The Nokia N900 gets a Firmware Update to version PR 1.3 (V20.2010.36-2)

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by Clinton Jeff | on October 25th, 2010 | 28 comments

The Nokia N900 Firmware PR 1.3 (V20.2010.36-2) has apparently finally been officially released, and should begin rolling out to devices today. It’s previous software version was PR 1.2 (V10.2010.19-1).

The update brings along a couple improvements. The Official changelog is:

Latest software release for Nokia N900 is 20.2010.36-2 *
Nokia Ovi Suite support added
Performance improvements

Be patient if you can’t see an update yet, as it will come to your time zone at some point in the next few days as it will roll out region by region.

This update can be installed over the air by users. To install the new firmware on your device using Firmware Over-The-Air (FOTA), launch the Application Manager and select “update”. You might want to use a WLAN/Wifi connection and avoid doing this over GPRS/3G if you’re on a limited DataPlan, since the FOTA update is reportedly quite large. OTA software updates is available now in UK, other countries have been scheduled to get it tomorrow.

An update via OTA usually retains all your data and settings, but just incase it’s always advisable to make a backup of your data, just incase.

You could also use Nokia Software Updater. Make sure your N900 has a Sim Card inserted and is on the “General” profile. I havent done this on the N900 yet though, so I’m not entirely sure if an update via NSU retains all your data, or wipes it out.

You might want to uninstall any apps from, or disable the extras-devel first, too. Always remember to make a backup of your data, just in case.

If you have an N900 and noticed anything new with this firmware update, or anything we missed, do let us know in the comments below !

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Comments (28)

NSK Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
thanks. u r the quickest CJ!
Jonne Eilimö Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
Hey there CJ, Are you sure this is actually PR1.3? PR1.3 was supposed to have dual-booting to MeeGo in it, and this one doesn't.
- DARKFiB3R Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
  Allows you to dual boot easily, without using a PC. Does not, and was never going to come with MeeGo
- Clinton Jeff Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
  Hey there Jonne! As DARKFiB3R said, it should allow you to dual boot MeeGo, but it doesnt come with it. That is ofcourse, if Nokia was right about it lol. This is PR1.3 according to Nokia :)
  - Jonne Eilimö Tuesday - 26 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    OK, thanks :)
DARKFiB3R Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
Still not available from the app manager for me in the UK
Anonymous Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
Any ideas of the full changelog?
- Clinton Jeff Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
  None yet unfortch. So far it's just the official changelog included above.
ardikakashi007 Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
No lag in video recording anymore...
Clinton Jeff Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
PR 1.3 FM images at http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N900.php
Karan Satija Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
Just downloading it..lets ee its around 86MBs... But what about meego?? Is it a part of this update??
Karan Satija Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
Whats new I cant find anything new??
- Mike Tuesday - 26 / 10 / 2010 Reply
  Same here, I was really looking forward to this update, but cannot find anything new, maybe Im missing something. So disappointing.
oneFinn Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
PR 1.3 has re-route in Maps. Allows user to reroute from current gps position to target address. Nice addition, though not automatic..
bluejacker Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
Installed it. See no big difference. Still runs fine overclocked (500 - 850mhz), just in case somebody wants to know...
Mher Kndo Tuesday - 26 / 10 / 2010 Reply
msn integrated like skype
- Gszah90 Tuesday - 26 / 10 / 2010 Reply
  Where did you find MSN ?
Leonard Lache Tuesday - 26 / 10 / 2010 Reply
I confirm that user data is preserved during firmware update via Nokia Software Update so you should not worry about that.
Jamesturone Thursday - 28 / 10 / 2010 Reply
I 't find update either. It's just Finnish being difficult to Britain. It annoys me that everyone else gets it before us and I'm of european desent.
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