THIS IS SOME IMPORTANT NEWS FOR EVERYONE IN THIS FORUM WHO IS SERVICING NOKIA PHONES.
FROM NOKIA BULLETIN 12-21-2012:
Nokia will close open connection to Nokia Firmware Repository during January 2013 and implement access control.
After this, login to Nokia Online is required to access Nokia Firmware Repository.
Service Software Application releases beginning from Care Suite Product Support Tool v 2012_51_4_4 will support Nokia Online Login directly from Application UI
During transition phase (December 2012-January 2013) both open and restricted channels are open, but the open channel will be closed at the end of January 2013
After this, application updates and device software downloading are possible only by using the latest service software releases with NOL login support.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ???
1. It means that NaviFirm Firmware Downloaders will STOP WORKING on February 2013
Onwards.
2. It means that YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD FLASH FILES
from Nokia FiRe Servers anymore.
3. It means YOU WILL BE PROBABLY BE HAVING A HARD TIME SEARCHING
FOR NOKIA FLASH FILES after January 2013.
4. It means that YOU SHOULD START DOWNLOADING ALL THENEEDED FLASH FILES NOW and YOU HAVE 36 DAYS LEFT !!!Download NaviFirm+ Now and start preparing for 2013:
navifirm.download navifirm.aspx#download
You can also use NaviFirmEx which does not require .NET. here
DO IT NOW BEFORE IT WILL BE TOO LATE...
