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nokia 5310 express software

I bought this phone for the music. i ve got windos vista system. when i bought it from the mobile network provider i made sure that it was compatible with my pc.
unfortunately the software worked on XP,Windos 2000, only.
Though, i updated the software on nokia website but when i installed everything still it doesn t find my music.
The only way i can download some music to my phone is via a CD. i m really upset about it and even in nokia PC it can not find the webside information of the CD.

Help is needed..
thank you
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Re: nokia 5310 express software

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Here's what you do. (Or what I did after much playing about and help from people here)

Install the latest version of PC Suite so that you get the drivers to allow Windows to recognise your phone. You may need to uninstall and re-install a couple of times if you are on Vista - it blue-screened my machine at least twice but seems stable now.

Then, right click on the PC Suite icon in the system tray and make sure the Invoke at Startup is disabled. This will stop any problems with Explorer or Office taking an age to open.

Now, forget about PC Suite altogether and use Windows Media Player. Connect your phone with the USB cable and choose the Printing & Media option for the connectivity (not PC Suite or Data Storage). Windows will recognise its existence because the drivers are installed and Windows Media Player will recognise the 5310 as a music device and happily transfer tracks to the phone via the Sync tab - even WMA with DRM.

Hope this helps... Nigel

Message Edited by nigelblt on 26-Feb-2008 10:28 PM
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Re: nokia 5310 express software

Nigel

You re a genius mate. i had only read ur message tonight.
This morning i nearly give back my phone to T_Mobile because it was getting on my nerve.
I had another crack at it tonight following your instruction and it s all sweet. I do everything in media player now.

thank you again.

Ps: do you know how to transfert the music from Itunes library by any chance?
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Re: nokia 5310 express software

Nigel...!
You are truely a wizard and a genius :-D.
Darn, you just saved my day...

Thank You!
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Re: nokia 5310 express software

hello. My problem is totally the opposite, I don't have vista or xp, i'm using windows 2000 instead. So my problem is, how on earth can i add songs to my phone because only way to do it seems to be with nokia pc suite which is available only for vista and xp...what to do?