12.20.07
If you’ve been using the beta, DO NOT RESTORE FROM FULL BACKUP with OS2008
This may be coming too late for many, based on the discussions on ITT and across Jaiku, but if you ran the beta OS2008, I would strongly suggest you skip restoring a complete backup when you update. Yesterday’s post about the missing stylus input, lack of thumbboard reliability and deactivated word complete are all functional with a fresh flash of 2008 and no restore.
I attempted a restore after seeing things work (not the restore during setup) and still found the bugs on restart. With a selective restore – Bookmarks and Application list only – I am back in action with OS2008. This is quite unfortunate as one of the key benefits I saw was the ability to have a better backup and restore process – and I believe something that took a fair bit of effort from the Maemo team.
My backup was originally done on the N810, restored on the N800, then backed up again on the N800 and restored once more with the release version of the OS. I never actually saw stylus input on the N800 with OS2008 until last night’s clean install (without restore) so it’s possible that this bug existed from the initial beta on the N810. I assumed actually that stylus input was just a bug during the beta release for the n800… clearly that was incorrect.
I’m hoping now that the N800 and N810 images are the same and on par with each other that no one else (who reads this anyway) will run into these problems.
Technorati Tags: maemo, os2008, nokia, n-series, N800, N810
heffo.biz said,
December 20, 2007 at 9:00 pm
davidgp.net — Cosas que suceden en internet alrededor de davidgp said,
December 21, 2007 at 8:20 pm
MaemoFR / OS2008 officiel ! said,
December 20, 2007 at 11:00 am
Felix said,
December 20, 2007 at 11:53 am
Anyone tried to restore a backup of 2006 OS of a N770 on an 2008 OS on N800? Just ordered one and would like to know if that works.
Jonathan Greene said,
December 20, 2007 at 11:55 am
I am assuming you are serious …
I would not recommend that as the OS on the N800 will at least be 2007 if not 2008 when you get it and there are quite a few changes (to say the least) along the way. You might be able to save certain deatails like bookmarks, but most if not all of your repositories will be broken in Chinook.
TabletBlog.com by ThoughtFix: Canola2 out, OS2008 concerns, and show cancelled. said,
December 20, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Nilch said,
December 20, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Thanks for that tip.
I am still waiting on upgrading my N810 to the latest release of OS2008, and this was a good pinter in time.
Thanks
timsamoff said,
December 20, 2007 at 1:36 pm
So far, my backup hasn’t killed anything in OS2008, but tell me… On your virtual keyboard, is the old Caps Lock button replaced with EN (which doesn’t actually do anything — as far as can tell).
I learned how to do Caps Lockl, of course, but I’m wondering what the “new” button is for…?
Jonathan Greene said,
December 20, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Press and hold on ABC (which I only know from reading a thread earlier on ITT) is how it works and it works for me…
timsamoff said,
December 20, 2007 at 2:18 pm
You have an ABC button? (I just have EN.)
Jonathan Greene said,
December 20, 2007 at 2:22 pm
how you select the caps or numbers … the tabs. First one says abc
timsamoff said,
December 20, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Ok, yeah… You’re talking about the finger keyboard and I’m talking about the stylus keyboard (on the stylus keyboard, you tap-and-hold the Shift button for Caps Lock). But, in the place of the old Caps Lock button, my keyboard now says EN and it doesn’t seem to do anything (although, I wonder if this is the new “add to dictionary” button?).
James said,
December 20, 2007 at 2:34 pm
I did a complete restore from the OS2008 beta and it all works fine.
Jonathan Greene said,
December 20, 2007 at 2:38 pm
@timsamoff under the EN is a shift arrow. If you press and hold on it for a moment an underline fills in under the arrow which is the sign that shift lock has been enabled. Not terribly obvious, but it works.
@James – Glad it worked for you! Mine was a few betas and multiple devices… something got dropped or failed along the way I suppose.
james.bottomtooth said,
December 20, 2007 at 5:39 pm
EN is for English when switching different keyboard layouts. (2nd language under text input settings)
Felix said,
December 20, 2007 at 8:25 pm
@Jonathan Greene: Of course I’m serious! Still got one of those nice little 770 around.
Just ordered a N800 and am wondering how to get my bookmarks and configured wifi/bluetooth connections to the new device. Well, I guess I just have to try it then.
I really don’t care about the apps at all. I know that I have to reinstall most of it from scratch anyway. It just would be nice to not have to enter all those WPA keys again….
Jonathan Greene said,
December 20, 2007 at 11:31 pm
@Felix – I think you will have to start fresh if you jump two steps. Even 2007 to 2008 is a big one. It’s the backup and restore function in 2008 that’s supposed to be less destructive.
Rich said,
December 23, 2007 at 7:15 pm
N800 beta IT2008 back and restore with IT2008 release worked for me. I think the restore fails if you used an N810 firmware on the N800 and backed up that and restore to the final IT2008 release. See Maemo Users mailing list, it is mentioned on there, plus work around that doesn’t involve re-flashing.
maemo.org - Planet maemo said,
January 10, 2008 at 1:11 pm
gerrymoth said,
January 15, 2008 at 11:11 am
Thank you guys, its been bugging me since I upgraded to OS2008 that the CAPS had been removed, didn’t know if you held the SHIFT (arrow key) it locked CAPS ON.
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