My phone got erased out of nowhere. Does someone know why? This is the second time that it happens. I delete a file from the PC on my phone and then all of a sudden all my files go missing and a bunch of space free. Please help as I'm losing very important documents and pictures.
What file did you delete from the phone?
-Frank
frankt2012 said:
What file did you delete from the phone?
-Frank
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Just a rom zip file in the root of the sdcard folder.
Already flashed it and had no use for it so I deleted it.
Last time it was a backup of some files. Nothing to do with the system.
All system data is still there just sdcard partition
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Oops.
I hope someone can help me get this back. I just deleted a folder on the internal storage space, sdcard0, instead of deleting a file in a zip. Bug in AndroZip I'd say. Is there a way to get this back or to access sdcard0 from Windows so I can recover the files?
Chrissssssss said:
Oops.
I hope someone can help me get this back. I just deleted a folder on the internal storage space, sdcard0, instead of deleting a file in a zip. Bug in AndroZip I'd say. Is there a way to get this back or to access sdcard0 from Windows so I can recover the files?
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Sounds like you just deleted the mount point. The files should be there after a reboot afaik
Unfortunately not. It deleted the Downloads folder! Bummer. Don't think there was too much in there but can't really remember. I'm guessing there's nothing I can do
I just tried a program that is supposed to eb able to recover deleted files on the internal EXT4 partition and it found nothing. Oh well, nevermind.
I remember seeing an app that will recover deleted items but only if you're rooted
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Please help! Today I installed Hamilton’s Adventure THD game. When I launched the app it started to "download assets". It took almost 2 hours to download over WiFi. I have around 24Mbps connection. I thought that's ok because it is a big game. I have played the game, but later I went to sdcard\Android\data to see how big it is, and there was nothing there. The folder in which the files are supposed to be in is empty! I uninstalled the game and installed it back again to see will it download the data files again, but it doesn't. Everything works.
My question is:
1.Where did the app save the downloaded files? They are nowhere to be found.
2.How to erase the downloaded files and how to find them?
3.Is there an app which can help me?
4.Can app modify system phone files and screw something up, and copy files somewhere where I can't see them?
5.If nothing works will a factory reset (hard reset) erase these files where ever they are or not?
My device is NOT rooted.
Thank You in advance for Your help!
File/folder could be hidden, did try to check your file explorer app to show hidden files?
omar302 said:
File/folder could be hidden, did try to check your file explorer app to show hidden files?
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Yes. I'm using File Manager which shows hidden files and folders. I have searched the entire sdcard and phones system files. Nowhere to be found a single trace of data files...
Please help!
Hey guys wanted to know how can i clean wipe all the data folders on my phone except the new ROM file i want to flash
i have done normal formats and wipes but got so many dead/duplicated folders on it with the 0/0 and some other stuff
for exmple with root browser i got the SDCARD folder and then i got the STORAGE/SDCARD0 folder again
also got STORAGE/EMULATED/0/ and here ALSO all the files
and also on STORAGE/EMULATED/LEGACY
what am i missing guys?
The SDCARD folders are in fact only links to the real sdcard folder.
I think these links are needed because android used to have another folder structure and older apps wouldn't be able to accept the sdcard.
For a completely clean wipe you can select wipe internal data in TWRP. Maybe you can push the ROM you want to flash via ADB push. But I'm not sure about that.
Cliff666 said:
The SDCARD folders are in fact only links to the real sdcard folder.
I think these links are needed because android used to have another folder structure and older apps wouldn't be able to accept the sdcard.
For a completely clean wipe you can select wipe internal data in TWRP. Maybe you can push the ROM you want to flash via ADB push. But I'm not sure about that.
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Ok thanks bud, its just that i know that the /0/ folder is a shortcut to the real folder yet the other 2 i wrote down are old files that i had with other ROMS i have used back in the day
I can no longer see files in my internal memory!
They were present when I connected my phone to laptop and copied some files.
There was an empty folder named /storage/emulated/0 inside the original /storage/emulated/0 directory.
As it was empty, I tried deleting it but it was taking a long time so I cancelled the process.
After I disconnected my device, while on ES File Explorer, I discovered that majority of my files weren't showing up. I selected all the files which are displayed and saw their size, a mere 20MB, and the Homepage on ES File Explorer shows usage to be 2.35GB/12.80GB.
Is it some sort of virus that created a seemingly empty folder inside the actual directory? And what about the files that were showing up previously alongside the folder?
I believe that I may have deleted my files when I tried deleting that folder. And why would that folder seem to be empty? Please help me out here!
Not a solution but might help
Well, almost same thing happened to me a few days ago. I too saw that empty folder and couldn't find the files I needed. I too deleted that folder. Except I deleted it completely. After disconnecting I realized that my phone was empty. There was nothing in the internal storage. Finally I realized that it's actually a virtual folder that won't show any files in your pc but that exactly where all your files are. So, NEVER EVER delete that folder.
Never delete dat folder
Android supports multiple user accounts and store their files
Storage/emulated/0
Storage/emulated/1
Etc
Sometimes that folder shows up when u connect to pc, dont know its a bug or not.
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I've learnt my lesson.
Anyway, I was able to recover my images by cloning the userdata partition and mounting it on my laptop and running Recuva on it.
Thanks for you responses.
Bhai can u give me steps how to recover my images....I had the same problem
how you fixed it
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I've learnt my lesson.
Anyway, I was able to recover my images by cloning the userdata partition and mounting it on my laptop and running Recuva on it.
Thanks for you responses.
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how you fixed this problem. I m facing same problem from many days. Please help me.
thbp94 said:
I've learnt my lesson.
Anyway, I was able to recover my images by cloning the userdata partition and mounting it on my laptop and running Recuva on it.
Thanks for you responses.
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Bro i also accidently deleted that folder, can u plz help me to recover ... thanks in advance
Am I the only one who can't figure out how to view and or copy some files from the phone to my pc? Example, I created two zip files on my phone to be copied off for backup. TWRP.zip and Titanium backup.zip but neither is visible when connected from my pc. Chmod and chown also fails through root explorer or terminal. I'm feeling retarded right now...
Where are those zip files located? Somewhere in your root storage or on your sdcard/internal storage?
If it's the latter, try using adb commands to transfer the files to your PC
Or you can use this app called "Handshaker" and see if the files are visible there
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Am I the only one who can't figure out how to view and or copy some files from the phone to my pc? Example, I created two zip files on my phone to be copied off for backup. TWRP.zip and Titanium backup.zip but neither is visible when connected from my pc. Chmod and chown also fails through root explorer or terminal. I'm feeling retarded right now...
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If you created zip files in root explorer, did you look in...storage/emulated/0/SpeedSoftware/archives
If yes, then move them to a folder you've already created. Much easier to find that way ?
Yeah I can see the zip files fine on the phone, and I can see most all files from the PC. I created the zip files right in the root of sdcard which is the same as the root of internal shared storage from the PC. I can even browse both the folders TWRP and Titanium backup from Windows Explorer. I even copied the files to a different dir. I'm thinking they being owned by root is the issue. Going to keep plugging. And try the app suggested.
The issue was not here on the 6P. I just zipped up those two dirs and copied them to the pc. Can't copy twrp cause of file names that piss off Windows and tibu has way too may files. Anyway, going to look into the adb thing but if the files are not visible then ???
Also. Thought about otg but the phone insists on formatting the cards as fat32 which have a 2 gig limit lol
Badger50 said:
If you created zip files in root explorer, did you look in...storage/emulated/0/SpeedSoftware/archives
If yes, then move them to a folder you've already created. Much easier to find that way ?
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Heh one more thing, root explorer ain't working for me. Lol was using jrummy root browser. My bad for the initial problem statement.
CyberpodS2 said:
Heh one more thing, root explorer ain't working for me. Lol was using jrummy root browser. My bad for the initial problem statement.
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Meh...no biggie bruh. Sorry RE doesn't work. Kinda strange though. It's worked great for me on any rom thus far. Unless it's a f2fs thing? ?
Badger50 said:
Meh...no biggie bruh. Sorry RE doesn't work. Kinda strange though. It's worked great for me on any rom thus far. Unless it's a f2fs thing? ?
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So how do you back up for TWRP and tibu if you are doing a complete wipe?
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So how do you back up for TWRP and tibu if you are doing a complete wipe?
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Set lock screen to swipe. Uninstall all theme overlays. Do my TiBu backup, and save it to my pc. Go to twrp and backup boot, system, and data, and let it rip. Then I save that backup to the pc. Then if I'm installing a new rom, I just do the twrp factory reset thing. I don't wipe system anymore since that seems to foul things up. Which, I still don't quite understand since that was SOP on the 6p ??