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Nokia Symbian phones beginning to get Belle Refresh update

By on August 27, 2012 at 2:40pm in Mobile News

If your Nokia Symbian phone has yet to receive its Belle Refresh update, rest easy, help is on the way.

The Nokia N8, E7, C7, C6-01 and X7 will begin receiving their Belle Refresh updates this week, though availability will be based on carrier and particular model number. Some Canadians have not yet received their Belle updates, so this will be good news for those Symbian holdouts.

Besides a pretty nice aesthetic overhaul, which includes a drop-down notification bar a la Android, Belle brings HTML 5 support to the browser and a new set of homescreen widgets. This release will also bundle Microsoft’s Office Mobile App and Nokia Maps Suite 2.0.

Source: Nokia

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25 comments for “Nokia Symbian phones beginning to get Belle Refresh update”

  1. I’m a nokia wind holdout. finally! yay.

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    Posted by shaker | August 27, 2012, 2:46 pm
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  2. What about Nokia 500 on Wind?

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    Posted by GTeh | August 27, 2012, 2:48 pm
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    • Nokia 500 updates will start to be launched within the next few weeks

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      Posted by chall2k5 | August 27, 2012, 2:58 pm

  3. The edges on the clock look rounded I sense an upcoming Apple Lawsuit…

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    Posted by Vinny | August 27, 2012, 2:56 pm
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    • Nope. Unlike Samsung and Google Nokia can actually be original.

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      Posted by Fartknocker | August 27, 2012, 3:22 pm

  4. Surprisingly enough, I got my update this morning. I had a PRC OEM phone, but re-flashed it to a North American OEM ROM. Had to wait a while for the last update to hit my N8, but this one was 12 mb FOTA and appeared this morning.

    Didn’t appear in Software Update, had to *#0000# and check for updates in there.

    Nothing is noticeably different, it actually reset 3 or 4 times after the upgrade, but it’s settled now. Nice to have the latest and greatest, but I don’t use the Music Player much and use Opera Browser, so those improvements are nil. The Mobile Data counter is nice, but I’m on Mobi so also irrelevant.

    I doubt Wind users will ever even get Belle, and the 500 OEM images will be another couple weeks because they have to be optimized for the lower end hardware.

    You’re both further ahead googling how to flash your phone to an OEM image using Phoenix and Navifirm!

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    Posted by Alex | August 27, 2012, 2:59 pm
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    Posted by TKG26 | August 27, 2012, 3:24 pm
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    Posted by Dylan D | August 27, 2012, 4:47 pm
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    • “still supporting”?! Where have you been? This is no surprise. I’m not surprised at all that Nokia rolls out the Belle FP1 updates that the older phones can handle. Same old good stable service as always. Nokia won’t come back on WP if they treat their millions of past customers badly.

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      Posted by robinottawa | August 27, 2012, 5:13 pm

    • Maybe it is because no other Mobile Operating system on Earth is as capable as Symbian yet. Sure Android is coming along nicely and is essentially todays Symbian (the dominant platofrm used by all the major OEMs), but as far as being the Swiss Army Knife of Mobile Phone OS’es (Yes I know it’s Finnish, it’s just an analagy), Symbian still reigns.

      The thing Nokia is learning though, is that Symbian users are not willing to give up all the freedom they had in favor of a sandbox OS like Windows Phone and Android has been the largest beneficiary of Nokia choosing Windows Phone as their only platform.

      I’m glad they sold off Qt though as it did not have a bright future at Nokia any longer and as a proud Canadian of Finnish decent, I’m all for Team BlackBerry and the power of Cascades (built on Qt/QML) as my next generation platform of Choice.

      Love my N8 still to this day though and am seriously considering a Nokia 808 as a last great Nokia phone.

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      Posted by KC | August 27, 2012, 5:55 pm

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    Posted by sickpuppy | August 27, 2012, 5:30 pm
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  8. Very satisfied user here..

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    Posted by C7User | August 27, 2012, 5:55 pm
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  9. Will rogers brand N8 get this software update?

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    Posted by N8 big boy | August 27, 2012, 6:45 pm
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    • Probably not you should just update it yourself all you do is download the update and plug your phone in and install

      nothing needed like with the other OS (ie jailbreaking)

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      Posted by stylinred | August 27, 2012, 7:00 pm

  10. What you guys are seeing in that screenshot is simply the Belle update that’s been available for awhile

    the Belle Refresh update brings more widgets and a new browser/html5 etc support

    the drop down menu has been available since the last update

    and its not a rip off of android… nokia ripped it off from their own OS Maemo which had it before Android introduced it :P

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    Posted by stylinred | August 27, 2012, 6:58 pm
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    • @stylinred Can’t reply to the comment, but if you plug in a Rogers phone to Nokia Suite it won’t detect an update and install it. It will see the Rogers product code, and know that Rogers hasn’t authorized the update. It’s the same as it not being available on FOTA.

      You have to use something like Phoenix/NSS & Navifirm to download an image and change the phones ROM, which is essentially tantamount to jailbreaking.

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      Posted by Alex | August 27, 2012, 11:07 pm

    • yes im speaking of exactly phoenix and navifirm all you do is download the generic firmware release for canada unlocked devices connect your phone with USB and flash it

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      Posted by stylinred | August 28, 2012, 3:13 am

    • do you know any link to a tutorial how to do that? i got a nokia x7 on rogers canada but we havent receive the update (last time i checked) i know i can do it with Phoenix but i havent found a guide showing how to achieve this….
      thx

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      Posted by will | September 19, 2012, 10:34 am

  11. @KC – I love Symbian as much as the next guy and will go blue in the face defending it, but when it comes to everyday tasks, most Android phones offer a faster smoother experience with better service integration. I had to use an Android as a loaner for a month, and it was worlds better.

    If there was an Android phone with Nokia build quality, Nokia Maps, N8 imaging (or better yet, 808 imaging) then I’d certainly dump Symbian for it anyway. Here’s to looking forward to Pureview Windows 8 phones, may they be amazing.

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    Posted by Alex | August 27, 2012, 11:09 pm
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  12. What if the cell is unlocked? Will the update show in Nokia Suite?

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    Posted by MrDeeds72 | August 28, 2012, 12:30 pm
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    • It’s done by product code. The unlocked N8s sold by Newegg are 059C8T6. You can install a customer firmware like Delight Belle, use the built-in utility to change the product code to whatever you want and then upgrade.

      Or just use phoenix and bypass the above.

      Certain product codes, like those from the UK, allow you to turn off the camera sound and enable Joikuspot. Apparently Joikuspot is not allowed to work with any North American phones due to some sort of patent.

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      Posted by Alpha | August 28, 2012, 1:09 pm

  13. I’m having a terrible time trying to install phoenix, so I will try delight belle

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    Posted by MrDeeds72 | August 28, 2012, 3:06 pm
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  14. downloading new code means opening ur computer up to every virus. Not as easy as posters say. My laptop won’t let me do it successfully.

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    Posted by shaker | August 29, 2012, 12:32 am
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  15. What’s the generic Canadian version?

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    Posted by Kiltswinger | September 1, 2012, 9:35 pm
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  16. My rogers n8 will be stuck on anna if we dont get belle refresh

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    Posted by n8 Big boy | September 6, 2012, 12:29 pm
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