Nokia N95

jonbaker · #1 03-16-2008, 07:42 PM

Ok, so yesterday i'm in the pub and my mp3's start to play on my N95. Thought i'd just hit the key by mistake in my pocket, so took it out but i couldn't turn it off. Then it started doing all manner of things, it was going crazy, i couldn't control it at all, it was flicking through all different files, playing my mp3's etc etc. I turned it off, took battery out and memeory card but it continued to go mental when swittched back on.

After 10 mins wrestling with it i gave up and switched it off completely. 30 mins later i switched it back on and it was fine and has been ever since.

Now, i have been installing quite a few themes lately some from mr g's section here and some from the MOSH nokia site. I'm assuming that one of the themes had a virus? But why it would just start to go mental nearly a day after installing anything is beyond me and also how it seems to have cured itself.

any thoughts?

Malc · #2 03-16-2008, 07:58 PM

have u got f-secure? or any other anti-virus software

Calamity · #3 03-16-2008, 08:03 PM

the chances of getting a virus on the n95 are very very miniscule, especially from this forum! although anyone can upload to MOSH aaia so god knows. but mine did that once before id even downloaded anything, so i assumed it was a firmware bug or something.

Technology is prone to having a funny 5 minutes just like people i think..

Mr G · #4 03-16-2008, 08:42 PM

AV=BIG waste of time,money (if you pay for it) and space on the phone.

jonbaker · #5 03-16-2008, 09:12 PM

No, haven't got any anti virus software. Why is it a waste of time mr g? I know what i'm doing when it comes to stuff on my pc but have no experience of virus's for phones or software.

Mr G · #6 03-16-2008, 09:26 PM

The best anti virus is common sense,simple.

Don't accept ANYTHING from an unknown scource via BT and ONLY install software from a trusted scource/site.

Sexyback · #7 03-16-2008, 10:17 PM

Hmmm that sounds suss mate. Thats what my phone did when it got a wee bit water damaged!!!!!

jonbaker · #8 03-16-2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sexyback

Hmmm that sounds suss mate. Thats what my phone did when it got a wee bit water damaged!!!!!

Aha, now you say that, an hour or so before it went mental i answered the phone with wet fingers as i was in the bath!! lol, i remember at the time getting it a bit wet. I reckon that was it, nice one!

chrisd1 · #9 03-16-2008, 11:13 PM

mine did exactly the same when i spilt some beer on it. mine was going all night
and the following day though.

jonbaker · #10 03-17-2008, 02:55 PM

Yeah, i'm 100% confident it was that, i even remember at the time thinking i'd got quite a bit of water on the keypad

I didn't think a virus would come from any themes that mr g uploaded or the MOSH site for that matter as they say uploaded files/applications are scanned for viruses before being made available, hope that really is the case, some nice themes pop up on there.