Recover files from a dead SD card in linux? (Possibly killed by a Nokia E71)

If you can't even access the device, you're pretty much SOL. My only suggestion is to try using different PC's / different card readers, you may get lucky. But most likely the card is dead. Probably not the Nokia's fault, just a coincidence, never heard of a specific device killing a SD card, they just sometimes fail. Lots more reliable than the old floppy discs, but not perfect.

If your only alternative is to throw it out, try this:

• stick it in either device and try to format it. If this works, it won't likely be a "full" format, but only the high level structure. This may let you then at least find the device in linux. Once there, of course, you can try other tools.

• for actual recovery, I've had good luck with magicrescue http://freshmeat.net/projects/magicrescue