Nokia N70 tomtom mobile 5 problem

Roden · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 4

Same problems as you all, works fine for a while, today the phone froze completely 4 times in a row, had to pull over remove that battery and reset, this is useless to anybody.

Can anybody recomend a phone that works flawlessyly with tom tom, i like using poi`s and dont see the point of having it if i cant use it properly.

Anybody want to but a brand new n70 Laughing Out Loud

CRAP!

3g · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 15, 2006 Posts: 17

Hi

I have used the N70 with TomTom now for 2 weeks driving around the UK and it is not perfect but it can be used. I never have to reboot the phone and it only loses the GPS device now and again and then its only for a few seconds.

I have version 5 software on my N70 and as far as i know it is the best fix so far.

It has only been out a few weeks now and you need to go to a Nokia centre NOT downtown phone shops as they will send it away to Nokia and that will take around 3 weeks.

The one near me is in Huntingdon and they are very good and fast.

Best of luck

John

Roden · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 4

Well ill try an update, i know where a service centre is pretty close, its worth a go, then its gone if no go.

docrob · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 20, 2005 Posts: 13

Roden · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 4

cheers will take a look mate. Im on vodaphone by the way.

Roden · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 4

URG THAT PHONE IS NASTY, is that the best choice?

docrob · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 20, 2005 Posts: 13

3g · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 15, 2006 Posts: 17

Your service centre is wrong.

I am an engineer who has tested phones many phones for release to the public over the past 3 years and Nokia phones are Nokia phones. The only difference is that when companies like Orange, O2 etc etc buy them they get security added to them to lock them to their network and this is normally only just pay as you go phones.

Flashing a phone can and should only be done by a service centre because if it goes wrong the phone can end up dead as a door nail. When my phone was flashed it was dead and only by pressing certain buttons in sequence did it come back to life again.

I find most of these companies down town are not interested in fixing your phone because there is very little if any profit in it.

If you go to a Nokia service centre yourself you normally find you are dealing with the engineer who will actually do the job and have an interest in getting it working.

banger · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:31 am Post subject:

I have been to several Nokia repair centres around the North West and I keep getting told that Version 3.0456 is the latest N70 firmware. Possibly Version 5 is a beta release and not on general release as yet. I have reverted back to my 6680 and I get no probs at all with that handset and TT5.

alsavs · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject:

I might be wrong but i think the latest Ver3.0546.2.3 (N70) has resolved some of the problems.

banger · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject:

nim1206 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 17

On contract with orange on my N70.
Had the phone 'flashed' (twice) @ 2 different Nokia centres, but still shows
version 2.0537.1.7
Was told by both the engineers that this is the latest version for these
N70 phones - somthing to do with product codes.

on-nick · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 22, 2006 Posts: 13

I have now found somewhere that has V5 (or at least claims to have v5), I wil report if true, but again claims that Orange will not support this....

3G I take what you say as gospel, as it can only be so, but it is still worryimg the the guy who might (will) be flashing my phone makes such statements. What network are you with, have their been any down sides to v5, and lastly did you get your network to re-send GPRS access points etc, or did you have to set them back up yourself ?

As an aside to complete my own post from last week, Orange customer service are happy about their phones (i.e. "nothing wrong with BT) as long as your phone can make calls, sent text messages, and access their premium products, The guy on the CS desk tried to sell me a subscription to the orange traffic camera service as an alternative to TT !! what cheek !!!!

contracts · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:49 am Post subject:

I recently visited a Nokia service centre whilst on my travels and got my Orange N70, flashed to the latest Nokia generic firmware level which is
v3.0546.2.3
18-11-05
RM-84

It has made the TomTom BT more stable, but I still get random unexplained problems where it says "no GPS device" and this usually requires a phone re-boot to resolve. Sad

The flash upgrade has cured other problems, but the TomTom issue is still there, although now it is more usuable.

Can anyone conform that using the actual TomTom BT GPS receiver is any better than uing a generic such as the BT-77

immylfc · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 1

I have eaxctly the same problem as everyone!
I went to a Nokia Service Centre in Wolverhampton and carried out a software upgrade/firmware whatever you call it.

The version now is v3.0546.2.3
18-11-05
rm-84

I have a Bluetooth GPS receiver which keeps losing signal also, defeats the object when travelling! after the upgrade it does seem to re-calculate after a short while, but then at times does not do it at all.

Do we have any feedback on when Tom tom will officially have the N70 as a valid handset?

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