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Screen not working, Need to Sync Phone

electricbopeep

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I've found myself in a bit of a quandary.

- My Lumia 900's display has stopped working (dropped it face-first on steps and it shattered. Display is completely blank and it seems that touch input isn't working either)
- I need to sync my phone using Zune; don't have a back up. More than anything, I want to download my photos, which mean a lot to me ( my Acer W500 doesn't have enough storage for a back up and my desktop, on which I back up fairly often and recently, was infected by a very bad virus and had to be wiped. And yes, I know I should have at least 1 onsite and 1 offsite backup
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- I have a passcode lock on my phone. Zune requires me to enter this code to unlock for syncing
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Is there any way to download content from my phone by some other means? (I dont think we ever got mass storage mode in WP7, did we?) Help!
 
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HeyCori

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Sorry to hear about your screen but please do not ask people how to override passwords.
 

electricbopeep

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Hmmm...Sorry Cori, that aspect didn't even occur to me! To be clear, I know my passcode but couldn't enter it on the phone since my screen wasn't working.

Luckily, I was able to install Zune on my W500 and since I had set up my phone to sync w/ it previously, it recognized it and automatically started syncing :) . I realized that since my other PC had been completely wiped recently, it was attempting to sync me as a guest, hence the lock.


All's well that ends well.