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[Neil McPhail <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/03/16 18:50, Gareth France wrote:
> On 22/03/16 18:47, Neil McPhail wrote:
> > 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
> Great, but how do I know the phone's IP?
If you go in to your system settings, click "wifi" then press the little 
arrow next to your access point name, it will show your IP address.

BTW, you'll also need to make sure you log in as your phone user, so the 
correct syntax for my device just now would be "ssh://phablet@192.168.0.4"

NMP