Recover your files from a non booting device
Sometimes you may end with a non booting device and you must have your usb partition files back. This page will help recovering them.
Requisites:
- Windows, MacOS X, or Linux
- Novacomd driver for your operating system
- WebOS doctor for your device and operating system version (you must select the correct device or these instructions won't work)
- Enough space for your backup (at most 7Gb for Pre/Pixi, at most 15Gb for Pre Plus / Pre 2)
If you cannot access your device for whatever reason, you still can recover your files, even if the display is broken or the keyboard doesn't work anymore. You just need to follow this simple steps:
1. Power on your device in Recovery Mode (Pull battery, pull usb cable, press volume up and keep it pressed, insert cable (you'll see a big battery icon), then insert battery (you should see a big usb icon). 2. Open a terminal window (cmd.exe in windows) 3. Type the following in your terminal window:
novacom -w run file://usr/sbin/lvm.static -- vgscan --ignorelockingfailure novacom -w run file://usr/sbin/lvm.static -- vgchange -ay --ignorelockingfailure novacom -w run file://bin/mkdir -- -p /tmp/media novacom -w run file://bin/mount -- /dev/mapper/store-media /tmp/media novacom -w run file://bin/ls -- /tmp/media
At this moment you should see a listing on your terminal window showing the files that should have been in the usb portion of your device. Confirm they're the correct ones, and continue with..
4. Type the following: novacom -w run file://bin/tar -- -C /tmp/media/ --totals -czf - . > media.tgz
There you go, you have a file called media.tgz on your home directory.