Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Nokia had their chance to release this, to say something, even to change the lock on their door. They sat, they waited, the only move they think to make is to sell off their assets. They destoryed maemo, they threw away qt, they sell patents to a troll. They already signed their pact with the devil, but it's no excuse.
It's clear I don't owe them anything. My turn, now. I may sit, but my proxies are hard at work.
Soon...

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

my phone is in more open mode than you can assume ;) but "hackers" told me that's impossible (literally) so i gave up (thought they know...) now i doubt :P

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

I don't know how to make a flashable image of my phone, sorry

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Yes... omg yes...

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Wow, the dropbox got cancelled. Just deleted my post because it's useless now.
I'll try to post the newer one instead, that was only .16

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

I'm not cool enough to be in the N950club, but can you check your systems for CMT firmware (dpkg -l | grep cmt)

I suspect that apt-get dist upgrade installs N9 radio firmware, breaking the one on the N950.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

It does. That is why the recommended version is to update the packages manually, and not dist-upgrade. I knew the risk when I tested my method. It can be fixed though by flashing a newer image, or updating to a new cmt. I also have a feeling that removing N9 repo, and running apt-get --reinstall install nameofcmtpackage will work. But I have no reason to test it

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Sparsify is your friend :) http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=82471

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

hmm, that would be an option :) but I saw some other method, really to make a *.bin (need to find)

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=303

OR:

are you talking about CODeRUS' dd backup method?

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=84659

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Yes, CODeRUS' method is the one. I see MFaroTusino already thanked for his post, so he knows how to do it :)

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Did a Google search. Leaked PR1.3 for N950 is up on Pirate Bay.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Here's the output when running apt-get dist-upgrade on my N950: http://pastebin.com/2MVTQkSM I'm afraid to install them. Don't want my N950 to end up like a brick or be unflashable.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

use one from tpb ;) it's safer :D

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

It is, indeed. :)

@LouisDK, take wook_sf's advice. ;)

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Any downsides, or significant improvements over PR1.2 that make it worthwhile?

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

None that I have noticed so far in my experience. In fact my N9 is still on PR1.2 (for specific reasons, as I am writing localized content/documentation/how-to's to cater to the local folks from where I live).

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

lol, epic, seems to me that pr1.3 is just updated version numbers for each package and that's it :D
hahahaha, really original nokia story...:(

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Wook, it's not so bad as you are saying :)
anyway, is that source from TPB reliable?

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

checksum of source that was posted here was ok, so, i assume it is :)
it's not bad? it's even worse my bro... ;)

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

There are around 1000 bug fixes in PR1.3. Some of them fix issues that are only encountered by a small number of users, but some of them are really worthwhile. It's definitely a more solid release than PR1.2 is. I see absolutely no point in not upgrading.

It's a well known story by now and it's all related to the February 2011 management decisions. Regardless of those, PR1.3 is the best Harmattan release there is.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

I saw there were some email issues in PR1.3 on N9, I'm only interested in Google IMAP email - as long as that's working fine in PR1.3 I'll give it a go on the N950.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

well, there's 1000 bugfixes and 3000 new bugs...what's point then?
regardless tracker issue, smartsearch is still most stupid thing ever...facebook...omG, that's epic fail and not to mention gtalk voice calls and video chat...huh...


well, lots of things on harmattan has noting to do with 2nd11. but with coding...it's not all in copy/paste compile...there's some "addaptation" things that has to be done...you know that very well

first bug on harmattan is QTUI

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

3000 new bugs? No, there aren't.

Does it work worse than it did in PR1.2?

Again, does it work worse than it did in PR1.2? No, it doesn't.

Same question here. Are they worse than they were in PR1.2?

Of course it all comes down to code, but shutting down the MeeGo organization and firing all employees doesn't really improve things, does it?

I know very, very well what happened in Harmattan development inside Nokia. However, I don't know what you're saying here.

Not much point in using it, then, is there?

My point still is that PR1.3 is quality-wise better than PR1.2 and that's a fact. There's no way around it.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

well, maybe not new, but we you must agree that there's many bugs in code produced only by rush in coding.
it doesn't work worse than pr1.2, i didn't said it does, but update is not big deal because it doesn't cover much of fixes...
it's so...lame that i really never run it, don't know why i even keep it on phone anyway :D
i didn't noticed significant improvement in video call
unfortunately, that's horrible truth
well, some things are straight forward from linux, while others are very different. there's many lacks in console apps functions that would make life much easier
what?
yes, it is better than pr1.2 but it could be much better...

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

I'm seeding it.

Still haven't written it to my N950 though :\

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

i have it too, from TPB, not flashed yet.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Sure, there are bugs and there are many parts of Harmattan which really are of quite bad quality. They're not produced by a rush but by a lack of competence from whoever wrote them. However, PR1.3 doesn't introduce new bugs, which was the point.

You did claim that it has 3000 new bugs, right here:

...which just isn't true.

Yes, Facebook is a piece of crap. Even the 1.4.0 update didn't help much. However, as said, PR1.3 is not any worse than PR1.2 in this regard. Same goes for the video call.

Of course. Everything could always be much better. Often you just have to settle for the best available option. In Harmattan's case that's PR1.3.

I'm only commenting here due to this claim/question:

There may be 3000 bugs but not 3000 new bugs. What would be the point in not having those 1000 bug fixes and having a system with 4000 bugs instead of 3000?

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

seems like there's some...
how can you claim that? have you tested all possible states of that machine on pr1.2 and compared it to all possible stated of machine running pr1.3?
i never said it was worse than pr1.2 but i said it is not something i would call update
well, i will never settle with something that feels like cheap chinese copy of iPhone

that "new" wasn't bolded and maybe there's no 3000 but theres many new bugs that only needs time to come out from shadows...

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

It's very simple, then. Stop using it and stop whining about it here, since that definitely won't help anyone. There are definitely other options out there.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

If you don't want to use PR1.3, then just don't use it. I personally found PR1.3 does make N950 works better and full support software such as QTweak.

If you don't believe, just use official pre PR1.2.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

with all respect
LOL

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

I flashed the leaked PR1.3 for N950. Works great for me, I see much improved battery life, but probably because I had so much crap on it before. The screen colors seem better, but again, maybe because I had background wallpaper hacks and such. The only thing I lost were installed apps and alarms, the rest of my data seems intact

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

ok, can someone just share the leaked PR1.3 here already? :p Appreciate a proper safe guidelines flashing PR1.3 to N950 :)

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Hi Friend,

It's quite easy to find it; as mentioned in previous posts you can find it in familiar torrent sites.

As for flashing, I have played around and can confirm that the flasher app that is used for the N9 is the same version that is included in the One-Click Flasher for the N950 (I have extracted the One-Click Flasher package, compared both versions, as well as actually flashed on both versions). Instructions and commands for flashing are also the same.

The PR 1.3 that you will find in torrent sites is only the "main" image file. The "mmc" image file, you can extract it from the One-Click Flasher for N950.

EDIT: sent you a PM by the way.

The latest officially-available One-click Flasher, i.e. PR 1.2 "Beta" (if you extract it via WInZip or 7zip) contains:

1. The PR 1.2 Beta "main" image file
2. The "mmc" image file
3. The Flasher command-line application (which is the same version as the Flasher application being used for the N9)
4. Nokia Connectivity Driver
5. A "flasher.bat" file (i.e. auto-executable/batch file/script to make the whole package "one-click").

If you open the flasher.bat file let's say via GEdit (for Linux/Ubuntu) or Notepad++, you will notice that the command used for the actual flashing procedure is:

Basically it's the usual/same flasher command used for the N9, plus the option "f --erase-mmc=secure" which means (from the flasher manual): "erase user data, ARG is erase method (e.g. secure)."

To give you confidence, here's a screenshot...let me know if it does not resize to be viewable so I can correct as necessary.

http://www.mediafire.com/conv/e1ad48...285020644g.jpg

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Thanks again, perhaps can you link the image to imageshack or something so that the picture can be bigger while click on it :)

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Um, I can but...(and I'm sorry) I find it inconvenient for me. Anyway that screenshot is basically the exact same thing that you'll see if you run the flasher command-line application that is on the N9. :) I also realize that my screenshot doesn't prove the point that I'm using the extracted version of the flasher command-line app from the extracted One-click Flasher...unless I take a video of the whole process.

To put it simply, I can tell you that there are quite a few already who have flashed to PR 1.3 and I believe it's safe...and the flasher commands are the same. :)

EDIT: Edited image in previous post so that you can click it for a bigger image.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

So basically i can just get the image file from torrent site and open the winrar for PR1.2 beta OCF replace the image file, and i am good to go?

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

You got it, my friend. :)

EDIT: when replacing the original/old "img.bin" file make sure that you rename your newly-downloaded (PR 1.3) as "img.bin" too.

Re: PR 1.3 for N950?
 

Hi,

I've tried to reflash my N950 with PR1.3. I downloaded firmware and OCF for PR1.2, run it, after it was extracted replaced img.bin with downloaded from torrents leaked file, switched off the phone (8+ seconds) and plugged it to the USB.

Here is the output:

...
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct 5 2011) Harmattan
WARNING: This tool is intended for professional use only. Using it may result
in permanently damaging your device or losing the warranty.

Suitable USB interface (bootloader/phonet) not found, waiting...

USB device found at bus 002, device address 039.
Device identifier: 357881040019244 (SN: N/A)
Found device RM-680, hardware revision 1124
NOLO version 2.3.6
Version of 'sw-release': DFL61_HARMATTAN_3.2012.02-6_PR_RM680
Sending ape-algo image (7096 kB)...
100% (7096 of 7096 kB, avg. 6991 kB/s)
Suitable USB interface (phonet) not found, waiting...

And nothing further, what did I do wrong?