A hacker, nicknamed as PNHT, has successfully hacked the Nokia 5800 firmware v40. By hacking the latest firmware it means that you now can install unsigned application within signing them. For more detail how to hack the firmware, go to the forum thread. However, the hacker warning that by doing this you may damage your phone. Do at your own risk.

As we know, Nokia just released a firmware update to v40.0.005 for Nokia 5800. Many 5800 users around the globe has been waiting for this update for a long time.

Here are the change log list of the v40 firmware for Nokia 5800:

• Kinectic Scrolling everywhere except: main menu, application menu, browser
• Homescreen  similar to that of 5530 with 20 contacts.
• Removed the alphanumeric keypad in landscape version, now when we turned the phone alphanumeric portrait changes to full QWERTY
• New screen alarm, but only when the screen is locked
• Ovi Contacts installed
• Improved application “Updating Applications”, which also renames Upgrade SW;
• The application “Data transfer” was also implemented in “Settings”
• Real Player Updated to 12 October 2009
• Touch more responsive
• Improved stability

I can not wait for this new firmware update available for my Nokia 5800 XM