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McFie
06-09-2007, 12:18 AM
Hiya

After losing my phone last week, I am now the (potentially) proud owner of an N95. And for once, I have a recent backup on my pc of my old phone, the Nokia 6230i. But I cannot get PC Suite to see this file to copy the contacts to the N95!

I have installed the latest version of PC Suite, with all the cable drivers. The phone connects fine using USB (Had issues with infrared, but could have been becuase I was trying to use earlier version of Content Copier). However, when I select restore, it cannot see the file sat either in the original location, or the copy I placed in the COntent Copier folder.

Has anyone experienced similar issue? Can it be resolved? The backup file to be restores is an .nfb file, so while I have had issues in the past with earlier models not being compatible when restoring data to a new phone, I would be surprised if these handsets are not. I am using a Dell Latitude D400, in case that has any relevance?

Many thanks in advance - the thought of manually entering all the details is not a good one! (I managed to copy the raw data into excel, so at least I still have the numbers at least!)

Cheers!

TonyHoyle
06-09-2007, 12:40 AM
You can't even safely restore backups across firmware revisions let alone different phones.

The best way is to sync your contacts (using the contacts sync not the backup/restore) on your old phone to your PC, then sync them back to the N95.

pa49
06-09-2007, 08:22 AM
You can't even safely restore backups across firmware revisions let alone different phones.

The best way is to sync your contacts (using the contacts sync not the backup/restore) on your old phone to your PC, then sync them back to the N95.

Yup, Tony is correct!
Backup /restore is for from and to the same phone with the same setup!
You are trying to apply a restore that is anly applicable to your old phone!
Be grateful it didn't read it.