Solution for backing up & restoring Messages— Symbian S60 3rd Edition (OS 9.1)
September 24th, 2008 | 
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A breakthrough for Symbian S60 3rd Edition (OS 9.1)
Solution for backing up and restoring Messages
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I am very glad to inform you all, the MOST-WANTED solution for backing and restoring your messages from your memory card. By default in symbian S60 edition phones, when we store messages on memory card, it gets stored in system/mail folder.
The same thing happens on Symbian 3rd edition phones too, but only difference is that the mail folder is buried deep inside the private folder..
What you need to access it..
1) Connect your handset to pc in the “Data transfer” (Mass storage) mode
2) Go to the Private folder on your memory card
3) Open the folders in sequential manner
4) Look for 1000484b (PARENT) folder or like that under which you will find Mail (Child) or mail2 folder, you are looking for.
5) Copy that (PARENT) folder to your PC
6) After you format you memory card using handset, copy back the same folder PARENT from pc again under Private folder on memory card using mass storage mode.
7) Voilla!!! You have got all your messages as it is.
– OR –
Follow 1st step as it is, then go to search option on your pc, include system, hidden files and folders in search options and search for “mail” folder.. and follow steps 5 to 7 as it is.
Post any of your queries..
Another tutorial in line for creating folders under folder in damn easy way
Note:Message cant be transfered to phone memory…
The system files of phone memory cant be accessed due to new security levels in the 3rd edition phones…
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Tags: Mobile, s60, series 60, series60, series60 v3, smartphone, Smartphone tips and tricks, tips, tricks
Very good guide, just that on Nokia N95 u have to choose to copy all messages to memorycard then choose back to Mass storage to get access to the message files =)
Thanx for the tip J. Will definitely going to help many.
very good.
i’m intrest from ur site.
can u help me?
i want a program that install automatically the programs on symbian s60 v3.
and if u have a tutorial about symbian s60 v3 programming please help me.
and dear BiNPDA i want a tool for changing contets of sis files on symbian s60 v3 as rsc tools
please close this damn site
hi can u tell me how to backup phone memmory messages of n3230 without using nokia pc suite
or how to transfer them to memory card
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TNX man, i have n79 and couldn locate that mail folder to delete it, and regain that prompt 4 copy all msgs to mmc… i used FEexplorer and Modo search, but didnt sucseed…
you are the MAN! tnx again
I can’t backup my messages on my mobile, when i try backup it, always shown couldn’t located blablabla… I frustated.. I’m so happy found this page.. Thank you