I just received my new Nokia N8 early last week and so far have been fairly well impressed.
The interface isn't as smooth as the iPhone 3GS, particularly when it's multi-tasking a few apps but the features rock. Flash, high quality camera, JAVA apps support and integrated FM transmitter are some of my favourite features. Plus micro SD support now up to 32gb, 16gb internal memory, USB flash drive / external hard drive support and pentband compatibility make this phone almost the perfect fit for me. I miss having physical QWERTY keyboard as with the E71, E72 but the on-screen keyboard isn't too bad and the tactile vibration feedback when a key is pressed is a nice addition.
Tonight I Arabised the phone. Here's how to do it.
0. BACKUP your phone! I missed this step :) but you can skip it if you don't want to keep any data.
1. Download and run Navifirm. The full list of Nokia products will load, then select the N8. Go to RM-596 and select the product code Syria 0599460. Download all the files.
2. Grab the Phoenix Flash Program
3. Copy all the files you downloaded in step 1 to c:\program files\Nokia\Phoenix\Products\RM-596. Phoenix will flash your phone with these files.
4. Shutdown Ovi Suite or PC Suite if you have them running.
5. Open Phoenix. Click File -> Scan Product and then click on Flashing -> Firmware Update.
6. On the right of the Product Code section click the three full stops "…"
7. The files you put in the RM-596 should show up. Click ok.
8. Click Refurbish.
9. A warning will pop up about a "16G" file being missing. This doesn't matter. Click continue anyway.
10. Your phone will restart a couple of times and Windows may end up installing a few extra devices. After a couple of minutes the flashing will complete and your phone will start up all shiny and new. Now you have an Arabic keyboard and you put the phone language into Arabic.
The interface isn't as smooth as the iPhone 3GS, particularly when it's multi-tasking a few apps but the features rock. Flash, high quality camera, JAVA apps support and integrated FM transmitter are some of my favourite features. Plus micro SD support now up to 32gb, 16gb internal memory, USB flash drive / external hard drive support and pentband compatibility make this phone almost the perfect fit for me. I miss having physical QWERTY keyboard as with the E71, E72 but the on-screen keyboard isn't too bad and the tactile vibration feedback when a key is pressed is a nice addition.
Tonight I Arabised the phone. Here's how to do it.
0. BACKUP your phone! I missed this step :) but you can skip it if you don't want to keep any data.
1. Download and run Navifirm. The full list of Nokia products will load, then select the N8. Go to RM-596 and select the product code Syria 0599460. Download all the files.
2. Grab the Phoenix Flash Program
3. Copy all the files you downloaded in step 1 to c:\program files\Nokia\Phoenix\Products\RM-596. Phoenix will flash your phone with these files.
4. Shutdown Ovi Suite or PC Suite if you have them running.
5. Open Phoenix. Click File -> Scan Product and then click on Flashing -> Firmware Update.
6. On the right of the Product Code section click the three full stops "…"
7. The files you put in the RM-596 should show up. Click ok.
8. Click Refurbish.
9. A warning will pop up about a "16G" file being missing. This doesn't matter. Click continue anyway.
10. Your phone will restart a couple of times and Windows may end up installing a few extra devices. After a couple of minutes the flashing will complete and your phone will start up all shiny and new. Now you have an Arabic keyboard and you put the phone language into Arabic.
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