Those things are not necessary when you want to use ubiboot kernel to boot into maintanance mode. Okay, I have posted the procedure already in several threads, for example last time here. However, no harm in repeating the procedure again. Prerequisities: You absolutely need Linux for this. Some people have used Windows, but to do that you need extra patches and whatnot to your WIN machine. It's OK to run a Live-boot distro though, or use Linux running in a VM. (but you need to config VM for USB passthru) So, this is the general procedure:1.) download and install the Linux version of the flasher. 2.) download the latest ubiboot release from http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot...3.5_301013.tar 3.) untar the ubiboot archive, you only need the kernel file zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013 for this. 4.) boot up the kernel with flasher; "sudo flasher -l -k zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013 - b". 5.) do not remove the USB cable, keep it connected and when the device starts up it will enter maintanance mode. 6.) in maintanance mode the device offers 2 services by default: all the partitions are exported to PC (not just MyDocs) and you have the possibility to telnet into the device console. Now, what I believe is that you just want to rescue your SMS database. It is stored on the /home/ partition in location .cache/tracker/meta.db When you get to the step 7.) on the above dummies-guide, you will probably see 3 folder windows pop up on your Linux screen, depending on your distribution. Find the folder window which contains your /home/ partition. You will find there a folder ".cache" and under that folder "tracker". In the tracker folder you have a bunch of files, of which the database is the file "meta.db". Copy that to your PC and you're done