Nokia 5800 v21.0.025 Firmware available and Change Log
After a new firmware was available for a limited number of 5800 Xpress Music only，Now v.21 is also available for other product codes finally. Currently, version v.21.0.025 can be downloaded over the air only but I assume that version will be available through the Nokia Software Updater in due course. As the 5800 features User Data Preservation all data and information will stay on your device but it’s never bad to back-up all content. To get this update, simply type *#0000# on your phone, and then choose Options, Check for Updates. Until yet I haven’t found any changes but I expect some bugs have been fixed as well as general improvements.
1. Quicker booting up – It seems to let you ‘take control’ a lot quicker than before.
2. As mentioned before you can make the menu button ‘breathe’ when the phone is in standby. It will flash twice if there is a missed call, message or email.
3. Music Player is showing BIG cover art – something that annoyed me in V20 was the fact the cover art was shrunk.
4. No longer switches predictive text off after you’ve used the Full Screen QWERTY keyboard and gone back to the regular keypad.
5. ‘Applications’ has been renamed ‘Apps’ – ‘Music Player’ is now ‘Music plyr.’ (These could be due to it using HK firmware?!)
6. Still no Widgety goodness on the home screen – it’s as it was in V20.
7. Web Browser isn’t working!!! I will try doing a hard reset I think.
8. Camera wise, there doesn’t seem to be any image improvements IMO – but it seems to work a little bit quicker.
9. Not had chance to test sound through a headset yet – I have personally had issues in V20 with a Stereo Bluetooth Headset so will be interested to check this out.
10. I think the handwriting recognition is improved – I’ve not used this much, but it seems better.
11. During text entry pressing ‘*’ key brings up a fullscreen selection of characters.
Yep – the web browser WAS broken – a hard reset (undoing all of the UDP) – fixed it though.
I must say the phone is noticeably ‘snappier’, the Theme Effects seem quicker, as does the screen rotate.
Changes/Improvements/New features/Bugs I have noticed from v20.0.012 to v21.0.025
- Web browser works faster and better
- Switching from landscape to portrait mode is faster
- Bigger cover art in the music player
- Quicker booting up
- Standby-breathing light
- full screen symbol-list
- when connected to Bluetooth Headset volume is really low
