Nokia 5800 Firmware Update v50.0.005 Rolls Out, Adds Few N97 GoodiesFiled Under Nokia 5800 News
It’s been a while (three months to be specific), since Nokia last released a firmware update to their best selling touchscreen device-5800Xpress Music and lest you be thinking of Nokia abandoning it’s loyal customer base, we have an update for you. Infact it’s our Finnish friends who have released an update for the 5800 firmware, which to be honest caught us by surprise, considering the update frequency in the recent times for our 5800s.
The latest firmware is v50.0.005 and since Nokia have jumped from v40.*.* to v50.*.*, we are expecting some major improvements. The update is available for a select few product codes (spread across Europe, South America and Asia) at the time of drafting this post and is expected to hit the Nokia Update servers worldwide in a short matter of time. As seen with previous updates, v50.0.005 is available over both Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) and Nokia Software Updater (NSU). While we weren’t able to get the update on our 5800 ourselves, several of our 5800 friends across the globe have been alerting us on the update and we are wasting no time in updating our readers of the same. What’s new in v50.0.005? Find out after the break.
Before we proceed to the changelog of v50.0.005, let’s us remind you how to update the firmware on your 5800s. As mentioned previously there are two methods:
1) FOTA: Just enter *#0000# on your dial screen, then go to options- check for updates
2) NSU: Download and install Nokia Software Updater application, connect the phone to the PC and click check for update
If the Nokia servers return the message “No updates were found for your device”, don’t panic as the update will be released across all product codes over the due course of time. So keep trying!
As of now the product codes for which this update is available are:
0559472 Taiwan RED 50.0.005 0559473 Hong Kong RED 50.0.005 0559476 APAC1 RED 50.0.005 0559548 APAC2 RED 50.0.005 0559668 APAC2 AU RED 50.0.005 0559669 APAC2 NZ RED 50.0.005 0559670 APAC1 Indonesia RED 50.0.005 0559673 APAC2 India RED 50.0.005 0559676 Vietnam RED 50.0.005 0559678 Thailand RED 50.0.005 0559857 Taiwan BLUE 50.0.005 0559931 Hong Kong BLUE 50.0.005 0559950 APAC1 BLUE 50.0.005 0559953 APAC2 BLUE 50.0.005 0559958 APAC2 AU BLUE 50.0.005 0559959 APAC2 NZ BLUE 50.0.005 0559960 APAC1 Indonesia BLUE 50.0.005 0559961 APAC2 India BLUE 50.0.005 0559962 Vietnam BLUE 50.0.005 0559963 Thailand BLUE 50.0.005 0570196 APAC1 RED MALAYSIA 50.0.005 0570197 APAC1 BLUE MALAYSIA 50.0.005 0570200 APAC2 BLUE BANGALDESH 50.0.005 0570201 APAC2 RED BANGLADESH 50.0.005 0570203 APAC2 BLUE SOUTH ASIA 50.0.005 0570204 APAC2 RED SOUTH ASIA 50.0.005 0573776 Taiwan Black 50.0.005 0573780 Hong Kong Black 50.0.005 0573784 APAC1 Black 50.0.005 0573786 APAC1 Black MALAYSIA 50.0.005 0573787 APAC2 Black 50.0.005 0573788 APAC2 AU Black 50.0.005 0573791 APAC2 NZ Black 50.0.005 0573794 APAC1 Indonesia Black 50.0.005 0573797 APAC2 India Black 50.0.005 0573800 Vietnam Black 50.0.005 0573801 Thailand Black 50.0.005 0573859 APAC2 Black BANGLADESH 50.0.005 0573860 APAC2 Black SOUTH ASIA 50.0.005 0576527 APAC1 Blue CAMBODIA 50.0.005 0576528 APAC1 Black CAMBODIA 50.0.005 0576530 APAC1 RED CAMBODIA 50.0.005 0591824 APAC1 GUN and BLACK SINGAPORE 50.0.005 0591825 APAC1 GUN and BLACK MALAYSIA 50.0.005 0591826 APAC2 GUN and BLACK PHILIPPINES 50.0.005 0591827 APAC2 GUN and BLACK AUSTRALIA 50.0.005 0591828 APAC2 GUN and BLACK NEW ZEALAND 50.0.005 0591829 APAC1 GUN and BLACK INDONESIA 50.0.005 0591831 VIETNAM GUN and BLACK 50.0.005 0591832 THAI GUN and BLACK 50.0.005 0591833 APAC2 GUN and BLACK BANGLADESH 50.0.005 0591834 APAC2 GUN and BLACK SOUTH ASIA 50.0.005 0591835 APAC1 GUN and BLACK CAMBODIA 50.0.005 0598719 RM-356 Hong Kong GUN and BLACK 50.0.005
To be honest, we don’t know for sure for we haven’t got our hands on the update ourselves. But 5800ers across the planet have reported N97ish features including the alphabet display in album scroll in the music player, pre-installation of Quick Office and GetRihanna apps. No news on homescreen widgets though : (
Did you notice any other improvements? Do let us know if you have.
- Music player with mini albumart view in all songs and album sections now like Nokia N97 music player
- Menu has kinetic scrolling
- Quick office integrated
- Hide option in music player in place of exit
- MusicPlayer refreshing very fast
- One touch dialling and call settings options in dialler
- Camera Quality is improved
- There is an option to uninstall quick office from phone too
- OviSync application added
- Option to enable history list in web browser
- Option to send webpage via message blutooth in webbrowser
Note: It seems this firmware version is not officially out YET by Nokia and it actually got leaked on net before its official release. You can wait for few days before it officially comes out via OTA or NSU or you can flash your phone with these instructions to get your hands on it.
Firmware update v50.0.005 is officially available now via OTA and NSU for most of the product codes. Though it seems Nokia has not released Quickoffice for all product codes.