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Parsing Nokia NFB files

The whole reason for this site coming about was the fact I got a camera phone. However, what you don’t know is why…

My lovely reliable 6310i broke. That is to say, it began running fast. Everything it did was happening about 8 times faster. The menu animations, tones, charging animation, and timing out on the network. This was bad, as it rendered it unusable. I couldn’t even synch it with the PC to ensure I had an up-to-date backup, as it would timeout.

So, I was left with a backup file that was a few weeks old. Not too bad you might think. And I did. Until, that is, I tried to restore the backup to my new Nokia phone. However, it’s not possible to restore to a different model of phone. So, I need to convert my NFB file to a nice plain text file that I can get onto my new phone.

I did (eventually) succeed, and an explanation of how I did it is available.

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2 Responses to “Parsing Nokia NFB files”

  1. Bill Says:
    July 29th, 2005 at 7:18 am

    Backup? Phone? Those are two words that should not appear in the same sentence. But it does sound as if you like your new phone despite your assertions to the contrary.

    Note: The link at the bottom of the post doesn’t work.

  2. Rob Says:
    August 8th, 2005 at 10:00 am

    For anyone who’s interested… the script I wrote doesn’t work will all NFB files. I’m currently trying to improve it, but it’s low priority in comparison to my day job.

    Works
    6310i

    Doesn’t work:
    7610