Anybody have any luck, tried to replace this ISO image, or familiar with these things? I tried to toss a different image on there, and it still mounts the drive, but doesn't run. Figured it would be useful to use my phone as an external drive with some maintenance software suites for impromptu computer repairs, or a live linux boot.
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Is there any tool or software that will allow me to update my devices and flash them while I am on the Linux platform? The Linux platform is my os for my laptop; I do have windows running in at virtual box however I have no luck actually syncing the device through it. So I have quit trying however still would like to flash my roms and etc to my device because the laptop is just so convenient vs sitting at the desktop (keeping my ol' lady up).... Does anyone have any ideas for achieving this
since you did not say wat device you were using, this may or may not apply to you.......some devices can be upgraded using the sd card.
Yea sorry about that I am using the Xda Flame, Tilt, and Treo750 (have flashed from memory card before on the treo only: However lately it won't due it for some odd reason (worked before the first leaked WM6), But I found the ATT update off the comp worked fine). It's wierd I guess I am gonna have to study it a little more and figure out how to extract cabs. from my programs which require being synced to the comp (I think it can be done using WINRAR). Looks like I will have to buy an spare micro SD for flashing roms via the flashcard becuase I have my sd cards set just right for each device with minimal use of the computer (have a folder with alot of the needed software cabs). But hey thanks for the help I will give it a shot and see how it goes. I pulled out my bluetooth usb last night and will begin to figure out a way to sync my device with that. The install went good over on the virtual box. Will be able to see if I can get it to actually sync tonight since the old lady will be working late...
Unrooted LTE Galaxy Nexus here - thought I was deleting a picture from my gallery, turned out it was a folder. Lost a bunch of videos and pics I would love to get back. Tried a bunch of recovery programs, but they all need a mapped drive letter to work. Google+ backed up some of the pics/and videos but most are not there (also have no idea how to get them back into the phone...) Anyone have any suggestions? I would rather not root, and it this stage its probably too late any way. Thanks!
I dont know how easy data recovery is on flash memory.. For physical disks I have always used Ontrack EasyRecovery Pro. It isnt cheap, but it has restored stuff that I did full pass wipes on.
Thanks for the response - there are a ton of recovery software out there, that will work great on the flash memory. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, they rely on the attached storage to be mapped as drive in Win 7, and the retarded MTA usb connection doesn't allow that for Galaxy Nexus...
You can use dd to create an image of the Galaxy Nexus Flash memory (just the sdcard folder), and use that image as input to a recovery program that supports it. There is a very good and powerful one for linux, its name is foremost. I know it might be difficult if you dont use linux but I sure recommend it.
Here is a tutorial on foremost on Ubuntu linux.
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/recover-deleted-files-with-foremostscalpel-in-ubuntu.html
EDIT: I dont know if you have to be rooted to use the dd command to create an image.
Interesting idea, thanks! There are Windows image creating software like Daemon Tools that seems to do same job. I wonder though if the image will carry over the deleted files if they are not seen by the Android OS...
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/zaimagerecovery.html
Try this solution that helped me before: How to recover photos videos from galaxy nexus phone
hope this helps.
I've read through quite a few threads (but forgive me I didn't go through all 976), and searched for some answers on google, so I've done my research as best I could. Please understand that if this question's already been asked and answered, I just didn't know the proper keywords to find it.
so here's my issue. Got a note 2 dec. 12 loved it and eventually wanted to root it, but by the time that happened, my USB port started malfunctioning. to make a long story short, the port charges if i mess with the microUSB side a lot, and even then one small nudge and it loses connection. PC USB connection is completely out of the question. I've tested it on 4 computers with 15 different USB ports (both on machines that had USB drivers/other Samsung software installed, and machines that were Samsung-free) and the best I can get is an alternating on-off connection; you'll see the lightning bolt flash across the battery, then not, then on... etc etc.
Basically here's what I want to do:
I want to use ABD backup to completely image my phone: I have the new one, so I would like to simply copy it over to the new one and avoid setting all the countless system/UI settings.
If this is not possible, I want to use Rerware's MyBackup to backup whatever I can.... problem is, I've tried this and getting the backup files off the device is tricky. direct USB connection is not possible. I tried via Wifi file transfer and somehow the ZIP file (1.85GB) got corrupted, and when I used zip repair tool from recovery toolbox (nifty utility) it found nothing in the zip file after an hour-plus scan. When I tried copying it to the external card using samsung's stock explorer app, it only copied over 255MB and nothing else.
If all this is not possible, I would like to know what options or solutions someone could (please) offer as to how to get some data (at least pictures) off my device. When I get it back from amazon wireless, I'm going to try to sync them all retroactively to dropbox or picasa or something, but I want to know if there's something else I haven't (more than likely) thought of.
Also, I would also like to know if there's an option for root without USB. the problem is that in order to do ADB backup (my #1 hope) I need to be rooted. I saw a CFAuto root that says it works through ODIN download mode, but then I found another thread that said you have to have your phone hooked up via USB in order for that to work.
I've seen there're ADB via wifi apps on the market (if there's a root without USB possibility) and was wondering if these could be used somehow?
Lastly, this phone is getting returned to amazon wireless, so really, I want no evidence of any tinkering that voids warranties. If this is not possible, I just want my damn data.
To recap, since that seemed like a rant:
is there a way to image my entire phone to transfer to my new one? if not....
is there a way to backup most (if not all) settings etc to restore to new phone?
any other creative ideas on how to get data off the old device?
sorry if this seems frivolous, I'm just sick of this crap. I got a pretty advanced smartphone and in less than a month it somehow corrupted 80+ pictures, lost USB data connectivity, and now certain STOCK apps are malfunctioning. any help or advice would be appreciated.
I will continue researching.
I was recently given a new SCH-I435 from a family member. This is my first time having an android in a very long time(Switching from an iPhone 4s). I have a few questions about it. (this may be a lengthy post)
First I know that you cannot flash custom ROMs to it, as the bootloader is still locked. I have heard that there are some de-bloated stock ROMs out there, but have entirely failed to find any. I can probably get by without it, as I already have it rooted, but there are several things I am attempting to do, and every time I look up how to do it, step one is having a custom ROM.
If anyone can point me to a de-bloated stock ROM I would greatly appreciate it (or at least one that is compiled to not be a "production build" as I keep running into "adbd cannot run as root in production builds" and it is severely limiting what I am trying to do, and what I am going to want to do in the future)
What I am trying to accomplish next is taking over the "connected as installer" feature that Verizon has on it when you plug it into USB (I am using linux exclusively so have absolutely no use for their software). I figured I may as well put this feature to good use. I am attempting to swap the ISO file in /system/etc for a CrunchBang LiveCD.
This has only been a partial success, apparently /system is it's own partition, and there is not enough room to fit the whole ISO (It is 739mb and it stops at 423mb) Even though it does not get the whole ISO copied, if I reboot my computer the ISO does indeed boot into the options, but fails to load the live session (no brainer there) so I know I am on the right track. I don't want to use DriveDroid for this, as it is very very finicky, and only seems to work 1 out of 6 times (and that is a kind guesstimate) My guess it that the "connected as an installer" is messing with it, so I would hope to turn the problem into the solution.
So I either need to find a de-bloated ROM that can free up ~ 400mb on /system, find a way to link the ISO from elsewhere on the device (I tried a soft symlink from my SD card and that did not work, it opens the ISO as an archive and not a file system), find a way myself to free up ~400mb on /system, or find a way to re partition /system to be larger (I have the 16gb S4, so I have plenty of room to spare).
I would prefer the debloated ROM(I don't know if that will free enough room), but finding a way to re-partition would be a close second (Every guide I have found for re-partitioning starts of with "First you need cyanogen(or another custom ROM)") I may need to re-partition it anyway. (Honestly I would like to learn how to do all of these, as they would be valuable tools in the future)
I had more questions, but got kinda lost writing this up, I will append them to this post later when I remember them... Thank you in advance for any help you may send my way.
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Oh yea, my other issue is accessing the files on the phone under Debian Wheezy. I have tried mtpfs, jmptfs, ptp mode, mtp mode, go-mtpfs (that one somewhat works, I can see *some* of the files, and probably take them off the device, but I attempted to add a file to the SD card and it corrupted the entire card, had to reformat it, just glad I did not do that to the phone)
ADB partially works, but only for taking files off the device, or putting them onto the device in non root areas, I get stuck with "adbd cannot run as root in production builds". I have tried almost everything I can find under the sun in regards to USB access.
((Edit: @cnu4u found a quick solution for me: android.com/filetransfer/ - Doesn't mount the drives, but allows simple drag and drop. Perfect.))
Hi All,
I've been googling my brains out but am obviously bad at it. I've been looking for a way to mount my HTC 10 directly into mac, so the internal and external disks come up as drives in finder, much like you can do in Windows. I can't for the life of me see how- all I can do is get to HTC Sync Manager, and I can't seem to drag/drop files in and out of finder using that piece of crap app. I don't love being locked into HTC's software to get files in and out of my device.
Any tips? Using a stock, unrooted HTC Rom. I'd prefer not to Root if I can help it.
Thanks,
Drew
oheydrew said:
Hi All,
I've been googling my brains out but am obviously bad at it. I've been looking for a way to mount my HTC 10 directly into mac, so the internal and external disks come up as drives in finder, much like you can do in Windows. I can't for the life of me see how- all I can do is get to HTC Sync Manager, and I can't seem to drag/drop files in and out of finder using that piece of crap app. I don't love being locked into HTC's software to get files in and out of my device.
Any tips? Using a stock, unrooted HTC Rom. I'd prefer not to Root if I can help it.
Thanks,
Drew
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Try Android file transfer on Mac. It's an app from Google.
Edit: link added - https://www.android.com/filetransfer/
Bingo. That'll do it! Doesn't exactly add it as a mounted drive, but it's more than usable for drag and drop. Thanks! Great result.
AFT was my revelation as well. It sometimes is finicky with transferring files, but I've found that toggling USB debugging and/or the connection type (file transfer vs charge only) fixes that.