N950 PR1.1 now out
 

For those with N950s, PR1.1 is now out and can be installed over the air (OTA):
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Commu...e-over-the-air

Relase Notes:
================================================== ===========================
Release Notes For Nokia N950 device software PR1.1 (39-5) 18.10.2011
================================================== ===========================

General:

The Nokia N950 PR1.1 software is apart from some hardware and license
related differences a close match to Nokia N9 release 1.1 software. The
major feature in this release is that it includes two variants of the
software: the Global and Chinese variants. This over the air update uses
the Global variant, the Chinese variant will be available later (as a
separately flashable image).

Other points of interest:
* General Help (Info buttons) is disabled in the UI.
* Developers should check out the developer section below, and review
the OneClickFlasher release notes, as these are used to switch between
variants.

Changes from Nokia N950 Beta 2 (34-2) to Nokia N950 PR1.1 (39-5):
* Application close by swiping from top to bottom is now always on.
* Improved memory handling to boost application startup and overall
performance.
* Multilanguage keyboard and support for Swype.
* Support for Chinese language (separate variant).
* Added plugin support for Google, Picasa, Flickr and YouTube.
* Number of small UI tweaks e.g status bar notification icon updates.
* Number of bug fixes and changes have been implemented.
* Galaxy on Fire application has been added.
* Need for Speed Shift application has bee added.
* Widgets Gallery and QT Quick components gallery application have been
removed.

Developers
* If the device becomes unresponsive you can to perform a hardware
reset. Press the power key on top of the device and keep it pressed
down for 8 or more seconds.
* eMMC erase may fail in some devices (see One Click Flasher release
notes for details).
* Reminder: you will need enable developer mode manually after flashing
with a new image (i.e. when changing variants)
* Developer mode is OFF by default. User needs to enable this option in
order to download and install the developer tools. See
Settings->Security->Developer mode.
* Allow installations from non-Store sources is OFF by default. User
needs to enable this option in order to allow installation of
applications from other sources. See Settings->Installations.

Updating from Beta2 to PR1.1 over-the-air using SSU
* Users will get a notification (appears in events view) that they can
accept to start the update process.
* Alternatively users can manually check for updates by going to N950
Settings->Applications->Manage Applications
* Users may get low memory and connectivity messages during the
installation process.
These messages can be ignored.
* Galaxy on Fire II and Need For Speed Shift are not part of SSU update
download.

Nokia N950 phone hardware specification
=======================================

The Nokia N950 phone uses same the hardware components as the Nokia N9
phone with the following exceptions:

* The Nokia N950 is physically larger and is made out of aluminum,
whereas the Nokia N9 has a polycarbonate unibody.
* The Nokia N950 has a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Nokia N9
is a touchscreen-only device.
* The Nokia N950 has a 4" TFT LCD display whereas the Nokia N9 has a
3.9" AMOLED display. Display resolution is same on both devices
(854x480). Due to the use of different display technologies,
developers should avoid one pixel width fonts and graphical objects
with lines one pixel wide. Also avoid the extensive use of bright
colors, especially white, when developing for OLED displays as this
increases the power consumption (typical for OLED displays).
* The Nokia N950 has a different physical camera module than the Nokia
N9. Both camera modules have very similar image quality (Carl Zeiss
branding in the Nokia N9) and both modules support 8Mpix image mode.
* In the Nokia N950 the front facing camera is in top right corner and
on the Nokia N9 it is in the bottom right corner. The actual camera
module is same.
* The Nokia N950 does not have support for NFC (Near Field Communication)
* The Nokia N9 has a slightly more sensitive magnetometer and ALS
(Ambient Light Sensor)
* The Nokia N950 has a 1320mAh battery, the Nokia N9 has a 1450mAh battery

Disclaimer
==========

These release notes are provided to give users and developers information
on certain differences between the Nokia N950 and the Nokia
N9 devices, including device software.

While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness
of these notes, we cannot guarantee that these are complete thus, these
release notes are provided "as is" and without any warranty of any kind.
Further, as the Nokia N950, including its device software, is not a
commercial device, the quality and/feature set of the Nokia N950 is of
beta quality and comes without any warranty or support whatsoever.

Finally, when these release notes make statements as to the features of
the Nokia N9 (e.g. describing differences between the Nokia N950 and the
Nokia N9), it is not a representation that the commercial version of the
Nokia N9 will actually include such features.

Copyright (c) 2011 Nokia Corporation. All rights reserved.
Nokia and Nokia Connecting People are registered trademarks of
Nokia Corporation.

Re: N950 PR1.1 now out
 

Yeah saw your earlier post elsewhere, thanks for sharing here!
Meh, very light on detail :(

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So what about speed improvements?

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My brother said that it seems quite faster, but it could just be a placebo effect..

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The browser seems snappier.

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And where's the OneClickFlasher? Or there's another way to get GoF and NFSS after SSU update?

PS: Yes, I do care. :P

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can't... download... fast... enough...

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And in other news....for those who desperately wanted to buy the N950 but will never be able to...nokia kindly says "suck it"

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After the update, you need to manually turn on Developer Mode at Settings>Security>Developer mode. This will install some items including Terminal.

In Terminal, do a:

devel-su (password: rootme)

then:

• apt-get install gof2
• apt-get install nfsshift

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Check this out as well:
http://twitter.com/#!/IML337/status/126716784568057856
http://p.twimg.com/AcIwPoOCQAA_UG2.png

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Thank you ^^ So there is some packages available on repos but not visible on Ovi, that makes me wonder if there is other packages, or how can I get a list of them? (if looks better/more readable than apt-cache search/dump, It'd be an added bonus ^^)

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Have I missed a memo or smth, because I can't find skype. Do I dare to apt-get it?

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It's not there for some reason, but this still works:
http://wiki.meego.com/Migrating_from..._account_setup

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Probably forgotten by accident. (skype)

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So.. well.. Did you liked it? Installing it right now? Is this the last update? Any chuck norris jokes? D'oh, this forum gets so quiet at nights. :|

Edit:

Boo! http://scm-l3.technorati.com/11/01/3...ve-ballmer.jpg

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you can do

That will show you every package available in your repositories, I recommend to redirect it to a file and then search in the file

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Yes, I knew of this. But it's nowhere near as good as the real thing (I hope). I can't sort the contacts by skype, and there are other issues as well, managing the account is cumbersome through the console etc.

I hope that we'll get it officially.

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So does anyone notice any performance improvements as the Changelog suggested, because to me it's just the same as before.

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how to enable swype or is it just the n950 not the n9 yet?

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It just on the PR1.1 (i.e. N950) for now. But that's coming to the N9 "further down the road". So we just have to sit and wait for it to arrive.

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swiping between screens and scrolling seems way more responsive. I still have problems with random app crashes and hard to click links though.

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On the Settings page -> Time and language -> Text input -> Swype

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Does anybody know from where I could get this small tools after updating to PR1.1?

I still use those a lot... :)

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If you update using OTA they will still be there. :)

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Not for me at least. Consider yourself lucky :-) .

Someone should just compile them and put somewhere to download.

Liking the swype keyboard on the update!

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Nokia did compile them and put somewhere to download
meegotouch-demos-widgetsgallery
qt-components-examples

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Mh, they haven't persist the OTA update. :(

Are there a special repository for those?

apt-get install qt-components-examples worked fine with the default repos, meegotouch-demos-widgetsgallery failed and googles answer is, mh, "extensive". ;) I'm unsure what could be the right thing I had previously on my device. :)

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swype keyboard is fine until you open the terminal, you can't close it :(
Hiding the Keyboard: To easily hide the keyboard, just Swype from the Swype key to the backspace key.
(doesn't work)

oh, also the screen gets completely messed up if i open the hardware keyboard now, like when trying to send an sms.

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^ Bummer :( Filed a bug?

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no, i want someone else to confirm first. i'm rebooting now. tracker-store is using 100% cpu for last few hours and it won't charge.

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I believe this is the repo:

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Is the package in a repository we could use?

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I wish we could buy this phone as well - bloody Nokia!

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ack! Some questions about the n950:
Is there a chroot, to use binaries with thumb-2 f. e. ubuntu>9.10?
Is audio accessable, to use audacity, lmms or other sound apps?
Will there be support for kernel>=3?

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After reading so much about bad antenna reciption I'm glad to be able to import myself a great working N9. :)

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so, does anyone else get 100% cpu forever when merging contacts together? I suppose I should delete all my contacts and start over before filing a bug. Anyone know how to do that?

here's the swype bug:
http://www.developer.nokia.com/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=546


tracker-store bug:
http://www.developer.nokia.com/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=548

I'd say "please vote" but it's pretty clear Nokia doesn't read these bugs. There's way too many with status NEW

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Hello

I am having a problem with the camera after the last update.
It doesn't work any more. I get a messag "the camera is not responding , try again or restart the device if problem continues" Does anyone has the same problem ?
Any help?

Thanks

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There's a work-around:

in the terminal, click the status bar (which gives you Profile, Volume, connections etc). Then click it away. Now you don't have the swype keyboard anymore visible in the terminal.

Of course this should be fixed. I added to your bug-report that I think it should be possible also using the swipe-down gesture, similar to the normal keyboard.

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Is it just me, or does haptic feedback on text input not work properly?

All values provide a low vibration. My motor works fine. Didn't have this issue in beta1 but it's never worked right after PR1.0 or 1.1 now.

Anybody else?

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tell me about it

stupid snotty devs