HowTo: Sync Contacts with your Google Account on Nokia E72

Its been a long long time that I have scribbled something. A few days ago I changed my cell phone from Sony Xperia X10i to Nokia E72. I had purchased Nokia last year but didn’t used much.

As I was using an Android Phone so all my stuff was automatically synced with my Gmail account. When I migrated to E72, the first big problem was to fetch contacts to my phone as without them I was feeling handicapped. I had an option of Nokia PC Suite to restore the backup of my contacts and calender entries, but it did not liked the .CSV file exported from Gmail. So I found a way to import contacts to E72 using Sync. This application comes by default in Nokia and just needs some tweets to work fine for you.

Here is what I did. Follow these steps in sequence:

Step 1: Goto Menu –> Ctrl. panel –> Phone –> Sync

Step 2: Press Sync (Use Center Button to Select/Enter)

Step 3: Once you enter into the Sync application you will see a list of entries to be synced. For e.g. Contacts, Calender, Notes, Sync Email, and so on

Step 4: Select the items you want to sync with your Gmail account. (Use Center Button to Select/Enter)

Step 5: Click Options

Step 6: Select New Sync Profile. You will see this message on your screen: “Sync profile wizard allows you to create settings for new synchronization profiles”

Step 7: Click Start

Step 8: Enter Sync Profile Name: Enter any name you want for your profile

Step 9: Server Version : Select 1.2

Step 10: Apps. in Sync : Select the applications you wish to synchronize using this profile. For e.g. Contacts, Calender, Notes, Sync Email, and so on

Step 11: Contacts Database : Type Contacts

Step 12: Select the connection type via which you wish to synchronize i.e Data Bearer : Select Internet or Bluetooth depending on your connectivity

Step 13: Host Address: https://m.google.com/syncml

Step 14: Port : 443

Step 15: User Name : Enter your Gmail Username

Step 16: Password : Enter your Gmail Password

Step 17: Click Finish

Step 18: Now you will see a message asking you to start synchronization. Initiate Synchronization

You will notice that only 50 contacts have been copied. Re sync and another batch of 50 contacts will be copied to your phone. Repeat this procedure until all your contacts have been synced.

:: Happy Syncing ::