"I recovered the data(E71) I had lost using Noki ... This is a great piece of software which is useful in it's own right."

- Ian McDonald, Head of IT at Symbian Foundation

Thanks Ian.

Mr. Alan kindly send me a note on an issue when registering Noki on Windows 7:

Thank you, Alan.

1. New Symbian S60 v5 .arc file

S60 v5 backups the phone memory into seperate .arc files (Messages.arc, Calendars.arc, Bookmarks.arc, etc.) instead of v3's single backup.arc file. Check the backup.arc file recovery guide for details.

* S60 v5 runs on Symbian OS 9.4. It's shipped with Nokia's recent models like: 5800, N97, X1.

2. New format Text Messages in predfined folders

New format text message in predefined folders is supported. It was parsed as normal binary files in Noki v2.0. With v2.1, you can extract, convert or preview it as normal vMessage sms.

3. Large .nbu backup file (4G ~ 8G bytes)

Fixing .nbu parser for large .nbu backup file. It's useful for models support 4G ~ 8G SD Card (N78, N85, N95, N96, N97, etc).

4. Lartin characters in contacts.cdb (Symbian contact database)

Support contact name with Lartin characters in contacts.cdb.

5. Better bug reporter

The bug report will include more detailed information - line numbers, file names and strack traces. It'll make the debug process easier with the bug report.

6. Bugs fixing:

    1) vbookmark reader for different offset
    2) filter for contacts.cdb
    3) sms without encoding info

Of course, several new models also got tested.

Thanks for Mr. Brunner.

• .NFB file is a Nokia PC Suite backup file (pre v6.82)
• .NBF is a Nokia phone side backup file (like 5310 Xpress)

.NFB file can be opened and extracted by Noki. And all the tricks in the backup file recovery guide still applies.

.NBF file is in .zip format - it's a phone memory bakcup to SD card. To extract you can just change the file extension to .zip or .rar and open it using any zip tools (winzip, winrar, 7zip etc). Of course, after unzipped, the Symbian contact database file Contacts.cdb still can be open and extracted to vCard using Noki.

File-extensions.org has listed Noki as associated application to file extension .NBU (along with Nokia PC Suite):

Thanks to the editor of file-extensions.org.

Noki -
a must-have addition to Nokia Suite for hassle-free phone content management

Nokia phones have a well-deserved reputation of reliable, functional and great-looking devices supplied with the best phone management software. However, a lot of users got literally trapped in situations when they need to open their phone’s backup file (to find a number or a photo), but can’t do that without a phone attached. That’s a very common situation — phones can be left at friends’ houses, at work or at home, lost or even stolen. What will you do if you had an important phone call arrangement, but can’t find the number without your mobile being attached to the computer? Unfortunately, Nokia Suite will not help you here and you’ll need to choose an alternative route...

   Noki is a compact add-on for Nokia Suite that enables you to freely navigate through your backup file and perform numerous operations with its content. Noki features an extremely convenient explorer that can be used for browsing and extracting your phonebook, SMS messages, calendar entries, memos, bookmarks, images, videos and everything else comprising the backup file. Virtually every entry can be instantly previewed in a tooltip and exported into a number of formats: text, Excel *.xls or HTML. You don’t have to deal with each record individually — just select as many objects as you need and perform the necessary operations with all of them at once. The software also generates thumbnails for all images it finds in the backup file, which saves you lots of time for finding the necessary file.

Noki is a must-have affordable extension of Nokia Suite working even with its most recent versions. Don’t become a victim of unpleasant situations — with Noki, you will always have access to your backup data!

Thanks to Helen and the creative team of 3d2f.com.

1. Email support for .nbu and SD card backup.arc

Two formats of Email supported: plain text email and html email

They can be parsed out of .nbu or .arc backup file.

2. Html preview and conversion

Html can be previewed in tooltip window.

The standard format conversions (to .txt, Excel .xls and .html) are available:

3. Calendar categories and headlines

Calendars are sorted into different sub categories according to their types:

And when they're converted to Excel .xls file, a headline is generated with all the calendar fields aligned properly:

This feature is quite useful when you try to sort the calendars based on one column.

The calendar parser also recognize more fields in this version.

4. Image thumbnail drag and drop

When browing in the thumbnails list of images, you can drag and drop an image to a folder directly: no need to switch to the tree view to do the extraction:

5. Better MMS parser

MMS parser is more robust with serveral user reported bugs fixed.

1. Calendar database support

Calendar database is an encoded database located in C:\private\1003A5B\Calendar. Noki will extract and convert calendar entries to vCalendar format (.vcs file).

2. Packed MMS support

Packed MMS is in Mail2 folder:

Noki can convert packed MMS to .txt, .xls and .html (with attachments extracted).

3. Extraction filter/configuration

Click [About] -> [Config] to control all categories of data extraction:

4. Drag and drop for extraction

The two-way drag and drop support:

1. You can drop a backup file into Noki or
2. Drag some content out of Noki explorer tree and drop into a folder.

It's a quite convenient replacement for the [Browse] button and "extract to..." right click menu.

5. Call photo extraction

For contacts with call photo, you can right click on it and choose "extract call photo ..." to save the call photo to your disk:

6. .nfc parser upgraded

.nfc backup file (pre Nokia PC Suite 6.85) parser is upgraded according several users' request.

and there's some bugs get fixed:

* fix: microdatetime fixed for calendar and packed sms
* fix: MMS saves in the same format as sms for xls saving
* fix: invalid index file entry recovery for .nfc backup
* fix: multi-numbers extraction for contacts.cdb

And:
* more models tested.

Thanks you all for the help, comment and bug report for developing this new v1.9.

"We are impressed with the quality of your product and encourage you to keep this high standards in the future. "

Thanks for the File Transit Team.

* mms support
* vbookmarks support
* support new pc suite 7.1 contact group
* dialing-to for skype
* call photo in vcard
* new tooltip system for previewing image in vCard and MMS
* parsing more sections for backup.arc file
* activenotes extraction

and more tests:
* 4GB sd card tested
* pc suite 7.1 supported
* more models tested

Check the new features at: www.nokisoft.com/changes.htm
Download the new version at: http://www.nokisoft.com/download/noki-setup.zip

Thanks you all for helping the release, sending the bug report and
sharing the idea of new features.

1) View it in the tooltip window.

2) Extract/convert it to a .txt, .html, .csv or .xls. and open the extracted file using a proper editor.

3) View it in Noki's hint editor or copy it from the hint editor.

For example, when the contact "Monkey Jack.vcf" is high lighted, the details of the contact will show as:

After a single click on the "Monkey Jack.vcf", the contact will be copied to the hint editor:

Now you can select the number, email etc and copy it into anywhere you like (e.g. Email receiver).

The hint editor also supports the Ctrl + C hotkey. ]]> http://www.nokisoft.com/changes.htm As Hertenberger blogged: ActiveNotes is well supported by Noki v1.7. He also gives Noki a nice review:

"Use of the application is very easy and there is little that can go wrong."

read more >> ]]> http://www.nokisoft.com/changes.htm I put all the recent tips and wisdom from feedbacks together to form a complete guide on Nokia backup file recovery.

Of course, comments and suggestions are always welcomed.

Using Noki, you'll have a workaround:

1. Choosing "merge into an outlook calendar file ..." in the right click menu of calendar to export all caledars as a .vcs file

 2. Import the exported .vcs file into Outlook

 3. Sync the phone with Outlook calenar via Nokia PC Suite

done. :-)

"If we want to remove parts of the data from this backup, for example, if we extract the phone number that have changed brand or model of mobile that we can not do it ... , thanks to Noki, an alien software to Nokia but it fulfills this task to perfection ... For example, we can turn our contacts in a simple .csv / text / html. Cool, huh?"

Thanks to editor of http://www.geekets.com