The Touch Screen stopped working
 

Hi,

All of a sudden, the screen stopped responding my touch. I did reset, took out battery, nothing works.

I have notes in the App "conboy" that I really need, can someone tell me how I can open the app without the touch screen?

I would need to get those notes before sending it for warranty. Thanks

Re: The Touch Screen stopped working
 

Do you have ssh installed?

Re: The Touch Screen stopped working
 

conboy notes are stored in /home/user/.conboy

You can open the app vis xterminal and typing conboy there. But dont think that will help as your touchscreen is not working.

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You are a genius!!!
Here comes the solution!
Open the keyboard and type CTRL+SHIFT+X... This will open xterminal.
Now type cp .conboy MyDocs/conboy and if no error occurs, you can now pick the the saved file conboy directly from your pc using the N900 as mass storage.

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I did not install SSH, whatever came with the N900.

I copied the files within the .conboy dir, to the document folder. If I copy it to an SD card, I should be able to open it on my Desktop PC, what program should I use?

I was able to launch ConBoy but I can not switch between notes using the keyboard.

Thanks for all your help. I took care of my N900, I am really disappointed. I can not answer an incoming phone call with my phone without.

Re: The Touch Screen stopped working
 

as i said before, use xterminal... actually I don't know which is the SD directory... do you know it?

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same issue happened with me few months ago, resolved by flashing :(

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My n900 is now on week 3 @Nokia for a repair since the touchscreen stopped responding and did`nt work. It happened when I woke due to the alarm ringing and vibrator was on as I did everyday since I received my device in the start of December 2009.

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I woke up this morning and the alarm sounded and vibrated. I turned it off and I do not remember if I used the phone after that and before I discover that the touch screen stopped functioning. It takes so long for the turn around for service? This really sucks.

I never had a phone in my life that requires service within the first year. Nokia N900 is the first, I always though Nokia is about Quality, that was the reason I got this phone instead of Another Android phone.

I will do a complete backup and re-flash to see if the problem goes away or not.

Thanks for all your help.

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When I connect the phone using the usb connection to my PC, since the touch screen does not work, I can not select the Mass storage mode or PC Suite mode. Is there anyway I can select the mode using the keyboard?

LOL this is getting funny and sad on my end. What do I need to do to get my the N900 to be available so I can make a copy of my files?

Re: The Touch Screen stopped working
 

Since you cannot connect through USB mode, the only other alternative I see to get your notes is via some ftp program.

Do you have already rootsh installed and know the root password ?
If yes, you can install some program like filezilla, smartftp, ftppro in your PC to login to your N900. Then transfer your conboy notes to your PC.

Once copied you can open it via Tomboy application from your PC.

Hope it helps

Re: The Touch Screen stopped working
 

Does it not automatically choose mass storage mode if it is
turned off before you connect it through usb?

nicolai

Re: The Touch Screen stopped working
 

What about trying to connect through the usb, but turning (and keeping) the device of?

I think you should at least be able to download from your memory card.

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You can also install ssh if you have rootsh installed

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I want to give an update on the Phone. I was able to backup all my data and send the phone to Nokia for warranty. it came back today. The touch screen works fine for 2 hours, all of the sudden, it started to act weird. When I swipe the screen to screen, it would stop in between screen.

I reset the Phone, The screen stopped responding. LOL this is really sad. I tried flashing the firmware, it does not work. This is a really bad Nokia experience.

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Did you ever get a resolution to this. My touch screen just stopped responding as well..

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Did any resolution ever come of this? I'm experiencing the same issue