86...which feels really bad after spending so much on the phone....and i just wish i knew the guy who made the ram to 128 mb and reduced the processor to 434mhz..
  • Christoph
    To enable theme effects on the Nokia N97, open the setting menu, select "Themes" -> "General" (may be differently named) where you can switch between themes. From there, press the left softkey ("Options"), select "Theme effects" -> "On". This will enable UI effects.

    I have no idea what made them hide this in there.
  • wish i knew the guy who made the ram to 128 mb and reduced the processor to 434mhz..

    He is in exile probably in the bunker in the Finish HQ
    He/They made a big fail
  • przemekwu
    Not really. CPU is quite fast on my N97 mini, phone is acting much faster than my old N95(1), especially in maps and media playback. More MHz does not really means faster operations.

    The real problem with N97 mini is a too small battery and a lot of bugs with current firmware.
  • Dean
    Also, animated themes like in the promo videos which showed widget menus being animated during rotating..


    Hell, just make the firmware an upgrade to maemo....
  • hridheek
    same as dean...and the when photo and music apps are running it fails to show the running app symbol in the menu unlike calendar messaging and contacts which show while running...
  • Dean
    1. Divx Codec
    2. H.264 Codec
    3. FLV Codec


    That is all.
  • john
    Everything in my wish list is already here. Other than that, i need DLNA capability.

    Thanks'
  • abhishekbahety
    Hello,
    1,The Display light timeout must be increased.
    2. There is no option to mark the msgs while selecting them, you have to go in options and then mark or mark all option is only available, no select tool is there.
    3. Key pad must not be locked automatically while display light is timed out. When the auto key lock option is also turned off.
    4. If we open key lock from the side scroll button than why we have to slide the unlock on the screen too, its a double job.
    5. It looses network at most of the places... indoor coverage is weak in compare to other mobiles.
    6. There must be a scroll key option on the screen, as it moves very fast, and you can not select or concentrate on the data moving fast.
  • luislozano
    Better handling of calls. the accelerometer should be deactivated when a call is in progress(i hatethis already deactivate autorotating)
    landscape portait view switching its frakin slow
    better web browsing like opera beta2
    lots of bugs when hanging up a call
    cant use multitaskin sucks apps closes all the time(if u open the pictures everythin else closes)
    crashes a lot
  • hridheek
    deactivate acclerometer when call is performed
  • Most of what i want to see has already been said in the earlier comments.

    But the top things in my wish list is:

    1. Better stability.
    2. Better handling of calls. the accelerometer should be deactivated when a call is in progress.

    Its coming out anytime now. Hope everyones happy with the new firmware.

    Happy holidays to you too!
  • Nice, not a bad looking phone! I guess bronze and black is the new fad for the niche.

    Why is Nokia bothering with this phone still, just bring out the N900 and release that in a limited edition.
  • Gustavo Lozano
    Well, probably v2.1 will just fix the bugs present in v2.0, and will be submitted as a replacement for the ones running v2.0 already. If you check, v2.0 was PULLED some weeks ago (late october for some product codes, early nov for others, and dec for the final ones)....
    I have 2 N97 NAMs, one of it is running v2.0 and is full of bugs, the other one is running v1.2 and it works more or less ok, and right now updating to v2.0 on the second is not possible cause Nokia pulled it from NSU.
  • Jaja Binks
    Can they fix or better yet develop a mechanism for transferring album art for all songs synced to your phone. Currently it only does about 5% of the songs on my phone and for whatever reason it doesn't get the album art for all the songs.
  • brianmilligan
    I would like to see the following:

    Photo browser needs to be quicker together with some better tools to modify images quickly

    Calling and sending text from the Contacts should be done with less clicks.

    Much tighter integration between Ovi maps and contacts by encorporating coordinates into contacts.

    Solve the random Nokia tune bug. For me this is one of the most annoying things about this phone and still hasn't been resolved with V2.0.

    It's a shame the phone's core config can not be changed to create a some sort of paging file on the mass memory to improve the lack of RAM. Overall the perfromance of the phone has been disappointing because the lack of RAM.

    Improve the Music Include an iTunes-like album browser to page through albums stored on the phone.

    Fix the AccuWeather app. Since V2.0 my version has not worked. Not critical but very annoying.

    Kinetic scrolling is very jumpy giving it a very clunky experience.

    Consistency between one/two touch on the icons and further into the app menus. Sometimes you touch once to activiate an app and other times you have to touch twice.

    A better task manager. I had to buy BestTaskman to view the RAM used and close applications that was draining the RAM.

    There appears to be serious memory leaks. After closing certain apps like Gravity some of the memory is not returned when the app is closed. Over time this gradually eats into the RAM and a reboot is the only way to restore the RAM to full.

    I agree Skype integration would be good. Yes there are work arounds but it should an integral part of the OS. Other SmartPhones already do this.

    I'm sure there are more but that's all I can think of right now.
  • hridheek
    oh ya and the music player back button goes to the home screen and not the playlist or songs menu you were previously in...which is really irritating
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