Transfer SMS from old Symbian to WP7 - A Workaroun...

Hey Folks,
I recently bought a new Lumia 800. Unfortunately it is not possible to migrate SMS from my old Nokia 5800 to my new device directly.
The information I've gathered led to the conclusion, that isn't possible to access the SMS storage of WP7. Even developers can't. Consequently there is no direct migration tool (yet).
But my researches led to a workaround solution, which makes it possible to have your old SMS accessible on your new phone.
The general idea is to export the old text messages and store them in the windows live account as e-mails.
How to go about it:
Connect your old phone via Nokia Suite with your PC
Use the Back-Up Function, which creates an "nbu" File, that can be used to restore your data
Download NBU-Explorer (http://sourceforge.net/projects/nbuexplorer/)
Open the Back-Up File (nbu) with the NBU Explorer
Extract your SMS-Folders as VMG Files
Download ABC Amber Nokia Converter
Open the extracted VMG Files with the converter
Select all and click on "Save selected messages as EML..."
Open Windows Live Mail (http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials)
Log in to you Hotmail/Live Account
Create a new folder "SMS" (or how whatever is convenient for you)
Drag the EML Files into your Folder
Wait until Windows Live Mail has processed the files
you're done!
Now you can open the Hotmail Account on your Windows Phone and read your old SMS.
Maybe you have to change the syncing options, that all messages are being downloaded. The default setting is that only messages from the past 7 days are downloaded
I know that this is not very elegant at all, but if you have important SMS that you need to access on your mobile device, then this is the best solution. Or is there a better one? Feel free to comment!

Given the lack of saving text messages, there is a touch of brilliance in your solution.
I would like to save a message to send quickly, a feature that have been found on the most basic of phones,
I used to have:
Im stuck in traffic
I will be home soon
Put the dinner in the dog I will be late
Im at the pub come get me
Just a few handy time saving things.
If a smart phone is smart, why is mine so dumb

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