Using Nokia 6120 on a Mac with iSync

10th September, 2007, 60 About the author
Tom Bates blogs at Assorted Scribbles

A terrible feeling - having just purchased a new phone, and finding that isync doesn't support it. Suddenly it doesn't seem to shine quite as much.

Well, lets get on with it. The phone is a Nokia 6120 - not supported by isync, but it will it you tweak it.

For a (possibly) safer way to add support, you can always fork out 10€ and get buy the plugin here. Although I haven't tested it, apparently the phone is supported, along with a host of others. Now, my way is a bit of a bodge, but it works perfectly for me. I say my way, I really mean their way. Here's the instructions: (lifted from another article here)

  • Quit iSync if its running.
  • Right-click (control-click, for you one-button mousers) on the iSync application in your /Applications folder, and select 'Show Package Contents'. Navigate through the folders to Contents -> PlugIns -> ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice -> Contents -> PlugIns -> PhoneModelsSync.phoneplugin -> Contents -> Resources.
  • In this file, back-up the MetaClasses.plist file by clicking on it, and select File->Duplicate from the Finder menu. Make sure to do this!
  • Open the original in a text editor.
  • I found a nokia running s60 v2.3. Although the 6120 runs v3.1, this seems to work for me!
  • Search for this 'Nokia+Nokia N70' and you'll find the phone that I copied. I copied its whole entry:
<key>com.nokia.N70</key>
<dict>
	<key>Identification</key>
	<dict>
		<key>com.apple.cgmi+cgmm</key>
		<string>Nokia+Nokia  N70</string>
		<key>com.apple.gmi+gmm</key>
		<string>Nokia+Nokia  N70</string>
		<key>com.apple.usb.vendorid-modelid</key>
		<string>0x0421/0x043A</string>
		dict>
		<key>InheritsFrom</key>
		<array>
			<string>family.com.nokia.serie60v2.3</string>
		</array>
		<key>Services</key>
		<array>
			<dict>
				<key>ServiceName</key>
				<string>com.apple.model</string>
				<key>ServiceProperties</key>
				<dict>
					<key>ModelIcon</key>
					<string>NOKN70.tiff</string>
					<key>ModelName</key>
					<string>N70</string>
				</dict>
			</dict>
		</array>
	</dict>
</dict>

Changed N70 to 6120, and pasted the new xml entry below it (looking like this) -

<key>com.nokia.6120</key>
<dict>
	<key>Identification</key>
	<dict>
		<key>com.apple.cgmi+cgmm</key>
		<string>Nokia+Nokia  6120</string>
		<key>com.apple.gmi+gmm</key>
		<string>Nokia+Nokia  6120</string>
		<key>com.apple.usb.vendorid-modelid</key>
		<string>0x0421/0x043A</string>
	</dict>
	<key>InheritsFrom</key>
	<array>
		<string>family.com.nokia.serie60v2.3</string>
	</array>
	<key>Services</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>ServiceName</key>
			<string>com.apple.model</string>
			<key>ServiceProperties</key>
			<dict>
				<key>ModelIcon</key>
				<string>NOKN70.tiff</string>
				<key>ModelName</key>
				<string>N70</string>
			</dict>
		</dict>
	</array>
</dict>

Now, I'm not sure why this is necessary, but unpair your previous phone before you add this new one.

Then, open isync, add a new device, watch it pop up with the green light, and off you go!

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  1. 1 Steve

    Steve
    21st September, 2007

    Cool, this solved my problem!
  2. 2 Koan

    Koan
    26th September, 2007

    You rule
  3. 3 Onkia

    Onkia
    7th October, 2007

    Sweet! Worked like a charm! Thanks :)
  4. 4 Craig

    Craig
    17th October, 2007

    Thank you very much! Worked perfectly.
  5. 5 Marco

    Marco
    20th October, 2007

    Great.. perfect solution! fast, clean ... really Apple! thanks :)
  6. 6 Mike Owen

    Mike Owen
    31st October, 2007

    A wonderful fix. Thank you!
  7. 7 Toby Roscoe

    Toby Roscoe
    2nd November, 2007

    I'm by no means a computer programmer (I think pen up / pen down in basic was the last thing I did), but this remedy took less than 15 mins and worked perfectly. Thanks for saving my fingers hours of manual button pushing! I would have thought that those clever people in California should be chatting a bit more regularly with those clever people in Finland, but thank goodness for the other clever people out here on the web. I suggest using the find / replace function in TextEdit (Apple F).
  8. 8 Andrew

    Andrew
    2nd November, 2007

    Worked a treat. But not when I copied the code from above, just copied from inside the file (as specified!) Thanks. Has anyone got the SMS from address book working for the 6120? My options are grayed out.
  9. 9 Mike van Kuik

    Mike van Kuik
    13th November, 2007

    Great solution :D I just got my Nokia 6120 classic today and there still wasn't a solution at nokia or apple I do hope they'll fitx it in the next iSync (update). Thanks for hacking/tweaking the system :D
  10. 10 Bart Lammertyn

    Bart Lammertyn
    15th November, 2007

    Almost lost €30 on a plug-in to make it work ... thank God I found your site :-)
  11. 11 no sugar

    no sugar
    17th November, 2007

    For some reason it won't let me sync my contacts ? Any advice ?
  12. 12 Jeff

    Jeff
    17th November, 2007

    Woo Hoo! Worked like a charm and was too easy! Thanks very much!!!
  13. 13 Tom Bates

    the author
    19th November, 2007

    @Andrew: Don't think SMS from address book is supported yet, I haven't found any fixes. @no sugar: Not sure why it doesn't work for you. I can suggest restoring the backup file that you made, restarting the system, then starting again step by step.
  14. 14 Marlon from HK

    Marlon from HK
    21st November, 2007

    it worked! million thanks!
  15. 15 Esben

    Esben
    24th November, 2007

    This is so great! I almost purchased another phone because I knew the 6120 wasn't supported by default, but now I'm glad I didn't. It's a great phone and iSync makes it 100x better. Thanks!
  16. 16 no sugar

    no sugar
    24th November, 2007

    After restoring the backup file and deleting the bluetooth entry it's showing up now in iSync an has a green light! But for some reason it still won't let me sync my contacts. Only my Calender entries get transmitted. Any advice?
  17. 17 Tom Bates

    the author
    24th November, 2007

    @no sugar: well, with the green light your half way there! The only thing I can suggest is to fool around with the sync settings actually on the phone - bare in mind that you have a few options this end of the sync as well. Go to menu > settings > connectivity > sync > PC Suite > edit sync profile > applications > contacts, then make sure 'include in sync' is set to yes for a start, and have a fiddle with the rest!
  18. 18 Dan

    Dan
    3rd December, 2007

    Couldn't get it to work. How do I restore the file I duplicated?
  19. 19 J

    J
    20th December, 2007

    Thank you so much. You saved me from a headache!
  20. 20 YaoHsien

    YaoHsien
    4th January, 2008

    Cool!!!It just works!!!Thanks a lot~~
  21. 21 Johan, Stockholm

    Johan, Stockholm
    8th January, 2008

    I’m so greatful!!! Thanks! And it was Nokias tech support who "inofficial" told me about this site and solution. It worked for me at once!
  22. 22 Andrew

    Andrew
    17th January, 2008

    I've found a widget that will work with the 6120 so you can SMS from the phone (not a separate subscription). emitSMS dashboard widget here http://algoritmer.dk/widget/ works very well. Simple to set up. Not quite as good as SMS from address book but that's gone in Leopard for everyone anyway.
  23. 23 Simpleminded

    Simpleminded
    26th January, 2008

    works only with bluetooth, how do i get it working with USB??
  24. 24 George

    George
    11th March, 2008

    Thank you heaps i thought i had purchased a dummy or i was a dummy for purchasing the phone.
  25. 25 Dani

    Dani
    18th March, 2008

    THX!!!
  26. 26 Micke

    Micke
    21st March, 2008

    You'r a genius!! keep up the good work!!
  27. 27 John

    John
    27th March, 2008

    Thanks mate, big help :)
  28. 28 Ferlin

    Ferlin
    2nd April, 2008

    Thanks! it worked perfectly! :)
  29. 29 Stuart

    Stuart
    15th May, 2008

    Just found this site. I have the same problem with the new 6124 Nokia have released to Vodafone. I understand that it is a development of 6120. Would the same dix work?
  30. 30 isaac

    isaac
    26th May, 2008

    I have a 6120 isynced to my laptop powerbook (system10.5.2) and it work perfect. But I am trying to set it up on a mac with system 10.4.11 but isync reject it. It says Nokia 6120 is not compatible with Isync.Is it because of 10.4.11 system or something i do wrong. Can someone help pleez
  31. 31 Roberto

    Roberto
    14th June, 2008

    Great solution!Thank you for this!
  32. 32 Mar

    Mar
    16th June, 2008

    I am confused only with one thing: what exactly is to "unpair" my previous phone?I'm almost done!
  33. 33 Courtney

    Courtney
    28th June, 2008

    Thank you so much!
  34. 34 mak

    mak
    29th June, 2008

    Thanks, worked great. Much appreciated.
  35. 35 zonek

    zonek
    4th July, 2008

    Wow... works great - thank you.I could not find the file Metaclasses.plist, but with COMMAND-SHIFT-G in Finder and pasting the filepath below, it worked:From Application, ISync, "Show Package Contents" From there navigate to: /Applications/iSync/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice/Contents/PlugIns/PhoneModelsSync.phoneplugin/Contents/Resources/
  36. 36 Jon

    Jon
    6th July, 2008

    Yesssssss! Why wait for Nokia/Apple to get round to making a patch when this is all it takes? You totally rule!
  37. 37 Vittorio

    Vittorio
    17th July, 2008

    Grande!!! Great! Thank you so much. Easy and very fast.
  38. 38 Mark

    Mark
    7th August, 2008

    Awesome. Easy and flawless. Thank you so much.
  39. 39 Luis

    Luis
    19th August, 2008

    greatt, greattt greatt!!thank u very much,, so easy and fast! solved my problems
  40. 40 Katharine

    Katharine
    16th September, 2008

    Thank you so much!! This took me 5 minutes, and has just made my Nokia 6300 a LOT more useful. Can't believe this isn't more widely-know, really great and so so easy, even I could do it! Good work!!
  41. 41 Rimmon

    Rimmon
    18th October, 2008

    thanks, this works great for me
  42. 42 Ian

    Ian
    19th October, 2008

    Thank you very much for this patch, I had almost despaired of either Nokia or Apple putting out a fix for iSync. My previous phone worked a treat, now also does this one, so simple. Thanks so very much.
  43. 43 Lisa

    Lisa
    6th November, 2008

    I cant do it...need help
  44. 44 Snoopy

    Snoopy
    9th November, 2008

    Worked like a charm! Thank you!
  45. 45 Esteban

    Esteban
    15th November, 2008

    Thanks a lot, you save us a couple hundred dollars.
  46. 46 Judy

    Judy
    25th January, 2009

    Guess I'm a real doofus...do I change every mention of the other Nokia phone model to my model number to get this to work? Or just those you show on your screen capture? Thanks.
  47. 47 Judy

    Judy
    26th January, 2009

    Never mind, I just made a copy, put it onto the desktop and used Find/Replace in textedit and replaced all with my phone model. Just ran it and it worked like a charm. syncing while I'm sending this. Many thanks.
  48. 48 Judy

    Judy
    26th January, 2009

    Sorry, I spoke too soon. I sync'd once successfully but when I responded to the data conflicts between the computer and the phone I then resync'd and it failed. It appears that the failure is with the calendar. Appears that only the address sync worked. Any thoughts?
  49. 49 Kazza

    Kazza
    22nd February, 2009

    It was all working beautifully for me for several months, but now I realise that the contacts aren't being synced anymore (I've never synced my calendar). I'm going back trying to work out what I've changed... any clues anyone ?
  50. 50 Kazza

    Kazza
    22nd February, 2009

    ps it seems that the phone is sending the right data, but the mac isnt, and the mac isnt receiving the data either. So not sure if the problem is in Address book or isync
  51. 51 Kazza

    Kazza
    22nd February, 2009

    pps FOUND THE SOLUTIONHere's my suggestion. If you add a new group in Address Book, yet cant see it in iSync, this is what worked for me- quit both Address Book
  52. 52 Radek

    Radek
    6th March, 2009

    E X C E L E N T ! ! ! ! ! !
  53. 53 Pinky

    Pinky
    9th June, 2009

    YOU ARE AWESOME, thank you!
  54. 54 andy tee

    andy tee
    22nd June, 2009

    Yessir!! Spot on. Many thanks for ending the pain!
  55. 55 Sebastian

    Sebastian
    12th July, 2009

    Just for the record, for people that might still need to sync their Nokia 6120, the official Nokia website now offers a plugin for iSync for free. You can find it here: http://europe.nokia.com/get-support-and-software/product-support/isync/compatibility-and-download
  56. 56 Andy

    Andy
    24th July, 2009

    Me too, the location was as described in one of the comments, but it worked a treat.
  57. 57 dob.ire

    dob.ire
    14th September, 2009

    Hey man, that is soooo cooool. Worked for me after second try. Nice one.

    Glad to see there is so much cooperation out there on the net. Saved my poor thumbs from tweedle dee tweedle dum.
  58. 58 dan

    dan
    15th October, 2009

    thanks very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  59. 59 grobi

    grobi
    14th December, 2009

    @55: its true, but its not working as fine as your solution tom. thumbs up!
  60. 60 Iraiscoming223

    Iraiscoming223
    3rd January, 2010

    I came here by error, I own a 6210 (not a 6120), but this worked for me as well! :D (I obviously changed '6120' to '6210 Navigator', this did the trick!)
    Thank you again and happy 2010 from Italy,
    Marco