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Posted: July 4, 2012 at 11:19 am

Video: PR1.3 Demoed on Nokia N9 + User Reported Changelog!


As you know, Nokia has officially announced the availability of PR 1.3 firmware update for N9 and its now roll-out. The update brings over 1000 quality improvements, including Mail, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as several small network and connectivity improvements.

Nokia has only published a bit of changelog and has not mentioned about these 1000 quality improvements. But folks over Maemo/MeeGo community at Maemo.org has published user reported changelog for PR1.3 update:

 Official Nokia changelog:

  • Over 1000 quality improvements including Mail, Facebook, Twitter, minor network & connectivity improvements. Version 40.2012-21.3 (Official changelog)
  • Twitter (1.3.50+0m8)
  • Nokia Store (3.24.010+0m8)
  • Nokia Music (0.4.5-1+0m8)
  • Nokia Link (0.1.2+0m8)
  • Maps (4.2.55+0m8)
  • Facebook (1.3.2+0m8)
  • Drive (2.0.8+0m8)
  • AccuWeather (1.0.19+0m8)

User reported changelog:

  • file upload now seems to work using the default browser (1)
  • video decoding got improved (1) (2) (3)
  • UI feels alot smoother now (1) (2) (3)
  • Beep profile has an Icon on status bar and standby screen (1) (2)
  • It seems that wireless networks are found much faster than before. In addition the device sees more networks than with PR1.2 (1)
  • Fix for GNOME Bug 662125 - Sharing uses 100% CPU if a client requests a lot of small slices from a media file, most visible symptom is choppy video playback (1)
  • Compatibility fix for XBox360 (GNOME Bug 664184): Previously showed a single song up to 5 times in the “All Songs” list (1)
  • better NFC support with C7 (1)
  • Inception 0.1 security hole got fixed (but there is Inception 0.2 already) (1)
  • Swipe resistance fix for RSS reader app (1)
  • “Fenix not responding” message was renamed to “Mail not responding” (1)
  • certificate-based access in MfE works now (1)
  • Swype keyboard works again properly in terminal (was broken on pr1.2) (1)
  • The browser top sites selection seems to be less laggy coming up (1)
  • Camera improvements (out of centre focusing and improved autofocus in low light) (1)
  • New fonts again (1)
  • Nokia Maps positioning is a lot faster when in indoor (1)
  • Twitter app now support timeline & mentions streaming (1)
  • The weather widget background on the notification screen is now transparent (1) (2)
  • Copy/Paste text is more precise now to select (1)
  • Nokia Music store payment bug fixed (1)
  • Various minor performance and layouting fixes were made for the application icons and folders (1)
  • Bookmarks were opened using the previous default browser after changing the default browser (1)
  • Application icons were sometimes incorrectly shown after unsuccessful application installation (1)
  • Some default application names were truncated in some languages (1)
  • Notification timestamps were incorrect in certain scenarios (1)
  • Profile selection did not work after using headset (1)
  • Lock screen did not update when connected to a TV (1)

PR1.3 demo on Nokia N9 via MyNokiaBlog

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