Galaxy Nexus call freezing I've bought two Galaxy Nexus phones about a month and a half ago. I'm experiencing phone freezing on calls on both hence I doubt it has anything to do with the phone but rather with software.
When does the phone freeze

Someone calls me.

I drag to green to initiate the phone call
Display changes to in-call mode which displays the big red stop the call button
Phone freezes


I try calling someone.

I open contacts
Select a contact and phone number
The moment I select Phone calling app (because I also have Skype and it asks me which one to use)
Phone freezes



I tried un-installing Skype but there was no difference.
Other possible candidates
I haven't tested thoroughly but I suspect if I have a phone number in my contacts saved with spaces (or whatever that blank button on contact number keyboard is - could be some dialling pause maybe?) my phone freezes. When I removed spaces I usually was able to make a call. But I haven't tested this thoroughly and am not 100% sure of it.
I should point out that freezing doesn't happen on every call. It's sporadic but often enough to be extremely annoying. Makes me look ridiculous in the eyes of others what kind a phone I'm using.
As I read on the web others are having same freezing issues on their Nexus phones. Some indicate it may be a problem with battery status info reporting back to phone hence battery removal solves the issue for a day... But this problem has apparently been present for almost 2 years and it seems to be related to OS without any relation to installed apps.
It's interesting/sad/worrying that something primarily supposed to be a phone became incapable of being one. :)
Info

unlocked Galaxy Nexus bought on Amazon.de
non-rooted Jelly Bean 4.1.2
UI language is English (UK)
As per users it seems that the only official thing to do is to change mainboard that's somewhat faulty on this C8 series. Service centre should handle such situation.