Mac OS X Leopard Tips: iSync plugin for Nokia 5300
December 27, 2007
First of all my phone sucks. I’m aware.
And when i opened iSync for the first time and saw that it wasn’t supported I was really piss*d off. I wasn’t worried about contacts – even thought it’s nice to know that if I loose my cellphone I’ll still have them – but I really needed the integration with iCal/dashboard.
I googled it and found a lot of hand-crafted solutions that I don’t think are suited the general public. Luckily someone thought of this and made a easy to install plugin to make iSync capable of synchronizing with Nokia 5300. Interested? Let’s go:
Close iSync. Download this and the unzip it to ~/Library/PhonePlugins/.
That’s it. The next time you open it you’ll be able to sync with your (not) favorite phone. Credits go to Erka, the author of this plugin.
December 28, 2007 at 10:03 am
Olha, usa Windows. :)
Rui
January 2, 2008 at 5:23 am
Hey thanks for posting that 5300 info. Worked beautifully. I too use iCal w/ my Nokia. Am curious though, how do you use your phone w/ dashboard (or vice versa)? I’m intrigued…
January 2, 2008 at 10:11 am
iCal is automatically showed in dashboard’s calendar :)
January 3, 2008 at 3:26 pm
The program didn’t work with my 5300 from T-Mobile. I kept getting an error that stated “Please verify the identification strings in the edit view. Here are the identification information retrieved for this device:” repeated over a dozen times. It would have been nice if it worked.
January 3, 2008 at 6:11 pm
My phone is unlocked but according to this http://lowermyphone.com/cell-phone-research/blog/missing-sync-add-support-for-nokia-5300-and-others-to-mac-isync.aspx you should be fine.
January 15, 2008 at 10:42 am
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January 25, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Do you know if this will work with Panther?
I am running 10.3.9 and it doesn’t appear to be working. I can only assume it is due to a difference in operating system. Any input ?
January 25, 2008 at 10:44 pm
I don’t know cory.
I’m on leopard and never used panther
May 7, 2008 at 11:20 am
good
September 1, 2008 at 6:45 am
Hello!,
January 25, 2009 at 3:49 pm
worked for me. Thanks!
-nokia 5300 from tmobile, MAC OSX 10.5.6
February 20, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Thank you for the post, dude! This worked like a charm on my macbook running 10.5.6 with my Nokia 5300.
Some pointers to clarify things:
- You have to create the folder called ‘PhonePlugins’ if it already does not exist in the ‘Library’ folder located in your home folder.
- If you unzip into the ‘Phones’ folder located in ‘Library’, it will not work.
- Don’t forget to copy the entire content including the directory that is created when you double click on the zip file i.e. drag and drop the folder named ‘Nokia-5300.phoneplugin’ into the ‘~/Library/PhonePlugins’ folder