Nokia PC Suite

No, you do not need to uninstall Nokia PC Suite to be able to install Nokia Suite. However, it is recommended that you do not have them both running simultaneously on your computer

Also, the Nokia Suite installer will disable PC Suite if it is running in the background. From there you can proceed in installing Nokia Suite on to your computer.

Nokia PC Suite is being replaced by Nokia Suite(earlier known as Nokia Ovi Suite), which is the newer and more user-friendly application for Windows.

Nokia is not developing PC Suite anymore.

With Nokia Suite, you can connect your computer and your phone. Keeping important information up to date on your phone and on your computer is simple, and you can  transfer music, and download free street maps to your phone with ease. Nokia PC Suite and Nokia Suite can be installed on the same computer, but you should not use them simultaneously. Note that the latest Nokia phones are supported only by Nokia Suite.

Photos and music are automatically available for Nokia Suite.

When you add photos and videos to the Nokia Suite library from a folder on your computer, the files are not duplicated on the computer. You can safely remove photos and videos from Nokia Suite without removing them from the computer. Nokia Suite doesn't move your photos or delete them unless you choose to do so.

This depends on the phone used. The latest Nokia phones are able to keep personal data in place - but there is an issue with older phones. It is highly recommended to take a backup before the firmware update.

For a complete list of devices that are compatible with Nokia PC Suite software visit: http://www.nokia.com/pcsuite. Click on Compatibility & Download and a list of all supported devices and full system requirements will appear.

Creating a new synchronisation task involves selecting the PC application that you want to synchronise with a phone, and defining synchronisation settings. If you do not make changes to the synchronisation settings, the settings for the last selected synchronisation task will be used. To create a new synchronisation task follow the steps:

1. Connect a Nokia device to the PC.
2. Click the Nokia PC Sync icon and then click Settings icon.
3. Click Create new settings icon.
4. On the first page of the wizard, select the new PIM application from the drop-down list. Follow the instructions on screen to finish the wizard process. If you choose to skip the wizard process, a set of default settings will be used in the synchronisation.

• On the What To Synchronise page, you can specify what information to include in the synchronisation.
• On the PIM specific page, you can enter information about the PIM application you have selected.
• On the Synchronisation Range page, you can specify the settings for synchronising Calendar/To-do items. If you did not select Calendar / To-do Items on the What To Synchronise page, this page will not be shown.
• On the E-mail page, you can specify settings for synchronising e-mails. If you did not select E-mail Items on the What To Synchronise page, this page will not be shown.
• On the Bookmarks page, you can specify the settings for synchronising Bookmark Items or Bookmarks and RSS Feeds depending on the phone model. If you did not select Bookmark Items or Bookmarks and RSS Feeds on the What To Synchronise page, this page will not be shown.
• On the File Synchronisation Settings page, you can specify the settings for synchronising File and Folder Items. If you did not select File and Folder Items on the What To Synchronise page, this page will not be shown.
• To view the advanced settings used in the synchronisation, click Advanced... on the Finish page.

5. The new synchronisation will start when you click Finish on the last page. If you do not want to start the synchronisation, clear the selection in the check box at the bottom of the page.

In Advanced settings you see the followings tabs:

1. Automatic Synchronisation tab

• Do not synchronise automatically 
  Nokia PC Sync will not synchronise automatically with your phone. You will have to start the synchronisation manually whenever you want to synchronise a phone with your PC PIM.
• Synchronise every time I connect my phone 
  Nokia PC Sync will synchronise automatically with your phone each time you connect the phone to the PC.
• Synchronise periodically while the phone is connected 
  You can specify in hours or minutes how often Nokia PC Sync will synchronise automatically with a phone. This only occurs while the phone is connected.
• Launch Nokia PC Sync automatically on startup 
  Select this option if you want to launch Nokia PC Sync automatically every time you start your PC.

2. Conflict Resolution tab

It is possible that you have modified an item on your mobile phone and on the PC. Here you can specify whether information is to be synchronised from your mobile phone to the PC or vice versa if a field of an item has been changed on both databases. Select the database that you want to synchronise information from:

• Mobile phone
• PC, a specific PC PIM application or a web browser, depending on the information types you have selected for synchronisation. For example, if you have selected to synchronise only Calendar / To-do Items, the PC PIM in use is displayed here as an option.

3. Direction tab

You can specify the direction of the synchronisation. You can update information to both directions in synchronisation, only from a mobile phone to the PC, or only from the PC to a mobile phone.

4. Sync Profile tab

• Username 
  Enter here the username for your sync profile if needed. If you have defined a username here, you must use the same username in the phone. If you have not defined a username in the phone, you do not need to enter it here either.
• Password 
  Enter here the password for your sync profile if needed. If you have defined a password here, you must use the same password in the phone. If you have not defined a password in the phone, you do not need to enter it here either.
  

Nokia PC Suite is available at www.nokia.com/pcsuite with installation instructions.

The Bluetooth media module searches for all the devices that have been paired with the PC. If some of these devices are no longer within range, the search may take a while. To prevent this from happening, you can use the unpairing function to clear the unwanted devices from the list.

To try and solve this problem, do the following:
1) Select Start > Settings > Control Panel, and double-click Add or Remove Programs.
2) In the Add or Remove Programs window, search the list of currently installed programs for PC Connectivity Solution.
3) Select PC Connectivity Solution, and click the Change button. The PC Connectivity Solution Maintenance Program opens.
4) In the maintenance program, click Repair. Then wait for the operation to be completed.
5) Restart your PC, and try to connect your device to the PC again.

You can synchronise a compatible Nokia phone with the following PC PIM applications:

1. Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007
2. Microsoft Outlook Express / Windows Address Book
3. Microsoft Windows Calendar and Contacts
4. Lotus Notes 5.x, 6.x, 7.0 and 8.x
5. Lotus Organizer 5.x and 6.x 
    

This information applies to Nokia PC Suite 6.83 and newer.

To export you Text Messages (SMS) from your Nokia Device and store them in a .csv file, please do the following:

1. Connect your Nokia Device to your computer.
2. Open the Nokia Phone Browser.
3. Select Your Nokia Device and then select Inbox.
4. Right click in the right hands side of the window.
5. Select "Export Messages"
6. Nokia PC Suite will promt for a location to save the .csv file.

OR

1. Connect your Nokia Device to your computer.
2. Select Messages within Nokia PC Suite.
3. Select Inbox.
4. Right click in the right hands side of the window.
5. Select "Export Messages"
6. Nokia PC Suite will promt for a location to save the .csv file.

I tried to create an Internet connection using One Touch Access. I received the following error message: "Failed to connect to the network. One Touch Access could not connect to the selected device."

1) Check that the following text is shown in the Nokia PC Suite main window: "Connected to Nokia xxxx" (where xxxx stands for the four-digit model number of the phone). If not, check that your phone is connected to the PC.
2) If yes, open One Touch Access and click Settings. Select your phone and the correct connection type, for example "Nokia 6630 USB" (USB refers to a DKU-2 cable). Click Next and Finish.
3) If the error message still appears, disconnect the phone turn the phone off and turn it back on reconnect the phone and try again.

The PC Suite applications for your Nokia phone are displayed on the right hand side of the main PC Suite window as icons —this area is known as the application bar. To use an application, click its icon. For information on using an application, see the online help.
Availabe application:

• Backup/Restore
• Synchronize
• Connect to the Internet
• Contacts
• Messages
• Calendar
• File Manager
• Store Images
• Transfer Videos
• Install Applications
• Explore Music
• Update Phone software
• Download Map

If you need to remove PC Suite (including all components), follow the steps below:

Note: close any PC Suite applications that are running before you begin.

Windows XP:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. Scroll through the list of installed applications, then click Nokia PC Suite
4. Click the Add/Remove button.
5. Click the Uninstall button from the Nokia PC Suite window, then follow the on-screen instructions until the setup wizard has completed removed the program.
6. Restart your computer to complete the removal process.

Windows Vista / Windows 7:

1. Click Start, then click Control Panel.
2. Click Programs, then click Uninstall a program.
3. Select Nokia PC Suite from the list of installed programs, then click Uninstall/Change.
4. Confirm that you want to remove the Nokia PC Suite program from your PC.
5. Restart your computer to complete the removal process.

To ensure the complete removal of Nokia PC Suite application from your computer, please download and run Nokia PC Suite Cleaner from the following web address:

http://europe.nokia.com/support/download-software/pc-suites/how-to/nokia-pc-suite-cleaner

Creating a Custom Contact List

If you have more contacts in your Personal Information Manager (PIM) than your phone book memory can hold, synchronizing may overload your phone book memory.

You can create a custom contact list or subset of your master contact list containing only the information you want in your phone. Depending on the PIM application you use, you may need to create a new contact database file or create a new folder to store the custom contact list.

Configuring for Outlook users

Microsoft Outlook users can create folders and sub-folders in their Outlook database files. To create a custom contact list, first create a new folder to store contacts. Then copy the desired contact information from your main contacts folder to the new folder. Nokia PC Suite 7.1 PC Sync allows you to synchronize your phone with the Outlook contacts folder of your choosing.

Create a new folder for phone Contacts

1. Open MS Outlook
2. Click File 
3. Click Folder 
4. Select New Folder
5. Type the name of your new folder (for example, Phone list).
6. Click the Folder contains drop-down arrow, then click Contact Items.
7. Select a location for your new folder (for example, click Contacts to make Phone list a subfolder of your Contacts folder).
8. Click OK to confirm your selection.

 Nokia PC Suite settings

1. Open PC Suite
2. Open Nokia PC Synch by clicking on Synchronize icon
3. Click on Settings icon
4. Click on Create new settings icon
5. Follow wizard and on step 3/6 Outlook profile selection click on Select folders icon
6. Choose the desired folder for contacts.
7. Finish wizard

Supported operating systems:

• Windows 7  32-bit and 64-bit editions
• Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit editions
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (Service Pack 2)
• Windows XP (Professional or Home Edition), (Service Pack 2 or later)

For a complete list of system requirements, visit www.nokia.com/pcsuite.

You can get information about installed Bluetooth drivers (Bluetooth stacks) with Nokia PC Suite by doing the following:

1. Check that you have PC Suite version 6.7 or later installed on your compatible computer.
2. Right-click the PC Suite icon in your task tray.
3. In the pop-up menu, select About Nokia PC Suite > Show System information dialog (the "i" button). Information about the operating system of your computer and the installed Bluetooth stacks is displayed.

This issue happens because of the device software, which may be an older version and conflicts with Nokia PC Suite. In order to solve this issue, update  both Nokia PC Suite and the device software to latest versions.

To update Nokia PC Suite follow the steps:

1. Open Nokia PC Suite
2. Navigate to top menu
3. Click on Web
4. Click on Check for updates and add-ons

To update device software version follow the steps:

1. Open Nokia PC Suite
2. Connect device
3. Click on Nokia Software Updater (NSU) icon from main menu
4. Update device

This issue has been fixed in the latest version of PC Suite (7.1.30.8)