HOWTO: Sync Nokia E-series Phone with Evolution via Bluetooth

[Nailor]

This is a howto for syncing a Nokia E-series phone (Symbian 9.1, Series60 3rd edition) with Evolution. This has been tested with Nokia E50.

Kubuntu-users, you should check this post too: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost...2&postcount=62

For Nokia E65 users (and why not other Nokia phones with S60 3rd edition FP1 too), check this howto

For most of the systems this works only for contacts. However, as link above states, Calendar syncing seems to work at least for Nokia E65

1. Add required repositories

Add following repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ feisty main
deb-src http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ feisty main

To add key for the repo, do the following:

gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net/ --recv-keys CB210090B029CB84
gpg --export CB210090B029CB84 | sudo apt-key add -

2. Install required software

sudo aptitude install libopensync-plugin-* libopensync0 opensyncutils msynctool mulstisync-qad bluez-passkey-gnome bluez-gnome

On Gutsy (7.10) the package names are bit different. Run command below instead.

sudo aptitude install opensyncutils opensync-plugin-evolution opensync-plugin-syncml multisync-tools multisync0.90

3. Configure msynctool
You can configure opensync via a graphical interface using multisync-qad (using similiar settings as below) or you can use command line. Guide below is for commandline. Note, that the commandline is reported not to work flawlessly on Feisty. You'll bet better results with GUI

Add a new group of preferred name (I'll be using nokia in this example):

msynctool --addgroup nokia

Add plugins to group. If you get errors in this face, they are propably due to missing plugins so check you've installed all required plugins.

msynctool --addmember nokia evo2-sync
msynctool --addmember nokia syncml-obex-client

Next is the 'trickiest' part. Installed plugins need to be configured. First, you have to find your phone's MAC. Use hcitool to do that:

hcitool scan

It should return something like:

xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx PhoneName

Now, configure the syncml-obex-client:

msynctool --configure nokia 2

Replace the context of the configuration (should be open in separate editor after running previous command) with the following XML:

<config>
        <bluetooth_address>xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx</bluetooth_address>
        <bluetooth_channel>10</bluetooth_channel>
        <interface>0</interface>
        <identifier>PC Suite</identifier>
        <version>1</version>
        <wbxml>1</wbxml>
        <username></username>
        <password></password>
        <type>2</type>
        <usestringtable>1</usestringtable>
        <onlyreplace>0</onlyreplace>
        <!-- This needs to be set to 10 000, otherwise you'll be sending more data than your phone can handle. -->
        <recvLimit>10000</recvLimit>
        <maxObjSize>0</maxObjSize>
        <contact_db>Contacts</contact_db>
        <calendar_db></calendar_db>
        <note_db></note_db>
</config>

Where bluetooth_address is your phone's MAC address you just discovered.

After configuring the syncml-obex-client it's time to configure evo2-sync. Open configuration file with command

msynctool --configure nokia 1

And modify it to look like:

 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<address_path>file:///home/USERNAME/.evolution/addressbook/local/system</address_path>
</config>

Replace USERNAME with your username.

Edgy note: With the latest update from jahn repositories, this works with defaults. You can configure Calendar as calendar_db to syncml-obex-client setup to make calendar syncing work

4. Sync!
You should be good to go now, so you should try synchronizing:

msynctool --sync nokia

Edit 2007-10-25 Recvlimit (for syncing both, calendar and contacts). Thanks Ghosty.be.
Edit 2007-09-04 New repos (thanks to Ghosty.be)
Edit 2007-08-12: Added note about E65 howto (thanks Ghosty.be)
Edit 2006-10-02: Notes can be extracted, but not yet to Evolution. I'm working on this

Please let me know if there's some problems with this!

[Belibem]

Is it possible to transfer evolutions contacts to the nokia smartphone?

And a bit trickier question
Is it possible to sync my 5500 nokia smartphone via usb cable?

[Nailor]

Originally Posted by Belibem Is it possible to transfer evolutions contacts to the nokia smartphone?

I managed to transfer the changes I made in evolution to my E50, all except the picture seemd to sync. Evolution though gets the pics from the phone when syncing.

And a bit trickier question Is it possible to sync my 5500 nokia smartphone via usb cable?

Don't know. You have to refer some other sources, my howto is only for syncing E-series phones with Evolution

[Belibem]

Thanx a lot! I will try as soon as I get my hands upon one of those usb bluetooth dongles.

Concerning my second question: I just want to use the included usb cable instead of bluetooth. However, syncml-obex-client only supports obex and http protocols, so my success chances are very slim with this method.

[fago]

I tried it with a nokia 6280, unfortunately the phone crashes as soon I try to sync.

However I still have some questions. Perhaps you could help.

What are the correct names for the Contacts, Calendar and Notes dbs? Can they be configured on the phone? (I'm using the obex syncml plugin too)

In which direction is the syncronisation supposed to work? *confused*

[fredux]

Does not work for me,

Here are resukts from

msynctool --sync nokia

Synchronizing group "nokia" Member 1 of type evo2-sync just connected Member 2 of type syncml-obex-client had an error while connecting: Bluetooth connect error Member 1 of type evo2-sync just disconnected All clients have disconnected The sync failed: Unable to connect one of the members Error synchronizing: Unable to connect one of the members Pipe closed! Exiting. Pipe closed! Exiting.

is there a solution to sync my nokia 6230i ?

[Nailor]

Originally Posted by fredux Does not work for me

Have you added your computer as a trusted device in your cellphone? I'm not familiar with the 6xxx series, so that's the best I can say at this point.

[Nailor]

Originally Posted by fago I tried it with a nokia 6280, unfortunately the phone crashes as soon I try to sync. However I still have some questions. Perhaps you could help. What are the correct names for the Contacts, Calendar and Notes dbs? Can they be configured on the phone? (I'm using the obex syncml plugin too)

I don't know can the names be configured, but the only names I can get the phone to respond are Contacts, Calendar and Notes. I actually tried out the Notes-sync (type text/plain) and it worked well. Calendar sync produces a weird error on phone.

In which direction is the syncronisation supposed to work? *confused*

Both ways, at least on my computer. If I edit the contacts in Evolution and rerun the sync, the changes (except pictures) get uploaded to my phone.

[patbuntu]

Are there any 64 bit packages available?

Thanks

-Pat

[patbuntu]

Originally Posted by patbuntu Are there any 64 bit packages available?

Or how do I install these on AMD64?

-Pat