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.

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.