can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

Hi all...

I dropped my phone and eventually touchscreen stopped working:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=84206
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=85343

Does anyone have insight on what needs repair? It's not just the glass screen but maybe the "digitizer" as well? I've resorted back to my N900 in the meantime :)

There is data and media on my N9 that I am very interested in recovering though... is there anyway I can register touches from my computer (bypass the touchscreen)? I just need enough access to enter my pin code and activate mass storage mode.

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

You can flash your device using Phoenix.. You don't need to use your touch screen while doing that. Data will be gone, though.

The screen of N9 is fused to the glass, so if you try to get it replaced, there is a chance that they might replace both parts. This might be expensive.

but.. this was already answered in your other post.. why did you start this new thread after starting two others about the same problem just 15 minutes ago?

Kindly remove them and keep only one thread. This is a sharing community, which means others can have similar problems. They'll be confused if they come looking for solutions and found random multiple threads

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

so far, i don't think there's way to access to anything on that device and if you had lock code on it...then there's no flashing either...though...
dammit digitizer for n9 costs around 100eur here :(

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

flopjoke, thanks for the kind reply. but those posts don't answer the main question (in the thread title and the last paragraph of my post).

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

^ @wook_sf really? But I was able to flash my N8 with Phoenix long back.. and it had a lock code. Don't know if it applies here as well..

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

I know, but just bump that thread.. it'll be in new threads and people will check it out. Or merge them with this one.. it's more efficient to keep one post.

^ This isn't just for others.. more people will check the thread if you have just one post with many replies.. and you just might find someone who has a solution and can help you. So just saying =)

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

flopjoke, thanks. that makes sense. I linked to my past threads just so people can see the history if they r interested. I'd like to keep it as is for now.

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

it is so, seems like, yes, i was flashing all from 6600 to e7 with lockcodes, was retrieving lockcodes, rewriting them....but that doesn't seems like case with n9 ;)
so, it's best to have lock code off

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

if I take the the sim card out it won't prompt me for lock code. are there any options of simulating touches in that case?

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

ohh, pin code is not issue, just lock code (on device one)
well, if you enabled auto wi-fi or auto select SDKmode when you attach phone to pc, then you might be able to ssh to phone and to entire backup and then restore it on some other device or something

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

If you have Mass storage on by default, you wouldn't have any problem backing up content..

I was gonna suggest connecting it to N8 via USB OTG to back it up, but then I realized you'd still need to enter lock code.

Re: can i input touches without touchscreen? (dropped phone and touchscreen no longer works)
 

Well if the lock code is just a sim lock not a device lock you can remove your sim card and try the following:

http://wiki.meego.com/N950/Fixing_MALF_state

This will mount your rootfs, userfs and emmc paritions so you can retrieve whatever data you require...You won't need to touch your phone at all except for switching it off before plugging it in...

Let me know if you need any help with it...

P.S. The above requires a Linux PC so use a LiveCD, Wubi or dedicated Linux installation. Ubuntu is the easiest to use if you have not much prior Linux knowledge...