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Old May 9th, 2008, 03:30 AM
Chris Blunt
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Default N95 software update problem

On Fri, 09 May 2008 06:45:18 +0100, Steve
<steve@parity.demon.removethis.co.uk> wrote:

>I think Nokia are having problems with their server at the moment (I
>got this information from a reputable phone shop) and this manifests
>itself in different ways.
>
>So I think you should wait a few weeks and try again !
>I have a N95, 3 x 6280's and a 6288 between my wife and myself and I
>am holding off updating !
>
>I did try updating one of the 6280's, and I use Windows XP Pro, and
>had the exact same problem as you have with the N95 !!!!!
>
>I did upgrade my software to 20.0.015 (from 12.0.013) on 31-12-2007
>and as the update is only minor (only the last 2 verion numbers have
>changed), I am holding back, in fact I might not bother until a bigger
>update occurs.
>Basically tou have to reinstall EVERYTHING from scratch when you
>upgrade.. what a pain !
>I wish Nokia would explain EXACTLY what these updates include.. then
>you could make an informed decision whether or not to upgrade !
>
>Regards,
>Steve


Just to clarify, my problem is not related to the upgrade firmware of
the phone, its with the Nokia Software Updater application itself.

Chris


>On Fri, 09 May 2008 10:58:44 +0800, Chris Blunt <mail@nospam.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 09 May 2008 09:46:53 +0700, Sul <Sul@E888.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Chris Blunt wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 08 May 2008 14:09:34 +0700, Sul <Sul@E888.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Moo wrote:
>>>>>> I'm trying to update the software on an Orange N95 (UK). Using the
>>>>>> latest PC Suite, I plugged the phone in and backed everything up without
>>>>>> problem, when I clicked on the update phone software I was told to
>>>>>> install some software on the pc and the phone (it said PC Support was
>>>>>> missing on the phone).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After this nokia did an auto-update of some drivers and software and I
>>>>>> was told to unplug the phone. When everything was finished, I plugged
>>>>>> the phone back in and now it is no longer recognised?!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried a number of times but Vista just says that it does not recognise
>>>>>> the device anymore, when I tell it to find the drivers for me it goes
>>>>>> off looking for a while before returning an error message for each of
>>>>>> the different components for the phone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas what I can do to fix this? Uninstall/reinstall PC Suite?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Moo
>>>>>>
>>>>> try doing a repair of PC Suite
>>>>>
>>>>> go to Add/Remove
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just tried updating my N95. Nokia Software Updater wanted to update
>>>> itself first with a new version first, so I went ahead with that. Now,
>>>> when I run the updater I get a message which says:
>>>>
>>>> "Sorry, Microsoft Windows Vista is currently not supported. Vista
>>>> support will be added again as soon as possible."
>>>>
>>>> The previous version of Nokia Software Updater seemed to run fine on
>>>> my Vista system so I'm not sure why Nokia no longer support Vista on
>>>> the latest release.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>
>>>is your Vista with the SP1?

>>
>>Yes

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