N95 8GB Firmware v20.0.016 Available - Automatic Screen Rotation Is A Go

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N95 8GB Firmware v20.0.016 Available - Automatic Screen Rotation Is A Go

By - Vaibhav Sharma On 17 April 2008 37 Comments

We had previously reported about the upcoming N95 8GB firmware v20.0.016, the good news is that it is now available via the Nokia Software Updater (via: AAS). The firmware as usual brings us some bug fixes and improvements, but this time it brings a new feature too - Automatic accelerometer based screen rotation a.k.a. the N82. Other changes include:

Improvements in HTML format handling from Gmail IMAP server.
WLAN, BT and USB connectivity improvements.
Improvements to the Switch application.
Stability in the Gallery when there is a lot of content.
Startup functionality improvements
The browser also gets some attention with improvements to embedded video functionality while sending email via browser flash plugin.

Make sure you do a full backup before flashing via NSU and it is best to re-install applications and only restore contacts, calender, notes and bookmarks. This firmware as always will still not be available for operator branded handsets and for some product codes. Full changelog after the break.

New features:

Automatic Screen Rotation (ASR)
Support for new combo memory added

Browser:

Improvement when creating a voice call from WAP page.
Improvements to embedded video functionality in browser.
Sending email via browser flash plugin improvements.

Messaging:

Mail in HTML format handling from Gmail IMAP server improved.

Connectivity:

WLAN connection stability improvements
BT connection stability improvements with certain BT headsets
USB connection stability improvements

Telephony:

Voice call handling improvements after certain type U.S.S.D message receiving.
Stability improvements to gallery for case when there’s lot of content in Gallery
Improvements to switch application
Voicemail icon handling improvements

Localization corrections:

Deletion of all contacts now possible even more than 6000 contacts in phonebook
Startup functionality improvements

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37 Comments »

shehroz said:

one more question, when v wil upgrade to new firmware, than only phone memory stuff wud b deleted or do v have to lose mass memory things also?

# 17 April 2008 at 9:41 pm

Vaibhav Sharma said:

Nope.. Only phone memory will go. Memory card will be unaffected.

# 17 April 2008 at 9:56 pm

Mike Perry said:

I did have a few issues with this update, nothing major. Installed the latest NSU first, on an XP machine. Backed up phone memory to mass memory and this restored all my personal settings and themes after update. Contacts, calender and notes were unaffected. However random programmes disappeared in the update. Screenshot, Share and the installed N Gage demos disappeared. All but N Gage demos restored using (new)PC Suite and Ovi and Flickr could only be restored from Beta Labs. Overall though it went well, the screen rotation is brilliant.

# 17 April 2008 at 11:49 pm

John said:

Has anyone heard any rumors about when the next firmware release for the N95-3 will be, or what it will include?

# 18 April 2008 at 11:02 am

shehroz said:

thx for guidance, n two more questions. What this combo memory is? N do this firmware allow us to view youtube videos in original browser.

# 18 April 2008 at 12:45 pm

Vaibhav Sharma said:

Shehroz, Combo memory - http://thesymbianblog.com/2008/04/02/new-n95-8gb-firmware-v200016-changelog-out-firmware-awaited/#comment-3698

N yes, Youtube video was possible in the browser since the last firmware version itself.

# 19 April 2008 at 7:27 pm

shehroz said:

thx again!

Chears!!!

# 19 April 2008 at 9:20 pm

Vaibhav Sharma said:

You’r welcome!

# 19 April 2008 at 10:00 pm

Vajid Manga said:

I got the v20.0.016 but how does the ASR work, is it a setting somewhere? coz it does not auto-rotate as far as I can see unless i’m missing the obvious! enlighten me please!

# 20 April 2008 at 1:01 am

Vajid Manga said:

Excuse my ignorance.. I found the setting in Display. Yay!

# 20 April 2008 at 1:13 am

abdo said:

i habe updated my nokia 95 8gb and the music player didn’ work ,, whyyy

# 25 April 2008 at 4:29 am

sethdangel said:

@Abdo

I had the same problem. What i did was back-up my mass memory and did a REFORMAT on it. I only transferred back my images and music files. I just re-installed all apps like N-gage games and themes. Now I got my Music player working. hope this might help….

# 1 May 2008 at 2:55 am

shehroz said:

how can be back-up phone memory useful???

# 4 May 2008 at 5:54 pm

B.Thurston said:

why is v20.0.016 not available for my product code (0557135)?

can someone please help me out coz i really want to update

# 5 May 2008 at 7:40 pm

Vaibhav Sharma said:

It might be because yours’ is an operator branded variant.
You can change it if you really want to update. You might loose out on warranty though.

# 5 May 2008 at 8:30 pm

Ade said:

…well, i dont think im having any problem with my N95-1 right now, i just replace the 1GB memory card with 4GB and, all im doing now is to transfer my file to the new card but, im afraid to upgrade with all that i have read on the upgrading issue but I’ll very much love to have ASR on my phone, currently my firmware is V20.0.015, can anyone please advice…

# 12 May 2008 at 4:42 am

roya-84 said:

salut,je recherche comment télécharger la mises a jours pour le N95 8GB merci d’avance….

# 21 May 2008 at 2:07 am

blingsta said:

N-gage won’t work with this update.

# 15 June 2008 at 7:12 pm

Raj said:

Recently I upgraded my N95 8GB [Code : 0557631] from v15.0.015 to v20.0.016. Ever since I upgraded, my net connection stopped working. I used my SIM in another low end Nokia and oops IT WORKS. So, what I want to know is whether v20.0.016 has any issues on net connectivity. I has also checked up with my service provider AIRTEL, where we manully did the settings. Still no improvement. Anybody have a solution for this.

# 22 June 2008 at 10:53 am

Raj said:

# 22 June 2008 at 10:54 am

Raj said:

Recently I upgraded my N95 8GB [Code : 0557631] to v20.0.016. Ever since then I am not able to connect to net. Whereas, the same SIM when used even in a low end Nokia works perfectly. So there is no issue with the service provider [AIRTEL]. Anyone has a solution for this.

# 22 June 2008 at 10:58 am

Vaibhav Sharma said:

The net doesn’t work on the phone or the PC? A possibly solution is to reflash the phone with the same firmware using the NSU.

# 22 June 2008 at 2:59 pm

sreesankar said:

upgraded to my 95 8gb to V20.0.016. also installed accelerometer ASR not working ….it workes on EmTube…how can i use ASR on all application nd gallery

# 27 June 2008 at 3:38 am

Vaibhav Sharma said:

Goto Tools>Personalisation>Display and set auto rottation to on.

# 27 June 2008 at 4:50 pm

Tobi said:

Wo kann ich dieses update v20. usw. runterladen?

# 30 June 2008 at 1:32 am

dylan said:

what is touchless control interface all about ?is it available in the new firmware of n95 8gb?plz enlighten me.

# 5 July 2008 at 3:24 pm

dylan said:

hey raj,if u have connectivity problem with wlan then u should manually enter the ip address,dns etc in settings of ur phone,if gprs then i dunno.

# 6 July 2008 at 3:56 pm

anjath said:

hey…

my phone came with the latest firmware.. WOW… thats such a relief…

# 6 July 2008 at 5:27 pm

Pablo said:

Tobi :

Geht mal zu dem nokia website and nokia software updater runterladen.

# 11 July 2008 at 8:11 pm

webero said:

Aqui las mejores apps symbian http://www.thephoneclub.es all for N95 8GB

# 18 July 2008 at 9:27 am

Nidhin said:

how can i update my firmware. i am having N95 8GB phone… and its version is outdated… i need this update for automatic screen rotation… so please help…

# 23 July 2008 at 5:41 pm

Zain said:

Hi i was jus wondering how to get that automatic screen rotation thing on my nokia N95 8Gb
Can u plz tell me ?

# 24 July 2008 at 2:48 am

Marcus said:

Zain you’re an idiot. What is this whole article/thread about.

# 27 July 2008 at 1:40 am

Vaibhav Sharma said:

Zain, Goto Tools>Personalisation>Display and set auto rottation to on.

# 27 July 2008 at 11:49 am

mike said:

hey guys, how do you get this firmware, i cant seem to find it, please help

# 2 September 2008 at 5:29 am

Jared Eldredge said:

N95-1 v30 firmware camera bug when auto screen rotation is active? See description linked:
http://bitflung.blogspot.com/2008/09/n95-1-v30-firmware-camera-bug-when-auto.html

anyone able to reproduce this? I would think that if this is widespread, i’d have heard a lot about it by now… but hey, the firmware is new and i can’t seem to get around the bug(?).

-bit

# 6 September 2008 at 6:35 am