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cjard is offline cjard
2010-06-14 , 14:21
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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
 
nosa101 is offline nosa101
2010-06-14 , 14:22
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Use the backup app
 
Laughingstok is offline Laughingstok
2010-06-14 , 14:24
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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.
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cjard is offline cjard
2010-06-14 , 14:33
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Originally Posted by nosa101 View Post
Use the backup app
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?
 
cjard is offline cjard
2010-06-14 , 14:36
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Originally Posted by Laughingstok View Post
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.
What flashing method did you use? Did you flash the eMMC as well? Are contacts/sms storedin a place other than the eMMC?
 
abill_uk is offline abill_uk
2010-06-14 , 14:39
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Originally Posted by cjard View Post
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?
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.
 
cjard is offline cjard
2010-06-14 , 15:27
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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:


NOTE: Always flash the FIASCO image first, then the eMMC image immediately after that. Never boot up the device between flashing the FIASCO image and the eMMC image!
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
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