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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Guide : Transfer all SMS from a Nokia Symbian Smartphone to Android Smartphone



So you got a  new Android smartphone and you want to transfer all important data from your old Symbian phone to it. We know how much important is that old data in your old Symbian phone. So generally there are many sites and online services which help you to transfer all the data like Contacts, Calendar entries, Notes, Images, Songs and even SMS to your new Android smartphone but at a very premium price. Sad smile Some charge more than $30
Well we can easily transfer Contacts, Notes, Calendar entries, Photos and Songs from Symbian to Android but real problem comes for SMS ! There is really nothing any easy application that will directly transfer all your valuable SMS from Symbian phones to Android phones for free! So what to do? Many of us including me faced this big issue for transferring all SMS to Android phones. Most of us either simply sacrificed all those SMS or some still use that old phone for accessing those important SMS !
I searched a lot on the Internet for the easy solution where Rooting is not required of Android Phone but didn’t get easy solution which can be used by any end user and for free! But finally found a solution from some archived threads of XDA Forums.

Steps for Nokia Symbian Phone:

1. Copy all your contacts from your old Nokia Symbian phone to Android Phone as it is by various methods like, Syncing to Outlook etc. If its already done please skip this step.
2. Now download and install Latest Ovi Suite for your Nokia phone from here. http://bit.ly/lB5bTn
3. After installing Nokia Ovi Suite and detecting your Nokia Phone, Please Sync all SMS in Ovi Suite. Remember Sync it and no need of OVI Suite backup of your Nokia Symbian Phone!
4. Disconnect your Nokia Phone and close the Nokia OVI Suite application. WATCH OUT! Nokia OVI Suite likes to minimize to system tray please be sure that its also closed from the System Tray of Windows.
5. Download Nokia2AndroidSMS from the given link and extract all files to Folder called Nokia2AndroidSMS. http://www.mediafire.com/?vmdddmp4ga9sq6x
6. Run Nokia2AndroidSMS.exe extracted from Nokia2AndroidSMS.7z; you will need 7zip for extraction. http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
7. The application should automatically find all Data-stores created by Nokia OVI Suite and automatically select the first one.
8. If it should fail to detect Data-stores then you’ll have to find it by yourself, you can either drag and drop Data-store file from Windows Explorer onto the Nokia2AndroidSMS window or use the Open button to find it.
9. You can change the Data-store in the 1st selection list if there is more than one.
10. If you have more than one phone in the Data-store than you can select for which you’d like to export the messages, they are listed by their IMEI number.
11. Press Convert button and now you should get an xml file in the same folder you extracted Nokia2AndroidSMS application.

Steps for Android Phone:

1. Install ‘SMS Backup & Restore’ from Android Market. Or check the link http://bit.ly/hSNLDmAuthor of the App: Ritesh Sahu.
2. Connect your Android phone to the PC by using supplied Micro-USB Cable. (You MUST select Disk drive as connection type).
3. Now copy the xml file (which was created after Step 11) into the ‘SMSBackupRestore’ Folder onthe phone, (Please create it if it’s not already made by the App in your Android phone’s Mass Storage or Memory Card).
4. Now simply Run SMS Backup & Restore and click on ‘Restore’ button to import messages.
5. After importing all SMS it will create threads as per contacts in your Android phone’s default SMS application.
6. Enjoy! Smile
I was able to transfer whopping 2141 messages (SMS) from my Nokia N8 to my new Samsung Galaxy SII within 10 minutes. What I liked with this Android app called SMS Backup & Restore that it also created accurate threads of my SMS conversations from my Nokia N8.

Exclusive: Nokia X7 Now Available In India At Rs 22,000

Nokia’s gaming centric handset , the Nokia X7 is now available in India. We spotted a few units at the Priority Dealer where we could take a demo piece for a spin. The X7 comes with  a 4″ AMOLED screen and runs Symbian Anna. The camera is an 8MP EDoF unit. The unit comes with a 8GB microSD card in the package and supports upto 32GB of memory. The phone has been priced at Rs 22,000.

Compared to the N8 which comes in at approx Rs 21,000 ex-showroom , the X7 packs a much larger screen which would definitely be useful while gaming. However it loses out on the N8′s awesome camera. What would you chose ?

iPhone 3GS now available from Airtel and Aircel for Rs 19,990




After the launch of iPhone 4 at the end of May this year, the 8GB version of the iPhone 3GS is now available from Airtel and Aircel for Rs 19,990. They have also announced prepaid and postpaid money back plans with the iPhone 3GS for the period of 24 months.
Aircel Postpaid Plans
Monthly Rental (Rs)599299
Free Local Talktime (minutes)17501000
Free Local & National SMS1000500
Free 3G Data (MB)500350
There are also prepaid plans with Aircel starting at Rs 297, that offers local and STD calls at 1p/sec, Local and national SMS at 50p/sms, 2G GPRS data at 10p/10kb. Customers opting for both the prepaid and postpaid plans would get 1GB free data for the first 3 months. Aircel offers the phone through 6 months interest free EMI option at Rs. 3,333 /month for HDFC & ICICI credit card customers.
Both the prepaid and postpaid plans for iPhone 3GS from Airtel is same as the ones they announced with the iPhone 4. The iPhone 3GS was relaunched by Apple few weeks back and is available in the Indian markets for the same price.

Micromax X450 Van Gogh Dual SIM Phone with Integrated Bluetooth Headset dock



Micromax has launched a unique handset, Micromax X450 Van Gogh, that has Bluetooth headset dock built right into the back of the phone. The Bluetooth headset could charge from the phone.This phone is also sleek and has curved design with some attractive colors.
This is a dual SIM phone with dual standby that has good value for money and is also packed with lots of features.

Micromax X450 Van Gogh Features

Form FactorBar Style
BandEDGE/GSM 900/1800MHz
Dimensions116.7mm x 52mm x 20.3mm
Display2.6 inch, 262K Color QVGA TFT
Camera2.0 MP
MusicMulti Format Music Player (MP3 / AMR / MIDI / WAV)
Video PlayerYes(AVI/3GP/MP4)
Expandable MemoryMicroSD (upto 8GB)
Battery TypeLi-ion 1000mAh
Talk TimeUp to 4 hours
Standby TimeUp to 13 days
MessagingEmail,SMS /MMS/EMS
ConnectivityEGPRS/WAP/MMS,Bluetooth 2.2 (A2DP)

The Micromax X450 Van Gogh also has 3.5mm jack and comes with FM Radio and pre-installed apps such as Opera mini, IM services like Facebook, Yahoo, MSN etc.

Micromax X450 Van Gogh Price

The phone is priced at Rs. 3,499 that comes with 2 colored interchangeable back panels and is available across India.