Re: [LUG] Mobile phone data recovery

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/03/12 00:03, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:45:49 +0000
> Julian Hall wrote:
>
> >    On 20/03/2012 16:51, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2012, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can anyone on the list suggest any way to recover all this please?
> > > > The data are not encrypted, and not corrupted in any way as far as
> > > > we know. Possibly the fall did some damage, but we have no way of
> > > > knowing.
> > > It would be easy to say something like "that'll teach her for not
> > > having a backup", however having been in a similar situation with a
> > > family member, it's hard...
> > >
> > > So... I'd see if the phone powers up - and plug in a USB cable
> > > (assuming USB) and see if the host detects it. That'll likely get
> > > you the photos, but not the phone numbers - you might need Nokia
> > > data suite for that (on a Win PC)
> > >
> > > Failing that, is the internal memory card (micro-sd?) removable?
> > > Some are - take the battery out and see what you can see.
> > >
> > > Although 6 years old... They'll be 1.3MP images of dubious
> > > quality...
> > >
> > > But start googling for results - you can probably get  new screen
> > > for it and DIY the replacement...
> > >
> > > Gordon
> > Assuming the phone powers up and can be connected by USB I found this:
> >
> > http://tareqalam.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/connect-your-nokia-phone-with-linux-without-pc-suite/
> >
> > According to this it is possible to read a Nokia phone's content in
> > Linux - actually I do recall a discussion on this list a few years
> > ago on this very subject.  It may be in the list archive if it goes
> > back that far.
> >
> > Julian
> That may well have been me. I used to have an oldschool Nokia. Was good
> fun!
>
> Grant.
This seems to be the way to use the phone as  a tether but how do you 
get to the contents - like photos etc?
I have one I can connect to and get all the phone details - calls, 
contacts appointments etc but not the photos.
Does the phone software work with wine?
Tom te tom te tom

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