On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:34:55 +0100, Mark Coley wrote:

> See http://www.nokia.co.uk/softwareupdate for more info.
>
> However, I've just tried to update my E70 and the computer lost
> connection with the phone near the end of the update, at which point the
> screen had 'test' and other such words in different sizes of writing.
> The computer said to remove the battery, which I did, but on replacing
> it the phone no longer works and continually reboots itself (the word
> NOKIA appears, then flashes, then it looks like it reboots).
>
> And whilst reading this, this error has just appeared on the computer
> screen:
>
> "Nokia Service Layer Host Process has encountered a problem and needs to
> close"
>
> Use the update at your peril. If anyone from Nokia is reading this,
> perhaps they would like to suggest what I should do now? You can remove
> nospam from my e-mail address to make it work.

This is a know problem with the E70 software updater that Nokia has just
released yesterday. It's likely that you'll have to bring your phone to a
service center as it's pretty much dead right now unless Nokia provides a
way for you to flash it back to the previous firmware version. You can
follow the progress on this issue on Nokia's forum (i've not read this
thread entirely so a solution might have already been found there):
<http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=swupdate&message.id=791&view=by_d ate_ascending&page=3>

In any case, i would *always* check the feedback of other users before
attempting a firmware ugrade, be it on your phone, wifi router or
microwave. When these things go wrong, all you're left with is an expensive
piece of plastic so better leave the others discover if there are any bugs
before taking the plunge (actually, i'd tend to be one of the early testers
but do what I say, not what I do).