If Share Online fails to add Ovi - here is how to fix it
I recently updated the "Share Online" application to the most recent version 3.0 on my N82 loaner device. I did so, because I wanted to use it with "Share on Ovi" - Nokia's online image and video sharing service - and I was quite surprised when "Share Online" failed to add the Ovi service.
The "Share Online" application is supposed to automagically look for, and add, new services. It worked nicely on my N95, but failed on the N82 and I am not exactly sure why. Maybe because the N82's has an "Emerging Markets"1 product code and I use it in Denmark?
Anyhow, the precise reason is not very important - what is important is I am not the only on having this problem and that there is a way to fix it.
To boot the fix is very simple, what is needed is a configuration file - an XML file - that specifies what services "Share on Ovi" provides. Where do you get that configuration file you ask? Right here…
This is what you do:
- Download the Ovi configuration file to your computer from my MOSH account.
- Transfer the file to your phone by bluetooth or cable. In the latter case put the file in a location on your memory card where you will be able to locate it.
- If you have transferred the configuration file by Bluetooth, just open the bluetooth message and the "Share Online" application will pick it up and add "Share on Ovi" as a service. If you have transferred the configuration file using cable, start the File Manager and browse to the location where you put the file. Just click the file and the "Share Online" application will pick it up and add "Share on Ovi" as a service.
- You have now added "Share on Ovi" as a service in "Share Online". All you need to do now is to activate the service by entering the username and password for your Ovi account, and you are all set.
Tip: If you plan on using "Share on Ovi" with "Share Online" a lot, make sure you set your Ovi account as default in "Share Online" (highlight Ovi account in "Share Online" and select "Options" | "Set as default"). You can even specify what Ovi channel to upload to by default. The "Share Online" default account is assigned a special "one-click-upload" shortcut in the phone's image and video gallery.
- Emerging Markets include: China,[2] India, Mexico, Brazil, Chile much of Southeast Asia, countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, parts of Africa and Latin America [back]
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