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2011-03-14 , 08:01
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Originally Posted by nicolai View Post
No, if you don't reflash emmc. Your data stays if you only reflash
the rootfs.
What this guys says. ONLY flash rootfs, your data will be fine.
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2011-03-14 , 08:10
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and next time learn to talk nicely to people who are helping you
 
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2011-03-14 , 08:27
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Originally Posted by Char View Post
and next time learn to talk nicely to people who are helping you
WTF?! You must be a primary school teacher or something!
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2011-03-17 , 06:12
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@Char: You didnt help that guy one bit and all you leave is such a stupid comment.. anyone would be desperate in a scenario like his
 
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2011-03-18 , 17:56
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Originally Posted by Duffer View Post
After the re-flash you can then use the backup you kept on your emmc to restore all of your apps. You did keep a backup?
There's a backup, somewhere, from a few months ago (before I upgraded to PR 1.3), but since I don't generally use the Nokia PC Suite, and I don't store anything critical on the phone (insert rant about dysfunctional aspects of phone), I don't back it up regularly. Most of my contacts are stored in Outlook, so it's no tragedy. It's all nice to have stuff. There's probably a backup on the MMC card from that period as well.

Yeah, yeah, I know, backup regularly. Whatever. Who expects to be locked out of their phone? I've had one cell phone lost or stolen in 15 years, and none die completely (and the one that was stolen was a Sidekick, so I lost no data in the process). If it was my own stupidity, it would be different, but I did nothing but answer the phone and then put it down. Who the hell designs an interface that can enable you to activate a lock without conscious interaction?

I guess the same people who design a phone interface that regularly results in your butt re-arranging and deselecting icons from your desktop.

OMG. Damn, I love subconscious system administration. I just figured out what passcode I put on the system months ago before I upgraded to PR 1.3. Took me five minutes, after spending way longer than that trying to guess it.

Guess I'll back up the phone now.
 
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2011-03-18 , 18:00
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Originally Posted by nicolai View Post
No, if you don't reflash emmc. Your data stays if you only reflash
the rootfs.
... it's my impression that a large chunk of the data is stored on the rootfs. Data that's on the EMMC should be retrievable by just pulling the MMC and plugging it in elsewhere, right?
 
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2011-03-18 , 22:14
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eMMC is the internal ~32 gig memory..what you are thinking of is probably the microSD
 

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2011-03-18 , 22:29
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2011-03-19 , 02:59
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I do too. ... and thanks for the advice, everyone. Hopefully this will help the next person. Knowing that the rootfs can be reflashed without loss of data is certainly useful information and would have made the whole situation less stressful.
 
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2011-03-19 , 18:22
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Did it work then? Did you get it back on without losing your stuff?
 
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