I'm giving you the easiest method to backup all your messeges collection on a Symbian S60v3/v5 phone. Let's get started! Remove your memory card from your phone and connect it to pc via a card reader. Or connect your phone to pc in "Mass Storage Mode". Now open the folder named "private",inside the folder 'private', find another folder named "1000484b". Open it,there's a folder named "Mail2", copy the folder and keep it in a safe place. This folder contains all your messeges.
When you have to restore the collection(like after formatting your phone),simply restore the "Mail2" folder to it's respective position, i.e- private/1000484b .There may be already the folder "Mail2",just replace it.
After that,go to Messaging > press Options > Settings > Other; highlight "Memory In Use",select E:Memory Card. It'll ask "Copy All Messages To New Memory?" select No,then it'll ask "Keep Original Messages?" (if you press NO,it'll delete previous messages stored in phone memory,and if you press YES it'll switch to Memory Card without deleting your phone memory messages.)press yes or no accordingly. It'll then process(don't press end or minimize) and you are done!
