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Originally Posted by masq View Post
Hi,

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. I have no access to my phone or the menus or anything? When I boot up the phone it asks for the lock code which I don't know and I'm pretty much stuck there. I'm not running an ssh server so I guess my only option is to flash right?

From here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_t..._does_it_do.3F

I looks like flashing rootfs will preserve my data such as photos and conboy notes (the main stuff i really need). Is this correct? And will flashing to rootfs be enough to get my access to my phone again. I don't care if it doesn't reset the password for now...I'll sort that out later.
It's possible, but still as a general rule you really need to back up your important files, because flashing the N900 (in a simplified analogy) is like re-formatting a computer hard drive (i.e. wiping out all the contents) and re-installing the "Operating System".

By the way, flashing is a good way of fixing, but the reason why I'm going the route of recovering the lock code is to see if we can still do away with having to flash your N900.

Last edited by topet2k12001; 2011-07-09 at 15:05.