Friday, December 30, 2011

Firmware for Nokia X6

What is firmware? Firmware (FW) is a software which is saved in Read Only Memory (ROM). ROM will not change even it wasn’t powered by electricity. Nokia X6 also have a Firmware. This FW contains all information about the phone basic features. Usually the developers always update the FW for their phones, like in Nokia X6, the most updated FW now is v.40.

There are two kind of FW, original FW (OFW) and Customized FW (CFW). OFW is the original firmware that released by the brand owner.  The picture below is contains lists of OFW :



As you can see, the most updated OFW is v.40.

CFW is a customization of an original FW. It uses the core of FW. Because it was customized, it usually different from the OFW. For Nokia X6, there are many CFW that we can use. It is usually distinguished by the port that used, C6 or N97 port.

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