Nokia Suite


Back up and restore your information

With Nokia Ovi Suite you can back up your contact names, phone numbers, messages, photos and music safely to your computer – and restore them to a new phone if you need to.

Nokia Ovi Suite helps you to back up your Nokia phones on your computer to help you avoid losing contacts, photos or other important information.

Once your information is backed up, you can restore it to the original phone or to another Nokia phone: some settings data can only be restored to the same Nokia model it was backed up from.

Back up your information
  1. Connect the phone you want to back up to your computer with a USB cable. You can use a Bluetooth connection instead but it will be a bit slower. Your phone may ask you how you want to connect. Select PC Suite and then select OK.
  2. In Nokia Ovi Suite, select Tools > Backup. Nokia Ovi Suite reads your phone and prepares a list of information that can be backed up.
  3. Select the information that you want to back up. If you want to change where the backup file is saved, select Browse and choose another location. If you have a lot of music, photos or videos on your phone, including them in the backup will cause the backup process to be slower.
  4. Select Start to begin the backup. Do not disconnect or switch off your phone during the backup. If you need to stop the backup, select Stop. Nokia Ovi Suite will reach a safe stop point and will then stop the backup.
  5. Click Finish to close the back up wizard.
Restore your information
  1. Connect the phone to which you want to restore information from your computer using a USB cable. You can use a Bluetooth connection instead but it will be a bit slower. Your phone may ask you how you want to connect. Select PC Suite and then select OK. It is recommended that you connect your phone to a charger for the duration of the restore operation.
  2. In Nokia Ovi Suite, select Tools > Restore.
  3. Choose a back up from the pull-down menu and select the information you want to restore. The default for each phone is the most recent backup.
  4. Select Start to begin restoring data to your phone. Do not disconnect or switch off your phone during the restoration, or quit Nokia Ovi Suite. If you need to stop the restoration, select Stop. Nokia Ovi Suite will reach a safe stop point and will then stop the restoration.
  5. Select Finish to close the back up wizard.