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Nokia released a new firmware version for the E61 yesterday. Upgrading the firmware is a simple process involving my almost retired PC and a the Nokia Software Update program. Well ir should be a simple process but the NSU insists that there are is no new software version for my 3 branded E61. A useful article explains how to get round this. I'd previously tried this but with no success. This time things went better. I tried changing my product code to a generic UK code (0538289). This was better than the installed code and installed v2.618.06.05. That was a step forward but I wanted more. I then tried the one listed in the above article - 0524755. This worked fine and the new version installed successfully.

The upgrade process unfortunately lost the default 3 theme. A well design theme that worked well. I'll have to try some others again. The other unfortunate side affect was that the ? have / swapped over. Annoying, but I can live with it. The upgrade has fixed some of the problems I'd noticed before.

• The Services Browser works with the 3 today page. The Internet page of this usually (but not always) displays with lots of broken image links.
• The Gmail contacts screen is no longer keypad only.

Further details can be found at E-Series