Sunday, June 5, 2011

How to copy your contacts from Nokia 5800 XM to Google's Nexus S

Hi all, well i had some trouble finding it all in one place so i decided to write this short tutorial to help you get the job done.
First of all this may not work on all firmwares, so here is the information about the devices i used:
Device: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Software version: 51.0.006

Device: Samsung Nexus S i9023
Android version: 2.3.4

Note that even though this tutorial is for Nexus S it should also work on other android devices. Now let's get the job done.

1. Go to the 'Contacts' menu in your Nokia.
2. Go to 'Options -> Mark/Unmark -> Mark all'.
3. Click on 'Options -> Copy business card -> To other memory -> Memory card'.
4. After the process is done, connect your phone to the computer as a mass storage device. Navigate to 'Other\Contacts' on your phone and if all went well you should see your contacts as a bunch of .vcf files.
5. Copy those files somewhere on your HDD (this step is optional)

This concludes the exporting of your contacts part.
Now you have two main options for how to import those contacts in your phone. You can either choose to do it with some file manager (the one I use is called 'Dual File Manager' program) or import them from your E-mail. Either one works.

If you choose to import them via a file manager (In the example i will use 'DFM', but basically it shouldn't be any different from any other FM out there):

1. Connect your Nexus S (android phone) to the computer in 'USB storage'
2. Copy the .vcf files to your device (preferably in a folder somewhere).
3. Turn off the 'USB storage' mode.
3. Open the 'Dual File Manager' app.
4. Navigate to the folder where you placed your .vcf files.
5. Open the files by tapping on them - you may be prompted for an account on which you wish to save the contact to.
6. Done.

If you choose to add your contacts via Google Mail:

1. Log-in to your mail (the one where you have your phone registered).
2. Click on 'Contacts' (in the current setup it is right below 'Mail' on the left side of the screen.
3. Click 'More actions -> import' and browse the file you wish to import.
4. Done.

The second approach has the advantage that it offers you the ability to merge the contacts together when they have the same number.

That's it.

Wait a minute, there must be more, right? Both approaches only show how to import a SINGLE VCF file into your contacts list, what if you have, say 1000 such files? In that case you can to the following (Windows only):

1. Open you command prompt ('windows key + r -> type "cmd"')
2. Navigate to where your vcf files lie.
3. Now you can choose to merge all the files together or to merge only some of them. Use 3.1 for all and 3.2 for selected files only.
3.1. copy /b *.vcf (output-file-name).vcf
3.2. copy /b (your-file-name-1).vcf + /b (your-file-name-2).vcf (output-file-name).vcf

What 3.1 and 3.2 do is basically concatinate the files into one super file. The original files are not deleted.
Now you should be able to import all your contacts in your Nexus S without any trouble.

Sources:
How to transfer contacts from a Nokia Symbian phone to HTC Desire
Accept a VCF file? Import it?
How to concatinate the vcf files
More on the 'copy' batch function (in German)

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Hi all, I just found out an interesting video on the internet and thought that i will share it with you. It is about a Japanese toilet at a fish market. I know it sounds strange, but just watch it and then think about the public toilet near your place. Enough said, here is the link: