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Sony Ericsson W580i

September 11th, 2007

Here’s my review of the Sony Ericsson’s W580i Walkman phone.

The W580i is a slim slider phone with a neat trick; it has a built-in pedometer along with some neat programs to make use of it.

Make sure you check out the gallery for some pictures.

Physical Impressions:

When closed I like the look of the W580. The shape is cool and the curve on the bottom is interesting and smart at the same time. However I’m not that crazy when you open it up. There are these lights on the side plus you get these shiny things on the keypad that kind of remind me of a rapper’s teeth.

While the W580 is a very solid phone, it feels too empty and light. The body is made from hard plastics which make it feels a bit cheap.

The keys have a good feel to them but I wish they were a little bigger.

The display is nice and bright, and looks great indoors.

Hands-free usage:

You get the usual stuff here; Bluetooth headsets, stereo headphones and a speaker phone.

The included stereo headset comes apart at the microphone so that you can use your own headphones without losing hands free capability - smart.

Miscellaneous:

There’s a fast port accessory connector on the right side. It’s used for USB connectivity, stereo headsets and charging. The memory stick micro slot is located on top of the screen behind a door.

Compared with most Sony Ericsson phones, the W580 is quite similar software-wise. Where the W580 differs is that it has a built-in pedometer (which counts how many steps you take) plus some programs that make use of it. By default, the W580 shows you how many steps you’ve taken for the day on the standby screen.

There’s a running program that will tell you how long you’ve been running for in addition to estimating the distance you’ve traveled plus your average speed. You can set a minimum or maximum speed in case you’re slacking off or running too hard.

The pedometer is a neat feature. Hopefully Sony Ericsson will come out with a phone with a large vibration motor which can attach my to my belt and shake away my stomach fat.

Menus:

The menu looks and works great. The icons look nice and there are some cool transitions and animations. There is a lot of attention to detail with the menu look and feel. Even though there are lots of transitions and animations, the menu is still very fast.

There’s a menu button which lets you quickly switch between applications and even run more than one program at once (to a degree). In some ways the W580 - and the rest of Sony Ericsson’s newer phones really blur the line between ’smart’ phone and a normal one.

Phone Related Features:

Like most phones these days, the W580’s phonebook is pretty straight forward. The phonebook is split into entries with each entry having multiple bits of info. Information is split into tabs with the leftmost tabs holding more important info.

You can quickly change the profile by pressing the power button.

Connected Features:

As far as USB performance goes, the W580’s fastport isn’t all that fast. It takes about 62 seconds to transfer a 30mb file which translates to a leisurely 483kb/s. Please note I was transferring files to the memory card so it’s possible that a slow memory card may be a bottleneck.

The USB has 3 different modes: modem, file transfer and pict bridge. You use modem mode if you want to sync the W580 with your computer. File transfer, aka mass storage mode lets you connect the W580 to any newer computer so that you can manage files without needing a special driver. Pict bridge is used for connecting the W580 directly to photo printers.

You get Sony Ericsson’s standard email application which works well with POP3 and IMAP4 mail boxes.

One nice thing about newer Sony Ericsson phones is that they include a browser from Netfront. When you browse regular webpages (like this one), Netfront will try to draw the page so that it fits properly on the W580’s small display. Netfront works okay but it’s really slow when it comes to drawing large pages (such as the HowardForums.com home page). Some of this is due to the fact that the W580i only supports EDGE speeds.

Once a page has been drawn, the scroll speed is decent.

Multimedia Features:

There is a built-in 2 megapixel camera. There is no built-in flash. Otherwise you get the usual; shooting modes, night mode, self timer, colour effects and white balance.

Image quality is average for a 2 megapixel camera. It’s noisy (like most camera phones) but you still get usable shots.

To take pictures you press the center button. Once you’ve taken a picture, pressing the center button again will take you to various sharing options instead of taking another picture. If you want to take another picture you need to press back before you can take another one.

The W580 is a Walkman phone which means you get Sony Ericsson’s Walkman software and a Walkman button in front of the phone.

I like the Walkman software. It can organize your music by artist/album (though not genre). You also get an equalizer that actually works, plus you can control music playback with the side buttons even if you’re doing something else with the phone. Most importantly music sounds pretty good.

There are stereo speakers on the sides of the W580i. They aren’t bad and they are pretty loud but I have heard better (such as the W600i’s stereo speakers).

The camcorder app can only record videos with resolutions of up to 176×144. The video playback app supports videos with higher resolutions than 176×144 but there is no full screen mode to take advantage of this.

You also get VideoDJ, PhotoDJ and MusicDJ which let you play around with your videos, photo and music. They’re pretty interesting if you’ve never used them before.

Organizer Features:

Like most Sony Ericsson phones you get an Alarm, Calendar, Tasks, Notes, Timer, Stopwatch, Calculator and Code Memo.

With the alarm, you can see when it will go off on the standby screen. You can define multiple alarms and choose whether they are reoccurring or not.

The Calendar, Task and Notes can sync with your computer.

The Timer also shows up on your standby display but not the stopwatch. However, you can still use the stopwatch while you use the rest of the phone’s functions.

Code memo is just a place where you can put important bits of information in a password protected place.

Impressions:

Incoming sound quality is good. The only problem is the earpiece could be a little louder.

RF performance is excellent.

Conclusion:

While the W580i isn’t quite an entry level phone it got me thinking of how far phones in general have come. Despite its price tag, you get an awful lot of functionality; a real email client, full web browser, a good mp3 player, fitness functions, an average camera, PDA functionality, etc. It’s a lot easier than it used to be to recommend a midrange phone to someone who wants lots of features.

While most midrange phones don’t really have any unique features, the W580i’s fitness features are still pretty original. If you’re a fitness buff you may appreciate the W580i since there is now one less thing you have to carry with you when you go jogging.

If you take a lot of pictures you might want to try a phone that takes better pictures (notice I didn’t say one that takes higher resolution photos).

For gadget freaks, the W580i doesn’t have every feature imaginable, go try something more expensive.

For everyone else I would also recommend the W580i. It’s not missing anything really important and doesn’t have any glaring weaknesses.

Ratings (out of 5)


Build Quality	4
Battery Life	4
Phone Related Features	4
Ease of Use	4
RF Performance	4
Overall (not an average)	4
*Please note these ratings are temporal and are really only valid for the date they were assigned. A phone which receives a rating of 5 a year ago will probably get a lower rating today.

Pros:

Walkman program works well
Menus are very stylish
Memory card slot
Fitness functions are neat
Strong RF performance

Cons:

Keypad could be larger
Camera application is inconvenient

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Written by Howard Chui 09.09.2007
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92 Comments Add your own

I like this phone, there is no CDMA version of this phone.

The link to the gallery goes to a moto phone, the correct link is here.

http://www.howardchui.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=17

i want to get this phone but .. im hearing problem with the keypad craking so im kinda of worried about that.

Nice phone but I cant belive that they have a phone on which the keyboard cracks. Mine is, I wonder what SE is doing about it.

Nice review but last time i checked my w580i the stereo speaker was under the navigation pad.

I have the w580i and have no problems im just sick of it lol. if someone is interested in buying or trading let me know.

I didn’t believe anyone about the cracking buttons until it happened to me 2 weeks ago(it’s only a month old).

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I wanted to use one of my MP3 as a ringtone, however I was told I should use the APP format? What’s that and how can I get that application? Is there an easier way?

how can i use my mp3 songs as my ringtone?

My w580i died three weeks out of the box. I shut it off one day and was never able to turn it back on. Problem is common; just google “w580i won’t turn on” and see other complaints about it. Am having to pay my own shipping to send it back to Sony to fix/replace a brand new phone. Why should I have to pay anything to fix an inherent flaw that has affected many people’s w580i’s?! My girlfriend had trouble with her different model Sony Ericsson phone and sent it it for replacement; they replaced it with one with a faulty camera that goes off nonstop until the memory is full. I won’t buy another Sony phone ever.

Think before you buy this phone. Looks great, details. However when talking on the phone, the other persons voice does not sound clear, also the battery life is apalling. I am shocked. Previous phone D750i is excellent though.

Sad but true. x

Sony Ericsson W580i FOR BUY Here:

Sony Ericsson W580i FOR BUY

Just wanted to let all who may be lookin for a way to beat the system with rogers firmware not letting you use you own mp3s as ringtones this is how i meat it ……………. go to downloads.com and first search for an mp3 ringtone maker….. so you can choose the best part of the song (which makes it shorter and easier to use) then download wave pad masters eddition and convert those mp3s youve shortened … into Mp4… or m4p however it goes … then put the mp4s on your phone and you can use them in video DJ as soundtrack so record something like a pic or whatever u want add the mp4 of your choice as the soundtrack and edit away to whatever you want and Bingo … you got your own ringtone ….. your welcome because i was stressin for days and days to figure this out

I am looking to be buying a sony ericsson w580i but I am not sure if I want to get it anymore do you think it is worth getting or another phone

Thank You

newwalkmanowner is full of shit, and so is ambia.

another dead Sony Ericsson w580i… I bought this phone on black Friday from the AT&T store. I like the phone. It seems to have a good balance of features and size. Today (xmas eve) I fully charged the phone in the morning. Once every 4 days not bad. Later in the day I turned it off and tried to turn it back on and the phone would not power on. Taking out the battery and putting iit back in did not work either.

When I press the power button all that I see is a red light blink inside of the phone and then nothing …

Anybody else have this problem? or know how to fix it?

Otherwise it is going to be another trip to the store the day after xmas.

It’s a good phone, at least that was what i thought until mine froze. I have no idea what to do now. How do you open the battery cover?

unhappyw580ilover,
my phone did exactly the same just this second, it wont even let me charge it! :s

i accidently let the battery get so low it turned itself off, so i’m thinking that could be something to do with it?
mine has little red light that flashes too :\
anyone know how to fix that?

also mine used to come up with a box whilst i was in the middle of using it saying ‘insert sim or watch demo’, something like that & then i wouldnt be able to use it
my friends did the same, & it got sent off & shes not going to get it back for at least a month, & she had only had it for 2 days

if you get the ‘insert sim’ problem, what you have to do, is take you battery out, & leave it for a while., about half an hour. then take your sim out, blow it, and put it back in until it clicks, it has to be in properly or the problem willl keep occuring. then put your battery back in & it should work as normal
note: this doesnt work for absolutely everyone, but it has worked for me & a few people i know who have had the problem

the phone is good but not excellent but my keypad is fine

is it normal that when you press the keys on the right the slider jiggles a bit

to open the battery cover just get a hammer and smash it and it should come of easly but you battery might be a bit damaged but this id what i done and it worked perfectly

my FIRST* w580i, which was the grey and blue one had a crack on the #4 on the keypad, but i ignored it. then later on my friend had the white & orange version, so i decided to trade my blue one with the white one. as soon as we switched sim cards, the white phone worked fine, but my grey/blue one didnt turn on.. so he went home and tried to charge it. it didnt turn on it only gave a little vibrate and shut back off… before these comments, i never knew whut it was that screwed up my phone, but now im so sure that, this phone is crap. lol i totally regret giving up my telus & going out and purchasing a rogers sony ericsson.

the memory stick latch that protects it fell of on the first day because i was changing memory sticks over so i tried to open it but it was tought so i tugged it harder and the whole thing ripped of so im gunna go back to the shop and try to get it replaced or i might swap it for a samsung u600 if they let me but i am really annoied because the phone looks great but the build of the thing is just crapppp!!!!!!!! ={

I’m having the same problem, not able to turn on. i get a little vibrate, but that’s it. funny thing is, i took it to an at&t franchise to ask them about a different problem –not able to text message photos — and the guy pulled the battery out and sim card and wasn’t able to get it turned on again. so becuase this was a franchisee and not a REAL AT&T store, I have to take it in or ship it myself. meantime, i’m out a phone. also above is true about MP3s not working as ringtones. so far, not please with product. Not at all.

w 580i is really a crap..
i too had the same ‘wont switch on’ problem and i when i enquired a service center he told that he has 14 pieces already with same problem. he himself doesnt know when i can get back my piece n im worried of its stability after getting repaired.

i have this phone, but the only trouble im having is putting my music onto the phone. i dont know if this is because you need a memory card? i used to have a sony erriscon 300, the flip, and i had no problem transfering my music onto that. i find this w580 is much more complicated to put music on, unless im doing something wrong. can anyone help me with this? do i need a memory stick to even put a few songs on? any help would be great!

me too. Just got two (family plan) new w580i’s in the mail. Charged them both. Neither one turns on! When I disconnect the charger a shutdown process shows the AT&T symbol and then nicely shuts down. I can’t get the phone to turn on (yes it gave me a message of fully charged)

i bought my daughter the w580i in september 2007 for her birthday 4 month down the line 4 digits on the keyboard are off . i thought she was just doing it herself to get a new phone until i read these comments.

Same thing with the power off and no turn on. I got the red blinking light behind the left -/c button and a little vibration. I did get it to come one for long enough fro the phone to startup, buit died after that. No warning as far as bad battery. I’ll hook the battery up to my multimeter to test the voltage.

I personally love this phone. The pedometer is my fav feature, and when going for walks, its lightweight body seems like it isn’t even there. I have had a few random freezing episodes but after a few minutes it corrects itself.

I am quite disappointed about the MP3s not being able to be played though. How inconvenient and annoying.

Otherwise, no problems on my end.

how the fuck do u put in the sim card…

It doesn’t swith on…the same red light problen….wtf?..neither does the dealer know abot it nor the company is responding…my Rs 13000 have gone waste…..But i got a trick to put it right….SMASH THE PHONE AND GIVE IT TO THEM….lol

to you that cant insert the sim.. read the instructions ffs. Anyway, theres a hole above were the battery is and when you put in the battery it pushes the sim card up

Think before you buy this phone. I bought w580i from Univercell just 10 days back. This phone is hanging and has an echo problem. This is really very bad..
10 days old mobile and the shop guy says it needs to be formatted. I think this is a bad quality phone.

I am beyond pissed off…I have the same problem everyone else has!….MY PHONE WON’T TURN ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It vibrates and blinks and im beyond pissed, i love this phone but COME ON!

Same old prob as every one.. little vibe…nothing…wtf? what can i do?

Dont Kill Me If You’ve tried this already, but the red light indicates ether a battery failure or that it needs charging. My horrible SE Phone does it, on the power button when it needs charging. just plug it in for 5 minutes or so then try turning it on when its still plugged in and it should tun on.

To start with i really love the w580i but i have a few problems with it. I have mine now 4 months and its already fucked the back of it where the camera slides up and down is all scraped, everyone of the nombers have split down the middle and to really piss me off the step conter doesn’t even work any more, and yes i know what your thinking “o sure you’ve probley dropped it a couple of times” but i haven’t. I’m really pissed off wit it.

well this phone is crap. 2 weeks after we got it the speaker was doing that echoey thing. so we sent it to sony to fix. came back a month later. not fixed! sent it back again another month… and the phone was fixed! but now it wont turn on. just vibrates and wont turn on. i have no red light though. does anyone know how to reset these things? well the problem that we have now was caused because we changed sim cards from cell one to at&t. when we put the cell one card back in the phone wouldnt turn on. and it hasnt since. oh and if u wanna put an mp3 as a ringtone you have to save it to a different file. i think u have to save to the phone itself then you should be able to set it as a ringtone =) good luck guys

My w580i from AT&T was great. However, the AT&T firmware is total crap. I used XS++ (v3.1) and “debranded” the phone. Now, I can use any song (any size, any length) at a ringtone or alert and my phone is acting a lot more stable. I honestly think that debranding my phone improved it’s overall performance. My menus are snappier, buttons respond quicker and my JBenchmark score went from 6713 to 7230.

So you can use an MP3 as a ringtone for this phone but you have to download a program like Audacity and shorten the MP3 to 20 seconds or LESS… you cannot use a full song for ringtone

hey every1…after i read som of ur comments i jst cnt believe how crap this fone is. my fone is bout 4months old n the buttons r snapd in half & 2 of them actualy cum out! it looks sooo crap nw! i wil go n try n fix it bt if it wnt work then i dunno i might send it 2 sony ercisson. bt im not sure reli how 2 do this. cn som1 PLZ help me! write to me sandra3516@hotmail.com
Thank Youu
x x x

the phone not powering up is a simple fix.

the problen is the sim card. if you don’t use a pen or a screwdriver to push it in till it clicks the phone only vibrates and doesn’t power up. i sent one back and got a new one and then a smart sales rep told me about the issue. BOOM fixed!

that and the sim card goes in upside down compared to most regular phones. follow the little picture in the phone……besides that….mine is great now.

For those of you having the Inactive Sim problem: I had this problem too. I would always take the battery out and blow on the sim card, and put it back in and it would work for about 30 minutes. I took the phone to the Centennial Wireless store and found out that I had to push the Sim card in until it CLICKED in. My fingers were too big to push the little booger in all the way, so I never really noticed. (the M2 micro SD expansion card clicks also).

I really like this phone because of the apps and easy use (don’t forget the great sound when using the earbuds). Unfortunately, I’m on my 2nd w580 because my display went out (turned pretty rainbow colors then went black) and the top right buttons on the front went out.

further up, you can see my cmmnt about how my phone had the red light problem or whatever, well a day after i posted that, if that, it started working again :\
i just left it on charge & it seemed to sort itself out
i’ve had no problems since

well i have hade my w580i for about 2 months now and i have had no problems, so far. however the reason i found this site was because i was trying to find out how to download the software. when i connect my phone the the computer via USB i click file transfer (i want to ulpoad my pictures) but it says i need the software so i was trying to find it.
Also i never even thought about the keypad cracking but i after i read these comments i examined my keypad and sure enough. as stated before my 4 button is really weak.
when i press to the left of it it begins to start to pop off near the ugly metal ball thingy..
well im no worried it will soon break.
thanks for your help guys

btw. does anybody know a site i can get the software from?

How do u get the freaking sim card out i cant its like its stuck up there!

This phone is pissing me off…i payed full value for it so around 450$ cdn and i only had it for 2 months now and the left light is all messing up… if i have a theme with blue lights the left side glow’s green or red while the right side remains the correct colour blue… any one else have this problem? any onw know how to fix it… if i put a little pressur were the Sony logo is the colour changes back untill i close the phone then it starts glowing the wrong colour again. if some one knows how to fix this please e mail me at Keith_340@hotmail.com thanks

I love this phone, and its great, but one thing is pissing me off about it….. the right light doesnt work properly. So lets say Im using a theme which makes the lights blue, one light would be the regular blue colour, but the other would be sorta purple. I noticed that the left LED is weaker than the right.

If anyone know a way to fix this, Email me at karlo_krakan@live.ca

Cant edit my previous post, but where I said left LED is weaker than right, I mean Right LED is weaker so:

If anyone know a way to fix this, Email me at karlo_krakan@live.ca

Hi , this is guru..from bangalore .i brought new sony erricsons w580i. but when i conected to computer ..the mobile is going to hang..i try 2 three times but no use ,,any one know the answer ..switch off is also not possible..removing the battery is only worhing..

Same thing happened to me i was trying to transfer music and i then pulled out the usb cable and the phone just sorta crashed and then i was fiddling around trying to take that battery case off and when i did the phone didnt turn bak on, it just had a flashing red light on the right hand side of the phone

im soo annoyed i bouht this 3 weeks ago and it echos,sound recorder dnt work,and it has got the red light thing know!!!

I bought a SE w580i from Bharati’s Mobile shop in jayanagar 4th block, bangalore on Feb 2nd 2008. The phone was working fine until yesterday. I had switched off the phone to replace SIM but after that it did not power-on. All i get is a little vibration and a bleak red light over the ‘C’ button. I observed that lot of people are facing this problem.
Does anyone has a reason for this problem along with a solution??

i have the black version of this phone and i think its fantastic .. ive had no problems with it turning itself off … no cracked buttons .. the back hasnt even scraped .. over all i think the black one is the most successful one, the blue and grey one is bound not to be right as its the first phone they braught out in that model and its bound to have faulth which they would have worked on and have worked on which is why new models are now out:)

i reccomend the black one.

With ref to my post sent on “February 26th, 2008 at 2:37 am”

I took my phone to a SE service center. They fixed the problem by upgrading the phone software. I hope it never dies again.

how do u upgrade the phone software if the phone cant even turn on when you plug it in to the computer…can u upgrade it through the memory card?

i think for all you people who have it broken that A) those times were when it jus came out usally items that are new SUCK intell about a year. B) you people are being to agressive with your phone. C) there is accualy somthing wrong with it.

soo don’t get angry because you can call rogers and threaten to leave there company and they should be able to pay for it to get fixed.

man, I love this phone and all, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to download songs onto it! All the sites I go onto are just saying this computer-geek language I don’t understand. Could someone help me? I LOVE music, and that’s like the main reason I bought this phone: for the MUSIC! Now i can’t figure out how to download music, and I’m crushed.

Musiclover - are you using the USB cable and have loaded the file manager software from the cd

i have the blue and grey version and a couple of days ago i took it out of my pocket to see it had turned itself off and wudnt turn bak on again so i took the battery out and put it back in again and now when i switch it on the sony erricson sign comes on the screen but no button s light up ( wich are cracked) and i have to take the battery out again to turn it off.

Help!?

I have this phone and every website I try to download music from, I have problems loading the songs on to my phone. Apparently itunes is only if you have an ipod (which i didn’t know) and then rhapsody gives me error messages. where can I download recent music for this phone that will actually work?

[...] Chris Ziegler wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI have this phone and every website I try to download music from, I have problems loading the songs on to my phone. Apparently itunes is only if you have an ipod (which i didn’t know) and then rhapsody gives me error messages. where can … [...]

I purchased a pink and white one from the official store but within 5 months the screen broke, the bottom ledge snapped off and 3 buttons are broken. And how hard is it to take off the battery cover of the pink one??

My screen also broke…do they replace it ?
What did u do about it….please mail me if you find something.

rajeeja at gmail.com

hi i have the blu and grey phone and its totally switched off and except for a small vibration it wont turn on im so frustrated! can anybody help me?

Hi, Just got this phone and this board has been great. I could not get a ringtone to work. This is how I got it to work. I first went to sony Here
and downloaded there software. They also have free themes and other downloads. Then I downloaded Audacity there’s a great tutorial at lifehacker here

The ringtone has to be under 20 seconds for it to work as stated above.

DONT bother with this phone seriously….i have had it 3 weeks and had 2 phones already do to the KNOWN fault of sony’s- spiltting keypads. i am waiting on a 3rd phone to arrive as this replacement has done exactli the same within a week. i barely use my phone sendin about 20 text a WEEK so for this to happen is awful!

also to add to the above the battery life is shocking- full over night charge lasts a day with no use!

I’ve had my phone exactly 31 days.. SE W580i… I was at school and went to call back my friend, pulled the phone out of my purse and hit the button on the left to go to class w/o looking at the screen first….. well i hit this “shut down” … and now my phone will not turn on again….

I tried taking out the battery/sim/charing it …. and combo’s of everything … Nothing works… Any way of reseting this phone???

wtf did i do? .. Help!

I’ve had my phone exactly 31 days.. SE W580i… I was at school and went to call back my friend, pulled the phone out of my purse and hit the button on the left to go to calls w/o looking at the screen first….. well i hit this “shut down” … and now my phone will not turn on again….

I tried taking out the battery/sim/charing it …. and combo’s of everything … Nothing works… Any way of reseting this phone???

wtf did i do? .. Help!

guys has anyone got any replys from SE about all these complaints,i just bought my phone yesterday and praying i dont find any of these faults,

To all those who are facing “W580i won’t turn on” problem,

Just take it to a service center and get the phone software re-installed or upgraded (You can also find a way to do it yourself by google’ing)

This had solved the problem for me about a month back and till now the phone is running fine.

anyways Its a bad phone, do not buy it !

Gah!!!! Same problem with my gray and blue w580i … the 3 and 6 button cracked a week or 2 after i got it. And now 3 and a half months later. I was just replying to a text message when my phone just cut off and won’t turn on. .. All it does is vibrate … GAH!!! How can they get away with selling such a lousy product.

All of these comment’s about the SE W580i seems to be with only the Blue and Grey phone, And I didn’t heard of someone with the other colored phone having any problems.??? wtf going on?????

I have the black one and my phone died in the middle of a conversation. It won’t turn back on and I get that blinking red light but no vibration. They told me to send it in but I have no idea how long it will take. I pretty muck like the phone but I just hope this does not happen again when I get my phone back!

I got the w580i for xmas and it was fine - for about two months. Then the left soft key -/back came out of it’s little socket. I didn’t drop the phone or get it wet or anything. I called AT&T and they sent a replacement phone. I’ve had the replacement for almost 10 days and now it’s having the ‘vibrate/att logo/turn off’ thing. When my phone IS working, it gets frozen on text messages frequently. I’m seriously thinking about getting a new phone at this point because of the headaches it’s causing.

This isn’t bullsh*t! I thought it was just me, but I’m glad (and sorry, too) to hear that other people are having this problem!

I have had my phone since october of 2007 and today it decided to freak out and it wont show a screen it just does this fuzzy white screen and the goes black and then it does it over and over. My key pad cracked and it freezes when i do somethings. Sometimes the sound wouldn’t work and i had to turn it off and then turn it on for it to work…I loved my phone but it pissed me off.

The buttons cracked on me the 2nd day. only had the phone for 2 months and already replaced it twice

my buttons cracked after about a month and i just left it until i couldnt text anymore. so i took it to carephone warehouse and they fixed it for free - i think they charge sony and its quicker than sending it off. and i dont have insurance with them. it was really slow and used to freeze and now its fine…..we shall see.

my fucking phonw ont fuckin turn o n

i have the exact same phone right and my button has cracked only one doe but i was woundering can it get fixed plz comment urgenly or contact me on my email address

i go the phone in dec, and in march it decided to get a sim card, while changing it did come on shit…..so wat do i do

I got this phone for my birthday in january. I was really happy with it, but im a teenager and we always drop things. I’ve dropped my phone a few times and its fine but it scratches really easily i have these big black marks on my phone now. Just yesterday when i went to get my phone it wouldnt turn on and it kept blinking red when i tried to turn it on. I am really annoyed because i got this only a few months ago. Now i need to take it in or repair and after reading all the other comments…this will be soooo annoying!!! Dont get this phone…try a nokia they are the best

I have this white w580I. I bought it off of EBay and it has a user password lock on it. I have tried to reach the seller and he says he doesn’t know the code. Does anyone know how to do a master reset orwho can unlock this?> Thanks

She bought the phone in November, has been sent away four times to be fixed, three times to Kansas, once to Indiana, and now it is broken again. There have been all kinds of problems, no cracking keys, but all kinds of error messages that say to report it to a service dept. We get the phone back and it works for a couple of days to a couple of weeks. We have to pay shipping, and they won’t give us a new phone despite the bull-shit one year guarantee. So far it has been out for service more days than she has had it home. Where is the Better Business Bureau on this one?

i bought the color blue of it recently and i it gives me fuckin’ problems in less than a month of using it. hirs my good advise, never purchase any of SE phones anymor…!

I bought blue one 3 days ago and problems started just 2 days after I bought it! While I am able to make outgoing calls, and my phone is on callers to my phone get a “phone switched off” message. It wasnt a SIM problem as it worked fine on a different handset. What is worse is that I bought this phone mainly because they advertised a 9 hour talk time for the battery but it drains out in about an hour of talkitime which is BAD. Im yet to see how good their warrant support is….

How bad is the battery on my phone compared to yours? I reset the talk time after a full charge. It tool 32 mins of talktime to drain out 70% power, and 15-20 minutes later the whole battery drained out..

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