O2 X3

  • Released 2004,1 Q
    96g, 26mm thickness
    Feature phone
    3MB storage, miniSD slot
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    128x160 pixels
  • 1.3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 1240mAh
    Li-Ion

O2 X3 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2004,1 Q
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 81 x 42 x 26 mm (3.19 x 1.65 x 1.02 in)
Weight 96 g (3.39 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size
Resolution 128 x 160 pixels
 Second external 4096 colors display
Downloadable pictures
Memory Card slot miniSD, 32 MB included
Phonebook 500
Call records Yes
Internal 3MB
Main Camera Single 1.3 MP
Features LED flash
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 MP3/MP4 player
Predictive text input
Organizer
Stopwatch
Battery   Removable Li-Ion battery
Stand-by Up to 150 h
Talk time Up to 3 h
Misc Colors Silver

O2 X3 - User Reviews

  • I love this phone

  • I got mine on O2 UK but it was made by BenQ.

  • One of the best phones I have ever owned, recall buying from Tesco on clearance. Who was it made by? Was this a ZTE or Huawei? It was a small and solid device. Can it not be re-released?

  • This mobile phone company's parts are not available in india.

  • what is the extandable memory of o2 x3???

  • very true

  • hp saya rusak, dimana saya bisa dpt sparepart nya. contact : 081806057577

  • he my installation cd not working

  • In india none of the available networks have gprs settings for o2 x3. Also part replacement is impossible in india.

  • you'll have to buy a card reader. ther's no other option . also a mini sd card adapter. it'll cost you a total of around rs.250 tht's also written in the handset guide which you get with the handset.

  • Excuse me, can you send me games folder. It must content Cherry Boy, Puzzle Game, Breakout!, Project E.N.D. my mail is kpetob(at)inbox.ru. Thank you!

  • I theer any bodu who has o2-x3 model battry. i want 2 purchase it.plz contact me on 09769855850

  • Batteries not working. Unabel to get replacement. Tried everywhre in India, unable to get

  • a classic mobile which is a rare site now .

  • o2x3 is median level mobile good mp3 but not any part of replaemet & not good delivery,o2x3 handset battry or other parts not avilable in india...

  • only feature to be proud of is the video recording. mp3 is ok but pic isn't gud,flash doesn't work, no bluetooth,infrared doesn't work,no other message tone n u dont get replacement parts at least not here,u'll have to go to uk for it.so if u r thinkin of buyin it, buy at ur own risk,there r other options

  • I cannot see MP3 files on my O2X3 because it is not detectingaudio files.

  • the main lcd and sub lcd on my phone used to show a clock. somehow, maybe by wrong pressing of a button that has gone.how do i bring it back

  • The vibration function of my O2X3 is not working properly. Can it be repaired?

  • I Have 02 x3 model phone, recently my display is not showing nothing so i went to one of the service engg and he told that there is no problem with display, the main problem is its strip got broken it seems. I tried many places in hyderabad as iam an resident of Hyd but my search went into vain, so can u please suggest or give any information where i can get the STRIP OF X3 (MODEL) O2 PHONE. If possible plz try to call me otherwise mail to me. please reply me with full details as soon as possible. Awaiting for your favorable response

  • I bought the x3 just under 3 years ago and still have it despite it no longer working. It managed to send 1 picture message b4 it refused to send any more ever again. A year or so on it started to switch itself off every so often,getting more frequent and then last year started to have charging failure. These problems are notorious for this phone. Todays phones are far superior in terms of camera quality, bluetooth, games etc but the x3's video recording quality is far superior than most of todays fones even my samsung d900!!!! The image slideshow, picture editing and speed of displaying pictures is also superior (my d900 takes ages to go from viewing 1 picture to the next!) I wish someone would make a new x3 with better camera, bluetooth, bigger screen etc but with the x3s appearance and video quality. I'd buy that for a dollar!

  • o2 x3 is good mobile i want this mobiles new battery.....

  • how to change the message alert tone?

  • plz tell a solution for my prob i dont have card reader but i use the data cable provided along with the handset for transfering data from handset to pc and viceversa.but when i try to upload songs from my pc to handset(even wen dey are in MP3 & WMA format) its giving a msg saying-"THIS FILE CANNOT BE UPLOADED TO HANDSET".what might be the reason? plz provide a solution for this.

  • how can i connect my com ?

  • Hi. What the biggest card can i buy for this phone?

  • i buy this mobile. i use it so reliable n good in network. i love it. but i have some problem in this set. like hanging problem. so i need this set software or could u help me to solve this type of problem.i am waithing for ur replay. urs customer.

  • I got my X3 about 3 years ago and it's been great since. The mp3 player is its best feature, I have a 250meg card in it which holds around 50 songs on it, the camera is not as good as phones' these days but at the time it was OK, The video camera can practically record up to 8 hours of footage (2 gig card), or you can use Nokia video converter to put full movies on; I once had Too Fast Too Furious, Lord of the Rings and a bunch of guitar instructional videos (and porn) all on at once on my 250mb card, so the storage is a neat prop. You can also put photos on it providing you installed the software, so there's no need to download overpriced pictures off WAP. I've had no problems with it so far, it serves its purpose of music and calling best, I don't think any camera phone is worth the camera unless it's over 5 megapixels, then you don't really need a digital camera anymore.

  • Well,to start with i bought this fone 6 months back only coz of its gr8 value at my place. Ppl told me that this is a failed fone in the west n so its so cheap. but i still got it, n believe me even though it has a few problems i love it. The best thing abt this fone is its gr8 MP3 player . I have seen n compared loads of fone's mp3 players with mine n x3 wins hands down especially with nokias. As this fone is now quite old so its features might not blow ur mind but at this price (Rs 5500 in india or 120$ )it rockss. And if we luk at some bad points, the cam is bad actually it sucks. The vga nd wallpaper resolutions r better lol. And it has no bluetooth nd my infrared has still not worked.also u must have a card reader as its USB doesnt work. And most importantly, the fone sometimes gets switched off on its own and we dont even know nd that sucks. And also the vibrator sometimes get hanged and the fone keeps on vibrating like hell nd u have to switch it off to stop it. All in all its a fone jus for music nd its design. Gud for some nd bad for others.

  • I have a O2 X3 phone but i have not a cd for usb drivers so can't download music and photos from phone to pc, do you know where i can get copy of driver i need, any help appreciated. Thanks alot. amit malhotra

  • Hello everyone , I buy this phone and its really a bomb thing . can anyone tell me that how to forward its video more faster and how to forward song and also about howcan I install applications or games in it without GPRS . Reply me soon at my ID [email protected] . Thanks .

  • Dear sir / mam I am unable to install the data cable.. USB is not detected,.

  • ive had this fone for over 2 years there is no point buying it now as u can buy far superior fones nowadays like the nokia 6131 however until i buy a new fone i still use this as it is great - small n sexy lol plus the great cif video recording which is one of the best quality ever seen on a fone beating the likes of the sony ericsson k800i!

  • i need to know about how to use mini sd card setting i cant send to my phone mp3 how can i send it

  • Great phone except has one BIG problem for me - the message alert tone is just one ding dong (like Avon calling for those of you as old as me and can remember!). If you miss the one ding dong, that's it. I have had unseen messages for days. Does anyone know of any updates, or way of downloading another tone to the phone? The Samsung used to keep repeating until you looked at it.

  • how a nice phone it is.....but how to use its loud speaker????????????????pls..pls... :-(

  • hi, pls let me know how to switch on its speaker? plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • plz plz plz help i have buy a o2 x3 i se a security code on a phone which i forget now phone is not going to open plz help me and mail me how to unlock it or reset it plzzzzzzzzzzzz my mail id is [email protected]

  • nice phone ! how to start its loud speaker ???? pls mail me !

  • it's hard for me to look for the attachment. does anyone know the specs of the usb? i know its mini usb but i dont know how many pins. thanks!

  • hey! BEST PHONE! i wanna ask if the phone functions good with a 1 gb card on it? will it work with 2 gb mini sd as well ? pleaseeee mail me n tell [email protected]

  • the o2x3 can take the 4gb card now...soruce from mobymemory.com This fone shud be brought out again with a bigger internal memory and bluetooth its the first fone i got with a 262k colour display and it still works fine and to the lad who can only video for 15 seconds maybe if you switch it record from memory card first it shud record for the amount of memeory you have left.

  • it is really a very good fone.but i am facing a prob that when i make a call the signals came down and call dissconnected.whats that?any of u know?

  • i want to know how to recieve and give items on my ifrared if any1 has got any advice plz give me some soon

  • o2x3isa fantastic phone but i can only record for 15 seconds i want to record for a longer time like 1/2 an hour and i want to be able to download songs and videos off the internet but it wont let me if anyone out there knows anything about this plz tell me thx

  • dis fone is rubbish as cannot charge it cos i av 2 wiggle the charger when in the fone and hold it!!!!!!! advise ne1 not 2 buy it

  • This phone is juz gr8!!! mp3 music can be added thru card reader. mp3 quality is good. camera is juz gr8 and video recrdin is also gr8!! the phone is sturdy too....i hav dropped it thrice and no prblm..surely go and buy it!!!!!

  • sir iwant o2 x3 battery its a very good mobile that is why find its battery give me buying information of battery i give u charges for that

  • I've had this phone for 2 months now and it's working great. It has MP3 ringtones, video recording up to the limit of the memory card (I recored 25 minutes continously). Camera is great with its "indoors" mode of opertion. Separate speaker for MP3 and movie sound. You can also read the short messages that you receive without opening the flip, on the external display. Same for missed calls. Also has a calendar on the external display and you can take avatar-sized pictures by holding the first key (the single one, not the volume one) pressed without opening the flip.

  • This phone is BRILLENT. The Camera is very clear, the Video Camera is very good and you can record a big video. But how do you download songs on to the MP3 player? That is the only thing I want to know. You got to get the mobile phone!!!!

  • hi friends, i am using this o2 x3 which is a nice phone to be used but i can not connect my memory card to my pc and only phone memory is been seen on pc. can any of u help how can i connect my memory card to pc and even my infera dosen't work.

  • this fone is rubbish i got it for me b day n it turns off wen ur in a call wen textin it say write error i advise u NOT to buy this fone Not worth the money

  • this phone is so unreliable that my mum tried to call the samaratains but it dropped the call and she thought they had hung up on her. she soon killed herself with a pickaxe. cheers o2, you certainly didn't make me smile.

  • o2 x3 is a good fone but i have a problem with it that without sim the fone will turn on but when i insert the sim fone will not turn on plz tel me is this softwear problem if this how i can download the softwear ? and from where plz halp me.

  • o2 x3 is a nice cell phone. can say ultimate one for its cost. compatible to any other cell in terms of sound and graphics. its marvellous!!! Great.....

  • hello ppl........ i seriously need help over here ...... i'v recently bought an o2 x3 but the graphics card off the phone waz showin some problems n recently i cant hv any display on my phone so plz help me i want to get my phone repaired plz tell me a place ver i can do so waitting 4 some one to reply ..... thanks P.S. i stay in india

  • You cannot send via infrared only recieve. On video recorder go to settings and select qcif or cif and you will be able to record for as long as you have space available on your memory card (I have a 1gb card). The 1.3mp camera setting is rubbish the full screen size is better. If you don't have a pc with a card reader built in buy an sd card reader or a usb digital drive and use that to put songs etc on the x3. Go onto the Benq s700 site and you can download a free converter that allows you to convert videos to mp4 format to use on the fone (I have some Roxette videos and some porn and the quality is awesome!)

  • Hi i've just bought an O2X3 and my borther has the same one too. When he records sound he can get up to 10 minutes recording time but i can only get 15 seconds recording time. I've been on all the settings and i cant seem to figure out how to sort it can anyone help me plz??

  • Hi i've just bought an O2X3 and my borther has the same one too. When he records sound he can get up to 10 minutes recording time but i can only get 15 seconds recording time. I've been on all the settings and i cant seem to figure out how to sort it can anyone help me plz?

  • o2 x3 is a good fone but i have a problem without sim fone will turn on but when i insert the sim fone will not on plz tel me is this softwear problem if this how i dowenload the softwear from where plz halp me

  • o2 x3 is a good fone but i have a problem without sim fone will turn on but when i insert the sim fone will not on plz tel me is this softwear problem if this how i dowenload the softwear from where plz halp me

  • in my o2 mini x3 without sim mobile will turn on & display seeking emergency cover. but when i insert the sim mobil will not turn on pleas help me

  • pls help me i want to change the langague of my phone frm chinese to english .how do i do it the manual is also in chinese.could any one guide me

  • where i'll get softwares of it. i'm using it it's good. i having prb with it's connectivity with computer it's usb connectivity is not working properly.

  • Where can i find software for my O2 X3. I can just take videos for 15 sec only . i want to take videos for 1/2 hour and cannot play MP3 songs as i have already loaded songs on my memrory card Please help

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  • hi all. i noticed that many of you are saying that you dont have the drivers for your cable. well your in luck. There you have it the drivers for the cable. -Dark Tins �.�?�

  • O2X3 is a nice phone compact to use.... nice sound,clarity but the memory card is not recieving data from the computer.please help me !!!!!!i have just got the mobile and want my best out of it. anu radha.

  • O2X3 is a nice phone compact to use.... nice sound,clarity but the memory card is not recieving data from the computer.please help me !!!!!!i have just got the mobile and want my best out of it. anu radha.

  • I have been given O2 X3 phone by my father but he doesn't have cd for usb drivers so I can't download music and photos from phone to pc, do you know where i can get copy of driver i need, any help appreciated. Thanks alot. Quan

  • dear i have a mobile O2 x3. but i dont have software or driver pc to mobile connect.plz send to me about this.as soon as possible.thank you

  • i have used X3 for 1 year. It`s so good, ex display with 252000color, mp3 & mp4`s ringtone, camera 1.3mp,...but its key isnot fast. I cant download games. it`s boring

  • Please help me dowload game to my mobile. thanks

  • i wouldnt buy this if i were you... therz no doubt in my mind tht i bought this cause it lukd gud on paper, gud features and gud lukin to me. but buying its anutha story and a big disapointment. chunky phone just doesnt live up to modern standards, the 1.3mp camera was the first of its kind and is jus crap basically, the new vga ones are better. takes green pictures if the light isnt just right and blurs at every opportunity. the best thing has to be the ability to play mp3's the speaker is louder than any phone ive heard so far even the samsung d600 and sony ericsson walkman phones but its a long process to update the memory cards and will only play like media player wma files for me, ive been ater a new fone for a while but can only claim a new one if this one is damaged by "accident" which is actually another point in its favour (if it wasn't trying to get rid of it) that it JUST WONT DIE its been thru the washer, in the bath, out the window 3 times, down the stairs too many times and thrown against walls, but minus a few scratches and chips, this phone is practically indestructable lol. well thts my view. oh. and BUY THE SAMSUNG D900!! wooo hoooo!!

  • hi friends, i am using this o2 x3 which is a nice phone to be used but i can not connect my memory card to my pc and only phone memory is been seen on pc. can any of u help how can i connect my memory card to pc and even my infera dosen't work.

  • Hello, I liked the phone and the features in it...but i'm unable to send files through infrared as it isn't connecting at all. Also, i'm unable to install games which i have downloaded to my PC. The file i downloaded is in .jar format. Can someone pls. mail me solutions for above mentioned problems. Thanks.

  • hi all my x3 will not switch on with my sim inserted any ideas lost without fone email me pleaseeeeeeeeeeee

  • Dear sir / mam I am unable to install the data cable.. USB is not detected,.

  • good day sir/ma though the phone is good, but the infrared is not sending data to another phone, and if their is a way of tranferring data through the infrared, pls explain to me & send the phone code through the mail address above. thanks kayode adeniyi

  • My fone was really good.. for a year and half til it just suddenly died. i took the battery out becasue it froze and then it just wouldnt turn bak on.. but otherwise good fone. ive tuk it in for repair but no1 can fix it because no1 knows whats wrong with it! has anyone had the same problem?

  • i think the memory is good but the infared only works for recieving files and the text can be hard as wel and now my phoen keeps turning itself off ive had better phones

  • this is a great phone and all but i cant download music onto the mp3 player can anyone tell me how i will be most greatful thank you

  • o2 x3 is good phone with most fetures you can down load songs, vidio or images through sd card you never insert mp3 songs or vidio files through data cable. you have must card reader for download song or vidio, if you face problem in upload imeges thorogh data cable you upload *.jpg file not more than 100k to 125k otherwise it taks very long time

  • i do not no how 2 put mp3s on my fne can any body help??

  • phone turns itself off now anybody know how to fix this, is it a battery problem??

  • This phone has good features but I would have to say it is absolutey a nightmare because i've encountered many problems. I've bought this phone since Dec 2004 then about 2 months after it kept switches itself off number of times without a reason even after a few repairs. Other problem besides self off switching are the hinge became loose after numerous of use, it can only play mp3 music files, very poor video/camera quality, the grey coating can wear off, loose battery, poor network signal sometimes you want to make an important call, slow responsive key meaning you will sometime get the word wrong while texting and few other problems. I would recommend not to buy this phone ...the sales of this phone should stop right now.

  • on my second phone already, first phone started to turn itself off, second phone wont charge properly, the camera is useless, by far the worst mobile I

  • I have connected my phone to the PC, via the USB cable provided, and downloaded the software on the disc, that was given to me with the phone. But after hours of trying, i cant download my photos onto the PC. I havn't got a clue what i am doing or even what to click on! please help, its frustrating me so much

  • I have bought an O2 X3 phone. Unfortunatel,y I have lost the Driver CD. Is there anyone who can tell me how to get it. Thanks a lot! Thanh Truc

  • This phone is BRILLENT. The Camera is very clear, the Video Camera is very good and you can record a big video. But how do you download songs on to the MP3 player? That is the only thing I want to know. You got to get the mobile phone!!!!

  • Can anybody tell me where can i find O2 X3's software coz the phone is hanging and the technician said that the phone need to reset using the software.thanx...:)

  • i like the fone but i cant work the stupid mp3 player does anybody know how to do it and do u know if u av 2 pay for mp3 tunes ????????????

  • can anybody tell me what the O2 X3's handset code is as i have misplaced my instruction booklet! thanx!

  • it's a great phone but mine wont turn on with my sim card but will turn on without it.Can somebody out there help with explanations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • A very great phone. i could keep it all the time. I use it all the time. It has got a good camera and great everything!!!!!! You have got to get this phone. But one more question, how do you downlaod songs on to this MP3 player and videos on the MP4 player?

  • Does anyone have any ideas on this? My phone wont turn on with my sim card in it but will turn on without it!?!? Anyone know anything,

  • I think this phone is the best phone i ever had!! Can some1 plz tell me how to download songs on 2 this phone i am really wanting songs on my MP3 player. The greatest phone in history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Cud sum1 tell me how to get mp3s wrkin on da O2 X3 coz i hav the card reader n adaptor but wen i put a mp3 on to it the phone wnt play it help plzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • yo yhe 02 x3 has to be the loudest fone ever yat!! i fink it the best fone i had it 4 4 yrz nw!! lol it the best wud definately recomnd this

  • this phone is actually pretty good if you want a camera phone very good 1.3mega pixels and videos can be as long as you want if uve got a big enough memory card. my phone has lasted me nearly a year now and its still good

  • terrible phone, no more can be said

  • Also,to add to my earlier rant,the phone is HUGE and looks really old even though it isnt.Overall,I am certainly not impressed with this phone and wont be buying an O2 phone again.

  • This phone SUCKS.If I had to give anyone any advice it would be not to buy it! It cuts out constantly and when I send txts people dont recieve them! I also cant use infared! This phone is totally useless and whoever brought it into this world is a jackass.

  • i think the phone looks really good but i cant send images and i cant send anythink on infrared..............otherwords useless

  • Does anyone have any ideas on this? My phone wont turn on with my sim card in it but will turn on without it!?!? Anyone know anything, i've got so many numbers stored in the phone if i only get it on once to get them i'll be happy!

  • it is in someways useless when using memory to download of wap. firstly theres only 1.4 on the phone and it wont save it to the memory card making large downloads like videos impossible to save. everytime it tries to download it says a message sorry document too large for available memory. and theres no way that the stuff can be saved to the card. nice design but pointless phone

  • You wrote: "I have the pleasure of having two of these mobiles one was mine, the others was my sis. Now mine still works but it's crap: Problems to date - Often freezes / locks up when playing games I brought 3 games for it through the wap site when I was on holiday, Splinter Cell PT, Rayman 3 and Worms. Splinter Cell and Worms get as far as the 'new game' screen before locking up , Rayman 3 works when it wants to though - and remember these games were brought from the 02 wap site - meaning they're supposed to work on this piece of crap. The infra-red option doesn't work on either of the mobiles. And also the light under the button 7 has broke. On my sis's mobile : Her's is totally useless It won't charge When it worked it would randomly start charging even if it wasn't connected to the charger - wtf! Virbration got stuck on regularly Now it won't even turn on : you plug in the charger, press the on button and it freezes and the screen just shows a black line - It still displays the 02 logo / charger display and makes that charging noise but it wont do anything else. Also adding to the insult of the mobile, there is no way to silence the phone - when the 'silence' option is selected it vibrates by default. And to get mp3 files onto the mobile you need to buy an adapter for your computer. Shite mobile / utterly useless - If you have sense you'll avoid. And the fact you can are limited on your wap downloads to the pathetic inner memory is a really pain and makes the memory card virtually useless. The only good thing this mobile gave me was free 24 / 7 wap access which I used while abroad for a month! So I probably spend well over the price of the phone on wap access." Well I can say that you are talking bolox. The only way the light under number 7 should break is dirt or not caring for the phone. As for the not booting, leave the battery out for 12 - 24 hours then try again. As for the games, there are actually disclaimers that state the games are not guaranteed to work on your phone. Infrared only recieves, this is a common fact. If you were to try and use the phone as its supposed to be used, rather than pretending its a Nokia. I've had the X3 since release (Sept.Oct 04) and it has never let me down at all. Excellent phone.

  • i had this phone for a while, i loved it ! it was the best pone i have ever had. i lost in on holiday and was devastated. It is a really good phone.

  • Had this phone for a while. Not a bad little one. Downsides are the predicitve text is a bit messed up. Also if the phone has been on "Discreet" and you change it to "Normal" (Ringtones) you have to manually turn the volume up on the phone for the ringer.

  • Infrared - You can only accept things using infrared, get the person to send it and then activate yours, and then you should recieve the item :D

  • how can i use the infrared device to this phone?( o2 x3).. when i activate infared , it says connecting ,, and that's all .. please anyone can help me? [email protected]

  • Does this phone have a loudspeaker? Also if you hold down the top right button( it has a little dot on it) the phone will vibrate and change to 'silent' do it again and it will go back to what you origanlly had it set as. i accidently found this out and did not find it in the manual. :D

  • every time i go to send a picture message it says network bussy please try later. and if i recive a song or video it says file size to large. please tell me how to fix it.

  • I need some help regarding the device. Could someone tell me how to find out the s/w version number of the device?.

  • hiya can anyone tell me how to change the message tone? all i have is a doorbell and its annoyin!! plz help!

  • can someone please help me put songs on my phone!!!! please help

  • I hate this phone! Why?... well, it doesn't tell me how many characters i have left to write a text, the volume keeps changing, my games keep freezing, the front screen keeps freezing! The infra-red doesn't work, theres so many bad things about this phone! I hate it! Ive always had problems with the o2 phones.

  • the best way 2 put mp3s on the x3 is to put ure minisd card/adapter in ure computer and drag the file across from pc 2 card. Ive had my x3 since dec 04 after a few months it stopped sending media messages although still received them ok this is a wellknown problem now so what i did was bought an x4 to replace it with. A big mistake!! Jerky video recording is terrible, while viewing pics getting "please wait" between every1 and the mp3s getting interrupted when u open the flip is not good so i kept my x3 and use x4 to send media meggages/pics. I have one of those sim cards where u get 300 txts free a month just for topping up�10 thats in the x3 and im gonna buy a �4.99 sim card from argos to put in the x4 when u register ull get back �2.50 credit and the usual 30 days free browsing (i use fast flirt) when the 30 days is up ill dump the card and buy another and so on so that means itll cost �2.49 a month for browsing which is great and far better then 1p a minute

  • I have been given O2 X3 phone by my daughter unfortunately she does not have cd for usb drivers so I cant download photos from phone to pc, do you know where i can get copy of driver i need, i tried one from benk 700 web site but wont seem to work on my phone? any help appreciated thanks Bill

  • Yes, my phone was still under warranty.

  • I got an o2x3 on contract a year ago and can honestly say it is the worse phone i have ever had constantly switching itself off and then as your entering pincodes it does it again.this started after about 6 months.I read these views before buying it and thought it wouldnt happen to me! stupid or what. dont get it 4 friends have all got this phone 1 of them without any problems!20%isnt bad is it? any way contract over in 2 weeks yippee

  • kirsty, was it still under warranty?

  • Well, I finally got a result. After my replacement phone crashed I went back into the O2 shop and told them I wasn't prepared to get my X3 repaired again. It has been replaced with a Samsung E720!

  • this phone is a waste of money and time i hav taken it back 2 da shop 4 times, the screen crashes and some times the wallpaper dissappears the phone has a mind of its own.to get mp3 on it u hav 2 buy SanDisk so the mini sd can go in and thats goes in2 ur usb. the sandisk cost about �20 frm o2 shops.hope i help ur question for any1 that needed 2 no.

  • same problem as everyone else.. can't send pictures. already had my X3 software upgraded cos of the same problem. Anyone got any ideas?? And yes they do wipe off all your info when they upgrade the software!

  • i have purchased this fone but i cant put mp3 songs on them can someone please email me on how to do this at [email protected]

  • i think that the o2x3 is a waste of money. The buttons are peeling. The silver colour scrathches off. You can't change the message tone and have to have a doorbell. Which is a bugger if you miss it. And you have to pay a fortune just to get Mp3's on it. If you want my advice. Luk elswhere

  • Have to say ,I`ve never had an ounce of trouble with my X3,i see a lot of people have though. Guess if i had read this before buying the phone i would`nt have bought it, but i have no regrets at all. Could do with bluetooth and infared send, but otherwise sound. I had/have a 512mb card in mine, which stored tons of music,which was main additional feature that i wanted ,i`ve just got the nokia 6230i (contract"upgade") which was highly recommended by my mates but apart from the BT & iR the phones not that far behind cosidering the difference in price (2nd hand) btw the nokia is very slow to load up images from the folder even with the small 32mb card you get with it!!! if you like your music...�40 phone & �20 card on ebay this IS the phone, playback is cracking. Sorry to all you guys who probably dont agree but i speak only the truth about the X3 and dont care who makes it.

  • Gr8 to read reviews and tips, had my fone 4 and all works xcept outgoin mms. had fone 4 over a yr now so think its bout time i sorted prob! Can any1 tell me if all info in phone is wiped during software upgrade?

  • Cheers , Liam for your message . How many other people are having this problem sending picture messages ? Handle by server > media message please let us know how to sort out this problem carlos

  • i think everyone on O2 is having that problem currently as i'm unable to send picture messages anymore with this phone and also my sistercan't the the newer XM and a few other people don't seem to be able to and we're all getting that message, so i dunno what the problem is.

  • Nice phone , Can't send PICTURE MESSAGES : when i try to send picture messages it says handled by server > media message . can anyone please help me ? i could send pictures a few weeks ago but now nothing ...... I'VE BEEN TO O2 SHOP AND THEY SAID TRY THESE SETTING BUT I ALREADY HAD THOSE SETTING . PLEASE HELP ME !

  • Hi, yes i deffinatly recommend this phone for a teenager deffinatly, i've been using the phone for a year and still nothing wrong with it so there is proof that this phone isn't always bad :D lol dispite some of the reviews. The MP3 player is very very good, Pictures are ok not the best but its a phone what do you expect the menus look great and an amazing display great phone. Although i'd also recommend the O2XM thats 2 steps up from this phone, the only difference being that that phone only records video for 9 seconds and the X3 is unlimited. Hope this helped.

  • hello, my daughter is thinking about getting this phone, so would anyone recommend it for a teenager? Please reply, thank you.

  • right i have not got a reader i gto the 02x3 phone adapter and mini sd carde but i dunt no how to put mp3s on it please can u mail me and do it in step by step instuctions expescially wot programs i should do it on thanx xxxx lol

  • I have the pleasure of having two of these mobiles one was mine, the others was my sis. Now mine still works but it's crap: Problems to date - Often freezes / locks up when playing games I brought 3 games for it through the wap site when I was on holiday, Splinter Cell PT, Rayman 3 and Worms. Splinter Cell and Worms get as far as the 'new game' screen before locking up , Rayman 3 works when it wants to though - and remember these games were brought from the 02 wap site - meaning they're supposed to work on this piece of crap. The infra-red option doesn't work on either of the mobiles. And also the light under the button 7 has broke. On my sis's mobile : Her's is totally useless It won't charge When it worked it would randomly start charging even if it wasn't connected to the charger - wtf! Virbration got stuck on regularly Now it won't even turn on : you plug in the charger, press the on button and it freezes and the screen just shows a black line - It still displays the 02 logo / charger display and makes that charging noise but it wont do anything else. Also adding to the insult of the mobile, there is no way to silence the phone - when the 'silence' option is selected it vibrates by default. And to get mp3 files onto the mobile you need to buy an adapter for your computer. Shite mobile / utterly useless - If you have sense you'll avoid. And the fact you can are limited on your wap downloads to the pathetic inner memory is a really pain and makes the memory card virtually useless. The only good thing this mobile gave me was free 24 / 7 wap access which I used while abroad for a month! So I probably spend well over the price of the phone on wap access.

  • i bought this phone a while ago and have found ot be the best i have ever had, its got a fantastic MP3 player, 1.3 mp cam/recorder, loads of great features. highly recomended

  • lydz your gonna have to take the phone into o2 and then will send away for repair although it wont work much better when it comes back my old x3 was sent back for the same reason and i thimk they just updated the software. when it came back the camera seemed to worse than when it went in and then things just got worse week by week.

  • heya every1i got a o2 x3 rite and it stays turned on with out the sim in n wen i put the sim bk in it goes off can some1 help me or is this a reli cruddy fone lol thanks msg mme plz xxx

  • Lol, No there are no good points about this phone, it is indeed sh**. The only half decent feature it has is an mp3 player, though for a reason beyond me you can only have a certain number of tracks on the playlist at anyone time, which is a load of bulls testicles :P Camera is extremely poor, video capture is borderline "ok", but only when outside, the flash resembles that of an extremely cheap torch. It gets stuck on vibrate at least a few times a month, crashes for no reason, has a really poor signal receiver, text messages arent always received properly. The phone should support emoticons' though you can't put any in... Basically buying this phone is a BIG mistake.

  • Lol, No there are no good points about this phone, it is indeed sh**. The only half decent feature it has is an mp3 player, though for a reason beyond me you can only have a certain number of tracks on the playlist at anyone time, which is a load of bulls testicles :P Camera is extremely poor, video capture is borderline "ok", but only when outside, the flash resembles that of an extremely cheap torch. It gets stuck on vibrate at least a few times a month, crashes for no reason, has a really poor signal receiver, text messages arent always received properly. The phone should support emoticons' though you can't put any in... Basically buying this phone is a BIG mistake.

  • can anyone help?....... for some wierd reason my fone has stopped recieving mms messages, and wont send them. i have been too o2 shop and they were helpful, but not enough too solve the problem. they went through the settings and said its ok but im not convinced,,,, any suggestions ?

  • No the x3 doesnt have FM. it doesnt even have loudspeaker for when makeing calls which is kinda stupid considering there is a built in loudpeaker for the mp3. yes you can record sounds and set them as a ringtone aswell

  • hi i dunt no how to put mp3 on me 02 x3 i ent gto a reader to put in the pc but i gto the mini card the appdapter n the cd thing plz emial me to tell me how to do it make it easy!

  • On 2nd phone with same prob. as all other respondents. SWITCHES ITSELF OF. Agree good case for Trading Standards people. Its utter,utter rubish>

  • Does this phone have FM radio? And can you record sounds? I already have found out for myself the picture quality is rubbish, If it doesnt have these it is almost certainly going in the bin.

  • I've just got this phone for cristmas and am extremly worried, there have been so many awful reviews, I tried the camera the other day and to be honest thought it was rubbish, as my old phone {which I am reconsidering using again was the brilliant Nokia 6230, which had a great camera and all the things i needed} whereas this phone hasn't , I feel let down and wish I could take it back. But I suppose it was my fault it did only cost �100 whereas the Nokia cost �179. But I cant help feeling angry.

  • I work for o2 and it seems that this phone is the most common phone to go wrong in almost every way

  • i have thid phone...your wasting your money getting it...it switches itself off and has a short battery life i wouldnt recomend it

  • For that person that said buy a phone by a phone manafacturer not a tarrif supplier,its not made by o2 its a benq! which are a phone manafacturer! doh!

  • this is the worst phone i have ever had thank god my jail sentance is over with phone as my new upgrade is a D600 (fantastic) the X3 was just perthetic it switches itself off had to been sent in for repairs and after having the phone maybe 6 months the buttons would slowly begin to seize working without having to apply excessive force until basicly all i could was answer a call and even that was a task. its almost like o2 just got a little exiceted when they thought they could put all those featues on one phone and the honest truth is it couldnt cope with it. all in all this phone could have been great but it wasnt. P.S the message tone (need i say more)

  • me and my girlfriend both have had this phone for over a year now and ive had some crap phones over the years but this takes the p**s. It switches off on it's own, gets stuck on vibrate, won't allow some pictures to download, battery life is short, it is just a horrible phone. O2 should be reported to trading standards for this diabolicle mobile phone. I'm going back to my Philips brick from now on, and my girlfriend is just going to bin hers and buy from a proper manufacturer.

  • i am using this fone for abt a year,it is the best phone i have ever used .with 9-10 call daily with some mp3 and camera usage i got 3 days of standby time. it is better than any samsung mobile phone,has the lousdest of mp3 ringtone i have ever heard.faster GPRS etc

  • this phone is a class

  • I got fed up with phone not working ( kept switching itself off) and returned it 3 times for repair.I had 2 new phones one which was repaired twice. I eventually asked O2 to replace it as I had only had it for 4 months including the time it was away for repair. It took over an hour and a half but i managed to get to speak to someone who cared enough to give me a brand spanking new Nokia. I am so glad that i changed back to Nokia. The X3 was just so rubbish. Its so rubbish they dont sell it now. Stay away from this phone.

  • is there any gd points bout this phone

  • how do u put mp3's on this phone wen i put the lead in the usb port it charges my phone

  • if anyone could tell me how to download mp`3s or do anything via my laptop and the usb cable i would be very grateful thanks, otherwise an excellent phone

  • when u use a usb to conect o computer only the phone memory wil show if u want memory card to show aswel u need to get a memory card adapter

  • Grrrrr this phone is sooo annoying, it won't recieve picture messages, keeps coming up "recieve incorrect data" i have taken it to the shop and they have no idea whats wrong with it, so any ideas before i lose it and chuck the thing through the window????

  • i really wanted an o2 x3 phone for my christmas 2004 i loved the phone when i got it a few weeks later i experiancd a few problems its been to the factory 3 times i think it is a very unreliable phone

  • iv had a o2x3 for around 2 months and ive got a 32mb mini sd card with it but when i plug the phone into the computer using the usb it doesn' t let me put games or mp3s on it can any one help, do i need a bigger memory card

  • The only problem ive encoutered with the x3 is that there is no bluetooth.

  • This is undoubtedly the worst phone I've ever had, with constant problems, which began a couple of months after I got the phone. Firstly, I sent it off to be fixed because of difficulties charging it - this problem was only briefly resolved and I can now only charge the phone at certain angles which are difficult to find and for brief periods of time. I also sent it to be fixed for constantly switching itself off, when it came back, all my contacts had been wiped. It now switches itself off probably 10 times a day, usually when I'm trying to send a text, answer the phone or make a call, often 5 or 6 times in succession. I haven't sent it back for repairs because I have no faith the the repair will be done and can't be doing with having my contacts wiped again. Added to that the ringtone selection is awful. Can't wait to upgrade next month, and will never use an O2 phone again.

  • This phone is not as bad as some of you guys make out! ye it sometimes it dosent stop vibrating but this can be fixed by simply turning the phone off and then back on again. The camra is good but you dont need a phone for a camra you need it for calls and texts. i still am unable of putting the mp3's on my phone but i will learn quickly. i have had this phone since may this year and i have not yet had any problems! This is a good phone disspite what everyone else thinks!!

  • It's funny, I read all these bad reviews about the X3 but yet I have had no problems with this handset what so ever in the 10 months I have had it. I read about people who claim the camera is rubbish, but hey it's a damn phone, If you want quality pictures buy a digital camera. The MP3 facility is spot on considering it's a phone and has, although it was a bit of a mystery how to load the damn things when I first got it, which brings me to the point of this post. For lori (and anyone else) who is having trouble with the mp3 facility, here is how to load the damn things on your phone. Unfortunately you cannot transfer mp3's direct to your handset you need to load them onto the mini SD card via a card reader connected to your PC. The problem is that mini SD card readers are difficult to get hold of (at least they were when I tried earlier in the year) so what I would advise is to buy a bigger mini SD card (about 256mb will cost about �20 on ebay) that comes with an SD adapter card. You can then buy a card reader that accepts SD cards from most electrical stores for about �7-�10. All in all, unlike a lot of people I find the X3 to be an excellent phone, and would recommend it highly.

  • Worst phone ive ever had also turns itself off, constant vibration sometimes, front side button for camera stop working sometimes, just a bad phone basically!

  • BEWARE...the worst phone I have ever had. I've had a mobile since 1997 and this is the worst. I've had it 7 months and it's been back to O2 3 times (keeps vibrating, screen went bubbly, turns itself off). Today I have finally broke free and upgraded 3 month earlly! It looks like a big dull matchbox. I doesnt have a normal ringtone (ring ring would do). It doesnt have bluetooth, even my mums got bluetooth!! Please dont buy it. It may be good on paper and O2 might give it to you free but dont bother, it's really cheap; not in a good way! BUY A PHONE MADE BY A PHONE MANUFACTURER NOT A TARRIF SUPPLYER

  • !!CAUTION!! Have had this phone for 11 months been repaired three times,1,could not hear callers. 2,callers could not hear me.3,screen failure. Now the vibration is constant,it won't play downloaded ringtones and has never taken mp3's or transfered video to pc even with tech support!!! reached upgrade time now so i'm off to SE or Samsung or nokia.

  • i think this phone would be grat if i understood how to work everything. i cant get mp3's on it! PLEASE HELP ME!!!

  • This is a pretty awful phone. Mine keeps breaking down and the picture quality is poor.

  • I've had this phone since May and it's just gone off for it's third repair. I like the camera, but texting is poor and some of the other phone features aren't great either. I would think twice before buying this phone if I were you.

  • Like the phone just found the pictures not the best quality am selling my if interested please contact a year old very good condition. The design is great very pleasing to the eye just wanted a phone with bluetooth which is why am selling.

  • Right... i think that they should still sell the O2 X3 phone because if it is being advertised in loads if different places then? whats the point? if there is no whr decent nd cheap to buy one! they were �99 at o2! cheap for a phone at that standard!! I have an O2 X3 all i can say! BRILLIANT CHEAP CLASSY FLASHY PHONE! Find one sumwhere and buy one well worth da money! 1.3 megapixel gee zoo!!

  • Try ebay you should be able to find one on there for an amazing price.

  • Where can u buy the o2 X3 because the 02 shop have stopped selling it and have replaced it with the 02 XM please help cus i REALLY want to buy this phone?

  • Where can u buy the 02 X3

  • Help is at hand if your wap keeps saying 'network unavaliable!' O2 X3 GPRS WAP settings: 1. From the Menu Highlight O2 and press the OK button (Navi). 2. Scroll to Settings and press the OK button (Navi). 3. Highlight Empty Profile and press OK (Navi) 4. Highlight Homepage and press OK (Left Soft Key). Enter http://wap.o2.co.uk and press the OK (Navi Key). 5. Highlight Gateway Address and press Select (Left Soft Key). Enter 193.113.200.195 and press OK (Navi). 6. Highlight Port and press Select (Left Soft Key). Enter 9201 and press OK (Navi) 7. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 1 time. 8. Highlight the profile you just setup and press Option (Left Soft Key). 9. Highlight Rename and press OK (Navi Key). Enter O2 Wap and press OK (Navi Key). 10. Highlight Select Gateway and press OK (Navi Key). 11. Highlight Wap and press OK (Navi Key). 12. Highlight O2 Wap and press OK (Navi Key). 13. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 2 times. 14. Highlight Connect Settings and press OK (Navi Key). 15. Highlight GPRS1 and press OK (Navi Key). 16. Highlight User ID and press OK (Navi Key). Enter payandgo and press OK (Navi Key). 17. Highlight Password and press OK (Navi Key). Enter password and press OK (Navi Key). 18. Highlight APN Name and press OK (Navi Key). Enter payandgo.o2.co.uk and press OK (Navi Key). 19. Ignore DNS 20. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 1 time. 21. Highlight GPRS1 and press Options (Left Soft Key). 22. Highlight Rename and press OK (Navi Key). Enter O2 WAP GPRS and press OK (Navi Key). 23. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 4 times. The WAP GPRS settings are now complete. O2 X3 MMS settings: 1. Press the OK button to access the Main Menu. 2. Highlight Messages and press OK (Navi Key). 3. Highlight Media and press OK (Navi Key). 4. Highlight Settings and press OK (Navi Key). 5. Highlight Media Server and press OK (Navi Key). 6. Highlight Operator http:// and press Edit (Left soft Key). 7. Highlight Server Name and press OK (Navi key). Enter O2 MMS and press OK (Navi Key). 8. Highlight O2 MMS and press Edit (Left Soft Key). 9. Highlight Server Address and press OK (Navi Key). Enter http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk and press OK (Navi Key). 10. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 1 time. 11. Highlight Notify Setting and press OK (Navi Key). Highlight Auto Download and press OK (Navi Key). 12. Ignore Delivery Setting 13. Highlight Message Life Time and press OK (Navi Key). Highlight 6 Days and press OK (Navi Key). 14. Highlight Security Check and press OK (Navi Key). Highlight Close Check and press OK (Navi Key). 15. Ignore Sender Reject List 16. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 4 times. The MMS settings are now complete.

  • hey im jessica..just sent off for this phone on a trial period, after reading some comments now a bit worried. Is the mp3 possible to use without buying any attachments etc..please reply. thanks

  • I have just got this phone, but I don't know how to get my videos and mp3's on to the phone. I realise that you can do this with a usb connecter/lead, but is there a way to do this without any connecting leads that you need to buy? Please email me if anyone has an idea.

  • I�ve had this phone about five months and have had no problems with it at all. It�s worked fine and I am particularly pleased with the ease to apply your own mp3 songs as ring tones via the card (cool to answer in public). I however purchased a card reader from eBay for around �10 which also came with a new 256mb card to do this. I would recommend this as the USB cable is a bit lame. One bad thing is that the irda port can only recieve.

  • i dont know why people say the phone is rubbish its screen is best ive seen and stiil use it film allsorts its the only device that copes .they shud bring out the same device with internal memory 10mb /bluetooth,sort the camera but i would be reluctant to change the screen..The x4 is bigger 176x220 but has not got the brightness and sharpness.Its compact and chunky and dead stylish and will accept the 1gb card as well

  • i bought an x3 december superb - camera video mp3 what more can u ask 4 however will no longer send media messages so i just bought an x4 the bigger screen is great especially the better quality outer screen great camera features like monochrome etc even use ure own message tone however this phone seems to be a backward step compared to the x3 - dual band (x3 is triband) no picture editing no slide style or music during slideshow and 2 major irritations having 2 wait ages for the next image 2 come up while viewing them and worst of all the x3s smooth video recording has been replaced by that jerky doesnt keep up with the sound 3g type recording so ive switched back 2 the x3 and just use the x4 2 send mms now im happy

  • i have jst bought the phone but i cant put any mp3 on it how can i do tht plz help the phone is fantastic anyway

  • this phone is awful i've had three n all of them have died battery power is appalling. don't see how any1 can say it's good.

  • hi the o2x3 is BY far the best phone i have had in i long time the mp3 player is great and the camer is top so way peeps say its crap i dont know . oh and can any one post i link so i can download the software to the o2x3 please . thank you =)

  • i can't get onto internet via O2 Active. "Network Down" !! Anyone have any ideas how to solve this plz help

  • I don't know how to put back the vocal box (when someone call me, habitually when i can't answer, there is a message from me and they can let a message to me ( bo�te vocale in french), is there someone who knows how to put it back? is it in call settings, call waiting? i've tried a lot of time but it doesn't work. Thanks!

  • to mike ,,are you sure the network is not down??im on vodaphone at moment and they have been off air mainly at night.you can always get settings over the air.text ACTIVE to 2020 it does not have to be capitals its just to highlighht the actual word.After a short while you will recieve a txt asking your make,,select reply and it will be a number you reply with.Then a second text will arrive asking your model number and again reply with the related number ,,then you third txt will contain the correct settings for your device,,save them to your phone.Options on the final text should bring up the save option your after.Also the o2 website tells you how to recieve settings from them..The o2 x3 comes ready to work out of the box but for some reason you may have to activate gprs.PLUS you have to have a minimum of 50 pence on your account to access o2 active.if all fails if in reasonable time ask for a replacement..if you got it from carfone etc they shud help by law now up to 6 months after purchase and will check wats up.if thats it then it must be faulty.ive had no problems with it and had lots of phones and the screen is the best ive ever seen

  • This is the worst phone i have ever owned. Between myself and my wife we have had 3 of these phones, and all have had the same problems, freezing, switching off after receiving a message, poor battery power, wailing noise from the speaker when phone closed over. The reps at the service provider were incredibly unhelpful, rude and could not care less. Will be changing to new provider at end of contract.

  • Have found the phone ok but can't get onto internet via O2 Active. "Network Down" !! Anyone have any ideas how to solve this? and how do i get videos 2 my pc from my phone

  • mike, try looking at your settings as there might be a problem with that. thats what happened to me. i called customer services and they told me the correct settings

  • my battery doesnt seem to lat very long at all it lasts for about 15hrs. does anybody else have the same problem? ive been told that i may have blown the battery out as apparently when i first brought the phone i was meant to let the battery run flat before i charged it for the first time but no one told me that and it doesnt say so in the handbook. any ideas anyone?

  • how do i get videos from my phone to the computer

  • Have found the phone ok but can't get onto internet via O2 Active. "Network Down" !! Anyone have any ideas how to solve this?

  • how do i get videos from my phone to the computer

  • Tried to use infra-red to receive a file, said "file sending failed" on the sending phone. x3 said "connecting"then went away, so i assume it didnt connect, any advice please?

  • Could anyone tell me what the problem is when i am charging a flat battery on my o2x3 and it shows "check charging temperature" on the LCD panels and what to do to sort it out,i need help,thanks

  • Iv had this phone since november and had nothing but problems with it. Weather it's the fact that it wont send picture messages or that it keeps turning its self off I just can't seem to get on with it.

  • Did you know this is actually a rebadged BENQ S700 for the UK market. Elsewhere in the world its known as a BENQ S700. I tried to use the handset manager downloaded on the S700 page with my X3 and it couldnt find it. It must have slighlty different usb drivers. Check out if you dont believe me !

  • Card readers come very cheaply if you buy them online just do a google search for one. You need these to be able to copy bigger unlimated size files on your phone. I suggest if your going to do this buy a bigger card search ebay for this very cheap 3 times less than the prices in shops. Once you have done this you'll be able just to simply copy and paste a mp3 into your mp3 folder, games into the java folder, vids into vid folder etc.

  • hey can the peroson called liam please explain in more detail (or anyone if u no) how to get mp3 files on ur phone. like what is a card reader? thanks a bunch

  • Apologies if this has been asked/covered before, however, my phone has now stopped being able to send pictures and the only option is to take it to be 'flashed' (whatever that means). I'm now concerned that I will lose important videos that I've been unable to download to my PC. All videos saved to the Phone Memory have been downloaded okay but the bigger files saved to my Memory Card can't. I have no options to move it to the Phone Memory. These are really special videos of my nephew and I'd rather get a new phone than risk losing them. Any advice? Thanks!

  • Clearly there is some kind of voting scam going on, cos everybody including me hates this phone and it's getting 8. Yeah. I am on my 3rd one after the other two froze. The navigation buttons are rubbish, you have to press about 50 times to get them to work. The cover for the ariel has fallen off the battery life is poor. A poor phone all round. Get something else.

  • this phone is RUBBISH.....I have never had a worse phone or service in my life it is a joke!!! it cuts out freezes or dies completly. the representives in most are rude and uninterested

  • dont get this fone. iv got it and its complete rubbish waste of money

  • O2 x3 is not bluetooth no. MID is a totally different file type. To copy music tracks to your phone you need a card reader.

  • is the 02 x3 bluettoth compatiable?

  • i am trying to copy cd track to the phone butcannot i try to convert the track to mp3 abut cannot find *.MID format which is apparently needed. help cheers

  • i brought the phone about a month ago and the battery doesnt even last a day, im going to the store 2moro but they prob wont exchange it and will say it has to be sent off to be fixed. also the touch pad doesnt wrk wen im topping up, so wen it say press one to top up etc, it dont work. i had an o2 x2 before this one which was rubbish aswell, they gave the x3 as a replacement.

  • can you only send video messages in 128x128(3gp) and not qcif/cif? seems the higher resolutions are saved in mp4 and go straight to the memory card and not to the phone

  • cant send a video message in cif or qcif only short 8/10secs in 128x128 can anyone help?

  • Probably best to use 3GP format cause thats smaller file size and can get good quality from it. Do a search on google for a 3GP converter, then you'll probably have to either buy it or get the crack :) lol.

  • I see thanks! How do u put them into MP4 mode�? Is there a speical thing that converts it into it�? Thanks!

  • Put card in - copy videos into VIDEO folder - put card in phone play videos simple. But make sure the format is either MP4 or 3GP otherwise your videos wont play.

  • Hey! Could anyone help me please? I have had my o2 x3 for bout 3 months now, and think its a ok phone. But the one thing i cant work out is how to put video's onto the phone through my mini SD card. I have a mini SD card slot in my pc, so thats ok, i can put on mp3's, but not video's?! Coild anyone help please! thanks Guys!

  • try reinstalling windows, this will not remove all the stuff thats on your computer simply right over the windows 98 stuff thats already on your computer therefore fixing faulty files and adding files that may have been deleted once done this reinstall your reader. If this doesn't work then try simple downloading the 'kernel32.dll' just do a simple google search for that, these may or may not work, if they don't buy a new computer :D lol.

  • Liam, or anybody , i got the 23-1 card reader but because i am on WIN98 i need to download a driver, i have , but i can't open it , i keep getting "ECR caused an invalid page fault in module KRNL386.EXE at 0002:000042aa help

  • Thank you very much LINZ your a star!

  • The �n� in the box means that you have a notification of a media message waiting to come through. Go to messages, media and then notifications. This should let u receive the message and the �n� will disappear.

  • this is my second x3, the screen on the first one went west! this one keeps turning itself off! on my screen there is an icon of a blue letter 'N' in a box, i cant find any refference to this anywhere in the manual. Does anybody know what it means? plz help!

  • i hav a memery card and a card reader but how do i get the videos on 2 my pc?

  • LIAM Hi the red icon means you have had a wap message so go to your menu click on 02 then on 02 home then on alert inbox read the message then exit the red icon should have gone!!!!!

  • I would not recommend this phone to anyone, the features are limited, the mp3 needs extra to work! it keeps turning itself off! i brought it for �180 and had it for 2 months befor i got fed up with it!. My recommendation is the Samsung D500 this is the best phone i have ever had. The feature are massive, the memory is large and the look is sexy!!

  • No problem here to help. Nop don't think you can get that no.

  • Thanks for everything Liam , going on holiday in 3 weeks and after reading all your comments thought i'd better get them. ps can you get a lead from phone to telly ? Once again thanks Liam your'e the man ! eddie

  • Does anyone know what the 'RED' message icon means? It just came up after i read a text, I've got NO unread texts, no MMS messages in my inbox so what isit?

  • Eddie yea thats the card reader the cheapest you'll find anywere. Nope thats the wrong card the card your looking for is a MINI SD Card don't get this wrong MINI SD.

  • yas thanks Liam, is the card reader the �13.99 one ? and am i looking on e-bay for a 512mb MMC ?

  • Eddie take a look at the post just below yours i've got a link in there with the Card Reader i use. For the card goto www.ebay.co.uk if your not a member become one this is were you'll find the cheapest cards anywere, and its just a simple black one they all do the same thing.

  • Liam can you tell me which card reader and memory card you bought ? great phone , no problems at all...eddie

  • 30 quid for an adapter were have you been looking? I bought a card reader AND 512mb Card for 25 quid. This is perfect and its very very cheap. Very good website aswell. If your going to buy a bigger card then visit ebay for that, shops in your local town will rip you off.

  • ive had this fone 4 mearly a year and i stil dont no what 2 do with it! i'm dying to put mp3s on it but i haven't a clue how and i dont really want 2 buy the adaptor thing for �30! i want to download things put no idea how! please sum one help me know how to use it! x

  • The worst phone I've EVER had !! My phone has been returned twice to the shop and sent off for repair and has been in steady decline since. I'm so annoyed I've just gone out and signed up to a new contract and got a new phone...so I'm now paying for two phones until I can get out of my contract but there's no way I'm seting foot in an 02 shop ever again. It's a great sounding phone...and when it works is pretty good. The single message alert tone is a missed opportunity and if you have the slightest desire to capitalise at the beginning of text sentences or deploy the most basic rules of grammar then this phone is not for you. The dictionary of words in predictive mode must have been composed on a postage stamp as an afterthought. Having said that, when it worked I really liked it. However the faults I've had are... (i) Software fault that stops me sending MMS, (has not worked for longer than it has worked...requires re-loading software at 02 workshop). (ii) Battery life abyssmal. (iii) 50/50 chance of the phone 'hibernating' after sending texts or answering calls, (this is not 'switching off'...this is screen blanking and requiring several 'pumps' of the on button to refresh the screen and then it takes 20 seconds to re-search for the network). (iv) Switches off at random times during usage. (v) Suffers continual 'charging failures' when charging. All in all a great phone.... but mine was beset with absolutely terminal problems that 02 just didn't seem bothered about. My friend's 02X3 has started going the same way as mine, (as well as a faulty 'down button')..... she's done the same as me in disgust and signed up for a new phone/network the same as me, (at an additional cost to her of over �100), rather than keep sending the damn thing off for repair. Very disappointed. :(

  • i would like to say that this is the most greatest phone of all time and the sound is great when you are listening to music its like you are listening to a home cinema that loud in my o2 x3 i have 512MB and there is a lot you can do with 512MB on a phone it has only one issue the small screan.

  • The only difference the X4 has is that it looks slightly different and has 3G which in most countries is crap so its not worth the extra 50 quid. X3 is great just as good as the X4. Performance is great on the phone, its perfect everything you'd ever want in a phone.

  • well reading these comments this phone doesnt sound to good and they only people that like it klike the look and cute ness. anyway i thought i mite aswell say sumin so HI if i was you then look at the X4 its great

  • my phone wont turn on because the battery is dead but when i try to charge it it says check charging tempereture and wont charge

  • **before u look at this and think its an essay, please read it first before you start judging** i love this phone to bits it has got everything i wanted in a phone.the look of it and the the feel of it is smooth.can not compare this phone with any other phone.i reckon all you 02 users out there if you ever wanted a phone like that this is the phone to buy.it has got its values.ok it probably isnt the latest technology,but still this phone rules.all my freinds ave it and many 02 users to.where ever i go people talk about my phone and there are some who want to buy it of me.well even though there better phones out.wen im on the bus going to collage i'll hearmy mp3 music on it,take pictures with my freinds as a laugh and they also do the same.the battery lasts longer than u may seem.so if your reading this i highly recomend you to go out there and buy it.dont listen to what other people have written about this phone if its a bad comment cos its not true.ive meet people who told me not to buy this before and now i have got it,there all like"o wow it is nice" and now theve gone and bought one themselves.you see people can get a bit jealous and lie to your face even to others before the messages even comes to you but you then realize that it because of jelousy.neway its up to you to decided whether or not you want to try this phone out or not.02 x3 rules.there is nothing bad i can say about this phone.i love it my freinds love it my family love it even my enemies love it.by the way you will love ur social life once you have this phone because it attracts many many people.mare people than you will ever notice.no need for attention seeking,just b yourself,go out clubing shopping or even to the toilet with the phone (joke).i can not go anywhere without my phone.at onces i thought id lost it and i lost me temper at every one.not only did people embarresed me,i embarresed myself.guess where it was,under my jewellery rack.wasent that stupid or what.i put it there and i forgot.well think about it who is going to keep going in there locked cupboard and take things out from it all the time hey?well not me for certain im not a celebrity.but i am popular around my area though.every one loves me even my phone.neway let me get down to the point,02 x3 is the best. it is absolutly top class in looks,features,colour and the module too.if you havent seen or heard about the fulloutcome of it then dont you worry,just type in www.02 x3 full specification.com then it will show you the result of it.if you have browsed the site already then well done.if you like what you read,join my team and if not them i reckon you keep checking it until you do you dont know what your missing im telling you.other phones may be gud...but they cant be better than the 1 and only 02 x3.get cracking people.get ur bonuses out the bank and get the x3.if you,reader,already have this phone then i hope you are happy with it but if not well what can i say "love it"cus youll be a fool not too.i do have other phones such as motorola v600 and v620 samsung d500,nokia7280 and nokia 6230i.i know im loaded.thank you.now dont be jealous chao me fello readers i hope i didnt keep you excited and interested,i promise you ill be bak for more.

  • ..>>>>If anyone are thinking about buying o2 x3 phone...Please read this carefully before you buy one & make your own opinion, I have bought my x3 phone from Dec 04, yes it is a very good phone but, i have encountered a few problems like it keep turn itself off unexpectively & it really annoys me. I have sent of for a repair in last Easter then it return to me in 1o days time, few days later i have still encountered the same state. Then i have sent it of for a repair so i have to wait for 10 days....after 10 days of waiting i didn't return it to me. In about a month i went to o2 store & i got a new replacemnt phone..but in about 2 or 3 weeks later i still encountered the same problem & this is the problem i hate the most. Why i chose to buy this phone in the first place? Before i bought this phone, i want to buy it because it has an mp3 player, great quality display & camera. So if anyone thinking about buying this phone i recommend you need to buy an insurance for this...what happens if the warranty is run out of date & you still facing a problem? if warranty runs out & you still encounter a problem it means you can't exchange to get new phones & you have to buy another phone ..a waste of money anyway enought talk..so its your opinion... i'm looking for a phone which has an mp3 player, WAP, FM radio, good quality display & camera, bluetooth & infrared that can receive & send data & a small flip phone type...so could anyone help me please?...hope to hear from anyone's reply soon........from Wu_kan

  • ..>>>>If anyone are thinking about buying o2 x3 phone...Please read this carefully before you buy one & make your own opinion

  • has everybody inrest in software for this cellphone ( O2X3 ) ? I wanna set up dictionary for its but i don't know how to do that. Has everybody know special features of its??? why don't we discover??? I don't like take photograph much but I find some inresting point with edit pictures and add frame, add items for my pics. It's really fun. finally, i need your all help. how can i install software for O2X3? I need to set up WAP, do I? please help me, email me if you can help me. It's waste if you have big volumn in card.

  • As said so many times and said actually towards the bottom or next page of this forum. To upload MP3's and pictures and videos/films onto the phone you need a card reader, Now if you do a search on this forum you'll find a link that i have posted were you can buy a very cheap one of these, i suggest you get the reader then its a simple job of puttin your mini sd into its slot and copying files over.

  • Please please PLEASE help! I need to know how you upload the mp3 files onto your phone. PLEEAASSSEEE!!!

  • hya i have just recived me 02 x3 and i cant work out how to down load mp3s on to it please help me !

  • The O2 X3 is the better phone looking at its features if i had the choice i'd go for the X3 over the 700i. Its an all round better phone in everything except probably quality of build even though Sony erricson have had a few problems with that fone.

  • hello all, could you please tell me if this is a good phone to get or do you think the sony erikson 700i is better. thanks

  • does ne1 elses fone say o2 uk and o2 on the main display is their ne way to turnt his off. can you buy more moving images for the backgorund and external display?? thaks

  • u cnt send anything from infred u can only recieve saddly

  • My mate has just sent me numerous files via infrared but i could not send him anything is this a common problem or am i doing something wrong. help.

  • hi if u wnt 2 find out ur number fone up top up credit its free

  • This is a brilliant phone in my view! You can view MP4 files [try finding Star Wars Revelations for the PSP - yes, the Sony Portable] and download it to your HDD. It's about 120Mb but a miniSD reader and new card [got myself a 512Mb - wish I'd got the gig!] should see you right - this is a 50 minute long film made by the fans but is very well done - I would advise you to try it. You can then watch the whole thing on your moby with stereo sound. Don't bother with the supplied software as it's a bit poo. I much prefer to pop the card out and manage it on my desktop. Also - you can then drop MP3's straight onto the miniSD card - I would encode at 256mbps as this is sufficient for quality without increasing the file size too much. All in all I think this is a great phone - entertaining and innovative - 1.3MP camera and everything else for �100 - wicked! Any compatability questions or advice for me will be welcomed.

  • i've just received this phone for my birthday. does someone know how to change melody? which button do i have to push on? i've tried so many times... this phone is really difficult to use without the manual instruction

  • where can i find a card reader if im living in canada? does someone know?

  • iv just got this phone for my birthday, but my dad threw out the box, so i dont know what my number is, is there any way of getting it on the phone, i cant put money on i either because i dont know it! plesse help

  • Mp3 simple answer -BUY A CARD READER + BIGGER CARD - this has been said so many times if you look through the previous pages you'll find links to cheap ones. As for the switcing off this seems to be a common problem with this phone and not alot you can do about it.

  • i have bought it for 3 weeks... actually it is quite good in looking but i have doubt for its infra-red...because it canot be used sometimes and i also canot receive files that send from my frens with other brand of handphone. i also have problem of downloading MP3 in it coz the allow size for MP3 is jus 120Kb right>??is it possible for someone expert to tell me how to download MP3 in it??? This phone start to switching off sometimes and this is the problem i hate themost... Can anyone help me regarding to these matters? thanks!!

  • hi cud sum1 help !!! i want 2 buy this fone but would you reccommend it ? is it a good fone??? and were is the cheapest i can get it please reply as soon as poss!!!!!!

  • This phone is fantastic with all the functions, but i don't know how to transfer mp3 to my mini sdcard. I dont have the manual instruction because i received it as a gift without any manual. Ive read from some post that we need an adaptor, but what does it look like and where can i find this? thank you

  • Does anyone know how to remove that operator logo from the fone? really annoying any decent picture i use is covered by the stupid logo.

  • i really like this phone,picture is quite good and video is reasonable.downfalls are silly noise it makes on texts,real tone downloading is difficult as wrong files all time.blurry night video recording.par that it is a good phone,been reliable good sound on it and looks good.its a lot better than a lot of phones out there for the price.

  • To send videos to this phone use a card reader, You will need software to convert avi or mpg files to 3GP 176x144 format, I'd recomend using Xilisoft 3GP Video Converter. (the demo will convert up to 5 minutes of video which is more than enough for music vids)

  • I have taken the o2x3 into the o2 shop twice already. First time was because it wouldn't switch on and god knows what they done to it i lost all my stuff saved on the phone. the 2nd time was when my phone kept crashing and turning itself off. I was told that this was a common fault and nothing could be done about it. I have left many messages on different forums around the web and some people have this problem and others don't. My phones warranty runs out in december and i dont want to use a phone thats faulty. o2 will not replace my phone and i recommend that no1 purchases this phone and also notes that this phone is utter RUBBISH!

  • i made a big mistake buying this phone. it kept switching off and not working properly. take my advice and avoid these if you bought one recently take it back

  • Hey, I got my X3 in may n it started just switchin itself off so i got it replaced n now my new 1 wont charge coz it keeps sayin chargin temperature, the mms msg network is always busy too, any1 got any tips on how to charge it? I love everythin else about it. Thanx, Sam xx

  • I've had the O2 X3 for about 8 months now, excellent phone but lacking some features. Message tone can not be changed and sounds like a doorbell. Camera and video camera does not remember previous setting so you have to set it everytime you use camera. Often crashes and restarts itself. You can fit an entire album onto the MiniSD if you convert MP3s to 64k Mono. Supplied ear-phones do not fit properly into ears and often fall out. Plays MP3s at good quality through ear-phone or loud speaker, even when flip is closed Longer videos can be recorded in QCIF mode with better frame rate then default setting.

  • I was wondering if anyone was having problems sending videos.... i have no problems receiving them!!! Could it be my settings... can anyone help

  • this phone is so sexy

  • the phone looks a nice lookin 1 and its very stylish to and very cheap 4 all the stuff it has on it thanx

  • yo i dont kno wat ya'll bangin on bout da fones of da hook i admit da camera aint gr8 but we is all 4gettin its a fone not digital camera u get me i reccomend evry1 to get it. Its gd lookin, got everything u wud want OFF DA HOOK

  • it is a great phone once you have worked out how to use it to the best of its ability the down side i had was that it is hard to get a cheaper game that works on the phone

  • You can record for any length of time on any setting, i had that problem when i first bought a 512mb card. What i did was change the video thingy to record onto the actual phone then i changed it back to card memory and it just recorded forever.

  • to record for longer go 2 the video then go 2 the opions. go to the size and pick qcif 172x144 i hope that helps.

  • i bought a 512mb memery card so i could record longer but it on records for 15 secs plz hlp how do i make it record longer

  • i cn put pics on my fone but nt videos y even mpg4 videos wont work and i have enough memory hw do u send via infered i cn recivce bt dnt knw hw to send cheers

  • if u want 2 record longer all you hav 2 do is delete the video that was already on the phone and then u will b able to recored 4 ages. x

  • heya! the phones well gd coz its the right size an its light! but my infer red dont even work how do ya do it

  • to "mark" wap means the phones internet

  • can sum1 plez tell me what to do when it says ''wap has arrived'' i dont hav a clue what u go into to see what it is. plez help me

  • DONT get the x3. I have had mine since last August on contract and it has been in the repair shope 3 times now. My wife also has one and hers is starting to fail now.

  • I got the X3 as a free u/g. Gd lookin phone and lots of features. Camera is difficult to get gd results, but worth persisting with. Uploaded graphics can be hit and miss due to contrast and brightness issues. Direct MP3 uploads are a pain - personal use and all that stuff..!! The included s/w is a pain, not intuitive, not good.. - Nokia suite is disjointed but better than this stuff... Why doesn't the s/w suite rely on IE to get thumbnail previews? Sooo so slow. Why doesn't it return to previously opened folders on first click? Why doesn't it have a button saying 'home', ie where you'd store you're photo and pics? Why can't I select the type of memory thru the s/w? I can't select any custom features and be able to chose my sounds, tones and images in the phone book, or elsewhere for that matter? Where's the restore feature should the fone die.. In reality not a bad phone, that competes with the 'named' brands, but is let down by very poor PC support. Bad bad s/w...

  • i meant the in-store price

  • its not i just gotmy from comet for 89.99, but i av a question i have a quite alot of txt messages and it comes up on my phone that sim memory is ful how do i use my mini sd card to save messages on plzz cheers

  • argos is the best place to get it and is only �99.99 thats where i'm getting mine from.

  • There is only one preloaded game that is caveman which is crap. If you buy another card for the phone you can record for longer, with the 32mb card you'll get with your phone you should get a fair few minutes recorded and around 30 pictures on full resolution. If you buy this fone i'd say buy a card reader and bigger card. You'll find links on around pages 3-4 of this forum.

  • im just about to buy the o2 x3 and was wondering *what games are preloaded on the phone if any *how long you can record for *how many photos does it store Thankyou in advance, vicky

  • Hi, Im having a problem with my phone, If i get a long text it always contracts it to fit in. Its really annoyin and I can't understand the message. For example if the original text in the middle was meet me in the park, my phone would say meehe park. Does anyone else have this problem and does anyone know how to fix it?

  • i have just brought the x3 and a usb san disk adaptor i have tried to put mp3 files on put they wont work so what shall i do :(

  • der 02x3 is way gd all i wanna no is how to record songs and styuff 4 longer plz sum1 help

  • what is better the o2 x3 or x4, because i dont know which one i should buy. xXx

  • now the daft thing is tellin me 2 put the memory card in wen its already in!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! also hw do u (wen txting) add new words on itap???????? xxxxxxxxxx

  • hey ppl! i was wonderin about the camera coz sumtimes it says space full when it isn't and other times its fine and it can change from one minute 2 the nxt ...i dont understand it ...i have 26 photos so far...plz help!! xxxxxx

  • You can record for aslong as you want yeah. I've got a 512mb card and i think that if to use it all for recording will reced for around 4-5 hours lol.

  • i click record and it records for bout 10 secs

  • i heard that you can record for as long as you want

  • how do u make videos longer because it only films for around 10 secs

  • cheers for tht i gonna get it

  • Hello Warby right it cost me roughly around 50-60 quid for a new memory card an adapter and also a memory card reader so if u really wana listen to the mp3 i would say that its worth it!!! the mp3 is wicked good sound quality! just type in a search engine Mini SD apdater and there u go its really easy i know it a pain in all but worth it!

  • how do u make vidios film longer

  • hi guys 2 questions, ne1 else having problems with charging the phone it seems a little eratic and starts charging then stops a lot. secondly wat is the poweron/power off thing on the settings part of the menu about??? thanks tom

  • penny, some phones dont allow you to send things certain other phones but if you try with a nokia or motorola it would support it

  • How come I can't receive certain ringtones from other phones? My wife sent me an mp3 ringtone from her Sony ericsson and it said something about MIME not supported. Help!

  • Hi! I have just bought the 02x3. It's really a great phone. The reader card is quite good, i bought it for just 8.5 USD. But i dont know how to use the infrered, can anyone tell me.

  • Hi, can anyone please help me? I have just purchased an o2 xs pay-as-you-go phone and I have had problems sending photos from day one. I've text to "picon" and also 2020 but each time the reply is "go to web site and download settings". when I've tried this the o2 x3 does'nt appear in the drop down. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

  • WHY are people moaning if this phone has bluetooth or not infrared is good enough if you dont like it buy a phone that you know has bluetooth.

  • great phone you get most the same features as the x4 but its just �50 less ! it is lovely looking and is easy to use ! its PHAT ~!!!!!!!!!!!~ buy it !!!! lvya all Holly xxxXxxx

  • this is to Clairey or anybody else who knows how much did u spend in the end with the card reader and that cause it seems good price a 99.99 but if you av to spend more than 50 pound i will just get the x4 cheers

  • Hello again! Thankyou for your help i didn't wana go to the o2 shop but ahhh i might as well go thanks!! I didn't muck about with the settings when i first got the phone but as time went on i did i followed the settings that were on here posted by "char"-*2005-06-29 18:29* which didn't work but i'll just go to the o2 shop hopefully they can help if not i will demand a new phone :D hehe okay cheers brynn n char :D byeeeeee Clairey xxxxxxx

  • does enyone know were i can buy a benq-s700 plug in charger myn was stolen please enyone email me if u know were i can order it [email protected]

  • clairey,,,when you recieve a message MMS,,,the picture is only downloaded when you ask it to.You then cant because your network settings are not there for the device to download it.So from all youve said we could establish that your gprs settings are incorrect.If you live near an o2 shop you could go with a mate and tell them that its not working on the internet.You bought this phone on o2 and it only works with o2 so the device SHOULD have come with everything ready to use straight out of the box,its not sim free and when you buy a phone from whichever network they absolutly make sure its locked to that network believe me.I dont think the phone is faulty.Did you mess around with the settings before trying the internet in the first instance to see if was already set up??if not then i would suppose and hope other people agree that the phone left the shop not fully functioning and they should replace it or at least set it up for you.if you bought it from carfone they have been great with me and given me lots of help.thats my answer but someone may be able to help you better,good luck but dont worry half this forum on all the other phones are having one problem or another

  • Hello there! right i got this phone on the 15th June and had a few problems like finding out that i needed to pay out for a Mini SD card adapter and then a card reader to play music and then found out i needed to download a converter from the internet to change the music file to a Mp3 file which i did and its fine now got Mp3s on there but now i have another problem thats really bugging me i don't want to put this phone down but its got quite a few problems i really need your help right i have read the post about the GPRS and Wap about how to put it on your phone to change the settings i did all that and it still tells me when i try to open a picture in my notifications that "Network Busy. Try Later" I'm sick and tired of this message n i just really want to look at this picture on my phone now but its not allowing me. Oh i have got another problem the internet still isn't working its says "Network Error" what does this mean??? I feel so dumb but i really need help because my dad let me choose this fone (i'm 16 by the way) and if he knows im having problems he'll b all moany at me and you know what parents are like so if someone could help me fix this problem OHH yeh i have tried that O2 Active thing aswell you know were you text ACTIVE to 2020 for o2 active but nope wouldnt let me says i have to go on the o2 website so i did and then tried doing it on there but nope the O2 X3 mobile phone wasn't on the multiple choose scroll so i don't know what to do? God i'm so angry i wish i chose a different phone but i do think the phone is attractive but just is very complicated and i get confussed easily so if someone could help that be great cheers (sorry it such a long message!!!) Clairey xxxxxxx

  • to tom davies im getting a lot more than that i have 2 alarm set every morning several 1 to 2 mins call a day playing a few songs a day and several txts and getting about 3 days out of it which to me is pretty good.i also think your batt maybe at fault

  • If you just buy the o2 x4 you wont have any problems with your phone unlike the x3 and the x4 is 3g

  • I've just done a little test i've had the fone on constantly with little to moderate use using the mp3 to play 2-3 songs a day filiming a short 2-3 minute video and a few fotots and i've on my 3rd day today and its showing red so its not to bad. Also when i'm usiung the MP3 player i can still get 2 good days out of the fone with constant use. Maybe your battery is faulty or you may not have charged it enough first time.

  • hi does any one have problems with the battery lasting a few hours, and not running very long when playing mp3s and things. thanks

  • Re my earlier post...when trying to download pics or vids from 'find' sites I get the message" File to large for available memory", dispite the the size only being say, 150kb, and over 30meg being on sd card!!!! Arrrggghhh!

  • Great phone! Great price @ �99.99 inc �15 credit...which I got another 10%/�1.50 added on today, and �2.50 for regisrering!! But...how do you download pics and vids from sites other than o2 active?? Memory card is in and working fine, and memory set to store on card but it just won't save images or vids I try to download...apart from o2 active ones.

  • Hey guys, o2 x3 is lush but i'm just wondering if it plays true tones? other than that this is a good phone to buy plus it is a bargin!

  • Help is at hand if your wap keeps saying 'network unavaliable!' O2 X3 GPRS WAP settings: 1. From the Menu Highlight O2 and press the OK button (Navi). 2. Scroll to Settings and press the OK button (Navi). 3. Highlight Empty Profile and press OK (Navi) 4. Highlight Homepage and press OK (Left Soft Key). Enter http://wap.o2.co.uk and press the OK (Navi Key). 5. Highlight Gateway Address and press Select (Left Soft Key). Enter 193.113.200.195 and press OK (Navi). 6. Highlight Port and press Select (Left Soft Key). Enter 9201 and press OK (Navi) 7. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 1 time. 8. Highlight the profile you just setup and press Option (Left Soft Key). 9. Highlight Rename and press OK (Navi Key). Enter O2 Wap and press OK (Navi Key). 10. Highlight Select Gateway and press OK (Navi Key). 11. Highlight Wap and press OK (Navi Key). 12. Highlight O2 Wap and press OK (Navi Key). 13. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 2 times. 14. Highlight Connect Settings and press OK (Navi Key). 15. Highlight GPRS1 and press OK (Navi Key). 16. Highlight User ID and press OK (Navi Key). Enter payandgo and press OK (Navi Key). 17. Highlight Password and press OK (Navi Key). Enter password and press OK (Navi Key). 18. Highlight APN Name and press OK (Navi Key). Enter payandgo.o2.co.uk and press OK (Navi Key). 19. Ignore DNS 20. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 1 time. 21. Highlight GPRS1 and press Options (Left Soft Key). 22. Highlight Rename and press OK (Navi Key). Enter O2 WAP GPRS and press OK (Navi Key). 23. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 4 times. The WAP GPRS settings are now complete. O2 X3 MMS settings: 1. Press the OK button to access the Main Menu. 2. Highlight Messages and press OK (Navi Key). 3. Highlight Media and press OK (Navi Key). 4. Highlight Settings and press OK (Navi Key). 5. Highlight Media Server and press OK (Navi Key). 6. Highlight Operator http:// and press Edit (Left soft Key). 7. Highlight Server Name and press OK (Navi key). Enter O2 MMS and press OK (Navi Key). 8. Highlight O2 MMS and press Edit (Left Soft Key). 9. Highlight Server Address and press OK (Navi Key). Enter http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk and press OK (Navi Key). 10. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 1 time. 11. Highlight Notify Setting and press OK (Navi Key). Highlight Auto Download and press OK (Navi Key). 12. Ignore Delivery Setting 13. Highlight Message Life Time and press OK (Navi Key). Highlight 6 Days and press OK (Navi Key). 14. Highlight Security Check and press OK (Navi Key). Highlight Close Check and press OK (Navi Key). 15. Ignore Sender Reject List 16. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 4 times. The MMS settings are now complete.

  • ive had no probs with phone.send pics no problem.you could try texting picon to 2020 as your settings may not be active

  • The best thing for you to do is to buy a card reader, If you look down the bottom of this page or into the next page i've supplied a link to a cheap Card Reader. This is alot easier then using the USB and no restrictions with this way.

  • ibo - re my earlier entry i dont think i have bluetooth instruction booklet indicates'usb cable allows u to connect phone to pc and download selected images or videos and much more.....'hmmmmmm...no indication as to how to download onto pc...i Have set up the software,looks really nice,but not a Clue as to how to action..HEEELP

  • Can't send pictures? I'm always sending pictures send plenty don't have no problems. Not had any problems with the camera not the best but it is a fone or did you want to buy a digital camera??

  • This is the worst phone I've ever had. Can't sent pictures and the camera is garbage. advert says crystal clear photos? PAH! After sales service is also rubish, its cost me a fortune in phone calls trying to sort this problem out and its still not working! they dont even recognise it on the web site so you cant contact them about it. Dont buy one its rubish!

  • does this phone have bluetooth

  • ...oh,and 3:videos i send,my friend(on O2 network) cant seem to receive????

  • advice please on my X3 i have the software cd(downloaded on pc) and the USB cable. i cannot find anywhere in booklet,or figure out a way myself,how to : 1: download pics an video from phone to pc 2: upload music from pc to camera so that i can apply music as ringtone.... simple,easy-to-follow advice much appreciated!! Ta !!

  • i dont know if this is better than e1000 moto which 1 should i get

  • i need some advice if i should get this phone or not HELP

  • I would go for X3 because it has expandable memory

  • got the x3 3 days ago its great,this is going a bit mad but the vid recording was sucking up memory and calculated its using 3.7 mb per minute at cif resolution and high quality.its very good tho as i can tell by the speed at which it picks up detail instead of a jerky blury poor effort.screen and keypad are lit up by 300 watt lightbulbs if you get my drift it bright and the screen is very lucid.i find the battery pretty good ive only charged it 3 times.the camera is better at vga resolution but there again i was not very happy with the k750i pictures and sent it back and saved �200?i use the stopwatch a lot its got alarmed fixtures i think 3 seperate alarms to wake you up snooze, full screen vid (it swings it thru 90degrees) currency converter and time zones and backlight adjustable along with brightness and contrast levels adjust all wrapped up in a biddy package.the doorbell ringtone does not bother me and blends in nicely after a while so you know youve got a mssge not like when you change it all the time and dont know what its for.cant wait for my 1gb to arrive it certified to work with the x3 on mobymemory site which approves phones for use with the max memory .great phone 10/10.

  • thinking bout getting an x3 but dont no if its any better than the samsung 720? which would u go 4??

  • 1. The text tone is a standard tone you can't change it. 2. Yes you need a card reader for MP3s if you can be bothered to look down the page or even go to page 2 you'll find one i've recommended. 3.Theres no need to buy the X4 its just about the same except its got 3G technology, which is crap on all phones anyway. So save some cash and get the X3.

  • Im stuck! Help me out! I don know whether i should buy O2 X3 or O2 X4. Thanks for help.

  • how do you put mp3 songs onto the phone? do you need a card reader for the SD card?

  • how do you change the text tone? cos that doorbell is doing my head in!!!

  • Any problems with the Sd Cards are almost deffinatly to do with the way you look after them. The slightest touch or scratch on the surface even if it is lightly can damage the cards. Copying MP3s over wouldn't damage the card either. All your doing is dragging the files into the folder. So i'd suggest looking after your cards abit better.

  • Does anyone else have problems with themini sd card becoming corrupt after trying to change the mp3`s? If so how do i sort it as ive got through 3 cards so far and am getting a bit fed up! Other than that its a great phone.. So please help me sort out this problem..

  • can anyone tell me what comes in the box plz.

  • Put your card into the reader open the drive then copy your MP3's into the Music folder

  • I Have the card reader and every thing but still can't download songs on it how do i?

  • Yet another person asking about how to put MP3'S onto there mobile. If you scrolled down the page you'd find a nice thread about what to do but i'll give you the simple answer. YOU NEED A CARD READER! i recommend this one to everybody because its cheap and very good and easy to use. Buy this put your 32mb card into the slot and copy mp3s over to your phone. If you want to use your phone as an MP3 player then buy a bigger card. Look on ebay for that they go cheap i recently bought a 512mb card for only 22 quid.

  • HI there i wonder if you could help me yesterday i purchased an 02 x 3 its wickid but how do i get mp3 files on my phone? i have downloaded the cd and i have a cable which i connect from my phone to my computer can mp3s b transfered that way because i managed to transfer pics to my phone! many thanks luce

  • Haha yea ino i've got that sound switched off aswell now sick of it lol.

  • Thanks for that Paul. Liam, I'm not sad like some people where I must have my phone on 24/7. I put it off at work, cinema etc and having that gayass sound playing everytime it goes on and off is nuts.

  • you can turn both the startup/shutdown and camera sound off. in the settings menu goto number 9, power on/off sound and set that to off. when in camera mode press options and select "sound off".

  • Has to be said thats a pretty daft thing to say. If you have your phone on silent why would you be switching it off during silent mode anyway youve obviosly got it on for a reason? Also if you've got your phone on silent you obviosly trying to keep it so that knowone knows you've got your phone on, so why would you want to get your camera out and take pictures?? But to answer your question, just edit the profiles. press 'up' and then scroll to silent and click edit you can probably do somthing with it in there.

  • Hi can someone tell me how to put it on proper silent?? When you press and hold the right "dot" button it goes on to silent profile, but the phone still makes the switch on/off sound and the camera sound!! Surely that isn't SILENT! Thanks peeps.

  • Help, I'm using the Itap and I can't get words to start with capitals. I know this is picky, but surely that's basic English grammer!

  • Kat the 'N' icon stands for notification, it means you have received a media message and have not viewed it. If you go to meesages then media and option 5 for notifications.

  • Recently swapped to an o2 x3. Cannot seem to download MP3 to the phone? Went and bought a 64mb card, but cant put anything on it. In the book it says about .mp3, but on the handset mgr it mentions about 120kb as a .mid? I thought it was suposed to be an mp3 player. Pulling my hair out. Has anyone got any help for me. I see alot about a card reader...why would i want one of these? surely i can just tx/rx between the computer and the phone using the cable!

  • You card reader problem buy this one i've bought it and i've also referd a few other people on here to buy this one aswell. Its perfect for you and its cheap. As for a review of this phone. As you can see the ratings are very high. This phone is great though i'd deffinatly recommend buying it. Everything on it is great, the camera can let you down at times but you'll get over that i'm sure. Mp3 player is great my fave thing on the phone infact. Very good phone and for a great price of �100. If you get the phone though and you want to use it as a MP3 player buy a new MINI-SD card you can pick these up on ebay very cheaply around 20-25 quid, also with this buy the card reader which is the link i've just given. Then your all sorted with your phone.

  • it`s my b`day soon and i realy want a phone but avnt got a clue which 1 to buy!! iv been lookin at dis 1 but dont know if its any good!! b grateful 4 any pointers on it!!

  • hello i have bought a sd mini card and a adpater from ebay now what do i need a card reader? or what? where can i purhcase this from can sum-one please hellp me, there area loadz on ebay but i dont know which one is compatiable plllllleease help thankz :D

  • For some reason you can only seem to record for 15 seconds with the memory card but if you sound record using the phone then you can record for longer.

  • does any1 know if u can record sound for longer than 15 seconds or not??????

  • The 'N' sign will not be a fault it could be somthing to do with the signal. I'd doubt its anything to worry about though if it doens't go your probably just going to have to live with it. As for putting MP3's on the phone if you do a search you'll find about 100 posts explaning how to put MP3's onto your phone. I'll give you the first bit of help you'll need and probably the only bit of help you'll need which is to 'Buy a Card reader' www.mobimemory.com or sumthing supply them cheaply.

  • hello i just bought the x3 gr8 phone, could sum1 pleeeeeeeease help me, how do i put mp3 song on to my phne, im only 14 so could you please give me simple instructions plllllleaseee, thankyou plpp email meee

  • Good phone but PLEASE can anyone tell me what the "N" icon is that's suddenly appeared on my screen? O2 shop didn't know (!!!) and O2 customer services online never replied. Ta muchly.

  • You must be doing somthing wrong then. Are you sure the files you've uploaded are MP3'S? If not then maybe you got settings on Silent or quiet or somthing.

  • Mp3 player ??? again-just got the phone and put the mp3`s into the music folder on the mini sd card-went to mp3 player and added mp3s to playlist-according to the screen they are playing but no sound out of speaker are headset-any1 any ideas

  • to anybody who has the x3 when you get your phone does it come with headsets or do you have to buy your own it comes with the mini sd card 32mb how many mp3 songs will that hold and how many video and pics cheers

  • if u are gonna get this phone get it off the o2 website becuase u get a FREE ipod it cost �99.99, but its a greta deal with the ipod

  • what fone is better this 02 x3 fone or the motorola E398

  • Ok! The o2 x3, This will solove a few problems! The ifer-red doesnt work while sending stuff and can only use it recivein! The phone isnt slow at all! To get a memory card reader you will have to pay about �30 from a shop, but much cheaper on the net. If you have it and doesnt work,.. Try.. Double clickin on the 'I:/' drive Look for new hardware (it should jst work) Formattin the drive 'I:/' Type into run 'I:/'

  • Also when i try to connect to infra-red it just says connecting... for ages and then cuts off????? please help!

  • DO you think there is something up with my card reader? Because i go on My Computer, try double clicking on all the different disc drives, but they all just say ' please insert something into disc drive H:' or whatever. The green light is on, everything seems ok, but nothing is working. If someone has information to help feel free to email me. please help!

  • yer ive gone through all the different drives, and all of them say that the disk drive empty. the green light is on still and everything seems ok. ive emailed you too.

  • The green light being on obviosly means its working so thats good. If you click 'My Computer' you should see about 5-6 extra drives most likely called F: G: H: I: If you do then its installed properly if you don't its not installed properly. If these are like this then get your 32mb card that you got with your phone and it will fit into one of the sockets on your reader in mine its the top right one put it in whichever slot it is then just find the drive its on. Its probably on H:. Anymore problems email me.

  • i got that memory card reader you got Liam. Ive got everything set up, its said that it has installed, and the green light is on. But what do i do now, nothing is happening?! Me and my dad have looked at all kinds of stuff but nothing is any use, jsut stuff to burn things onto discs. please help

  • ok ive got everything set up, the computer has said that its installed and everything in place.what do i do now?where do i get music from and stuff the instructions are useless! please help.

  • Can anyone tell me what the signal strentgh is like. Has anyone had any problems? I live in the centre of Manchester but i have had problems with other phones on other networks.

  • yes its deffinatly what you need i have it. I'd also recommed that you buy a bigger card i recently bought a 512mb card for the phone at just 20 quid from ebay you wont beat that price. Moto's are crap phones in my opinion so i wouldn't get that. sony ericisson z600 well thats like quite an old phone now crap display. crap camera. crap screan size theres only one thing to do. Go spend a nice �100 on the X3.

  • Do i a) keep my sony ericisson z600 b) get the 02 x3 c) get the motorola V547 H E L P !!!! H E L P !!! H E L P !!!

  • I've been on the website, and had a look. And it is at a very cheap price. I havent ordered one yet.Thanks for your help. p.s are you sure its what i need!?

  • i wonder if it's compatible with media player 10, like the spv's. anyone know ?

  • why you make things so hard for yourself, it would take 5 seconds togo to www.google.com and search for card readers. If you goto a local shop in your town you'll probably get ripped off high st prices are always much higher. I got my reader from here. and very cheap price.

  • I want mp3's basically. i went to the shop and they said they had no care readers. i rang customer services, they had none either, they gave me a number for a accessory shop, rang them, they had none either. where can i get one from when no shops or places sell them!? please help.

  • If you goto the O2 shop then you can pick it up for �100. But from most other phone shops you'll find it for around 150-200.

  • how much is it i saw it for 180 but foughttht was too expensive

  • You don't *HAVE* to pay �30 for a card reader, but if you want, you can go look for some expensive card reader which costs 30 quid

  • so i have to spend another �30 on buyin a card reader to put MP3's on??

  • i think the phone is rather good although i have had a few problems i dont like the fact that you cannot send to other phones using infa-red and then when info is bein sent through it the phone dont do it omg i think this phone is soo dumb. but ill ty not to giv up on it and i will try my best to like it i have just had a nokia and i feel that the o2 x3 would be soo much better !!!!

  • I'd advise you to buy this phone its great. 1) Yes a card reader is important if you want to put big videos/mp3s etc onto your phone. Just the same with most other phones. 2)Slow phone? Never heard that one before its deffinatly not slow fast i'd say. 3) Are you being serious here? Wat sort of person wants to put there photos into folders? Wierd. There is a photos section were your photos are placed. As with most phones.

  • Im thinking about getting those phone but i have a couple of queries. 1. Is a card reader necesery if i want to put mp3 files from my pc onto the phone? 2. i heard the phone is really slow? true? 3. I heard that when u take a photo it doesnt orginize them into folders so it is really hard to find the photo you want to veiw. Whats the truth in this? some help would be very very appreciated.

  • Use the search there are about 100 posts about how to put mp3s onto the phone and also the answer to the other question of recording sound.

  • can you record sounds on it?????

  • hi, could anyone tell me how to put mp3s on to this phone as i am very confused! i know this has probably been asked a million times. thanks x

  • ye ok but does the infra red have to be on to recieve coz i cant seem to connect all mine does is say its connecting for ages then jus stops, or if im recieving sumthin it jus turns off :S:( plz help

  • USE THE SEARCH!!! Video can be recorded for longer even on the standard 32mb memory card, just change the options when recording. Is it really that hard to pick up and read the manual?

  • Read the book!!! It tells you everything. Infra red - Can reviece files on it, Cannot send things from it. Video - Again your only getting 15 seconds because you have a low mb card., Buy a new one.

  • PLEASE!! can some1 help its reali anoyin me, all i want is to send n recieve VIA INFRA RED

  • yes the video player from what I have seen records for 15 seconds.

  • Hi got an o2 x3 ! Can u send stuff through infrared! pics, tones, music, videoz?

  • If you do a search you'd find your answers alot quicker! Battery = First charge 16 Hours as stated 4-5Hours thereafter. Video - Records for as long as your memory can hold, If you want to record alot buy a card.

  • Do you know how long the video shoots for??

  • I only just had this phone & the staff at the O2 shop said you have to charge the phone for 16 hours because if you dont he said you will loose 80% of the power but in the book it says you have to charge it for 4-5 hours. How long do i REALLY have to charge it for? Could anybody answer my question?

  • PS : you must make sure the wap settings for pay and go are the same as in my last post or MMS will not work :-(

  • setup for MMS if you are pay as you go ? Make sure your mobile is set up to use Media Messaging. Pay monthly customers can do this by contacting their Service Provider (the number will be on your bill). You can also download the appropriate Media Messaging settings for your phone in the form of a text message.Pay & Go customers can text PICON to 21400. This text costs the standard rate to send. Then follow the instructions on the reply message. You will be asked to activate your new settings by selecting the letter that corresponds to the make of your handset and texting that to 2020, for example, Nokia is the letter A so text A to 2020. Then make sure these settings are in the phone : O2 X3 GPRS WAP settings 1. Press OK to enter Menu. 2. Scroll to O2 and press OK 3. Scroll to Settings and select Profile 4. Press OK on Home Page and enter 5. Scroll down to Gateway Address and enter 193.113.200.195 6. Scroll down to Port Number and enter 9201 7. Press Back (Right Soft Key) 8. Scroll down to Connect Settings and highlight a GPRS profile 9. Press Option (Left Soft Key) and then Rename. Enter O2 WAP. 10. Press OK and then OK to select profile 11. Press OK on User ID and enter payandgo 12. Scroll to Password and enter password 13. Scroll to APN Name and enter payandgo.o2.co.uk 14. Ignore DNS 15. Scroll to Select Gateway and select O2 WAP for WAP and O2 WAP for Media Please also find the O2 X3 MMS settings 1. Press OK to enter Menu 2. Scroll to Messages and press OK 3. Scroll to Media and press Select 4. Scroll down to Settings (8) and press Select 5. Press Select on Media Server and highlight a profile 6. Press Edit (Left Soft Key) and enter Server Name as O2 MMS 7. Press Edit and enter Server Address as :8002 (: is on 1 key) 8. Press Select to choose profile 9. Scroll to Notify Setting and set to Auto Download 10. Scroll to Delivery Setting and select Delivery Report and Read Report 11. Scroll to Message Life Time and select 6 days 12. Scroll to Security Check and select Close Check 13. Scroll to Sender Reject and make sure all blank You will now be able to use GPRS and MMS. Sorry it Long :-)

  • Hiya got me o2 x3 few days ago and i love it! What a phone, the video and camera r v. good quality, only negative is that u have to buy a card reader cus the buggers at o2 wnt to rip us off. Besides that highly recommended!

  • HELP!! i've just got this phone from someone so it had been used, and it wont let me connect to the internet it just keeps saying Network unavailable, also it wont let me recieve picture messages, when i go to the o2 site for help it hasnt got this phone listed!! Any phone genius out there care to help???? please!!!! Other than this i think the phone is great x

  • hello, this phone in my opinion isn't all its cracked up to be, I mean 2 month after i got my phone the pictures wouldn't send, then when i got da phone phone back it sent the messages twice. The only good thing about it is the mp3 player!!!!

  • I love this phone, but can anyone out there explain how I set up the MP3 player, in language I can understand! Staff in O2 shop are not very informed!

  • I love this phone, but can anyone out there explain how I set up the MP3 player, in language I can understand! Staff in O2 shop are not very informed!

  • Just bought daughter one she loves it !!! Just my two penneth on the MP3 ! We had to put the card in the phone checked that the phone was using the card not the phone memory then set the phone to use its memory not the card ! we then took the card out and connected it to the comp through my reader. The phone had put four folders in it Pics / Java / Music / Video. we put her mp3s in the music folder and a couple of java games in the java folder. When we put the card in the phone and went to the meadia player we used the add playlist to register the mp3's and all was perfect. The java games were in the games menu all we had to do was use options install she is now playing music and games !!! :-)

  • how to get mp3's on to my phone, ive got the connection port that i need and i have set the program up on my computor, but still cant get any mp3 files on to it.

  • Am I the only one who has not a single complaint about this phone? I love it. Every feature works well for me. I have been abroad for the last 2 weeks and it never let me down. Good camera, video, mp3 player, texting ok, reception good, it's never switched itself off, reasonable battery life, I could go on.... but... hey I might be tempting fate here.. lets hope not or I'll be back to let you know LOL!! Annie

  • Does anybody know why my O2 X3 puts the pictures I take in a random order and how can I correct this???

  • it is a great phone and fun to use i like it and have been using it since christmas 2004 and it`s the only phone i ever won`t

  • You can set it so you can record as long as you want

  • Hello Im thinkin about getting this phone and you've probably heard this a million times, but how long can you record video for? Cus ive tried to find out and some people say 4 mins, unlimited its so confusing?! Please help

  • Just my 2 cents about the keypad, it is a little slower to respond than a nokia I find, this is especially noticable when texting, if you type quickly...

  • Keypad easy to use just the same as my nokia really just as easy and thier easy to use. And yes thier is a recorder init and its very good, gonna be great to record gigs that i go to :D.

  • Hi , l might be getting one of these and l have a few questions Does it have a recorder in it?] What do you think about the keypad?

  • In my opinion the phone is good all round but ive hit a problem, my phone crashed and now it wont turn back on!? Has anyone else had this problem and is there a way to fix it? or will i have to take it to be repaired? email me if you know thanks

  • hey Caroline, stop sending messages to ya friend! anybody no if dis fone is any good?

  • Hello i just brought the 02 X3 and it is brilliant!!!! the only thing is i dont understand the MP3 player. im getting myself so worked up about it. Its annoying!!! lol it says .MIDI is only allowed to be downloaded for music? i am very confused!!! so if anyone could help please email me. im only 15 so be nice lol.

  • tis me again say hi 2 every1 hu knows me by da way im only 7 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • totally deadly fone.i'm buyin one 2day wish me luck!!!!!!hello 2 all me friends.go raibh maith agat

  • You can use any size MINI SD card for this phone but currently the highest available MINI SD is the 1gig one. You can find these cheapest i've seen for 70 quid and most expensive around 90. Clearly quite a few people have had problems with this phone, but still i'm yet to come across a problem with it, everything is working fine, image quality i'm happy with and video quality is much better than any phone out today and i should know as i had a D500 for a short time.

  • what size memory card can you put in this phone

  • I have found that the quality of both the camera and video on my phone is really poor. Also my phone switches it self off and the battery runs out within hours of charging it. I recently sent the phone back to O2 for it to be repaired as it wouldn't switch on at all, the phone then worked perfectly for about a week and is now back to switching itself off and freezing. I know that i am not the only person who has had the same problems with this phone. The only good thing about this phone is the MP3 player which I have found to work fine (when the phone actually switches on, that is). Overall I really don't recommend this phone as i have spent more time trying to get the phone to work than actually using it.

  • Make sure you drag your mp3 files into your music folder that could be one of the errors people sometime have because i don't think you can copy and paste them in. Also if your sure they're on the phone when you togo your media section and then mp3 goto options then edit playlist your list of songs will then show up, if you still don't see them on your phone thiers a possability that your card may have corrupted, if knocked or dropped or even dragged along a soft surface the data part of the card can be damaged slightly.

  • I have an O2 X3. Have bought a SD card reader. My PC says that the MP3 files are on the card but when I put it in the phone it says there are no files on the card. Anyone know what I am doing wrong? Its my daughter's phone and she doesn't know whats wrong either. Help!!!!

  • Hey, can som1 help plz! How do u get the video to do longer? Plz email me Cheerz

  • HELP!!! anyone who feels like being nice, every time i try and upload my music/ringtones from my laptop to my X3 it just says that it cannot do this. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG!!?? anyone? please

  • The o2 x3, everyones looks like the picture rite? I have read reviews with the o2 x3 that looks completly different to mine! Are you sure o2 havent dont some kinde of upgrade or somthing? Btw, anyone no how to get the ifer-red working? And the data cable that comes with it, whats the little black thing, a infer-red bit? Cheerz!

  • Where can I get the firmware update have been to my local O2 shop they said they didnt now anything about a new update tried the 02 website still no joy the problem I am having is my phone keeps freezing up and will not let me phone out or recieve calls but you dont now this untill you try to use it very frustrating.

  • Anyone have any problems with thier phone or need any help just e-mail me i'll be happy to help. to prove this phone is a ggr8 phone after all these bad reviews.

  • My fone keeps turn ing off half and hour or so, and it like i s still on just the screens stop working, so i have to turn it off and turn it back on for it to work and it happens again lyk half an hour later... This happen to any1 else

  • the adaptor is used to enable you to use a mini sd card in a normal sd card reader. A SD card reader will most likely need to be purchased separetly.

  • so when you say about the adapter i gues u are talkin about the card reader?

  • I dunno about the new X3 packs but the old ones only had the 32MB mini sd card with no adaptor. The difference between a mini sd and a sd card is the physical size.

  • so lets get this striaght so o2 are sellingf the phone for a �100 pounds and someone did state that tyhey give you a card reader with it yeh is that correct then? and also included with the phone is a 32 mb sd card is there any differencer between the mini sd and the normal ones sorry for the questions i just want to be sure and also is it reliable alot of people said it switches off at regular intervels is that true aswel?

  • I think that it is a good phone however, wen all the memory is full, the phone does slow down. Th only thing that annoys me is the quality of the camera and video. They say 1.3mp and wen i compare pictures and movies from nokia 6230 (1mp camera) the nokias are far better, n how can i get the areial off so that i can get a stuuby on ??? email bk plz with ur opions

  • The sound is separated in the .thm file I think, download mpegable x4 live and it should play with the sound

  • I've wrote alot about this phone, I'm posting throguh my experience, and no problems at all except i have one little niggle at the phone. I you want to upload your videos to your computer it looks like you can only upload the top 3 quality videos only with no sound whcih is abit of a bummer if your at a gig and u want to catch some quite high quality videos with sound. The only one you get one in is the call id setting which is the tiny screen one. If i'm wrong on this please someone tell me cause i'd love to be able to upload a good video that has sound on it. It plays the sound on the phone so why not on the computer????

  • http://mobile-review. com/forum2/showthread.php?t=13307&page=5 Some pics I taken, it's not that bad after the firmware update :)

  • The phone is great the video capture is great the camera can be under par but usually good. I'm happy with it as are most people. I also read both bad a good reviews but i decided to buy the phone anyway im glad i did. Mini sd cards are great easy to cary about due to size and dnt add extra size to the phone. The phone does come with card reader but you can pick one up for around 13 quid. Get this phone its great.

  • ok i am thinking about getting this fone i have read reviews on other sites some gud some bad. i dont no what to do about the qulaity people say it is not 1.3 is that true. Also about this mini sd cards is that a newer version of the cards u get for normal phones. and when u purchase the phone do you get the card reader along with it?

  • You forgot to mention that you need to convert your mp3's at 128 Kpbs. Otherwise they dont show up on the playlist.

  • Once again: Take sdcard out of fone, put in card reader, go into it on computer, put mp3's in "music" folder on card, put card back into fone, go to mp3 player and add tracks to playlist. Is it really that hard???!!!

  • the o2 x3 i have got i cant seem to work the infared or the mp3 i av tryed everything but it doesnt seem to work if any 1 knows how to work them please email me asap thanks

  • i have got this 02 X3 phone and no matter what i try to do i cannot send photos from it? i have done the settings that o2 emailed to me but still it wont work???

  • plz can u send me instructions or summert how to work the mp3 i hav lookd @ most complaints on ere and lots of them r about the mp3 now plz!!how does it work

  • "After reading many reviews of this phone i decided to go ahead and get it dispite thier being alot of poor reviews of the phone. Personally i cant see how people have hade problems with it. Everything on the phone is great, Camera i think looks great although occasionally in bad light pictures can lack quality. The video playback/recording is great, no lag at all plays and records perfectly. Also the MP3 player with headphones in just as good as a normal MP3 player with stereo sound, this feature is extreamly convinient (sp). Thier are also some great photo editing software on the phone which i found quite funny. The screen looks great everything is great. I can't put this phone down in any way, �100 and i get a great phone i'm not gonna complain, I easily think should be worth more than this. Little side note if anyone can help me: When i upload an MPEG-4 file i just get a white screen anyone know why this is? Ino its not a problem because the original video demo is in MPEG 4 and that worked fine any help will be appreciated. Thanks" It's because the video has too high of an encoding rate.

  • I posted some pictures taken on the updated firmware for the o2 x3, I don't see why so many people are complaining about the O2 X3, it's still a great little handset, only let down for me was bluetooth so I got the k700i. I do still use the X3 from time to time though :).

  • the phone is gr8 but there is 1 porblem HOW DO U GET MP3'S ON IT best phone that i eva had!

  • Hey, I got an X3 after reading the good reviews, but I hate this phone, the camera is worse than any i have seen, it doesnt store many text messages, which i need to keep track on how many i have sent. i was wondering about getting the firmware upgraded, if this might resolve some of the problems. But for the moment I am using my Nokia 3660 again as even a nokia is better than this X3 rubbish.

  • Realy great phone. I love, got for �100 off the o2 website, you cant get a better phone for the money. However i highly recomend getting a card reader. The software that it comes with to connect it your pc is useless.

  • i have an x3 and think it is a wonderfull phone,cant be without it.i only had one problem which was mp3 player i didnt know how to download mp3 music but now i know thanks to this site thankyou .

  • ive got an x3 but its so hard to get the mp3 working!!! i really want to use it but its so complicated please will somebody send me some instructions to my email addy thanks

  • Hey all, i got the X3 bout 3 months ago. Its great. One of the best video cameras yet and the camera is cool too. I want now to actually sort out my mp3 and so can plz someone email instructions coz its great but i still want mp3. I am also planning on buying a new 256Mb for it cool hey!

  • As stated many many many times before, Buy a card reader insert your mini Sd card into it run the drive that the card is in and copy MP3 files into the MP3 file on the disk.

  • How do you get mp3s on this phone ?

  • After reading many reviews of this phone i decided to go ahead and get it dispite thier being alot of poor reviews of the phone. Personally i cant see how people have hade problems with it. Everything on the phone is great, Camera i think looks great although occasionally in bad light pictures can lack quality. The video playback/recording is great, no lag at all plays and records perfectly. Also the MP3 player with headphones in just as good as a normal MP3 player with stereo sound, this feature is extreamly convinient (sp). Thier are also some great photo editing software on the phone which i found quite funny. The screen looks great everything is great. I can't put this phone down in any way, �100 and i get a great phone i'm not gonna complain, I easily think should be worth more than this. Little side note if anyone can help me: When i upload an MPEG-4 file i just get a white screen anyone know why this is? Ino its not a problem because the original video demo is in MPEG 4 and that worked fine any help will be appreciated. Thanks

  • i have got a typical prob of sim card corrupting during roaming,but only at a specific location.the phone works perfectly in home network.is it a phone problem or a network problem.technocrats plz suggest

  • Hi, I have just got this phone and was wondering if there is anyway of stopping it turning itself on???

  • Hallo I was just getting this phone and I don�t know how too get him online. Where do I configure the GPRS settings.

  • my x3 freezes to, if u want to put mp3s on you need a mini sd card,an adapter 4it, then load it up with my computer option, its called the f drive then all you have to do is drag and drop.

  • Any thoughts, my phone will freeze or turn its self off if i am typing a text message and it also deletes the games that i download!

  • Does anybody know anywhere that I can download or buy the PC Sync software because I lost my cd :( oops! Thanks

  • hi i am getting an 02x3 for my birthday in june and i think it is gonna be great no matta wot everybody esle sez!

  • my infrared doesnt conect.. it says connecting and stays on.. an it doesnt connect what do i do? or is it a fault with the phone?

  • hello all ... can u get MSN on the o2 x3 ?? cas u can put programs on the phone i got a mini sd card is there any recomended ?? thank you email [email protected]

  • i bought it in UK, and take it to Indonesia but I can use it. Any suggestion or anything so I can use it in Indonesia with Indonesian operator.

  • Great phone - can't run a slide show without music though, any ideas?

  • My phone has just sprouted legs and told me it is running away with my toaster! Has anyone else had this problem? if so how do I stop this from happening? OK i shouldn't have bought the most attractive toaster in the shop but, ooohh it makes good toast! OK, that was something new! this isnt tho. Ive stopped using my x3 for a while cos it is turning itself off every 5 minutes again, and its getting annoying!

  • try here , but there maybe some reading involved!!! READ BACK...some people are so lazy, its unreal Waste time moaning but never take the time to find out....last few questions answered a million times already!!!! can we have something new for a change????

  • Sum1 plz give me help on how to download mp3s onto my phone!!!!!!!!! Iv brought a 512mb SD card and a adapter and still cannot get mp3 files to doiwnloaded onto my mob of my p.c, this is using widows media player. Do i need to use domthing else or use the handset manerger? Some body who knows wat to do please simply help me!!! Much apeciated.

  • I have been a nokia user for 6 years and I decided 2 months ago to go for something different, the o2x3... I was so disappointed with this phone when it arrived! The graphics and sound on the phone are fantastic however little things like the way you have to read text messages ( scroll down every single line) and lack of loudspeaker really bothered me! The camera is quite good but very often blurred when I put them on to my laptop! the battery life is extremely poor so i had to use it in power saving mode constantly. The screen seemed loose and delicate and the phone gets dirty very easily. I was unimpressed by this phone having been excited about getting it. I now am going to purchase the Nokia 6260 as it has great reviews... do not buy this phone if you text a lot, use loudspeaker or get frustrated easily!

  • get a nokia dont biy this phone

  • Does anyone know how 2 use the infrared cause i can recieve but not send

  • rite so i finally got my sd card reader and adaptor for the fone yeah, and i can onli have like 6 songs! kinda stooopid

  • What games do you get with the O2 X3???

  • just looked at mobymemory and 512mb mini sd is �39 bargin cheers jolly jim

  • i will finish this mp3 lark now. firstly you need a mini sd card and a mini sd card reader, which costs �55 from mobymemory.com. then when you put the mp3s on the phone, if they don't appear, go back on the pc, open up the card reader device with the card in it and you should find a image folder, a video folder, a java folder and a music folder. Where should also be all the songs you tried to put on the phone along side the folders. Simply put the mp3s in the music folder and off you go. Simple isn't it?

  • hi everyone, i have a question i got my x3 at xmas and im pretty pleased with it, it was a few flaws that lets it down but over all its a nice phone. BUT... recently (within the last few weeks) ny phones camera has been very strange, when ever i goto take a pic or video the whole screen is in, what looks like, night vision, bright green and purple. i have tried indoor and outdoor, and all the different sizes (wallpaper, 1.3 ect) it occasionally goes back to normal, but then next time you load the camera its green and purple again. This is very annoying, means you have to waste 15 mins of messin about with it just to take one photo can anyone help? thankyou for any help in advance :)

  • Does someone know where I can find user guide for o2x3 in the web or to buy in the shop. Thanks Giovanni

  • I got this phone in feb, and 4 its money i thought i would get some reli good stuuf, like mp3 files and videos. The camara is great and is probably the beat out at the time. But after a few weeks i wanted to play some mp3s on it and so i upgraded my sd card for around �50. ( i wasent pleased because of how much the phone is in the frist place n they want u 2 pay more!) Any way i finally get it sorted and then i have to buy more! A stupid card reader!! Im not very pleased as i think 02 could have done alot more 2 save us spending so much on acceseries. Its a good mob, dont get me wrong as its looks and performance are fantastic-8/10. P.s Dont shop in the 02 shop in nottingham because the pepole who work there are mostly idiots!

  • phone not bad, would like to get it unlocked but cant find anyone to do it, mp3 player works good.pc sync fine,camera not great, does anybody know where you can get a high capacity battery from?

  • I have had this phone sicne september 04, and it is the WORST phone i have ever had. impossible to put mp3's on, can't downlaod videos to the computer, it turns itself off all the tiem. can't read full messages from people, when i receive ringtones and open them it crashes my phone. O2 needs to sort it. or i'm going with orange next time

  • Fionna: Make sure you put the mp3's in the mp3 folder on the card, and dont create sub directories in that folder cos the phone wont see anything in them(at least i dont think it will, havent actually tried:). MANISHA:"mp3 is rubbish doesnt hold enough of song" buy a bigger memory card! The PC sync is not that hard to understand, what are you finding so confusing?

  • you can only receive data from other phones you can't send-that rubbish! i thought this was a good phone since it has good things like infrared, pc sync, video, mp3 and stuff but its so confusing to use these things and i paid lots to buy the damn phone and they expect you to buy card reader and other stuff! mp3 is rubbish doesnt hold enough of song, infrared crap, pc sync confusing

  • hi does anyone know a site where there is free tones, wallpapers, videos, games, etc which you don't pay for or have to pay monthly for????????

  • Hey I love my O2 X3, only thing is I cannot seem to get the MP3 part working. Its driving me mad I have the SD adapter and the SD adapter and have transfered my songs onto the memory card but when I put it back in the phone it says there are no files and it's driving me mad. The songs are defo on the memory card as I put them in a friend's computer and they played okay. JUst wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if they know what to do? Cheers Fiona

  • try here , but there maybe some reading invloved!!!

  • How is this phone? im thinking of getting it

  • Can anyone tell me how to pass level 10 of caveman. Its driving me mad!!!!

  • oh yeh how do u get mp3s on the mobile! pls help!

  • how do u get the settings to send n recieve pictures! ive tried everything!

  • the infrared doen't work on my phone, does it work on anyone elses??????? can someone tell me how to use pc sync please? i think the camera quality is good but it gets confused when i use the rotated camera though. i don't know how to use the mp3 either.

  • Hey Can you get a dual sim reader for this phone yet? if anyones no's were i can get one email me please Cheers Chris

  • just one last thing use same-quality TRUE and video size 176X144 for the x3 when you`ve loaded up the file you want to convert , click on it.and these option are available on the right hand side thru drop down arrow (just have a tinker,you`ll see)

  • here its the third one down ,click for the trial version

  • There is no difference whether it be music video of any other type of vid as long as its in the correct format. eg AVI

  • kurt if you find and download the xilisoft converter it does several formats to 3gp (which is what you need for your fone) you`ll need to delve in the "usual" places for the stuff you need ,...happy hunting.

  • sorry cal dont know the number....kurt,check your mail.

  • soz im posting alot but can u actually put music video`s on the mini sd card ??? plzzz anser all my questons or email or ad me on msn -- [email protected]

  • wot file does it have 2 be and where do i get them from some one plzz help me :D

  • wot format has the wideo gotta be .. and where do i put it on the sd card ?? plz help asap

  • wot letter is it for this fone then m8, sorry if its so so obv lol thanks for all the help

  • or here

  • cal this is from the book which came with my sim card... if you have a picture messaging phone you`ll need to update some of your settings to make sure you can send and receive pics,all texts cost standard rate: step1 *downlod the setting by texting the phrase PICON to 21400 *you`ll get a text reply within 48 hrs ,you`ll need to make a note of the letter that corresponds with your mobile from the text. step 2 * to active your new settings text the letter thet relates to your handset to 2020 * for example ,nokia is the letter A hope this helps ,its str8 from the book, if not try www.o2.co.uk/payasyougo

  • kurt i deffo know that 3gp works for vids, you`ll have to search a converter out like xilisoft , the trouble is it`ll only converter 5 mins if you don`t have the key! but maybe thats enough for some people? i`ve had collateral the full lengh movie on my phone (512mb card) ....it converts down to about 300megs from AVI ( i think )

  • wot file does a video have 2 b 2 put on the phone .. i got a mini sd card what file do i put it in ??? or email me [email protected]

  • Dave m: you can't get rid of the o2 UK to my knowledge, you might be able to if you get the fone unlocked but I don't think you can otherwise...

  • i sent PICON to 2020 and then i get a txt saying welcome to 2020 please reply with the number only: which number!!!!?? lol

  • about the "o2-uk" on the wallpaper????

  • dont bother trying addresses none work sorry folks.......like i said try and download some nokia stuff , theres plenty in the usual places

  • i have several java games albeit very simple ones the key name to lokk for is spruce (some nokia cd`s have them on) upload to the games section of your mini sd card (using the card reader and/or the adapter) install using the options tab in games at menu page , and away you go. theres about 25 but like i`ve said they`re simple "spruceblocks" is ok (tetris like) try spruce.org spruce.jp or spruce.pl addresses from the games themselves NOT checked em though!

  • i find that if you charge the battery with the handset OFF you seem to get more life out of it , but i`d guess if you used at all day for mp3`s etc,you maybe should expect to charge it every day???? nuclear powered its not!!

  • the picon number is 2020 i think

  • And from the external one too, please help if you can????????????

  • how can i get rid of the wallpaper spoiling "02-UK" from the main screen? made some papers but this is gettin on my tats!!

  • nuffin works sob sob wel everytin dus lol exept photos, ive tried goin on dere wedbsite but it didtn work, u no wen u get ur fone nd u had 2 send PICON 2 a certian number, wot woz that number any1?

  • Cal, i have the same problem with my phone. what you've got to do is send yourself the o2 mms settings from the o2 website. or.. you could try browsing with gprs, then try to retrieve the media message. it works for me!

  • - to get mp3s working u shud chek if the files on ur phone are .mp3 other wise they jst dnt play - go on edit play list and put ticks next to the tracks you want to play - make sure ur volume is high enough 2 hear

  • o2 x4 aint reli as good as x3 cause on x4 u get 3g whitch im nvr guna use but x3 has better signal n u can use jst about any where in the world wereas the x4 is noli most of europe and usa. to be honest i dnt see why they brought out the new phone as there are still lots of problems with it

  • ahhhhh i cant get this mp3 workin at al grrrrr

  • does any1 know why i cant send or receive picture messages(photos) becasue everytime i get 1 it comes up in my media notifications nd i say receive it but it always says network busy try it l8r, and i cant send them either cos it says the same, it has done this since ive got it.

  • any 1 know how 2 get the imges 2 send and recive mine wont do it and if its posible buy bluetooth 4 the phone if any 1 knows n can help cheersx

  • hey i bought my o2 x3 in september time but evr since i got it the battery only last a few hours even though i have had it repared but still doesnt lat long. and i cant get my phone to send images or recive whats with that i do think its an ace phones but these hings are anoying if u know any way of mending it please contact back also is the o2 x4 th upgrade and better than o2 x3 thx 4 reading.

  • i found 1 site that unlocks 02 x3 but they only have stores in manchester london and essex heres the link ;)

  • Hey, anyone knows how to start a word in upper case (capital letter, like London) using itap it only seems possible to write the word completly in upper case or in lower case. Thx

  • 2 put songs on get ur mini sd card and an sd adapter (if u buy a new sd card u usualy get a sd adapter with it) now, u either need a slot alredy in ur pc or you need a media card reader (make sure it reads sd cards) when you put the card in a box comes up asking what you want to play the card on (if this doesnt happen go to my computer and removable storage to find it) open it in the show files box now you can copy MP3s to ur music box by simply right cliking on a track (or several tracks by highlighting) and paste them into the music file on ur mini sd card. hope this helps cris.

  • Yeah thanks but how do i put songs onto it thats what i need help on please!!!

  • one last thing, i have read that you can put blue tooth on your phone does any1 no is this is true and how you do it thank you. and does any1 know how to get java games for sd card?? thank you if you could answer any of my questions (such a f**ked up phone :S)

  • Also, my usb cable does not work after the first time i use it even after taking it ak several times, does any1 know hy it doesnt work after the first time you connect it?

  • The mp3 player, when I use it for about 10 minutes n press stop the battery stays at full charge and in the morning (day after using mp3) the phone has totally gone off. Now when i use the mp3 i turn the phone off and bak on and the battery lasts longer. Does this happen with any1 elses phones or am i doing summit wrong???

  • sara - just seen your note, thanks. now I wont look like a twunt in nightclubs :)

  • gillian - the mp3 player controls are available if you press the 'mp3' button on the keypad or though the 'media centre'. If you've put some mp3's onto the phone but cant see them in the player, go to the 'option' menu and choose 'edit playlist', you should see all the mp3's on you memory card, select them to add them to your playlist. hope that helps.

  • can some please help me i cant work the mp3 player what do i do

  • Can someone please tell me how to work the mp3 player please!!!!

  • yeah, to turn the blue light off you have to go into settings and power saving. select the "power off" option and the blue light wont stay on and the battery will last longer

  • hello all, I've had a scan of the board and can't find this question answered, so here goes. I get really annoyed at the fact that the keypad glows with blue light, it wastes power and lights up my face in dark places. me no likey! does anyone know if/how you can switch it off? thank you please

  • Does this phone have a photo phonebook?

  • to get rid of the N in the box: go to menu thn go to messages after tht go media an thn go 2 notifications the N stands for Notification u shld b able to figure out how to do it frm there !

  • Did somebody know this X3 have or haven`t language pack with french language

  • How do i retreive a downloaded ringtone from wap plz.

  • Hi, I hav just got this one and have two queries: 1) How do i put things onto my phone (eg pictures) using the USB cable 2) also, how do i recieve pictures from another phone I would be grateful for anyones advice. thankyou

  • bling bling, wicked fone man.

  • Ive just bought this fone on contract and its not getting delivered till friday, do u think it will have the camera firmwire update on it already?

  • My phone will only turn on if the sim card isn't in and when it is nothing happens :S PLEASE HELP!!! Thanks.

  • What you mean 1 file?

  • hiya everyone ...i got the phone last october and it seems to me a very good phione and all my friends are impressed which has got to be good. A very big critism is that the mp3player will only let you have 1 file and that is it ...its also not very good for recieving photo messages or any media clips gd luk chucks! xxx

  • Hi, Just got the X3 and so far I am well pleased with it. Everything works very well. Only question I have is can you send your mp3 files to another handset? If so, whats the best way to do this? Cheers. Annie

  • well my 512mb mini sd card i got new just messed up and all the files are deleted from it and won't load up or let me put anything on it. this happened after trying to install games into the java folder. it says that it can't read from the source or invalid syntax error.

  • hiya i have that problem aswell were it doesnt stop vibrating i have to take the battery out of the phone... also my fone crashs alot & things delete there selfs =S (games) is this happening to anyone elses phone? & does anyone know what i should do? thanx

  • im going to buy the fone thanx

  • Anyone had the same problem as me with this phone - when i get a text the phone will vibrate but wont stop til i switch it off!

  • no bluetooth but i do most of putting on info via card reader

  • hi i think that the o2 x3 is a really nice phone but i just want to know has it got a bluetooth. thanks!!!!!!1.

  • MP3's: Put MiniSD card from phone into adapter\reader, connect reader to pc. Go into card, there should be a folder called music, copy mp3 files into there and away you go.

  • hi has anyone managed to download mp3s to the phone yet.? if so how???

  • anna ive had no problem with the phone.it small but got all the top features with an amazing screen big memory via mini sd cards,alarmed reminders ,,but hold it before buying the keys are small and tightly packed so if you have big thumbs or nails it may be a bit awkward ,else go for it xx

  • im thinking of buying this fone do u think i should

  • Anybody know why i can't upload my mp3s to my phone. It says 'this file cannot be uploaded' Please help!

  • dose anyone know how to get mp3 on the phone every time i put them on to the minisd via the addaptor they dont appear in the mp3 folder and if they do it dose not play. every time i press play notthing happens so plz can some one help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • The phone itself is fine, good camera, mp3 player all cool. The only thing i have trouble with is the Irda port, my phone just freezes when i activate it. Oh, one more thing, i brought this phone under the impression it was bluetooth enabled, as per the O2 magazine. Then later I found that this was not true but O2 accept no liability for this. so :-(

  • Hi, my phone keeps of turning off and when i switch it on again it says battery low even though its fully charged. So i charged it again, and it turns off and when i turn it off it says battery low. This is really annoying, any ideas?

  • Hi, I have had my X3 for about 6 months now. I am on my third phone. I think the phone is great but the other day it switched itself off and wont switch back on unless I take the sim card out. Has anybody had a similar problem? I have been reading this forum for a while and havent seen a similar problem. Does anybody have any advice for me. Thanks.

  • N. Go in to media msgs, click on notification then the msg will download.

  • Hi. I am having problems sending media msgs. It was ok when activated, but the problem now is when i send a msg, it tells me it has been sent, but get no notification from the sender. The settings are fine, i can forward received msgs, but can't send my own. Help!!

  • n symbol means media msg notification!

  • Phil I noticed that someone else has the same problem as me. The N in the box. Can you tell me step by step how to get rid of this? I have no new media messages waiting to be read so I am stuck with it at the moment. Kirsty

  • to nick of previous posts are you going for the x4 now .if you are give us all a reliable trustworthy view .thank you nick

  • I bought this phone from a second hand shop without sim. I put my o2 PAYG sim into it but when i try an make a call or send a message it just says handset busy or network down. does any1 know what the problem is?

  • The N means you got a mms message waiting, just goto then media option and download it , for some reason it doesnt tell you there is one new though but they will be

  • Hi. Can anyone tell me what the N icon in the white box means? Does not explain in handbook.

  • Hey Lyn, Where did you get it unlock? and also, is every thing else working as usual? Thx.

  • camera is good as long as you keep the phone steady when taking a picture and have the right settings in the right place.

  • finally got the bloody thing unlocked, just doing the mms settings now..bit of a bugger but sod it its unlocked!!!!

  • You can get cheap 1gb sd cards for under �60 which is pretty amazing at www.flash-memory.co.uk that means you store 14 haours of music or close to it!

  • The samsung e720 looks gd but i wouldnt want it because it doesnt have a media card port like mini sd or summit

  • hey peeps u have got to get the samsung e720 it is the best phone out i think the outer screen like the o2 x3 but on the samsung e720 you can play your music videos on the front how blooody cool is that so that is my nxt phone i love it and it has 100 minutes video so you can baseically record anything i just love it

  • 02 X3 has a gd cam if u get the right light an if u wnt mp3s on it u need the mini sd adapter which is �6.99 from O2 shop the most annoyin thing about this fone is if u drop it it scratches very easily as i knw also the black plastic bit gets coverd in finger prints and the message tone evrythin else is fine !!!! ALSO DOES ANYONE KNOW WERE TO GET THIS PHN UNLOCKED IVE TRIED EVERYWERE !!!!

  • Bobby: I took mine to O2 shop or Service Centre in Cheapside near St. Paul. No one asked if I was on contract or pay as u go, actually I'm on a contract with O2 but with a SE630 and I bought my X3 online from Great Universal with pay as u go.

  • I tried to take my O2 X3 to an O2 Shop and they said that they only do firmware upgrades if you are on contract or top up alot on your phone, I am on pay and go and they wouldn't let me had a firmware upgrade.

  • If anyone is interested - You can get a 512MB miniSD from for �36.00 (i think thats well cheap) and also once you have downloaded ur MP3 music onto your phone you can set it as a ringtone.

  • "read on the x4 section that a firmware upgrade makes the x3`s camera better, is this true ,if so how and where can i get it done?" Yes, this is true. Just take your X3 to a O2 shop and it's for free.

  • do u need a cable for your mp3 player can someone plz tell me wb thx x

  • O2 X4 Review Points to note: Some of the GSM Arena data is inaccurate; in fact the phone sports a 1280x1024 camera, a 65000 colour outer screen, a 64Mb minisd card, and weighs in at 126g according to O2�s manual. According to some reviews, the camera of the X3 was improved with a firmware update, and personally if the camera meets the quality of the shots I have seen from this update, I shall be satisfied. Shots shall arrive later!

  • read on the x4 section that a firmware upgrade makes the x3`s camera better, is this true ,if so how and where can i get it done?

  • Dear Dan I know how to get ur phone to work , don't be a cheap skate and go and buy a new one!

  • kum on ppl plz stop moaning in my opinion i think this fone is excellent, it has a great camera and a long video recording, can last up to 2 n a half minutes wich is very gud, it is lovely to luk at and in my personal view is one of the nicest ones around so plz dont be SO PESIMISTIC!!

  • can any 1 help.........whenever i try to put mp3s on to my x3 it says this file can not be transfered to the handset.......do i need a SD card adaptor.......or do i need a bigger capacity memory card.......i have a 32mb card now please help....e-mail me if anyone can help

  • I bought this phone from a second hand shop without sim. I put my o2 PAYG sim into it but when i try an make a call or send a message it just says handset busy or network down. does any1 know what the problem is?

  • Sarah & Lyn: I think you can use the mini SD card adaptor for the Kodak machine.

  • .....and im going to ask again cos ive posted on every forum on the net, where can i unlock this phone?????!!!!

  • sarah i was annoyed i couldnt just send to the kodak machine either, so i put all the pics on a disc and gave it them to develop, its a hell of a lot cheaper too

  • I went to print some of my photos out today on a Kodak printer in Boots and found that the machine only accepts SD cards and not mini SD cards! Does anyone know if there is any other way of transferring photos to this machine (I know cannot send via IR)?

  • Unfortunatly, the message tone is fixed, and stuart, I don't think there are speed dials on the x3. For anyone having problems with short battery life, I have found that by turning the phone off and leaving it on charge for 12 hours seems to give it a good 5-6 days life, I also took my sim card out to use while the phone is off, whether this makes a difference or not i dont know...

  • Davey Once you`ve loaded your mp3 onto the mem card you can select it as your ringtone. Is there any way to "jazz" up the text alert??

  • How do you set Speed dials up on the O2 X3? Thanks

  • Cud it possinly be because the guy that originally had the phone took it to the shop 'cos it was broken? Thats what it sounds like.

  • I bought this phone from a second hand shop without sim. I put my o2 PAYG sim into it but when i try an make a call or send a message it just says handset busy or network down. does any1 know what the problem is?

  • "hey i got an x3 4 xmas the wap worked fine till i got a new sim does any1 knw where to get the setting frm" Try www.o2.co.uk and go to the help section, or you can e-mail them for the setting.

  • hey i got an x3 4 xmas the wap worked fine till i got a new sim does any1 knw where to get the setting frm

  • sorry its www.mobilefun.co.uk

  • you can purchase mini sd cards (various sizes) at a reasonable price from a few websites....www.mobilefun.com or www.digitaldepot.co.uk - hope this helps

  • Hi there, i have tried looking back over previous posts but my eyes started to hurt!!!! Couldn't find it as i looked though. Jus a quick one on the description for X3 on the above fact sheet it says you can have MP3 ringtones? is this true because I have tried to download off of WAP but it will not let me. Also it says it has a HTML browser, i cannot do this either!!! Am i jus stupid or is this info incorrect???

  • can anyone spare a o2 x3 data software disc as i have lost the one that came along with my o2 x3

  • I agree, You can also tell a lot of people are lazy by the way they post questions that have already been answered a million times before without even bothering to read back. if you are a person who asks a PRE- answered question in text speak ..i guess you must be lazy AND stupid!!!! Dont do it!!

  • Text speak: the OBVIOUS reason why it is not necessary to use it here is because there is no limit as to the amount of letters that you can type/send as with a mobile phone, where abbreviated words are of benefit. In short,using it here means you are lazy.....so there...thx :-)

  • my infra reds totally packed up now, i cant recieve files from my pc but i could last week? i know its the x3 cos my ericcson connects no prob-any ideas? the infra red doesnt come up on my comp so its not being recognised....

  • Oh, never mind. I updated Quicktime and now it works :-) Still had NO PROBLEMS with this phone and loving it.

  • In order to free up some space on my SD cards I want to transfer some of my video files onto my computer. However, I get no sound when I try to do this, just the video... Can anyone help?

  • x3 is a good phone, the video and pic quality is excellent, but you can't send the pic's through the IRD port, and it dose tend to break easaly, im on my second since x-mass

  • o2 x3 is totally rubbish poor vidio quailty but it has a good photo quailty unfortanly it brock within 3 months

  • rubbish phone, camera poor quality, whole phone broke within 2 weeks, avoid!

  • old argos catalogue o2 x3 payg �100 very very limited and on ebay 12 in one card reader writer (minisd, mmc, sd etcetc) �8 you dont need an sd adaptor with it or if you have no card slot on your comp like me, hope thats been some help to someone.....

  • Hi, I have posted a message in the forum at www.mobymemory.com with a step by step guide on how to put mp3's onto the O2 X3. This site also sells everything you will need to carry out this task, at the best prices I have found so far. Here is the link to the guide:

  • "how do u send stuff through infra red please some1 tell me i have it for ages and i want to no email me if you no thanks bye "# I have said this COUNTLESS times before. Please Read back before you post! YOU CANNOT SEND FILES VIA INFRARED

  • I lost the headset that comes with the phone and O2 shops/ website / call centre can't supply me with a replacement ( I am willing to buy it ) Has anybody had the same problem and found a compatable headset as all the generic ones have a round not square plug/ jack?

  • can someone please tell me whether you get the usb cable in the box with this phone and is it easy to transfer mp3s on to it...thanks

  • go to the o2 website and there will be an option somewhere for them to send you the settings...

  • what settings should it be on for the wap to work

  • how do u send stuff through infra red please some1 tell me i have it for ages and i want to no email me if you no thanks bye

  • imo i would rather choose a nokia or sony ericsson my o2 x3 has had a lot of problems already and i haven't been able to fix them stuff like switching off by itself when i go to play a game.

  • "on the screen it says in writing my number how do you get rid of the writing?" From the main menu select "Contacts" then "Memory" then "Own Number" now press edit and then change or erase your name/number.

  • hi,could some one please help?i have a mp4 converter,and when i convert a video file to mp4 to play on my phone i only get sound,no picture.i have set the pixels to 352x288 in the program i use but this hasnt worked.

  • Hi there, where can i get a SD reader and adaptor from. I was gonna goto Ebay but i dont trust it!!!! Chaars!!!

  • on the screen it says in writing my number how do you get rid of the writing?

  • anyone know if there is a crack for the handset manager so you can upload mp3's via the data cable instead of having to buy a card reader? Cheers

  • put the miniSD card in the adapter, put the adapter in the reader, put the reader in your PC, write files to miniSD card (make sure you put music in music folder, pics in picture folder etc), then put miniSD card back in phone

  • I asked a few weeks ago about how to put MP3's On my phone and i was told i needed a card reader and a SD adaptor I bought them on ebay What next?

  • I bought an O2 X3 handset from o2 online and after a month it broke and I had to get it repaired which was a nuisance. it would switch off and freeze and not switch back on again. Then I got it back and after 3 days it happened again. I put it back in for repair and then again the same thing happend. This happened 4 times before I finally got a replacement phone, I wouldnt recommend anyone get this handset its utter crap!!!!!!!!! My boyfriend then bought that phone and the same thing happened.

  • Is anyone else having problems storing more than around 5 tracks to the MP3 player? Does anyone know where I can get a larger memory SD? I dont think the camera or the video are particularly good, i've seen phones with a much lower spec do a far better job! Maybe I'm doing it wrong, any advice?

  • i think the fone is gr8 if u go 2 a o2 store and ask 4 a the o2x3 mini sd card 2 put mp3s on. its 18 pounds

  • one more thing-what is the largest file you can send thru infrared (in kb/mb whatever)

  • hi does anyone know where to get the cheapest mini sd reader writer from (not the sd adaptor as i havent got an sd slot) looked on ebay but they are nearly all in hong kong and i cant be arsed to mess about with paypal again-thanks.

  • Howy: are you putting music files in the music folder on the sd card? Thats where they need to be, also they need to be the correct format (mp3)

  • having trouble with sd card,won't play,saying card files empty,card ok,computer reading it,anyone help?

  • Yea thats what I thought, it plays in the order of being written... Matty: Maybe it means the network is down :) It could be that your settings are wrong...

  • Well what i did to get around the mp3 problem, was to copy all of the mp3 files onto the sd card individually, one after another in the order i wanted them... i thought that maybe when its copying large numbers of files at the same time it might not actually copy them in order you select them in... so by doing it individually, they can't be copied onto the card in any other order! (if you get what i mean) well anyways, it worked for me! try it, and give feedback!

  • does anyone know why my internet allways says network down when i try to connect

  • Mate, I have no idea in which the phone sorts the files. What I did was to copy each album individually, then the next, then the next, and a load of unrelated mp3's at the end, and it sorted them out...? Maybe its date modified order?

  • Asked this a few weeks ago but haven't got anywhere since - The MP3 player is great on this phone but has anyone worked out what detemines the order that the tracks are stored in? I have put them in album order on the sd card (i.e. so it plays them as if I was listening to the CD) and this works in the main but the phone seems to pick the odd track or two out and stick it amongst a bunch of non-related tracks. Any advice gratefully received. Other than this - great little phone!

  • and not mentioning any names (cause I can't remember) but is everyone really complaining now? No. Thought Not.

  • no one is really moaning, just making comments and opinions, and is possible you could speak english instead of that "txt spk" nonsense. after all the the posting rules do state english only

  • it is a very nice lookin fone n has sum very gud qualities 2 it. u should all stop moanin u r da 1'z dat bought da fon deal wiv it. my fone iz PERFECT!!.

  • The phone is really cool but it is a shame it dosent have a bluetooth conection

  • If you've downloaded pictures etc your internet IS working! Upgrades are free, but there is a small inconvienience that your phone WILL be sent off to the o2 service centre. My screen never does the white thing and doesn't show old missed calls etc. Maybe its a fualty handset?

  • I am on contract and i cant seem to get on the internet. I have downloaded some ringtones and some wallpapers but I can't view them because my internet won't connect!

  • Gemz, "My phone version is 1.08.01 - can this be updated and is it expensive?" To update the software on your X3 from O2 would be free. "The problem is that the card (the one provided with the phone) is apparently read-only. Do I have to buy a new one or is this a fault?" On the miniSD adapter there's a small safety switch, just change the position.

  • Sorry if this has been said already but I've read through 5 pages and just been confused by the "txt spk". When I open my phone I often get a white screen with a single blue vertical line on the right hand side or a blank screen. The outer screen also sometimes shows old missed calls or messages. Does anyone else have these problems or any solutions for them? My phone version is 1.08.01 - can this be updated and is it expensive? I'm also having a problem getting mp3 files onto the memory card - yes I have a converter and a memory stick. The problem is that the card (the one provided with the phone) is apparently read-only. Do I have to buy a new one or is this a fault? Any help much appriciated, thanks Gemma

  • Louise, "Well three day into having my phone and no major problems (touch wood) apart from having a couple of sim errors, and the front screen went blank and had a cople of lines going downwards, but when i opened the phone it went away and went back to the normal screen. Is this the start of something big??" Nah. It happens all the time, on other models also... there is nothing to worry about...

  • The x3 is a state of the art piece of equipment, I mean come on it has a 1.3mp cam, and a mp3 player with a video It's the 'daddy'

  • Well three day into having my phone and no major problems (touch wood) apart from having a couple of sim errors, and the front screen went blank and had a cople of lines going downwards, but when i opened the phone it went away and went back to the normal screen. Is this the start of something big??

  • Thanks mike. Can I just say on the "txt spk" rule I mentioned earlier, surely that is disallowed by the "Use Common Sense" rule?

  • Hey Nick, keep it up pal, and thanks for the very usefull info.

  • My email address. "WHY ISN'T ANYONE HELPING ME?!?!?!?!?" Give it a while mate, Read my post...

  • Read back and find my guide to this problem! "hi i have a problem with my fone. my brother tried to send me a ringtone usind infa-red. wen he was sending it my fone automatically switched off! and it wont turn back on now!!! if i put it on charge then the screen comes up with the battery on it but i just cant turn it on EXTREMLEY FRUSTRATING!!!!:(:(:(" Leave the battery out of the phone for 24-48 hrs... it should then work... Lyn, there is no offence intended to anybody that I say, and I completely apologise if I have caused offence. The reason I disagree with many of the posts on here is because the reasoning is completely stupid! I feel that in the past I have "attacked" people, but for what? People who say the phone is completely crap just because the text input is different from a Nokia, or people who do not find the phone the same as a Nokia or a SonyEricsson model of a similar specification...! I admit, this phone does have its problems! For example my handset has just started to delete my downloaded games! But when I do spot a problem, notice I say handset, as in MY model, not the entire range! And, Lyn, I do not "take the piss" out of people for having an opposing opinion to myself, I give people constructive criticsm, or advice on how to fix the problems with it! The only people I am nearing to attack are the people who ask questions about a feature of the phone which has been answered on the previous page! Lyn, as I have said before, If I have offended you, and for that matter anybody on this forum, I am totally sorry, and take back any offensive objects on the site. And as for the people who continually use text speak, I feel I have to have a go at these particular people, purely for the fact that there is no character limit or a limit on the amount of letters per word so there is no reason to speak like that! There is no time limit to how long you can type for, so there is no reason for it! I admit that this phone isn't the best in the world, but by far its the best in its availbale price range... I do not consider myself to "bully" people and feel hurt by this remark. I hate people who bully other people and do not consider my actions to be of a "bullyish" nature... Dan... I apologise if my reply was insulting. I think the x3 is a good mobile purely for the fact I have not used recent nokias or other handsets. But for �150 you cannot really go wrong. For a final note I apologise, and will not "retaliate" to other peoples opinions, I am going to check this forum as to any replies any of you may have, and for any questions anybody may also have. And for new posters wondering about MP3's or phones not turning on, I have typed below a small guide which I hope people will appreiciate... **MP3** For MP3 Playback, you need a MiniSD adaptor and a card reader. You need to plug your MiniSD adaptor into the SD socket on your reader, and browse to it. There should be four folders. Music, Video, Images, and Java. Place your MP3 files (64k+ 44,000khz, 16-bit, stereo) into the Music folder. Put the memory card back into the phone, go to menu -> media centre -> MP3 -> option -> Edit playlist, and tick every MP3 you would like to play. **INFRARED** Infrared on this phone has no Send feature. It is not possible. It can't be done. You can recieve by IR, by going to Tools, then Infrared. **POWER PROBLEMS** If your phone has recently turned itself off, then will refuse to power back on, take out the battery and leave it for 24 hours to 48 hours (1 - 2 days). Put the battery back in and it should work. **SOFTWARE AND OTHER SECRETS** There is a new software version which you can upgrade to by visiting your loal o2 store and getting the phone sent off. The latest version (at present) is 1.22.01. To see your software version, type *#300# and press Call. To "test" features of your phone, the MMI Test menu may come in handy. *#301#. From here you can test your camera, keep the flash on (handy for a "torch"), test the display, alarms, loudspeaker, etc. Thanks for listening, and once again I am sorry for any offence caused. I do not see this as a "battle". See you soon. Nick

  • why isn't anyone helping me?!?!?!?!?

  • hi if u scroll down a bit theres a bit on the o2 x3 not turning on after trying to send something thru infared ma fone wont turn on now can any1 help plzplzplzplzplz!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Oh Nick, i was so pleased when reading thru all the comments you stated that you had made your last post.....unfortunatley it was not to be!! Hi there Dan here 14/02/05 comments. Just a note on your reply to my post. The comments were my opinions based my experience with the phone, i find your reply post quite insulting. Hurrah for Lyn totally agree with you. I'm sure the X3 is a good phone (especially for you nick!!) I just didn't get on with it. Nick when I refer to data i mean data...ie if i press my green button on my nokia it accessed my last dialed calls (data) in 0.5secs (short time) if i pressed the same function on the X3 a lovely loading screen appeared and i had to wait about 7-10secs (long time), it was quicker to go into contacts and select the number manually!! The same goes for accessing text messages (data) picture messages (data) media messages (data)!! I stand by all my other comments, i didn't find the phone at all user friendly and i think that 02 are having the last laugh when you pay them extra money for accessories and downloads that come as standard on other phones. I guess i did chicken out but then O2 did only give me a 14 day cooling off period!!! I got out quick and looking at the other comments on here I'm glad i did.

  • Thanks John, that was very helpfull.

  • Amen to that lyn, someone had to say it! Louise: that N is a notification. Go into multimedia messages and option 5 should be notifications... It should use the mobile number, i don't know but i have multiple numbers for people and never had any problems. Yes it is OK for the memory card to be in there permanently... The card should work in a printing machine as long as it fits, with or without an adapter, as long as the printing machine supports folders as pictures are stored in a folder called pictures... Hope this helps...

  • Finally go my phone delivered yesterday and my first immpression is that i LOVE it. Hopefully (touch wood) i wont have any problems. I was wondering if someone could just help me out on a few things (please forgive me if it has been asked before) I have an icon on my screen next to the signal sign, its box with a blue letter N in it. Cant find out what this means from the handbook. When texting and selecting a name from my contacts, does it automatically take the mobile of the person that i have selected. Because some people i have more then 1 number (home and work etc). Is it ok for the memory card to be in the phone permently? Can i take the memory card stright to one of those photo printing machines?? Many thanks for your help Louise

  • nick, why do you feel the need to argue every time somebody's opinion doesnt match yours? im sorry but i dont agree with a lot of the comments you have made on this site, it is for people to review the x3 according to them- if somebody doesnt like an aspect of the phone, what gives you the right to take the piss/tell them they are wrong simply because you dont agree? somebody wanting to buy this phone needs unbiased reviews from all sides, and every time somebody points out a bad aspect of this phone, you immediately jump down their throats and even become abusive towards them. respect other peoples opinions as they do yours, and ignore the people who continually use 'txt speak'- so what??!!. i presume you will now continue to attack me by quoting something i have misspelled or my earlier post which i amended to a fuller review. i also stand by my opinions and will not be bullied by you just because i dont think this phone is the greatest in the world-people need to know that some aspects are dodgy and not everything is included in the package, particularly regarding the mp3 and lack of sending through infra red. i hope you have immense fun when you quote this and rip it apart-as long as you are happy. yours, lyn.

  • this phone is gr8.the camera isnt very good at first. ive had this phone since it first came out.i recently took it in for repair because it would not let me sen mms txts, to my amazement hen i got my phone back it had whole new software on it.the camera does not blur or trail when set to indoor and it is much clearer.another thing i noticed that has changed is that when i 1st had my mobile it could only record (voice) for 15 seconds, now i can record for as much memory that my card can hold.i bought a 512mb mini sd card with adapter on ebay for �43 i can take 28508 photos with 32 mp3's and 5 3to4 min video's. with 388mb left.this phone is gr8.try sending it back to get the new updated software you wont be dissapointed im not.

  • Mine won't change ringtone no matter wot I do, can sumone help?!?

  • hi i have a problem with my fone. my brother tried to send me a ringtone usind infa-red. wen he was sending it my fone automatically switched off! and it wont turn back on now!!! if i put it on charge then the screen comes up with the battery on it but i just cant turn it on EXTREMLEY FRUSTRATING!!!!:(:(:(

  • "lovely looking, great screen, camera bit dodgy you cant move at all whilst taking it or it blurs..infrared doesnt work at all and the mp3 is a rip off cos you have to buy seperate things to make it work. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW/WHERE TO UNLOCK IT PLEASE??!!!" Infrared DOES work! It just recieves! Mp3 is not a rip off... can you imagine sending a 5 meg mp3 file down a cable / over the infrared at a max of 115000kbps?? It would take y e a r s!!! and NO! I don't know how to unlock it!

  • Step 1: get a SDcard reader and miniSD adapter for your PC Step 2: put mp3 files into music folder on miniSD card Step 3: put card back in phone Simple as that...

  • Chands, how did u put Mp3s on your phone? Pl;ease tell me the steps u took? =D thx

  • Heya i got my phone around a month ago and i have no problem putting on mp3s but whenever i put on a video to my phone it doesnt actually apear on it... can sum1 plse help me by telling me how to put videos on it?

  • i think i should write a better review with better grammar! well, ive had it 2 days now, and i fell in love with it-i am averaging a phone a month (oh dear) and this is the first flipphone ive had, i never really liked them before, mostly because a lot of the ones on the market are bricks, but at first glance this ones TINY-and looks wise its probably the nicest phone on the market. i am disappointed, however that the mp3 player needs a seperate card reader to work, as all the mp3 phones i have had in the past just simply work vis infrared, which leads me on to another point-i know i cant send via ir (another thing which i am annoyed about because i print my pics that way) but i cant recieve either-please could somebody explain how to do this-with my k500i i just enabled the ir then sent from my computer, however this doesnt work on the x3. the screen clarity is brilliant, but the camera is very shaky and whitesout a lot. i also need to unlock this but nobody has any info so ill love you foverver if you could help!!. all in all a gorgeous phone with great features but a cack overpriced network on payg, and the ir and mp3 thing should be explained before you buy. BY THE WAY, YOU CAN NOW GET (WELL LAST WEEK YOU COULD) THIS PHONE PAYG IN ARGOS (EX CATALOGUE) FOR �99 WHICH IS WHAT I PAID-bargain!!!!!

  • lovely looking, great screen, camera bit dodgy you cant move at all whilst taking it or it blurs..infrared doesnt work at all and the mp3 is a rip off cos you have to buy seperate things to make it work. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW/WHERE TO UNLOCK IT PLEASE??!!!

  • it was 10 pound on an upgrade by the way. nothing dodgy

  • i think what some people need to remember is that if you were shopping around for a phone with the same features and specification as the x3, wanting to spend the same amount of money you would be sadly dissapointed cus you wouldnt fine one. the phone matches most of the features that would be found in much more expensive phones and is not really far off being as good (considering the price) i on the other hand am not really to bothered because i got mine for just �10.00 bargain best tenner iv ever spent really.

  • Hey Nick(1st), hang in there common sense will prevail�! For the anonymous previous poster, did you read the posting rules? - Be polite and use common sense - English only - No ALL CAPS, they are considered impolite - No trolling - deliberately antagonizing other brand/model users will get you banned For MP3 files you need a SD card reader with an mini-card adaptor that comes with most/all mini cards. �50 gets you a 512mb minicard with adaptor and a SD/universal card reader. "- Read before you post. Search before you post. There is a big chance that your question is already answered." Ooops! All the best, Nick (2).

  • I cant seem to put Mp3files on my phone Im not too much of a computer/phone wiz! I put the cables in, and it is fully connected with my PC. I have the music file. Where do i go from there? Cheers Matt :)

  • Hi matt... "i've had my x3 for about a week now and first impressions were not good. i was very close, on day 2, to sending it back. the menus were confusing, camera poor quality, ringtones rubbish. i can't tell you how glad i am to have stuck with it. a little bit of time split between the manual and practice has opened up an amazing phone. mp3 player is my favourite feature along with miniSD. i love the phone now, and realise that in the right hands it can outperform any phone @ this price. to all the people slagging it off 'a poor workman always blames his tools' nuff said " Good to see you have the patience... nick (1)

  • Hi again everyone :) Maybe I wont go... i miss the place :D For "Becki" "lol luks like i aint da only person wit probz" Of which 90% are minor... "av ad da o2 x3 since bowt oct since it 1st came out n at 1st i was bit iffy since iv ad da 1st n 2nd o2 fone n non ov em av lasted me longr than 3months was quite happy dat it lasted over xmas" erm... wtf...? Can't understand a word of that!!!!!!! "bt nw im struggling to do anything with the inbuilt mp3 player" Get a memory card reader!!!! "and my camera was smashed bt a mate hu droppd it on the floor" ???? "im disappointed with the minimum ov 15secs for recording ringtones" minimum of 15 seconds for ringtone recording?? "and as for video quality ova a long period ov time" Rright... Video quality is top notch, but you wouldn't know... you're camera is smashed... "i was speechless this phone is absolute shyt" Whatever you say... You can't even speak english for feck sake... "it will be the final time i buy a 02 phone or wot eva u wna call em" I call them o2 phones manufactured by BenQ... Simple as that! "xxx lv bex" after such a shitty post?? This example is exactly what I mean by really crappy posts!!! By the way Nick (2)... Welcome to the party :D

  • Think the moral of the story is don�t throw your phone around! And with a full qwerty keyboard in front of you, don�t write in �txt spk� if you want to be easily understood and read by everyone. As a side, related note, a friend of mine brokers online sponsorships and receives many online applications in txt gibberish each year from eager hopefuls. Without exception each and every goes in the trash, without needing to consider any other factors. It's still a good phone. If you get a faulty one get it replaced/repaired. If you suspect a faulty batch change dealer or handset. L8a ;-) Nick (the other one).

  • lol luks like i aint da only person wit probz av ad da o2 x3 since bowt oct since it 1st came out n at 1st i was bit iffy since iv ad da 1st n 2nd o2 fone n non ov em av lasted me longr than 3months was quite happy dat it lasted over xmas bt nw im struggling to do anything with the inbuilt mp3 player and my camera was smashed bt a mate hu droppd it on the floor im disappointed with the minimum ov 15secs for recording ringtones and as for video quality ova a long period ov time i was speechless this phone is absolute shyt it will be the final time i buy a 02 phone or wot eva u wna call em xxx lv bex

  • i've had my x3 for about a week now and first impressions were not good. i was very close, on day 2, to sending it back. the menus were confusing, camera poor quality, ringtones rubbish. i can't tell you how glad i am to have stuck with it. a little bit of time split between the manual and practice has opened up an amazing phone. mp3 player is my favourite feature along with miniSD. i love the phone now, and realise that in the right hands it can outperform any phone @ this price. to all the people slagging it off 'a poor workman always blames his tools' nuff said

  • bomber, good point :D Last Post here, as I do waste my time on here :) "today 20/2/2005 had to take handset back because the thing keeps switching off whilst using wap browser." .... "this has never happend b4 im now on handset number 3 and already the problems have started." If you really aren;t happy, get a different handset? "error file size to large for available mem." Thats when you try to download something bigger than the size limit of 256kb the phone has... get over it... "even tho im using brand new 256mb mem card." Doesn't even come into the equation... "tried switching to phone mem but still wont download eanything apart from polyphonic ringtones." See above! "after 5 mins into video clip the thing crashes settings for short + long clip dissapeared." Hmm... never happenned to me or anybidy else for that matter... "after 5 games are installed they all need to be installed again." No they don't! "your ringtones reset once you remove mem card." Nope... "and the 1.3mp camera has a faint red circle on all the pic you take.(look in the middle of the screen b4 taking pic you will c it)" Hmm.... I have never seen a red circle on ANY of the pictures I capture... "sometimes the images are green and totaly crap." When you try to boost the light settings! "this phone really sucks" So does life... get over it "the only thing its got going for it is loud speaker 2w and the video quality mp4 3gp." The only thing.... God theres no end to this! The only thing going for it is that its a nippy, reliable, small, cheap(ish), mp3 video phone on the markey!!! "if i hadnt forked out �100 for mem card + card reader/writer id have got diffrent handset" get a refund on your flippin reader then! "if your thinking of buying this handset wouldnt bother shop around for similar 1.3mp camera phone" Heres an alteration of that previous sentence... "If you're thinking of buying this handset DONT bother listening to the muppet who has a faulty handset!!!! Look around for another 1.3mp camera phone which are bigger, more expensive, and too bulky..."

  • today 20/2/2005 had to take handset back because the thing keeps switching off whilst using wap browser.this has never happend b4 im now on handset number 3 and already the problems have started.error file size to large for available mem.even tho im using brand new 256mb mem card. tried switching to phone mem but still wont download eanything apart from polyphonic ringtones.after 5 mins into video clip the thing crashes settings for short + long clip dissapeared. after 5 games are installed they all need to be installed again. your ringtones reset once you remove mem card.and the 1.3mp camera has a faint red circle on all the pic you take.(look in the middle of the screen b4 taking pic you will c it) sometimes the images are green and totaly crap.this phone really sucks the only thing its got going for it is loud speaker 2w and the video quality mp4 3gp. if i hadnt forked out �100 for mem card + card reader/writer id have got diffrent handset if your thinking of buying this handset wouldnt bother shop around for similar 1.3mp camera phone

  • iv cracked the games for o2 x3 just download jad generator from here then create your own .jad files for the games in jar format its quality i have got 65 games to choose from now downloaded them from enjoy please remember to put both files .jar and .jad into java folder on mem card to do this you will need media reader/writer obtain from toys rus �9.99 18-1 visoneer

  • I think i may have tempted fate back there when i got it and said it was a good phone i'll never touch wood again! :-(

  • I pity anyone who was unfortunate enough to buy this phone. I got mine in september and its took me this long to get 02 to admit the thing had a problem it keeps deleting my games, credit and turns itself on and off. And thats only the start of my complaints with this phone. I'm getting rid of mine.

  • good phone,nice size,reminds of my v50 days,wish it had a service light though,something to tell you have a text instead of openng it etc every time,also i bought mine used but came with data cable but without software,does anybody know where i can get it as i cant do a thing pc wise with it at the moment.i have emailed o2 aso i will see what they have to say,lol,cheers

  • ur not on ur own james my pone 02x3 allways ramdonaly turns off aswell i no irratating!!the first pone they give me i got on christmas day the screan was broke got a new 1 n naw carnt send pics 2 another pone n inferred wont evan cum on also can only record 4 15 seconds!!n for the price i wish i wud have got a diff pone ow yes just got a message n it wunt stop vibrating till i turned it off..y?

  • 02x3 int as good as it sounds tats all i can say

  • i've had the x3 since december and i love it, but you can't send and sometimes you can't even recieve through infrared/irda. the picture and video quality is brilliant. it,s a bugger that you need to buy a memery sd card reader to download mp3's off the pc.it has good ringtones (but can only can record tones 4 15 seconds) and screensavers etc.

  • Well... a couple of weeks ago i took my X3 back to the O2 shop and complained at the fact that it would just randomly turn off... they sent it off to be repaired, and i got it back about a week and a half later... they didn't tell me what was wrong with it, only that they'd fixed it. All they had done was updated the software on it. Well anyways, it has been fine for about a week, but now its started turning off again! Its really quite irritating since it only seems to do it when i begin to use the phone, like when i send a text, or attempt to make a phonecall, although sometimes i'll just take the phone out of my pocket and it will be off, i'll turn it on, and look at it later and it'll be off again! - really irritating... anyways, all i want really is any suggestions as to what i can do (without sending it back to O2) to stop this! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

  • This is my second X3 now ,the 1st one was robbed from my house!! I`ve never been let down by this phone, the signal sometimes drops pretty low , which never happened on orange , so i guess its an O2 thing. The still camera is not as good as i hoped it would be , which i think we can all agree on ,the video is spot on as is the mp3 player (with headphones on its superb) i have a 512mb card in mine which allows me to put loads & loads of stuff on it,including full length films, no prob! i`m not a super fast texter but i really like the iTAP system that this fone uses. The nav buttons definitly do "mark" the screen,as this happened with my last one,so i bought a body glove for it off ebay (�4)and left all the original screen cellophane on, needless to say the phone is still mint. All in all a good phone, not perfect but what is? My mate has a �350 sony erik with 1.3mp camera which is double the size of mine, me , i like to keep my mobile mobile. One last thing ...NICK... why you persist in answering the same questions time after time for people who can`t be bothered to read back is beyond me. I`ll answer any Q`s i can but if they`ve been already answered.....no way. Do you think maybe some are having a laugh?

  • love the phone its great latest design with the best features you cannot get better than this

  • Hi Chris... The phone can take MP4 and 3GP videos... Nick

  • "how do i put video`s on me phone ... i got mini s.d card but i not sure where 2 put it and what files are used thx ,...." You need a card reader/writer which you would use to transfer your video files from your PC to the mini SD card. These files must be in .3gp or .mpg4 format, (I'm not sure about other types) and they must go in the Video folder on the mini SD card.

  • [quote]Person who said Video is gay... Its not... Why don't you try altering the sizes????[quote] i will try that. what fromats can the video take? am guesing it cant take mpeg?

  • [quote]What do you mean "the video is gay" [quote] the screen after recording a video is all fussy, and if u move the phone to quick it has to catch up which makes it fussy. i only tryed a few time to record stuff so maybe its just my recording skills haha. i have no problems with the phone at all apart from that. chris

  • how do i put video`s on me phone ... i got mini s.d card but i not sure where 2 put it and what files are used thx ,....

  • Does anyone know when the phone is coming out in Australia? And where can i buy it sim free and cheap over the internet????

  • see if you have a mini sd adapter, the card reader and the lead that came with the card reader does that mean i don't need the usb cable that comes along with the phone. if i need the usb cable where can i get one ? also does this phone support mp3 ringtones ?

  • posted by Michael: "Video types supported: .3gp & .mpg4" thanks for that.

  • kk thx im sendin mine back!! lol

  • no none of my vids have ever froze whilst watching them!!!!!

  • does anyone`s video`s freeze when ure watchin them NOT WHEN URE RECORDING!! or is my phone faulty

  • louise, yes the x3 has a calender. it has the main calender in the tools section on the menu for seting reminders etc like on most phones but there is also a calender function on the external screen display to veiw when the phone is shut.

  • sorry got last quote rong .. when i am recoreing ( video ) my camra is ok all seams normal but wen i watch it agen it freezes can some one tell me why this is thank u ?? thanks alot email [email protected] with anser ;)

  • when i am recoreing ( video ) my camra freezes wen i watch it again can some 1 tell me y this is ?? thanks alot email [email protected] with anser ;)

  • Does the x3 has a calender?

  • Video types supported: .3gp & .mpg4

  • wat is the price in malaysia??

  • are there any fm radio headsets for the o2 x range as there are headsets for motorola, sony ericsson and others.

  • does this support .3gp files ?

  • also what video types does this phone play e.g. rm, mpg, avi etc ?

  • Hey, the video on X3 is just great, rock solid image no breaking-up or shuttering, excellent color. I'm referring to a quality dvd rip of Friends then converted to .3gp, downside, large file but I manage to fit it on my 256mb SD card and still have some mp3s there also. Absolutely brilliant!!!

  • hey nick can you tell me where you can get the cable thing that you can use without an adapter to transfer mp3s on to the o2 x3 also can you get videos like sweety the chick and aicha video clips on to this phone ?

  • Louise, its all part of liking the phone!! Hmm nathan... Seems EXACTLY the same story as one other person has posted already... o2 have no control over the camera quality and certainly won't repair your problems then cock up your camera...! Thats just stupid!! Strange how you have to resort to scamming the insurance company when you could just take the phone back?? Person who said Video is gay... Its not... Why don't you try altering the sizes???? "shocking.. the worst phone i have ever owned, signal is absolutley dier, the screen gets scratched by the buttons, the menus are harder to use than any other phone.... i want my nokia back" Signal is brilliant... I have never had a no signal area, apart from on the London Underground... :) Screen gets scratched by buttons??? What the hell are you talking about? Menus hard to use??? HA HA... What are you a dunce or something? They are extremely easy to use! Nokia... phh... Well, if you like phones that look the same and have the same features since 2002 there you go... If you think the X3 is buggy, symbian sucks arse...!

  • shocking.. the worst phone i have ever owned, signal is absolutley dier, the screen gets scratched by the buttons, the menus are harder to use than any other phone.... i want my nokia back

  • What do you mean "the video is gay" the video on this phone probably the best feature along with the mp3. iv made some really good vids with excellent quality which is great cus there arent really any phones out there with sensible price that have a video function this good or even have it atall.

  • i have had this phone for a few months now. (4) and not had one problem with it. the cam is good, the video is gay but i dont use it so.... the mp3 player is ace, i use it everyday. i suggest useing a 128mb card as the 256mb one runs the battery down quick. al in all i like it alot.

  • well i got my x3 b4 xmas but it was fualty and kept turning itself off so i sent it back to o2 to get fixed then A MONTH later i got it back only to find they had fixed the origonal problem but somehow made my camera quality really poor and the headphones that i got with it no longer work they crackle and i keep havin to push them back i. dont get me wrong i think the phone is excellent but i have read loads of forums about it and there are loadsa ppl experiencing faulty phones so i dont rate ben q i think there crap and now i am thinking about "loosing" my phone and claiming on the insurance. I am sick of ringing o2 does anyone have any suggestions or have the same problem?

  • Thanks Nick and Nick. Glad someone has a nice thing to say about the phone. Only thing is i brought it from o2 online and it was �179.99!! Ripped off maybe?

  • woohoo, another nick! lol, I second exactly what Nick2 said... :)

  • I think youd be very hard pushed to find a better phone for �129. The only downside is the camera is poor but camera phones even the 3+MP high end ones are still overall v.poor quality compared to your average dedicated cam. Oh and you CAN NOT change the message tone, a minor quibble really. Mp3, mp3 ringtones, video, high quality screen, clam design - all excellent. Text has iTap which is OK but better off in my opinion. Nick.

  • I have ordered my o2x3 yesterday and i am awaiting delivery. as i am a impulse buyer i did not read this before and are concerned that there are still so many problems. I currently have the panasonic gd87 with great pic quility. Do anyone know the differenace in these phone quility? Also wondering how the text works, is it t9? All comments would be greatfully accepted. Louise

  • Well... looks like we have a faulty handset again, which somehow makes the entire X3 Range crap ??? WTF?? "I'll be blunt, the specifications sell this phone and it looks great." Exactly... "But when you get it you'll realise its rubbish!!" Compared to �300-�400 phones, yes, OK its not as good! But come on!!! "It takes a long long time to access your data" Erm... wtf are you on about??? "you have to buy additional accesories to enable you to transfer data between the fantastic 32mb memory card and your computer" Hmm... I sense a bit of sarcasm there... BenQ can't afford to supply you with a 512mb memory card! NO OTHER PHONE MANUFACTURER GIVES OUT MORE THAN 32MB!!!! "no bluetooth" Adds cost... "10 rubbish ringtones and no obvious way to change them" Erm, download new ones???? "Very difficult and slow message creating screen" Well, your the only one to have said that! "and an awful doorbell noise text alert which you can't change!!" Well thats the only part of the message I can agree with... "To sum up I have sent mine back to 02 returns." Well, you chickened out, and I bet you spend more to get a better named phone... But the mmajority of people who bought this phone was on a BUDGET who cannot afford to go out and buy more highly specified phones! for ��150, its a steal!

  • Not the easiest of phones to get to grips with, but the MP4 sample clip that came with the phone is awesome!! If only I had some MP4's on my desktop! (hhmmm!) The clamshell design looks sexy but the black top soon gets dirty and youll find yourself cleaning it down every time you use it. The sound quality is great making it ideal for listening to MP3's but no radio?!?! In summary if you want to stand out this phone is different enough to put you there, afterall if all you wanted was a phone you'd still carry a brick!

  • I'll be blunt, the specifications sell this phone and it looks great. But when you get it you'll realise its rubbish!! It takes a long long time to access your data, you have to buy additional accesories to enable you to transfer data between the fantastic 32mb memory card and your computer, no bluetooth, 10 rubbish ringtones and no obvious way to change them. Very difficult and slow message creating screen and an awful doorbell noise text alert which you can't change!! To sum up I have sent mine back to 02 returns.

  • "every other phone can send stuf via infra red !!! and u need settings 2 turn this on ... does any 1 have a site where i can put games on my phone thx ;) " NO!!! NOT EVERY PHONE CAN SEND VIA INFRARED AND THEY DO NOT NEED SETTINGS!!!! Person who was talking about not being able to send picture messages, I think that is a SIM card problem, as I am still able to send Pictures and am using my original sim card which I have had for 2+ years...

  • i dpnt like the picture quality at all. i like the messaging and the mini sd card the way it is. i like the style of it but i dont like the name of it.

  • turn off camera click then when your taking a photo make sure its on indoors mode unless your outside.hold the phone still for few seconds after you take pic then you will master it.iv taken some quality pics with it maybe not 1.3 mega pixel quality but sure beets the pants off sharp gx30

  • wellll worst phone i ever had after dozen phone calls to so called customer care still cant send pics .think it very hard work to use and the handbook is a laugh.anybody any advice on fixing the photo thing ? cheers diver

  • well how do i convert the video tones then so that they they do work once tranfered onto my mini sd card n e answers????

  • if you want lots 3gp truetones mp3 tones and wallpapers and animated gifs join acegames forum its free im a member username is jason2005

  • if you download both .jar and .jad files available from midlet.org then write to your mem card (with the reader/writer) put both files .jar and .jad into the folder (java) on mem card if there isnt one email me ill send you all the folders + 2 games off my mem card this way it definatly work. the ames are breakout and pend (a 3d game like doom)

  • every other phone can send stuf via infra red !!! and u need settings 2 turn this on ... does any 1 have a site where i can put games on my phone thx ;)

  • Adam, you need to convert it first!!! "im not sure how 2 send ppl infra red stuf from the phone and where the setting are for infran red can sum 1 email me the ansers plzzz cas im really having trouble : email : [email protected] :i wil b really plzed thx" This has been covered countless number of times... YOU CANNOT SEND VIA INFRARED!!!!! And settings for infra red? Wtf are you on about?????

  • hi, ive just bought an o2 x3 and ive got the crazy frog video and when i send it 2 my sd card anmd put it in the video folder no files come onto my phone, i herd summot about u need 2 rip it can somebody help me email me please!!! thanx adam!

  • Jason, thanks for the link to that games site. I've put loads of the games on my mem card and it looks as if it's all going to work....but then it says "failed" each time i press install! The games look compatible with my phone, so any suggestions?! cheers!

  • im not sure how 2 send ppl infra red stuf from the phone and where the setting are for infran red can sum 1 email me the ansers plzzz cas im really having trouble : email : [email protected] :i wil b really plzed thx

  • Thanks ste, that's it, nothing intresting in my WAP notices just pr0n and truetones :s

  • John to access your web alerts simply press the o2 button to access wap then scroll up to the very top above "whats new" this wiil highlight the little logo next to the words o2 active then select this and a small menu will pop up, scroll down to number 5.alert inbox and select. hope this has been of some help

  • if the link below dont work because popup stopper heres direct link to games copy and paste into web browser

  • ok finally found free games go to and select game download both jar and jad file. now copy both files into mem card java folder put mem card in phone go into games select the game you just installed on mem card now select options then install game installs you can now play downloaded games. games iv tested mdoom and gold miner post here games that work on your o2 x3 thanks

  • convert all your mp3 with nokia multimedia convertor 2.0 to amr format 50 full version mp3 in amr format on 32mb mini sd mem card have fun.the crazy frog ringtone can also be converted from wav,midi,mp3 to amr and will definatly play on o2 x3. join up to this site for free thousands wallpapers games wallpapers 3gp and mp4 clips also get 50 mb free hosting. if eanyone wants 2 games breakout and 3d game like doom (pend) email me . install on your mem card also i have 1000 full version true tones and 20,000 polyphonic ringtones for exchange.if you also want crazy frog clip i got it email send no problems

  • Again, forgot to ask me question :D I keep getting "WAP alert recieved" but I dont know where these alerts are going, anyone have any ideas? /me is being stupid

  • PS thanks for the info :) To get mp3's and movies onto you phone you need a minisd reader, this has been discussed in a number of threads and found it rather annoying considering they supplied a usb cable and software was very suprised it couldnt directly copy mp3's through that, but hey 8.99 for a reader so all's not lost.

  • Anything that has a V followed by some numbers I am no longer intrested in!!

  • Gary, search a few pages back, its all there...

  • i got my phone off a friend and there was no handbook to it so i don't know how to put mp3's onto my phone can somebody please help

  • Hi Simon, thanks for your interest :D Will quote your message in parts... "Hi everyone, ive been reading comments on this o2x3 thread since sept (when i bought my o2x3) and just wanted to say hi and thanks for all the updates with whats going on. My phone grew faults after about a month of using it, but i wasnt going to send it off to get fixed until there was a steady firmware release that those problems i experienced were fixed.... less hassle the better was my thinking. the problems i had were: 1) after a month i couldnt send an MMS from the handset though i could receive one." I think that is a problem with the SIM cards given with the handsets, as I am using my original online sim and its working fine, and i've had it since xmas... "2) i could only receive 160 characters maximum from anyone who sent a text to me on this handset. The middle part of the message would be deleted :/" Thats a problem I have, but I dont usually receive long texts so its not really a problem for me. "are these well and truly fixed now?" o2 can sort out many problems, if you write them down on a bit of paper when you send off your handset... take proof of purchase with your phone to an o2 shop and they will send it off "many thanks if anyone can elaborate on this" no problem :D" John, with regards to your post: "Phone is fine, so much better than my v600, if you want to see slow software try that - this fly's compaired." Software wise its about the same speed as the T610, which I had previous, so i'm happy :) "Camera I wasn't overly impressed with, suprised really because everyone else gets a phone and it appears sharper and works better in dark, then again my v600 was exactly the same oh well." As I said I upgraded from a T610... the camera rocks in this :) "My only real grumble so far is the power supply, wheover invented it needs to be show what a uk socket looks like and then have it jammed up his bum for designing something thats wider than a normal plug socket! Have to unplug something to get the damn thing in. Otherwise I'm happy" I stick it on the far end of a 4 way extension socket... :) "Question: What's the biggest MiniSD this will take?" 512mb I presume... "Btw talking about MiniSD readers, I bought a standard minisd reader for �8.99 no combo units or adaptor required if anyone is intrested i will dig out the info on it." Nice Info :)

  • Hi everyone, ive been reading comments on this o2x3 thread since sept (when i bought my o2x3) and just wanted to say hi and thanks for all the updates with whats going on. My phone grew faults after about a month of using it, but i wasnt going to send it off to get fixed until there was a steady firmware release that those problems i experienced were fixed.... less hassle the better was my thinking. the problems i had were: 1) after a month i couldnt send an MMS from the handset though i could receive one. 2) i could only receive 160 characters maximum from anyone who sent a text to me on this handset. The middle part of the message would be deleted :/ are these well and truly fixed now? many thanks if anyone can elaborate on this

  • I have 256mb and it seems OK with that, although it should go up to whatever the maximum miniSD available is (512mb i think). Has anyone else got trouble charging this phone? when it arrived I charged it for 12 hours and it lasted a week, i charged it for 10 hours and it lasted a day, now I have to leave it on charge over night every night?!

  • Phone is fine, so much better than my v600, if you want to see slow software try that - this fly's compaired. Camera I wasn't overly impressed with, suprised really because everyone else gets a phone and it appears sharper and works better in dark, then again my v600 was exactly the same oh well. My only real grumble so far is the power supply, wheover invented it needs to be show what a uk socket looks like and then have it jammed up his bum for designing something thats wider than a normal plug socket! Have to unplug something to get the damn thing in. Otherwise I'm happy Question: What's the biggest MiniSD this will take? Btw talking about MiniSD readers, I bought a standard minisd reader for �8.99 no combo units or adaptor required if anyone is intrested i will dig out the info on it.

  • Stefanie, shows how much you read!!! Look at the post before you posted your IR query!!

  • hi can anybody tell me how to send something through the infra red on the x3 i no how to recieve them but dont no how to send them can u email me how to do it please thanks xx

  • I can understand what you lot are saying, but you must be patient with the phone, and please type properly! Email me if you want the Crazy Frog, as i have it as a mp3 file. The camera quality shouldn't be bad, and the headphones, I suspect broke through a fault of your own as none of the headphones are faulty. You must have a seriously fucked handset, as no-one on here has had problems like that... Andy, re: infrared "don't work" it does. As with most phones, they don't contain the IR module that send's stuff, so its not "broken" because it can't send! Nathan, from this post, I can see why you chose "nathanismental" as your AOL name... :D "hey all i had my o2 x3 for a while now and i think it is *absoloutly* shit since iv*E* had it it kept turning itself off so i sent it off*.* *A*fter *finnaly* *gettinhg* it *bak* o2 fixed the problem but now my *camera's quality is shit and it keeps crashing *also my *headfones* that came with it are also broke through no fault of my own and so i cant listen to mp3's through them *n* to be honest i cant be botherd sending it *bak* but if i do *iam* going to go mad with them its not fair its obviously faulty why cant they jus replace it." So, the number of recent purchasers of the phone all think its "obviously faulty"? No, didn't think so...

  • I have the o2 x3 and believe me its not that great the infrared doesnt work , people can send you stuff BUT u cant send them stuff. PLUS it freezes alot, ringtones r not bad quality but they are nothing great, apart from all of that its ok.

  • i really like the video quality the camera not as bad as everyone makes out. a small child could work the phone as the menu layout is so simple.the thing is tiny compaired with other handsets of similar quality.and the price well thats just spot on i paid �199.99 for nokia 6230 and i was so dissapointed with it i took it back got o2 x3

  • use psm player to convert crazy frog to format of your choice crazy and ninja frog both work fine on my o2 x3

  • took phone back yesterday got another o2 x3 second phone iv had in two days. well got home put it on charge after an hour the outer display crashed loads vertical lines all diffrent colours. o2 were extremley helpful not only did they give me mini sd adapter they gave me 32 mb card from old phone so i now have 2x 32mb and 1x 64mb i forgot to mention the card reader/writer i bought from toy's a rus �9.99 18 in 1 visioneer. credit card size and does all cards except mini sd. adapter available at the o2 shop �5.99p

  • ad it for a year no problems wid iti

  • I found the handset looked gorgeous, and the pictures were great, but was put off by the fact that the software was slow and poorly thought out. That I couldn't programme the buttons in anyway. That it took so many buttons just to make a call from the contacts list or even text. That the Itap text was horrbile. The inside looks no where near as good as the outside........ otherwise a great phone, lol. Sent mine back. Hoping to get a samsung D500 instead any suggestions ?

  • hey all i had my o2 x3 for a while now and i think it is absoloutly shit since iv had it it kept turning itself off so i sent it off after finnaly gettinhg it bak o2 fixed the problem but now my camera's quality is shit and it keeps crashing also my headfones that came with it are also broke through no fault of my own and so i cant listen to mp3's through them n to be honest i cant be botherd sending it bak but if i do iam going to go mad with them its not fair its obviously faulty why cant they jus replace it.

  • Ripping is the process of extracting something (in this case the audio) from something else (the video). follow the instructions from here or do a google search for "rip audio from mpeg"

  • John, Thats great, but could you talk english (rip)??!! Sorry to be phone phobic! but could you explain step by step Ive only had the phone a day!

  • Kelly - to be honest I don'y really know the 'proper' way to get the crazy frog on your fone, but what I would do is download the video from the website, rip the audio and stick it on your memory card (not sure how legal that is but hey, the video is a free download...) you could also convert the video into .3gp format and have that on your fone as well

  • Hi, I have just got my new x3, I want to get the crazy frog ring tone. How and where do I get it, does anyone know, as Jamster dont reconise phone? Thanks

  • i bought o2 x3 yesterday 07/02/2005 �179.99 from o2 shop. + san disk 64mb mem card + adapter (from argos �19.99) i got charged for the game i downloaded (worms �2.50) after being told in shop and by o2 customer care that i wouldnt get charged lieing bastards eanyway i tried to play game phone seriously fucks up got to remove the battery switch back on. so i contacted o2 cunts cost me �3-4 pound a call only to be told my handsets faulty take it back for a replacment fuck the things less than 1 day old seriously if you want decant cheap phone buy nokia 7600 or nokia 7610 my nokia 7600 isnt that far behind the o2 x3 iv had nokia 7600 for nearly a year (on 3 pay) unlocked myself and never had problem with it. if you want free wallpapers thousands of them visit

  • mini sd card adapter + 64 mb sd mem card �19.99 from argos

  • Hi All, I've been looking for a good case for my X3 for a while now with no luck so far, any ideas??? Cheers

  • nick,nick,nick which in your opinion,,is the best type of screen " since cant find any info" 65k high resolution tft colour display OR 65k bright active matrix tft colour display.thank you

  • to nick can we use the phone on charge,this is one of those questions that people ask about every phone .the last one ihad was nickel metal hydride this is lithium ion+why do they not put the better lithium polymer in these phones that use obviously a bigger current drain.my x3 is ok touch wood but iuse it a lot & it would be better whilst near a mains supply to use that cheers

  • "mmo2 have signed up benq to build there x4.info from cellular news .com" Old news. The X series was built by BenQ, and the x4 has already been released. Keep up!

  • mmo2 have signed up benq to build there x4.info from cellular news .com

  • Allan, its up to you. O2 have updated the software on the x3's and all are rolling out with 1.22 over 1.08. I am still running the latter and have no problems.

  • hi nick you wrote earlier that people do not have problems now actually.does this mean i can go out & buy a proper working handset now.i still want one but after taking two back last year id given uo.thank you

  • Craig - Yes it will, that is what I have and it is amzing for the price, nothing really fancy but it does an excellent job...

  • choices indeed ! I think that may do the trick, but from ebuyer, I managed to get an internal card reader that does SD/MMC/CF/SM/MS/XD/SMC for �3.99... Nick

  • oops, meant to put this link in

  • Thanks a lot. I thought it was kind of bizarre that it would do pictures but not video. Nevermind. You can transfer video if you save it to the phone memory but you obviously can't make higher res movies this way. One more question: This claims to act as a card reader as well as mp3 player.. will it do the trick you reckon? Or I might just get a larger SD card that comes with an adapter and use the phone's mp3 player. Choices!

  • Craig, its the same old x3 story. sadly. you have to get a card reader to be able to get the videos off of the phone. you can't (for some reason) use the software provided to do this, and it would be amazingly slow, as CIF quality MP4 movies take ages to download over the serial cable. I recommend ebuyer if you want to get a new card also, but if you want to get an adaptor on its own, look around, mate.

  • Nick, can you help me out with this: I have taken a video in .cif format, which is the extended high quality format. It has saved on the Mini SD card and plays correctly on the phone. The problem is that the Handset Manager software can't 'see it' when I connect the phone up to my computer. Images work and transfer to computer fine, but all videos including different format videos do not appear. Any ideas? Thanks a lot for any help

  • Scott, for what its worth , I would recommend getting a new card from ebuyer and you get a free adaptor. I managed to get a card + adaptor + reader fro �18-�20. So far I have 76 songs in my playlist, plus enough space for 170 megapixel shots @ 200kb...

  • ive got an X3 and i just wanted to no where u can buy a miniSD adapter frm i tried all O2 shops on oxford street and none of them have it

  • i recommend www.mobymemory.com for memory cards, they have a large selection of mini-sd cards and others, along with card readers too for all sizes but i think they only sell in the UK

  • cheers ill give it a try

  • ste, wouldn't know mate, you could alwyas try... it worked for a firned of mine...

  • had my phone back being sent off by o2 just over a week now and already its started turning itself off when it feels like it. nick any idea if the battery theory of yours could possibly help thanks

  • Had Phone 4 days now and thanks to readin your comments i found it easy to use and a very good phone. BUT I must have 300 games mainly nokia but dont seem to be able to get them workin have copyied to my java folder then installed on phone but they keep comin up application error anybody tell me which are compatible

  • latest software version (from email by an o2 techy) is E05-1.22.01, I asked if they were in the process of updating it and was told to contact the sales team?!

  • Stephen, actually, most people dont have problems now... :D "nick, hi, man...do u no where can i get(download) new firmware? " I'm still looking mate, but I think you have to send off your phone...

  • Just thought Id say hello to all the orginal posters of this forum - I see some of you are still having probs with the phone and they still havent sorted most of them out!!

  • Actually, if you go to www.mymemory.co.uk you can find miniSD cards a bit cheaper... They've also got a mp3 player that takes SD cards for under 20 quid! I highly recommend it

  • secure digital cheapest place in the world is photo-scotland.co.uk

  • try here

  • go to www.uk927.com/o2-x4.htm then look to your left and there is alist,press on o2 and alist of o2 fones comes up and there is the picky of the x4.ive tried it twice this time and the picky is there and yes somehow that picture does not load now,sorry brynn

  • nick, hi, man...do u no where can i get(download) new firmware?

  • Hmm... had a look at "http://www.uk927.com/o2-x4.htm" but its oh-so convenient that the image wont load? lol O2 3G will not be PAYG until next year, and the 3G signal will cover around 23% of the UK. Worth it? I don't think so myself. other than that it sounds exactly the same as the x3...?

  • lol... no problem. Rik, you can't...

  • @nick sorry for goin a little crazy too.

  • @nick "Unknown, I will take a chill pill, but you'll be suprised. �130 makes an entire new phone, and the x3 ain't �200... its �150! �130 doesnt only pay for a radio and symbian, which incidentaly not every nokia uses, plus nokia's are exceptionally crap. Symbian is a much overrated OS, and so it does crash, and when it does, a lot worse than the x3 and other phones. Do your research before you post... And, yes, I would pay the extra to get a better phone, but, unlike most people, I can't afford to just walk out and buy over �300 quids worth of kit!" ok i know like some people wouldn't want to spend too much money on phones but just that i like realone player and stuff on symbian so i can compress 80mb to 8mb and 700mb to 90mb in .rm format but i get what your saying since it is an os but i just like the features of os.

  • The O2 X3 is good, the colours are mint n the graphics are ace. But can someone please tell me how to send pictures and stuff via infrared thank you

  • GO TO www.uk927.com/o2-x4.htm for a look at the o2x4 and yes its 3g 176x220 260k screen.if the link fails simply go to www.uk927.com and you will get toit plus a list of nokias coming out

  • yo ,Nick got the converter and sorted the five minute limit, used sid`s link for demo version (you can guess the rest) did Collateral in 340mb plays MINT. have IR-ed vids from nokias but obviously not of this Size or Quality... that memory card slot sure comes in handy.....films,vids,mp3`s & pix AND a phone "hey the cam......AND?" ...get one soon ( with a big card though)

  • Alis, there isn't one at present... lol You could try the o2 site...

  • hi there i'm getting my new 02x3 phone delivered tomorow and would like to learn how to use it before hand. Please can someone send me a link to a demo site? thanks Alis

  • "For MP3 info READ BACK...." Thanks Can anyone tell me what the image attributes need to be for me to get the image on as wallpaper,(nabbed 1 of net but can`t use it)...comes up as yellow square with red cross on it???? i`m guessing i`m going wrong somewhere,tried comparing settings to an image that works, but can`t see the difference,(using photoshop)" Too high wuality mode in photoshop, turn it down a bit... Can this phone SEND infared? " yes or no" No Can anyone recommend a good FREE .AVI to .3GP converter prog? Xilisoft, not allowed to say here how to get it for free... the ones i`ve tried only allow five mins of converted film? THANKS in ADVANCE LOVE the phone,but with 512mb MEM card(can get all my rubbish on and the rest) " :D

  • a simple way of converting to 3gp is to get the Nokia media player of the Nokia website, open up your video file and click File -> Save as...

  • Search opinions "3gp" for sid`s link. Hoetooexthreelover, thats a cool name !!but you really need to read before you ask. amgone

  • took my own advice to read back about IR thanks peps still need others answering SID NICK ,from woolybully AKA hoetooexthreelover

  • For MP3 info READ BACK....Can anyone tell me what the image attributes need to be for me to get the image on as wallpaper,(nabbed 1 of net but can`t use it)...comes up as yellow square with red cross on it???? i`m guessing i`m going wrong somewhere,tried comparing settings to an image that works, but can`t see the difference,(using photoshop) Can this phone SEND infared? " yes or no" Can anyone recommend a good FREE .AVI to .3GP converter prog? the ones i`ve tried only allow five mins of converted film? THANKS in ADVANCE LOVE the phone,but with 512mb MEM card(can get all my rubbish on and the rest)

  • just got my x3 ,wired it up too the pc and having no joy downloading tunes. help pleeeeeeeeeeeze

  • i have jus bought the new o2 x3 and its just impossible to get mp3's on it i av looked on the manual and it jus doesnt tell hardly nothing about it. i really need help with it if anyone knows bout this question please email me.

  • u must get wap 2 send pic messages n stuff n can i say i luv this phone nuttin wrong wae it mp3 player works in stuff **Gill**

  • i recently dowloaded worms for 2.50 and at first it didnt work so i just left it for a day and then tryed again and now it works. i wouldnt really recommend the game as it soon gets boring. re the unknown person, nick is right if we could all afford to pay 300+ everytime we wanted a new phone with better features etc then we would but the fact is its a lot of money to spend on a phone.

  • No probs so far with this apart from the crap charger, I mean why release a charger that won't fit into normal sockets alongside something else thats plugged in!! Oh and my grumble at 02 for providing a usb cable and software btu then finding out I have to get a miniSD reader/writer to do mp3 and movies grrr would if have been that hard to use the USB cable? Otherwise happy so far :) who cares about bells and whistles, when you have just had a v600 this is like a god!

  • Just thought I'd pop by to see how everyone and nick is. I miss this forum. And I miss my o2 x3. The video quality on it was truly amazing wasn't it! and Sd card! stroke of genius. Shame about the camera and all the faults people get. My 7610 comes on tuesday (sorry nick - wanted smart and bluetooth) but the 7610 forum is as dead as a dwarf in moria (sorry for the geek comment). Al

  • Unknown, I will take a chill pill, but you'll be suprised. �130 makes an entire new phone, and the x3 ain't �200... its �150! �130 doesnt only pay for a radio and symbian, which incidentaly not every nokia uses, plus nokia's are exceptionally crap. Symbian is a much overrated OS, and so it does crash, and when it does, a lot worse than the x3 and other phones. Do your research before you post... And, yes, I would pay the extra to get a better phone, but, unlike most people, I can't afford to just walk out and buy over �300 quids worth of kit!

  • My X3 has begun turning off randomly... is there any way that i can sort it out?? If i brought it back to the o2 shop, what would they be able to do about it?? - Thanks

  • You can't get loudspeaker on the X3, which seems kinda stupid since there is a speaker built into the back of the phone... and you can't change the message alert tone, so i'm afraid your gonna be stuck with the irritating door bell sound! lol

  • How do u get loudspeaker on o2x3 wen ur having a conversation?!! also can u change the msg alert tone?

  • "This has been covered THOUSANDS of times! You have only just realised that? Here we go again. How much does the 6630 cost? A lot more money than the x3, so the camera sensor is going to be cheaper, no?" BTW theres not that much difference in price between the o2 x3 and the nokia 6630. the o2 x3 costs �200 and the nokia 6630 costs �330 plus the extra �130 is well worth it for the symbian os and great picture quality. i think i would rather spend the extra for a better quality phone.

  • "This has been covered THOUSANDS of times! You have only just realised that? Here we go again. How much does the 6630 cost? A lot more money than the x3, so the camera sensor is going to be cheaper, no?" wow take a chill pill why don't ya nick !!!!!????? i was only proovin a point so don't go all CRAZY !!!!!!! so nokia is still better especially in compatability and the software like fm radio and all. KK !!!!!!!!!

  • Hi All, I just posted some pics over @ Mobile Review Have your say.

  • "X2 looks better although x2 would be better with camera on front of flip instead of rear of fone. X3 has better cam tho " from BIG PIMPA What the? and whats with the name man?

  • X2 looks better although x2 would be better with camera on front of flip instead of rear of fone. X3 has better cam tho

  • sid worms costs �2.50 until end of jan i think, from the o2 website

  • "damn the camera on this is shite not even close to megapixel quality it is more like VGA the pictures are too white just as well i sent my o2 x3 back and getting a nokia phone with 1.3 megapixel now if you take a look at the camera pictures of the nokia 6630 then you'll see what i mean" This has been covered THOUSANDS of times! You have only just realised that? Here we go again. How much does the 6630 cost? A lot more money than the x3, so the camera sensor is going to be cheaper, no?

  • good phone,but o2 need to train their staff on handsets!had to send off for mini sd adaptor and mini sd lead to enable mp3 and movie downloads.check freestuff on wap ,carefull surfing though.

  • Do you know how many mp3s you can put on the phone (including the supplied mini SD card) without buying an bigger memory card???

  • Paul is worms free or do you have to pay fr it. I read a post here about 3D games that are available for the BenQ S7000, has any one seen any for the x3, or can any one provide and links to the BenQ S700 3D games. Thanks

  • I have uploaded 5 ringtones on my site, yes I know its not much. If you have any rintones you'd like to share then please will you e-mail me with an attachment of the ringtone(s), i would be very greatfull, as I dont have that many. =====================================

  • worms does work on the o2 x3 as I have it on mine!

  • Please remember that your memory card must be inside yur phone. If our a person who uses more than one memory card, like me then when u change memory cards the mp3 files wont play, as they are store on the memory card, if that makes any scense.

  • Hi Allan, The only way my phone lets me set MP3's as ring tones is to go to 'contacts', click 'ok' on someones name. Then scroll down to 'Ring', click 'edit', then 'set', then a list of your melodies comes up, then click 'option', then it click on 'memory card', then click on the MP3 you want, then click 'ok'! I'm not sure if that was what you wanted to know, but I hope it helps anyone else who is having problems :)

  • damn the camera on this is shite not even close to megapixel quality it is more like VGA the pictures are too white just as well i sent my o2 x3 back and getting a nokia phone with 1.3 megapixel now if you take a look at the camera pictures of the nokia 6630 then you'll see what i mean

  • Oh and before I forget.... I called O2 about the Worms game and they told me it is not compatible with the X3, even though it is in the games list when you buy it using the phone. Point this out to them and they'll give you your money back. I am due to e-mail them (damned if I'm going to pay 50p per minute to call the tech line!) as my phone states that the memory is full everytime I try to download a game. I have a 256mb card in the phone that is only 1/2 full and very little on the phone memory (I've tried downloading to both) so think it must be the phone.....unless anyone knows better???

  • Re the issue of setting mp3's as ring tones.....I have yet to find an option for this. Step by step for the slow bloke please, though I fear that it is not on my phone as I have been through everything to find this?!

  • Sorry that should read "as with most digital cameras" not phones....doh!

  • Michael The camera is not David Bailey material it's true. However, try holding the camera still for a few seconds after you press the "shutter" as there is a delay from when you press it to when the image is captured (as with most digital phones.) I have had far superior results this way and no more blurred images! I found turning off the "clicky" noise worked a treat as it takes away the temptation to move as soon as you hear it.

  • Hi all, Just thought I'd share this with you. In general I think this is a good phone with great features. I have had it for about a month and there were two things that didn't work as expected: The famous 1.3mega camara (soft or out of focus images) and when exiting from a game (block breaker) it would freeze but pressing the hangup button fixed that. I took it to o2 service shop at Cheapside and they sent it I don't know where for repair. Now it's back with a new firmware Ver. E05-1.22.01 was E05-1.08.01 and yes the camera is working better (considering that this is a phone) and the phone feels a bit faster. Later I'd post some pictures.

  • Just make sure you say that it was my guide to bring the phone back from the dead ;) Royalties :D

  • Sid, thats no problem at all. If you could type a big list and I will host it if you want..., then we direct people to the link...?

  • Okay guys, seems as though some of you are not being helpful. I understand that that its anoying to have to repeat your self as half this fourm is repeats, but the fact is that new users dont know its been mentioned three pages ago. In this case what I will do is to upload details on how to put mp3 on the phone and Nic's error methods for bring the phone back from the dead if thats okay with you Nic and other suggestions you may have that will help others.

  • Stacey, can you read? No thought not. 3 Pages back I explained what you needed and how to put mp3's on your phone. And why speak like that? It totally ruins this forum not being able to READ peoples posts. Speak english please, and we don't like chavs here...

  • I think Ste was just trying to say that it's a pain being given a really bad replacement phone. This wouldn't happen if the o2x3 was good in the first place.

  • ste, whats a big breeze bloack of a phone got to do with the x3? Also, try waiting for a while b4 taking the battery out while waiting for worms to load! jolly chris, well done, you have taken the good side of the fence. abbie, i'm not sure. try my 24 hours method discussed on the previous few pages...

  • Help - my phone keeps switching itself off 4 no reason - anybody else experienced this prob?

  • i have had this fone for several months and besides a few game loading probs, it is the best phone at this price, you can't find another fone like it, besides the nokia 6230, but thats got a smaller screen and limited video. The video is unlimited on this, with gr8 image and sound quality and it has mini-sd card. Buy this fone now!!!(P.S:Need a card reader to download mp3s)

  • anyway tonight i have downloaded worms the game off o2 active but when i come to play the game it comes up with loading and stays like that all the time leaving me no option but to disconnect the battery. i have had a similar problem with a previous game but not as bad as this. any sollutions (apart from not playing the game)

  • i understand perhaps i went a bit overboard saying the phone is crap. Its just so annoying having your phone sent off and the 02 shop leanding you the biggest breeze block of phone ever

  • Khali, not even 3 pages ago I posted a walkthrough! Please look!!! Ste, I understand that. Bad opinions should be put forward, but the bad opinions I dont like on here are the ones that just say the phone is crap just because of the camera or the feature you have to buy to be able to put mp3's on, wiothout considering the best features of the phone! Nick

  • heya again everi1 , i still havent found how to get MP3 onto my phone .... can sum1 be kind enuf to help me plz plz PLZ ? but realli dumb so it wud b extra nice if u cud put a step by step thang for me .... i havent bought nout yet so .. tht mite help lol plz HELP ME ! ([email protected])

  • nick it seems that perhaps i should have logged on to this message board under something different other than just ste because it would seem that there has previously been a ste who has left messages that continuosly slag off the phone and i have been confused for him. the only messages i ever left have been the recent ones about my phone having a fault and two more recent ones, but however i do feel as this is a reveiw and opinion message board then if there are any bad point about this phone they should be put forward so anyone thinking of buying this phone is made aware that the same faults could happen to them

  • Alison, I totally agree with the iTap method. Its kinda slow and doesnt allow you to add words. I have had MP3's run OK as ringtones even if they are in a playlist... Strange...?

  • Forgot to say on my last message, I did try Vaughan's good suggestion for setting MP3 ringtones, but didn't work for my phone (ahh nuts). But I suggest other people try that before trying my long-winded way!

  • This is for all the people who were having problems getting their MP3's to hold as ring tones...I don't know if this will help anyone, but it seems as if going to the MP3 and pressing 'set as ringtone' does not work (well, it doesn't work on MY phone). However, I was fiddling around and went to a specific name in my phone book, then clicked on him, scrolled through the options until i got to 'ring' and set the MP3 tone from there. Now my MP3 plays every time he calls! yipee! But all my other calls still play melody 1, so it looks as if I'll have to go through people individually and set the tone, but that's ok. Hope this works for other people ;)

  • Nick, I do like the phone, although it took some getting used to as i've had Samsungs for the past few years. Not overly keen on the t9 format for texting. Think it would be better if it would let you add words to its memory. Again like I said in an earlier post, it would have been better if the mini sd adapter had been included with the phone, but you cant have everything I suppose. I actually rung O2 yesterday though, as I found out my O2 X3 wasn't covered by my O2 insurance cos i'd bought it off ebay, & I asked what phones I could get on upgrade & they're giving me a Samsung E330 for nothing,not quite sure why as I upgraded in September for free as well!), so i'm gonna see which phone I prefer when that arrives! Oh & i'm the unknown who left the message for Simon. The computer went loopy & it deleted my name!

  • Ste, you say about not being in the postition to get a different phone, but that doesn't mean they can constantly come here and slag it all off, every time they find something the same as in a previous handset! The phone, yes, does have its problema, I admit, but other than that its all good! Ste, you must have an impersonator cause I remember one post about you saying every feature of the phone is crap, but now you are saying they are not. Please note, if anything goes wrong with the phone and does not turn on after turning itself off, as with any phone, leave it off for a while (24hrs) and then try again, Alison is a sucess story in that department. The way I found that out was via Sods law, i.e going to the o2 shop to ask about it, then finding out it worked as soon as I walked through the door, although talking to the o2 man he said that you can get your phone sent off and the service centre will upgrade and tweak it, to make it stable and faster. Something for you all to think about! Liam, sorry mate, you cant send via IR...

  • dus anyone no how to send stuff via infrared, that is if you can

  • Also some people arn't in the position where they can just say right iv got a new phone that doesnt work ill just go out and buy a new one (we are not all made of money) and when we do take the phone into the shop the option isnt there for a differnt phone.

  • firstly allan i think you may have me confused with a different ste as i have only ever left to messages on here and i dont come on here to give "abuse". dont get me wrong i think its a great phone the camera and video is excellent, the door bell thing doesnt really bother me. iv just come to notice that i am not the only person to experiance problems of this nature and have been told by o2 themselves that they have been overwhelmed with the amount of people returnig phones. this goes to show that the most up to date and modern phones on the market just cant cope with all of the features or software on the phone. And allan im not goona get into a slanging match with u iv got better things to do.....

  • Alison, good to hear it worked. What do you think of the phone overall. And, ive finally found someone who didnt leave a name who had a good point!! Simon, if you keep getting them , you are going to run into problems!

  • I think the order it plays them in is quite probably the order they are written to the card in, and because windows writes files in its own little "organised" way, you can never tell which order they are being written in, so the way to get them in an order you want is to write each file individually!

  • Simon not being funny but if you dont like them why do ya keep getting em? I assume they keep breaking, so why not replace them with a different phone?

  • im on my 3rd o2x3 and to be honest the camera is pants ...the video is worse..using it for wap is a waste of time .... the message tone sound like my door bell so every time i get a message my dog runs to the door and barks....alas i have one more week befor my t mobile comes

  • Nick, I didn't do anything. I'd had a phone call & put it in my pocket when i'd finished, & the next time I got it out it was off & wouldn't come back on. But guess what?! I've done what you recommended & its working now!!! Thanks!!!

  • Allan, thanks. i'll do that! The 8 shaped thing is a connector for the external aerial, for car kits, etc.

  • Allan, the only way to find out if its in size order is to put three or four mp3 files on the memory card, take a note of each mp3's memory size on a paper and them add them to ur phone like normal, see which order it plays in. Thats all i can say, I would try it out my self, but once again my memory card is not on me, if no one tries it out I'll have a go in the moring and let you all know. =======================================

  • Further to my own enquiry. I have managed to get all files in order on the miniSD card but have yet to work out how these are listed on the phone as they are all over the shop. I am presuming that these are in file size order....anyone know if this is the case and how this can be overcome???

  • I was wondering what the little "8" thing was today as well. I tried to gently get it out to see what was what, but it wasn't having any of it. For the guys who are having problems with MP3s as ringtones, that's all I can suggest. I noticed that after I'd been listening to the tunes, the one I had as my ringtone suddenly wouldn't play when I had an incoming call, and it reverted to "We Will Rock You". I unselected the MP3s in my playlist (ie, took the tick off them) and they then worked as ringtones. If that doesn't work for you then I'm not sure what else to try.. Vaughan

  • Ok now that's sorted...... Yeah right, just see how quickly I get abuse from "Ste" incorporating his favourite word (for new members the word is "crap")... Anyone know how I can play my mp3's in a specific order? Thanks in advance.

  • Message for "Ste". You clearly can't stand the X3 but continue to log on to a forum about it every night. In my book you either have nothing good in your life (hence your obsession with the bad bits) and / or you are a sad muppet. You're entitled to your opinion and have expressed it repeatedly. Move on my friend (with whatever phone you see fit) and be happy! Message for "Nick". You seem a decent chap so just ignore Ste's posts in future and maybe he'll get bored. Don't rise to it.....it's for the best, believe me.

  • Nic turn your phone round , where the battery part it, u will notice there is rubbery eight shape thing stuk near the phoen strap, i tried to pull i out when i first got it.

  • i think the camera is emense!!! perfect!! mayb not 1.3 but other setting r perfect! i fink the mp3 fing is class, �3 4 my adapter from college :D battery life around 10-12 days doin nout least 10 hours txtin all da time, but callin takes alot off. but wats the think on back made of grey plastic like on bottom in the shape of an 8!! :S lol HELP

  • Ste, "well nick thank you for overwhelming assistance with this but the fact is i shouldnt have to leave the battery out for 24 hours or even 24 minutes and if i should then thats how they should advertise the phone secondly the phone hasnt just stopped working because it cant find signal its stopped working because its crap and if was simply the signal then the phone at least show the background display and light up (with the sim card in it) You of all people should know that!!!!" Ste, the 24 hours are enough for the phone to flush out its caches. It happens with any phone so that isnt a bad point JUST about the x3. Trust me, and dont say things like "its stopped working because its crap" just try the theories first!!!!

  • Mini sd cards are the new type of memeory cards that will be used in new phones, so even if u change ur phone u can still use them in other phones that allow memory card readying, and mostly it will use mini sd, as soon they will no longer do multimedia cards.

  • James, you can purchase an sd adapter in any computer shop, they come with a memory card too, i bought a 128 and it came with an adapter for 25 pounds, but u can get them cheaper, u can try ebay.com or ebuyer.com .

  • can someone please tell me where I can find a mini SD to standard SD card adaptor. Thanks in advance

  • well nick thank you for overwhelming assistance with this but the fact is i shouldnt have to leave the battery out for 24 hours or even 24 minutes and if i should then thats how they should advertise the phone secondly the phone hasnt just stopped working because it cant find signal its stopped working because its crap and if was simply the signal then the phone at least show the background display and light up (with the sim card in it) You of all people should know that!!!!

  • Vaughan, I've tired it the way u said, but it still doesn't work, does it work for u?

  • Just realised that I didnt post the link, hope moderators dont mind. Im still updating it. If you also have any wallpapers that you like to share plz can u e-mail them to me, I will post hem up and put ur name on it. Thanks.

  • Bev, do you have the MP3s selected in your playlist at the moment? If you do, they won't play as ringtones if you have a call. Deselect them through your MP3 playlist and they should then work.

  • Bev you are right I tried out the mp3 as a ringtone today and it didnt work, instead it plays my default midi ringtone, "we will we will rock you". I tried so many times, but it didnt work. Im very anoyed with this now. I still like the phone, but not happ that certain thing on my phne dont work and it seemes as though I keep discovering more. All the problems I have discovered so far I can live with, lets just hope there isn't any more. Ps, I'm doing a web design module at university, I have based my web site on the X3 suppliying wallpapers and ringtones, 3gp clips, I've hosted the site on a free server so if any one wants any free stuff for the x3 just pay a visit, if u do please can u sign my guest book, my teacher said my sites very lame which it is, but she anyoyed me by saying that so i wna show here that peple visit it by showing her the messages, Thanks guys.

  • Oh thanks, that's no problem. I feel bad for saying that now! I've got MP3's but I think there's a problem with my phone as they don't hold as ring tones (and I'm sure I'm doing it the right way) PS: I've read a lot of this forum and I think most people would be lost without your help! Cheers ;)

  • Bev, I'm really sorry. I misunderstood the question... I'm extremely sorry. Nick

  • "Fingers crossed your theory works Nick!!! " I hope it does! It did for me, so I dont see why it shouldnt for other people, eh? lol Nick

  • Alison, funnily enough what happenned to me was that I had travelled 20 - 30 mins to my nearest o2 shop, put the sim and battery in just outside the shop and it worked! WhatI think is the cause is that the phones memory is clogged up and it needs a break. What was the alst thing you did before it turned off? I was in the middle of setting a calendar appointment, presses to save and it went blank. What I would do is leave everything out for around 24-36 hours and see what happens. Good Luck! Nick (p.s hope i helped with my guideline post...)

  • I've had the O2 X3 for a month & a half, & its had its problems! The battery seems to have a mind of its own. Sometimes it'll last a couple of days on one charge, & other times it wont last the day, & this is on the same amount of use. I was also not impressed with the fact that O2 sell this as an MP3 playing phone when its not because you have to buy the adapter & memory card reader to use this feature. I think these (or at least the adapter) should have been supplied by O2. Aside from those things I do quite like the phone. The camera's quite good, though I dont think its as good as my old E800 was, but the video facility is great! And now to my problem: Yesterday morning my phone was working fine, but by yesterday afternoon, it'd switched itself off & wouldn't come back on. Having just read these posts I noticed that Nick said something about them not switching on with a sim card in, so I took it out, & lo & behold it came on! I'm gonna try what you said now Nick, & leave the battery off for 24 hours, & then see if it works. If not i'm screwed, because I bought it off ebay, & my O2 insurance have told me they wont cover me, beacuse I didnt buy it from them! Great! Fingers crossed your theory works Nick!!!

  • That would be great if you could let me know Sid (on here or drop me an email) ...I've probably got a problem with my phone (like with the last o2 phone i had! oops!) Cheers

  • Bev, thats the correct way to set an mp3 as a ring tone. Personally I've not tried it, and I dont have my memeory card on me now so I will go home and have a try. I'll let you know.

  • Have you seen how many posts there are on this forum!!!! I'm not going to spend hours looking through for a similar answer!! I thought someone might have been some help but obviously youre a bit hormonal nick!!! Don't worry, I'll go somewhere else!!!!

  • Ste, see my guideline post! Leave the battery out for around 24 hours, then it will then work. Its the same as the sim problem with me x3. The reason the signal goes down with a SIM card in is that in emergency mode (ie no sim) the phone connects to the highest signal levelled network in the area! You, of all people should know that! its impossible to send via IR and for MP3's AGAIN!!! LOOK THROUGH THESE POSTS! I was going to ignore this forum but I can see people are getting lost without me presence :)

  • iv had this phone now for just over two months now and to say the least i am dissapointed with it. for the first month or so every time i went to reach the phone out of my pocket it would have turned its self off by itself or occasionally at the end of a phone call. just after christmas the phone then decided it didnt want to charge up anymore (through no fault of the charger) when i finnally managed to get some power out of the thing it then decided it would on show the main screen, lights etc without any sim card present. when the phone has a sim in it shows the the signal on the external display only with no lights or anything. i took the phone into o2 two weeks ago and they have sent it off. i still await its return ste

  • I spent soem time trying to develpe an application for the x3 that would send files using the IRD, but the problem is unlike other phones which u need to switch the ird on then u can return to the make screen, with the x3 when u put the ird on , it says connecting, meaning its listening for a connection from another device, this means i can't load the application without stoping he IRD. I dont know why it was made like that, other wise it wouldn have been great as this phone don't have bluetooth.

  • From the options available you csnt send files throught infra red, howvere you can recive them and from just about any device. To the person who wrote about 3d games for the x3, can u please send me the link u so the 3d games for the BenQ, i'd like to see the quaility. Thanks

  • Hi helpful people. Can other people get MP3's to be their ringtones? I never received a manual so I'm working it all out mysel, but I've got MP3's on there and press "set as ring tone" but it doesn't work. Can anyone help?

  • and if you can how

  • can someone tell me if you can send through infra-red on this phone please

  • The phone is supplied with a min SD card, you need an adapter to put the mini sd car into so it becomes a full size sd card, u then put the adapter into ur memory reader. If you buy a new memory card, put it into ur phone first, the phone will creat four folder on the memory card. relavent files must be placed in the correct folder.

  • Hi Managed to get the mp3 working this weekend (had problems with my card reader previously) and it has fantastic sound! Abi, you should just need to drag your mp3's into your removable memory drive and then put the card back in the phone. You should find them in the mp3 player and can pick and choose what you want to play. One word of advice....the phone only supports mp3's so don't expect to find anything else in the phone that you may put on the card.... A question of my own for the forum....How do you get your mp3's to play in a specified order as currently I can not play an album in order??? There doesn't seem to be any way of doing this....any ideas? Minor draw back but would be nice to overcome if poss.

  • hey just wondrin if ne1 can help me..i wana put mp3s on my x3 but dnt hav a clue how 2 do it-instrctions are useless!!hav got a SDcard reader on my pc etc but then im stuck!have 2 warn u im a natural blonde so need easy instructions!thx xox

  • Sids absolutely right! I wanted a nokia 7210 but for some weird reason there's no proper mp3 support, no fm radio and no ifra-red. All this is supported by the cheaper (but non 'smart') nokia 6230. All nokias seem to have their expertise in certain areas. Or no expertise at all!

  • Hi akin, I've got the software on CD so I'll give it to you first thing in the morning, as it's 2:30 am now. So dont worry about that. As for the feature of phones, now you may find this interesting, For my final year individual project at universisty, I chose to do research on holograms and how it can be implemented in communication devices such as projectors and messagin devices, like you see in Star Wars. Well my research took me to a UK based company who are trying to implement holograhic technology into projectors that are pocket size this will lead to mobile phones, at the moment they are working on 2D holograms and in black and white and they have managed to do this. The company said at one of their press releases that they recon it will be available within the next 3 to 5 years. So you might be watching holograic movies on ur one day, who knows. Regarding the ultimate phone, I think mobile manufactures deliberately dont pack phones in with all features, like bluthtooth, good quallity screen ect. My reason to belive this is becuase, we will all be happy with that one phone and there will be no need to get another one for a long time. But thats my personal opinion, any one have any view plz feel free to comment.

  • the phone is cool, really cool, but misplaced my software and just got a new notepad, wanna download my pix on it. pls need help on how to get the software soon. cheers

  • In my 2.5 week experience of the phone I found the keypad to be extremely usable for my average size fingers. We are all shocked and appalled yes at the 1.3mp cam. It IS about as good as a vga cam no worse. But who can deny the following: The video recording is un matched as far as I can see. 30fps at qcif and 15 at 352x288 is bloody amazing. The cam to screen imaging is mega smooth no jerkiness at all. The 252k colour screen is fantastic. Never seen Christina aguilera look so clear ;) feel free to make fun of me. The mp3 player is fantastic; amazing quality sound. Frankly if the cam was sorted better (or even simply labelled as a vga cam!) people would love this phone I'm sure! I'd still have it but there was just a few problems. Now I'm trying to decide between a 7610 and a s700i. Oh yeah and I saw a 7610 today, I like it but the smoothness of the viewfinder is nowhere near as good as the x3. Video not as good but the 1.0 mp cam is better.

  • very well said sid.were all after our holy grave of a fone and it looks like its still a long way off.its been said before but it was just under 2 yrs ago i gor video on n3650 & the experts said we would never see video on a device that small,yet the x3 has most up to date screen, mp3 player etc in something smaller than a ciggy packet.we shud all be united together in our quest for a good fully working bug free mobile but remember we are individual so all this squawking about whos best is silly ,my dads is an old phillips & thats all he wants & happy with it.ive heard theres no x4,that wud have been good perhaps all bugs ironed out and a larger screen

  • Sid, Woolybully, its good to see more people backing up the x3. It is exactly hat woolybully says. Thanks

  • People forget that is has a TFT, 256K color screen, thats 4 times for than the standard 65k. And if you managed to convert an AVI file into a mp4 or a 3gp then you know what the film quality is like. The camera issue has ben discussed many times and every body agrees to agree that it is not all that. It may be a long time until we all own a phone that we are happy with. As for the people who say they had a nokai and then they bought the X3 and how difficult is it, well have you though that you may be used to a nokia phone, it will take some time getting used to. Nokia has so many models that has been given a make over from the software point of view and given a new design. Why is it that nokia is still making phones that doesn't even have a 65k screen. I can point out a few phones of nokia that are around 300 pounds with uter crap features which they have taken from other lower model.

  • hey , every bod chill, lets be honest the phones good for the money!!i esp like the expandable memory, (how many �150 phones have that?), mp3 are crisp, the cameras ok likewise the video,i can understand peps gettin miffed over the cam but if you wonna cracking camera buy a CAMERA of get your bucks out. come on folks get real what do you expect for �150 these days?? can`t have a decent night out on that can you??

  • Nick Evans, I am sorry you feel that way, although in my opinion, the phone is good. On the buttons too small, do you just have fat fingers? The MMS works perfectly, I think its your SIM card... Controls? Nothing wrong with them. Camera. I dont get any of the problems you specify, only the blurryness. The phone is not "overrated" and definatly not "overpriced", �150 for a phone which you could get the same spec from Nokia or Sharp or Mitsubishi for �300-�400? I think not. Unknown. Yes, i do get angry about people who come onto these forums slating the phone just because of the camera, or these people, like yourself, who come on here to take the piss out of people. Its not on. Its the stupid one liners that get me... "Nick you suck" "the phone rocks" "its crap", and again, like yourself, to wimpy to leave a name. And what makes you say all this stuff about a dummy? Unlike you, again, I act my age! That goes for anyone not going to leave a name!

  • nick seems to spit his dummy out a hell of a lot on this forum you need anger managment if you get teary eyed over a silly fone

  • Hi am new to this site but feel i should sahre my opinions on the x3 having previously owned a nokia 6600 i feel i have been robbed by o2 for an overratted and overexpensive handset. the controls are fiddely buttons too small and the camera images are terrible problems ranging from green in the image to blurring and light spots. you cannot put a space inbetween text on the wapchat or searches why why why? am very dissapointed with it and am going to trade it in for a phone that work well and easily.Oh nearly forgot the multimedia does not work either it says message sent but noone ever gets it ! apart from that it is not a bad phone

  • Almizer, too true. I am not going to give up on the x3 just yet... lol seeing as it repaired itself!. Al, dont get a s60 phone, as they can get viruses. Im not sure about windows mobile smartphone... TMG40, lmao at the cone thing. The D500 is selling like hot cakes despite the price :S I am going to get a new PDA soon, and therefore wont need a smartphone. Guys, thanks for your support. Greatly appreiciated. Good luck with your new phones. I tend to get a new phone every xmas, so a smartphone it will be next year...

  • P.S.By the way Nick..having said goodbye to the small clippy thing in the x3 box, I opened the d500 box and found a small cone shaped thing! it is apparently an external speaker and looks like a tiny ear trumpet..I think phone designers have a very strange sense of humour!!

  • I am ashamed to admit that I gave up on my x3 after only 24hrs and today returned it to 02 before it drove me totally insane, I just could not get on with the 'itap' text and alot of the more useful features found on other phones were just not to be found on the x3. I now have a samsung d500 quietly charging beside me, last 1 in the shop, apparently they're as rare as hens eggs at the mo. So I wish you luck with your x3's and apologise for being a wimp...better start looking for a d5oo forum now I s'pose!

  • Well I said goodbye to my o2 x3 today. In the end I decided that the things wrong with it were hampering my enjoyment of the phone. It had smal cracks in the antenna, a weird smudge and green on the pictures (in certain light) and the java seemed unstable. Its a shame because I really loved the phone. Part of the reason people like Nick and my self stick up for it is because we love it so much despite its problems. But I decided I wanted a smartphone. The seimans sx-1 music ed. looked good but low an behold its been removed from the o2 site because of....BUGS!!! They all have em don't they.

  • sid, the upgrade is software only, no X3i or anything here. The o2 representitive, said to me that most bugs were ironed out and the phone was a lot more stable. The X3's software is constantly being updated, and so new versions are released all the time. Many phone companies do not release their software so that the service centre can do it themselves to prevent mishaps, thus caring for the customers. The SonyEricsson P8/9's software gets released, but that is because SE are very lazy and never like to update software. Nokia software you find on the internet is illegal, so that doesn't count. So for all the people saying that o2 dont care about their customers, read this and actually pay attention when o2 staff are talking to you and actually explaining what goes on at the service centres. AFAIK there are no new "X" series phones coming out. o2 have sucessfully completed the XRange. And for the people saying on the x3 photo competition that the photos were crap, the competition was finished BEFORE THE X3 WAS RELEASED! The file names are Picture(01) which mostly come with siemens and sony ericsson phones!

  • INFA-RED is a pure source of light, its used widely for many reasons. One of which is for data communication, such as sending signals from one device to another like a TV remote control. INFA-RED is also available for mobile phones, so u can send and revice data, this could be images or ringtones or what ever the phone supprots. Think of it as a mdeium of transfering data. Hope that helps

  • Is it just me? I noticed that when i take pictures with the x3 at wallpaper mode, the picture comes out green. I have experience the l lines on the the external displays only once also when i flip the phone open it takes at least 2 seconds for the phoe to show the display i mean before the two seconds, the display is completely black it doesn't do it all the time. Nik as for this software upgrade , did they say they have fixed all the bugs? did they say anything about an X3i like nokai upgrade some of their phones with added features? or does any one know of any x's comming out?

  • Hi john this is Sid, sorry for the late reply. To convert an avi file into a 3gp format ( Excelant quality ) download this software xilisoft . The link is below. When u load the program, select the add button to open an avi file or any other file types that are listed. Then make sure that under the heading profile, 3gp is selected, this is the extenion it will make it into. Now to set the setting of the avi file. To do this select the avi file u have loaded into the list box, You will notice the right panel will show some properties. Only two properties need to be set the video size and same_quality propertie make sure that the video size is 176 X 144 and same_quality=true then simply click th encode button this will encode the file u have selected to 3gp. U can preview it on the little preview. but u will have to save it onto ur phone to see the real clear video, Please note that the software is a TRIAL VERSION so it only does FIVE MINS also a five minute file, in same_quality=true mode will take up a lot of megs. Arround 30 megs In case u would like a sample 3gp file, i can provide one for u, on my personal server, my personal server is not switched on 24/7 so u'll have to arrange a time , thats if u want. I hope i didnt bore u with too muich writng but it took me some time to get it to work. one last thing, i found that in numerious occasions when i clicked the add button, the program seemed to crached, if the open dialofg box does not appear, just wait patiently for a bit, and dont do any thing with ur computer , will will load after a while. Well have fun i hope u mangae to do it.

  • i managed to open it!!! woohoo

  • TMG40, well done! you sucessfully managed to do a me and clipped it together. Brilliant!! An SD adaptor would have been nice though!

  • Backing onto my opinion onto the phone not turning on when there is a SIM card inside, and does turn on when there is no SIM card inserted. This is a GUIDELINE post, regarding all of the problems people are having with their X3 Handsets. *MOST COMMON QUERY FIRST* *MP3* You CANNOT use the supplied cable to put mp3's onto the phone. You need to order a Memory Card (or SD adaptor) and a card reader for the computer. Then you copy the files to your memory card, commonly Drive E or F, under the Music directory. *CAMERA PROBLEMS* Some people have reported problems with the camera being blurry. It is. Face it. But it is not that bad. It could be better. *THE SMALL BLACK CLIPPY THING IN THE BOX* Well, its supposed to reduce noise apparently, according to somebody earlier on. *RANDOM TURNING OFF LEADING TO PHONE NOT SWITCHING ON WITH SIM CARD INSERTED, BUT WORKS WITHOUT A SIM CARD INSERTED* If you notice corruption on the outside screen, (I had a black line and lots of multicoloured spots), take out the battery, leave the phone for 24 hours, then put the battery back in. The phone will then work. Or at least that what happened to me yesterday, the phone works perfect again now. *SOFTWARE VERSIONS* My local o2 shop HAVE CONFIRMED that there are constant software upgrades to the X3. You have to take your phone, plus your proof of purchase, even if you did not purchase the phone from O2 themselves, and they will send it off for an upgrade. The process will take 7 to 14 days while in the service centre. I hope the moderators could post this as a "sticky" somewhere, and that future users of this discussion use this instead of posting the same questions over and over again! Please, only post if you have a review or a question that isn't mentioned on this post. Thankyou.

  • Thankyou Nick, I'm still not sure how much use it will be but at least I know what it's supposed to do! Perhaps a nice little sd card adapter would have been more useful...

  • I have now read the other x3 reviews and discovered the clippy thing has already been disscussed, feel a bit of a doughnut but glad I'm not the only one who not only doesnt know what it is but has also folded it in half, rendering it useless!

  • according to someone a while back its to reduce noise on the cable?

  • Just bought an x3, very good so far, but what is the small black clippy thing that comes in the box for? Can anyone enlighten me?

  • Ray, ebuyer.co.uk. There has been a major change of plan in the X3 department! If you have the "not turning on with sim card in" problem, leave the battery out for around 24 hours... it works now!!! all going sweet... and, O2 HAVE CONFIRMED THAT A NEW S/W IS OUT! You have to get your phone sent off though...

  • help.........where do i get the adapter for the mp3 player and how much are they can anyone help

  • The thing is... Last christmas, exactly the same thing happenned to my X1. I didn't want to buy another X1, seeing as the same thing may happen again, which is where I'm stuck. I either can go for another x3, where I may be living in doubt about whether its going to crash again, or get an Orange SPV C500. I do like the fact of the SPV that it has windows mobile and so can synchronise with my pc, (a bit like I did with my PDA, which, until recently, had served me well. I wonder if anybody could help me, as I know I have been sticking up for the x3 throughout this long battle and think its about time i faced facts and look at the future. I know the x3 is quite buggy, I know the photos aren't that good, but I like it, but the only problem is that it doesn't sync properly with outlook, or display HTML webpages, or have bluetooth. Am I fumbling in the dark without looking at the true facts? So, here is the final question, and note form for anyone not bothered to read the above. X3 or SPV C500? nick

  • I fancy a change of plan. The Orange SPV C500... whats it like? Does it have the dust problem, cause my X3 has to go back to the place i bought it, which is from a catalogue, but the SPV C500 is on there for the same price.

  • sid, could you please tell me exactly how you converted your avi's? software, settings etc, if you could email me i would be most greatful...

  • The first thing I did with that plastic thing was to fold it, thus it made it unuseable for what ever the porpuse was for it. SYMBIAN is a standard , not only nokia are involved but other mobile companies. Finally converted some avi files into 3gp and I tell u the quality is great its almost like watching tv on ur phone. But a lot of megs. Want i want to know is if i put an entire 3gp film on a 1 gig mini sd card and watch it on my phone, will there be breaks in between or will it be really slow, I've been told it wont. As for the mini SD card question regarding to any other phones that use it, well the min SD card is new and hopfully other phones will be using it soon, as its small so manufactures can design smaller phones based on the smaller sd card, there are another two mobiles that i know of, one of which is the organge ...... model. I can't remember the other.

  • That metal plasticy thing is supposed to be clipped onto a wire to take the "noise" from the wire i think, it makes the sound a bit clearer. I think thats what its for...

  • It has been discussed before. Microsoft Dust under screen VGA cam display not so good... etc etc

  • the orange spv c500 takes mini sd cards and is �150 on prepay.its got every thing-period

  • btw al, symbian is nokia smartphone software... used in siemens sx1 also...

  • Almizer, LOL I didnt know I was the only one that had that plasticky thing... I thought I'd dropped something into the box!!! lmao. I will be looking at another X3, as it is a brilliant phone. I dont get that smudge thing, only when facing towards sunlight. I do have the card now and the best phone for that price IMHO, is the x3. I will have to see what the o2 shop say... Al, any more queries, I will be glad to answer them over email, but for now, until I get my *new* x3, I may as well not be here! Lucky for some unknowns. I will be back every now and then though. Vaughan and Al, keep in touch and for anyone that wants a sensible answer to any queries, email me...

  • Sad nick shame about that sim. I got a little crack in the ariel somehow so I may have to go get it replaced. Like you I got the memory card so will need another x3. Any other phones take mini sd? Like I said before though I can't find another phone that suits me more than the x3. There are problems with the phone, that smudge on the camera is annoying does anyone NOT get that with the X3? Like sid said, if it had bluetooth it would be great, thats one thing I do really want. Whats symbian though? is that like smart phone software? Oh yeah Nick, whats that weird random metal/plastic thing that comes in the phone box? You can kind of fold it round to make a tube. Can't see what it does.

  • claire, sorry! heres my email >>

  • Nick, u said to e-mail you about the cable for the mp3s + u wll send me sum links, u havn't put ur e-mail address on here?

  • Vaughan. It is a very solemn day for me today. The X3 will not turn on with a SIM card inserted. Works fine without though... :( I'm not sure what I'm going to do though. Take it back and get a refund, or get another phone. But I think im going to get another x3 though... i have the memory card now! Nick...

  • yeh this phone looks gr8 but i hav sgarp gx30i which i think is much betta. only prob wiv it is thats its on vodafone and vodafone r dickehads

  • Seems as though most of you are in the wrong place to be talking about other phones. I know the X3 has rubbish camera quality and a few bugs, so? If you dont want it then dont get it, if u dont like it, thats ur opinion. Ur all getting worked up about a phone. Most likely u'll be saying ur next phone u get is gona be best in the world. Theres no phone out on the market that every one can agree on cus not all phones ofer the same features. To be honest its all very well saying my phones got this and that but half the time u probably might not be using it.

  • Who said the SPV was a good phone? I had one, and it was the worst phone I've ever experienced. Constant software crashing, bad display, bad design. No, no, computer says no. And yes, to keep Nick happy, there was dust under the screen. :) I tried to flog it when I changed contracts and nobody would buy it, so I did the sensible thing - took it out into the garden, shot it with an air rifle, took pictures and posted them on the Net. Yes, I am easily bored. Vaughan

  • All I can say is that there are mixed reviews! "omg nick k700i is a much better phone usb you get with the phone and its blue tooth vga camera yes, but has a 1.3 fake megapix, wich is better than a x3. i have a x3 m8, so why would i lie>? you just sound a right tit,saying the x3 is better than a sony nick you realy do" Bluetooth. WOW... 9.6 Kbps modem capabilities and 5-10 metre range! God, I'm really missing the fact I can send files at 5 kbps to other phones. K700i I admit is a good phone, but again it has its bugs! So, I sound a right Tit, do I. You are complaining on an open forum about the x3, not even leaving your name! Instead of slating off the phone, get a different handset! Don't keep coming on here throwing your unnamed weight around praising every other phone under the sun! OK, I havent been up with the prices recently on phones, but to be honest I dont really care. The X3 is the phone that suits me most, and so, I like it! The SPV may be a good phone but again, the dust problem, VGA cam etc etc. And FYI if you ACTUALLY KNOW HOW to take photos with a phone camera, you will see that the photos you take aren't all that bad! And another thing... dont slate off a phone just because its got a not-so-good camera! Look at the T610 camera, then look how many people have got the phone and like it! Just because its a not-so-good camera doesn;t mean yopu can give it a bad reputation! Look at the other features... Java MIDP2, MP3 player, UNLIMITED video, memory cards, then look at the K700 features... Bluetooth (boner), Java MIDP1, MP3 player (not v good), max of around 4 mins video recording, memory cards? I think not! But I have one thing to say about the SPV... M I C R O S O F T I'm only just getting over it on my computer... I wouldn't want it on my phone too! And the CONSTANT dust problem is a nightmare! "lmoa @ nick, vga camera thats all thay have he says,ffs nick get it into your head any vga camera is better than the blurry fussy crap of the x3" hmm... coming from someone who can't type to save their life! (lmOA, fussy) The VGA setting on the X3 is excellent! There is absolutely nothing wrong with the VGA camera function! HERES A TIP, LOOK AT THE PHOTO SAMPLES FROM THE MOTOROLA E1000, AND THAT HAS A GOOD REPUTATION! Don't give this phone a bad reputation because of the blurryness of the camera. Yeah, OK, it might be a bit FUZZY (look it up most recent Unknown, ZZy not SSy!!!) but thats not a problem for someone looking for a good looking phone. Come on! The X3 mp3 player is actually AUDIBLE in a crowded street! K700 isn't. Rant over.

  • lmoa @ nick, vga camera thats all thay have he says,ffs nick get it into your head any vga camera is better than the blurry fussy crap of the x3

  • Plus, the spv costs a lot more. see this is nick again its �199 allways wrong nick, but let make out its �600 for you so we can all say the x3 better :)

  • nick lets face it, you have the best phone in the world :) 2 you only tho

  • omg nick k700i is a much better phone usb you get with the phone and its blue tooth vga camera yes, but has a 1.3 fake megapix, wich is better than a x3. i have a x3 m8, so why would i lie>? you just sound a right tit,saying the x3 is better than a sony nick you realy do

  • Mik, thank you :D Brynn and dextro, this is a forum regarding the x3. not the orange spv!!! Plus, the spv costs a lot more, so why would we want to buy it? dust under the screen, vga camera?? no thankyou.

  • hey i'm finally seeing some ppl other than nick posting about how they like the phone. maybe i can buy it with more confidence now? hehe... but has anyone tried the benq s700? cuz i'll be getting that one instead of the x3

  • aha the 100th post and nothing is resolved get yourselfs the orange spv c500 for everything you need,from unlimited mpeg4,3gp,vid to mp3 steroer thru some meaty bass stereo h/phones windows media player packet video player bluetooth the lot and good battery ive never owned a phone so good

  • There are various oppinions here and I agree with with you all, there are weakness but then there are strenghs of the O2 X3, it can't multi thread in some cases meaning do more than one operation, you can only listen to mp3 and do other things but u can say for stupid example go for a jog, put the stop watch on and listen to ur mp3. But really and truthly its a good gadget, I wich there where applications available for it to use, like nokia have applications. Its missing blueThooth , If O2 made the exact same model with bluethooth, got rid of the anoying door bell ringtone, made it into a symbian phone, id buy it as soon as it was available.

  • I have an O2 X3 , I really like the phone it does what I want it to do, but I have memory cards for it but what I really want to do is put mp4 video clips to watch on long journys. I have a few mp4 video clips but very small the quality is excellent, I though I was watching TV at one point. If there is any one that has had luck converting an AVI file in mp4, that works with the o2 X3 please can u let me know.

  • Someone asked about ringtones? If you have MP3 ringtones and they are currently in your playlist, you need to deselect them before they will play as a melody. No problem. This forum is rapidly speeding downhill, people. Can we keep things civil and above the gutter, please. If you have something constructive to say about the X3, good or bad, then post away. But don't weigh in with a moronic one-liner and expect not to get slagged. Vaughan

  • p.s i actually think the camera is really good! :P

  • MY GOD i started lookin at this site when the phone was a couple of weeks before coming out, and basically to all those moaners, try the phone before you buy, the phone is a gadget phone it always has been if you want a good digital camera go and pay �200 for one instead of the phone. The phone has one downfall i will admit the msg tone but aside from that it is a good phone i have had no problems and to me you all sound as piccy as hell!!!!

  • Mark, nice to see you are taking my side of the fence! lol In response to your query regarding video footage. The files need to be in an MP4 or 3GP format. I would say a good bit of software to convert clips would be Xilisoft 3GP converter, albeit that you need to tweak the settings to get it to convert less blocky... :D Seems to work fine for me... :D Have a good time with the x3 :) Nick (if you have any more queries, let me know via email)

  • Can anyone tell me how to download video footage onto my x3.Got the mp3's sussed and they're very good.Well happy with the phone,contrary to some other peoples views!

  • have you added the person who's phoning to the phone book? mine are all OK... :S

  • damn, that's annoyin...i also have the same problem with the ringtones. it lets me change it yet when someone rings me it stays on melody 1.

  • Hiya, sounds like a stupid question but does anyone know how to change the message tone on the o2 x3 as mine sounds like a doorbell ringing everytime i get a txt message. i've read the user manual but it doesnt say anything about changing them. thanks

  • Just a correction of a sentence I posted: "So I'm a poor little kiddy when YOU are the one complaining, and YOU are the one that is unhappy and CAN'T FACE THE FACT that YOU are disappointed?" to "So I'm a poor little kiddy when YOU are the one complaining, and YOU are the one that is unhappy and CAN'T FACE THE FACT that other people are happy with the x3?" And, moderators, please don't delete my posts!

  • This is my Rampage of the day!! "Lesley i have sony *k700iphotos* on my pc now, you can put any *think* you take on *a* o2x3 and i bet, you cant even get *close,* " From John Oh Fucking Really? For someone who thinks they know a lot who cant even spell THING? Thats Right Folks! "BROUGHT THIS CRAP LAST WEEK, TAKING IT BACK" From Sam. Hmm. Good one. Why are you taking it back? Why are you typing in ALL CAPITALS? Why don't you give it more than a week? "you *all ways* talk bollocks nick, 1.3 megapix, should be the same as a sony 1.3 a sony and sharp cost �350 o2x3 :�150 thats why it *aint* better you say... well a nokia 6600 sony k700 are cheaper than the x3 and thay take much better pics, k700 has a *fake* megapix and thats much better, so price *dont* come into it. nick all you are is a *sad* *little* *kiddie* who wasted �200 on this phone poor poor little kiddie" from a person so young, stupid and weedy they couldn't even leave a name... GOOD ONE! Where do I start? Grammar? Spelling? The fact that you are talking from your arse? Hmm... Especially the ending was a bit of a let down IMHO. "nick all you are is a sad" So I'm the one complaining am I? "little" So 16 is little? "kiddie" "who wasted �200 on this phone" Er no. �200 well spent! "poor poor little kiddie" So I'm a poor little kiddy when YOU are the one complaining, and YOU are the one that is unhappy and CAN'T FACE THE FACT that YOU are disappointed? K700i is crap. Face it. Lets do a little competition shall we? Here we are: Spot the: Memory Cards Megapixel Sensor Unlimited Video Capture - With sound Flash USB Cable AS STANDARD Enough said. So now try to say that the K700i is better! "Unknown, my mate has the k700 and it is utter shite in comparison to mine. Don't talk crap." from Lesley. Exactly. Thanks! Rant over! Now, the Unknown who had the pleasure of calling me a kiddy, Life is just. Some of us appriciate what we have in life! Now crawl back to your hole and stay there... arse.

  • does anyone know how 2 send pics via irda

  • Dave, will be on its way tonight! Unknown who called me a kiddie, you can piss off! Its YOU who's gutted that you bought your x3, and are completely beyond belief that someone can actually enjoy the x3, other than you. You are whinging, go back to your mummy. I am 16 and unlike you I act my age!

  • brought this crap last week, taking it back

  • contacted o2 and they're sending a replacement handset. I don't want another X3, I have been put off by all the problems. If the new one works though, I will eat my hat...

  • Nick, u still sendin that software dude...imi still musicless on my below average phone :) if not, let me know where i can get it? cheers

  • Lesley i have sony k700iphotos on my pc now, you can put any think you take on a o2x3 and i bet, you cant even get close,

  • is this phone proper good i want to get it, is the camera bad????

  • I am taking mine back as it has numerous bugs. It won't charge, it randomly restarts, and it cuts out during phone calls. I could live with it if there was nothing wrong with phone calls, but imho its crap. Some people may like it, but I don't. Could anyone recommend a phone that takes miniSD cards, I havent seen any others apart from this one and I don't want another one of these (although they'll probably just give me another one :( )

  • Unknown, my mate has the k700 and it is utter shite in comparison to mine. Don't talk crap.

  • you all ways talk bollocks nick, 1.3 megapix, should be the same as a sony 1.3 a sony and sharp cost �350 o2x3 :�150 thats why it aint better you say... well a nokia 6600 sony k700 are cheaper than the x3 and thay take much better pics, k700 has a fake megapix and thats much better, so price dont come into it. nick all you are is a sad little kiddie who wasted �200 on this phone poor poor little kiddie

  • Thats very starnge, coco. Mine works fine... Have you tried going into an o2 shop and asking about it? :S. Anyway, its nice to see people appreciate people who use and like the x3, unlike many of the people on this forum!

  • Thanks nick - but i've already tried that -the phone say's it's changed but when when I ring it - it's back to melody 1 !! - the only work a round is to assign a new ringtone to each contact in the phone book. It looks like melody 1 is the default for numbers not stored in the phones memory

  • Coco, go to ringtones, then change it by selecting which one, then pressing Option. then Set As Ring... Simple as that!

  • Still trying to change the ringtone - can not get anything but melody 1 - the phone lets me change it - but when I ring it, it reverts back to melody 1 - I've gone in via the profil/ringtone menu - am I doing somethin wrong ??

  • I chose this phone on the spur of the moment. I rang the o2 upgraders for a nokia 6230 and was told it would be an extra 80 quid. I got the o2 x3 knowing that if it was bad I could replace it. But I really love it! I love the great video recording quality, most only do 15 fps but this does 30! The camera IS decent. Not amazing but just as good as others in price range. I looked and have been looking for the last two weeks at other phones but there's always something that lets it down for me. Motorolas? 5meg memory and no extension. WHAT!!! good phones but this single thing means its not for me. Other phones either don't do mp3's or decent video, have low or no extendable memory. The X3 simply is the phone that suits me best. Its just a damn shame there's no bluetooth. No idea why they wouldn't put that on. My next phone maybe. Until then I'm looking forwards to my next year with the X3. Al

  • Unfortunately there are absolutely no proffessional reviews for this phone on the net. At least I can't find any anyway. But I am convinced that the phone is not as good as 350 quid variants because it has a cmos sensor rather than a ccd one which is more expensive, drains battery but is better quality. I said before I had a 3.1 megapix cam but it had a cmos sensor so the quality was not great. I and many others have however managed to get good pics from the phone. It's as Allan said, people here the silly camera sound and start moving. Stay still for a few seconds after pressing the button!

  • AND, Unknown, It IS 1.3 MPIX!!! Just a blurryer version! There is nothing that says that this isnt a 1.3MPIX...!

  • I personally wouldn't pay �350 for a phone and neither would half the people in the public!

  • "Allan yeah you are right in one way, as this not a camera but a 1.3 camera or phone, is still a 1.3 megpix...just look at the gx30 samsung d500 sont s700, thay are 1.3 and thay match a camera on a 1.3, o2, there words an amazin 1.3, bollocks it cant even match a 2 year old vga cam. plz just look at the gx30 and others the photos are not better thay are world apart, 1,3 should meen 1.3 not just in size and i like many brought this phone because of the amazing camera, thats why i spent �200....o2x3 was fake and o2 know it, real has pissed me off,and to top that off, the phone is so so so so buggy, you lucky if you have the same phone a month, all i say is real crap, you wont see the x3 for sale soon , it a joke. and to the peps who like it all i can say is go and use a sony s7 or samsung d500, price dont come into it, 1.3 should meen 1.3 ffs " NO! THE CAMERA SENSORS ARE CHEAPER IN THE X3 THAN IN S700 and GX30, BECAUSE OF THE PRICE DIFFERENCE!!! WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PHONE COSTING �200 AND A PHONE COSTING �350? CHEAPER COMPONENTS! SO PISS OFF!!!!!!! LOOK AT PHOTO SAMPLES FROM MOTOROLA E1000, THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, OH LOOK, SO IS THE PRICE!

  • Allan, thankyou! Claire, You need a Memory Card reader to put mp3's on there. E-Mail me and I will send you links of where to get the appropriate stuff... And you can't change the message tone *sorry*... "you are so sad Nick,you most be real gutted,thats why you tell your self its good,yeah its good omg its good,as you cry.omfg what have i done �200 on this, its good its good" I'm telling myself its good because it is so, not that I am "gutted" because I bought it, because I'm not, I love it! So you, go away just because YOU are gutted that YOU bought it, doesn't mean that EVERYBODY that likes the phone is gutted! Surely if you were gutted wouldn't you be haveing a go at the phone? And "when you cry".... WHAT A FUCKING STUPID THING TO SAY! You are the crybaby... wanker!

  • The msg tone is really iritating, is there any way it can b changed besides putting it on silent? How much is the cable for putting mp3s on your phone?

  • you are so sad Nick,you most be real gutted,thats why you tell your self its good,yeah its good omg its good,as you cry.omfg what have i done �200 on this, its good its good

  • Wank, its so wank, lmao wasted all my money on this omfg, you live and leArn, that i have

  • Allan yeah you are right in one way, as this not a camera but a 1.3 camera or phone, is still a 1.3 megpix...just look at the gx30 samsung d500 sont s700, thay are 1.3 and thay match a camera on a 1.3, o2, there words an amazin 1.3, bollocks it cant even match a 2 year old vga cam. plz just look at the gx30 and others the photos are not better thay are world apart, 1,3 should meen 1.3 not just in size and i like many brought this phone because of the amazing camera, thats why i spent �200....o2x3 was fake and o2 know it, real has pissed me off,and to top that off, the phone is so so so so buggy, you lucky if you have the same phone a month, all i say is real crap, you wont see the x3 for sale soon , it a joke. and to the peps who like it all i can say is go and use a sony s7 or samsung d500, price dont come into it, 1.3 should meen 1.3 ffs

  • What annoys me most about this phone (apart from the low quality pictures and inability to change ringtones) is the mp3 player. You can�t actually use the phone to play mp3�s until you buy an additional miniSD to SD adaptor. (assuming you�ve got an SD port on your PC �also that is -assuming you�ve got a PC!). Wouldn�t it be nice to be able to use the supplied USB lead? Why don�t they include the miniSD adaptor?

  • Think I've got the answer to blurry photos on this phone. There is (as with many digital cameras) a slight delay between when you press the "shutter" button and when the image is captured. My advice is to turn off the clicky camera sound (no loss as it is bloody annoying) and you and your subject will not move immediately after hearing it (causing the blur). I have tried this today and have had much better results. For those of you that moan about the camera not being very good, a quick couple of points...... 1 This is a PHONE we are talking about, not a dedicated digital camera. 2 I don't know who the maker of the camera is, but I think it safe to assume is is not a leading manufacturer (i.e. Nikon, Canon etc) as this would be advertised heavily otherwise. and lastly.... 3 This phone is pretty small and packed with features which are all fighting for space. That's got to limit the quality, surely? Cut the X3 some slack people! If you consider all of the above and have a re-think its not at all bad. I await a torrent of abuse if other pro-X3 comments are anything to go by...... Just in case you think I have O2 written all the way through me like a stick of rock.....their customer service is absolutely useless.....but that's another story. Allan

  • 40Meg -that's not a song it's an album ! - still point taken - what did we do before mp3's ?

  • Also - My X3 won't let me change the ringtone (Select profile/ringing tone/etc..)

  • Nick :supplied card is 32Meg - most of my Mp3's are between 4 and 5 meg each - so that means a max of about 6 songs per card (what bit rate are your tracks ?)

  • count yourself lucky that the phone takes mp3's! some take wav files which are like 40meg a song! 32 meg should be enough to hold 10 3 minute songs at 128kbs. Methinks you might be a pink floyd fan! Al

  • Coco, ringtones change perfectly, picture quality IMHO is good, and you can buy bigger cards, and I have around 17 mp3's on the supplied card, so dont talk bollocks. Lesley, copy both the JAR and JAD files to the Java folder on the memory card, then go to games, find the game you just copied, then press options, then Install, et voila. Your game will work!

  • Don't hink i'd every buy an 'O2' badged phone again - the picture quality is rubbish , the supplied memory card will only hold about three mp3's and the phone won't let me chamge ring tones !!

  • Hey How can I get games on my phone? I have downloaded some with the JAD and JAR files, got the whole memory card adapter and reader thing but I can go no further than that? Don't know how to install them?

  • Liz, that is a problem with YOUR particular handset, not the range of them! Almizer, I am thinking along the same lines :) I'll keep an eye out, and I will email you with any info... email me so I can get your main address... Nick

  • This phone has caused me no end of problems since i got it in sept 04. it keeps turning itself off, and now i cant access any of my media files, and i cant even send a text as it say "space full". i wish i hadnt even bothered getting it as my free upgrade. i know i certainly wouldnt part with any money for it, and never will i have an O2 phone again!

  • thanks for the advice ste and al, i've spoken to argos who've said if i take it back they MIGHT send it away for repair if i tell them EXACTLY what time and EXACTLY what day i bought it. emailed o2 however i've yet to receive a reply-no surprise there really....