Develop Bugs

Can't connect to PC after downloading jager rom

I recently rooted my Dinc. I had no problems, had full functionality. Then i wanted to download a quick rom just to make sure it worked; jager rom. After downloading the rom i unplugged safely removed my phone from my pc. I plugged it back in but now i can't access my sdcard. Dont get any notifications on my phone asking whether i want to charge or switch to hard disk etc. etc. I then went to "connect to pc" through my phone settings to set default connection to hard disk, but still nothing. I then went through cmd promp on computer and adb reboot recovery. From there i wiped my memory, cache, and then the dalvik cache. Still nothing and still running the jager rom. Ne one have ne suggestions, been through this, know how to fix it help would be nice. I have full functionality of my phone. Just can't connect to pc.

Most likely your sd card died. It happens. Try it in an adapter in a PC flash card reader. Oh, btw prob wrong forum.

It would still ask what you want to do with a dead sd. The rom should also tell you no sdcard found or bad card.
Reboot to recovery and try to mount usb that way. If that doesn't work, reboot your pc, it happens sometimes to me and just needs a reboot to fix it.
Furthermore, if you're able to use adb, then you are indeed connected to the pc. Don't do the safely remove hardware next time. Just switch the connection type in your phone to charge only and unplug.
Also.. yes, wrong forum.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

[Q] Forgot Lock Screen PIN

Hi guys, i've forgot the lock screen pin, but theres no option for it to be restored via the forgot password gmail.
I haven't got a backup of my photos and videos, its all im botheed about but a factory reset wil wipe these wont they?
What are my options if any?

A factory reset will only wipe your apps, app data, calls, and messages.

Do you have Samsung Dive set up or an app such as Creberus? They can unlock your screen.

I have setup samsung dive before hand but its doesnt work, i've left it on all night and it just says connecting.
So factory reset wont wipe my photo's and video's?

Factory reset would in fact wipe your photos and videos if they are located in internal storage. But how do you intend to factory reset if you can't unlock the phone?

I've factory reset and lost everything now guys, gutting really as i've just came back from a holiday and eveything was on there, i booted up into recovery mode and did it from there.

I'm pretty sure there's an adb unlock command or similar.
Sent from my Baconator Over-9000

Well all images and videos are gone now anyway. Doubt there is a way to get them back. They were pricless too. Only myself to blame though.

My phone always sends my photos or videos to Dropbox and it's even save on my Google account... So how come it's not the case for you??
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

ii was on holiday in spain, the roaming charges would be very expensive!
If i root the phone could the images be stored somewhere, or as the factory reset totally wiped them?

There is an undelete app in market. Whether it will work or not is a different issue altogether though.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

Rooted?
Accidentally sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2

It's still possible to recover photos/videos from internal memory after a factory reset.
Just dont do anything with the phone and use airplane mode. Dont enable any wireless/data connectivity so the phone autorestore anything.
Download any recover software and install it on PC. Like Recuva, any free recover software or follow this guide (it use Stellar Photo Recovery software): http://android-photo-recovery.com/tutorials/recover-deleted-photos-videos-from-android-phones-internal-memory.html
Connect phone to PC and use the photo recover software to scan through phones internal memory. Use deep scan and hopes for luck to recover as many as possible. U wont recover all the photos/videos, since the factory reset have overwritten most of it and just hopes for the best.
Also, best is get a microsd card, can then choose between to take photos/videos and save it to internal or external card. I choose all photos/videos taken with camera to save it to mine 64GB microsd card. That way, even factory reset wont delete any photos/videos from external sdcard. Also can manual move all important files to external card, or use sync software to sync between PC/phone with wireless, whenever at home. Like Cheetah Sync app.

[Q] no keyboard to unlock device

I had previously installed the gingerbread keyboard app on my device. It recently stopped working and now I am unable to unlock my phone. When I slide the ring to open it says enter pin but no keyboard pops up. I am trying to save all my data, music pictures etc. But I am unable to sync to PC while phone is locked. Please tell me somebody knows a way to get my stuff without doing a factory reset which would likely wipe everything!!

scottes30 said:
I had previously installed the gingerbread keyboard app on my device. It recently stopped working and now I am unable to unlock my phone. When I slide the ring to open it says enter pin but no keyboard pops up. I am trying to save all my data, music pictures etc. But I am unable to sync to PC while phone is locked. Please tell me somebody knows a way to get my stuff without doing a factory reset which would likely wipe everything!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wipe data/factory reset from recovery... That way you'll keep everything on the virtual sd card, but loose all settings and apps if you wanna do a wipe...
But there has to be a way to enable the keyboard without wiping...

desmond1303 said:
Wipe data/factory reset from recovery... That way you'll keep everything on the virtual sd card, but loose all settings and apps if you wanna do a wipe...
But there has to be a way to enable the keyboard without wiping...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So a factory reset will not wipe data like pictures and music files?
The HTC tech said there was about a 50 50 chance it might.
I was wondering​ if there was an external wired keyboard I could attach to enter my PIN

scottes30 said:
So a factory reset will not wipe data like pictures and music files?
The HTC tech said there was about a 50 50 chance it might.
I was wondering​ if there was an external wired keyboard I could attach to enter my PIN
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you would buy an USB OTG cable you could plug in your PC's Keyboard

Touch Screen is Unresponsive and I Need to Back-up My Phone

AT&T SGS3 running AOKP 4.2.2
I dropped my phone and broke the touch screen. It displays, but is unresponsive to touch commands. I'm looking to:
-Back it up on my PC or External Card, and
-Get it back to stock. I paid for the extra warranty so they'll just send me a phone before I even send mine back in, but I at least want to make a reasonable effort to cover up my rooting. I can just imagine them deciding I owe them $600. Basterds.
I have read the related threads, and they gave me some ideas, but I wanted some fresh thoughts. I currently have CWM on it, and I know you normally can't see the external card with CWM, but I haven't had a chance to poke around too much because I'm still at work.
I'll keep you guys updated.
Thanks.

Mendax_ said:
AT&T SGS3 running AOKP 4.2.2
I dropped my phone and broke the touch screen. It displays, but is unresponsive to touch commands. I'm looking to:
-Back it up on my PC or External Card, and
-Get it back to stock. I paid for the extra warranty so they'll just send me a phone before I even send mine back in, but I at least want to make a reasonable effort to cover up my rooting. I can just imagine them deciding I owe them $600. Basterds.
I have read the related threads, and they gave me some ideas, but I wanted some fresh thoughts. I currently have CWM on it, and I know you normally can't see the external card with CWM, but I haven't had a chance to poke around too much because I'm still at work.
I'll keep you guys updated.
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Even though the phone doesn't respond to touch does the computer recognize it as a storage device when you plug it in? If so you should be able to back up your photos and personal files. You could even do a nandroid in recovery then dump those from internal storage to your PC. However I've never tried restoring a nandroid backup to another phone.
Or if you already had USB debugging active you could likely fetch the files you want using adb through terminal but I couldn't help with that.
Just some of my thoughts
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

OK I just did a backup to my external SD card. CWM had a specific option for it, which originally I thought would be the obvious course, but I read on here that CWM didn't normally see external storage for some reason.
I just hope my external card is big enough. It should be.
*EDIT* Error on the data back-up. Probably not enough space. Is there anyway I can check what the issue is? because it would be really easy to buy a bigger SD card.
Also, are there any issues with restoring onto another phone? Would I just have to flash the same ROM onto it before restoring?
Thanks

m1batt1 said:
Even though the phone doesn't respond to touch does the computer recognize it as a storage device when you plug it in? If so you should be able to back up your photos and personal files. You could even do a nandroid in recovery then dump those from internal storage to your PC. However I've never tried restoring a nandroid backup to another phone.
Or if you already had USB debugging active you could likely fetch the files you want using adb through terminal but I couldn't help with that.
Just some of my thoughts
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would like to think that I had USB debugging on but I'm not entirely sure. Knowing me it would have been one of the first things I did.
I'm at work and they have a security guard against data transfer via disk. I can't see the actual storage, just the media Icon, or whatever that is. This may just be a result of the security settings here.
I'll have to check all this at home

Mendax_ said:
I would like to think that I had USB debugging on but I'm not entirely sure. Knowing me it would have been one of the first things I did.
I'm at work and they have a security guard against data transfer via disk. I can't see the actual storage, just the media Icon, or whatever that is. This may just be a result of the security settings here.
I'll have to check all this at home
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK I'm not seeing the storage when I USB to my desktop (Windows 7). Lame. I thought it might be that easy.
Hmm. Can't I use Odin or something to back-up to my desktop, then mount the files?

Mendax_ said:
OK I'm not seeing the storage when I USB to my desktop (Windows 7). Lame. I thought it might be that easy.
Hmm. Can't I use Odin or something to back-up to my desktop, then mount the files?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm also having trouble getting it to go to download mode. It starts to, then reverts to normal boot up.
A new phone's on the way, but I need to get some files of this one, and get it back to stock before I send it in.
What's the likely hood they would charge me for the phone if I send them back the broken phone with a custom ROM? Especially considering that it was undoubtedly a hardware issue and we paid for the extra warranty.
They already processed the return and shipped me a phone. They would have to get my phone, boot it up, and get mad enough to want to punish me, rather than just processing the refurb. I think it's highly unlikely they would try to rescind my warranty, but I'm really trying to give a college try at getting it to stock.
Anymore ideas would be appreciated.

m1batt1 said:
Even though the phone doesn't respond to touch does the computer recognize it as a storage device when you plug it in? If so you should be able to back up your photos and personal files. You could even do a nandroid in recovery then dump those from internal storage to your PC. However I've never tried restoring a nandroid backup to another phone.
Or if you already had USB debugging active you could likely fetch the files you want using adb through terminal but I couldn't help with that.
Just some of my thoughts
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK, so I'm thinking about what you say about "dumping my nandroid onto my desktop". Would there be a way to access the files from this image using my desktop? There has to be some sort of "virtual droid" or emulator package where I could mount the data.
Thanks. This sucks

removes newouis
I gave up on recovering my pics and media. They weren't that valuable.
I flashed a stock ROM, but I didn't Triangle Away so my counter reads "1". Do I need it to read "0"?
I performed a factory reset hoping to wipe everything, including my personal photos and media, but there seems to be some confusion as to whether or not this deletes your pics and media. I performed this through the stock recovery as there is no way for me to do it through my ROM without a touchscreen.
What's the latest verdict on this? I read a few threads and it seems people still aren't in agreement.
Does a factory reset/delete through the stock recovery delete EVERYTHING including pics and media? If not, how can I do this? I was thinking that I need to flash CWM again and do some formatting/partitioning?
I'm really trying to read all I can, I just don't have hours to do this right now. I'd greatly appreciate some help.
Thanks

The stock recovery will not delete anything stored on internal storage. AFAIK cwm has the options to and you can use the volume buttons to scroll up and down and power to select the choice.
Making the iPhone jealous one user at a time.

mkfryan said:
The stock recovery will not delete anything stored on internal storage. AFAIK cwm has the options to and you can use the volume buttons to scroll up and down and power to select the choice.
Making the iPhone jealous one user at a time.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK so I was finally able to look at my storage on my PC via USB, after getting it back to stock ROM, and the reset appears to have deleted everything. There are no pics or vids in the DCIM folder where in the past this is where they've always been. I'm going to content myself with this observation.
Now I just need to set my flash counter to 0. It's at 1. Although I think it's highly unlikely they're going to retro charge me for a phone that's already on the way. Also, my screen has been degrading over time. Now I believe I can't see anything on it. Is it still possible to use Triangle Away when I can't use or see the touch screen. I'm sure I'd have to go from the ADB shell or something. Any thoughts on this would be great. Thanks.

Bootloop issue HTC One M8 - wanting to avoid a hard reset to recover photos

Hi! So I'm currently having issues with my HTC One m8 as it started acting up recently when I was taking photos, it would crash and reset and continue this process if I opened more than two applications open. All of a sudden it crashed while I tried to back all my photos online and then would no longer switch on past the htc boot screen and would freeze in a bootloop. Ever since I have been unable to reach the normal screen of my phone to try and retrieve photos. In terms of resetting the phone manually that's easily doable and getting on to the recovery settings is no problem.
I'm trying to avoid a hard reset, and been looking online and saw something about using Fastboot USB, which I have currently on my phone screen while plugged in to my computer. Is there a way I can retrieve photos directly/indirectly from this before hard resetting my phone? Or should I bring it to the shop?
Any help is super appreciated!
From a not so tech savvy student

Is the phone modified (TWRP installed, root)?

It is not yet rooted no, should I root it?

EWStudent2 said:
It is not yet rooted no, should I root it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, that wasn't the point of my question.
With a modded device, you can access storage in custom recovery. Or you can also adb pull files from internal storage (I believe). You can't do either of these, if the phone isn't modded.
And you can't unlock the bootloader, and root the phone at this point. Unlocking the bootloader by definition, wipes all data on the phone (for security).
You are sure the save location is internal storage, and not the removable SD if you have one (internal storage is default)? If it is on SD, it will not be wiped. Probably not the case, but just mentioning it, in the unlikely event it is the case.
Otherwise, I don't think there is any way to retrieve the photos, unfortunately. You should be backing up your data on a regular basis, not waiting for a disaster then trying to retrieve the data. This comment assumes that it's all your photos you are talking about (no backup was done previously); and not just the ones taken since the last backup (since just losing a few photos is usually not a heartbreaking event).