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This article was reviewed by Luigi Oppido. Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years.
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Using the Nokia Ovi suite or the PC suite applications on your computer to make a backup and restore onto your new phone as everybody on the internet recommends is ineffective and does not work most of the time. This is due to the different versions the phones might come with, so the backup files won't be restorable on the phone you want to transfer to.
Easiest and simplest way is to transfer via bluetooth which is quick and efficient. Here is how to do so.
Steps
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Go to tools on your Nokia mobile phone (preferably the more recent model of the two) by selecting the menu. -
Select settings (This may be available under "Tools" or directly under "Menu").Advertisement -
In settings, select sync and backup settings which leads you to a sub menu. -
In the sub menu select "phone switch". -
Follow the instructions given.- This will let you sync both phones via bluetooth and let you transfer the required data such as contacts, messages and so on.
- This will let you sync both phones via bluetooth and let you transfer the required data such as contacts, messages and so on.
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You can also sync your contacts to Nokia server and restore them back to any phone. To do this select Nokia Sync from menu of Nokia phone. -
Select contents to be synced i.e. contacts, message, bookmarks etc. -
Select "sync internal". This could be either manual or automatic. You may need a Nokia email id for this to login. -
Select "Sync Now" after setting up all. Your contacts will be uploaded to Nokia server as backup. -
To restore your contacts to new phone, login with nokia id and in sync menu select "Restore Data". Your contacts, messages, bookmarks etc will be restored in your new phone.
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- Eventually move to a phone that easily transfers data to a computer where it can be backed up in a widely-compatible format to avoid hassles and vendor lock-in. Many smartphones have these advantages.
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