Thread: Why Symbian OS is so not friendly at all? How is Maemo?
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2009-07-07 , 19:26
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Originally Posted by Architengi View Post
As I wrote, there is no firmware update for my model of N95 8G NAM.
The latest firmware for N95 NAM, as reported on the Net, is v20.2.011. You have got v11. Please, check your facts before complaining. Especially if you complain to people who are not obligated to help you.

But the basic thing is: It is unexpected that any OS to be just simply destroyed by a failed installation.
Your OS is not being destroyed by a failed installation. Your application manager may have become confused a little bit though.

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.
Windows Installer also tends to screw up every now and then. When this happens, the only way to resolve things is to fix the registry by hand.

Did symbian developers 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?
Sorry, but whom are you talking to? Please, check carefully which forum you are in.

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?
No. My point is that if your application manager starts misbehaving, you should try resetting your phone, and backup your personal data in advance.

This is just a nightmare! Not an OS!
Everything is a nightmare for a person not able to handle reality calmly and logically.
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