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The v20 Firmware For The N97 Is Now Available

By - Vaibhav Sharma On 27 October 2009 19 Comments

It is time to fire up the Nokia Software Updater now. The long awaited v20.0.019 firmware for the N97 is now available and I cannot stress the importance of this firmware enough. It will transform the N97 experience and will lead many to say that this was the firmware Nokia should have shipped the device with. The update is currently only available via the Nokia Software Updater and is a 134 MB download. We should also start seeing the over the air rollout soon. The N97 features user data preservation so you can upload without the fear of loosing data but I suggest a clean install after formatting the device (*#7370#) for the best experience.

N97 v20 Firmware Now Available

It brings better RAM management, better internal storage management, speed improvements, stability and the biggest improvements of them all being all round kinetic scrolling across all lists. The update will also bring a few new widgets among other things. There is no official changelog yet, so I will keep updating as I find new things.

Incidentally, the N97 Mini will ship with the same firmware.

[Thanks Anuj]

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19 Comments »

Eric said:

As usual, it’ll be months before it’s available in the UK. Really annoys me to no end…

# 27 October 2009 at 6:21 pm

Vaibhav Sharma (author) said:

Eric, don’t be so sure. It is usually late for the Indian product codes as well but this time has been an exception. Check to see if you are lucky.

# 27 October 2009 at 6:22 pm

Eric said:

Thanks for the optimism, but it’s actually the first thing I did when I read your post I wouldn’t have commented on this before trying. This said, who knows, it may be that it’ll get released faster than previous updates.

# 27 October 2009 at 6:28 pm

Sanjiv said:

N97 SOFTWARE UPDATE
Not available in India yet

# 27 October 2009 at 6:42 pm

N97 Firmware oppdatering tilgjenglig? said:

[...] Symbian Blog melder at oppdateringen til V2 firmware skal være tilgjenglig. [...]

# 27 October 2009 at 6:46 pm

bitflung said:

hrm – i’m in USA updating from 12.2.024 to 20.2.019

the download went normally, and the install seemed to be fine until i heard the device restart (nokia startup sound played) but the NSU is stuck saying, “Estimated time left: 19 seconds”.

the phone is running, *#0000# reveals that it HAS v20 firmware, but the NSU is stuck. i doubt i’m missing anything, but maybe some post-flight installs are queued up?

anyone else see something similar?

# 27 October 2009 at 6:49 pm

bitflung said:

i’ve noted a few new icons and application maes (settings wizzard is now called phone setup; msg reader has new icon)

but no new widgets? wasn’t vlingo supposed to be preinstalled on this firmware along with a bunch of new widgets?

# 27 October 2009 at 6:52 pm

klaus said:

NOT available with My Product Code in Germany -.-

# 27 October 2009 at 8:28 pm

hans said:

same here, klaus =( my phone is NOT branded!

# 28 October 2009 at 4:17 am

Nokia N97 upgrades the firmware to v20.0.019 | Adobe Flash Lite said:

[...] Devices — Tags: 20.0.019, Firmware, N97, Nokia — Li YongFei @ 7:55 pm Via The Symbian Blog, The Nokia N97 upgrades the firmware to v20.0.019. There are no any official change [...]

# 28 October 2009 at 6:25 am

Anuj Singhal said:

@sanjiv,
It is available for the Indian product codes, I used the NSU to install it. What product code do you have?

# 28 October 2009 at 7:14 am

Arvind said:

Why dont you guys try changing the product code of your device?I did it and got the update.Kinetic scrolling is smooth.Its a welcome update.

# 28 October 2009 at 11:35 am

Ankit said:

for my product code(0587487) upgrade is still not available in india…….

but i’ll try by changing product code of my device

# 28 October 2009 at 1:31 pm

Arvind said:

Hey Ankit,that was my product before.I changed it to 0575724.It should work.

# 28 October 2009 at 2:08 pm

Arvind said:

Product code*

# 28 October 2009 at 2:09 pm

Anders said:

So far it pretty ordinary.

Kinetic scrolling is nice, but it’s NOT through everything as promised.

No new home screen widgets as promised.

Barely any more space as promised.

New included ‘free’ Vlingo app – which resides on main memory, can not be removed. One of everyone’s major complaints was the lack of main memory, so Nokia though it’d be a good idea to include more unwanted crap on it for the 2.0 release. Good thinking.

Photo thumbs are now displayed in a way that better utilises the screen real estate, but video thumbnails are still displayed the old way. What’s with the inconsistency?

I haven’t noticed any significant performance increase, but it’s early days.

Well done Nokia – so much hype – so many promises – piss poor result.

This update was make or break for me with the N97, and I have to say it’s pretty disappointing. I’ve given them the benefit of the doubt up until now, so it’s time to sell this P.O.S. and get a real phone.

So long Nokia, you won’t be missed.

# 28 October 2009 at 4:57 pm

ReS said:

I woulden even try and wait for this update for my danish mobile, as my N5800 got it last update back in Dec, and i had to debrand it cause the mobile companys could care less about consumer well being of phones that dont work with old firmware

# 28 October 2009 at 5:54 pm