There are probably only a handful of you folks out there that can take advantage of this latest release, but nonetheless, we’d like to let you know that there’s a Nokia N97 firmware update now available.

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Nokia N97 firmware 11.0.021 has just been released to the public which addresses the numerous bugs and glitches that are currently hounding the Finnish company's newly released flagship phone. The following is the list of fixes and minor enhancements you can expect from this latest firmware:

  • USB detection error fix
  • PC does not detect N97 or USB charging connection not detected
  • Widget
  • Home screen online/offline widget crash fix
  • Fix for “Alphabetical and Number input are mixed in facebook until end key is pressed
  • Widget UI improvement - New facebook widget fixes a problem of Home Screen background visible on soft-key area
  • Browser fixes to improve widgets stability
  • MfE related fixes
  • Partial fix for Messaging/calendar entry lost
  • Mail for exchange calendar entry synchronization error fix.
  • UI transition error fixes (Portrait <-> landscape transition, there is a home screen corruption)
  • UI transition (Slowness and bad effects)
  • Slow Touch UI response
  • Picture of the device lock appears half of the screen when transitioning the UI sometimes
  • Landscape: in some cases the soft buttons on touch (right hand) show the Home Screen in background (install maps.google.com)
  • Photos thumbnail performance and stability improvements
  • Device performance deteriorates when lots of content in the device - especially photos
  • Partial fix no display backlight illumination when unlocking lock-key - CAP Genius reported already
  • New version of Accueweather to improve the “Connection error” situation
  • Device reset when browsing with high speed packet access (for Malaysia)
  • “Browser soft key UI doesn’t work after putting Chinese character with qwerty keyboard”
  • Java fixes (TCK, Pre-install app disappearing, *#7370#*)
  • Operator fixes (CMCC, Hutchson and Telefonica, Vodafone)
  • Ovi store client now embedded in the core image

As you can see, they surely didn't hold back in making this update certainly worth your time and effort. Likewise, Nokia has also quietly unleashed firmware 30.033 update for the N96.

So, whether you own an N96 or N97 mobile phone, you can start firing up Nokia PC Suite as there’s an appropriate update just waiting for you to download and install on your Nokia Nseries phone.

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