First official OS2008 update
2007-12-18 10:02 UTC by Juha Tukkinen
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flash upgrade
I upgraded to the new OS2008 but the flash video doesn't work in some sites. I've downloaded the latest flash update from adobe but it doesn't allow me to install the update. . . any help.
bluetooth keyboard not playing nice...
Got a iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim that doesn't want to pair with my n800 (OS2008). Can anybody point to a decent ''howto''?
Updating N810 using Flasher
Has anyone succeeded in upgrading the N810 using Flasher? The 770 could be put into a 'passive' USB mode by holding down the 'Home' key while powering up and the instructions for the new upgrade recommends this. Small problem: the N810 does not have a 'Home' key. Any thought, anyone?
OS2008: not working at all !!
I've installed OS2008 on my N800 yesterday evening ... and 20 min later it was back on OS2007. Why? Upgrade has been done easily, but the N800 did not reboot automatically afterwards. When booting it, it configured OK, but each time I'm starting an application, the app is suddenly stucked. For example, when starting a browser, the window opens, then I've got an "Updating" dialog box, and it suddenly blocks. After few minutes, the device shuts down on its own ... so back to OS2007! Anyone facing the same behavior?
os2008he
Any news yet on the os2008he?I hope we can get the full browser that comes with os2008 in the HE version also.
php vs bin download of os2008
I'm just an end-user, and I'm Mac based. I've enjoyed my N800 for a few weeks now. I would like to upgrade to the latest OS2008 but am having trouble with the download- it downloads with a php extension rather than a bin. When the beta was released, I managed to flash that, in the end with the 770 flasher - I had tried the wizard in windows emulation on an Intel mac at work, but it kept failing at the end of the installation due to a USB error - (leaving my N800 brain-dead) so I took the .bin file home and used the 770 flasher native on my home mac and it installed without any problem. However now when I go to the download site and get the latest os2008, although the link to it is named "RX-34_2008SE_2.2007.50-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin" the file downloads as "nokia_N800.php" The 770 flasher will not open a .php file - is it as simple as changing the extension - could I do that and then safely install with the flasher? -- or does this file have to be processed/ expanded/ whatever first in some way that a mac won't do?
More bugs
A few more bugs for those considering upgrading; there is significant keyboard bounce when typing so tthe same letter comes up twice for one click every 10 words or so, the Java page on Philips.co.uk now causes the device to run out of memory, the touchscreen sometimes goes dead, you can't insert text or over-type text, the Navicore software is stuck in KMPH, you will loose all your back-uped bluetooth pairings, the SU-8W nokia bluetooth keyboard won't pair, the handy Caapslock has been replaced with a useless language select menu and the RSS home screen applet has huge borders, nobodylonger has a click-to-expand and only displays 4 feeds due to massive gaps between items.
NM
Welll, no-one knows the answer to my question in the post and below I've since been disappointed with the loss of voices and camera alerts in Navicore. I'll be reverting to OS2007 and won't be ordering an N810.
Browser
I've just installed the 2008 software on my n800. I don't likee the browser one bit. I've lost my finger scrolling, overtyping doesn't work, my favourite forun doesn't paginate as well as before and chatrooms flicker on refresh. Can I reinstall Opera?
Torrent and direct downloads
go to http://www.maemopeople.org/index.php/piega/2007/12/19/torrent_for_n800_firmware for N800 and N810
Still slow
maemo SDK installation is now impossible thanks to intermittent service coming from repository.maemo.org
For those who want to download from an untrusted third party, tablets-dev says:
89e0661318f60420c691f4e1dd0c6ba3 RX-34_2008SE_2.2007.50-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin 141226188 bytes
hung download
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2531
as for the torrent, if only the file was GPG signed, because md5 digest are known to be "breakable"
Alternate download
Since I have plenty of bandwidth to spare, I put the update for the N800 up for download on
http://randomweirdness.com
The download link is right on the top of the page.
N810 Upgrade Availability
With all of the links and torrents for the N800, I can't believe there aren't any for the N810. What gives?
tpb
i can't see any at mininova, but there's one at the piratebay ;)
torrent
I see there is one on mininova. Ask google, there is a link.
alternative download source - be gentle
Thankfully (extracted from internettablet) Noneus.de has it mirrored... use at your own risk though but initially reports seem to be positive.
http://repo.noneus.de/RX-34_2008SE_2.2007.50-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin
The md5sum from Nokia tablets-dev.nokia.com shows RX-34_2008SE_2.2007.50-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin should of hash value of ???? (cant get back in to copy the hash value...sorry)
Alternate URLs
If you head over to the internettablettalk on the comment thread for the OS2008 update there are a few (currently for the N800 only) alternate sources...
Torrent
Has anyone found a torrent for the download? This is painful going through tablet-dev.nokia, the download dies about 5% of the way in.
Bandwidth...
Wonder if Nokia have decided to host the image on an N800 via a bluetooth/gprs connection - even a wet piece of string would be faster than this....
Download impossible
Would be nice if the images were hosted on a server with some bandwidth. Or Nokia could get over their proprietary obsessions and just make a torrent available.
The current inaccessibility is hardly worthy of a global telecommunications company.
thanks for package changes
Many thanks for package changes. Also some sort of global changelog with major changes or next column with links to changelog flies of individual deb packages would be nice :-)
debian armel packages
In the last months there were rumours about the compatibility with standard Debian armel repositories from OS2008, please someone can confirm / deny?
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N800+OS2008 flash upgrade
A couple of notes: 1) Capslock is by holding Caps for 1 sec, so still there - and language key is v. useful for multilingual communities :-) 2) The N800+OS2008 Bluetooth keyboard pairing timeout bug is a hassle. Workaround for Linux savvy users: use xterm, sudo gainroot (first search+install godmode.deb), cd /var/lib/bluetooth, rm -rf 00:.... (directory named after your device MAC number). Then re-pair bluetooth devices starting with keyboard. No guarantees, though...