6300 amend contacts

Hi,
I've upgraded my sw to v5.5 for 6300 and now I can't add a new contact number to an existing contact - just error message is 'operation failed'. (I'm on Orange UK)
Anyone know what to do? Or where I can get the previous version of the software and make teh software updater roll back the version?
This is just such a stupid error and makes the device more likely for me to move from nokia - I've been loyal for over 10 years and 4 devices but the quality of the software is getting worse over time...
Other issues with this model incl bluetooth synch to Dell X1 PC, & rapid fade of battery life...
Any suggestions (other than move to HTC devices) gratefully recieved,
Cheers,
/richard
/rxxx

Hi Richurc,
I have the same problem already half a year. At this moment I cannot add any data at all to a contact, each time an 'Operation Failed' message when trying to add extra numbers directly or via an existing number.
Terrible, the bug is already in there half a year. Updates didn't help (until 5.5 which I have now)
Switching to phone memory and putting all contacts in there didn't help either.
I hope the advisor can contact his 2nd line support or even 3thrd line to advise a final solution for this very annoying problem.
Roger,
The Netherlands

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If you see the amount of this type problem.
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After sync the calendar only, because problem with duplicates, i was missing 95% of my contacts.
I went to the latest backups and tried to restore, none was working.
After Letter C nothing is there, but it is visible in PC Suite!
I working only with phone store.
Hope there can somebody help.
Regards
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Which email or which phone no. i can contact with apple after-sale service center? I need to send back to amend or replace!

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I have made a back up of my contacts etc via PC Suite from my Nokia 6300. The problem is viewing the contacts via the file manager. It only shows 3 of the contacts out of over 100. All are saved to the phone not the SIM. I am therefore not able to confirm the back up is accurate, or edit any of the contacts on my PC. The three that are showing I added to this new phone the others are copied to the phone from SIM when I put it in the new phone but as far as I can see they are all stored on the phone in exactly the same way!
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Here we go:
Do not use .GIF files — JPG only! (I didn’t test PNG)
You cannot drag-and-drop from a web-page directly onto a contact. Although this works for Address Book in that you’ll see the ‘image edit’ window pop-open, and you can save your contact, when it comes to iSync your entire sync will fail. If you want to use someone’s image (from Facebook, for example) simply drag the photo you want from the web-page onto your desktop, and then drag the photo from your desktop onto the Address Book entry’s ‘contact photo’ area. You’re then free to delete the image from your desktop.
You cannot sync with a ’smart group’ that you created within Address Book. This has more to do with iSync than the new plugin, but it’s a pain nonetheless. Physical groups only!
When a sync fails, you are not told what failed, or why it failed. iSync detailed logs are useless too, stating only:
5:28:24 PM Error [Nokia 6300] An unexpected error occured.
5:28:24 PM Error Device "Nokia 6300" synchronization failed
Fun! What I did was create a ‘temp’ group, set iSync to sync with that folder only for contacts, and then slowly add contacts into that temp group until a failure occurred so that I knew what the offending entry was.
The plugin that I’ve created is essentially just the one from the site listed above, but with some additional properties put into the PhoneContuit.plist and SyncEngine.plist files.
As with everyone else, I take no responsibility if this completely fcks up your phone or Address Book, but please do backup both your Address Book (File -> Back Up Address Book…) and your phone’s contacts (I typically just copy everything to SIM). I can say that this has worked fine for me for a day now, with a fair bit of testing. After I cleaned up my offending image-entries, it’s been great.
To install: Quit iSync, download the following zip file, and drag-and-drop the plugin into your system using the shortcut, and sync away.
Nokia 6300 iSync Plugin With Photos
Good luck, let me know how it goes in the comments!
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Hi! I can't download your Plugin for the Nokia 6300. Could you upload it again?
That would be very kind!
Thanks a lot!
T.

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