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maemo 5 20.2010
Is there any reason to upgrade to Maemo 5 20.2010? Frankly, I am happy with how everything works now and see no point in upgrading. It's just this update tool that reminds me once in a while about this upgrade possibility.
So, any suggestions? What does M5 20.2011 actually bring? Only qt4 libraries? Thanks |
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Welcome to the forums......
So... ur still on the oldskool firware? :p |
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Huh, and what do you expect from someone using an oldskool phone...
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It gets you a bunch of bug fixes, pretty much. If you're happy to be on PR1.whatever, sure, sit on it. But I don't see why not. It's like opening up Firefox, and having it say it has updates, but saying "frak it, I don't really need updates", and not bothering. For months.
The really good question is, why not? If you can do it by app manager with the SSU, instead of by reflashing, I don't see a good reason not to update it. if you can't without reflashing, then yes, that can be annoying, and I say your device will be mostly fine without it, so if that's too much effort, you might as well not bother. But keep in mind that the longer you wait the more likely something is to break because the new packages expect PR1.3 versions of things. |
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Depends on what version you're using now..
At PR1.2 there was a huge optification done, that had a negative performance impact, though it freed up more rootfs space. |
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As Mentalist Traceur already said, you can have troubles with some apps that requires you the latest firmware. |
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Currently, it is Maemo 5 10.2010.19-1 firmware version, and yes, app manager proposes an update, which doesn't assume reflashing.
Among the new features that appeared with PR 1.3 I cannot see anything that I really immediately need. As for the bug fixes, this is one of the two that bothered me - Skype shows me as the second party in conversation. The second - being the habit that the Conversations app developed to hang up twice a month. So far, what is important to know: 1) Will my customisations disapper after the upgrade? 2) What will happen to my SMS-base? 3) Will there be any decrease in memory space after upgrade operation? Have you moved to PR 1.3, by the way? |
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As for Firefox, I have disabled any popups that inform about new versions/missing plugins. :)
Perhaps, this illustrates my attitude towards "new". |
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Before this upgrade what are the recommended steps?
If, say, I would like to have an opportunity to downgrade in case I don't like the new firmware? Is this possible? How do I make a full backup of the system then? (don't you mind such questions being asked in this thread?) |
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Using the latest firmware is highly recommended. Along with bug fixes, most software is compiled for the latest firmware and using older firmware may put you in dependency hell.
To make a full system backup try using BackupMenu. This makes a complete image of your filesystem, so all your mods will remain intact. |
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i am on Pr1.2 too but i removed the mp-fremantle:pthats the only thing that causes the problem for me so now only those system parts gets upgraded which are needed by app that am installing.
Just wanted to know Any side effects? |
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You can't use the image from Backup Menu to move PR1.2 mods to PR1.3. If you try, you'll just end up undoing your upgrade, and just end up with a PR1.2 rootfs again, or some weird hybrid.
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Basically, as far as I know, most of your mods should remain unless you've heavily messed with the very low-level stuff... You WILL have to reinstall power kernel and/or uboot. Not sure about bootmenu, backupmenu, or whatever, but those will probably need reinstalling - however, they're all auto-installable nowadays anyway. This is all assuming your N900 doesn't say "you don't have enough space in your RootFS", in which case you can either do some fancy fiddling, or update by reflashing, in which case you will lose most of your installed stuff, etc. But I'm guessing if you have to reflash you won't bother. As for hiding the thing about updates (and not having it update automatically in the background, say after it gets turned off, or something), that just opens you up to joyful things like possible security bugs/exploits not getting patched. Which is okay, assuming you at least don't neglect updates on your firewalls/intrusion-detections-systems, etc. *Shrug* At th end of the day, you update your software however you want, of course. - Edit - Some quick answers to other questions: Your SMS "base" should be fine. If it breaks, it has little if anything to do with the update. Memory space should be more or less the same, since mostly it overrides packages, not just crams more stuff in. Battery life, as with most updates Nokia has provided, actually got better in the average use-cases. Of course, those reports could just be placebo effects or people reflashing into their updates instead of SSU-ing. |
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Don't forget, the battery was reported to last longer with PR1.3.
I experienced it also; from 1.5 days to 2 days with medium usage. |
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with PR 1.3 the RSS Reader Widget doesn't function anymore. So i downgraded from 1.3 back to 1.2. and im happy with it. there are only 2-3 applications which cannot be installed anymore because of missing packages.
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@raaj13
can you describe how this goes exactly?!: "removed the mp-fremantlethats the only thing that causes the problem for me so now only those system parts gets upgraded which are needed by app that am installing" im also using PR1.2 |
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Maemo is based on Debian.
Debian did its dist-upgrade to squeeze. Maemo has to follow! |
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