Devices News - Written by Mikey Bee on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 13:00 - 143 Comments
Nokia 5800 – SIM memory full and what to do
As with any new phone, the Nokia 5800 is very much a work in progress and while most of the known bugs have been fixed courtesy of the recent 5800 firmware update, there seems to be a slight problem with the SIM card’s memory reading as full. We’d like to point out this isn’t widespread but seems to be causing a minor stir among users.
This problem with the Nokia 5800 consists of a small flashing envelope in the top right-hand corner. This problem has been brought to our attention by a number of users but there is a very simple workaround.
The Nokia 5800 is a cracking little smartphone and Nokia’s first full touchscreen device. If you’re new to the device then you may want to check our Nokia 5800 review. However, there seems to be a slight flaw shipping with a number of Nokia 5800 devices, whereby the SIM card’s memory reads as full, even though it’s clearly not the case.
This flaw shows up as a small flashing envelope in the corner of the screen. Typically, this should mean the SIM memory is full but in some cases, empty slots are not being recognised.
It’s a very simple process to free this up. First go to into Messaging on your Nokia 5800, select Options and then SIM Messages. At this stage you need to delete all the SIM messages. This will stop the envelope from flashing and will also correct the error.
Kudos to NokNok user Ian for alerting us to the solution, great things fella!
143 Comments
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Emily
Brilliant! That was really annoying me. Thanks ;o)
aspx
thanks mate, it works!
antemiu
That was very annoying … thanks a lot for the suggestion… worked!!! thanks a lot!
Martyn
Worked a treat… thanks!
Perfect solution. Thanks!
Ashin
Great…….. It worked… Thank u very much..
rebecca
Thank you soo much! that was annoying the hell outta me xxx
Heribert
I have similar problem which I acn’t solve – I am reciving the message “phone memory full” this happend when I tried to sync my brand new 5800 with MS outlook. The calendar shows all ok but contacts are not visible. First question how can I find and delete invisible conact – second question why it is not possible to save contacts on the memory card that would probably solve my problem as I have many contacts I carry around.
rab
worked a treat! many thanks,that was sooooo irritating!
Mikey Bee
Heribert: Newby helped solve this one over on another thread:
http://mobileguide.o2.co.uk/devices/device.jsp?deviceId=545&tab=5
Contacts – How do I manage my handset and SIM contacts?
Thank you. exactly what I was looking for.
–GS
Alessia
Thank u so much! It was really driving me crazy…u are amazing! Thanks for sharing this.
arya
that\’s really work, many thanks.
IAN
Cheers m8 was doing my head in.
davros104
excellent, was really bugging me and now its sorted, yey!
Sridevi
Thank u so much! It was driving me crazy…
U are genius! Thanks a lot…
Suresh-srilanka
It\’s brillient.Thanka a lot
corrinne
just got my phone, its doing this but don’t want to hit delete as they are messages that were on my old phone i think? any way of getting them?
thank you xo
nisar
yup! that lil blinking bugger got killed! thanx a million
Lotty
Excellent, thanks. Been bugging me. Vodafone who supplied the phone couldn’t answer this simple questions!
Riyas basheer
Thats works fine for me….Excellent
tommo
thanks, that was pissing me right off!
groggy
Thanks a tonne!! This was bang on – exactly what I needed. The damn envelope was annoying me to no end.
Thanck u veryyyyyy much
David Glen
Yes, it worked, that was doing my head in. Cracking suggestion.
sam
thanks it worked brilliantly was annoying me !
rakesh
thankx very much..it solved the annoying trouble!!
lemysp
I’m now on my second 5800 and this time I’ve had the same problem, but when I go messaging>settings>sim messages the says (no messages) so I can’t delete any! Ideas?
Adam
THANKYOU SO VERY MUCH! THAT REALLY WAS ANNOYING MATE… AWESOME!!!!
Dave Hornby
Fantastic solution mate.
Sent 2 of these phones back to T-Mobile before coming across your brilliant answer.
Well done, that man!
If I could, I’d buy you a beer.
max
thanks very much. great stuff!
Ross marks
Brilliant! Loving the phone, was hating the message. Now I just have the love! You are a star. Thanks
Tania
Huzzah! Love the phone but that was bugging me no end.
Cheers
T
MoxyNZ
This works for the N97 too!
Thanks so much – it was driving me CRAZY!
@ndie
thankyou…..i’m the proud owner of a nokia n97 & had this annoying problem as well……….had read somewhere on the net that i should follow tips & hints on 5800’s with regards to any probs with my fone…..thankyou again! x
LOL phew thats a load off my troubles, that crap was annoying me XD thanks.
Dr.Doo
Cheers for that info it works a treat!
Fantastic! Thanks for sorting this out, was so easy to fix the problem.
bob ama
you only need to delete 1 message for this to work
thanks all the same!
Muhammad Ali
Thanks a million no more envelope on the screen
katusk
Yep, bob ama is right, you only need to delete 1 message – worked fine for me. Thanks!
habbahubba
arrrgh…should have read the comments before deleting all ov ma precious messages….daym
Sally
Thank goodness for finding this site! The envelope was driving me to distraction and I tried everything I could think of to ‘empty’ the SIM without success. Thanks very much for preventing my new 5800 from being put through a window (and not a Microsoft one at that!).
Peter
Thanks a lot. Really helpful indeed !
amu
thnx a ton….
Eurika! Thanku very much!!!
Ben
Thankyou So Much, Just Got My Phone Back By Spilling Nail Glue All Over It Lol Do I Have To Do This Everytime?
nigel
spot on thanks was getting on my nerves!
Nics
Thanks for sharing this works a treat.
Sonia
Thank you sooo much, just got my new nokia n85 out of the shop and the flashing envelope was driving me mad! But all sorted now Many Thanks x
Shaun Mitchell
Hero
Tarun
It worked pretty well! Thanks a ton and god bless
Jo
Brilliant! So glad I found this site. Called o2’s helpdesk & the guy I spoke to actually said “I have no idea how to sort that out because it’s such a new phone!” Thanks
Shreyas Darshan
thx so much for the help
wonderful .it worked like magic.so glad my phone is back to normal.Thanks a million.
alok
Thanks alot..it really worked
andy
Brilliant. Thanks very much for the spot on advice. It worked.
antsgame
Thank you very much!!
Jezzer7777
Great.
Ronnie
thanks a lot man…
Rvn
thanx .. fixed
v.d.69
thanks. its really work ….
….
soundmanman
Thanks this really helps it was all ways bugging me.
Ben
What a pain in the ass, this is my new Samsung i8910, only 1 so far so looks good!
Very usefull ! that message was very annoying ! 10x + karma
Debbi Barlow
OMG thank you SOOOOO much for this tip on how to remove the flashing envelope stating that the sim card was full on my nokia 5800. It was driving me NUTS. Only found your advice after emptying all my contacts from my sim though….!! Duh !!
Reema
Woooooooooow this is great, it was really annoying me, now it is gone , thank you very much
David
Great, that annoyed me for ages, thanks a lot
CT
Thank goodness for this – soooooooooooo annoying! And so pretty now it\\\’s not flashing!
CT
Thank goodness, like all the other comments, it was annoying the hell outta me too!
Obsessive & Compulsive
This was really not good for my OCD. Was driving me crazy!
(Also, do you not think that the security code was a little hard to read or is it just me?)
Anyway, thankyou very much for your help.
Animesh
Thanks!! All other websites told the same thing- but not how to do it! Yours gave a precise instruction.. kudos!
vikki
ideal thx was gettin on y nerves lol
Saide
Can’t believe that was all to it! had that problem for months and solved it here in 30secs. Thanx a mil!
Elsabe
Thank goodness – hated that bloody flashing env – and it finished battery life! Will see how long it lasts now.
Thanks mate this is really annoying, will try it hope it will solve the problem as it did to other people as i read in comments
thanks again
mike
Brilliant tech tip. Was really annoying.
harshvardhan
thanks alot,
it really helped me…
MANDY
Thank you so much. I tried everything and was about to go back to CPWH as I’d just had my mobile returned from being fixed. Sorted now. Thanks again
Rebornprim
Thanks so much, it was so anoyying.
Rajkumar
Thank you very much..it worked
Fantastic thanks it worked a treat.
anna
thanks im not such a ludite after all!!!! your fix has sorted the problem!!!
corine:-)
thanks very much! it worked even on my 5530, a great help from this site, keep posting beneficial stuff like this! more power:-)
Rob SA
Yahoo :-> it works!!!
Vipul Singhal
It really worked. Thanks a lot. One more thing for those who could not get help with this tip is that the person should go in messaging as follows Menu>Messaging>Options>SIM Messages>Mark All>Delete. Do not go to messaging directly from the desktop.
callum
woohoo o yes that feels good thank u very mutch. it people like u that macke the world a better place.
Mikko
You\’re freakin\’ awesome! That things was driving me crazy, even tho i just have had the phone for about 3 hours now.
Great explaining, and that picture almost explained everything too ![]()
Thanks for your help again!
(I very very very rarely leave comments to anyone about anything)
Diddy
Brilliant.Simple when you know how! Thanks.
Dve in Dublin
Perfect Fix! A silly little problem, I know, but it was annoying me that I couldn’t get rid of the flashing envelope on my new phone!!!
Tnx v.much
Damian
thank you !!!
really helpful
Vlad Ciutacu
Hey, Thanks man, I got it today and didn’t knew how to fix it.
Anne
Thank you!!!
Elaine
Thanks – got rid of the flashing envelope but i can only receive messages now and everytime i send a message it keeps going to outbox and sitting at re-sending – ANY SUGGESTIONS ???
Thivanka
Thank you so much!!! Worked great!!!
pavel
Thanks!!
I spent 2 hours trying to figure out what was wrong until I found your site.
Stan
Sometime a little sharing of ideas are the work of perfectionist, thanks dude keep sharing your solutions… highly appreciated.
slovakia
Thank you very much! This finally solved my problem.
Shiarawn
Oh my goodness. Thanks so much for this tip.
Finally, that blinking image is gone. Whoot~~~
fayez
it worked great tx
Veena
Thanks, that was very useful. My 5800’s battery was probably getting drained due to frequent “sim-memory full” flashes.
Haha, Thx for ur help dude!
Surendar
It worked for me… Thanks..
Surendar
It worked for me… thanks man…
Rajesh
Worked fine… Fantastic Thank you… Merry Christmas and Very Happy New year
fab tip ..worked no envelope..regards
parsa
hiiiiiiiiiiiii
tanks for u
by
I had this problem that was SOOOO irritating/. Thanks for your suggestion on how to clear it. Great help.
Joel
WOOOO! nice one thank you worked! on my 5530
Rahul
Thanks for the tip. Well you need not delete the all the msges from your sim. Delete one of them and the blinker goes off (incase you need those msges, like I did).
Archit Sharma
Kisssssssssssssssesssssssssssss……………………………..
thank u very much!!!
2 d point answer..
deepu
thanku very mush my problem is solved by viewing this page thank you o lot
Nurlan Kh.
WOW!!! it worked! thank you!
Bluescenes
At last! Thanks
tom
Brilliant! Thank you sooo much!!
Gwydion
yes a problem on this mobile that can be simply fixed, I’ve just had mine back after sending it to be repaired.
alva
cheers pal i was about to take it in for repair. saved me the hassle.
JK
Fantatstic!, a solution that’s easily understood and works.
Sapphire848
Thank you! I got my phone in the post this morning (replacement of the same model) and the envelope had me a little worried as I transfered the sim from my backup phone. I assumed I hadn’t moved all of the data from sim to phone.
Thankyou, you have been a great help ![]()
Blessings
marleen
deleting just one sim message seems to have done the job, thanks!
Josi29
it also worked for my new nokia 5530 xpress music
Radu
Thanks for this usefull information … it worked.
Before doing this, I have tried almost everything and the result was the same: \"SIM memory full\"
Rgds.
Douglas
Thank you very much. Have just cleared flashing enelope on my new Nokia 5230. Just cleared 1 text and cleared problem.
Ashu
THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS……..MATE…….You guys ROCK
Cheersssssssssssssssss
Johanne
Whoa! Thanks a lot
So easy..
Johanne, Denmark
Halla.
Same problem on 5230. I deleted all messages from sim card and it worked.
Thanks.
b saunders
Hallelujaaahhhhh You had the answer which I will share with the Virgin advisors (they were non plussed)
bes
ed
It doesn’t work for me..i got no sim messages, nothing to delete. What to do now?
shaun
just had the phone back from turnin it’s self of now nothin will save to mem well piss off plus lost all my no.
maria
THANK UUU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bala NK
Great Solution, Thanks for sharing…
nokia knower
ik could be the internet too my nokia 5800 memory was 57,3 mb of internet history!!
Janet
THANKS A LOT! it works… saved me another day of deleting contacts off my sim card!
Amckay
Probelm solved….thanks very much x
rebecca
thanks, just got the x6-00 and it works for that too!
Andrew
Thank you so much was about to throw it, which would be a bad thing considering i only just got it back from being repaired today
BbFM
OH! It worked!
Krissie
O M G ! ! ! This flashing envelope was about to drive me crazy!!! Fantastic!
Krissie
It still says “Unable to use memory card” when using the camera! Any ideas what that could be??
FANTASTIC… Awesome hint…that envelope was driving me nuts …. REALLY tks!!
Lynds
Thank you so much! That was really annoying me
kiki
holy sh*t ,,, it actually worked …thanks a billion
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