Thursday, July 24, 2008

New firmware update

There is a new firmware update available for E65. This update is on the market from the end of June, and as far as I experienced it does not has any major corrections or redesigns, but only corrects some earlier flaws and makes the phone faster a little bit.

Latest available software for Nokia E65, product code 0542334
Version: 3.0633.69.00
In my phone the version was: 2.0633.65.01

Before you start the firmware upgrade at home, be sure to make a FULL backup of the phone. After my FULL backup some of my programs have not worked, I'm on my way to recover the serial numbers...

So what are the novelties in the new firmware? According to Nokia:
Messaging
* Reading of SMS time stamp information unified between regions
* SMS sending from SIM Toolkit - Profile 07 improved
* Unicode Handling with Turkish characters corrected
* Correction to fetching email from freemail server
* Intellisync: Slowness of searching a contact for the first time corrected

Others
* Operator name list updated
* Start-up settings updated
* Settings Wizard updated
* Start-up date changed to 1.1.2008
* Correction of DRMClock behaviour with NITZObserver with negative time zone values

This is the page when you can check if there is any update available for your phone, and this is also the starting point for the firmware update. ONLY BE CAREFUL!!!

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Theme for E65

Sholud we use a factory theme or one that was made by others?

Pro
These built in themes are optimized for the Nokia E65 or other Symbian phone, so they don't slow down the phone. Themes built by other are unique, individual, they reflect our personality, so there is a big chance no one is using them.

Against
Official themes are boring, they can be found on anybody else's phone. Also, themes built by others can be very large, they can slow down the phone in an ubearable way. Namely they are disturbing the phone's functionality.

What I'm using?
After long periods of searching and tryouts I'm using the official Dots Blue theme. This is the closest to the DOts Green theme I'm desperately searching for, it's simple, plain, and does not slow down the phone.

Where can I find other themes?
If you are looking for good taste theme, this is your page. The themes are normal, good looking, it is wotrh going back to look for new ones.