gHacks technology news » nokia pc suite http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Nokia PC Suite 7 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/16/nokia-pc-suite-7/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/16/nokia-pc-suite-7/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:03:07 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=6213 Nokia released a new version of their PC Suite about a month ago which is the central PC software to manage your Nokia mobile phone. The software application seems to grow in size with every release, the current version is Nokia PC Suite 7.0.7.0 with a size of 34 Megabytes.

Basic functions that Nokia PC Suite 7 provides are backing up important data of the mobile phone, synchronizing all kinds of data like contacts, emails and calendars and providing Internet access for the computer the mobile phone is connected to.

That is obviously not all. The PC Suite can check the availability of new firmwares for selected mobile phones and instantly download them to the computer. Besides that you get a file manager and administration of messages, contacts and multimedia files on the mobile phone.

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It’s furthermore possible to install applications on the mobile phone. My personal opinion is that it looks like the new version of the Nokia PC Suite comes with improved performance, everything feels a tad faster and more responsive.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/16/nokia-pc-suite-7/feed/ 11 Remove Nokia Phone Browser from My Computer http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/28/remove-nokia-phone-browser-from-my-computer/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/28/remove-nokia-phone-browser-from-my-computer/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:43:20 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/28/remove-nokia-phone-browser-from-my-computer/ Installing the Nokia PC Suite on your computer has the side effect that a Nokia Phone Browser system folder is added to My Computer. I rarely connect my Nokia N73 phone to my computer and have never used the icon to interact with it which lead to the question how I could remove that Nokia entry in My Computer.

I did not want to uninstall the Nokia PC Suite because I did need it from time to time. The Nokia Phone Browser entry in My Computer is connected to the PhoneBrowser.dll and all that has to be done is to unregister the dll in windows to remove the entry in My Computer.

Open the command line by pressing Windows R, typing cmd and hitting enter. Now navigate to the folder where the Nokia PC Suite is installed. In my case it was C:\Program Files\Nokia\Nokia PC Suite 6 so I did type “cd C:\Program Files\Nokia\Nokia PC Suite 6″.

The command to unregister the PhoneBrowser.dll and remove the Nokia Phone Browser entry is “regsvr32 /u PhoneBrowser.dll”. Refresh the My Computer window to see the change which should be visible immediately.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/28/remove-nokia-phone-browser-from-my-computer/feed/ 27 Nokia PC Suite Error 1305: Error reading from file http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/30/nokia-pc-suite-error-1305-error-reading-from-file/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/30/nokia-pc-suite-error-1305-error-reading-from-file/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:43:53 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/30/nokia-pc-suite-error-1305-error-reading-from-file/ The Nokia PC Suite is a software that ships with your mobile phone that can be installed on PCs to communicate with the mobile phone. You can backup data, synchronize contact information, upload music and install mobile phone applications using the Nokia PC Suite.

The software installed just fine on my home computer but I did receive a very strange error when trying to install it on a friends computer. The error “Error 1305. Error reading from file:” appeared followed by the local path to the Nokia PC Suite installer. I quickly found out that this is a permissions issue.

I did the following to fix the PC Suite Error 1305. I copied the Nokia PC Suite software to my computer, right-clicked the file and selected properties from the menu. Click on the security tab, select SYSTEM from the Group or Usernames menu and check the Full Control Allow checkbox.

Exit that menu by clicking Apply and OK. Now start the installation of the Nokia PC Suite again and the error message should not appear anymore.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/30/nokia-pc-suite-error-1305-error-reading-from-file/feed/ 1 How to update a Nokia Mobile Phone http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/30/how-to-update-a-nokia-mobile-phone/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/30/how-to-update-a-nokia-mobile-phone/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:09:29 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/30/how-to-update-a-nokia-mobile-phone/ Nokia has created a great software that makes it really easy to update your Nokia mobile phone. You are probably wondering why you should update the phone if everything is working as intended. This is actually a good question and I can’t answer it for the phone that you are using.

Generally speaking a firmware update can add new functions and features to your mobile phone, can make it faster, update software so that you can run advanced applications or fix security holes. I’m not sure if there is an official Nokia website that lists release notes for current and previous firmwares of Nokia phones – I was not able to find it if it exists.

This means it is not really possible to determine the new features and improvements of the new firmware version. The only information about firmware updates was that they will improve performance and functionality. The update will update the operating system of your phone which includes applications like the Calendar, the Messenger and the Contact List.

Please note that it is not possible to downgrade the firmware of your Nokia phone once it was updated. Some applications and games from third-party developers might need to be installed again after updating the phone firmware. I suggest you take a look at the extensive FAQ on the Nokia website.

How to update a Nokia a Nokia Mobile Phone:

1. Download the Nokia PC Suite and backup all of the files on your phone

To do that simply start the Nokia PC Suite application and click on the Backup button. Make sure you save everything on that phone. This might take a while if you have lots of personal files like images or music stored on the phone. The files will be transfered with the Nokia Content Copier software.

Backup the contents in the Nokia phone as well. You find that option in Tools > Memory.

2. Download and install the Nokia Software Updater application which will be used to update the firmware of the Nokia phone. Please note that you have to use this software and can’t use the Nokia PC Suite to update the mobile phone.

Make sure you connect the charger to your phone before you start the process because a failed update can brick your Nokia phone.

The update that I was downloading had a size of nearly 80 Megabytes and upgraded the firmware of my Nokia N73 Music Edition (RM-133) from 3.0638.0.0.30 to 4.0736.3.2.1 which I would consider a huge version leap.

The benefits:

I can’t really tell what has been changed but the phone does seem a little bit more responsive. The only new application that did not seem there before is a Anti-Virus application. There is probably more and some definitely have been updated but I can’t really tell without the release notes.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/30/how-to-update-a-nokia-mobile-phone/feed/ 5 Going Online with my Nokia N73 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/08/going-online-with-my-nokia-n73/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/08/going-online-with-my-nokia-n73/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:13:04 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/08/going-online-with-my-nokia-n73/ I never before tried to go online using my mobile phone and notebook because I always had the chance to use a wireless connection or LAN network to go online. I identified several obstacles that could prevent me from going online with my N73 and Toshiba notebook.

The first one was that my notebook is running Vista Home Premium and I was not sure if the software that was delivered with the mobile phone could be installed. Fortunately it was not a problem. The second obstacle was the question whether I was able to use the fast UMTS protocol or not.

If UMTS was not supported I would have a bad download rate which would make it nearly impossible to work with. Luckily UMTS was available as well.

All I had to do was to install the Nokia PC Suite, connect my Nokia N73 using the data cable with USB connector and click on connect from within the Pc Suite.

It took only a few seconds and I was online. Download speeds are fine and I’m able to work and write articles for Ghacks. This article is actually written using my mobile phone.

The connection is very reliable and it is a pleasure working this way. The only thing that is not that nice is that I have to pay for every minute that I’m online. I had the chance to purchase a monthly package that would give me a certain transfer rate for free but I was not sure if I would be able to use it at my location.

I’m pleasantly surprised that it was so easy to go online with my mobile phone.

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