Nokia N950 receives (PR 1.1) software update

The developer only Nokia N950 has received a firmware update taking it to PR 1.1. The N950 runs Meego which will be updated to 2.2011.39-5 and the file size of the update will be 278.6 MB

The update is available OTA and you can check for it by heading to Settings > Applications > Update

The update brings Swype and allows you to share images on Twitter among other new features and improvements. The full changelog of this update follows.




Release Notes For Nokia N950 device software PR1.1 (39-5)       18.10.2011

General:

The Nokia N950 PR1.1 software is apart from some hardware and license related differences a close match to Nokia N9 release 1.1 software. The major feature in this release is that it includes two variants of the software: the Global and Chinese variants. This over the air update uses the Global variant, the Chinese variant will be available later (as a separately flashable image).

Other points of interest:

• General Help (Info buttons) is disabled in the UI.
• Developers should check out the developer section below, and review the OneClickFlasher release notes, as these are used to switch between variants.

Changes from Nokia N950 Beta 2 (34-2) to Nokia N950 PR1.1 (39-5):

• Application close by swiping from top to bottom is now always on.
• Improved memory handling to boost application startup and overall performance.
• Multilanguage keyboard and support for Swype.
• Support for Chinese language (separate variant).
• Added plugin support for Google, Picasa, Flickr and YouTube.
• Number of small UI tweaks e.g status bar notification icon updates.
• Number of bug fixes and changes have been implemented.
• Galaxy on Fire  application has been added.
• Need for Speed Shift application has bee added.
• Widgets Gallery and QT Quick components gallery application have been removed.

Developers

• If the device becomes unresponsive you can to perform a hardware reset. Press the power key on top of the device and keep it pressed down for 8 or more seconds.
• eMMC erase may fail in some devices (see One Click Flasher release notes for details).
• Reminder: you will need enable developer mode manually after flashing with a new image (i.e. when changing variants)
• Developer mode is OFF by default. User needs to enable this option in order to download and install the developer tools.  See Settings->Security->Developer mode.
• Allow installations from non-Store sources is OFF by default. User needs to enable this option in order to allow installation of applications from other sources.  See Settings->Installations. 

Updating from Beta2 to PR1.1 over-the-air using SSU

• Users will get a notification (appears in events view) that they can accept to start the update process.
• Alternatively users can manually check for updates by going to N950 Settings->Applications->Manage Applications
• Users may get low memory and connectivity messages during the installation process.
  These messages can be ignored.
• Galaxy on Fire II and Need For Speed Shift are not part of SSU update download.

If you are a developer who owns a Nokia N950 please share your experiences with the update in the comments section which follows