1. Import/Export/Move SMS Messages from Nokia to Android - Android Stuff said on 07. June 2010 at 23:26:36

[...] has written another tool to transfer SMS messages from Nokia Ovi to Android via SMS Backup & [...]

2. Archphoto said on 16. June 2010 at 14:43:21

Fantatsic! Exactly what I needed to transfer all the messages from my Nokia N95 8GB.

Thoroughly recommend this program and SMS Backup:
http://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/sms-backup-restore

A great combination that does just waht it says.

Thank you!

3. Ellis said on 19. June 2010 at 14:46:07

Superb! Many thanks for this, was just what I was looking for for my gf’s 3500 slide to HTC Desire.

She’s very happy

4. geopap7 said on 24. June 2010 at 12:36:46

I am doing what you describe, but after I disconnect my nokia phone and close the ovi application there is no “datastore” to find!!! Where is the datastore you describe? I run the nokia2android application and either it does not find the datastore or pops up a message “access violation of address ooooooo”

5. mvrhov said on 24. June 2010 at 15:20:09

6. nazandak said on 05. July 2010 at 10:55:13

Great apps and instruction.
Manage to transfer all my important sms from N97 to Galaxy S.

Kudos !!! Many thanks to you.

7. No Longer Mad with Desire: Exactly the anDroid I was looking for | Tech Czech said on 13. July 2010 at 12:13:30

[...] I used these two guides to migrate my SMSs/Text Messages from the E71 to the HTC Desire: 1. This to convert from OVI and 2. This to import the messages onto Android. And Google’s instructions to migrate all my [...]

8. Sylvana Brannon said on 19. July 2010 at 12:28:48

Finally!! I have just switched phones from Nokia E90 to HTC Desire, and have spend 4 sleepless nights looking for a solution to this problem!! This has worked perfectly, I don’t understand how nobody on the other boards knows about it! Thank you, I will definitely donate and spread the word.

9. Pratik said on 23. July 2010 at 16:12:09

perfect…exactly what i wanted…transfered all msgs from my nokia to htc…just follow d instructions blindly..:)

10. hakim said on 29. July 2010 at 20:02:05

it worked as advertised, thank you!

i am trying to recover my text messages from nokia ovi database (in plain text or vmg.) can you give me some info on how to do that?

also , in the xml file how does one interpret the date field?

11. Kashif said on 30. July 2010 at 00:16:19

Excellent piece of work really appreciate it.

Just few things to clarify for other users. When copying xml file to Android phone’s sdcard you have to create a new folder in it, if not already there, and name it as “SMSBackupRestore” without quotes. Once the xml file is successfully copied to sdcard you then have to disconnect the USB cable from your computer (by stopping it properly). Only then you should run the SMS Backup & Restore application and select “Restore SMS Messages”.

12. Roger said on 02. August 2010 at 12:38:10

Hi all,

thanks for the great app!

Please, Is the generated XML’s DTD available?
Where can I find documentation regarding each element/attribute on the generated XML file?

Thanks a lot

13. Roger said on 02. August 2010 at 18:28:01

Hi all,
How can I restore SMS from Nokia PC suite?Is it possible?

Thanks

14. Roger said on 02. August 2010 at 20:55:30

Hi all,

Does Nokia2AndroidSMS support non-English language?

I was able to covert all my SMS, but I found some issues on messages with special characters (like accents).

Please, Does somebody know how to fix this?

Thanks

15. SMS von Symbian zu Android - Seite 2 - Android-Hilfe.de said on 07. August 2010 at 11:28:04

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16. Volker said on 07. August 2010 at 13:53:01

Thanks for that great tool!

17. Anu R said on 24. August 2010 at 19:12:02

Hi – I can’t see a link to the Nokia2AndroidSM.exe file: “1.Download Nokia2AndroidSMS and extract it to any directory”

Can you help? Thanks!

18. julian said on 29. August 2010 at 21:38:07

Trying to use the tool but it doesn’t work, i’m keep getting the same error when lunching the application “Access violation at address 00000000. Read of address 000000000″
If i browse to the .db3 file and and drag it to the application the Nokia Ovi field will show me the path of the file but the IMEI field stays blank, if i’ll hit convert i’ll get the same error aaaghhhh.
I’m trying to move my SMS from Nokia N95 8Gb to my Samsung Galaxy S, any help appreciated.

19. mvrhov said on 30. August 2010 at 16:21:41

20. julian said on 30. August 2010 at 20:40:15

Hi mvrhov, i’ve donwloaded the latest version and send you the bugreport. Let me know if you manage to get a fix for it.
Thanks Julian

21. mvrhov said on 30. August 2010 at 21:07:09

22. julian said on 31. August 2010 at 19:04:49

Hi mvrhov, i tried the application again but same error pop’s up. I tried it on another laptop with Windows 7 and it worked like a glove. So it doesn’t like the XP for some reason .
Thank you very much for a very useful tool and if you need any more testing on the XP let me know and i’ll do it for ya.

23. Martins said on 01. September 2010 at 14:51:46

Hi,
I get error: Failed to laod DLL library… on WinXp. Can fix?

24. jetned said on 07. September 2010 at 12:01:06

Excellent app, thanks a bunch!!

25. LurchSchlurch said on 07. September 2010 at 22:35:23

Danke für dieses wundervolle Programm
:-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-)

26. Lluis Azm said on 16. September 2010 at 12:19:26

Perfect!!

Thanks!!

27. Steve said on 19. September 2010 at 19:57:56

hi downloaded the software and extracted but keeps saying ‘Error opening store. Error was; Failed to load DLL library.’ and also theres nothing on the Phone IMEI, help please!

28. Steve said on 19. September 2010 at 19:59:43

keeps saying the same thing when i press convert and when i drag the MDatastore.db3 file to the Nokia2AndroidSMS.exe tab.

29. steve said on 19. September 2010 at 22:01:56

hi downloaded everything, extracted the file, but it keeps saying error whenever i try to convert or when i opened the Mdatastore thing. says ‘Error opening datastore. Error was;Failed to load DLL Library.’help!

30. AfzalivE said on 01. October 2010 at 07:27:10

Excellent!

But this app needs an option to just navigate to the Datastore sqlite database. It is still quite useful though

31. Raj said on 11. October 2010 at 22:46:49

hi dear
can anyone help me as i tried to find .xml file after converting but could not find anywhere on my system.
I used ovi and synched all my txt messages then closed ovi from tray n then installed nokiatoandroid setup but could not get xml file

I am using vista

plz help me

cheers

32. Raj said on 13. October 2010 at 21:14:01

hi mvrhov

I downloaded the latest version of nokiatoandroid application and also found Vista it’s in C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Nokia\Nokia Data Store\DataBase\MDataStore.db3 file but by default converter selecting datastore1 and allphones
when i am converting this nothing happen and i could not find .xml file on my system

I am not sure how to convert/transfer messages to htc desire.

Problem with converting messages and finding.xml file on vista…plz hlp

I will appreciate it if you could help me,

even on the latest converter there’s no option to send u a bug report or something

I am using Window Vista, i hope there’s no problem with OS

Plz hlp

Cheers

Raj

33. Raj said on 15. October 2010 at 21:19:00

i solved it
the .xml file i found in the same folder where the nokia2android conver was.

cheers

Raj

34. mvrhov said on 28. October 2010 at 14:35:36

35. Joos said on 05. November 2010 at 11:57:24

Works great for my Nokia 6300!
Very intuitive and user friendly, a very good alternative for Gammu!

Thank you!

Joos

36. Mauro said on 11. November 2010 at 18:38:48

Thank you and my compliment!

37. Nirvana said on 17. November 2010 at 11:02:16

Thank you very much for the effort in creating this great tool!

However, when I launch Nokia2AndroidSMS.exe, I always get the error message “Error opening datastore. Error was: Failed to load DLL library.”

Then the program opens, but doesn’t show my Phone IMEI. Same when I select the MDataStore.db3 manually.

Clicking on Convert results in the same .dll error message as above.

I even copied the sqlite3.dll file to my windows\system32 folder, but no change…

Can you provide any assistance?
I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanx in advance

(I am using Windows 7 64bit)

38. mvrhov said on 17. November 2010 at 13:41:36

39. Nirvana said on 18. November 2010 at 00:41:09

Thanks a lot for your swift reply.

And actually… you were right! Turned off my antivirus software (bitdefender) – and voilà! Works like a charm.

So thanks again – we really appreciate the great work you are doing!

All the best

40. Nuno said on 13. December 2010 at 00:29:07

hi!
Everytime I try to convert myMDataStore with Nokia2AndroidSMS, i get the following error:
“Error opening datastore. Error was: Failed to load DLL library. System error number was 126..”
I’m using Win7 and i’ve deactivated my antivirus (avira)
any help please?

41. rai said on 20. December 2010 at 12:29:54

Hi, I’m trying to use your program, but I keep getting the error – Error openin datastore. Error was: Failed to load DLL library. System error number was 126..

I’ve even tried to disable my anti virus, and I get the same error.

What next?

42. rai said on 20. December 2010 at 12:39:11

Oh nevermind. I re-extracted your file to another folder, and it works now. Thanks!

43. David said on 29. December 2010 at 12:43:04

Man, this is GREAT STUFF you have written/done! Where and how can I donate to support ur great work? Keep it up man!

Cheers,

David from Czech Rep.

44. mvrhov said on 29. December 2010 at 14:47:52

45. Luka said on 02. January 2011 at 22:11:24

Worked like a charm!!!!

All done in 15 min.

You rule!!!!!

THX

46. Diego Na said on 06. January 2011 at 12:52:00

I appreciate your helping!
Many TNX!

47. Hxx said on 06. January 2011 at 21:00:29

nice tutorial!
thx a lot!

48. Fractalogic said on 09. January 2011 at 18:32:18

Thank you very much!

I have switched from the Symbian based Nokia N73 to the Android based HTC Desire like seven months ago.

I have migrated all my digital assets like photos, videos and contacts from the N73 to my computer, and then to the Desire. But I now finally took the time to see if it’s possible to somehow migrate about 200 text (sms) messages I had left just standing on my old phone.

I didn’t expect it to be easy and I knew there was no official way or method for doing this. But I didn’t expect it to be such a pain either.

I don’t like to mess around with my devices too much. I prefer to use the pre-installed applications, default settings and just keep it clean and simple. I hate bloatware. So as you may expect I have not bothered “rooting” my new Android phone.

I have spent hours searching the Web for a way to migrate text messages from a Symbian to a Android phone. I have studied various forums and blogs.

I have studied the method described by Vinod Mishra on his blog at http://vinodmishra.com/2009/09/how-to-import-smss-from-nokia-to-htc-android-devices/. It’s a pretty smart method, and I already have half of the software required installed on my computer. But the method he describes requires the Android phone to be rooted. Since mine is not I didn’t want to do the double work here and first root the phone and then do all those complicated steps, all just to get my text messages from Symbian to Android. It was just not worth it.

I have also read the method described by Alexander Ginkel on his blog at http://blog.ginkel.com/2009/12/transferring-sms-from-nokia-to-android/.

Alexander’s method is very similar to this method described here. His method also involves using SMS Backup & Restore and Gammu – a command line version of Wammu (”a program to manage data in your cell phone such as contacts, calendar or messages”). Just like the method described here at http://www.simail.si, his method does not involve rooting the phone.

However, I found this method described here much easier than the one described by Alexander on his blog. Thanks to the fact that the method described here does not involve using Gammu, but rather a simple Windows tool to extract the text messages from the phone in a proper format that can be used with SMS Backup & Restore.

Out of these three methods I have read about, this one is the best there is, as of yet.

Hopefully, with the advancement and evolution of Android mobile operating system, things like these will be a thing of the past. Android is the new standard setting system of the future!

In the future, thanks to Android, it will not matter from what phone brand or model you are switching to what other brand or model. Because hopefully a big majority if not all of them will be using Android, and there will be an official method for migrating your digital assets quick and easy.

It will be just like with personal computers in the 80’s. In the past you could not create a program for one computer, write it to a floppy disk and give it to a friend to run it on his computer with a different architecture where the program would not work without re-work a.k.a. porting.

The PC, the IBM PC and the Intel x86 architecture to be precise changed all that. The only old fashioned fan boy was Apple who always have had their own operating system, and completely different architecture. Just to mess with us. It’s a complete miracle that Apple managed to survive the 90’s!

They are doing it all over again now with iPhone and iOS which they refuse to license out to other manufacturers. Having said that, it’s only a matter of time before iOS market share will shrink down to a bare minimum.

Apple is the black sheep of the herd!

49. Fractalogic said on 09. January 2011 at 18:52:28

How can I make a donation?

I found the thread about donations at http://www.simail.si/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=303. The author is referring to MoneyBookers for donations.

Is it free to use MoneyBookers to make donations? Do I have to sign up first?

Pay Pal is available in Slovenia. So why is it not possible to use Pay Pal?

I may send the money by letter. But it would have been much easier and more convenient to use an online service like Pay Pal. I for instance donate to Wikimedia Foundation that way annually.

50. mvrhov said on 09. January 2011 at 22:20:35

51. dinj said on 16. January 2011 at 20:40:23

Hi
I have tried above method and my problem is i am not getting errors while using Nokia2AndroidSMS application.
Problem is converted file is only 1 KB which can’t be right i have tried everything else. Any ideas.

Using Vista
Nokia N95 8GB to HTC Desire

Thanks
Dinj

52. mvrhov said on 17. January 2011 at 16:56:47

53. dinj said on 17. January 2011 at 18:56:32

@ mvrhov

Yes, both field are filled as per above snapshot:

i.e. Datastore 1 and All phones

And when i press convert 1KB file is generated without errors.
I have tried dragging and dropping 6 MB db3 file without success (i mean same outcome).

Thanks
Dinj

54. mvrhov said on 17. January 2011 at 20:11:05

55. dinj said on 17. January 2011 at 23:18:54

@ mvrhov

No there ain’t any IMEI’s listed in the phone field.
I have got Nokia n95 8GB

Nokia Ovi 1.0 installed.

Thanks

56. mvrhov said on 18. January 2011 at 16:15:29

57. Mash said on 29. January 2011 at 10:33:09

Answer to 53. Looks like you have not sync the messages on the phone. In OVI Suite, first sync the messages and then use the suite. – Regards

58. Nanz said on 04. February 2011 at 13:45:28

MAN u’re soooooo awesome if this really works, & I followed all ur steps & would really love to see it working. Unfortunately,just like “dinj”, I found the extracted file only 1 kb which is weird because my .csv file was 582 kb. The .xml file opened with these info only on the webpage:

any further help please? I’d really appreciate it. I’m transferring my messages from Nokia 7373 to HTC Desire Android, & I’m very attached to my old memories on the old phone. Would appreciate your prompt response, I feel like I can’t still leave my old phone except when I transfer the sms.

Thanks,
Nanz

59. mvrhov said on 04. February 2011 at 14:07:12

60. HIREN said on 19. February 2011 at 09:56:55

Thank you very much. nice application. i am done it. more then 1800 sms transter to dell xcd35.

thanks again

61. mizz_angel said on 21. February 2011 at 22:24:58

Hi,

I’m trying to do the conversion as you’ve written but not having much luck after closing Ovi Suite. After I close and try to extract the Nokia Ovi to Android SMS, it opens up and says ‘No archives found’. After clicking ok I see a small WinRAR diagnostic screen which says ‘ The archive is either in unknown format or damaged.’ Where do I go from here? I’ve tried dragging the database (the location you specified as above, in Users-AppData-Local-Nokia-Nokia Data Store-DataBase) but it won’t let me drag into the WinRAR diagnostic messages screen..

Thanks for any help you can give..

62. mvrhov said on 22. February 2011 at 21:58:19

63. mizz_angel said on 22. February 2011 at 22:03:19

Can I use winzip? My computer says the 7zip file that downloaded isn’t supported by my PC..

64. fred_be9300 said on 23. February 2011 at 02:30:49

for those getting a 1kb output file… I faced the same thing just now, and managed to “solve” it.

My Ovi Suite is 2.2.1.23 (was a user of Nokia PCSuite before). Windows XP.

Weeks ago, I had connected my Nokia 5310 to Ovi Suite, but probably not really done a sync. (I don’t really remember what I did then).

I did find 2 files MDataStore.db3 of ~225KB, in these locations:

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Nokia\Nokia Data Store\DataBase
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Nokia\Nokia Data Store\Deleted\DataBase

When I loaded Nokia2AndroidSMS.exe, it found 2 Datastores, and the Phone IMEI field would says “All phones” with no other options.

Trying to convert, resulted in a 1kb, practically empty “sms_All Phones.xml” file.

Trying to drag ‘n drop the MDataStore.db3 into the application window would lead to the same result.

Finally, I went back to Ovi, and noticed that Ovi reported that the messages (and contacts) had not been synced. So I forced a sync of the messages (and contacts), followed the rest of the steps, and yes, now I do have a proper xml output file. This time, the Phone IMEI field also reported the IMEI of my Nokia.

So, if you get this, go back to Ovi, and make SURE that your messages are synced.

Hope this helps someone…

65. mvrhov said on 23. February 2011 at 16:10:34

66. Abuharis Khan said on 08. March 2011 at 19:40:48

Perfact
as written

so nice of you

but friends dont forget to Delete un wanted sms before making xml file . you can delete your sms in OVI and dont forget to empty eleted Messages: in your Ovi, otherwise “Nokia to Android SMS convert program will convert your all sms from OVI. and it will take lot of time to restore
i have converted my 111826 sms in about 2 hours.

Thanks and regards

67. Cerebro en la Sombra : Migrando de Symbian a Android manteniendo guía, agenda y mensajes said on 16. March 2011 at 18:29:55

[...] parte es un poco más complicada. Yo seguí este procedimiento y me funcionó todo correctamente, en unos minutos tenía mis 800 mensajes en el teléfono [...]

68. Lars Holmberg said on 18. March 2011 at 13:42:05

Nokia e65 migration of all sms messages to Android on HTC Legend worked like a charm. (windows 7, Htc Legend and Nokia e65)

After the import to Android the message structure was updated and integrated into new messages without errors.

Thank you for your great work.

69. Axyrus said on 26. March 2011 at 06:53:44

Hi,

Thanks for your tips !

70. T said on 27. March 2011 at 17:13:31

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71. Fractalogic said on 02. April 2011 at 23:19:16

What’s wrong with the Pay Pal donation page?

When I get to the donation page, one of the required fields there is to choose a password. So it’s like it’s a donation slash registration page…

I don’t have a Pay Pal account and I don’t really need one.

I just want to donate. Why do I need to create a Pay Pal account just to donate?

I have made donations using Pay Pal before. And I have never been required, as part of the donation, to create a fully functional Pay Pal account.

In fact, I have donated to Ritesh Sahu back in January this year whos’ SMS Backup & Restore application I used to migrate my messages from Nokia. But I was not required to sign up for a Pay Pal account.

When I visit Riteshs’ Pay Pal donation page it says like this in the header. “Pay with Credit Card or Log In”

Then it says “Review Donation and Continue” on the button down below.

But when I visit Mihas’ Pay Pal donation page it says “Create a PayPal Account or Log In” as header. And the text on the button reads “Agree and Continue”. What the heck?…

A picture says more than a thousand words. So here are two screen shots that prove it.

Riteshs’ donation page:
http://img707.imageshack.us/i/riteshsahudonationpage.png/

Mihas’ donation page:
http://img641.imageshack.us/i/mihasdonationpage.png/

What does this mean? Why are the donation pages different here?…

I don’t really need a Pay Pal account. I don’t see why I should get one in order to donate money to someone using Pay Pal. Weird…

72. mvrhov said on 03. April 2011 at 11:18:31

73. Kega said on 06. April 2011 at 11:19:37

Hey

I can’t download SMS Backup & Restore, it looks like the site is down – anybody who can help?

74. Kega said on 06. April 2011 at 11:29:31

Well I feel stupid, as it’s on android marked

75. Faryds said on 07. April 2011 at 10:10:22

Hey, thanks for the awesome work.
I have a question. There’s a SMS that my phone is not moving to the OVI Suite, so I would like to include it in the xml file manually, by copying it.

Can anyone please tell me how to understand the “date” field? Is actually a really important detail and I want to have the original info showing there.

Thanks in advance!

76. mvrhov said on 07. April 2011 at 15:48:30

77. Ameya said on 12. April 2011 at 06:26:22

Dude you completely rock!!! Thanks a lot man!!!

78. amp said on 18. April 2011 at 19:35:48

Yay! I made it! It took me an hour and a halve, but I MADE IT and now I have all my dear messages in my new phone <3 thank you so much for this tutorial

79. DMH said on 24. April 2011 at 21:34:20

Works like a charm. Thank you so much. Nokia 2720 to DesireS

80. john sein said on 05. May 2011 at 10:28:48

A BIG THANK YOU,WORKS GREAT!!!!

81. Ammar Morad said on 07. May 2011 at 19:43:58

P erfectWorks like a charm. Thank you alot. Nokia 6120c to Desire

82. Nokia 短信导入 Android 系统手机 | 浪费时间来学习 said on 08. May 2011 at 13:28:31

[...] 原文http://www.simail.si/nokia2androidsms/ SMS Backup & Restore安装 [...]

83. Sanjay said on 26. May 2011 at 13:12:27

Hello,

I have a Nokia 7710 which was a Symbian S90 series touchscreen smartphone. The problem is that neither the PC suite nor the OVI suite can read the SMS on the phone. I have a utility on the phone which backs up the sms in a native format but that does not work with this utility.

There is other application on phone which converts the SMS into plain text, is there any way to use that txt file and convert it into a android understable XML file?

Thanks

84. mvrhov said on 26. May 2011 at 13:42:20

85. Sanjay said on 26. May 2011 at 14:01:14

Ovi Suite detects the phone but does not synchronize the contacts or messages. In PC Suite I can export the contacts to CSV files, but messages there also does not show.

86. aiaiyaya said on 01. June 2011 at 19:36:09

nice! this worked for me. thanks a lot!

87. EBE said on 04. June 2011 at 15:29:16

Thank You very much!

88. prateek said on 10. June 2011 at 19:54:46

dis wrkd prfctly……..initially it was showin no file in the folder which i created but after i disconnected my phone it just worked!!!I thought i wud lose all my 3200 messages….thnxx man..u jus saved my message collection….
REALLT GR8 WORK…!!!:)

89. chin said on 23. June 2011 at 17:17:33

mvrhov –

i’m trying to use this app and facing a problem. don’t know if you’d have the time to reply, but would be great if you can find some time.

i have an nokia 5800 and samsung galaxy ace (running android 2.2). i’ve got about 1500+ smses on the nokia that i’m trying to move to the android. did the following without a problem:
- downloaded and installed ovi suite
- connected the nokia 5800 to the computer (windows 7 32-bit) and synced only the messages (all 1500+ smses synced fine)
- disconnected the nokia phone and closed the ovi suite (all the way from the sys tray too)

now, i tried running the Nokia2AndroidSMS.exe and both the ‘Nokia Ovi Stores’ and ‘Phone IMEI’ fields were dropdowns defaulted to their default values. therefore, i dug up the .db3 file from the path you mentioned. dragged-and-dropped this file in the ‘Nokia to Android SMS converter utility’ window and then the first field ‘Nokia Ovi Stores’ changed to a textbox with the path of the file and an ‘Open..’ button beside it. However, the second field is still a dropdown defaulted to ‘All Phones’ with no other values.
Clicked the ‘Convert’ button and a message came up stating ‘No messages exported. Did you forget to synchronize you phone messages with OVI?’
Can’t get ahead of this step. Can you please help when you get the time?
I checked the ‘C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Nokia\Nokia Ovi Suite\Messages’ folder and I see two folders there.. one with the imei of my phone and the other named ‘Database’. The first is empty and the ‘Database’ folder contains a ‘msg_db.sqlite’ file sized about 958KB. I opened the file in Notepad++ and it seems to contain my messages.
Can I use your exe directly with this file? Or is there something else that I have missed?

Also, I have tried the above steps at more than once computer just to be sure. Have rebooted the computer and reinstalled the ovisuite too.

Your help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

90. mvrhov said on 24. June 2011 at 09:35:45

91. chin said on 24. June 2011 at 11:37:29

miha -

thanks for the quick feedback.
yes, I too was going to end up thinking that the ovi suite version might have changed from the time you coded the app and hence the problems. the current version of the ovi suite installed is 3.1.. As you’ve suggested, I will try to find the version 2.2, uninstall the 3.1 version and ensure all folders are deleted, then install 2.2 and then try the app again. Even better, I’ll see if I can get my hands on another machine all together (withtou ovi suite installed) and then install version 2.2 on it. all this IF I am able to find ovi suite version 2.2.

again, thanks for the help though. I hope I find the version 2.2, will keep you informed.

cheers

- chin

92. chin said on 24. June 2011 at 18:42:00

miha –

bingo! had trouble, lots of trouble, finding an older version of the nokia ovi suite. found Nokia Ovi Suite v2.1.1.1 at:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/system_tools/manage_external_devices/nokia_ovi_suite.cfm/v2_1
uninstalled the previous version (3.1.x.x) and had to manually delete all directories within the C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Nokia directory. from then on, everything worked like textbook.

thanks & cheers,

- chin

93. Ninad said on 03. July 2011 at 09:00:29

Hi Ritesh,
Really appriciate your efforts. Any plans of upgrading the tool to support Nokia Ovi Suite v3.1 and above?
Thanks!

94. mvrhov said on 03. July 2011 at 17:54:33

95. Trasferire sms da pc a Samsung Galaxy S - Samsung Galaxy S (i9000/i9003) - Forum Android Italia - AndroidWorld.it said on 04. July 2011 at 16:57:46

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96. Vickie said on 04. July 2011 at 19:14:26

Hi, my phone doesn’t have an SD card slot (Nexus S), is there another way to import my messages?
Thanks

97. enruoblem said on 06. July 2011 at 21:46:45

Hey,

I have recently got a htc desire s and I am trying to import my sms from my nokia n900. I have sync’ed my messages to my pc then exported them (file stored on desktop for ease).

However, I am having a problem when trying to convert them to xml format. I get the error message “No messages exported. Did you forget to synchronize you phone messages with OVI?”

Not really too sure why I am getting this message, I have sync’ed my messages with ovi, they are definitely there because I can see them when my phone is unplugged.

Please could you let me know how I would be able to convert my messages (I am probably doing something blatantly wrong!). I have many precious messages which I don’t want to lose just because I have changed phones

Many thanks.

98. buddha said on 13. July 2011 at 17:37:20

@mvrhov – I am using nokia ovi version 3.1.1.75, windows 7 (32 bit), completed all the steps detailed by you. Manually dragged & dropped the MDataStore.db3 from the location defined by you. Also ensured that ovi is closed perfectly and McAfee is turned off, but still not able to extract the .xml file. it always give the error “no messages exported. did u forget to synchronize you phone messages with ovi” whereas I am able to view all my