Smartchip i have a w580i the phone was working fine all day, but all of a sudden when i went to make a call it shut off. i took the battery out, put it back in, turned it on and it said insert smartchip, i tried that three times, but its still not working is there anything else i can do before i take it to a store? thanx Lolita Robinson

i found a new screen on ebay took about 10 days to get but it works great

please check out with your phone firmware

if you take sim and battery out for about 15-20 minutes and boot up your phone, you should be fine, i talked to my stepdad, computer freak, he said it could be caused from me not ever shutting my phone off and it just getting hot

the smartchip is either not in correclty or maybe the phone doesnt read the smartchip

i update my sony ericsson w580i but mobile not on or not conct usb

I had the same problem but i fixed it. I'm not sure if this will work for you though. I took off the battery door and noticed that although my battery fit, it was somehow off by a few millimeters maybe. I took a tiny piece of paper, folded it and then fit it near the edge of the battery. This pushed the battery exactly where it should've been and then the phone could read the sim card again. I don't know how it got knocked outta wack but this seemed to help.

its a peice of **** thats what it is, it happened to me and wont fix!!!!

same thing happened to mine last year--you need to update the software: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/support/softwaredownloads/detailed/updateservice/w580i?lc=en&cc=us
your phone should have come with a usb/computer hookup wire (it's gray). Download it onto your phone. It turns out that this same problem happened the other day (so I am downloading it now). it's the only problem ive had on this phone... hope it helps

take the phone back and have it replaced.

better u change your battery and try....