The one currently downloading is the December release. It's what the 770 ships with. There was supposed to be a US version of the new european release, which fixed the bugs the European released introduced (plus there are things that apparently work better in the new European release).

Their link is screwed up, that's all. It's forwarding to the old update. Here's the new update link http://nds2.nokia.com/files/support/..._2006_13_7.bin

-Make sure to remove your memory card before updating! Otherwise it may just sit at 10 percent.
-Update takes about 2 minutes.
-Verified version is new one in Control Panel.
-Clock works fine.
-Still can't pair with Motorola RAZR. Have to manually configure.
-PDF Reader considerably faster.

Artman,
First off THANK YOU for getting that link straightened out. Been going to that site every few hours expecting NOKIA to have handled it. I have held off wanting to use the actual NOKIA USA release. Thanks

What version RAZR are you trying to pair. I have had a kinda "pairathon" the last few days, and the one phone that I had zero issues the GSM V3 from Cingular (Unlocked) Also, I noticed many had said the Mot v551 was no problem, I did have issues. What finally did, when it said that it failed during the 'Service Discovery Failed" sequence. When that happened I just went back to the Moto V551 and initiated 60 sec of Discovery and kept trying, eventually it takes. I have dobe sveral times like this with total sucssess. I dont want to thread jack so u can email or we can start another thread. (Whatever this forum prefers, Im OK to stay here as well) I will close with saying that while I do like my new toy, the Bluetooth is really a dissapointment, across the board.

Phones I tried to Pair for the record:
TREO 650 GSM Originally Cingular, now Flashed to latest Unbranded FW- Multiple Attempts and failures. I also tried the tricks within this forum, including playing with Dial Up Networking ckbox, to no avail
Moto v330 TMO Branded, Subsidy Unlock, No problem pairing, connected at EDGE speeds
Moto v551 -Cingular Branded, Subsidy Unlocked, issues pairing as dioscussed above, now is paired and connecting at EDGE speeds (165kbps)

The big , known, disapointments:
Cingular 2125 Subsidy Unlocked, will say that it is paired on the NOKIA, but does not work due to the Discovery of Services issue

HTC MDA, TMOBILE Branded, same issues as above with as Cingular 2125, says paired but hgas the Services issues.

I would say that this Bluetooth pairing issue was truely a dissapointment. Sure I have the TREO 650 and the MDA and 2125, but as the Gadget man, I mentally need them ALL TO WORK LOL. I hope the next release gets it

are you for certain that this is the us version.

I just grabbed the link from the US link page by pulling out the redirect part. Do the different region versions have a spot that shows the region? I'd be more than happy to check for you.

Wireless: Thanks for that info. I'm using a Cingular Razr V3 but I reflashed and unlocked it. Now I'm using it on T-Mobile. Perhaps that's the issue? By setting it up manually I was able to get it working though.

As the filenames would suggest, the new "US" firmware image is bit-for-bit identical with the "Euro" image released three weeks ago. In which case, US users will have clock/time problems as the timezone file contains only one entry - Helsinki.

I find it quite amazing (shocking, actually) that Nokia would release this fundamentally flawed firmware image for a second time, and worse still, in the US where they will no doubt complain mightily unlike us Europeans... Nokia must know by now that it is broken - are they nuts, stupid or just really poor at processing feedback on their firmware releases?

I suspect this new firmware may result in some bad press for Nokia, and deservedly so.

Nokia, if you're reading this: Get your QA process sorted, listen to real-world feedback on your broken releases and hurry up with the new build of 2006-13-7 that fixes the timezone problem!

i had a feeling that it would be the europe version. i downloaded the europe version and just added the america time zone to have the clock working right. with the exception of having sound when getting disconnected or when sliding the unit back in the case, i dont think the upgrade is really worth while if you are currently not having issues with your unit.

I repeat, I installed the firmware I linked and had NO clock issue. I also restored my backed up files just fine. There were no problems except I had to reinstall my games. That's it and that's all.

okay, so what do you think about the upgrade then

So I tried the software update, using the Windows wizard and the latest update version on the Nokia site. I get about 75% through the update and I get the message "Could not write to the device. Code 7" (or something similar).
Looking on the Nokia support site it says that this error happens when you first run the updater and that I should simply try again. However, after restarting computer etc. and trying again I get the same error.
Now my 770 is dead (just shows the white Nokia screen).... and I don't know what to do.
I would be willing to try to install another update (an older version) to get the 770 working again, but would ideally like to install the newest version.

Any suggestions?? Any help appreciated as otherwise I have to contact my "nokia service center" which is probably going to be staffed by underpaid teenagaers and involve sending my 770 away somewhere (seeing as I only got it yesterday, I really, really don't want to do this).

While I know my way around a Windows computer I have no idea about Linux or Debian so any advice should be targeted towards this.

Thanks for any help