Digitizer Dead need to get into mass storage without screen
 

Hi guys, i burnt a hole in my screen digitizer so i cant use the touch screen...before i send it to repair i want to get into MASS storage and copy my stuff to my PC....how can i do this without the touch screen

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Do you have SSH installed? If so, SSH in and simply mount/copy the data to a microSD card, or sftp the data out. If not... Why didn't you install SSH? :)

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ctrl+shift+x should open an xterm.

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thanx...i got terminal open....what do i do now?? and no i didnt install SSH :(

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Depending on your pc system, use mass storage mode and the usb cable. Surely the easiest...

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i plug in the USB but i cannot select mass storage because the screen cant sense any touch

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turn your phone off then connect it to the PC with the usb cable. it automatically goes to mass storage mode

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Misread. Ignore me.

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does it really matter? I mean, can't u copy files even when you are connected in 'PC-Suite' mode?

Saying that, try connecting the USB cable to the N900 and Computer. Then PC suite should say that the phone is connected in an incompatible mode or something similar. It could be worthwhile trying to play around and get to the files. By the way, this is only with Windows Machines I believe.

On a side note, how did you manage to burn a hole? :o

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No it does not. You have to select Mass Storage or PC suite. It does nothing if you don't press it on the touch screen

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This is definitely an argument for capacitive over resistive screens.

Capacitive screen make better ashtrays!

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Fair Point, I just tried that with my N900 and it didn't work as you said.


But, see when you flash your N900. You turn the phone off, press 'U' and then connect the USB cable. This is what you do to flash it, right?

So shouldn't there be some kind of tool to copy the files or something following this procedure?

Re: Digitizer Dead need to get into mass storage without screen
 

just connect the phone while it's off and it'll be readable in mass storage mode.

This was mentioned about 6 or 7 posts ago

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Really? This doesn't work for me. But maybe it was my phone, or maybe it only does that when connected to a Windows machine (I mostly run Linux and am not about to dig out a Windows machine just to check, at least not right now).

If you have installed the rootsh package, you can open the terminal, get root, then install any package you like using apt-get, for example you'd install the ssh server with the command:
apt-get install openssh-server

With the ssh server installed you can use it transfer files. One possible problem with this is that I can't figure out an easy way to make the n900 connect to a wireless access point from the command line.

With the terminal available you can copy files from the main storage to a micro sd card. If you have enough space on your microsd card you can copy (almost) everything with the command:
cp -r /home/user/MyDocs /media/mmc1/

I put the almost in brackets there because there are some configuration files (and maybe high scores for games) stored in /home/user, so you might want to copy all that as well if you think there'll be anything you care about saving in it.

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I thought so too (hence my apparently stupid comment earlier :( ) but it seems this was seen as a bug and disabled in pr1.2. At least, my phone will not do this now.

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/usr/sbin/osso-usb-mass-storage-enable.sh

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fantomsingh, use the TV out cable for screen and the USB cable for transfers!

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if you have xterminal opened then you can just copy the files to your memory card :D

cp = copy
To copy a directory with all subdirectories and files use the Linux / Unix cp command. Below is an example command of how you would use the cp command to copy files. Additional information about this command and other examples can also be found in the above cp link.

cp -r /home/hope/files/* /media/mmc1/

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucp.htm