03.24.07
Updated to 2007 v3 … all good. Here’s how you can prepare with a good backup
I just completed flashing my N800 and so far all is good. There are a few things to consider when doing an update as your tablet will be fresh (as in nothing but the defaults) when you bring it back online. You can backup your settings and prefs, though you will still have to reinstall applications. The good thing here is that your previous preferences are restored when the application comes back online. Nokia has stated that future software updates will likely be less “destructive,” though there has been no discussion on when we might see this…
If you are ready to do a software update — or just want to do a backup here’s what to do. First, we need to fire up the Backup/Restore Application:
Once, it’s open you can make a new backup (bottom left), restore, or delete backups if they start taking too much space up on your storage card.
Making a backup is as simple as naming it and choosing what options you’d like — though for this purpose I would suggest you do a full backup
After pressing OK, you should get a confirmation message a few minutes later and you are good to go. As you may have noticed from the series of screenshots, I do backups on occasion which is always a good idea with any computer.
At this point, you are ready to update the system to the latest release! As noted in the previous post, there are a few options for doing the update. Windows users can head right over to the official update page and follow the directions. Mac and Linux users need to be a bit more creative. I’ll cover the Mac update here, since my assumption is that Linux users are most likely to already know how to do this.
There is no official Mac Software Update tool, but Andrew Flegg has created a very handy tool called 770Flasher.app which you can download from his site. Don’t be put off by the name, it works great on the N800 and I’ve successfully updated my unit more than once. Once you’ve downloaded and installed the flasher app on your computer, you can proceed to download the binary file from Nokia here. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT EXPAND THIS FILE! SAVE IT DIRECTLY AS A .bin.
While things are downloading, you should take this time to remove the memory card from your Tablet, if you have one in the bottom slot (seems to cause fewer problems) and power down your unit. You should have a good solid charge in the battery to avoid any critical issues as it is recommended that you be disconnected from your charger during the process.
If everything is on your Mac, you can now open the 770Flasher app, accept the warning (it’s fine) and begin the update process. Simply point the flasher to your .bin from Nokia and once it states it’s waiting, power-up. You should see a USB icon in the top right corner and then the Flasher will kick in and do the update. Mine took less than 2 minutes to process.
When you power back up, you will likely see a prompt to restore your settings. I chose this option and my preferences and some system settings (including my network connections) all came right back online. As I’ve been installing applications I’ve seen my apps prefs restore as well.
I hope this is helpful for you … Good Luck!
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Les said, the better said,
November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Basically, follow the instructions here, especially the part about the backups and where to download the flasher (the 770 flasher for OS X works with the 800 too) and where to download the image to flash. However, there is one crucial step not mentioned on that page. After you do your
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Darla Mack said,
March 25, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Being a phone geek I sort of panicked because I’m use to that helpful restore function on PC Suite. The Nokia Internet Tablet Updater doesn’t have that function but it does remind you to back-up. Thanks to Jonathan’s tip I did a successful back-up and restore once my N800 was updated. Lol, I really didn’t want to lose that pink valentine’s day theme. One tip that I learned from InternetTabletTalk was to download the
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James said,
March 27, 2007 at 10:53 am
Has this system update fixed the slow performance with youtube video viewing? I noticed that there has been some changes to the flash player in this update. I should be getting my n800 in the next couple of weeks and I would really like to see better youtube video playback along with some other features.
Jonathan Greene said,
March 27, 2007 at 11:04 am
It is noticeably better… still not perfect, but much improved. You can also tweak the flash settings with a tap and hold on a video to lower the quality and increase the cache which definitely helps.
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timsamoff said,
March 28, 2007 at 9:41 am
Thanks for the write-up… You wouldn’t have any advice for backing up third-party apps and setting would you? The backup tool makes backups of _most_ third-party settings (which is nice), but not for, say, subscribed feeds in gPodder. Arg.
Jonathan Greene said,
March 28, 2007 at 10:35 am
I’d have to browse the device - though there’s likely something hiding in /usr/bin which will contain the subs. There’s no way I know of otherwise - at least for gPodder.
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