Connecting to a PC with a Series 60

Series 60
handsets can
connect to a PC in a number of different ways, depending on the model. Just about all Series 60 phones support Bluetooth, so this is often a good bet. Many support infrared, and some support connection to a PC via a USB cable.

Here is a
summary of how to use these three ways to connect your phone to your PC.

• 
  Bluetooth connection. From the Series 60 handset, select ‘Connect
  | Bluetooth’. Turn Bluetooth ‘On’, then move to the second tab
  by moving the joystick to the right. This should show you all
  Bluetooth devices in range. If your PC isn’t shown, select ‘Options
  | New paired device’ and let the handset search for the PC connection.
  When the phone and PC are paired, use the Nokia Connectivity
  package to select the file you want to send to the handset. See
  below for help getting connected
  If your PC doesn’t support Bluetooth, then you can add it cheaply and easily using a USB
  Bluetooth adapter. We recommend the Belkin
  USB Bluetooth adapter available for around £15
  from amazon.co.uk.
  For details
  of Bluetooth and Series 60 handsets, see our Bluetooth
  page.

  

• IR connection: From the handset, select ‘Connect | Infrared’ to turn the phone’s
  IR on. Line up the phone with the PC infrared port, and Windows
  should detect the handset. Once the PC and handset can see each
  other, you can either use Windows infrared software to send
  and receive files, or use the Connectivity Suite supplied with
  your handset to exchange files, configure or back up your handset.
  For more, see our IR section below.
  If you don’t have infrared, there are several IR adapters available,
  including the pictured ‘USB-IRDA Adapter’ from Maplin
  Electronics (Cat no: RV88V).

• USB Cable – A number of the Nokia Series 60 phones that support USB can be connected to a PC using the DKU-2 USB cable – This includes the following models: 3250, 6630, 6680, 6681, 7710, 9300, 9500, N70 and N90.
  The DKU-2 lead can be purchased from MobileShop. Software drivers for the USB data lead can be found on Nokia’s support site. See our note below on cables

Software
for Symbian OS phones is normally supplied using a Symbian installation
file (with a .sis extension). This is a single file that contains
the components needed to get a piece of software installed and
ready to run. A SIS file can be run on a Symbian phone (e.g. from
the Inbox or via a file
manager. It can also be run via the PC connectivity solution
that was supplied on the CD with the handset. Assuming you have
a SIS file on your PC/Mac (either downloaded from the Internet
or on a CD), the ways to install a SIS file onto your handset
are as follows:

• Beaming
  – Beam the file to your handset from your PC using Bluetooth
  or IR. If
  you don’t currently have the ability to beam files to the handset
  via Bluetooth or infrared
  (either from another handheld device or from a PC), then you
  may wish to purchase an IRDA adapter for your PC (this means
  you’ll be able to install software, backup and synchronise data
  between phone and PC). See the section on IR and Bluetooth later
  on this page for more details.
• Install
  via PC – Assuming you’ve installed the PC connectivity suite
  that was supplied with your phone, look for the "Install
  software" option. You’ll need to have the handset connected
  to the PC via serial, Bluetooth or infrared for this to work.
• By
  email – The alternative, is to email the file that you’re
  trying to install, typically a SIS (Symbian installation file)
  to your own email account (provided it’s a POP or IMAP account,
  and then use your phone to log on to your email (details)
  and download the SIS file as an attachment into your phone’s
  Messaging Inbox.
• Via
  memory card – There is another alternative for users of
  phones that take memory cards
  (such as the 3650 and 6600) by transferring the SIS file to
  the handset via the card slot and a PC MMC Memory
  card reader. Copy files onto an MMC from your PC, and then
  insert the MMC card into your handset. You’ll need to have a
  file manager on your handset to access the file from the memory
  card (file managers are available from Handango).
  Nokia 7650 does not take memory cards.

Once you have taken a
picture on your smartphone, there are three ways to get the files
from your phone to other people or computers:

1. You
   can copy it to your PC with the Nokia software supplied on the
   CD. Depending on what you have connected to your computer, you
   can use Infrared or Bluetooth. Set your PC to receive files
   (using the IR or Bluetooth software supplied with your adapter),
   select the photo to send (from Images), then from the Options
   menu, select Send.
2. You can use the Messaging
   application and email the picture to yourself (or a friend)
3. Send the picture to
   another mobile using MMS. Costs of sending
   pictures by MMS differ depending on which network operator you’re
   with. Take a look at our MMS page for
   more.

One notable exception, is the Nokia 7610,
which has no IR, but comes with a USB cable.
For information on which Nokia devices support cable connection, see
Nokia’s site.

Rather than the software
that came as standard with the phone, there’s a rather useful
third-party application called Oxygen
II– This application supports Contacts, Calendar,
Messaging and file management.
For details of how this works, take a look at our Oxygen
page

We offer some specific guidance below on Bluetooth and IR problems, but here are some general suggestions:

Try to work out which end is failing – PC or phone:

• If PC, try reinstalling the connectivity software (or using another such as Oxygen), try using a different USB port, try on another PC, check no other software is ‘stealing’ connection to the port
• If the phone, try: a soft reset (battery out), try with another PC, or more drastically, try a hard reset

Still having problems? see the advice below, or consider an alternative way of connecting. Also, try our Series
60 help forum

You can use your PC to send and receive text messages via a Series 60 phone. Here are some options:

• Use Oxygen, a PC package, to connect to your phone from a PC and transfer your Messaging inbox to your PC – More on Oxygen II.

For help on transferring existing text messages from your Series 60 phone to the PC, see our Series 60 Text FAQ

As above, Series 60 handsets
support "Send via" as a way of sending a file by infrared,
Bluetooth, e-mail, or as a multimedia message. This works fine
for recognised file types, but it could be that you want to copy
different types of files to your PC. To do this, you’ll need a
file manager that lets you browse through all of the folders
on your handset, and select a file to beam off. Try Handy File,
which can be downloaded from handango.com,
or you could use PC
File Manager (mentioned above) to do this via a PC connection.