A couple of weeks after I got my Nokia 5800 phone in January, I installed Nokia Maps 3.0 beta. I was lured by the ‘3.0′ tag simply because it means a later version than the one built-in to my phone. However, it does not support touch interface.
After months of losing the Maps 2.0 Touch, I finally got it back in my phone. Next issue is to make it work with my operator.
Then the uninstaller of the 3.0 beta version just won’t show up on my phone. When I tried to overwrite it by a 2.0 installer that I got from Nokia Maps website, unidentified overwrite error happens. I didn’t see solutions on how to bring back my built-in Maps, not from techy phone forums and Nokia support. I almost gave up until recently.
I just thought that if 2.0 and 3.0 installation files have problems, why not try the 1.0 version. I know I should have figured this earlier!
Anyway, how to do it? Disclaimer though, this is not a sure shot but this is what I did. This was for a Nokia 5800 Express Music phone and there is no confirmation that this will work for other models.
- In the memory card of your phone, delete the ‘cities’ folder and ‘qf’ file. They are data for the current Maps installed. They will be brought back by a fresh Maps application.
- Install an earlier than 2.0 version, say Nokia Maps 1.2 (for S60, third edition). The goal is for us to see the application in the ‘Installed applications’ list. Nokia Maps 2.0 and 3.0 won’t show in the applications list, probably because it is aimed to be a built-in application of the phone.
- Go to Settings > Application mgr. > Installed apps. While the maps application is visible in the list, uninstall it through options menu.
- Now go to the main menu of your phone. Browse through the applications. If you see that Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch and it is working, you are good to go. If not, use the installer of the Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch interface. It should work fine now. Surprisingly for me, I don’t have to install it again. It seems it was there all along just covered by the 3.0 installation.
Hope this helps.
uninstalling the maps 3.0 can be done by deleting the cities and qf folders thru fiel manager. afterwhich just overwrite with any other version of Maps. Voila… Works well with my phone.
I started with that first before doing the one I suggested in my entry. Deleting the cities and qf then simply over-writing with 2.0 touch didn’t work on my phone. I received the ‘Update error’ alert. So my resort is to the suggestion in my blog entry. Perhaps, some other factors has to be considered. Probably phone model plus firmware version?
worth it ba yan n5800? available na ba V21 nyan? dami daw bugs..
ano po maganda? 5800 or e71?
I had it since the day it was launch in the country. A few disapppointments, yes. Regrets? No.
V21 firmware, which users say gave improvements and additional features, is not yet available in the Philippines. But even with the Philippine firmware which is V11, I could still say it’s worth it. Bug level in my half-year experience is 1/200 and I never saw them repeating.
If you’re an entertainment on-the-go person, get a 5800. If you’re more of an office/e-mail on-the-go, you can never go wrong with E71. I like both phones.
I’d to thank you greatly for the detailed explanation that is accompanied by the required attachments that made the article vey helpful and consolidated for any user to be able to trace easily.
Big thanks,
hima_aly
@hima_aly Welcome and thank you too.