Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Transfer Contacts/Data From .NBF File To Android

.nbf is the default format in which backup data is stored by an old nokia phone(symbian OS). If you happen to have an nbf file left out from age old backups or just made an nbf file, the following steps might be very useful.
Just change the extension of .nbf to .zip and extract. Now browse through different folders  in the extracted folder to get .vcf files. They can now be synced either through MS Outlook or can be transferred to android device. In the latter case, you need third party apps like import contacts etc to be able to read in android device.
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Easiest Way To Transfer Contacts from Symbian to Android

Step1:
Go to settings, sync and backup in old nokia symbian phone. Click on create backup and store the backup in memory card.

Step 2:
Connect the old phone to your PC through normal 'mass storage' mode and open the backup folder from memory card. Copy the .nbf file from memory card to your pc.

Step 3:
The trick lies in this step when you fool nokia around.
.nbf stands for nokia backup file.  Just change the extension from .nbf to .zip and extract using winrar/peazip.

Step 4:
Here you see a list of .vcf files in the extracted folder. Connect your android phone to pc and transfer these files to mem card or internal memory.

Step 5:
Use this free "Import Contacts" app from google play and transfer contacts.

Believe me, this trick is better than most other tricks available online since you don't need Nokia PC Suite or MS Outlook or any other software.