How to Backup and Restore Contacts, Files and Other Settings from your Nokia Mobile Phone?
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It’s always good to have a backup copy of your contacts and other files and settings of your mobile phone so that if something goes wrong, you just need not worry about losing your data. Rather, you can just click and restore the created backup to your mobile phone and work seamlessly again!
Here’s how you can backup contacts, files and other settings from your Nokia mobile phone:
- First, download the latest version of the Nokia PC Suite from here and install it. Connect your mobile phone and let the drivers install themselves
- Once that is done, launch the PC Suite by clicking on the PC Suite icon
- Click on the Backup icon on the PC Suite
- A dialog window should popup. Select your mobile phone from the drop down list, and then click on the ‘Backup’ icon
- Now, check the stuff that you wish to be backed up from your Nokia mobile, it could be anything from contacts list to messages to files on the memory card
- Press the Next arrow
- Now, specify a location on your computer where the backup should be saved
- Press the Next arrow. The backup process should begin now
- When the backup is finished, you’ll get a confirmation that everything went right. Click close to exit
To restore the backup to your mobile phone:
- Click on the Restore button in the Nokia Contents copier, select the backup file and proceed
- All backed up settings will be restored to the mobile phone
That’s how you do it!
On a related note, Zyb is an online service which lets you sync contacts and other settings from your mobile phone. Further, you can share your contact details and other media with your friends on Zyb. You can also connect with your contacts on Zyb so that when they update their contact details, the data is automatically synced with your mobile phone.
13 Comments, Comment or Ping
Haris
Very useful article. It’s been a while since I last updated my Nokia PC Suite. I really like the new version from the screenshots above. Maybe I’ll give it a try this weekend.
May 11th, 2008
Shankar Ganesh
@Haris: Yep, the new version’s interface is too funky. I loved it.
May 11th, 2008
Aseem Kishore
Don’t have a Nokia phone, but if I ever get one, I’m sure this will come in handy! Thanks!
May 12th, 2008
Syahid A.
A must have for Nokia fans. This is by far the easiest Nokia backup tools that one can find.
May 12th, 2008
Shankar Ganesh
@Aseem: Hehe glad you liked it
@Syahid: Yeah, the Nokia backup tool works seamlessly without a glitch.
May 12th, 2008
Albert
thanks for making it easy for non tech to make use of PC suite, i had tried out ZYB as well and its fantastic..great work
May 12th, 2008
Gili
This is a useful tip that will be useful for securing your Nokia PC data
May 13th, 2008
Dinesh
Shankar,
Do you have any idea whether under the Messages Category it backs up everything under the Messaging folder, or just the Inbox. I move my messages regularly to seperate folders.
May 13th, 2008
Die Hard Techie
I use to this software while i am changing my mobile to anyother model than i am using. But it has a great problem with Back Uping the messages. You could restore the messages to the same model only. So if you are planning to upgrade your mobile and want the messages too, its not possible !
Nokia really sucks on this. Did anyone know any other third party software to back up messages and restore them to any models ???
May 14th, 2008
Madhur Kapoor
Great info Shankar. Earlier i used to copy contacts using a sim card. This is very helpful.
May 15th, 2008
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