[Zanabula]

Some days ago I was nearly involved in a car accident when I was driving using my Nokia E72 as a GPS navigation system. The pop up window asking to select an internet connection comes up from time to time (even in navigation mode!) and force the driver to answer in order to be able to see the screen again.

I have tried all possible settings, but I think the problem is caused by the software Psiloc World Traveller. It is a non-removable software built into the ROM and installed by Nokia for commercial reasons. It is a software very difficult (or impossible) to disable.

I can only share the opinion of another customer in this forum: Psiloc World Traveller is acting like a virus.

I think it is unacceptable that Nokia could not find the space in its manual to clarify these potential safety issues and leaves its customers dealing alone with their problems in this forum.

Nokia is losing market shares every day versus competitors using better developed and more user friendly operating systems. Maybe Nokia should learn to care more about its customers by offering them a better support and stop preloading virus-like software in its devices.

[premal · Accepted solution]

You can have Navigation without internet.

As you mentioned that its Psiloc World Traveller which is trying to connect to Internet, to disable this start this programme, go to Settings and in each of tab(Weather, Currency, etc) select update interval "Manually" instead of "Automatic".

Finally Exit the programme, instead of Hide.

Have Safe Driving...

[vmoisa]

I think the pop-up window asking the user to select an Internet connection comes from Nokia Messaging, not form Navigation or Psiloc World Traveler. You should try to select all Internet connections, in alll propgrams, to "Always ask".

This was discussed many times on this forum because this pop-up windows is one of the most annoying "feature" a new E72 user encounters.

[aet419]

you must need to know how to use your phone, before using it practically.

[Zanabula]

Thank you for the suggestions. I followed your suggestions and I did not experience the problem any longer.

I cannot agree on the last comment: “you must need to know how to use your phone, before using it practically”. What does it means? The manufacturer is under the legal obligation to publish all safety warnings related to their product. Nokia does much less – they did not even publish essential information about how setting up their smartphone.

I do not know how many people access this forum. For sure they are a very small percentage of the Nokia customers. Should all the other risk to crash the car into a tree before someone at Nokia decide to produce a decent manual (or – even better – correct the most annoying software features)?

As a user of the Nokia E72 I am already frustrated enough for the very limited choice of good applications compared to what I could access if I was an iPhone, Android or even Blackberry user. But the fact that Nokia does not support properly the pre-installed software is really the cherry on the cake.