Changes between releases

S60 platform

  • From S60 3rd Edition FP2 to S60 5th Edition

    No changes.

  • From S60 3rd Edition FP1 to S60 3rd Edition FP2

    • The implementation is now JSR-248 (MSA) compliant.

    • Added a new internal read buffer which speeded up the read operations.

    • Added support for multiple memory cards and hard drives.

    • The files in the work directory of the MIDlet suite are retained when the MIDlet suite is reinstalled or upgraded, if the RMS record stores are retained. See MIDP 2.1 specification, chapter '2.1.5 MIDlet Suite Update' (JSR-118 specification). In S60 3rd Edition FP 1 and the earlier versions the files were never retained.

    • A new InputStream has to be opened to see the changes made by OutputStream if the InputStream has already encountered EOF (end-of-file).

    • The Read/Write User Data Access groups give MIDlet suites the ability to read or write any data in a file or directory.

  • From S60 3rd Edition to S60 3rd Edition FP1

    No changes.

  • From S60 2nd Edition FP3 to S60 3rd Edition

    • Added support for handling OMA DRM 1.0 protected files.

    • Starting from S60 3rd Edition the root for common directories is c:/data/, whereas before S60 3rd Edition it was c:/nokia/.

    • Starting from S60 3rd Edition the protected directory in memory card is private/, whereas before S60 3rd Edition it was system/.

    • Increased the size of the internal write buffer which speeded up the write operations to the memory card.

Series 40 platform

  • From Series 40 3rd Edition to Series 40 5th Edition FP1

    No changes.

  • In Series 40 3rd Edition

    This API was first supported in Series 40 3rd Edition platform.