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[Neil McPhail <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/03/16 18:43, Gareth France wrote:
> I'm about to  try reflashing my phone and in another thread was advise 
> of what to back up. However now I've come to do it I've realised 
> connecting my phone to my laptop gives me Documents, Downloads, Music 
> etc with no way to get to the root directory. Accessing via SSH does 
> but I have no idea how to copy off the device with this.
>
> So how exactly do I connect via cable to the root directory and say 
> copy x off phone into y on laptop?
>
> Cheers
Open Nautilus, press "Ctrl-L", type "ssh://your.phone.ip.address" into 
the box. Drag and drop. Should work OK.

NMP