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How to update any Nokia Phone's Firmware

First Back up everything , especially all your contacts, calendar entries, messages and notes. Make sure that there is enough battery charge left in your phone so that your phone does not switch off during the update. For s60 v5 touch phones like 5800, N97, 5230 etc and above , open the dialer and type, *#0000#. There comes up a page listing your phone's details. Now, click options > Check for updates. The update if any will download and install. For All other Nokia phones,  dial *#0000#. This will list the Phones current Firmware. If any later version is available, hen you will have to use the phone's Ovi suite or pc suite which to update your firmware.

How to make any Nokia s60v3 software compatible with Nokia s60V5 touch phone Mobiles

Most  s60 V3 software will run smooth in touch phones like Nokia 5800, N97 etc. The operating of the software will be difficult because of the Lack of Keyboard in 5800. The solution ?? Install the Virtual Keypad Software. This will have a transparent Keyboard floating around and can be dragged to any location on the screen. Google for "Virtual Keypad for Nokia 5800" without the quotes and you'll get the SIS Installer.

Nokia AudioBooks software for Nokia 5800, N97 and s60 V5 mobiles

Listening to AudioBooks on 5800, N97 has been quite useful for a lot of people. The Inbuilt player plays well, but does not have stop/resume features. Nokia Audiobooks is a Software to listen to Audiobooks with Bookmarking Features, and resume from where you stopped reading the book the last time. This makes it an ideal Software for Listening to Audio books in Nokia. However, the software is designed for s60v3 mobiles and will not support touch devices, but I have a solution ! Also, the Audiobooks can be compressed to a great degre. An audiobook of size 300 MB can be converted to 30 MB with high clarity. The software package includes a sis file for the phone and an Installer file for the Windows PC, which can be used to manage and convert Mp3 files to the audiobook format used(awb). Make sure the run the Nokia Audiobook Manager as the Administrator. Right click the executable after installation from the program Files directory and run it as Administrator. Where to do