5800 is ****

I hate my 5800. I can't cut my fingernails on my thumb and index finger because I lost my stylus which was **** also. aaargh. I sometimes have to use my car keys to touch something on the screen. omg. Who made this piece of ****?

XploitMachine wrote:
Nokia 5800XM uses resistive screen, that means u can even use your tounge to operate the device, believe me .. it works
Don't buy used phones from Xploit....................
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Nokia 5800 Tips, Review, FAQs and How-to tutorials

Hi, guys. Here I worked out comprehensive Nokia tutorial with my lovely Nokia 5800. You will find all the most commonly asked questions for Nokia 5800.
Review of My Nokia 5800
I got one 5800 last month and then I was deeply fascinated by this smart phone. It is the first Nokia touch screen phone and you may use your finger or stylus to operate it. Also Nokia 5800 XpressMusic provides wonderful devices for users to enjoy music. Taking advantage of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic introduces the ‘Media Bar’, a handy drop down menu that provides direct access to music and entertainment, including favourite tracks, videos and photos. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks, a 3.5mm jack, support for main digital video formats 3GP，H.264/AVC，MPEG4, RM.and audio formats MP3, AAC, WMA, WMV. Built-in surround sound stereo speakers offer the industry’s most powerful sound. So it is really wonderful experience of enjoy music and movies with Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.
How to update the firmware of Nokia 5800 to v21
It is good news that firmware update for Nokia 5800 was released already. New firmware v.21 is available. If you also own a 5800, just follow the simple instruction to update your v20 or v10 to the newest v21.
Make sure that your battery is full (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. Go to Dial screen and press *#0000#
2. Press Options -> Check for updates
3. Connect to the Internet with any APN (WiFi is recommended, however EDGE is fast enough for this). 4. Wait until the download finished. Phone will launch the dialog asking for update, just press Now. 5. Press Accept and Accept and the phone will be switched to Updating mode.
6. It takes around 10 minutes to update, so be patient. After that, the phone will be rebooted automatically.
7. Check by *#0000# again. Congrats! Your 5800 is now v21!
As I can see, there are so many improvements and worth to update for example, better camera functionality and the phone operates faster than previous version.
Best Settings for Video Playback on Nokia 5800 Xpress Music
Nokia 5800 as the multimedia phones makes you able to enjoy watching the video and music with it. The question is, how’s to do to convert that videos and what are the best setting used for. I have convert many videos into my phone, I found that most video files can play with this phone such as mp4, 3gp, rmvb and flv files. But of them plays well but some are not. After many tries, I finally got the best results for Nokia video files. My video in 5800 was full screen, high quality and sounds very well. Here are my settings:
Video Resolution: 480*320
Video Bitrate: 768 kbps
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Video Format: MPEG-4 (be sure not to use H264, as it’s not supported in the current firmware)
Audio Format: MP3
Audio Channels: 2 Channels
You can apply these settings above in whatever application you used when converting videos into 5800. Then I am sure you will get full screen, high quality and flawless video in your phone.
Settings for video playback on Nokia N97, N95, N85 and other Nokia phones.
Nokia N97: Video playback formats are 3GP formats, Flash Video, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4; the video resolution is 360*640. Audio formats are AAC, M4A, MP3, WAV, WMA etc.
Nokia N96: video playback formats are 3GP, Flash video, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, RealVideo, WMV 9; the video resolution is 240*320. Audio formats are AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA etc.
Nokia N95: video playback formats are MP4, 3GP. Video resolution is up to 640*480, audio format is AAC stereo.
Nokia N85: video playback formats are 3GP formats, Flash video, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, and WMV. The resolution is 240*320. The audio formats are AAC, M4A, MP3, WAV and WMA etc.
OK, I will not list all settings of Nokia phones. If you are interested you may get more relative information on Nokia official website.
How to transfer video files into Nokia 5800
I have download some videos from video website such as Youtube, Google video. But I can’t watch these videos in my phone. As these videos were flv files, Nokia 5800 can’t play such videos. I use Internet Tablet Video Converter to convert it, but it shows “Unsupported Video File Type”. Then I got to know some best video converter that seems professional for Nokia phone, I free download its trial version and tried it, and it works very well. Below are what I do:
Click Add button to add video files from your computer, set your videos according to the above settings and select Nokia 5800 Video MPEG-4 format for your video. Then just click convert button to start the conversion. After the conversion complete, you may watch these videos with Nokia 5800.
Also you may get music from video in this way. But pay attention to the format. As Nokia 5800 support mp3 audio format, you should select “MP3 – MPEG Layer-3 Audio (*.mp3)”.
How to convert DVD files into Nokia 5800
Obviously phones don’t have DVD drives, so to watch DVD on a phone you have to convert it into a video file on your PC then drag it into your phone. I also follow the above settings and convert DVD files into MPEG-4 video with Daniusoft DVD Ripper. the results are excellent.
After insert your DVD into the DVD Drive click the Open DVD button to upload DVD files on to this program. Click Settings button to set your videos according to the above settings I listed. Click Profile drop list to select “Nokia 5800 Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)” format for your Nokia video. Then click Convert button to start the conversion. In few minutes the whole process will completed.
If you select audio format “MP3 – MPEG Layer-3 Audio (*.mp3)” you may also get music from DVD.
To transfer files into Nokia 5800
In the above tutorial I have explain you how to convert Nokia videos from DVD and other video files. Then you need to transfer these videos into your phone.
1. Make sure your computer and phone are both switched on. Also make sure your 5800 have a memory card in its slot.
2. Plug the small end of the microUSB cable into the phone’s USB socket, which s under a plastic flap in the top left corner.
3. Plug the larger end of the microUSB cable into a USB port on your computer.
4. On your 5800 it should ask which mode you wish to use. Choose “Mass Storage”.
5. Open the memory card window (probably called “Removable Disk E:”), drag your video files into the video folder.
6. After finished transfer files, do not disconnect the cable yet. You should make it safe to disconnect the cable. You may do this by click a small icon in the bottom right corner of the screen that appears when the phone is connected.
7. After you have made the device safe to remove, you can unplug the cable at both ends.
Some useful tips to make the Nokia 5800's battery last as long as possible
Sometimes you may have to stop talking with your friend or watching videos with your phone as low power of your battery. It is more inconvenient if you are in travel and have no alternative battery. Here are some tips to make your phone battery last as long as possible when using telephone.
Do not switch the phone off. As switching a phone on uses far more battery power than simply leaving the phone on.
Shut down unnecessary applications.
Turn down the 5800’s screen brightness to the lowest acceptable level.
Switch off your 5800’s screen when not in use.
Use headphones instead of speakers when listening to music or watching movies.
Avoid using the camera flash unnecessarily.
Use 2G instead of 3G.
Switch off Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi.'
Ok, I have typed out all my thoughts about Nokia 5800 here. Hope my tutorial is helpful to you. And all the other Nokia 5800 tutorials and useful how-to information should come here! It is welcome

Try backing up ur texts using phone's inbuilt file manager.it may work..

V21 5800 - reply to MMS with SMS?

I'm sure that before I upgraded to v21 I could reply to an MMS with an SMS by choosing from the options menu reply->via text message. The "via text message" bit has gone now there is only a "to sender" - which replies with an MMS, or "with audio message". Anyone else seen this?

Just make sure that the "Subject:" header is visible when composing messages. When responding to an MMS (there only ever was a "reply to sender", there were never "reply by SMS" and "reply by MMS" commands on the 5800 since there never were "create new SMS" and "create new MMS" commands either, just "create new message" ), all you have to do is wipe out the content of that header.
The 5800 converts your message to an MMS if there's something in the subject header or if you insert content that can't be sent via SMS like an image or video. If neither are present then it defaults to SMS.
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5800 Problem with Ovi Store and Facebook - HELP PL...

I have had my 5800 for about 4 weeks now and had a great time using Facebook and downloading stuff from the Ovi Store when suddenly my problem appeared. When I try and log on to the Ovi Store it says at the bottom "you are logged in as Purpledwarfy but when I try to move onto another page I get an error saying "sign in failed, check your user name and password" I know that my username and password are correct because they work on all the other PCs I have tried it on. I have also tried to change my password and it hasn't made a difference.
On Facebook I log in using the same details that get me access on a PC and it looks like it is going to load my page but just goes straight back to the login page.
Has anyone else had the same problem and have you been able to fix it??
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Hi, I got it fixed in the end. I found the nearest Nokia Service Centre Experts who ended up being Carphone Warehouse. I handed them my phone and went back to get it a couple of hours later and it was fixed. All they did was wipe the phone, after saving my contacts etc onto the memory card, and then rebuilt it. Working great now

Ovi Maps does not launch anymore on my 5800 Xpress...

I have the latest ovi maps for my nokia 5800 (3.06, and also the latest firmware of the 5800), and everything was working fine until yesterday when I click the Map icon, the application is not launching... I did not install anything new, it just does not want to launch the application (no error message, just like i did not press the icon). I had the same issue couple of weeks ago when suddenly the ovi maps stopped working (i had to reset my phone and reinstall everything), and today it's the same all over again...
Do you have any idea how to fix this? (i have around 40Mo left in my phone memory, so there should not be any memory problem i guess....)
Thanks!
Alexandre
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@XanderVDB
Presumably you have Ovi Maps v3.06 (688) installed http://nds1.nokia.com/files/support/global/phones/software/ ovi_maps_installer_3.06_11wk23_b05_s60_5...
Don't know whether you restored from a backup after resetting device and have re-introduced a problem.
Perhaps try removing E:\Cities + .qf fle from 5800 and store safely on PC desktop, as empty folder structure re-created when you next open Ovi Maps application.
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Nokia Ovi Suite and Nokia 5800 crashing after fw u...

When I start my Nokia Ovi Suite (V. 2.2.0.245) it works as usual, I can brows around my content without any problems. As soon as I connect my Nokia 5800 XM (RM-356 V. 51.0.006) it crashes. Worked just fine before I upgraded to the latest version on the phone.
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I get the following error reported from Windows XP:
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AppName: nokiaovisuite.exe
AppVer: 2.2.0.245
ModName: msvcr90.dll
ModVer: 9.0.30729.4148
Offset: 0003b000
01/09/2010 16:43:48 (OviSuite) - ERROR   - DAL_Plugin_PCCS, Thread 12, Line 168,    .\Application\CDalPCCSDevice.cpp, CDalPCCSDevice::getHandle(): DAL failure detected: (0) converted from PCCS error [0x0: Ok] / DA_OpenCA / @ CDalPCCSDevice::getHandle (.\Application\CDalPCCSDevice.cpp:168)
01/09/2010 16:43:48 (OviSuite) - ERROR   - DAL_Plugin_PCCS, Thread 12, Line 168,    .\Application\CDalPCCSDevice.cpp, CDalPCCSDevice::getHandle(): DAL failure detected: (102) converted from PCCS error [0x80100023: Device do not support operation] / DA_OpenCA / @ CDalPCCSDevice::getHandle (.\Application\CDalPCCSDevice.cpp:168)
01/09/2010 16:43:48 (OviSuite) - ERROR   - CommonUtilities, Thread GUI, Line 393,   .\Application\platform\win\WindowsNetworkUtils.cpp, CWindowsNetworkUtils:etNAMProxySettings(): Could not found proxy server for Url!
01/09/2010 16:43:47 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 21 Oper = Start Result = 0 Classname = CAOCheckInstallationsOperation Resource = Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 15
01/09/2010 16:43:47 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 20 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = ProxyResolverOperation Resource = 8000000000010020 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 14
01/09/2010 16:43:47 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 19 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = ProxyResolverOperation Resource = 8000000000010019 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 13
01/09/2010 16:43:46 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 18 Oper = Assign Result = 0 Classname = DeviceMemoryStatusReader Resource = 355225038859660 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-6000-9000-e48a86b1f700} Queue = 8
01/09/2010 16:43:46 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 17 Oper = Start Result = 0 Classname = CAOGetContentCapability Resource = 355225038859660 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 8
01/09/2010 16:43:45 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 16 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = ProxyResolverOperation Resource = 8000000000010016 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 12
01/09/2010 16:43:44 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 15 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = ProxyResolverOperation Resource = 8000000000010015 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 11
01/09/2010 16:43:44 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 14 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = ProxyResolverOperation Resource = 8000000000010014 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 10
01/09/2010 16:43:44 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 13 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = ProxyResolverOperation Resource = 8000000000010013 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 9
01/09/2010 16:43:46 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 12 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = DeviceInitializer Resource = 355225038859660 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 8
01/09/2010 16:43:40 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 11 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = PlantImeiFile Resource = 355225038859660 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 8
01/09/2010 16:43:36 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 10 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = CContactContentObjectsOperation Resource = 8000000000000001 Content = {41803f8d-ddf7-4bac-9fc4-e54d248305d5} Queue = 4
01/09/2010 16:43:32 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 9 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = ProxyResolverOperation Resource = 8000000000010009 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 7
01/09/2010 16:43:32 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 8 Oper = Start Result = 0 Classname = CDalPccsDeviceObjects Resource = 355225038859660_persistent Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 6
01/09/2010 16:43:32 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 7 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = ProxyResolverOperation Resource = 8000000000010007 Content = {2468e4ca-72d2-4248-8ce7-e48a86b1f783} Queue = 5
01/09/2010 16:43:36 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 6 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = CContactContentObjectsOperation Resource = 8000000000000001 Content = {41803f8d-ddf7-4bac-9fc4-e54d248305d5} Queue = 4
01/09/2010 16:43:33 (OviSuite) - INFO    - AO Action: Id = 5 Oper = Finish Result = 0 Classname = CContactContentObjectsOperation Resource = 8000000000000001 Content = {41803f8d-ddf7-4bac-9fc4-e54d248305d5} Queue = 4
Nokia M Platform 2.6.195 (NLib 0.8.641)
Nokia M Data Store opened at location "C:\Documents and Settings\Petri\Local Settings\Temp\Nokia Remote Data Store\355225038859660-mtp\DataBase\MDataStore.db3"
Nokia M Platform 2.6.195 (NLib 0.8.641)
Nokia M Data Store opened at location "c:\docume~1\Petri\locals~1\applic~1\nokia\nokiad~1\Thumbnail\DataBase\MDataStore.db3"
Nokia M Platform 2.6.195 (NLib 0.8.641)
Nokia M Data Store opened at location "c:\docume~1\petri\locals~1\applic~1\nokia\nokiad~1\DataBase\MDataStore.db3"
Nokia M Data Store opened at location "C:\Documents and Settings\Petri\Local Settings\Application Data\Nokia\Nokia Data Store\Thumbnail\DataBase\MDataStore.db3"
Nokia M Data Store opened at location "C:\Documents and Settings\Petri\Local Settings\Application Data\Nokia\Nokia Data Store\DataBase\MDataStore.db3"
01/09/2010 16:43:39 (OviSuite) - INFO    - DalDataModel: deviceConnected 355225038859660
01/09/2010 16:43:39 (OviSuite) - INFO    - DalDataModel: oviDevicemediaAdded (USB)355225038859660
01/09/2010 16:43:39 (OviSuite) - INFO    - DalDataModel: oviDeviceConnected 355225038859660
01/09/2010 16:43:36 (OviSuite) - ERROR   - CommonWidgets, Thread GUI, Line 192,   .\Application\CommonHomeWidget\StackHomeAnimation.cpp, StackHomeAnimation::updateAnimation(): Pixmap count needs to be at least 1
01/09/2010 16:43:36 (OviSuite) - ERROR   - MapsPlugin, Thread GUI, Line 482,   .\Application\ItemsPane.cpp, CItemsPane::showItemsPaneNoData(): ShowItemsPaneNoData error 1013
01/09/2010 16:43:30 (OviSuite) - ERROR   - CommonWidgets, Thread GUI, Line 491,   .\Application\CommonNavigationPane2\CommonNavigationPane.cpp, CCommonNavigationPane::getSelectedIndexes(): Selection model is NULL!
01/09/2010 16:43:28 (OviSuite) - ERROR   - MessagesPlugin, Thread GUI, Line 834,   .\Application\ItemsView.cpp, CItemsView::getMessageModel(): m_pMsgFilter is NULL. Could not get message model.
01/09/2010 16:43:28 (OviSuite) - ERROR   - CommonUtilities, Thread   6, Line 393,   .\Application\platform\win\WindowsNetworkUtils.cpp, CWindowsNetworkUtils:etNAMProxySettings(): Could not found proxy server for Url!
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System config :
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OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32-bit
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6
GenuineIntel 2.66 Mhz
ASUS StrikerExtreme ACPI BIOS Revision 1801, 2008-10-23
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Troubleshooting so far:
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Uninstall Ovi and re-download from Nokia web. Reinstalled Ovi Suite but that didn't work.
I then uninstalled all Ovi and all Nokia related software, cleaned Registry and reinstall Ovi Suite: Failed to fix.
Then I installed Nokia PC Suite 7.1.40.1 which worked just fine with 5800 XM (RM-356 V. 51.0.006). I had no problems making backups or to synchronize.
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How to solve this problem?

LOL
I just tried Nokia Ovi Suite again to copy the full error report that it sends to Microsoft.... lo and behold it started to work again?????
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This I did before I tried
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Then I installed Nokia PC Suite 7.1.40.1 which worked just fine with 5800 XM (RM-356 V. 51.0.006). I had no problems making backups or to synchronize with Nokia PC Suite.
Made a complete backup on my phone.
Installed Nokia Software Updater and I reinstall the latest FW 51.0.006 to my phone.
Then I organized my content for a few minutes.
Shut down Nokia PC Suite and Nokia Software Updater.
Started up Nokia Ovi Suite.
Connected my phone and clicked on PC-Suite on the options.
It now works again????
Something happened when I installed PC Suite that enabled me to use my Nokia 5800 with Ovi Suite again.

Problem with Flash Lite in Nokia 5800 XpressMusic-Problema con Flash Lite en Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

I've got a problem playing videos in YouTube with my 5800. Recently I updated my version of Flash Lite to 3.1, from that day I can't see correctly videos on YouTube, when the the indicator of the bar reaches 1/4 of the totallity of the bar, the sound and image stop, but the indicator continues playing. If i want to see completly a video I have to put the indicator in the start of the bar and wait the load again. Some idea to fix this problem?
Sorry for my English level.
Tengo un problema reproduciendo vídeos en YouTube con mi 5800. Hace poco actualicé la versión del Flash Lite a la 3.1 y desde entonces no puedo ver correctamente vídeos de YouTube, cuando el indicador de la barra alcanza 1/4 de la distancia total, se detienen el sonido y la imagen, pero el indicador continúa como si siguiera reproduciendo, es decir para el vídeo es como si siguiera reproduciendo pero ni el sonido ni la imagen continúan., para ver los vídeos tengo que llevar el cursor de carga al principio y esperar la carga de nuevo, es un problema realmente molesto. ¿Alguna idea para solucionarlo?

Hi,
I have Nokia 5800XM as well. The YouTube videos are playng fine for me. my FW is 40.0.005 with FL3.1
Maybe you need to update your device's firmware and FL version.\
Start Device Manager application on your 5800XM from menu or dialing *#0000#. It will check for new updates and ask you to download them. Remember that these updates are in MBs. I'd recommend update using a WiFi connection or flat-rate data plan.
Best,
// chall3ng3r //

My garmin gps disapear in my 5800 xmusic

i have a 5800 xmusic, i ussually had the icon of garmin gpsbut disapear.
i go to archive administration and the folder is but the aplication disapear pls help
and apologgies for my bad english
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@natilabruja
If installation .sis is still available have you tried re-installing this application?
Am running it on 5800XM with latest v60.0.003 firmware.
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Network problem with my 5800 XPressmusic - ? just ...

Hi
I got my 5800 last Friday & am enjoying it very much !
However, today the phone seemed to completely lose my O2 network connection whilst in my office at work.
There was no signal registering & "no network connection" warning whenever I tried to call out.
My room doesn't have the best signal in the world, but this hasn't happened before.
And it wouldn't connect when I went outside either.
I got the signal back by restarting the phone.
Can anyone advise here ? Is it probably just a glitch or something more serious ?
thanks

Would recommend first do a backup of your content
Then factory reset the phone.
To do that use the dialer to type *#7370#
Phone askes if you want to restore phone, reply Yes
Then enter lock code: 12345
..then restore your backup.
(Would recommend that you do not restore phone settings from the backup)

5800 XM lifestory - get your popcorn ready people

Hello everyone. This is my first post here as I don't know where else to put it. It is quite long as it will go through alot of problems I have occured and I dont know what to do so please help. It may give you soloutions to some of your problems too.
I recently got a Nokia 5800 XM with a 1 year music store download subscription card. I got this in August 2009. I started off using the phone as a rookie to Nokia s60 5th edition phones. All I could say was that I was greatly, very greatly, satisfied with the product. It exceeded all expectations and work flawlessly. Until the day when the phone did NOT recognise the 8gb memory card within and the photos in the gallery had their thumbnails missing (even though the photos were listed!). It was strange, this never happened before.
This happened a few months later from the day i got it. I turned the phone off, took out the battery, put the memory card in, put battery back in and turned it on. The splashscreen with NOKIA in blue came up (as the phone vibrates and then starts). After that these things happened (to keep it short):
A1) The first time i did this it asked for a lock code (i set it). I put it in and everything is OK.
A2) Next day I turned my phone on, entered code, went onto home screen and stayed STUCK on it. I tried pressing the menu button but it would take about 2 minutes to get to the menu 2 5 minutes to load any sort of application!
A3) Same day: I tried accessing the memory card from Windows XP computer (SP3). The computer froze and crashed.
A4) Same day: I tried accessing memory card from PC suite by choosing PC Suite mode from the phone. This worked for a day and then this too would crash and cause the computer to end the program.
A5) Same day: I tried accessing memory card by putting the phone into Mass Storage mode. This worked completely and I was able to back up some files (pics, songs, vids etc).
A6) Next day: As a test I tried accessing the memory card from a different computer. I got the same results as in (2), (3) and (4). This test made me conclude that the memory card was corrupted (which was pretty strange as I never did take it out of the phone ever since I got it!).
A7) The day after that I turned the phone on and guess what? It took about 20 minutes to get to the lock code and the touch screen was not responding to me pressing the numbers.
I made the decision to format the memory card by using my computer (windows XP). I could access it through Mass Storage mode so it made things alot easier. I formatted the memory card WITHOUT uninstalling ANY of the applications that were originally installed to the memory card. This, of course, was a bad move but I was desperate as I needed the phone to work. If you ever do install lots of applications onto a memory card (install them one by one) you will notice that even the phone memory gets used up very slightly. What happened was that I had half a program on the phone (including all of my music Licenses, phone locks and registry for alot of programs and themes).
SO after the format I put the card back into the phone. It recognised it and showed the message that said something like, "Readying memory card". This took a few minutes but after that it went. I then immediately updated my phone to the latest firmware (which was v21 at that time) and put my backed up files onto it again. That fixed a whole load of errors from before.
A few months later a few of the thumbails for my pictures went missing again. The day this happened the phone became slow and unresponsive too. I decided to update the phone's applications and firmware again. This, again, fixed the problem but not for long.
In November 2009 my phone was slowly 'failing':
B1) It would randomly switch off even during a use of any application and even when I was making a call.
B2) NEW: every time my phone was left on its own for about 5 minutes the screen would only display lines of colour, not text or anything related to the GUI of the phone. Just lines. I noticed that the phone was stone-cold at that point. So a little heat (rubbing it in hands or leaving it in my warm pockets) would solve it and it did.
B3) Making phone calls would take AGES! It took about 5 minutes for the sound that shows a connection to the other phone would come up!
B4) No dial tones - sometimes when I dialled a number there would be no 'beep-beep' of the integers being put in (regardless if I was in Silent profile or General with the volume put at maximum)
B5) Internet fail - the phone would not connect to any sort of connection wether it be mobile internet to any Wifi spot.
B6) Transparent images - web graphics and transparent images that should normally blend in witht the background had, for some reason, a grey filling. This never happened before and I took note of it.
B7) Facebook malfunction - when the new 'touchscreen site' for facebook came out, I was enthralled to see a site that uses the functions of the phone only (just touchscreen). However it worked fine for a few weeks but after that if I clicked on a name of one of my friends it would 'glitch' Basically the same page would load (before I clicked on someone) and the header of the page (that said 'Facebook' with the tabs 'home', 'profile', 'friends' and 'inbox' in a blue background) would all be DUPLICATED to the bottom of the page. This would happen again and again and they would act like separate 'processes' or 'pages' in one page only.
B8) Facebook transparent glitch - the new touch site has a notifications area on the top-left of the screen. Normally it would show an image of a whiteboard with lines on it if there were no notifications. If there are it would show up as a red square with a number in it showing how many. This happens but the number has white 'cut outs' like scissors cut around it harshly leaving jaggy edges and pixels and NO transparency.
B9) Connection to WLAN lost - this happened between 20 seconds and 30 minutes of connecting to ANY wifi spot.
I checked for firmware updates and updated to v31 or v38 (one of those two). This fixed problems (3), (6) and (8) for another few months. After that I was happy with the phone even though it still had all the other problems.
January 2010. A new year, a new hope and, of course, new dilemmas
Phone was fine until the memory card got corrupted. How did that happen? I took a picture of my new barbecue machine and when it says 'processing image' underneath the battery DIED and the phone shut off. *sigh* I charged the phone and went to that picture that I took (when the battery died) and it had no thumbnail. This was expected. I opened it and it said 'corrupt file'. After that I deleted it but it couldnt delete it! I tried deleting it through 'File mgr.' and 'X-Plore'. Didn't work. Tried it through windows through USB mass storage. Computer crashed. Took MMC out of computer. Computer magically fixed! Corrupt memory card. I didnt try it on another computer but I was sure the card had 'gone bad'. So this time I first backed up the stuff I wanted from there, uninstalled everything from the phone (except for some themes which I forgot) and then formatted the card.
After the format I realised I missed the sisx themes to uninstall. They had not gone from the themes list but It showed that they were installed to the phone memory - something that I had NOT done before the format. I installed everything to the memory card.
I slowly worked out (over the weeks) that everytime I installed something to the memory card there would be some sort of 'remnants' left behind after a format. I got this because after the 2 formats I got another problem and a solution:
C1) Music player custom Equalisers - all had been deleted after the format and there were none in the list. However when I went to make a new setting and pressed 'OK' after choosing a name for it and setting the levels it would sound as if all the levels were back to 0. I rechecked and found that the name was saved as Preset 1 and NOT what I chose it to be (I named it 'My Own') and the levels were, in fact, back to 0. What I worked out was that if I wanted them back then I would just leave the name how it came up (Preset 1, Preset 2) and leave the equaliser levels on 0. Guess what it would be saved as?? The first one in the list before the format! It was called 'Pop my way' and the equaliser levels were exactly the same as before the format. I did the same thing 5 more times and I recovered all of my old custom equaliser levels and settings.
C2) This is EXACTLY the same for the notes application. I had a full list of notes before the format and a blank list after the format. I just entered a blank note and they came up magically as my old ones with all the info' saved on them!
February 2010 - I made a habit of checking for updates every week. The last update was on 29th December 2009 (software version 40.0.005 custom version 40.0.005.C03.01). Ever since then there had been no software updates. Just application updates. I updated my Nimbuzz application and there was something called Scribble Powered by Python. It was a drawing tool (4 MB?!?!) and turned your phone into a mini version of MS Paint. Rubbish! Didn't need that. Didn't install it. Got errors installed it and error gone.
March 2010 - Unexpected breakdown of phone. Same problems as (A7, B2, B7, B8. B9) and a few new ones:
D1) I went onto the Download! app. It wanted update. I gave it update. It changed to Ovi store. Looked nice, a bit sluggish and hard on the RAM but it was fine. I downloaded lots of stuff from there, it was a great app! UNTIL the dreaded update of version 1.05(611) which installed halfway and then somehow, unexpectedly, the progress bar would stop and then it would say 'update error' and close, leaving me blinking foolishly at the screen. I tried again and again and again. Same update, same error. Now there is a new one out and I cant update to that either because it says 'Update error'
D2) Nokia Music Store application for my phone now cannot even get to the main screen from where i can search or choose tracks from. The only place I can get to is the store selector from which you choose what country you are from. If I click on UK (where I live) it displays an error message saying, "Music Store: Unable to perform operation". I had this error before on the web browser but it soon went later on. No matter how many times I click on it the same message will keep on coming and coming. I even tried the Music store from my PC which leads to the next problem.
D4) Nokia music store for windows XP. Now updated to Nokia Ovi Player cannot and will not recognise, connect and sync the music from my phone in any of the USB modes the phone is on (PC Suite, Media Transfer, Mass Storage, Image transfer << NONE OF THOSE) this is something completely new and did NOT happen before the formatting of the memory card! The phone isnt even recognised in Music Store/Ovi Player and asks for a phone to be connected whereas PC Suite/Ovi Suite recognises it and fully works. I even tried pressing the 'Sync' button in Ovi Suite on the music page and it says something like 'Could not transfer'.
D5) The ovi store application will NOT update from Ovi Suite. The error message given says: "Internal error - could not update ovi store".
<<<<<<<<<<ALMOST FINISHED PEOPLE, JUST 2 MORE THINGS>>>>>>>>>>
After all this rubbish I decided to do a full master phone reset to the phone memory only. I took out the memory card and did a hard reset. Everything back to normal. Updated everything on the phone. Put memory card back in..... 'readying memory card'... the smart thing was that it scanned the memory card and automatically installed ANY sisx, sis, JAR files automatically and put all the media files into the library automatically. Hence the name smartphone. I, on the other hand, didnt wait for it to finish as it was taking a good hour to do so and I tried cancelling it, tried to turn the phone off, took the card out and then put it back in (which worked but restarted the 'card-readying process') so i took the battery out as the phone went stuck on the readying bit, put it back in and turned it on. The apps were installed but only some of them were and the had their icons missing. This was expected as I had force-stopped the installation processes. I manually installed everything and all was back to normal.
And now, I am here writing to you people to help me out because I have almost all the problems listed back into operation and I dont know what to do. I am not giving up yet - it took me a year of torture to get to this stage and I think I might win this battle
So... any ideas for salvation?? lol

That was something to read! - I don't know any exact solution to your problems.
It might be your phones hardware, might be a false fw install, might be a corrupted memorycard or even a faulty memorycard making problems again and againg. And you might wanna take it to a Nokia care point for an inspection.
But what I would check out is those themes and apps youre mention.
I have both n97 and 5800 with no such problems, but I once had similar issues with my n95 8gb after installing a couple of "homemade" themes from different websites, zedge.com amongst others.
I use nimbuzz on both of my phones, but have no trouble with it, but there could be other problems.
Try also not to force stop any installation as things can get corrupted even though it seems ok in the first place.

My 5800 touch screen is not working properly.

Hi,
Frequently my 5800 touch screen is not working. Some times I am unable to use the screen. It's just hung. The call, menu and disconnect buttons only work during this time. Can any please let me know what might be the problem.?
Thanks in advance,
Tarun Konduri.

Tarun_Konduri wrote:
Hi,
Frequently my 5800 touch screen is not working. Some times I am unable to use the screen. It's just hung. The call, menu and disconnect buttons only work during this time. Can any please let me know what might be the problem.?
Thanks in advance,
Tarun Konduri.
Tarun_Konduri wrote:
Hi,
Frequently my 5800 touch screen is not working. Some times I am unable to use the screen. It's just hung. The call, menu and disconnect buttons only work during this time. Can any please let me know what might be the problem.?
Thanks in advance,
Tarun Konduri.
Dear all,
I had the same issue with my nokia 5800, finally I found very interesting thing, I have been doing everything to bring my phone back to original condition where simply I can touch and access the phone.
Actually the issue was with the thin plastic piece which was put on the touch screen for its protection. I was struggling to touch and access the phone but i coudnt for almost 2 weeks, it was directing me to bottom left corner touch buttons of the phone and automatically opens and activate functional which I didn't want.
Solution was, I simply removed the thin plastic layer from the phone , Now it works fine.
Hope this will help.

5800 freezes on start-up and doesn't recognise ser...

hi,
i have a 5800 XM which i got from vodafone last year. I have a problem when starting up the phone. First the vodafone start-up screen/symbol doesn't come up. then the phone manages to load the main screen but it has no vodafone symbol, no signal and none of the buttons work, including the on/off button. plus the back light stays on. this has been happening on and off from when i recieved the phone. I have up dated the software to the latest version, with no joy. i was able to solve the problem by taking the battery and sim card out and re-starting the phone but this hasn't worked this time. vodafone are refusing to fix the problem. any one else had this problem or know what is causing it? thanks

You could try returning the phone back to its out of the box state by carrying out the deep reset. Click here for the procedure. Make sure you back up your phone beforehand because you will lose all your data. Try to backup as little as possible because you may reintroduce the problem when you restore.

Some questions on the 5800 GPS

Hi folks
i am debating at the moment whether to upgrade from my N95 to a N95 8GB or the lovely 5800, i prefer the symbian OS so im glad to stay with these two phones. now i had tomtom 6 working fine on my N95 and i know it will work ok on the N95 8GB but the verdict i find on the interwebs is a bit hit and miss as to whether it will work on the 5800. however i am more interested in the Nokia Maps
now as i understand this program is included and you can use the A-GPS built in GPS but can you use an external source? i have a BT GPS antenna and would be happy to use this to avoid paying A-GPS charges is this feature still ok with nokia maps? also is it possible to just run the nokia maps through the built in GPS and not using the A-GPS.
i also just want to clarify something about the maps too, as i understand it comes with the function built in to navigate you point to point but doesnt include voice instruction. you pay extra for that functionaility?
thanks very much folks id love to give the 5800 a twirl as much as i love the N95 i love to try new stuff
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Thanks! I'm planning to head to the shops tomorrow to get 5800 XM.
I never actually tried seeing if there was a visual turn by turn navigation on my friends' phones before because I thought there wasn't one. Hmm. Do you mean the "tracking" option? The very early version of Nokia Maps on N95 had that tracking option (Maps 1.x?), but the new ones don't (Maps 2.0).
Paying for navigation is a bit steep for me after I convert the price to my currency. So I totally understand! I might try monthly though for special events.
Thanks for the kudos. Do skim through the rest of this board section. You might find your answer since 5800 XM uses Maps 2.0 which is available in other phones too. I learnt a lot of info from here.
Yoda is my all-time favourite character.
"Try not. Do or do not, there is no try."
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Nokia 5800 XM - Gallery hangs when trying to open ...

Hello All,
I searched all over the internet to see if any other 5800 owner has similar issue but i guess not. When I try to open any image (which is on phone memory) with memory card inserted the gallery hangs, Even trying to open an image or movie clip stored in memory card behaves same. I can open the same files using file manager under application.
I noticed this issue the next day after i purchased my handset and went to nokia customer care and they replaced the MM card( well it took almost month for them) now this is the replaced card. It worked for some hours i was able to view images using gallery and now all of a sudden it has stopped responding. Has this got to do with any application which is installed on memory card?
I am going to try to format my MM card and try putting single pic on phone and then on memory card and try. Any one please has any other suggestion?
I have many song videos on my MMC. i have uninstalled all the applications whihc were there on my memory card like marle maze and some others which i had installed.
Once i connect to OVI PC Suite i am unable to select remove storage device as it always shows in use so i always used to switch mode to mass storage from PC suite and then remove storage device and disconnect it. Is this correct method?
My laptop os is vista
thanks
Kiran

well, i got the solution.
1). remove the memory card from ur cell.
2). On the cell without memory card.(you will see no trouble wid Gallery now.)
3). Now OFF ur cell and put the memory card in the cell.
4). Now Format the memory card by phone memory card menu.
5). Restart your Cell, copy the contents to memory card, whatever the size of contents are.....
6). And finally, go to Gallery and enjoy the features of Boombastic 5800..
Cheers....
Majid - Software Engineer

How can i install c6 firmware on nokia 5800?

how can i install c6 firmware on nokia 5800?
please help me
thanks

Wow psycho, 23k+ posts! You are quite the Overlord here!
Aside from voiding the warranty on a phone that has probably been out of warranty for at least a year, why is it against the forum rules? Symbian is open source now.... or didn't you get the memo?
If I have helped you with your problem in some way, please take a little time and hit the kudos button in my post. Without your feedback, I don't know if I am being helpful or should just be put out to pasture.

How to delete to-do list items in 5800 XM

I transfered the data from my old PDA to Nokia 5800 XM. Now there are hundreds of to-do list items with showing up every day at the top of to-do list. I would like to delete lots of them. So, i can delete only one at a time. How do I select and delete a group of them on the phone? No, I am not using MS Outlook.
I hope this state-of-the-art phone can do something basic as this.
Thank you.

Try installing Ovi Suite on a PC, connecting the phone up by USB, and selecting "PC Suite" mode. There should be a section in Ovi Suite for managing the calendar, and it'll let you get through it much quicker.
An alternative (I'm not familiar with that model) would be to look in "options" for a "Mark/unmark" menu, which should give you "mark many" as an option.
Help I'm trapped in a sig factory.

5800 is ****

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