I bought a Nokia E51 in India with firmware version v200.34.36. For reasons best known only to Nokia; firmware updates are very slow to reach this part of the world. If I use Nokia software updater, it would politely tell me that my current firmware is already the latest available. However, The latest version of firmware for other regions is v400.34.011, hence I decided to give it a try.
Step 1: Backup phone and Memory card data. I backed up using two methods.
1a. (PC Suite mode) Backed up the complete phone using Nokia PC Suite backup feature. (Handy if something goes wrong while updating firmware and I want to revert back all settings and changes)
2a. (Removable drive mode) Manually copied the contents of Phone memory and Memory card to a folder on my Laptop. (Handy if I wish to restore some apps or documents manually. After all you really don't want to copy all the old settings again!)
Step 2: I downloaded the Nemesis Service Suite (NSS) Beta 1.0.38.15 from here.
I downloaded the Nokia Software Updater 1.8.10 from here.
I already had the latest version of PC Suite 7.1.30.9
Step 3: Now this is what worked for me. Disconnected Phone from PC Suite.
Uninstalled Nokia PC Suite (and Software Updater, since I already had it)
Restarted the PC.
Step 4: Install NSS using Virtual USB as the option.
Install Nokia PC Suite
Install Nokia Software Updater
Step 5: Exited out of Nokia PC Suite at this point (right clicked on tray icon and Exit).
Start NSS. Connected the phone to laptop in PC Suite mode (important to select PC suite mode on phone. Did not start PC suite at this point)
Step 6: In NSS, click on the Scan option present on top right corner of screen. Once successful, clicked on the Phone Info icon . Then under 'Production Data Edit', clicked the Read button and NSS was able to read my phone contents.
Step 7: I used this APAC product code 0552352. Clicked Enable corresponding to Product Code and entered this code. Then clicked Write. Status at the bottom left confirmed that it was successful. (no other message pops up!)
Closed NSS and started PC Suite.
Step 8: Clicked Software Updater and proceeded with firmware upgrade. This time the updater showed that a new firmware version is available. The further steps went smoothly. Followed on screen instructions.
Step 9: Restored messages, contacts, calendar, notes and user files using my backup copy. Did not restore 'Settings' since I think its unwise to restore settings.
Now, I have the shiny new firmware and with nice updates!
Step 1: Backup phone and Memory card data. I backed up using two methods.
1a. (PC Suite mode) Backed up the complete phone using Nokia PC Suite backup feature. (Handy if something goes wrong while updating firmware and I want to revert back all settings and changes)
2a. (Removable drive mode) Manually copied the contents of Phone memory and Memory card to a folder on my Laptop. (Handy if I wish to restore some apps or documents manually. After all you really don't want to copy all the old settings again!)
Step 2: I downloaded the Nemesis Service Suite (NSS) Beta 1.0.38.15 from here.
I downloaded the Nokia Software Updater 1.8.10 from here.
I already had the latest version of PC Suite 7.1.30.9
Step 3: Now this is what worked for me. Disconnected Phone from PC Suite.
Uninstalled Nokia PC Suite (and Software Updater, since I already had it)
Restarted the PC.
Step 4: Install NSS using Virtual USB as the option.
Install Nokia PC Suite
Install Nokia Software Updater
Step 5: Exited out of Nokia PC Suite at this point (right clicked on tray icon and Exit).
Start NSS. Connected the phone to laptop in PC Suite mode (important to select PC suite mode on phone. Did not start PC suite at this point)
Step 6: In NSS, click on the Scan option present on top right corner of screen. Once successful, clicked on the Phone Info icon . Then under 'Production Data Edit', clicked the Read button and NSS was able to read my phone contents.
Step 7: I used this APAC product code 0552352. Clicked Enable corresponding to Product Code and entered this code. Then clicked Write. Status at the bottom left confirmed that it was successful. (no other message pops up!)
Closed NSS and started PC Suite.
Step 8: Clicked Software Updater and proceeded with firmware upgrade. This time the updater showed that a new firmware version is available. The further steps went smoothly. Followed on screen instructions.
Step 9: Restored messages, contacts, calendar, notes and user files using my backup copy. Did not restore 'Settings' since I think its unwise to restore settings.
Now, I have the shiny new firmware and with nice updates!
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