Firmware update reduced features, increased bugs 2...

Hello, i updated my Nokia 2700c firmware last night in the hopes that it might get rid of some bugs that i found very irritating after the last forced update by the Nokia care (after a problem with the phone, instead of reinstalling the same version they updated it instead).
But the bugs have now grown in number as well as a bit more serious now.
--The phone now doesn't read the name of a contact, in the from field in sms or call list which has more than one number saved or even randomly, some numbers have it displayed, some don't.
--The media player starts playing a song after a 5sec lag in which the phone is unusable, like if i am texting at the same time, it would stop responding,
this becomes worse by the balance notifications after every sms by my operator, in which case it notifies by sounding the sms tone 2 times but now with a 5sec gap in between while playing music, thus making the fone pretty much useless for those 15secs.
--The screensaver functionality is gone.
--The main menu has a menu option repeated one more time, which i never used in the first place.
--The T9 text entry has a lot of bugs with the order of matched words.
--The transition effects have all gone slow, thus prompting me to switch them off.
I can live with the last four but the first 2 i've listed have completely turned me off. Why isn't adequate testin done before releasing an update?
The first version of the device was 7.15, which was updated to 7.80 and this latest one is v9.95(?) i guess they even typoed the version number in this one (9 instead of 7) cause it doesn't look like such a major 'upgrade'.
Please tell me is there any solution to these problems?? Or am i stuck with these bugs for good?
Thanks.

Update: Managed to fix the second issue by a hard reset.

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When will you get your firmware...? It has been over 4 months now since they last updated the N95-1. I am beginning to get the feeling that this one has just been chucked on the heap as the N93 was... the parallels between the N93/N93i release and the N95/N95-8GB situation are rather strong. After 10 years as a loyal Nokia customer I won't be making the mistake of choosing them again!!
The supposed October 28th deadline has come and gone. I have emailed Nokia 5 times and been ignored, for over 3 months now. I have called everywhere I can and get the stock response "we don't know that" or "we only get told that a few hours in advance". Assuming any of that is actually the honest truth, it makes Nokia look pretty poor in their organisation of information and product support.
The sad fact is that even IF this firmware comes out, the chances of any further updates are extremely slim. Of course you could argue that there is a lack of commercial incentive for this. The N95 platform is so jammed full of technology that it has the potential to last for 4-5 years as a perfectly decent phone and mobile computing platform, with the right system updates of course. The industry makes no bones about the fact that it wants people to upgrade every 12-18 months, it's how they make their money. This is not conspiracy theory, just a sound bit of reasoning as to why we're not going to get a long stream of support for this phone.
I read with interest that Google are launching an open platform and SDK soon. Much as I am wary of google, being the corporate giant that they are, this at least is the beginnings of a truly open platform which hopefully users will be able to work with and improve in the way that manufacturers like Nokia simply don't want to. That is of course until the phone manufacturers who move to this system lock it down like Apple have done with the iPhone and prevent free enterprise and development.
I know we live in a capitalist society, but sometimes consumers are pushed just a bit too far. It is NOT acceptable, nor environmentally friendly to push out and make obsolete technology which costs as much as a reasonable spec entry PC once a year on us.
I doubt Nokia will read this, even if they do it'll just go ignored like all the other complaints from the customers they have let-down like this.

I'm sorry but "be patient" is just not sufficient here. It has been over 4 months and these are some MAJOR bugs in the phone.
Let me detail my day so far with my N95, for those of you who are not familiar with these problems or who think that perhaps this is just a disgruntled customer who has an overinflated sense of importance.
All of this is on an N95 replacement (the first one's earpiece broke) which I have had for under 2 weeks now. It is the latest firmware and there is NOTHING installed on it, it is as it comes...
* Full charge overnight with the phone off.
* Switch the phone on.
* Check my emails (I was sent a small mpeg video (700k) which I download to the phone.
- WiFi connection is lost 4 times and I'm within 3 metres of the aerial. N95 fails to find my access point for as long as a minute after losing the connection, when everything else in my house can see it.
* Check FaceBook mobile in web browser.
* Read BBC news headlines in web browser.
- clicked on 3 minute news video headlines, realplayer loads up, runs out of memory to play the video. Realplayer closes, taking the web browser with it.
* Try to play the video I was emailed. N95 doesn't support uber-standard MPEG files, so...
* Browse the web again, searching for how to play the MPEG.
- someone suggests renaming the file to .3gp to make RP load it. I'm dubious but it's worth a go. I go to the menu to access the file manager. I rename the file and click on it, still no joy.
- I close the file manager and go back to my browser, except not - it closed without warning because the memory ran out (presumably)
* I give up trying to browse the web and lock the phone.
* I need to make a call. I press the buttons to unlock it and mess up the timing (my fault completely)
- I keep pressing the buttons in quick succession in my impatience (which is just pointless I know, but I was in a hurry and fumbling with it).
- Having pressed the buttons about 8 times the phone unlocks but the screen goes dark.
- I press the camera focus/shutter button lightly to "un-sleep" the phone. It lights up for 2 seconds and goes dark again.
- I repeat this 3 times and the phone switches itself off!!
* The phone restarts automatically but once rebooted is slow and laggy, missing keypresses all over the place so I have to switch off then on again... it is normal (as normal as it gets) after this.
* I go to my PC and write this!!!!
Absolutely ALL of this is stuff the phone is supposed to do with its hands tied behind its back. I have not used any 3rd party software and never tried to use more than 2 applications at a time - the N95 IS a multitasking phone and so should handle a lot more than this!!!
This behaviour was present on the previous handset too, on both the firmware versions it had on it during its life. My current handset came with an 8-point service engineer inspection saying it was in full health...
Be patient? Even if I was prepared to mutely wait for 4+ months patiently whilst such dreadful bugs plague the phone, I am an N95 user who is concurrently paying off a contract on an N93 phone, costing me £200 ($400 US) in monthly rental for a phone which became unusable (due to signal issues on the network when I moved house to a different part of the country). Be patient? It is now about 14 months since I got the N93 and just over 12 months since the firmware was updated on that (I quote from the firmware date on my N93). Nokia dropped that one like a hot stone and completely screwed everyone who had bought it. Be patient? You must be kidding me! When Nokia, despite an all-singing-all-dancing website cannot ever be bothered to make even the most non-committal of announcements about firmware on it's own forums, why on earth should I be patient? I understand as a programmer myself all to well that things can slide and problems can delay things, but at this point I can't even find solid information to say there will be another update for this, let alone when it MIGHT arrive or what it will HOPEFULLY include... and as I said in my original post, I have telephoned and been fobbed off and had 5 emails ignored (not including the ones about the N93 which were also ignored). And yes, I did get the received message report from Nokia's own system saying someone would come back to me.
I'm sorry to rant at you, I'm sure it's not your fault but be patient? Just not acceptable any more!

Home hub 5 firmware Update

Hi all got a firmware update this morning on Christmas Day (good timing bt ) it's now on
3. Firmware version: Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.173.1.6 (Type A) Last updated 24/12/13
Looked through the online manager cannot really see any changes maybe just bug fixes. ?

Jaseb41 wrote:
I've had the hhb 5 since October and got to say I've had no problems with it at all I gave 2.4ghz and 5ghz. Separate ssids, turned smart wireless off and using the least congested channel on 2.ghz which is channel 6, turned off bt wifi and when using my iPhone 5 & iPad on 5ghz getting nearly full download speed of 60 meg +, it took a bit of getting used to coming from a hhb3b and openreach eci modem but good just to have one box and using less power, and my connection speed actually increased with the hhb 5 , I'm sure in time with more firmware updates it will become a better and more stable all in one solution for. Infinity
Did all that made no diffrerence whatsoever on the 2 HH5s i have tried. My Nexus 4 refuses to even connect to the 5GHz side of the HH5 and the difference using my Nexus 5 is pretty clear that the HH5 underperforms (similar results are seens with my PC). Once i can move the Christmas tree i am putting the OR modem on it as well because no matter what BT tell me my line can get it isnt managing a patch on my HH4 (which like a male genital i have sold) and the HH3 before that which was a rock solid 75/18 for 2 years. The HH5 barly managed 50/9 and thas with a maxuminum potential sync of over 110Mbit down 31Mbit up and i would like to rule the modem out before i smash it to little bits and buy another HH4.

Zen Firmware Updates

I have a Zen.
I've applied no updates to applications or firmware. I'm updating firmware today.
I read FAQ, it mention firmware update download newest version. Do newest version include previous firmware updates?
On another website I saw someone advise updating firmware with each version instead of only applying latest version. If I skip a version, only applying latest firmware version, would this not include previous features in past updates?
Any negati'ves from not updating firmware?
Should update only if bugs encountered?
Does new firmware disable player from turning off completely and instead go into a sleep mode which may wear down the battery more?

Hi johnhezvig
Welcome to the forum
Whilst I appreciate what coachop94 says about firmware
I can tell you that I have always updated my three different
creative players without difficulty.
Quite often there are improvements made to the player as
a result.
I li've in Europe and recently upgraded my Zen 6gb player
to the new .2.03e firmware which definitely made the FM
radio better but more than anything the sound quality of all
music files was improved too.
Guess you make your choice!
Cheers
ZENFLASH

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