2006 OS is here!

[Invicta]

Download link to US Nokia site:
http://www.nokiausa.com/support/phones/softwareupdate/1,8461,770,00.html

Download link to European Nokia site:
http://europe.nokia.com/A4144790

Installer and image available at maemo.org:
http://maemo.org/downloads/nokia_770.php

Install new Windows wizard and download 2006 OS with it or download image from maemo.org and use Linux or Mac OS X flasher-2.0 (http://www.maemo.org/downloads/d3.php).

New version is 1.2006.26-8.

Edited to update information.

[Milhouse]

That appears to be just an updated Software Update Wizard for Windows - OS 2006 has not been released (suggest you change the title for this thread).

The link to the Wizard itself doesn't appear to be working on that page either - this (http://europe.nokia.com/files/support/global/phones/software/Nokia_770_SW_Update_Wizard.exe) is a working link.

In addition, you need to install Windows .net 2.0 before you can install this new wizard. :(

[NokNok770]

G-dammmit....got me all excited. Grrr

[Invicta]

That appears to be just an updated Software Update Wizard for Windows - OS 2006 has not been released
You need Update Wizard to download new 2006 OS. Try it.

[milen]

You need Update Wizard to download new 2006 OS. Try it.

Invicta is right. The new Update Wizard download new 2006 OS.

I just installed it. It says:
Internet Tablet OS 2006 edition
Version: 1.2006.26-8

and there are no "BETA" texts on the Home theme.

Can't see any obvious changes.

There is a "Speed contacts" applet at Home,
but I I'm not sure if it's new.

[Milhouse]

There's been no fanfare... seems very bizarre on Nokia's part to be releasing OS 2006 without any song and dance - are you sure you're not downloading the Beta OS 2006?

Would prefer a direct link to the firmware if possible, mainly because I don't want to have to keep re-downloading it if I flash multiple times (the page for the "manual" update doesn't exist so I assume it's possible to update from a local file once a download link becomes available). I'll try updating later this evening.

If you've updated already, what's does "Version" now say in Tools->Control Panel->Device->About product? For OS Beta 2006 it says "0.2006.22-21" (and also says BETA in the bottom left of the task bar and again in the system tray). Do you see "BETA" on the home page of your newly updated 770?

[Milhouse]

@Invicta - sorry for doubting you! :)
@milen - thanks for the update

Will try updating later this evening! :D

[Invicta]

1.2006.26-8, no beta.

[NokNok770]

Oh my god...my appologies to invicta. This IS the NEW 2006 OS. I'm downloading it right now. You have to download the wizard...and the wizard will guide you through downloading the OS. My appologies again....It seem that you have to update from nokia...you can't download it to your computer...at the moment. The new OS version is 2006SE_1.2006.26-8



Oh and I guess Nokia did deliver as promised

[NokNok770]

Well, one thing I noticed right away is my 2 gig card isn't working. So I guess they didn't include the patch.

[Invicta]

Would prefer a direct link to the firmware if possible, mainly because I don't want to have to keep re-downloading it if I flash multiple times (the page for the "manual" update doesn't exist so I assume it's possible to update from a local file once a download link becomes available).
There are instuctions to manual download at http://tableteer.nokia.com, but I can access is only with my 770. I get redirected if I use Firefox from my computer. According to tableteer support, firmware will be available at http://maemo.org/downloads/nokia_770, but it is not yet there.

[Milhouse]

Well, one thing I noticed right away is my 2 gig card isn't working. So I guess they didn't include the patch.

That is really poor - there has been no feedback from Nokia on bug #621 (https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=621), makes you wonder why we bother testing for them (and in this case, even providing a solution).

[NokNok770]

It's already posted on engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/30/nokia-770-os-upgrade-now-available/) . That was quick.

[NokNok770]

I like the tableteer thing they got. It nicely formatted for the 770. And you can download some themes and games. So-so....it's alright.

[gnuite]

I like the tableteer thing they got. It nicely formatted for the 770. And you can download some themes and games. So-so....it's alright.
I haven't seen it yet, but it sounds like they listened to my (and probably others') suggestion for a Nokia-endorsed (and -supported) software add-on site. This is a better idea, in my opinion, than just stuffing all of the software that they can into the flash image. For example, instead of pre-including an eBook reader (like FBReader), users that are actually interested in reading eBooks can add it onto their device, saving file system space for those users that don't care about eBooks.

Is there an Application Catalog for this? Hopefully there will be...

[Invicta]

Is Nokia trying roll this back? They have removed information of the 2006 OS from their site and are showing 2005 OS again.

Screencaptures from europe.nokia.com/A4144790
Before, 2006 OS (http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7711/nokia20065xi.gif)
Now, 2005 OS (http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/2103/nokiabackto20059yg.gif)

[Invicta]

Is there an Application Catalog for this? Hopefully there will be...
Yes, there is:

http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/certified/ mistral user
http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/non-certified/ mistral user

But I can't get these to work.

[frenchie]

Something's up. I wonder what's going on down at Nokia's end.

[Bowie]

PLEASE, would SOMEONE post a direct link to the image?

[kelmi]

http://europe.nokia.com/files/support/global/phones/software/Nokia_770_SW_Update_Wizard.exe

[mccake]

Anyone knows the steps to upgrade to 2006 OS with the previously released memory card extension hack? (swapping out files to SD card)

[Milhouse]

According to my Squid proxy, the wizard initaited the following request when downloading the image:

CONNECT aec.online.nokia.com:443 - DIRECT/84.53.154.240

[fanoush]

firmware is downloaded to
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\fiasco.bin

While it is downloaded and flashing, one can copy this file elsewhere. It gets deleted after flashing is finished.

[Bowie]

Would. Someone. Mind. Posting. A. Link. To. The. Image. Please.

(ugh!)

:)

[NokNok770]

Whatever you do, don't flash your 770 to support 2 gig card. It gave me the white screen of death. I'm going to try and reload the 2006 image again. Good idea fanoush...I'm going to try and save the image this time.

[NokNok770]

Oh crap...my download stop at 20 seconds to go....what is the deal here. I'm stuck with a whitescreen 770 right now.... :(

[Milhouse]

Can't install osso-xterm 0.13.mh8 :( - installation fails due to a missing GLIBC_2.4 symbol in libc.so.6.

[Bowie]

Good news.

The image is still available via the wizard as of the time of this writing (see date above..heh) ... It flashed cleanly, and looks quite good. :)

Incidentally, I copied off the fiasco.bin image, and will be making it available should Nokia kill off the last available route to get to it.

[Hedgecore]

OK seriously. What is this? Besides the 'Here ya go - - just kidding!' approach Nokia took with this, nobody can complain about bricking their tablets if they're sneaking in the back door and picking up the goods. For once I'm going to exercise some restraint and stick to the Beta for the time being. I don't believe that a few weeks was nearly long enough for a proper bug-fix cycle given all the issues I've noticed (crashes, connection mgr not finding any APs after being in sleep mode, complete lockups, less responsive mini keyboard, etc).

[Milhouse]

Image (and updated Wizard) now on maemo.org:

http://maemo.org/downloads/nokia_770.php


Filename: SU-18_2006SE_1.2006.26-8_PR_F5_MR0_ARM.bin
Size: 63297647
Brief Description: Software Edition 2006 version 1.2006.26-8
Notes: This is the final release of the Internet Tablet OS 2006 edition published now for maemo developers. The final release will also be published at nokia.com shortly.

[rachid]

Can't install osso-xterm 0.13.mh8 :( - installation fails due to a missing GLIBC_2.4 symbol in libc.so.6.

i installed it without problems. what for repositories do you use?

[Bowie]

WOOT!

I dont have a WiFi connection where I am, so, I cant test Google Talk or the browser yet.. But the beta worked perfect for me, so, nothing bad to expect here.


Good things so far:

They fixed the video player. :) I'm really, really picky when it comes to the video player, so i'm glad they did a good job here. I'm watching full-screen, TV-quality, paper-smooth 30FPS, high-bitrate MPEG goodness here played directly off the MMC card. Glitchless!

For the unbathed, always encode with low resolution and high bitrate. You'll manage about 120MB per hour of video... Thats like 8 hours of video on a 1GB MMC card.

Bad things so far:

Still contains a really, really weird list of cities to choose from when it comes to the clock. How many people do you think live in Andorra, versus Phoenix or St. Louis?

Fonts are still too damn big. But thats what themes are for. :)

[Milhouse]

OK seriously. What is this? Besides the 'Here ya go - - just kidding!' approach Nokia took with this, nobody can complain about bricking their tablets if they're sneaking in the back door and picking up the goods. For once I'm going to exercise some restraint and stick to the Beta for the time being. I don't believe that a few weeks was nearly long enough for a proper bug-fix cycle given all the issues I've noticed (crashes, connection mgr not finding any APs after being in sleep mode, complete lockups, less responsive mini keyboard, etc).

Have to agree - the beta was remarkably short lived (5 weeks?)

Note sure if this happens for others, but after restoring my backup (settings and bookmarks) from the Beta OS, if I reboot my 770 (which is running the "final" image) the word "BETA" appears in the system tray for a few seconds, then disappears. It's a minor bug, but irritating and once again raises a question mark about Nokia QA...

[Milhouse]

i installed it without problems. what for repositories do you use?

The two default tableteer catalogues;
repository.maemo.org, mistral-beta, free
repository.maemo.org, mistral-beta, non-free
maemo.hackers.org/apt, mistral, main

Edit: Seems to have installed successfully after I disabled the second of the two tableteer catalogues:

catalogue.tabletter.nokia.com/non-certified, mistral, user

Weird...

[NokNok770]

I think that Nokia did the right thing by fixing some of the bugs and releasing it. Even though it's not tottally "fixed". I rather they keep their word and do what they said than pull a Microsoft or a Sony. That is delays, delays, delays. This way, we can enjoy what has been fixed and I'm sure they'll continue to fix those reported bugs.

[Invicta]

The two default tableteer catalogues;
repository.maemo.org, mistral-beta, free
repository.maemo.org, mistral-beta, non-free
maemo.hackers.org/apt, mistral, main

Edit: Seems to have installed successfully after I disabled the second of the two tableteer catalogues:

catalogue.tabletter.nokia.com/non-certified, mistral, user

Weird...
I still can't get this working. I disabled 2nd tableteer repository, but I can't edit 1st to disable it too.

I get lots of errors to log:

E: Failed to fetch http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/certified/dists/mistral/Realese.gpg
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com mistral/user Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com_certified_dists_mist ral_user_binary-armel_Packages) - stats (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com mistral/user Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com_certified_dists_mist ral_user_binary-armel_Packages) - stats (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

[kimmoj]

Looks like things are moving right along... too bad I can't upgrade because this closes too many doors to get software into the machine (ie non-standard arm binaries etc) but as soon as that changes I'll be joining you. ;)

[dattani98]

VM still only allows for upto 64MB and NOT 1GB as they promised.

Does anyone have a script to extend rootfs & swap etc?? :confused:

[smackpotato]

my flasher doesnt work, flasher.dapper. it asks for a newer version. could someone point me to tthe proper one

[=DC=]

my flasher doesnt work, flasher.dapper. it asks for a newer version. could someone point me to tthe proper one
I used the flasher-2.0 one since that was what was required for the beta. It worked for me without any problems. :)

[NokNok770]

Anyone got their 2gig card working on the NEW OS? I'm afraid to do it again after it gave me a white screen.

[=DC=]

I'm watching full-screen, TV-quality, paper-smooth 30FPS, high-bitrate MPEG goodness here played directly off the MMC card. Glitchless!

For the unbathed, always encode with low resolution and high bitrate. You'll manage about 120MB per hour of video... Thats like 8 hours of video on a 1GB MMC card.
What resolution are you using Bowie? I had issues playing video at 352 x 208 at 30 fps, but was able to get it working at 15 fps.

[=DC=]

Have to agree - the beta was remarkably short lived (5 weeks?)

Note sure if this happens for others, but after restoring my backup (settings and bookmarks) from the Beta OS, if I reboot my 770 (which is running the "final" image) the word "BETA" appears in the system tray for a few seconds, then disappears. It's a minor bug, but irritating and once again raises a question mark about Nokia QA...The beta text never showed up for me. Anyone else having the same problem as Milhouse?

[aflegg]

That is really poor - there has been no feedback from Nokia on bug #621 (https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=621), makes you wonder why we bother testing for them (and in this case, even providing a solution).

Yeah, it might suck for users with 2GB cards that they have to use two 1GB partitions, but personally I'd rather Nokia didn't rush in a kernel patch a week before the final release! Software testing takes time and last minute "small" changes always cause the most pain.

Glad they held off - introduce it at a later date.

Cheers,

Andrew

[bradb]

Yeah, it might suck for users with 2GB cards that they have to use two 1GB partitions

The problem is actually worse than that - you can't use a MMC bigger than 1GB period. No matter what geometry or partition size.

I'd bet there will be a new kernel (for the impatient) available within the week that will solve this problem.

Brad.

[gnuite]

VM still only allows for upto 64MB and NOT 1GB as they promised.
My god, why on earth would you want 1 GB of swap space!? :)

I don't use swap at all, and I have very few problems, usually when I have the javascript-enabled gmail open in a browser (that's why I usually use the javascript-disabled version - much lighter!).

64 MB of swap should be enough for everybody. :)

[dattani98]

I wouldnt want to use 1GB of swap! But 128MB would be ideal. This is what I had before and my unit hardly ever crashed. I've kinda got used to that!

Besides - what's good for one person wont necessarily be good for another. Its nice to have the option to select VM according to ones needs.

[Milhouse]

Yeah, it might suck for users with 2GB cards that they have to use two 1GB partitions, but personally I'd rather Nokia didn't rush in a kernel patch a week before the final release! Software testing takes time and last minute "small" changes always cause the most pain.


You're right of course - a last minute change can (and usually does) result in more problems than it's worth.

Unfortunately anyone with a 2GB card has 2GB of memory they can't use at all. :(

The frustrating thing is that the bug/enhancement is receiving no attention from Nokia, so we don't even know what their plans are for the future. If they posted a comment along the lines of "Taking ownership, too late for initial release but will patch into a later update" then great. Instead, chuff all. Not good.

(Oh, and Opera [OS 2006 release] just died on me for no reason while browsing this site - bah!)

[bradb]

Besides - what's good for one person wont necessarily be good for another. Its nice to have the option to select VM according to ones needs.

Yup, but does anyone remember the old rule of thumb for swap - 1.5 times the amount of memory? Just a WAG, but I'd bet you've probably never used more than half of that 128MB swap.

BTW, I think the comment about 1GB swap is a poorly worded statement on Nokia's part. The text in question reads:

"Option for extended virtual memory (RS-MMC up to 1 GB)"

I suspect this is really supposed to be two different lines of specifications, and wasn't intended to mean 1GB swap is possible - just that (a) you can have virtual memory, and (b) the 770 is limited to 1GB MMC expansion.

Brad.

[bradb]

Anyone got their 2gig card working on the NEW OS? I'm afraid to do it again after it gave me a white screen.

Don't bother. I tried it too, and it seems this is a new way to brick your 770. It's never crashed like this before (screen fades to white).

Hopefully a new toolchain will fix this.

Brad.

[aflegg]

The frustrating thing is that the bug/enhancement is receiving no attention from Nokia, so we don't even know what their plans are for the future. If they posted a comment along the lines of "Taking ownership, too late for initial release but will patch into a later update" then great. Instead, chuff all. Not good.

Yeah, but it's not just this - it's well known both outside and within Nokia that the bug-handling process is sub-optimal.

At least it's (slightly) better now than it was back in November.

For example, if anyone raised bugs on the beta: are they fixed in the release version? If so, I bet there's no movement on your bug in bugzilla :-(

[Bowie]

What resolution are you using Bowie? I had issues playing video at 352 x 208 at 30 fps, but was able to get it working at 15 fps.


I use the Media Convertor app thats been floating around..the lowest resolution it offers.

[rattis]

Whatever you do, don't flash your 770 to support 2 gig card. It gave me the white screen of death. I'm going to try and reload the 2006 image again.

Were you able to un-white screen your 770? Mine white screened while I was trying to upgrade (the linux flasher failed a few times, and when I switched to windows it failed).

[NokNok770]

[Q[
UOTE=rattis]Were you able to un-white screen your
770? Mine white screened while I was trying to
upgrade (the linux flasher failed a few times, and when
I switched to windows it failed).[QUOTE]

a simple reflash using the new windows wizard worked for me.

[rattis]

a simple reflash using the new windows wizard worked for me.

Tried both the windows wizard and the linux flash (got to work), neither one worked.

[ploum]

So, is the 0S2006 released and is there a way to flash my 770 from a Dapper box ? (no windows available)

[ploum]

answer to myself : use flasher-2.0 (not easy to find) and it works. 2006 OS seems great. I only wish I could disable those "applications is open/close" sounds without disabling other sounds.

The network connectivity is awesome !!!

[NokNok770]

Tried both the windows wizard and the linux flash (got to work), neither one worked.

Try flasher-2.0? Holding down home while powering up. Does it give you usb icon at top right corner?

[mike v]

what eye candy first impresion is very good do the maemo download the .net framework then the download and bang it works very nice interface nice colors also ill be busy for a while toying with new software so cya

[darcon]

Woohoo! Audio player supports adding multiple tracks to a playlist :)

[chris111]

As Ari Jaaksi (head of linux Nokia 770 within Nokia) write in his blog there is really OS2006 out yet. He wrote Nokie hompages will get the version soon on there hompages. I think Nokia will make press marketing as soon it is available on their hompage

http://jaaksi.blogspot.com/

[maimed]

You can now download OS 2006 from the Nokia US website

[Jejoma]

You can now download OS 2006 from the Nokia US website

So why is it still unavailable from the UK site?

[Jejoma]

When I change a theme under 2006 the colour of the boxes changes but the background remains vivid orange. Can anyone help me change the background please (or does it have to remain that ghastly colour?)

[aflegg]

Same as on 2005 OS: Home > Tools > Set background image...

[Jejoma]

Thanks Andrew. I'd been all throught the instruction book and couldn't find it - plus I was convinced that when I'd changed the background under 2005 it was linked to the theme change!