Oh and there may be ways to clone the internal hard drive without having to connect it by a simpler direct mechanical connection. Wifi and some networking may give access to the whole thing. It's less physically involved but less dumb. I like dumb solutions.
This is what I'm thinking of. And it only lets you take an image, not write an image on the device:
http://blog.ringerc.id.au/2011/01/ta...i-without.html