My wife is also facing this stupid problem. To make it worst, her phone can’t detect a brand new original headset to activate the built in fm radio. The only thing that I can say about this nokia phone is, it really uses a LOW QUALITY and USELESS components. I’ve already lost half of my savings, just for this burden-giving-phone’s maintainence and repair cost. I really regret for choosing this brand.

Except Michaela, as I said in the original post:

copying to the SIM was not an option, as this truncates the names, so I would have to spend time correcting all the contacts.

To copy contacts over you need to go to contacts, options, mark all,options, then move or copy all contacts from sim to phone or vice versa, it is very fast and saves doing it one by one!

Hope this helps!

Al

Can’t speak for the k550i, but the 2MP camera on the k750i knocks spots off the 6300. I used to use it all the time as a note-taking camera, especially for close up stuff. The light in the k750i comes in useful here too. The camera on the 6300 is useless by comparison and I miss having the k750i camera.

I have used the camera on the 6300 about three times since I got it, with very poor results (not sharp, poor colour rendition, very noisy). The k750i actually focuses, but the 6300 appears to be fixed focus and suffers because of it, even though they are both 2MP.

fantastic!! downloaded music, uploaded photos. I don’t have an mp3 player, so really impressed by the sound, all I need is stereo bluetooth headphones and then I too can be one of those people who spend more time in the gym fiddling with their ears than working out…

best £55 i’ve spent this week and finally can come out of mourning for beloved 6310i that died last a year ago, and throw the RAZR v3 i replaced it with in the canal.

Big thanks again DX

Had a Sony ericsson k550i and i found that the camera was useless even though it has a 2 megapixel like the nokia 6300. I prefer nokia phones all the time!

Yeah, and no doubt Nokia’s cable will cost an arm and a leg.

I can only tell you my experience and that is that I have used a standard mini-USB camera cable with no problem.

Also, the camera appears as a card reader to the computer (PC or Mac) without any additional software, although I think the software gives you more access.

Speedy!! Thank you!
I’ll take a chance on the sensible answer it; most of the useful stuff i’ve learnt has come from places like this….

I’ve got a mini usb type cable for my digital camera, can I use that to connect the phone to the laptop? – surely a cable is a cable is a cable??? Nokia imply I will destroy laptop and phone if I don’t use their own.. I’ve downloaded the software for the cable
thanks again! D

Dee, you can try. Can’t guarantee a sensible answer though

hello chaps, how lovely to find this site, i’ve just come home with my new 6300 and didn’t dare force the usb cover off until I’d read your advice here!

is it ok if I ask you a couple more questions?

thanks!! D