I wanted to know if we (somehow) pull out the sim out of a powered on set and then insert a new sim, will it pick the gsm signal or not?

And, in 2nd case, if switched the device on without any sim and then inserted a sim, will then it pick the signal or not?

The answer to both of those is no.

The placement of the SIM card means that you need to take the battery out first in order to push the SIM card out of the side. So, you can’t simply switch cards.

Also, you need to switch the phone off inorder to change SIM cards, sadly the S60 OS can’t be considered a hot-pluggable operatings system. Anyway, it’s not recommended to try this with any phone, surely?

I would like to know how sensitive the screen is? Probably the benchmark would be the iPhone, as 100%. Can you test some other navigation software other than the one pre-installed?
Also, how is the web-browsing experience in comparison to the iPhone(as 100%).

Thanks.

Thanx a lot for your reply.

But I still doubt the answer to my 2nd question.

Because when sometimes our sim is lose in older mobiles, it automatically loses signal and then picks the same again. So, why can’t we put a sim in a running mobile and then expect it to pick the signal?

Actually, this feature is badly needed by me (why so? explanation will be rather long). In short, if we hot switch a SIM, it reports ‘Not Reachable’ to callers and if we switch mobile off first, then it reports ‘Switched Off’ to callers.

If you still say ‘No, this is not possible’. Can you pls provide me some hope as when (and in which model) can we expect this feature?

Hey, I have a nokia 6300 now, and use the calendar ALOT. Can you please post your opinions on the ease of use of the calendar? Even better, can you throw up a video of you inputting a calendar entry set up to go off and a later date to remind you to do something?

Thanks,
Jason

Hi, thanks for this review. Just one question, does the 5800 support gapless mp3 playback? I listen to a lot of electronic mixes, so gapless playback would be a very handy feature.

Cheers

Geoff

Great review.

Do you think this phone would be a good replacement for my Nokia N95, but a good fill in phone before the N97 arrives. I have had my N95 for almost 2 years, and don\’t want a new contract. Would getting to know the 5800 help when the N97 comes out?

Cheers,

Mike

Why not test “paint” for the 5800, paint as in paint on the pc.
It would mean you could do detailed drawings with notes by zooming in then zooming out to see the whole plan, drawing, sketch or note you wrote drew.
We could truly do away with pen and paper.

Only drawback, does paint actually exist for a symbian device?

I just bought a red one off the internet and I am going to use it on the US T-mobile network. I was wondering if the 3G network for the 5800 is compatible with the US 3G.

Hi Just got a Nokia 5800 but it keeps flashing an envelope in the top right corner. When touched this says SIM memory full.I have removed contact details from the SIM card and there are 40 spaces left but the envelope keeps flashing.
Can not find the answer in the instructions.

Thanks

I just got the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic today and as soon as I placed the SIM card I got the same message Garry is talking about: “SIM memory full”. The SIM card was fine with my old Nokia so I can’t see why it’s having trouble with this new phone. I can’t fix the problem either. There are no msgs in inbox, outbox or any msg box for that matter, and there are no saved contacts on the SIM card either except for 2. HELP!

HAVE THE SAME PROB AS THE ABOVE TWO, ENVELOPE KEEPS FLASHING SAYING SIM MEMORY FULL…. HELP!

I have the same problem too,(Sim card full flashing icon) cant find anything to sort it out. Very annoying flashing in the corner. Any ideas? I’ve cleared the contacts from it too, but there are the card icons next to the already installed movies and pictures inbuilt on the phone. Could thid be them? Any help much appreciated.

Just been looking at other advice sites. Looks like it could be a compatability issue with an old sim card. My sim card is quite old now – a good few years to be honest. Might have to be replaced, but by all acoounts its free of charge from your provider, and you keep your number, obviously.

Answer to flashing envelope problem………….

Yeah, I had this problem too!

What it usually means is the SIM card’s message memory is full, but if you wipe the SIM card’s messages the envelope goes away.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Go to Messaging

2. Select Options

3. Select SIM messages

4. Select and delete all the SIM messages

That should stop the SIM full error

Ian:
Fantastic!!! Cheers mate, thats sorted it. Nice one.

Nice one Ian. We’d just got an answer to this one ourselves and you’ve pipped us to the post. That’s what we like to see here at NokNok people helping each other out of a jam! Nice work fella

hiya, getting mine tomorrow. silly, girly question – will the touch screen work with my false nails, or do i need to use my fingers?

thanks!

LOL – great question! Well it comes with a stylus for tapping at the screen so you should be fine – just don’t press too hard or they pay pop off

My contact names have gone arse about tit and have tried numerous ways to sort it and help ???

so is this phone worth getting?? because im thinging about getting it for my birthday next month and im use to nokias and was wondering if it is good as everyone is saying it is!

Hi, I would like to know how the 5800 compares with n81 interms of headphone sound quality and speakers.

thanks

i was wondering if you could chck out why the secondery camera isn’t workn… Thanks on all gyan.. Also y m unable to update my software version to 12th one… Thanks in advance

I am having difficulty finding my contacts. i have koved all my contacts onto my sim using my previous phone. But when i enter it in the nokia 5800 it keeps sayin no contact!
Any suggestions?

Same issue as Kia, copied all contacts from old phone onto SIM card but no contacts visible in 5800. However, incoming text messages pick up the names from the phone list on the SIM, how can they be made visible in contacts.

Why is life so complicated (

Found the answer here )

http://mobileguide.o2.co.uk/devices/device.jsp?deviceId=545&tab=5

Contacts – How do I manage my handset and SIM contacts?

Easy once you know….

Newby – excellent work my friend, thanks for passing that one on!

- wanted to know if we (somehow) pull out the sim out of a powered on set and then insert a new sim, will it pick the gsm signal or not?

-And, in 2nd case, if switched the device on without any sim and then inserted a sim, will then it pick the signal or not?

In order to remove SIM, you have to power it off and remove the battery. However, you can insert and remove the memory card without turning off the handset.

You can use the handset in offline mode without inserting a SIM.

Just to back Khalil up on this. You have to take the battery out to be able to take the SIM card out, so hot swapping isn’t possible.

Offline mode works if you just want to get a feel for the phone before putting the SIM in….

Mikey Bee – a belated thankyou for your answer – I got it, and yes it works wonderfully with false nails. I love it!

Nicola: Excellent news! I bet the falsies work better than prodding with the tip of a finger

I’ve had a 5800 for a short while and have a number of issues with it.

1) On the dialler screen (i.e. when you see the numbers to make calls) there are NO letters on the number buttons. This makes it impossible to call things like “0800-reverse” as advertised in the UK by the lovely Holly Valance. More importantly, if your service provider has an automated system that asks for “letter 3 of your password” (like Orange has), you can’t work it!

2) The voice dialling feature is appalling. It’s supposedly adaptive, but I want voice dialling to work straight away, not in 6 months time! I’m used to the Ericsson/Sony Ericsson system where you record your own voice tags. Why have Nokia tried to be too clever with this (and ended up with a white elephant feature!)

3) The 5800 doesn’t work properly with my Sony-Ericsson HBH-PV700 bluetooth headset. With my old K750i I switch on the headset, they pair up, the K750i goes in to “In-Car” profile and all is well. With the 5800, I switch on the headset, they pair up, then a few seconds later the headset is disconnected. I can still use the headset for making calls because, when you press the button it connects again but as soon as the call ends it gets disconnected. The problem with this is that it basically doesn’t work as it should for incoming calls.

4) What’s worse than 3, there are no basic bluetooth headsets on the Nokia support page listed as compatible with the 5800. They have fancy stereo ones, but not the normal little one you’d use for making phone calls.

The 5800 has a load of flashy features (which I guess is why I bought it), it’s just a pity the relatively basic ones you’d expect of a modern mobile phone don’t work very well!

just want to say thanks to ian my 5800 had the flashing message was wrecking my head
cheers

Thank you Ian – Feb 7 response. Absolute life safer and I usually don\’t like sites like this. Good stuff. Much appreciated.

hihi…

came upon ur site after DESPERATELY searching for answers. the flashing envelope n the copying of contacts frm sim to phone. PHEW!!!

anyway, one more thing. ok maybe i’m too weak or something n also, afraid cuz just bought it yest. thr r 2 stylus rite? one in the box n another alrdy inserted. how do u take it out? been trying to, but whn i tried, it seems that i’m pulling the whole back cover altogether.

HELP!!!

very good mobile phone , I just want to have it! I l love nokia mobile phone very much!
here I have a good place , that is: tradestead
there are many kinds of beautiful and powerful consumer electronics that I like it very much!

Any answer to John’s posting from Mar26?
I’m getting one of these as a free upgrade tomorrow. The voice dialling is pretty important for me – my old phone (Moto V6 Maxx) was pretty good and you do not have to pre-record voicetags (a la Sony Ericsson) so if this is not going to work I may hold on until a better model comes along (story of my life, which is why I have had my V6 for over 2 years!)

Thanks all
Chris

i have the flashing message light problem and i have no sim messages!!!!!!
i cant receive texts because its too full and i have absolutely no messages sim or phone or even mem card.

help please

I am looking for a new phone and like the look of this one, except for one small problem – my eyesight is not great and I have trouble reading white text on a grey background. I had 2 people in the shop try to change the settings to make it more legible, but tehy couldn’t find a way.

Does anyone know how it can be changed please? Black text on a white background, or white on black , either would be better than the default.

Thanks

Barbara

I really like my nokia 5800 but I cannot figure out how to change the ringing tone and change the message tone. Am I being totally stupid or what?

Dianne@ Go to Menu > Settings > Personal > Profiles. There you’ll find General, tap on this and you’ll be able to change the ring tones and message alert. You can use the defaults, or you can add music files – I’ve got Morrissey all over mine – hope that helps

Yes finally figured it out last night! what a fool I am! thanks mate!x

When I connect to my PC via Bluetooth why does the 5800 throw so many “accept” dialogues? Everytime data needs to be transferred between it and the PC it beeps and requires touch input to accept the request from the PC. This doesnt happen with the 5310 Xpress.

thanx for that was not going to enjoy putting each one in

I have had the 5800 for a couple of months now and have had a few problems… At the min when i lock the key pad the back light doesnt switch off instead i have to set the backlight to time out then use automatic key guard… Also at the min i have all my numbers saved on my sim card and all of a sudden yesterday when ever i recieve a message i wont display the contact’s name just the number… Any suggestions on how to solve any of these please? Thanks

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH, IAN!!!!!!!!

Hey,
Two things, bought the nokia 5800 yesterday AMAZING PHONE love the features. Pretty annoyed i had to go back to t-mobile today though because nothing was working! Anyways replacement is brilliant i would definately recoment the phone to anyone who is currently debating on if it reall ‘as good as they say’.

However im trying to download the nokia software onto my computer and its taking forever, im not sure its working. Has anyone else had this problem and if so HELP!

(P.S. i had the exact same problem with the flashy sim full note! needs fixing!!)

The BEST phone I ever Saw or used. I think it\’s a IPHONE killer. I LOVE NOKIA

omg! can someone help me!
I have just spent a day with this new phone of mine, only have about 20 contacts and 10 songs and it is saying memory full!! How do I change to memory carrd? please helpppp!

PLEASE I NEED HELP!

My Nokia 5800 is mucking up and i don’t know why!

First, it did not show the contact name when i recieved a text, even though i had added them
Then, it would not recieve texts at all, unless i turned my phone off and on every single time!!

This is getting very annoying and I need an explanation why and a way to stop it!

In my opinion, i think it is because the mailbox is full, and so when i searched it on google, it came up with this site. But, the way u hav been sayin, u can only delete SIM messages, whereas mine are not on there!

HELP ME PLEASE! :-S

hey
well ive seen some pretty cool stuff
nd myn wont go away with the memory full or
not enought memory to perform operation
ive tried sim messages

please help me

@Jenniferr – I noticed a similar problem as you the other day. For some reason when I’d put some songs and videos on they’d gone to the phone memory instead of the card memory. To move them, press the middle (white) button to go to the main menu, then “Applications” then “File mgr.”. Select “C: Phone memory” (it’ll probably look pretty full!) and then just go through the folders underneath (it’s a bit of a pain, but…). When you find a file that should be somewhere else, click on it to select it, then select “Options” -> “Organize” -> “Move To Folder”. You’ll then get prompted to select “C: Phone Memory” or “E: Card ..” so select the Card option and you can move the files to the right place. Once you’ve done them all you’ll need to go to the music player and refresh the library.

I haven’t seen any options for setting the default location but I haven’t tried loading stuff for a few days. If I find one, I’ll let you know.

Hope this helps.

PS – The other option is to do this with your phone connected to your PC which may be easier!

THANKS IAN ……FLASHING ENVELOPE BEEN DOING MY HEAD IN YER A STAR WOOHOOO

I am now on my second 5800 and both have had the same problems, incoming call .. cuts off, then signal has gone ! I must admit Orange have been wonderful and exchanged without any problems (I am now waiting for my THIRD) but why does it do this ……. any ideas ??? Chrissie

HI PLEASE I WANT KNOWS HOW I FIXING MY N96 NOKIA COS NOT WORKING WHEN THE MOBILE ON LINE BUT WHEN I PUT THE MOBILE OFFLINE THE WORKING SO HOW DO U CAN HELP ME PLEASE ANSWEAR ME THANKS VERY MUCH.

Sheehee, the SIM will work whatever you put it in.

I set my 4 screen contacts up on my Nokia 5800 xpress music but now I don’t get a tone/vibrate when I get a message and that’s not just from the contacts on screen but all the other contacts as well, I have to physcally go into the messaging menu for anyone but my contacts and check for new messages, contacts come up with a star but no tone/vibrate. The text tone is set up in my profile so why isn’t it working when I get a text? Tried to get through to Nokia but completely useless so thought I give this site a try. PS I had that prob with the Sim card when I first got the phone, Vodafone sent me a bigger Sim and I just transferred everything over – all fine now… Hope someone can help with the text tone prob… Ta

Hi I have no idea how this has happened but i have had my 5800 for 8 days on on the 8th day it stopped alerting my that i had received a txt msg – hav i turned something off? i’ve check notification lights etc but no luck? it’s really annoying pls email me if you know how to fix it

basically i now have to go into msgin to see if there is anything new in my txt inbox?

Hi am thinking of getting the 5800, but have been warned that the keylock on touch screen phones comes off easily. has anyone found this the case

hi,
i am trying to save contacts onto my sim using the nokia 5800 expressmusic phone. i am have trouble as there is no option to allow you to use sim to save messages….have any ideas…?

thanks.

Mike – regarding the key lock function. I’ve only had my 5800 for a few days but so far no probs with the key lock and my phone gets bundled around in my handbag, jeans pockets etc. It’s a sliding button type function on the side of the phone so I would say there is as much risk of this becoming unlocked as when using the Menu * function on keypad phones.
I love the phone, but I am finding the battery life pretty darn short – recent example, less than 48 hours, and from one charge to the next I only made 1 phone call, received 2 messages and sent 2 messages! I gather from friends that touch screen phones do drain the battery more than key pad phones, but as this is my first touch screen I’m finding it pretty hard to come to terms with – I’m used to almost a weeks worth of battery life!!

Hi, I would just like to ask if you know how to back-up text messages from memory card? like if i could copy the messages to my computer so that in case i need to reformat my memory card, i would still be able to restore my messages. thanks!

I have a problem with a brand new 5800, cannot get voice commands to work. When I double click on the menu in settings it will not open up. Tried hard reset, reloading firmware and Nokia help desk – all to no benefit..Anyone have any bright ideas to fix this – I otherwise like this phone a lot

Hihi!

I jus got my 5800 as well for a month already.I had both old songs and new songs from nokia music store. I could only use tones from the old songs batch, not the new ones. Sad. Even when I change try changing the tones through profile section, it never open for selection. help!

hi
can you tell me how to put pins on the nokia 5800 e.g. screen lock so it asks for a pin to enter ??

I have one of these on a T-Mobile contract. Can you explain why:
1. I have changed the homepage to Google but I still get an unreadably small load of advertorial from T-Mobile when I start the browser?
2. The battery life goes from four out of five bars to low battery warning in the space of less than ten minutes browsing and about 2 hours of standby?
3. When I hit \"search\" on google, I am repeatedly taken back to the text entry box?
Thanks – I hate both this phone and T-Mobile, but maybe there is something I am doing wrong?

@Alison – have you changed the profile to “silent”?

@ Rachel – I gave up on downloading the software – I thought I was getting something small and easy to use, not a whole media-management programme.

@Mike – I’ve had the phone a couple of weeks and haven’t noticed this problem (lots of others tho!).
Patrick

Can someone please help? My phone has just decided to stop sending messages, i can recieve them ok but when I try to reply its just storing them in the outbox. I’ve contacted my sevice provider and they can find no faults with my network. My sim card is working in other phones. Any help, much appreciated

Hey, I have had an N95 for about 18 months and about 7 months ago it stopped working online. I can still do a search on the Yell and Yahoo apps but no other browsing or internet access whatsoever!!!

Shortly after it packed in, I contacted O2 and they sent me emails and SMS suggesting fixes and nothing worked. O2 suggested I send it back to them and they replace it with another but after an earlier bad experience with them regarding an LG Chocolate (Ugh, remember that!!) I decided to live with it.

I have today ordered an 5800 and want to give the N95 to a pal but would like to have it working in fully operational order. I am sure it is something as simple as a setting but I have tried everything.

Anybody else come across this problem?

Hey,

I’m thinking about going on to a contract with the Noki 5800, but I don’t know if it is the right phone to choose. i’ve been checking out reviews and a lot of them say that they have had a problem, so is it really worth buying or should I choose a different phone? I also wondered if you could put your own music on the phone because none of the reviews I have read have said anything about this.

Thanks.

Hi
got my phone in March never had any trubble with it untill now i use it as my alarm clock too it got me up at 4am i put it on snooz and it went off cant get any response from it at all!

Hi Poul ive liked my 5800 ive been told i haven\\\’t just pressed snooz ive also pressed stop and confused the phone ive had to take the battery out and put it back in now charging it fully ill let you know if i get every thing back, i hope i do because ive got lots of music on it

Thanks. I also wanted to know if you can put your own music on it aswell. Would you reccomend it then?

@Paul. yup you can put your own music on there – I’ve stuffed mine with all sorts of MP3 files – even got Morrissey MP3 as my ring tone, not that proves anything other than I love Morrissey!

Oh, should also point out that the sound quality from the built-in speakers is great, also nice and loud. One of the best phones for music out there IMHO

Have you had any problems with any aspect of the phone Mikey Bee?

i have a nokia 5800 having some difficulty as when i used to lock it the screen light went off but now the screen locks but the light doesnt

My fone doesnt vibrate, i have changed the vibrate on the profile setting to ON, but it still doesnt do nothin,, can someone help me on this.. thanks.

I mean, when it rings, it doesnt vibrate, but that little vibration it doesnt wen u touch an icon on the screen works fine, but wen it ring, it just refuse, I mean, intentionally refuse to vibrate for just no reason.. please give me a clue on how to resolve this. thanks. I think d fone doesnt like me..

heyy iv got a 5800 fr quite sumtym nw…but evrytym i get happy wit it workin well..my messages get wiped out..like today more than 4000 messages of mine jst vanished..n itz soooo damn annoying..i hate wen it happens..can anyone suggest any good free antivirus i cn download..iv hd several issues wit da 5800 n hv heard of many frm odrz..also whtz da best way to save yr messages onto your computer..??the ovi suite is kinda annoyin too..PC Suite wz way bettr..newaz help..n thnx…

Hey. I have had my 5800 for about 7 months and I LOVE it! I love that the memory is so good, actually bigger than my iPod, and so I just use it instead of my iPod. Today, though, when I went to connect my 5800 to my laptop using the USB cable, my laptop doesn’t pick it up. I normally select ‘Media Transfer’, and when this didn’t work, tried them all; none of them worked. I have tried inserting the USB cable to the port at the side and the back of my laptop but no luck. Do you have any ideas?

Why, oh why, oh why, have people lost the ability to write English in the proper manner?!! I’m trying to read reviews for the 5800 as I was thinking of getting one but I am none the wiser as I can’t understand what the hell people are going on about!! Is this what people are being taught in schools there days? I very much doubt it but I do wonder….

Hi!

Have just got my 5800 – is there any way of setting it up so that, when you get a new text message (SMS), it comes up with who the message is from, rather than just ‘1 message received’?

Any help will be gratefully received!

Ta in advance!

Hi hope someone can help ive just put lots of musice into my 5800 but when i try to play it iy just locks me out wiyh a key next to the track what do i do? anybody………….

This phone generally is a very good phone. I have had it for about 5 months now and I was getting along with it well, the only downside is it’s very hard to text unless you use the stylus or if you have small fingers. I have had a few problems with the type of sim card i can use in it and i know that many people have had the same problems.

The memory is good and the camera quality is VERY good, sound also very good.

Good music phone but if you are needing the phone for just texting and calling I would advise you to go for a different phone.

Does this phone have GPS? I have heard it does but you have to go to a Nokia shop and get it activated. If it does have GPS, how good is it? GPS would be a massive attraction to this phone for me.

WHEN I CHANGE MY RINGTONE ON MY NOKIA 5800 IT KEEPS CHANGING ITSELF BACK TO A STANDARD RINGTONE ANY1 KNOW WHY? ANY HELP PLZ?????

I have had my 5800 for a few weeks now, had no problems at all.
Much better then the Iphone, except looks (personal preference) and UI.
I have the comes with music edition with free music for two years, already saved the cost of the phone in music alone.
I have Garmin xt sat-nav installed which works faultlessly.

i have only just got this phone and i put songs on it but it wont let me use them as ringtones i have moved them in to different files and tryed that way but it does not help. any ideas????

Hi, just got fone over the weekend, great fone, probably more on it than i need but a quick querie.
what settings should be set for ur MMS messages. a friend sent one yesterday at 11:00 and i didnt get it til after 7 last night?? i only seemed to get it wen i went on internet.
my other nokia (6600 slide) brought through messages automatically.
ive activated and saved the automatic message and waop settings you get with a new fone but just wondering wat guys out there with this fone have theirs set at??….Thanks

Hi all, Have had the phone for 2 weeks now only things im stuck on.
If you assign names to the speed dial ,when they ring you there name does not come up just number can this be changed.The other one text message comes up new message does it not somehow show you who its from.
Like the phone all features good but these two issues seem to be things which are standard on all phones.Can you help

i have a same cell ph (5800) but its camera quality is not good as i think

I have a contact name in my phone, and I chnaged the name. And now when I get a text from that person, it still comes up as the old name. HELP!!

Thanks everyone for all the answers – makes using this phone a whole lot easier. Nice one!

ARGGHHH, i have had this phone since April and it has not stopped dissapointing me.
ok for starters, it randomly decides to switch itself off,
the Bluetooth doesn\’t work, whenever i try to switch it on it goes \"unable to perform Bluetooth operation\"
and now whenever i receive a text from my contacts (who i KNOW i have saved cuz i noticed it when my girlfriend and best friend texted me) and instead of my contact name showing up in the \’from\’ bar.. it just gives me the number,, its REALLY starting to piss me off.
can anyone PLEAAAAAAASSSSSSE help me?

I have had a samsung blush for 3 years!!! But now i am allowed to buy a new phone is this phone worth buying because there seems to be a lot of problems.. or have these been sorted out.. any comments appreciated, regards chamy

For all those complaining of the callers name not being displayed, only the number, even though your contact is saved in the address book I’d suggest checking that you don’t have multiple entries for the same number. It’s quite easy to do this, especially if you’ve imported from your old SIM card. It the phone finds more than one entry, it will only display the number as it doesn’t know which one is right. That includes the speed dial shortcuts, too – make sure these are set up to point to an existing contact, don’t create a new one.

i have got a nokia 5800 all my messages have stored on the phone memory i just want to know how i can store those txt messages to my sim card or memory card can anyone help me please.

Right … I do LOVE this phone!!
One problem tho ……. I cantt recieve msges .. I have to turn my phone off and wait 5 mins n then turn it back on again .. sumtimes takes 2-3 hours for a text to come thru even tho i am in good vodafone area i have full signal .. I have anotherphone also on vodafone and its a Sony Ericsson and that works fine, Just ide rather use my contract phone than a pay as you go!!!! grrrr whats goign on!!!!

I am thinking of getting the 5800. Can anyone explian to me if the GPS is in fact Satnav? I am unclear. It says it has positioning but I want to be able to use it as a satnav device in the car. Is that possible

Thanks

Hi, I have no incoming text messages unless I send one first. Then the floodgates open and I get a backlog of them. But nothing will come through until I then send another. I am with Virgin and they told me today that it was a problem with T-Mobile who\’s masts they use. However I went into a T-Mobile store today and they were very surprised about this. Help please

Hi, I think this phone is THE BEST PHONE EVER!! but – it always turns of, sometimes for days, its REALLY slow, even when your just loading a menu, but – its great on the internet and of corse playing music! good at downloading too. i think this is wayy better than any other i have had but its just the turning of thing that makes me angry :@ -another sad point: mine is pooped, it wont EVER turn on and ive had i plugged in for days, its says that i have to contact the retailer but im so anoyed… THAT IM GETTING ANOTHER ONE – hopefully the new N97

SAT NAV/GPS thingy is good too

does the 5800 have a lock or pin lock on messages or for inbox messages?
please help if you can

Dont suppose there’s any way of putting a lock on messages/images etc? Would be a good help, cheeeers in advance

hello friends..
i had bought nokia 5800 xpress music before 2 months and it worked well since i bought.. but abruptly it has stopped sending msgs without any reason. i have been facing this problem since last 3 days. i have tried each and every tip to solve this problem but nothing works. whenever i send any msg , instead of being sent, it is saved in outbox with the following text written below the msg in outbox (Resend at (time)). when that time comes, it again delays. i m very much distrubed. is there any one for help? Ur assistance will b appreciated extravagantly.
my email ID is .. sweet_kidoo@hotmail.com
plz send me solution

how do i get thesearch of the frount of my nokia 5800

I want to know why i did not receive a TV cable and why is the USB cable less then 20cm long? How are we able to use this 10cm long computer cable?

A very disappointed Nokia User.

G

thanks alot ian, that solved my problem of the flashing message

I’ve read up on how to get my memory card out, but it’s still so hard to get out.
It feels as though it is stuck, how can i get it out easily without the risk of breaking anything?
Cheers

Hi Alesha is it your memory or yr sim card that you think is stuck?

In my case , it was my sim card, but what you have to do, is take the battery off and then you can see your sim card from the other side and give it a little push (with a pin or something) to get it out.

If it’s your memory card, then push it further in and it should pop out (as it should be on a spring type base) hope this helps.

btw mega thanks to Ian for giving me the answer to that really annoying flashing envelope problem. x

Was gonna send the phone back as the flashing has been buggin the hell outta me. Good work Ian, peace at last !

the message light is flashing for no apparent reason – no new sms. what can i do to stop it randomly flashing? Thanks

@sarah: you want to check out our guide to getting rid of that: http://noknok.tv/2009/02/18/nokia-5800-sim-memory-full-and-what-to-do/

this is my second 5800 and its worst tahn the first one incoming text and incoming calls hangs up when i press open text it does nothing i have to put on standby and then open back up and it works then new phone is worst than the first, when i try to answer a call it wont open on the answer button have to use the green button on the phone nokia sent me a new phone after trying to fix it twice and its worse than the first

For about 2 weeks now, my 5800 started having “blur” screen. It doesn’t happen always but some times after I unlock the phone the screen is blur, and then after a couple of lock-unlocks it’s getting back to normal but now the bad thing is that as the time pass this is happening more and more often.
While the screen is blur it does reacts when I touch it but I can’t see anything.

When I say blur I mean something like watching TV and loose the signal. I can see the colors but it all lines..

Please help//

Is nokia 5800 express music mobile good than other mobile….?????????????/

thanks Ian for the process for clearing the SIM card memory full flashing icon!

hi ppl,

i cracked my screen the other day and need to save the contacts from my phone memory to my sim……

Big problem as i can’t see 85% of the screen!!!!

Any help???

Cheers

I’m thinking of getting a 5800, to replace a pda & old nokia. I\’d like to know what the calendar functions are like. IE: can you put in birthdays & reminders for say an MOT and it will tell you when they are due (in advance)?

Does it have a diary facility , & can the address book be backed up to a pc with outlook?

TIA.

@Tarq – the simple answer is yes, all those functions are built in as standard

Thanks Mikey Bee for the fast response.

It’s now on my ‘very’ short list of possibilities.

There’s not much choice on payg, this looks to be the best phone.

I don’t want a long contract as I make few calls, £5 lasts me 2years! Of course I may use it more but don’t want to be tied in.

1000x mann

i know i’m late but thanks ian, that really has been bugging me!!!
xxx

hi all>>>
I don\’t have any prob in my 5800 but…i want to know how can i copy my Message from Phone memory C:
to memory card E:

thx all 1