Thread: Why Symbian OS is so not friendly at all? How is Maemo?
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Architengi is offline Architengi
2009-07-07 , 19:12
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Originally Posted by fms View Post
You do get firmware updates for N95, unlike me, not getting firmware updates for my E70.
As I wrote, there is no firmware update for my model of N95 8G NAM.
The only firmware available (V 11.2.011 of 01-04-2008) is the one which I had on my phone.
NO NEW firmware was avilable for N95 8G NAM in more then an year and half.

Originally Posted by fms View Post
This is most likely caused by config files corruption due to too many application installs/removals or failed installs. Ever turned your phone off while it was installing an application? That would cause such a problem.
Never turned off the phone during a installation.


But the basic thing is: It is unexpected that any OS to be just simply destroyed by a failed installation.

What is so complicated about installed applications on Symbian?

In windows there is a database registry for COM applications or the manifest files that come with each .net or java application, or just the ControlPanel Add/Remove database for simpler executables.

Did the developers of Symbian OS ever read about transactional updates of DB?

If an app installation failed, it is just simple: no record of that app should be made in the system tracking apps.

Why is so hard on Symbian to have this right?


So your point is that if an applications fails to install, the solution on Symbian OS is to go and backup all your contacts and data, reset the phone, and then anyway loose some of the applications installed?

This is just a nightmare! Not an OS!

And why the backup is not done automatically during the upgrade process?

Last edited by Architengi; 2009-07-07 at 19:29.