Hello, I am still considering an N97 and am wondering how the update service works. Does it download and install automatically or do you have to tell the phone to go get it and install it? Sorry if this seems like a simple question... My goal is to understand how such updates work work provided that I purchased an unlocked NAM version of this phone and used it on my AT&T plan with the $15/mo data plan.
You download the firmware update to your pc, connect with usb, then run the nokia software updated program. And that's basically it. You can probably do it without a SIM inserted, honestly.
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Hello, I am still considering an N97 and am wondering how the update service works. Does it download and install automatically or do you have to tell the phone to go get it and install it? Sorry if this seems like a simple question... My goal is to understand how such updates work work provided that I purchased an unlocked NAM version of this phone and used it on my AT&T plan with the $15/mo data plan.
You download the firmware update to your pc, connect with usb, then run the nokia software updated program. And that's basically it. You can probably do it without a SIM inserted, honestly.
Nokia Software Updater requires a SIM to be in the phone and for the phone to be in Online mode. Why, I couldn't tell you.