Thread: HOWTO: Importing SMS messages from Nokia phones to N900
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seema.mawi is offline seema.mawi
2010-07-26 , 16:51
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#189
Originally Posted by rmoravcik View Post
1. download smsimporter-bin.tar.gz from attachment and unpack it on your PC
2. connect your N900 using USB cable in "Mass storage mode"
3. copy extracted smsimporter and your sms messages directly to device
4. disconnect USB cable
5. open X terminal
6. enter these commands:
cd /home/user
cp MyDocs/smsimporter MyDocs/sms.csv .
chmod +x smsimporter
run-standalone.sh ./smsimporter sms.csv
Please make backup of your messages in N900 before importing your old SMS messages.
Hi rmoravcik,

I tried following the steps which you have posted however I'm getting an error, cp: cannot stat 'MyDocs/smsimporter' : No such file or directory as soon as I typed cp MyDocs/smsimporter MyDocs/sms.csv .

Can you let me know what's missing here?