N96 Problems!!!

Just yesterday I had the opportunity to upgrade the firmware to V12!!!
The thing is that during the update (using NSU), there was a problem twice and after that I managed to install the new firmware.
Now the thing is that this morning I found the mobile off.  At first I thought that it died or something since it did not switch on, but then I put it on charge and it switched back on.  Thanks God.
Why has this happen, I mean the phone was fully charged before the updating the firmware!! 
Another thing is that now the '#' is not working to put the phone on silent or general!!
Plus there were some that stated that after you install FM V12, and then you restart the phone, there would be an increase of about 150mb or something like that in the phone memeory.  I saw nothing increase, except that all the memory left remained the same as it was before.
Lastly, I once opened a thread and noone answered.  The thing still happens.  It is that sometimes when I would be using the phone, I hear 'Bongo' style noise.  Can someone please enlighten me with why and what I hear them for!!!??
Any help would be appriciated.
Thank you.

The reason why your phone was off is becuase if you did software update day before then that would have drained most of your battery resulting in the morning the phone being off.
v12 has some issues regarding the "#" button as other users have had problems with theirs aswell. This is a firmware bug so dont worry. Just wait til new update is released and available on NSU and that shall fix your "#" problem.
For the 150MB it depends really on the firmware variant and what you have stored on the Phones C: (Internal Memory). For the firmware variant each firmware is same apart for you know Orange, 3, T-Mobile each network have their own Themes, Wallpapers, Clip Arts, Sounds embedded into the firmware thus it ends up in the phones Internal Memory (C
Also new firmware come embedded with latest NGAGE, Nokia MAPS that also takes up the internal 150MB down by some MB's.
Hope that helps
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