Decision Time: Nokia N82 Review, to publish or not to publish?

I’m in the last stretch of my Nokia N82 review titled “Nokia N95, N95 8gb and N82: The evolution of the multimedia computer,” when all of a sudden my N82 breaks. I wanted to take a picture so I took the phone out of my pocket, flipped the shutter down and this is what I’m stuck with:

Now I tried a few things. I *#7370# ‘d the phone, that didn’t do anything. I tried removing the memory card, nada. I tried power cycling, again, nothing.

The review is sitting here on my laptop and apart from some edits and pictures that have to be inserted it’s basically done. I’m quite upset, I was in the zone, banged out close to 3800 words and now this happens.

You’re call IntoMobile readers, publish the review or no?

07:45 in Finland, managed to pull an all nighter, see you in a few hours. Please leave any tips you might have for resolving this.

Edit: The other option would be to wait until I get a replacement, that can take up to a week. Tough call, I’m probably going to just stick this review up on the net after I edit it once I wake up.

Update: Closing the comments to this post, I’ve had around 6 comments made by people trying to impersonate me. I’ve banned their IP address from being able to post, but I have to ask: Why do you have to be such an asshole?

About The Author

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

Gizmoratty

That little ‘power bar’ in the top left corner only normally appears when you initially open the camera application (According to the N82 connected via Nokias RDA)

Looks like a flash charge, maybe? Might be a hardware problem
Varun

Hey Stefan.. publish it man .. would like to see a review
Tariq

I say publish it…

Is the phone stuck in camera mode? Or does it freeze every time you open the camera lens? You can always try re-flashing it via the NSU
anonymous

remove battery?
Al

Reload the firmware
Tommie

Yeah publish it man , this issiue will be fix later.
I want to know littel about N82 superphone
Nicola

Hi!

Publish it… I want to know your impression about this phone…
Adrian

Publish it .. and let`s hope those crashes won`t be familiar to n82 in the future.
jm

If it’s Symbian crashing, the routine is: remove battery, wait a short while, reinsert, boot.. Yes, publish anyway!
ibby

If all the above do not work, try connecting via usb, open nokia software updater and follow on screen promts. Hopefully this should factory reset the hardwere and sort the camera.

I also think you should publish your review.

Thank you for your hard work.
able locks

please publish.
Ron Smeets

Hey Stefan,

I say, Publish the review. Onde crash doesn’t make your review less believable, or does it?
hendrickchan

publish it dude. just add the other stuff at a later time.
avikzer

please publishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Billy

Just publish it!
Topy

Do it! =)
Tommie

Haha ok Have not the Gin tonics leave your body yet
Tommie

Well the last time you have wrote lott of negative stuff about Nokia When they fix updates you say damm my Sony Ericsson have better etc. Why you so angry
N95

two stefans? ok, classic case of split personality..
Alessandro

Ciao Stefan,

yes, publish the review, very curious about your opinion on this phone.
Alessandro
Stefan Constantinescu

OK, the real Stefan here, someone is simply typing my name into the comment box and trying to pass it off as me.

Want to know that these previous messages were fake?

“Guys I must tell you… I cannot keep the secret Last night I was so drunk that I fucked a gorgeous finnish bitch and the vodka from my glass went down on the N82. Man, I’m crazy I love you NOKIA !!!”

“There’s a fake user who writes comments with my name. It’s not the first time when he does that. I will erase his comments.

Anyway, the phone is fucking great. I will release the review this afternoon. Right now I’m a litlle drunk Stay tuned.

PS. Nokia rules !”

“Sorry guys but I’m very angry. I wrote seven pages of crap and now the phone is bricked. I don’t know what to do… If I’ll puplish a negative review, what will happen with my image in front of Nokia… ”

“I will stick the review deep right up in my ass ”

Watch them get deleted right now and their IP addresses banned.
Stefan Constantinescu

Isn’t that much better

Anyway, I want to emphasize, this isn’t “a simple crash.”

My phone just refuses to take pictures anymore. Period.
edunmc

I’d love if you publish the review!
Please do it!

And good luck with the N82.
David

Please, publish the review…
We are all eager to see it!
Santa

what do you all want to know about n82? that’s good of nothing? it’s clear that the review is not a pozitive one for n82