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2011-03-14
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unfortunately my battery died on n900, and just sold my n96 last week on a 'sell your old phone site' so theres no way of me charging it to back up my data 
do you lose everything completely when it has been returned from the nok shop?
im currently using an old blackberry phone i managed to borrow off somebody and cannot get used to the piece of crap!
Last edited by Kevstacey; 2011-03-14 at 19:48.
do you lose everything completely when it has been returned from the nok shop?
im currently using an old blackberry phone i managed to borrow off somebody and cannot get used to the piece of crap!
Last edited by Kevstacey; 2011-03-14 at 19:48.
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2011-03-14
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Originally Posted by myk
Superglue will be useless. Epoxy might help if you get it into the right places (not easy).
Has anyone tried adding glue or resin to strengthen the socket-board bond? I'm tempted to try superglue as it will get into any gaps between socket and board, and is easy to remove if it goes in the wrong place and blocks the plug. My N900 is out of warranty, and might not be superceded any time soon.
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2011-03-15
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Originally Posted by Kevstacey
Yep, well i did but they did exchange my phone for another one.
unfortunately my battery died on n900, and just sold my n96 last week on a 'sell your old phone site' so theres no way of me charging it to back up my data
do you lose everything completely when it has been returned from the nok shop?
Get it charged and back it up or if you can't drop it off at my work and i will charge it with my old N96. but let me know 1st.
Originally Posted by Kevstacey
Oh dear that must be hell pal.
im currently using an old blackberry phone i managed to borrow off somebody and cannot get used to the piece of crap!
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Retro gaming nut.
handhelds running mame really well, GP2x (mk2), GP2x wiz, JXD s7300
Samsung galaxy note 2 owner and of course mame on that too
ex - Xbox 360 user - here is the reason -
I am back Xboxing again - and here is what i did to correct it -
***UPDATE*** now 47 months on and x-clamp fix has just failed....not a bad run
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2011-03-15
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My USB port never became physically loose, but I suspected it was damaged nonetheless.
However, today I wondered if it mightn't be the humidity here in Thailand (I'm a tourist), and so I bought a bag of rice and stuck the phone in it to absorb any moisture inside.
What do you know, it seems to have worked! Well, I use the word *seems* for good reason, but I'll let you know.
However, today I wondered if it mightn't be the humidity here in Thailand (I'm a tourist), and so I bought a bag of rice and stuck the phone in it to absorb any moisture inside.
What do you know, it seems to have worked! Well, I use the word *seems* for good reason, but I'll let you know.
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2011-03-15
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Originally Posted by Bazza
Yep, well i did but they did exchange my phone for another one.
Get it charged and back it up or if you can't drop it off at my work and i will charge it with my old N96. but let me know 1st.
Oh dear that must be hell pal.
your a diamond pal
i shall give you a buzz soon
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2011-03-17
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My USB port has also now suffered from this. It started out that it was a little flaky in charging up then last night the port itself partially detached from the board. (the port looked like one side had been "pushed into" the phone)
Took it into Nokia Care today and it is now "awaiting assessment by a Nokia technician". Has anyone had experience with Nokia Australia and whether they will cover this issue under warranty or not? (and if its not covered under warranty, what the repair is likely to be and what sort of costs are likely to be involved?)
I am in Perth if that makes a difference to what Nokia Care is likely to do (and how long it might take)
Took it into Nokia Care today and it is now "awaiting assessment by a Nokia technician". Has anyone had experience with Nokia Australia and whether they will cover this issue under warranty or not? (and if its not covered under warranty, what the repair is likely to be and what sort of costs are likely to be involved?)
I am in Perth if that makes a difference to what Nokia Care is likely to do (and how long it might take)
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2011-03-18
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I have a N900 with the dreaded broken USB port problem - not under warranty.
A malicious 3rd party has deleted some important contacts (stored on internal memory, not the sim card). I took the phone to a repair store to fix the port; no luck.
I want to use PhotoRec to undelete the data after making the Nokia an external drive.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to achieve this?
I am in NYC area if anyone fancies their hardware skills...
Thanks,
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A malicious 3rd party has deleted some important contacts (stored on internal memory, not the sim card). I took the phone to a repair store to fix the port; no luck.
I want to use PhotoRec to undelete the data after making the Nokia an external drive.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to achieve this?
I am in NYC area if anyone fancies their hardware skills...
Thanks,
AW
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2011-03-18
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Originally Posted by avonw
From memory you need to use the 'dd' tool to image the drive, although it sounds like you've done something similar in part. Photorec I believe is just a case of choosing options, in this case image recovery on the command-line and it'll do its best to discover and recover the known file types. I'm sorry I can't go into more detail, I haven't had to use these excellent tools in a while.
I have a N900 with the dreaded broken USB port problem - not under warranty.
A malicious 3rd party has deleted some important contacts (stored on internal memory, not the sim card). I took the phone to a repair store to fix the port; no luck.
I want to use PhotoRec to undelete the data after making the Nokia an external drive.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to achieve this?
I am in NYC area if anyone fancies their hardware skills...
Thanks,
AW
Good luck with it.
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2011-03-18
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According to the Nokia Care people who returned my N900 today, a busted USB port is listed in their service guidelines as "dont even try to fix, just replace the handset"
So I am now on my third N900 (second one because the first one had a broken flexboard/status LED)
So I am now on my third N900 (second one because the first one had a broken flexboard/status LED)
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Sorry to hear that pal get everything backed up on you're memory card.
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If you cannot charge you're phone at all, you can charge you're phones battery by putting the battery into an N96 or N95 phone it will stick out but as long as the connection are touching it will charge then once the battery is charged you can power up you're N900 and do a backup on you're memory card.
Retro gaming nut.
handhelds running mame really well, GP2x (mk2), GP2x wiz, JXD s7300
Samsung galaxy note 2 owner and of course mame on that too
ex - Xbox 360 user - here is the reason -
I am back Xboxing again - and here is what i did to correct it -
***UPDATE*** now 47 months on and x-clamp fix has just failed....not a bad run
Last edited by Bazza; 2011-03-14 at 12:03.