How To: Restoring Ovi Store on Nokia N8 (lost after Hard Reset)
Have you hard reset your Nokia N8? Did you happen to lose Ovi Store?
Here are instructions as well as a how to video on how to get it back.
Before you start, you’ll need:
1. Nokia Qt Package from wiki.forum.nokia (consist Nokia Qt 4.6 and Nokia Qt 4.7)
2. Nokia Qt SDK
3. USB Cable
“Leo The Lion” from LeoTech89 has produced the following step by step on how to get it done. I’m not sure if it works but the two comments so far in the video seem to indicate that it does.
- Download Nokia Qt Package from wiki.forum.nokia and extract the package. There will be Qt 4.7 for Symbian^3 and Qt 4.6 for Symbian^3
- Copy both of the files (Qt 4.7 for Symbian^3 and Qt 4.6 for Symbian^3)to your Mass storage Nokia N8 and paste it
- After that, download the Nokia Qt SDK from the link given and installed it to your PC. The installation will take time, so be patient.
- After installation is done, connect your Nokia N8 to your PC. (Make sure the phone is set to Nokia Ovi Suite first)
- Wait till your PC fully detect the phone
- Then go Start > Nokia Qt SDK > Symbian and choose Install QtMobility to Nokia N8 device *This is the most important part
- It will prompt Ovi Suite and will start installing the appropriate application to your phone. Wait till the installation is finished.
- Then go to Tools > Software Update and sellect all the update you think its appropriate.
- After done updating the phone. Unplug the cable from your phone
- Go to File Manager and Install qt.sis and qtwebkit.sis from Qt 4.6 for Symbian^3 folder
- Then install qt_4_7_0_opengl.SIS from Qt 4.7 for Symbian^3
- Open Ovi Sote application, wait till the download links appeared.
- Click download and start installing Ovi Store
- Finally, restart the phone then test whether the Ovi Store is restored back or no
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I Hard reset my N8 ( the 3 finger method). I tried using the method described above. But it gave me error while installing QtMobility to Nokia N8 device. Also the software versions mentioned and the links have changed. As couldn’t find anything like “qt_4_7_0_opengl.SIS from Qt 4.7″. If anybody has the recently updated links and the correct working method please post it.
Thanks in advance.
I also hard reset my n8, and i don’t find qt4.7 and 4.6 please put new working link. Thank you
You’re right, Qt4.6 & 4.7 aren’t separately available anymore but they are included in the Nokia Qt SDK package (download the installer from the link below and then leave it to install the Qt SDK to you PC/laptop…it will take a while!)
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/e920da1a-5b18-42df-82c3-907413e525fb/Nokia_Qt_SDK.html
Once you’ve finished the install connect your phone to your PC/laptop (preferably using a cable) and follow my instructions above about installing Qt to your phone directly.
Hope that helps!
Can you uninstall all the qt stuff afterwards?
Could you please make a new guide as this is bit of a mess now?
What Nokia SDK software are U using? 1.0 or 1.1?
Any hints as to where the two directories in steps #10 and #11 are located?
10 Go to File Manager and Install qt.sis and qtwebkit.sis from Qt 4.6 for Symbian^3 folder
11. Then install qt_4_7_0_opengl.SIS from Qt 4.7 for Symbian^3
I cannot find these two folders on my Nokia N8.
download it to your hard disk, copy and paste to your phone mass storage. open file manager from your phone then you will find it.
Jay,
Thanks a lot for sharing this procedure worked for me.
Kiran
hello to my not work for me anything that is on the web after a hard reset of 3 fingers, which I also disappeared application and store nokia icon
anyone can help me
thanks
Hi friends. I found a new and simple way to restore ovi store. Just go to nokiabetalabs.com and download nokia bubbles and qtdowngrade.sis(both wil be available at nokiabetalabs). Now instal nokia bubbles and reboot ur device. Then install qtdowngrade.sis in phone memory(this is so important) and reboot the device. Now finaly go to ovi store ,download ovi store app, instal and enjoy.
Restore Ovi store
1. Download Nokia bubbles and qtdowngrade.sis from nokiabetalabs.com
2.instal nokia bubbles and reboot
3.install qtdowngrade.sis and reboot
4.download ovi store app and instal.
@Sumesh Sreenivas – Thanks mate! Of all the “solutions” I’ve tried to get ovi store back, your solution was the one that did it. It was also the easiest to follow. Thanks again!
My nokia N8 unable to install Ovi store
i tried ur solution,but it didnt work
nokia bubbles was removed from beta labs as of April 18th, do you have the installer files so that they can be shared?
Thanks..In my case,just I installed QT downgrade and reboot my device..the Ovi store working fine
i also had to do hard reset of my Nokia N8 and after that Ovi Store stopped working (Ovi Maps worked fine after hard reset). I have solved my problem by only installing .sis package that includes Qt libraries to my phone, you can find that package on the following link ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/pub/qt/symbian/4.7.1/qt_installer.sis
I hope it will help to others that have same problem
Sorry
This too didnt works on my N8
i jus getting irrating bcoz i cant install ovi store
Nokia should now really give ovi store in next Firmware
tell me if i reinstall firmware with SW,then i will get by Ovi store back
thank u so much! i was downloading the QT library when i saw ur comment and tried it and it worked! Awesome thanks alot man!
Didn’t do the trick for me but thanks,
Works good
by this step,whether u hav got ur ovistore back
reply
reboot mean unistll is it??
Thanks @Sumesh Sreenivas, really easy solution.. and perfect one too…
Ovi is not connecting in ma N8, please help some one
Why so bigg fuss guys.???. just go to installed apps and unistall both the c++ library files, (“open c libssl common” and “open c libssl patch” ) restart the phone and try open ovi store and follow what it ask to do. it has to work. I always get this problem.
regards
nitinule
We are unable to install OVI store because of missing QT libraries after a hard reset,a simple way toinstall QT libraries is to install nokia bubbles..links ishttp://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-bubbles/download_and_installation
Thanks for the tip. I installed it but didn’t solve the problem with ovi store.
guess what.. last January I do a Hard Reset on my N8 and since then, I cannot install the Ovi Store anymore…. I tried searching blogs on how to fix it but non of them work.. This afternoon, i click the software update on my N8 and surprisingly there’s ovi store listed and I updated my phone accordingly hoping that it will fix the issue. After 2mins – it is SUCCESFUL – it was installed and when I click the icon for ovi store, it ask me to get the new version and I can t believe that after 6 months NOKIA release an update to fix this issue… THANKS ALOT Nokia. Hoping that the Symbian Anna update will be released here in the Philippines by August.
thnx 4 the tip ..mine worked pretty smoothly
hey guys , solved
buy reinstalling ovistore from ovistore site on pc.
here is what i did
1st my problem was little different after doing *#7370# my ovistore used to connect , but if u choose an item to go to its page and download, it keeps loading with no page.
i read ur previous replies, but i got scarred; i dont know what is this qt file. so i said ill try to reinstall, so i searched for ovistore on ovistore site, then send to mobile, then opened link through browser. Luckily it showed a download button, which i pressed and it did the rest automatically installed.
try it , hope it works with u too
Thank you so much. i got my ovi store back!!!
it works 100% but QT SDK takes much longer time on 1MB net.
anyways thanx!
Hi, I would like to inform you all that i have resolved the issue as Navifirm is providing the firmware for Nokia N8 which has 2 files missing and if u flash ur handset by clicking on continue, then u will loose all the data and ovi store too. What i did was to locate that missing file on the internet and then copying it to the location of the firmware, then flashed my handset.
I got Ovi store pre installed in my Nokia N8.. It just took 10 min to flash using Phoenix.
If anyone wants then i can post the file here for the help…
Thanks
been through that process. I was up until the wee small hours trying it but without success.
It did allow me to load the OVI store which I was unable to do before but it won’t let me sign in, look at my account or download any apps ( I just get a grey page with a spinning icon over the word ‘Loading’ which it never does. I even tried leaving it overnight but it was still ‘loading’ in the morning).
Thanks again for spending the time though.
Sent from my laptop
Craig Morley
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After hard reset my nokia n8,lose ovi store,but it’s is easy to install it again by this software Phoenix.
1-install Phoenix software.
2-connect your phone used usb cable and chose ovi sute.
3-open Phoenix.
4- go to file scan product and wait for 10 sec.
5- go to product
6-chse file system format.
7-format c only , after finish restart your phone and you will see there is no ovi store application ,
8- go from main menu your phone and chose sw update and update all software from nokia by wifi.
it’s easy
my email is rn111k@hotmail.com
After hard reset my nokia n8,lose ovi store,but it’s is easy to install it again by this software Phoenix.
1-install Phoenix software.
2-connect your phone used usb cable and chose ovi sute from your mobile .
3-open Phoenix.
4- go to file scan product and wait for 10 sec.
5- select test from menu
6- go to product
7-chse file system format.
8-format c only , after finish restart your phone and you will see there is no ovi store application ,
9- go from main menu your phone and chose sw update and update all software from nokia by wifi.
it’s easy
my email is rn111k@hotmail.com