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  1. #1
    Danny
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    It does a full phone backup function, which says it includes 'messages', but
    I can't explore the resultant file the backing up process has created. So I
    can't check if it's email or SMS or other.
    So I have 2 questions:

    1: Is it SMS or email, or both, that are backed up?
    2: How do you explore the 'nfb' files which contain the backups?

    Cheers.

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    "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like
    administering medicine to the dead." -- Thomas Paine





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  2. #2
    Jannar Molden
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    Re: Does Nokia PC Suite backup SMS messages?

    >1: Is it SMS or email, or both, that are backed up?

    At least SMS were backed up from my Nokia 6510.

    >2: How do you explore the 'nfb' files which contain the backups?


    I've used it once with my Nokia 6510 and as far as I remember, those
    files were text files. So you should be able to open them with any
    text editor.

    Jannar.



  3. #3
    Jannar Molden
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    Re: Does Nokia PC Suite backup SMS messages?

    >1: Is it SMS or email, or both, that are backed up?

    At least SMS were backed up from my Nokia 6510.

    >2: How do you explore the 'nfb' files which contain the backups?


    I've used it once with my Nokia 6510 and as far as I remember, those
    files were text files. So you should be able to open them with any
    text editor.

    Jannar.



  4. #4
    Danny
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    Re: Does Nokia PC Suite backup SMS messages?

    Jannar Molden wrote:
    >> 1: Is it SMS or email, or both, that are backed up?

    >
    > At least SMS were backed up from my Nokia 6510.


    Ah good. That's a promising start.

    >
    >> 2: How do you explore the 'nfb' files which contain the backups?

    >
    > I've used it once with my Nokia 6510 and as far as I remember, those
    > files were text files. So you should be able to open them with any
    > text editor.


    Tried that - they're, as I say 'nfb' files, and cannot be viewed in a normal
    text editor. I just get junk.
    I'm loathe to truly rely on this and possibly find out SMS aren't backed
    up - I'm on a 6230 you see, and I'm not certain the same rules apply.
    There must be a proper explorer program which will allow me to examine what
    I've backed up. Seems ridiculous that there isn't.

    Thanks for your reply.

    --
    "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like
    administering medicine to the dead." -- Thomas Paine





  5. #5
    Danny
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    Re: Does Nokia PC Suite backup SMS messages?

    Danny wrote:
    <snip>

    Tried saving as NFC instead and I can now read the file just fine.
    Thanks. SMS are indeed saved.

    --
    "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like
    administering medicine to the dead." -- Thomas Paine





  6. #6
    Johan Wevers
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    Re: Does Nokia PC Suite backup SMS messages?

    Danny wrote:

    > It does a full phone backup function, which says it includes 'messages',
    > but I can't explore the resultant file the backing up process has created.


    Open it with a text editor, remove the alt-255 chars and you'll easily see
    them. I have used this function once when I switched phones, and it did not
    even restore them, but it also wrote the ones from the original SIM back to
    the new SIM (tested by placing the new SIM in a 3330, which can't store
    messages in phone memory).

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  7. #7
    Danny
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    Re: Does Nokia PC Suite backup SMS messages?

    Johan Wevers wrote:
    > Danny wrote:
    >
    >> It does a full phone backup function, which says it includes
    >> 'messages', but I can't explore the resultant file the backing up
    >> process has created.

    >
    > Open it with a text editor, remove the alt-255 chars


    If I open the nfb file, rather than the nfc file, I end up with a file about
    12,000 pages long (file size is about 1.5MB if I do a full backup). nfc file
    is about 115K and is completely readable.
    However, if that still all makes sense, how do I remove, and what are
    alt-255 characters?

    > and you'll
    > easily see them. I have used this function once when I switched
    > phones, and it did not even restore them, but it also wrote the ones
    > from the original SIM back to the new SIM (tested by placing the new
    > SIM in a 3330, which can't store messages in phone memory).


    When you say 'did not even' do you mean 'did not only'? Because the way you
    put it above it seems to put a negative light on what happened.
    Plus I'm not too clear on what you're actually saying - essentially are you
    saying it was a successful restore, or a miserable failure?

    --
    "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like
    administering medicine to the dead." -- Thomas Paine





  8. #8
    Johan Wevers
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    Re: Does Nokia PC Suite backup SMS messages?

    anny wrote:

    > If I open the nfb file, rather than the nfc file, I end up with a file
    > about 12,000 pages long (file size is about 1.5MB if I do a full backup).
    > nfc file is about 115K and is completely readable.


    Maybe the nfb file contains the user files (the files in the galery,
    ringtones, pictures and photo's)?

    > However, if that still all makes sense, how do I remove, and what are
    > alt-255 characters?


    That depends on your editor.

    >> and you'll
    >> easily see them. I have used this function once when I switched
    >> phones, and it did not even restore them, but it also wrote the ones
    >> from the original SIM back to the new SIM (tested by placing the new
    >> SIM in a 3330, which can't store messages in phone memory).


    > When you say 'did not even' do you mean 'did not only'?


    Oops, yes. My error. It did restoren them.


    > Plus I'm not too clear on what you're actually saying - essentially
    > are you saying it was a succeIt was indeed a succesfull restore.


    It was indeed a succesfull restore.

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    [email protected] // http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/index.html
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