IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

Hi

After reading the many bugs i dont know whether to go for the update or not.

Things working fine have stop working, problems in the biggest asset the MicroB browser have also been noticed by some.

Does Nokia know about this, Peter@Maemo marketing and others do they know about this. What are they saying.

People have waited so much for this update but when it come its buggy, was nokia pressurised to bring this update earlier than they wanted, or is it using us again as the guinea pig and keeping the developers to improve it....:(

Re: IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

The question you should be asking is "Does Nokia CARE about the PR 1.2 problems?"

The answer is no

Re: IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

I flashed with PR 1.2 with the command line flasher and then restored apps/settings/contacts from a backup. I have found the system to be much more responsive and haven't notice any major bugs after pretty heavy use the last couple of days.

A lot of general weirdness can accrue if you have used your N900 a lot since initial release, installed a lot of third party apps, etc. I would recommend flashing from scratch and restoring from backup afterwords. It hardly takes any longer than an OTA update and you are left with a pristine system.

I am sure that this release, like those previous, have quite a few bugs, I just haven't experienced any personally. The best thing to do to make sure they get fixed is to check bugzilla to see if the issue has been reported and then, if needed, create a bug report.

Re: IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

I am sorry to say that, but I am not expierencing a single problem.

I have to admit that out of curiosity I flashed the RootFS Image, this might very well save a lot of problems compared to the OTA update, I can not say anything about that.
On the other side the backup utility makes this very, very easy to reflash and restore. Maybe people experiencing problems have a way out by doing this.

Best regards,
Corwin

Re: IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

I haven't experienced bugs. Thought i did reflash my N900 before updating.
I think with the overclocking, transitions mods and what not before OTA updating there might be problems.
Not to say PR1.2 is bug free, but i don't see reason not to update.

Re: IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

Contrary to popular belief, pr 1.2 isn't buggy. Sure it has some bugs like the Nokia Messaging on widget thing but on the whole the device is better than it was before the update

Re: IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

I've used mine heavily for 6 months now and no problems. I've never flashed the phone. Just accepted the OTA updates and been careful what I install.

Re: IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

Log bugs on the bugtracker please.

Re: IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

I have got this device a week back, havent downloaded any third party app from the repositary, not much used. Should i just update from the app manager ie the OTA update.

Re: IS Nokia Aware of the PR 1.2 problems
 

Typically it goes like this:

(a) People who have problems complain here.
(b) People who don't have problems, won't say anything.

So you'll only observe those who have problems.

Personally, I haven't seen any new major bugs in PR1.2. I'd say go for it, it's supposed to be better than the old one.

As for Nokia being aware, I'd say yes. But software that has changing requirements will never be complete, and they had to release it already. There was a dangerous amount of pressure being built up in people's heads around here, they might have started to pop in another two weeks.