My Gnex which is 3 months old stuck at boot animation twice in 3 months. first time it was on 4.0.1 ICS and now on 4.1.1 Jelly bean both stock. on the both occasions i did factory reset and lost all my important data. Is this an hardware issue? because i got the problem after turning the bluetooth on for sending the photos on both the occasions.
What is the best thing to do so that my data is safe when next time this situation comes.
I came to know that with usb debugging on we can backup the data even in the boot loop. is it true? and can i keep the usb debugging option always ON on my Gnex.
If this is an software issue then it is very sad since it is coming from the stock android and on the nexus line.
Today 22/5/2013
Again Gnex stuck on bootloop, this time i got the problem, whenever i switch on bluetooth on the phone to connect it with my laptop, it is going into the bootloop, on the previous two occasions, it got stuck when i was trying to transfer through bluetooth though only with laptop, it works fine with other phones.
Is this a hardware problem or software problem, Please help
Nowhere near enough info for anyone to help. Was this after you flashed a rom? What gnex variant do you have?
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muneer khan said:
What is the best thing to do so that my data is safe when next time this situation comes.
I came to know that with usb debugging on we can backup the data even in the boot loop. is it true? and can i keep the usb debugging option always ON on my Gnex.
If this is an software issue then it is very sad since it is coming from the stock android and on the nexus line.
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Best thing to do is root your nexus. Get on the latest update. Another thing you could do is backup your sdcard to your PC using adb or any other means. Or use a cloud service to backup your data.
If you can get into recovery then you should be able to adb pull your data. I usually leave debugging on but not sure how safe it is.
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You might want to look into hak5.org's tutorial by the koz on how a phone with debugging always enabled is open to some exploits. Though, that comes with the territory. I'd reflash the system.img. To keep the data safe, backup often. You may be able to pull it if needed, and adb backup, but you'd need a custom recovery first. Which means root or unlocked bootloader, which comes with a data wipe. Could it be the bluetooth device with which the phone is interacting? Or do you have the issue as soon as you make the phone visible?
tritonesub said:
Nowhere near enough info for anyone to help. Was this after you flashed a rom? What gnex variant do you have?
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I have a mangru stock Gnex yakjujp build. i had this problem when the phone was in 4.0.1 ics and 4.1.1 jelly bean both stock. never flashed or rooted.
namtombout said:
Best thing to do is root your nexus. Get on the latest update. Another thing you could do is backup your sdcard to your PC using adb or any other means. Or use a cloud service to backup your data.
If you can get into recovery then you should be able to adb pull your data. I usually leave debugging on but not sure how safe it is.
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Thankyou for your response.
second time when my phone stuck was on latest installed jelly bean OTA 4.1.1. I lost everyting important photos, temple run statistics and other games statistics.
please post the link or steps to install adb and adb pull data.
bodh said:
You might want to look into hak5.org's tutorial by the koz on how a phone with debugging always enabled is open to some exploits. Though, that comes with the territory. I'd reflash the system.img. To keep the data safe, backup often. You may be able to pull it if needed, and adb backup, but you'd need a custom recovery first. Which means root or unlocked bootloader, which comes with a data wipe. Could it be the bluetooth device with which the phone is interacting? Or do you have the issue as soon as you make the phone visible?
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Thankyou for your response.
on both the occasions as soon as i selected the photos and send via bluetooth the phone got stock, dont know wheather this is a hardware problem or software problem. i transfered the many photos like this but on the two occasions i got the problem.
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I made a real dumb mistake just now and hoping there is a way out of this. I was in titanium back up after updating to 4.0.4 GSM and decided it would be a good idea to use the integration of updates to rom option, one of the apps was phone or contacts or something like that and it was the first app to be processed and it appeared to be stuck not doing anything, so I made the real bad mistake of force closing titanium backup. Now I don't have signal, my baseband is unknown. I tried restoring all system apps and tried to flash the 4.0.4 update which gave me a status 7 error.
I was hoping there might be a way to fix this without opening my boot loader and having transfer all my stuff to PC which is painfully slow on my window xp PC. Then fast booting the full factory 4.0.4 and set up literally everything again.
Please advice...
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you'll have to unlock your bootloader to fix this. its inevitable. after you get it up and running, you can relock it if you wish to do so.
TIP: you NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER want to restore system app data. it is calling for bad news.
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I was in titanium back up after updating to 4.0.4 GSM and decided it would be a good idea to use the integration of updates to rom option
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This is NEVER a good idea.
The Gingerbread Man said:
Now I don't have signal, my baseband is unknown. I tried restoring all system apps and tried to flash the 4.0.4 update which gave me a status 7 error.
I was hoping there might be a way to fix this without opening my boot loader and having transfer all my stuff to PC which is painfully slow on my window xp PC. Then fast booting the full factory 4.0.4 and set up literally everything again.
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I honestly don't have any ideas for you. There are so many things that may have messed up.
If you want, I can give you a link to the /system dump that I made for adrynalyne, and you can boot into CWM and try to copy all those files overtop of the files currently in your system and see if that will work. But my suggestion would be to unlock your bootloader and flash a fresh image...
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This is NEVER a good idea.
I honestly don't have any ideas for you. There are so many things that may have messed up.
If you want, I can give you a link to the /system dump that I made for adrynalyne, and you can boot into CWM and try to copy all those files overtop of the files currently in your system and see if that will work. But my suggestion would be to unlock your bootloader and flash a fresh image...
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Pretty much would be the best and easiest way of resolving all of this. Unlock bootloader, fastboot flash stock google images. And relock your bootloader (if you desire... I see no purpose of relocking it) and be on your way.
Thanks guys didnt think I could do it without unlocking my boot loader. Here's to spending all tomorrow morning on the PC and getting in the neck from gf who is meant to be phoning me in the am!
Will fresh flash entire 4.0.4 rom in the morning as its 2.45 am UK time now, got alarm set for 7.30, just hope I can fix it before going to work! Thanks again guys
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Thanks guys didnt think I could do it without unlocking my boot loader. Here's to spending all tomorrow morning on the PC and getting in the neck from gf who is meant to be phoning me in the am!
Will fresh flash entire 4.0.4 rom in the morning as its 2.45 am UK time now, got alarm set for 7.30, just hope I can fix it before going to work! Thanks again guys
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Easiest way is to do this:
1) Plug your device into your computer and open a command prompt in the same directory as your adb.exe file
2) Get all your data off your device by typing: adb pull /sdcard
3) Follow this guide for a fresh yakju IMM76D install.
phone fixed now finally. In the end i went back to 4.0.2 as i had it on my pc flashed that then rooted it and then moved 4.0.4 back on to my phone and used stock recovery to flash it and then booted into cwm and flashed su.zip. Now to just put all my stuff back onto my phone...
I was in the process of rooting my phone (and tried unlocking it) and I am not sure what happened but after the phone came back, I got the root but my data got wiped out. Apparently, I found out that some phones do this for security reasons. I must have been careless and done something wrong. Now, because Galaxy Nexus uses MTP, it is technically not possible to mount it as a disk drive and use conventional PC-based recovery software.
Theoretically speaking, shouldn't it be possible to take a flash dump of the internal disk and use an offline utility such as extundelete to recover my lost data? I saw this idea posted in this thread but no one followed up on it.
Any suggestions on how I can hack around?
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I was in the process of rooting my phone (and tried unlocking it) and I am not sure what happened but after the phone came back, I got the root but my data got wiped out. Apparently, I found out that some phones do this for security reasons. I must have been careless and done something wrong. Now, because Galaxy Nexus uses MTP, it is technically not possible to mount it as a disk drive and use conventional PC-based recovery software.
Theoretically speaking, shouldn't it be possible to take a flash dump of the internal disk and use an offline utility such as extundelete to recover my lost data? I saw this idea posted in this thread but no one followed up on it.
Any suggestions on how I can hack around?
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Technically maybe.... if the partition is not zero'ed. But you would need to find some way to dump the userdata partition. You can't dump it to somewhere on the device, so you would need to somehow dump that partition to an external drive. Maybe you could look at trying this out. (I haven't had the chance to try it out myself yet.)
Did this work?
So, did this work?
I ran into the same problem with my nexus.
I have no skills with ADB at all, so before I jump into trying to learn anything to be able to take a flash dump, I was hoping that someone could report back as to whether or not this worked.
Thank you!
JR
whozamazinka said:
So, did this work?
I ran into the same problem with my nexus.
I have no skills with ADB at all, so before I jump into trying to learn anything to be able to take a flash dump, I was hoping that someone could report back as to whether or not this worked.
Thank you!
JR
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See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30706842
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Photo Recovery
During a recent trip outside the country, I purchased a prepaid sim card for my unlocked, bought directly from Google, Galaxy Nexus. During this time, the OTA update for JB was released and I updated my phone with the new firmware. After completing the update, I was unable to make phone calls or receive any signal whatsoever. I contacted my domestic carrier T-Mobile who instructed me to do a factory reset. Unfortunately, I did not make a back up of the video footage of my family (Holocaust survivors). Currently the phone does not have a baseband or IMEI number and I have been unable to recover my photos. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is what I have done so far:
Photo Recovery
1. Attempted to restore a previous backup – No backup was made previously!!!!!!UGH!
2. Unlocked Bootloader with ADB. ADB Pull / Media – Nothing….
3. ADB pull / partition – Only received system files, no media files.
4. Tried to Use data recovery software PhotoRec. – would not recognize internal drive on Galaxy Nexus (USB Debugging on/off, Samsung drivers loaded correctly, Camera mode: nada)
5. Tried to use multiple different online photo recovery software. None could detect the phone’s drive when scanning.
IMEI/Baseband missing Issue
1. Re-flashed original firmware using WugFresh’s Nexus Root Toolkit. No dice.
2. Attempted to flash alternative ROM.
3. Re-flashed radio via NRToolkit and ADB
4. Attempted to use apps: HC-ktool, GetRill Premium- nada
The goal is to firstly restore the wiped data and retrieve the photos. Then to fix the missing baseband issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
buzzbox said:
During a recent trip outside the country, I purchased a prepaid sim card for my unlocked, bought directly from Google, Galaxy Nexus. During this time, the OTA update for JB was released and I updated my phone with the new firmware. After completing the update, I was unable to make phone calls or receive any signal whatsoever. I contacted my domestic carrier T-Mobile who instructed me to do a factory reset. Unfortunately, I did not make a back up of the video footage of my family (Holocaust survivors). Currently the phone does not have a baseband or IMEI number and I have been unable to recover my photos. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is what I have done so far:
Photo Recovery
1.Attempted to restore a previous backup – No backup was made previously!!!!!!UGH!
2.Unlocked Bootloader with ADB. ADB Pull / Media – Nothing….
3.ADB pull / partition – Only received system files, no media files.
4.Tried to Use data recovery software PhotoRec. – would not recognize internal drive on Galaxy Nexus (USB Debugging on/off, Samsung drivers loaded correctly, Camera mode: nada)
5.Tried to use multiple different online photo recovery software. None could detect the phone’s drive when scanning.
IMEI/Baseband missing Issue
1.Re-flashed original firmware using WugFresh’s Nexus Root Toolkit. No dice.
2.Attempted to flash alternative ROM.
3.Re-flashed radio via NRToolkit and ADB
4.Attempted to use apps: HC-ktool, GetRill Premium- nada
The goal is to firstly restore the wiped data and retrieve the photos. Then to fix the missing baseband issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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In your case I'm thinking you're s.o.l. First, when unlock the bootloader the phone gets wiped. So when you tried to pull....there was nothing to pull. Data recovery won't work because can't mount gnex as mass storage. Then you tried...three different flashes..? I'm gonna have to say it's gone. Just go back to stock.
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JediNinjafication said:
In your case I'm thinking you're s.o.l. First, when unlock the bootloader the phone gets wiped. So when you tried to pull....there was nothing to pull. Data recovery won't work because can't mount gnex as mass storage. Then you tried...three different flashes..? I'm gonna have to say it's gone. Just go back to stock.
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Having the same issue as Buzzbox - i.e. missing baseband and IMEI. In my case JB 4.1.1 was working just fine, when the phone simply restarted, and the baseband and IMEI vanished.
Phone came with ICS, after which i had recieved OTA jellybean - but this was a month ago. Didnt install any custom ROMs.
To try and fix this, i flashed factory image of ICS - but still nothing on IMEI and baseband. Help please...
You can recover data from android phones with data recovery software, see this solution: android data recovery
helped me before. Easy to follow and worked well for me.
jameskasmonr said:
You can recover data from android phones with data recovery software, see this solution: android data recovery
helped me before. Easy to follow and worked well for me.
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Hi,
I had tried to do this but didn't work in my Note 10+.
I made the mistake of delete my phothos from OneDrive that was sincronized with the Samsung Gallery. Now I would like to recover the photos but until now I did not have sucess. Do you have sugestions how to recover my gallery?
My phone it's not rooted and I'm not an expert!
Thank you.
Hi all, I recently soft bricked my VZW Gnex by trying to flash CNA 3.8.
A little background:
I was on CNA 3.6.6 for awhile but the phone started to reboot during certain actions. So I decided to flash CNA 3.8. I was having trouble wiping the phone. I would do a full wipe in CWM touch (format data/cache/system/dalvik cache) and I when I rebooted it was as if nothing happened. Everything was still there. I tried a couple of times, and the same thing would happen, the phone wouldn't wipe.
After posting a thread about not being able to wipe the phone, I was advised to switch to TWRP and try again, which I did. Tried flashing CNA 3.8 and got hung up on the boot animation. I couldn't find my nands with TWRP so I switched back to CWM to try to restore a nand. When I tried to restore, I got md5 mismatch so I couldn't restore. I tried to do a clean reflash of CNA 3.6 but phone always got hung up at the boot animation.
I've been doing battery pulls and numerous wipes/flashes trying to get the phone to boot, but to no avail. Only thing I can do is boot into CWM recovery and fastboot. No matter what I do, the phone will not get past boot animation.
I have the Gnex toolkit but haven't been able to do much with it.
I've been advised to go back to stock (which I tried to do with the toolkit) but still stuck.
Also installed Android SDK for ADB, but admittedly I'm a noob when it comes to trying to get ADB to work.
At this point, is there anyway I can pull userdata from the phone before I try a return to stock approach which erases userdata?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Please help me!
Tool kits are not the best way to mod your phone as when you have an issue your a bit lost.
Jubakuba has a panic section in her guide stickied to the Q&A page, Efrant also has a guide on the same Q&A page. Have a good read, the steps and fastboot/adb commands are all given.
you are not bricked
What happens if you hold down both volume buttons and power with your phone connected via USB?
EDIT: Just reread and saw you can get into fastboot
Connect your phone to your PC while in fastboot. Run GNEX toolkit as Admin.
Choose option 16
choose option 9
download, extract and wipe intnernal
you should be good to go
Thanks for the advice guys.
@Rudeguy: If I do this, I will lose all my personal data on the sdcard correct? Is it possible to pull stuff like pictures, music, etc. before I proceed with going back to stock and starting from scratch?
supasizefries said:
Thanks for the advice guys.
@Rudeguy: If I do this, I will lose all my personal data on the sdcard correct? Is it possible to pull stuff like pictures, music, etc. before I proceed with going back to stock and starting from scratch?
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There is an option to keep your data. However sometimes you will have to sacrifice your data as it is causing the issue
danstah said:
However sometimes you will have to sacrifice your data as it is causing the issue
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This is what people don't understand.
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bk201doesntexist said:
This is what people don't understand.
Sent from my i9250
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Thisvis why at minimum, once a week, i pull all pics off phone and put on pc and external. Got kids and grandkids, probably take 1000 pics a month, dont want to lose pics.
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I was able to pull user data using adb. Learned how to do it from another thread. No worries now.
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Hi everyone,
I'm at a loss at the moment as I do not know which way to turn, any help would be greatly appreciated.
so the last 2 years have been pretty eventful for me. I had a number of close relatives pass away and various other important family events take place and all my pictures and videos surround them seem to have disappeared from my HTC One X.
I had the phone connected to a laptop and was in the process of backing up the entire collection when the phone got incredibly hot, froze and restarted on me, to my shock all my videos and pictures where gone once the phone booted back up. I have removed the battery and have not used the phone since, in fear that it may delete/write over any data structures, or remove any chance I have at recovering my files.
Now I am of course a newbie to the HTC one X when it comes to rooting etc but I have done this sorta thing with previous phones in the past so I can work through a guide/root/update if needed.
Having tried many of these generic "recover your data" type software they all seem to require USB Mass Storage Mode. from what I have found and and experienced I can not do this as my android version is 4.1.1 and the option was removed in an update. MTP connection type is how it connects to a PC ( i hope im making sense here as im not sure if im saying that right).
I've spent the last week trying to figure out a way to get the phone to work with mass storage mode but my understanding is a little sketchy.
Is there anyway to recover my data and if so what is the best course of action?
Should I root and upgrade to a custom firmware?
If i do this will this wipe the existing internal storage/ or perhaps remove any chance I have at recovery after the upgrade? I haven't used the phone since as ive read on several threads that the best chance of recovery is to ensure that very little data / no new data is written to the phones internal memory.
I've even considered paying professional data recovery services however they simply do not provide enough information as to what/how they do it and im scared that they may return the phone with no results and also wipe any chance I have at recovery.
any help at all would be greatly appreciated, as at this point i really don't know what else to do.
if someone has a tried and tested method or recovery service they have used please let me know. If it really is too difficult to attempt a recovery myself id be willing to pay for any assistance beyond that.
thanks for any assistance in advance.
.Xenon- said:
Hi everyone,
I'm at a loss at the moment as I do not know which way to turn, any help would be greatly appreciated.
so the last 2 years have been pretty eventful for me. I had a number of close relatives pass away and various other important family events take place and all my pictures and videos surround them seem to have disappeared from my HTC One X.
I had the phone connected to a laptop and was in the process of backing up the entire collection when the phone got incredibly hot, froze and restarted on me, to my shock all my videos and pictures where gone once the phone booted back up. I have removed the battery and have not used the phone since, in fear that it may delete/write over any data structures, or remove any chance I have at recovering my files.
Now I am of course a newbie to the HTC one X when it comes to rooting etc but I have done this sorta thing with previous phones in the past so I can work through a guide/root/update if needed.
Having tried many of these generic "recover your data" type software they all seem to require USB Mass Storage Mode. from what I have found and and experienced I can not do this as my android version is 4.1.1 and the option was removed in an update. MTP connection type is how it connects to a PC ( i hope im making sense here as im not sure if im saying that right).
I've spent the last week trying to figure out a way to get the phone to work with mass storage mode but my understanding is a little sketchy.
Is there anyway to recover my data and if so what is the best course of action?
Should I root and upgrade to a custom firmware?
If i do this will this wipe the existing internal storage/ or perhaps remove any chance I have at recovery after the upgrade? I haven't used the phone since as ive read on several threads that the best chance of recovery is to ensure that very little data / no new data is written to the phones internal memory.
I've even considered paying professional data recovery services however they simply do not provide enough information as to what/how they do it and im scared that they may return the phone with no results and also wipe any chance I have at recovery.
any help at all would be greatly appreciated, as at this point i really don't know what else to do.
if someone has a tried and tested method or recovery service they have used please let me know. If it really is too difficult to attempt a recovery myself id be willing to pay for any assistance beyond that.
thanks for any assistance in advance.
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If all you need to do to salvage your data is USB mount storage then I suggest flashing a custom recovery, CWM and TWRP both enable USB mount storage.
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Craiglivesey94 said:
If all you need to do to salvage your data is USB mount storage then I suggest flashing a custom recovery, CWM and TWRP both enable USB mount storage.
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ok so I've used CWM a few years back and I have a rough idea of what to do (i can search around for a decent guide) but I just want to confirm that flashing a custom recovery will not force me to reformat or format the internal memory in its entirety before/during/after the installation itself?
Would this be the best way to recover data from the device as its not currently rooted or had any custom firmware flashed to it
ie: install CWM>enable mass storage mode>use generic software to scan the drive and attempt to recover
thank you
.Xenon- said:
ok so I've used CWM a few years back and I have a rough idea of what to do (i can search around for a decent guide) but I just want to confirm that flashing a custom recovery will not force me to reformat or format the internal memory in its entirety before/during/after the installation itself?
Would this be the best way to recover data from the device as its not currently rooted or had any custom firmware flashed to it
ie: install CWM>enable mass storage mode>use generic software to scan the drive and attempt to recover
thank you
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unlocking your bootloader will wipe all your data. I would try recovery software first, if your pc can see your phone I don't see why the software won't.
nogotaclue said:
unlocking your bootloader will wipe all your data. I would try recovery software first, if your pc can see your phone I don't see why the software won't.
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there are a number of reputable recovery software applications on the market, almost all of which require that you are using mass storage mode (when attempting to recover from a mobile device). I've used 14 different programs so far and none of them can recognize my HTC one x when its plugged into the PC.
my htc works fine and is showing up as "portable media device" in the windows browser however none of the programs ive tried can locate the storage with there respective disk/file browsers.
.Xenon- said:
there are a number of reputable recovery software applications on the market, almost all of which require that you are using mass storage mode (when attempting to recover from a mobile device). I've used 14 different programs so far and none of them can recognize my HTC one x when its plugged into the PC.
my htc works fine and is showing up as "portable media device" in the windows browser however none of the programs ive tried can locate the storage with there respective disk/file browsers.
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doesn't really like you have much of a choice now then. You should prepare yourself for the possibility that, because data is missing, the sdcard may be corrupted and not recoverable at all. having said that, I have recovered data from hard drives and sdcards that have been formatted multiple times, with minimal loss. I would wait till tomorrow night before you decide anything, give more people a chance to see the post through tomorrow
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doesn't really like you have much of a choice now then. You should prepare yourself for the possibility that, because data is missing, the sdcard may be corrupted and not recoverable at all. having said that, I have recovered data from hard drives and sdcards that have been formatted multiple times, with minimal loss. I would wait till tomorrow night before you decide anything, give more people a chance to see the post through tomorrow
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Yeah im hoping someone may know of a why to get either usb mass storage mode working or perhaps just a good recovery service anyone could recommend.
.Xenon- said:
Yeah im hoping someone may know of a why to get either usb mass storage mode working or perhaps just a good recovery service anyone could recommend.
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Is the device rooted? Do you have CWM Recovery installed on it?
MrT69 said:
Is the device rooted? Do you have CWM Recovery installed on it?
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no unfortunately not, just wish i had now and I woulda have saved myself alot of hassle.
I think if i understand it correctly now if i root and install CWM recovery now it actually reformats/wipes the storage.
.Xenon- said:
no unfortunately not, just wish i had now and I woulda have saved myself alot of hassle.
I think if i understand it correctly now if i root and install CWM recovery now it actually reformats/wipes the storage.
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Ok. Currently I'm on the way home from work but I guess I will need aprox. 1 hour.
1. DO NOT install a custom ROM
2. You need to install CWR Recovery for this Action
3. Don't care if the device will boot or not - you need only CWR Recovery installed on it
4. Do not try to do stupid things like using public bull**** recovery crap Tools
It will take up to two hours and your data will be back. Ok. lets say most of them.
To do:
1. Unlock your device bootloader
2. Install CWM Recovery
3. Let me know when it's done
And most important - leave the device as it is. Do not restart or boot the device to much times
MrT69 said:
Ok. Currently I'm on the way home from work but I guess I will need aprox. 1 hour.
1. DO NOT install a custom ROM
2. You need to install CWR Recovery for this Action
3. Don't care if the device will boot or not - you need only CWR Recovery installed on it
4. Do not try to do stupid things like using public bull**** recovery crap Tools
It will take up to two hours and your data will be back. Ok. lets say most of them.
To do:
1. Unlock your device bootloader
2. Install CWM Recovery
3. Let me know when it's done
And most important - leave the device as it is. Do not restart or boot the device to much times
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thanks for your help!
Im at work at the moment too so I will try to do this as soon as I get home.
just a quick question though, does unlocking the bootloader and installing CWM recovery format the storage? nogotaclue said unlocking the bootloader would wipe/reformat the memory again. (I am trying to avoid this as it could potentially write over the data im trying to recover)
.Xenon- said:
thanks for your help!
Im at work at the moment too so I will try to do this as soon as I get home.
just a quick question though, does unlocking the bootloader and installing CWM recovery format the storage? nogotaclue said unlocking the bootloader would wipe/reformat the memory again. (I am trying to avoid this as it could potentially write over the data im trying to recover)
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Don't care about if the SDCard will be formated or not.
On the one Hand it seems you have already formated or lost the partion on it and on the other Hand there is no other way to get the data back.
I promise to you that this is OK even when the unlock procedure Format your SDCard This is not the first time that I recover some data. And I do this Job since more than 15 years.
It's up to you to decide.
Sorry I didn't mean to offend you. Just worried that's all. I was called away for work so I'm back this weekend. Will root and install the recovery as soon I can.
Thanks again for your help.
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MrT69 said:
Don't care about if the SDCard will be formated or not.
On the one Hand it seems you have already formated or lost the partion on it and on the other Hand there is no other way to get the data back.
I promise to you that this is OK even when the unlock procedure Format your SDCard This is not the first time that I recover some data. And I do this Job since more than 15 years.
It's up to you to decide.
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Then i have a question to you Mr T, what software is "best" or at least very good to use to recover lost/formatted data ?
As you seem to know much about that
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Re: Recover deleted pictures and videos
It is very good that you did not use your phone after deletion of photos and videos so there will be no matter of overwriting. You said that you have tried many Recovery Tools but I think they might be free of cost. I have also tried so many free data recovery tools to recover my photos but all are of no use. Then my friend suggested me Remo recover Android tool after employing the tool I successfully recovered all my data from my HTC one.
Hello everyone thanks for checking out my post for assistance.
I was running the OpTimuS 2.2 yesterday when my phone jumped into a boot-loop. The phone will be on for about 20-40 seconds then reboot. During that time I have no service and when I update the profile I get a message that I don't have any service. I can get into recovery and Download mode. I tried to just wipe and install the rom again. That process resulted in the same boot loop. I have a back up but that was done before the "spark" update and I didn't want to restore that because I know there will be an issue with the radio. I downloaded the stock rooted rom but the phone will not stay on long enough to transfer the file and when I try and load via recovery it will not allow me to transfer the file. (never shows up on computer I might be doing that wrong) I then attempted to bring the phone back to stock following this process http://www.rwilco12.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=96 but when I get down to step 13 the program will not respond anymore. I am going a friends house to try on a different computer but I wanted to get this out there just in case that has the same result.
Thanks again for any info that you could provide.
usvi525 said:
Hello everyone thanks for checking out my post for assistance.
I was running the OpTimuS 2.2 yesterday when my phone jumped into a boot-loop. The phone will be on for about 20-40 seconds then reboot. During that time I have no service and when I update the profile I get a message that I don't have any service. I can get into recovery and Download mode. I tried to just wipe and install the rom again. That process resulted in the same boot loop. I have a back up but that was done before the "spark" update and I didn't want to restore that because I know there will be an issue with the radio. I downloaded the stock rooted rom but the phone will not stay on long enough to transfer the file and when I try and load via recovery it will not allow me to transfer the file. (never shows up on computer I might be doing that wrong) I then attempted to bring the phone back to stock following this process http://www.rwilco12.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=96 but when I get down to step 13 the program will not respond anymore. I am going a friends house to try on a different computer but I wanted to get this out there just in case that has the same result.
Thanks again for any info that you could provide.
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Flashing back to stock won't work, I had the same thing happened.......it's the EFS Partition (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451390) If you made a EFS Partition Backup, then flashing that will be your best hope.....I didn't make a backup so I went to sprint cuz I have insurance and they are ordering me a new phone
Shadow_God said:
Flashing back to stock won't work, I had the same thing happened.......it's the EFS Partition (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451390) If you made a EFS Partition Backup, then flashing that will be your best hope.....I didn't make a backup so I went to sprint cuz I have insurance and they are ordering me a new phone
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They replaced it even though your phone was rooted?
Try installing an updated modem for your variant from this thread. It's worth a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451426
If you get it working, definitely make an EFS backup right away.
usvi525 said:
They replaced it even though your phone was rooted?
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I used the LGFlashTool to bring it back to stock unrooted.......but my phone had no sevice and rebooted every couple minutes, plus the touchscreen wasn't working either.....I told them I took the Spark update and thats when it happened, he said they had alot of issue with touchscreen stopped working and rebooting issue with the spark update......so they didn't look at it long...lol
I have tried back to stock numbers of times....installing modems....restoring my backups....nothing would get it to work, so I gave up and went to sprint...lol
On the rom you were using, have you tried enabling airplane mode to prevent reboots? You could try to get a stock-based flashable zip on the device if possible.
alone-together said:
Try installing an updated modem for your variant from this thread. It's worth a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451426
If you get it working, definitely make an EFS backup right away.
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Thanks for the option. I was able to install the radio but the issue remains.
usvi525 said:
Thanks for the option. I was able to install the radio but the issue remains.
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Have we ruled out the possibility to flash a stock ROM in TWRP? If by any chance you have a USB OTG cable, you could try to connect a flash drive with another ROM.
This is my last ditch effort. Small back story: I somehow wiped EVERYTHING on my G2. EFS partition, ESN, data, SIM info., everything with dialer codes. All of my network information reads "unknown". I tried many methods from here on the forums to get this data back and it turns out I have lost my EFS partition- DNA for the network? I sent it to LG to get it fixed, having done a hard reset and leaving no trace of root. They sent it back without even asking and did no repairs. The note said "board bent". WTF?? How does the user bend the main board, especially when I never opened it? They voided my warranty and ripped off my IMEI/MEID sticker from the back of the phone.
Anyways, I am here with a brick. No network still. Here is what I have done:
1) .tot method to ZVC. Several more times... once to ZV7 where I lost touch capability. Luckily saved my arse with a micro->usb cable and a mouse.
2) attempted to root with ioroot25. Failed because the phone WILL NOT find recovery mode. adb, voldown+pwr then again from power off, and apps are unable to force the phone into recovery mode. I assume it is possible that my recovery mode is deleted?
3) Would have tried all of these "rewrite your efs/imei/etc" things but I can't do any without root. Can't root without recovery, can I?
4) Spent the last two weeks scouring the internet for a fix and going back to my Epic 4G temporarily.
Please help me, has anyone seen this before? Can anyone help me fix it? I am to the point where I would pay to have it fixed. Any experts out there? XDA has yet to let me down... I just need to know if I can fix it or if it is a brick so I can go searching for an old Sprint GS3.
Thanks all,
baublitz