N900 is stuck in a reboot loop; how can I preserve the contacts/sms etc when flashing?
 

My N900 has suffered someproblem that first saw Phone and Contacts crashing every time I tried t open them. I rebooted the phone and now it's stuck in a rebooting cycle

Numerous threads I've read on the matter say the only thing I can do is reflash the phone

How do I back up the data on it so I can restore it (contacts and sms mostly) after I flash?

Phone is currently on PR1.1 - was thinkng of moving to 1.2, or would you advise trying reflashing 1.1 first?

Thanks

Re: N900 is stuck in a reboot loop; how can I preserve the contacts/sms etc when flashing?
 

Use the backup app

Re: N900 is stuck in a reboot loop; how can I preserve the contacts/sms etc when flashing?
 

Contacts and SMS should be preserved through a flash naturally. At least they have been for me everytime I've flashed, and I've done it about four times.

Also, if you're flashing, might as well go straight to PR1.2.

Re: N900 is stuck in a reboot loop; how can I preserve the contacts/sms etc when flashing?
 

on the phone? the phone doesnt boot
on the pc? in nokia pc suite? or ovi suite? what is ovi suite anyway? should I use a linux livecd instead? which one?

Re: N900 is stuck in a reboot loop; how can I preserve the contacts/sms etc when flashing?
 

What flashing method did you use? Did you flash the eMMC as well? Are contacts/sms storedin a place other than the eMMC?

Re: N900 is stuck in a reboot loop; how can I preserve the contacts/sms etc when flashing?
 

Flash your device with the Fiasco image only to get it back to working state (you will not lose your contacts this way) then do a backup using the backup app in the device, save that backup to your memory card before you do the Emmc flash.

Re: N900 is stuck in a reboot loop; how can I preserve the contacts/sms etc when flashing?
 

assumig the FIASCO image is just the "RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin" file (why is it sometimes called fiasco and sometimes not?) is it safe to ignore the warning:


Should I be putting 1.1 on first in order to do backup or is it safe to go to 1.2 straight away? Is the eMMC i have, tied to the v1.1 on the device at the moment?

thanks