Most people aren’t going to have this problem but if you’re one of the poor sods, this will save you the trouble. I was recently asked to help with this and spent quite some time wrestling with it.

The Nokia N-Gage does not have built-in SyncML so it cannot sync with Nokia PC Suite without the original driver CD. If the CD has been lost, this is the only way you can get your 300+ contacts off your ancient N-Gage phone.

Requirements:

  • Contacts Transfer by Juha Riihimäki
  • Another modern S60 phone (that can sync with Nokia PC Suite)

Steps:

  • Install Contacts Transfer on N-Gage.
  • Export contacts data over bluetooth or MMC card (works either way). The file Contacts.data.z is in custom binary format so it’s not readable by any other application, but it exports everything including contact images.
  • Install Contacts Transfer on that other S60 phone.
  • Copy Contacts.data.z into the phone with one of the following methods:
    • If you exported the data into N-Gage’s MMC, insert the MMC into the new phone.
    • Copy Contacts.data.z into the new phone’s memory card using a PC if the phone no longer supports MMC (e.g. RS-MMC, SD, or MicroSD).
    • Copy Contacts.data.z into the phone’s internal memory using Nokia PC Suite’s phone browser.

    Note: Bluetooth file transfer doesn’t work here. You can use the phone browser over bluetooth, but not the OBEX directly.

  • Open Contacts Transfer application and import the data.
  • Sync the new phone to Nokia PC Suite. The contact information is then transferred to the PC.
  • Use Nokia PC Suite to export the data into CSV, which can then be used in any application. (you need to highlight all the contacts first to before the Export command becomes available)

Good luck helping your friend migrate to the new world!