thanks Ginge52 for prodding nokia on this one my n900 is a replacement direct from nokia after my usb port fell out of original one so it is not associated with any network at all
all other variants of the firmware are available (india usa middle east and affrica) what is so special or different about the uk version that justifys this delay
Its starting to p**s me off as we had to wait for PR1.2 and now PR1.3. Think i'm going to reflash to the Global and be done with it.
My advice to everyone here is to flash to Global Firmware. Though PR1.3 has bought very very little noticeable differences (no new features etc), it is still not ideal to be the last to get updates.
I'm on Vodafone UK and switched to Global during the PR1.2 fiasco. I faced the same problems with Voda so went Global.
i would go global but one tiny thing is stopping me my house got burgled and my data cable was taken why??? i have no idea but it was one of a lot of things stolen i did have a second cable at work but what did some clever person do run over the end with a chair crushing the connector which now doesnt fit my N900 im cable-less update-less and starting to get a bit cheesed off i understand it doesnt bring new features etc but to be able to keep up with everyone else would be nice
Really frustrated also. Haven't got the PR 1.3 OTA update yet here in Nairobi, Kenya. I bought my N900 in London. The PR 1.2 didn't take this long, I got it on the second day after release.
looking in my apt[1] i have downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/203 (unbranded generic) and a friend downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/mr0 (unbranded italy).
so... maybe we have differents repository and so we don't have the updates yet (i guess).
looking in my apt[1] i have downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/203 (unbranded generic) and a friend downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/mr0 (unbranded italy).
so... maybe we have differents repository and so we don't have the updates yet (i guess).
I've tried changing the repository for the software updates to mr0 but this had absolutely no effect.
looking in my apt[1] i have downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/203 (unbranded generic) and a friend downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/mr0 (unbranded italy).
so... maybe we have differents repository and so we don't have the updates yet (i guess).
I've tried changing the repository for the software updates to mr0 but this had absolutely no effect.
The packages have different names as well, so just changing the repository won't help. You really need to reflash in order to change the firmware variant.
Does anyone know the difference between the UK and the Global firmware? I'm tempted to flash the global firmware as the other updates have been blocked.
Nope, nobody from Nokia has ever responded on this question, and nobody who's switched firmware has been able to find any differences.
If you've not made lots of customisations, or bought much from Ovi (you only get 5 downloads per app), then I'd just reflash to the global generic and have done with it.
