Touchscreen dead on my Sprint Pre - How do I get my data?

yellowsnow · 03/16/2011, 06:34 PM

Hi all,
My touchscreen died on my Sprint Pre this morning. I have tried all the physical hacks mentioned here in the forum (plugging in/tweaking USB, flexing phone, repeated opening and closing of the slider) but no luck. My touchscreen is dead. :-(

Sprint has a new/refurb phone on the way for me at no cost (yay Sprint) but I'm trying to figure out how to get all my data/apps/etc with no touchscreen. Are there any keyboard shortcuts that will get me into dev mode, etc? And then will I be able to actually do anything in those apps? I'd really like to minimize the loss of data. How can I do this with keyboard entry only?

I was able to get the phone into USB drive mode when plugged into my PC (Function+Sym+U) and have copied all those files to my PC.

What else can I do?

Thanks in advance!

rsanchez1 · 03/17/2011, 02:57 AM

You won't have to worry about apps. Those are tied to your Palm Profile account, and will follow you to any Palm phone, old or new. I guess the only things you'll really lose are text messages.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre using Forums

yellowsnow · 03/17/2011, 12:22 PM

Yeah, I know I won't be too bad off. I have gotten all the media files, pix, vids, etc. as well as all the attachments from the texts. I just would like to keep all my patches, etc.

The complete lack of keyboard control is astounding when I think about it. Even if we had a "tab" key to move from app to app or link to link it would work. Does anyone know of a way to do this?

The other issue of course is when, oh when will we get a program for Pre that is equivalent to BackupBuddy? That made phone swaps sooooo easy. I know the whole 'app' concept has driven prices down on applications but I'd pay $20+ for BackupBuddy any day for the week.

itZmePre · 03/17/2011, 06:51 PM

You should be able to hook it to WebOS Quickinstall and grab your database file from /var/luna/data/dbdata/PalmDatabase.db3. If you are adventurous and want to try to restore your texts and stuff.

Freshyz · 06/15/2011, 02:23 AM

So my screen has become unresponsive from dropping it. I have managed to back up all my photos etc. but I want to wipe my phone before I return it.
How can I put it into DevMode to doctor it without the use of a touchscreen?
Please help!

somline · 06/15/2011, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freshyz

So my screen has become unresponsive from dropping it. I have managed to back up all my photos etc. but I want to wipe my phone before I return it.
How can I put it into DevMode to doctor it without the use of a touchscreen?
Please help!

http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pr...ode-steps.html

03/16/2011, 06:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
yellowsnow Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 6 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Touchscreen dead on my Sprint Pre - How do I get my data? Hi all, My touchscreen died on my Sprint Pre this morning. I have tried all the physical hacks mentioned here in the forum (plugging in/tweaking USB, flexing phone, repeated opening and closing of the slider) but no luck. My touchscreen is dead. :-( Sprint has a new/refurb phone on the way for me at no cost (yay Sprint) but I'm trying to figure out how to get all my data/apps/etc with no touchscreen. Are there any keyboard shortcuts that will get me into dev mode, etc? And then will I be able to actually do anything in those apps? I'd really like to minimize the loss of data. How can I do this with keyboard entry only? I was able to get the phone into USB drive mode when plugged into my PC (Function+Sym+U) and have copied all those files to my PC. What else can I do? Thanks in advance! __________________ Palm IIIx > Kyocera 6035 > Treo 300 > Treo 650 > Treo 755p > Palm Pre
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yellowsnow Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 6 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Yeah, I know I won't be too bad off. I have gotten all the media files, pix, vids, etc. as well as all the attachments from the texts. I just would like to keep all my patches, etc. The complete lack of keyboard control is astounding when I think about it. Even if we had a "tab" key to move from app to app or link to link it would work. Does anyone know of a way to do this? The other issue of course is when, oh when will we get a program for Pre that is equivalent to BackupBuddy? That made phone swaps sooooo easy. I know the whole 'app' concept has driven prices down on applications but I'd pay $20+ for BackupBuddy any day for the week. __________________ Palm IIIx > Kyocera 6035 > Treo 300 > Treo 650 > Treo 755p > Palm Pre
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itZmePre Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 51 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 9 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	You should be able to hook it to WebOS Quickinstall and grab your database file from /var/luna/data/dbdata/PalmDatabase.db3. If you are adventurous and want to try to restore your texts and stuff.
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Freshyz Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 926 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 211 Thanked 114 Times in 92 Posts	So my screen has become unresponsive from dropping it. I have managed to back up all my photos etc. but I want to wipe my phone before I return it. How can I put it into DevMode to doctor it without the use of a touchscreen? Please help! __________________ Everybody wants some!..
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