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Safely Removing G1 in ubuntu...

Hi, i searched and couldnt find anything... I just installed ubuntu and have been dual-booting with windows Vista for several weeks now. My question is im a windows (redheaded step)child and im not too familiar with linux' inner workings yet...so i have not been doing anything to "safely remove" my G1 when in ubuntu, cuz i thought that such an option doesnt exist...problem is now i think ive corrupted all my data on my SDcard and i was just hoping that someone could tell me how to do this correctly in ubuntu? Do i hafta mount it, and THEN unmount it before i should unplug it? I dont even know if this is the problem, but ive been watching my logcat and it gives me some Dbus error when i plug in USB and it doesnt come up on the phone with option to mount SDcard, and windows doesnt recognize my device anymore. Pretty sure i corrupted my SD, im pretty sure i can fix it without help, if someone could just tell me the proper procedure for removing devices from ubuntu? thanks in advance...
-BMFC

I dual boot ubuntu on my mac OSX, which emulator are you using (fusion VM, virtualbox etc...?)
(1) When you've properly mounted your SD card it should show up on your ubuntu Desktop. Just go to Places > Desktop and you should be able to eject the SD card (two if you are partitioning them and AppstoSD) by pressing the "eject" button. The SD card should show up in the left window pane.
(2) Also, you probably have corrupted your SD card and are going to have to reformat it, losing all of your data.
(3) Somewhere in your emulator there should be a USB button to see which devices are plugged into your host computer, and which ever one you select your emulator will read.
(4) Finally, you don't provide enough information for a real answer...
(a) What ubuntu are you running?
(b) Do you have appstosd?
(c) have you done a nandroid backup?
(d) Which emulator/virtual environment are you running?
Hope this helps.

In Nautilus (the file manager) there will be a little orange eject symbol next to the drive. Clicking it will unmount the drive, which you should ALWAYS do before pulling any kind of removable media out of the socket. Unmounting is the *nix equivalent of "ejecting" in Windows.
If you're running a command line setup, the command to unmount is
Code:
sudo umount /media/(insert mount name here)
Hope that helps!

I too dual boot and noticed they i wouldn't get the "usb connected" on the G1. After some tweaking a few options; i noticed I would get the USB connected IF my usb debugging was ON. [settings- applications- developement- usb debugging]. I have to check for Ubuntu and uncheck for windows. I hope that helps

you see the problem is that ive never actually mounted my G1 in ubuntu, i just plugged it in to charge...so i never had to unmount it and theres no "safely remove" function, that i could find, so i figured that linux was just secure enough that it didnt require safely removing devices....oops...in answer to your questions, first im not running any VM...im ACTUALLY dual-booting. i have windows vista and ubuntu Jaunty running side-by-side, on a compaq presario f700. I DO have USB debugging ENABLED, and right now im running JF1.42rc33 still, im prolly gonna be wiping and upgrading to SOMETHING today, i was kinda just holding off cuz i like my theme, but my phones f-in up so nows as good a time as any to start fresh. I dont use a2sd, just my caches for market, browser, and maps are on sd. Ive been having trouble on my g/f's hp Pavilion pc running windows vista...we both have g1's and HERS is stock, unrooted, and she just got the OTA a couple days ago, since then the computer has been hating on MY phone, it says the drivers screwed and it wount bring up the option on my phone to mount the sdcard. hers still works fine, and mine still works fine hooked up to my laptop, just not hers...so i dunno if THATS a cupcake issue or if its cuz i didnt remove it from ubuntu right...im gonna format my sd AND wipe my phone, and ill get back to you guys moentarily, thanks for all your replies.
-BMFC

If all you were doing is charging, and you didn't mount it, then your original assumption was correct. You don't need to unmount something that was never mounted.
mm0

ok well then somebody help me out with this: i have tried for two days to get my sdcard to format, and IT JUST WONT. I cant get it to even be recognized by my girlfriends computer, but her G1 running UNrooted TMOCupcake still works fine, kinda makes me wonder if hers didnt get some kinda updated driver packed with it? The cupcake, i mean, not the phone...i dunno. Anyways my phone WONT mount in ubuntu at all, it shows up but when i try to mount it it says "No media on Volume" and wont open it at all. so in windows it ACTS like its doin everything i want it to do...i tried to format my sd yesterday and i sat here and watched it the whole time, and when it finshed it said: "Format Completed SUCCESSFULLY." so i SAFELY REMOVED IT, unplugged and plugged back the usb, and when it came up EVERYTHING WAS STILL THERE!!!! my problem seems to be my sdcard/doom folder...it tells me that the folder \doom is ENTIRELY UNREADABLE.
ahem...on a side note, all these things happened at once...(same day)
1. My g/f got the OTA cupcake update...
2. I updated some apps from the market, the one that im suspecting right now is called "Cards(-)" by Coderminus. After i updated it, i went to play Doom, and instead of playing like usual, when i hit the "Play" button, it just exitted to home. So i checked my logcat and the Cards(-) app caused ALL KINDS of runtime errors, and so i uninstalled this app.
3. My market starts crashing all of a sudden. I cleared the cache and it SEEMED to fix it...for now.
4. Uninstalled Doom (ver. 1.29.666) and then went and deleted my doom folder.(I thought) Reinstalled newest version of Doom (ver. 1.31.666)
5. Tried to redownload the WADs to play, and i could get it to play, as long as i didnt try to download the sound files. Everytime i tried to get the sounds, it would act fine, but then when id go to play the game itd just exit to home again....
6. Repeated step 5. like 6 times....
This was all like 2 days ago? 3 days ago? and ive been messing with it ever since, and my PHONE is fine, but my SDCARD appears to be, for lack of a better term, ****ED. i cant even format it, ive tride 3 times, it just all comes right back when i plug it back in...i even tried to put an update.zip in my sdcard and update from JF1.42RC33 to (I was gonna try Dude's 1.2b) so i put that in there, and removed it and when i went into my file manager on the g1, the update wasnt there! i cannot seem to be able to make ANY changes to my sd...SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!
-BMFC

Try ti format your card from within your phone. Unfortunately that's the only issue I can help you with.
Edit: try doing a system wipe on your girlfriends phone from the recovery menu. It should solve the crashes. You will wave to reinstall all your apps tho.

ubernicholi said:
Try ti format your card from within your phone. Unfortunately that's the only issue I can help you with.
Edit: try doing a system wipe on your girlfriends phone from the recovery menu. It should solve the crashes. You will wave to reinstall all your apps tho.
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I...didnt even know that was possible...im not seein any options to do that...you know some terminal commands for that or somethin? Cus when i got into my file manager (i use aFile, cuz it has wireless transfer) i cant even delete anything from there, ANY folder i try to delete it just says "Failed to delete (folder name)"...so if you know how to do that then hook me up and ill try it...
-BMFC
EDIT: i think you misunderstood, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG with my girlfriends phone...its just that she got the US OTA and it happened at the same time as all this other, so i thought maybe it might have had some effect on how mine interfaces with her comp...honestly i doubt it, but until someone tells me im wrong im not ruling it out...

On your phone Goto your settings menu, sdcard and phone memory, unmount your card and then select format

No dice, seems you may be on a diff. ROM than me, i dont have that option, i unmount the card, and thats all that happens, it unmounts it...no format option...
-BMFC

Damn that sucks. Does your girls phone have that option? I wish I could help you out. But I'm at a loss

Sdcard IMPOSSIBLE TO FORMAT....need ADVANCED help!!!
hi i posted a thread here for help, and i did so cuz i need help from someone INTELLIGENT. The mods have now moved my post to the "General section" of the dream forum, where i cant get **** for help. The reason i didnt just post in that section, where it goes, is CUZ NO ONE CAN OR WILL HELP ME OVER THERE....i need a devs help or somethin...THATS why i posted in the dev section...cus its pointless to try to get support from end users...i might as well just sit in the bedroom with NO COMPUTER asking MYSELF what the answer is...so first off id like to thank the AWESOME mods here for burying my post head-high in a section that i cant get any support in, EVER. THEN, id like to ask some dev(s) or SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY INTELLIGENT, please go to
this thread
and read, and im BEGGING you for help!!! To whoever helps me figure this out i would gladly donate to WHATEVER cause you have!!!! Honestly, if you ONLY read MY posts, you wont miss anything important, except some guy with the SAME SKILL LEVEL AS ME telling me to wipe SOMEBODY ELSES PHONE and see if that works...****.
SOMEONE PLEASE try to help me out before the AWESOME mods here at xda move this post, too. Im not sorry im posting in the wrong secrtion cuz this is where the help is and thats REALLY what i need right now. So MODS, you can move my posts all day long, ill just make a new one linking to the old one till i get some support...suspend me...BAN me, i dont care, ill just keep coming back with new usernames and accounts until i get some help, cuz THATS WHAT THE F*CK SUPPORT FORUMS ARE FOR. Im really pissed at whatever mod moved my post, cuz the SECOND i posted that thread initially, i got like 4 or 5 replies, thats why i LOVE this forum, cuz it has GREAT SUPPORT, when you can actually get your question seen by a dev, that is. but as soon as my post got moved i got several replies from one DUMBASS that was TRYING to help, and ill give him that he was just tryin to help, but i have a problem with my phone, and this guy tells me i should WIPE MY GIRLFRIENDS PHONE. WOW. Just wow. Someone please go read my problem and post there, or post here, with some answers....MODS PLEASE DONT MOVE THIS THREAD I AM TRYING TO GET SOME HELP!!!!
-BMFC

yea *****ing like a 4 year old will you nowhere. no one owes you anything.

If you have a camera, try using that to format your memory card. Hope it works.

lol ok first off take it easy on the mods here, i'm speaking of your other post, they try to keep these forums clean and it isnt an easy job all things considered.
the way i see it you have 2 options.
1. Throw your card in a digital camera and use the camera to format it. I works most the time when a computer wont, several times my pc wouldn't recognize/format a card but my ****ty digital camera had no problem.
2. if that doesn't work, splurge the $8.99(or less) it costs to get a new sd.
I've even seen 8gig class 6 cards for around $20 and 4gig class 4 cards for $10.
edit: wow just a min too late

Real Big Problem!!

I was running haykuros hero, i had run two optimizers and started deleting things to make space and increase performance,
I think i deleted something that now doesnt allow the phone to start.The only things i think could do this were 1, the gmail widget, this prevented the phone from syncing with my account prompting me to attempt to reflash, and 2, i had also deleted some setup app (which i thought many people had) and im guessing this is why i couldnt get past the very initial setup after reflashing.
I decided to use my card reader to flash dude 1.2 lite in an attempt to start over but it just bootloops at HTC.
I am desperate to determine what i deleted and how to put it back on my phone, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help in any way possible. I have card reader and adb but dont know where to start.

Honestly at this point, you're better off starting from scratch (ALT+W and ALT+S). You shouldn't loose anything but time. It's all replaceable (assuming any contacts u created since were all sync'd first). No worries, you'll be just that more familiar with your fone and how to flash it!
(P.S. No sarcasm intended )
Aloha-

i did alt w alt s when i flashed dude and it looped. I was just able to flash ion alright though so maybe that will be my starting point to get back to rosie...
So its the htc setup wizard im missing, anybody know enough about this stuff to tell me how i can get this back on my phone...

i would say you are gonna need to pull it out of the update you flashed and adb push it to your /system/app directory, i don't know for sure that this will help but it might

DMaverick50 said:
i did alt w alt s when i flashed dude and it looped. I was just able to flash ion alright though so maybe that will be my starting point to get back to rosie...
So its the htc setup wizard im missing, anybody know enough about this stuff to tell me how i can get this back on my phone...
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What I am saying is that since you are unable to unequivocally determine which file caused this problem after deleting, it would be easier to start over again. That's worked 4 me every time I've unintentionally deleted a needed file or something similar. It might require loading another ROM (ION is great 4 this, that's what I use as well as easy if u have a backup and can just fastboot flash it) to get the app2sd info all back in the right place on the ext2 partition. IMO this is better because u all the files in their proper place and that's a good starting point. Are you using Haykuro's HERO or one of the compacted builds that don't use app2sd?
tubaking182 is also correct if you know what files u need to replace.

Run nandroid-mobile.sh via adb! error. how to fix it?

i have followed the guide for rooting sprint hero to a letter
when it tells me to do back up in recovery mode (step 8) i press home button and i get this error Run nandroid-mobile.sh via adb!
i searched and searched this forum for answer to no avail.
so can you please help me with this?
thanks!

try downloading the Fresh Kitchen and attemp to use it to do a backup. I have run into this a couple times and for some reason however the kitchen gets you into the recovery seems to get things to work properly.

The "with Google" phones have issues rooting straight to 1.5.2. Try 1.2.3., then update.

bossyman15 said:
i have followed the guide for rooting sprint hero to a letter
when it tells me to do back up in recovery mode (step 8) i press home button and i get this error Run nandroid-mobile.sh via adb!
i searched and searched this forum for answer to no avail.
so can you please help me with this?
thanks!
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I ran across this issue recently myself. There was something wrong with my storage card. I manually backed up the storage card, formatted it, then I put the files back. After that, nandroid backup worked like a charm! ...and I have a "with Google" phone. Hope this helps...

Veldetta said:
I ran across this issue recently myself. There was something wrong with my storage card. I manually backed up the storage card, formatted it, then I put the files back. After that, nandroid backup worked like a charm! ...and I have a "with Google" phone. Hope this helps...
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thanks that worked! expect i had to delete most of my stuff off my SD card.

I've had that a few times. I found that plugging my phone to the charger solves it every time.

I got that error once, and it was because I had renamed my Nandroid backup. Just rename it back to the original, and it'll be ok.

Also confirming that this worked, thanks alot.

Just a theory on why this might not work:
How much space do you have left on your SD cards?
Maybe there is not enough room to expand the zip file while it is restoring it.

bossyman15 said:
i have followed the guide for rooting sprint hero to a letter
when it tells me to do back up in recovery mode (step 8) i press home button and i get this error Run nandroid-mobile.sh via adb!
i searched and searched this forum for answer to no avail.
so can you please help me with this?
thanks!
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I only got this error once when my sdcard did not have enough space for the backup. I would put money on that being your problem.

theresthatguy said:
I only got this error once when my sdcard did not have enough space for the backup. I would put money on that being your problem.
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I can confirm that... make a space on your SD card to continue...

I just got this error and freeing up space on the SD card didn't work for me. I formated and everything. Still getting the same error. I am just gonna ruu and start over...

i was getting this error yesterday.fixed it though,the night before i changed the names of the backups...i renamed them back to somewhat the original name n it worked.

Just got this error message. Checked the size of my backups...about 181MB...checked the free space I had...about 101MB. Deleted 3 of the backup files I had to free up space, then it worked. So, for me...it was a space problem.

space problem
I was getting the run nandroid via adb error also... like you said... "not enough space..." that fixed it for me. so simple... thanks

I have the same error message...
My sdcard is empty... i have not a space problem...

I only get the error when my batter is below 40 percent or so and not on the charger. I believe its a safety measure to make sure your phone doesnt die and brick in the process.

I just had this same error, and read through the solutions. None were relevant.
However, I changed my spaces to underscores in my file names and now it works.
Hope this helps someone else. Just make sure everything is in "one word".

I had this issue about an hour ago. I had changed the names of my back ups (So I could remember what the heck they were backing up). I'm fairly certain that changing the name is what caused the issue. I had enough space on my SD card and I even tried plugging it into the charger (as reccommended in previous posts).
Putting underscores instead of spaces fixed this for me. Thank you kingkeld! I'm glad I never ran into this issue sooner, otherwise I would have been screwed (since you only posted this 4 days ago).

all you need to do is plug your phone in and restore
just had that issue and it's a fail safe to ensure no bricking in case your phone dies

Help with executing commands in adb; stuck at ".../bin/sh...No such file..." error

Help with executing commands in adb; stuck at ".../bin/sh...No such file..." error
I am out of all tricks now for reviving my Note which boots into download and recovery mode. I conclude that from what I have experienced, that factoryfs is the partition which fails to take any write commands when I odin a ROM, as it gets stuck at the factoryfs message. I have tried all the flashing of kernels and ROMs with no luck.
Working with adb seems to be the only option, to configure the partitions on my device manually. The big issue is that I am not able to execute "adb shell" command using Forest1971's guide.
So far, I have had no luck going beyond the "exec -/system/bin/sh...:No such file or directory...(2)" error message, when I type the "adb shell" command.
Can someone with the know-how of how to work through adb help with this? This is my last effort of trying to recover my Note, and if it fails, I will have no choice but to sent the device out of the US. I dread sending my phone out of the country for repairs, as I don't know just how long it will be before it gets fixed and is shipped back to me.
Please do not suggest any flash options, because as I said, I have tried all there is to do with flashing - nothing has helped.

First see if you have a /system filesystem. Looks to me that it doesn't exist. See if you can type
Code:
$ cd /system
or
Code:
$ cd /system/bin
If it complains then there's your problem - you don't have a functioning /system. Maybe type mount and show your filesystems.
I know you asked for no flash suggestions, but have you tried making the device do a hard reset - when powered off hold down home, volume up while holding down power on then release power button when screen shows life. May be worth a shot, but looking like another ICS firmware/emmc issue from here... good luck.
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should have read your post more closely. Looks like you have no /system/bin/sh at all so can't fire up a shell, so you can ignore my initial suggestion.

paulshields said:
First see if you have a /system filesystem. Looks to me that it doesn't exist. See if you can type
Code:
$ cd /system
or
Code:
$ cd /system/bin
If it complains then there's your problem - you don't have a functioning /system. Maybe type mount and show your filesystems.
I know you asked for no flash suggestions, but have you tried making the device do a hard reset - when powered off hold down home, volume up while holding down power on then release power button when screen shows life. May be worth a shot, but looking like another ICS firmware/emmc issue from here... good luck.
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should have read your post more closely. Looks like you have no /system/bin/sh at all so can't fire up a shell, so you can ignore my initial suggestion.
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Suggestion ignored. Any more?

Get an iPhone?

Look at this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26279833
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Get an iPhone?
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I won't go the route of laughing and mocking you for saying that. I do think it's a very well put together device, but it just doesn't serve my needs of a big screen, the ability to be free...etc. By the way, you asked me to ignore your suggestion, so I did - FYI.
zviki said:
Look at this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26279833
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I was in that thread, and the suggestions didn't help as it is too complex a process. I was hoping to pick up from scratch, so I created this thread.

incisivekeith said:
I won't go the route of laughing and mocking you for saying that. I do think it's a very well put together device, but it just doesn't serve my needs of a big screen, the ability to be free...etc. By the way, you asked me to ignore your suggestion, so I did - FYI.
I was in that thread, and the suggestions didn't help as it is too complex a process. I was hoping to pick up from scratch, so I created this thread.
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Hi, please take a look to my post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26350317#post26350317
Just flash that kernel from cmw, and you should be able to run commands on adb shell.

matiasg85 said:
Hi, please take a look to my post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26350317#post26350317
Just flash that kernel from cmw, and you should be able to run commands on adb shell.
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Thanks for the kernel, but it seems you didn't have much luck solving the issue, even after doing everything in adb correctly. Is that the case?

incisivekeith said:
Thanks for the kernel, but it seems you didn't have much luck solving the issue, even after doing everything in adb correctly. Is that the case?
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Yes, unfortunatelly i did everything as stated on adb, but had no luck. If ssc don't replace it, i will try using the memory blocks used by the "internal sd card".
You must try it anyway, there were some users that succesfully unbricked the phone.

Did anyone try this mk2efs command with -c option ON ??
Sorry Incesivekeith
I was out of connection for past 2 days.
We have to pull Mr Forest1971 for doing this.
Let me sum up :
parted is not able to solve your issue.
mk2efs is another formating tool that comes with CWM
You are stuck up in executing commands.
Now the idea of flashing the cwm kernel is fine. Did u try that ??
Mr Forest1971 :
Did you see Dr Sumralls comments for this bug.
''He says that we have to go for a full wipe. I have a tool but I dont know I couldnt share it.''

incisivekeith said:
I won't go the route of laughing and mocking you for saying that. I do think it's a very well put together device, but it just doesn't serve my needs of a big screen, the ability to be free...etc. By the way, you asked me to ignore your suggestion, so I did - FYI.
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I asked you to ignore the initial suggestion as you've obviously not got any functioning recovery. You've not provided much info about how you got to this position, but in my similar situation I got out of it by successfully flashing a FULL WIPE factoryfs (LA4 in my case) and doing the factory reset as I mentioned in my first response. I lost a few GB of my eMMC storage but got a working device. May not help you, but may be useful info for others. Share and share alike. Good luck dude .

My poor G2 - In 2 pieces. Advice..?

so my lovely G2 had a personality split.. sorta. as you can see from the attached image its done for. however, the bottom part (with the battery) still may work, even though its without the screen. when i plug it into my computer though, nothing happens. but nothing happened when i plugged it in when it was not broken either, its only when i set it to the USB storage device is when the PC recognized it.
i really would like to get a bunch of **** off this phone if possible. i had a lot of stuff on the SD card (including a bunch of apps that were installed/moved on the card), but all my texts and such are on the phone.
is there a way to get that stuff of the phone, through some debugging software maybe? also, the apps that are on the sd card, how would i put them on the whatever new phone i get? they're not with the .apk extension.
thanks guys for any help

Hey sell me it or something I want that front part so bad.
Sent from my Energized Amaze 4G
Or My Sexy Nexus 7
Yes girls know about XDA
you can thank a girl on here

how did u do that? take a look at the instruction how to change the display maybe you get forward with it

xbleem said:
how did u do that? take a look at the instruction how to change the display maybe you get forward with it
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i was thinking of swapping the display, but don't want to risk buying one and then it not working anyway due to the damage elsewhere on the phone. i think i'll just buy another g2. love the ergonomics of it. got a galaxy s3 as a replacement and can't stand it. way too huge for me and the design is awful.

Anything on the sd card you can grab with a USB reader and a PC.
All your other goodies will be in your /data directory. If you have a recent CWM backup, you can grab the data off of there. It will be data.img and probably in a yaffs or ext3/4 format.
Otherwise, you could try booting into recovery or fastboot to see if you can get adb access, in which case, you can pull the data manually.
If it doesn't boot because there is no screen, you could try replacing/reattaching the ribbon cable to get it to boot long enough to pull data.
Lastly, I thought there was limited jtag info for the G2, so that might be a last ditch effort.

gee one said:
Anything on the sd card you can grab with a USB reader and a PC.
All your other goodies will be in your /data directory. If you have a recent CWM backup, you can grab the data off of there. It will be data.img and probably in a yaffs or ext3/4 format.
Otherwise, you could try booting into recovery or fastboot to see if you can get adb access, in which case, you can pull the data manually.
If it doesn't boot because there is no screen, you could try replacing/reattaching the ribbon cable to get it to boot long enough to pull data.
Lastly, I thought there was limited jtag info for the G2, so that might be a last ditch effort.
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thank you. i will fiddle with that this weekend.
what is the jtag info you're referring to?

It's a protocol from communicating wiht the chips directly- it's usually used to unbrick android devices, but I don't recall too much info for the g2, other than someone posted a pict of some of the jtag ports.
If you have a recent cwm backup, that will probably be the easiest way to recover. As a matter of fact, I did that just now. I upgraded to jellybean, but in a moment of noobness, I wiped data before backing up the two files that have to be backed up manually (mileage.db and wpa_supplicant.conf). A little command line hacking and everything is right in the world.

gee one said:
Anything on the sd card you can grab with a USB reader and a PC.
All your other goodies will be in your /data directory. If you have a recent CWM backup, you can grab the data off of there. It will be data.img and probably in a yaffs or ext3/4 format.
Otherwise, you could try booting into recovery or fastboot to see if you can get adb access, in which case, you can pull the data manually.
If it doesn't boot because there is no screen, you could try replacing/reattaching the ribbon cable to get it to boot long enough to pull data.
Lastly, I thought there was limited jtag info for the G2, so that might be a last ditch effort.
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If you have a friend with another G2, you could probably mimic button presses in order to do a nandroid backup (then extract the /data image).
Failing that, I'm sure someone on here could give you the exact button press count to do what you need to.

the thing is guys, i'm not very good with adb. i found a few videos online on how to do a screen portion swap along with the rails. and i'm going to bid on a G2 on ebay. i'll swap the screen and rails from the one i buy to my G2. see if that works, then probably just sell the unused portion of the other G2. i will hook up my G2 to adb though tomorrow. i have to install it when i get home. anyone know the link to the adb download?

what kind of OS do you have? It's much easier in linux, if you know linux.
There might be a link to a binary, but this will get you going with adb.
https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
You don't need to update everything - just the SDK platform tools.
So how bad is it? What type of data are you trying to save? Most of it will probably be on the SD card. Do you have a clockwork mod backup?