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Nokia 6300, iSync Plugin, and Contact Photos

Klaus Kjeldsen — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:31:44 +0000

Here is some iSync plugins for the Nokia 6300; the first two works pretty stable, and the last has support of contact photos and birthdays, but is might cause some errors to the iSync synchronization process. All plugins should be compatible with Leopard.

Here is what to do:

Download one of the following plugins:
- Nokia 6300 iSync plugin
- Nokia 6300 iSync plugin supports birthdays
  (edited by Jeremy Robertson)
- Nokia 6300 iSync plugin supports birthdays and contact photos
  (edited by Rums)
(using the last mentioned read these notes)
Extract the Nokia6300.phoneplugin.zip (your browser might do it for you).
Quit iSync if its running
Double click the Nokia 6300 Plugin
Drag and drop the green folder on the blue one
Start iSync, and the Nokia 6300 should be supported

Additional notes and issues:

iSync only synchronizes the contacts you have on the phone and not on the SIM-card. View this comment.
All-day events in iCal appears as events with start and end time at the same hour in the phones calendar 6300 when synchronized, e.g. 14:00-14:00 according to the time zone.

Notes and issues on synchronizing contact photos:

If you add contact photos on the phone and then synchronizes, it should work fine.
But if the photos are added in the Address Book on your mac, some issues are present. Although it works in Address Book adding photos to contacts, it does not always work according to the synchronization part. If a photo is added and you have used the embedded ‘image edit’ pop-up window, then when it comes to iSync your entire sync will fail. But adding photos is still possible, if you have a photo you like to add to a certain contact, just drag it to the information area of the contact, and if the image edit pop-up appears just press Cancel, and in most cases the photo is added anyways.
If iSync fails because of the above, you are not told what failed, or why it failed.

Nokia 6300 iSync Plugin (Snow Leopard Compatible)

Klaus Kjeldsen — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:14:47 +0000

Here is a freely available plugin to make the Nokia 6300 work using iSync, and it is actually fairly easy to make a such plugin, which encompass the solution described in my previous post on the Nokia 6300 iSync issue.

Here is what to do:

Download the Nokia 6300 iSync plugin
“UPDATED 28MAY2008″
Extract the Nokia6300.phoneplugin.zip (your browser might do it for you).
Quit iSync if its running
Double click the Nokia 6300 Plugin
Drag and drop the green folder on the blue one

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Start iSync, and the Nokia 6300 should be supported

Additional notes and issues:

iSync only synchronizes the contacts you have on the phone and not on the SIM-card. View this comment.
Additional Mac software for Nokia Phones

Syncronize Google Calendar with mobile phones using GCalSync

Klaus Kjeldsen — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:14:37 +0000

I have previously written a post on how to make synchronization work on a Nokia 6300 using iSync on Mac OS X, however, if you using Google Calendar it is possible to synchronize directly using the mobile application GCalSync.

Further information can be found on the Google Group – GCalSync.

How to iSync a Nokia 6300 on Mac OS X

Klaus Kjeldsen — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:25:54 +0000

— UPDATE —

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO GET THE SNOW LEOPARD COMPATIBLE PLUGIN

— UPDATE —

The Nokia 6300 do not appear in the list of supported phones for the iSync application in Mac OS X. Nokia has neither made a plug-in available yet, but it is possible relatively easy to make the iSync work. Here is at short guide to make it work:

Make sure iSync is not running.
Locate the iSync application in the Applications folder, and select Show Package Contents.
Locate the MetaClasses.plist file at this path: Contents > PlugIns > ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice > Contents > PlugIns > PhoneModelsSync.phoneplugin > Contents > Resources.
Back-up the MetaClasses.plist file just to be safe.
Open MetaClasses.plist with a ordinary text editor, e.g. TextMate.

The trick is to find a phone in the XML list with the same operating system as the Nokia 6300 phone, which is the Nokia Series 40, 3rd edition, with Bluetooth and USB. The Nokia 6280 fits this requirement, and the below XML is a copy of the 6280 XML entry with changes to fit the 6300, which should be inserted below the 6280 entry.[ad code=1 align=left]

com.nokia.6300

	Identification
	
		com.apple.cgmi+cgmm
		Nokia+Nokia 6300
		com.apple.gmi+gmm
		Nokia+Nokia 6300
		com.apple.usb.vendorid-modelid
		0x0421/0x045A
	
	InheritsFrom
	
		family.com.nokia.series40.3rdEd.bus.usb-bt
	
	Services
	
		
			ServiceName
			com.apple.model
			ServiceProperties
			
				ModelIcon
				NOK6300.tiff
				ModelName
				6300
			

		
			ServiceName
			com.apple.synchro
			ServiceProperties
			
				MaxCityLength
				50
				MaxEMailLength
				60
				MaxEventLocationLength
				150
				MaxPhoneNumberLength
				48
				MaxPostalCodeLength
				50
				MaxStateLength
				50
				MaxStreetLength
				50
				MaxURLLength
				60

Alternative: Copy the 6300 XML from this link

If the USB connection is to be used for the iSync with the Nokia 6300, e.g. if you do not have a bluetooth device on the computer, then change the com.apple.usb.vendorid-modelid XML setting from 0×0421/0x045A to 0×0421/0x04F9

Add this phone icon NOK6300.tiff in the same folder as the MetaClasses.plist file. It is important that the file name matches the one in the XML definition.
Now it should work… Save and close the MetaClasses.plist file and start up iSync. Make sure that Bluetooth is enabled on your phone. Select Add Device… from the iSync Devices menu. iSync should find your Nokia 6300, and display the icon that you just added.

Additional notes:

- When to the bluetooth connection is setup properly, it’s also easy to put music on the phone. Just select Browse Device… in the dropdown under the bluetooth icon in the menu bar, and browse to memory card and drop your music.

- If you are having trouble connecting to the internet via bluetooth using the phone, take a look at this post.

- Nokia has also posted some information about how to connect your Nokia phone to a Mac, and setup iSync. More here…

- The approach is tested and working with the Nokia 5300 with USB connection, view these comments here and here.