Nokia N82 freezes

I have a Nokia N82, while it is a great phone, the OS on this phone leaves lot to be desired. This is from my 2 months of experience with this phone.
I have Nokia Maps application, which occasionally freezes the entire phone. None of the buttons work, including the power button. All I can do to get back on track is to remove the battery and put the battery back. Such a bad solution. Power button, like in PC should work even if the OS hangs - but it does not behave right on this phone.
Now, this problem could be due to hardware problem, so I decided to find out more on this. I took the Nokia Maps application and then removed(took backup on the PC) couple of the .sis files which were there on the memory card. After this, I could consistently reproduce the hang on the phone when I clicked on the Extras->Guides option in the Maps application. Replacing the .sis file back lets the Guides option work like a charm. What it tells me is that, if the application fails to find a file, it just hangs the entire phone - some thing that would remind me of the horrors of Windows 95. Yes, the nokia OS is yet to catch up with time. Surprisingly, I could keep the menu button (it is the only key that responds in this scenario) pressed to get the "list of applications", but I can't still close the application. Come on Nokia, I would expect power button press to get a higher priority than the Menu list button press.
The biggest problem with this phone is that if the memory card gets corrupted or some files get corrupted, then the entire phone will freeze, instead of the application freezing.
Agreed, it is a feature rich phone - but if it is not stable, it would rather turn more people off.
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I had problems with Nokia Maps 2.0 freezing on me (just as you described above). All my Maps issues disappeared when I switched off Assisted GPS (AGPS). The phone takes a little longer to get a satellite lock but there are no more lock ups or crashes.
Maps > Options > Tools > Settings > Internet > Go online at start-up > No
and also,
Menu > Tools > Connectivity > GPS data > Options > Positioning settings > untick 'Assisted GPS' and I also unticked 'networked based', so that only Integrated GPS is ticked.
Worked for me.
*EDIT*
I do agree with you though, I would like a power button to work when the OS has crashed completely. It's very frustrating that a frozen or hung handset can't simply be switched off using the button instead of a complete battery removal.
S.
Message Edited by steve_p on 07-Sep-2008 09:15 PM
History: Motorola MR30, Nokia: 7110, 7650, N70, N80, N82, X6 (32GB), Samsung Galaxy SII
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