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Need help recovering data!

Soooo... my phone took the drop of death today and it is down for the count. Now before I file an insurance claim, I still need to recover many of the pics and files I have in there. I am rooted and have Clockwork Mod in there so I don't know if that helps. Please, PLEASE, someone help me do this

So it will not power on at all? Recovery? Anything?
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U did not have an sd card?
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albe070 said:
U did not have an sd card?
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Some roms save the pictures to the internal sd...
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The phone still powers on and functions. Its. Just the screen that is shot and without being able to mount the drive by pressing the buttons on screen, I need an alternative solution. The default was to save it internally so I just don't know how to access it. Maybe there's a solution from Samsung directly? I don't know which is the point and I'm reaching out to y'all for help ; A

So you should be able to get into recovery then. What recovery version did you have and I could try to tell you how many clicks of what button to get it to munt the internal storage. So then it can be seen by your pc.
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Hmmm... I finally feel like one of those people that ask for help but never quite know the pertinent information to get the help they need... I don't know what recovery version I have
At this point, just trying the buttons to the version you have is worth a shot Thanks in advance!

I'm sorry but in my cwm I can't mount the internal with recovery. I have the light blue cwm. I wish I had more for you.
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Get an mhl adapter so you can output to TV so you can see
Or use adb to pull files
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Brings up an interesting question, because I live in fear of something like this happening to me.
Is there anyway to tell the phone to access the "sdcard" that is ACTUALLY the sdcard? I have several apps that save important data, but they save it to "sdcard" and there is no way to change the path within most apps.
I hate having to make constant backups manually because at any moment all my data could be lost because this phone doesn't actually use the ACTUAL sdcard for data.

What kernel do you have? I assume you are rooted, download and install busybox via the market place on the PC, it will push to your phone. (so you are sure to have it installed).
Then download and use qtadb.
http://qtadb.wordpress.com/about/

Helppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!

Idk what the heck is wrong with my phone but this is getting me mad!!!!
I'm trying to delete some files and copying some folders and every time I reboot my phone everything comes back just like it was before like if I never deleted them or copy them....??????
Any idea????
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romny19 said:
Idk what the heck is wrong with my phone but this is getting me mad!!!!
I'm trying to delete some files and copying some folders and every time I reboot my phone everything comes back just like it was before like if I never deleted them or copy them....??????
Any idea????
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You might wanna be more specific, like what files and directory.

KillaHurtz said:
You might wanna be more specific, like what files and directory.
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Downloading radio to External SD card
And deleted some files and folder from external SD card and they are still coming back after rebooting
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romny19 said:
Downloading radio to External SD card
And deleted some files and folder from external SD card and they are still coming back after rebooting
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What method are you using to remove them ? On phone with root explorer, USB, sd adapter on PC ?

KillaHurtz said:
What method are you using to remove them ? On phone with root explorer, USB, sd adapter on PC ?
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Yes I'm using root explorer.... holding down and then [delete]
But they are still coming back after reboot
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romny19 said:
Yes I'm using root explorer.... holding down and then [delete]
But they are still coming back after reboot
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ROM ?
Try doing it thru USB connection or with an adapter thru PC.

KillaHurtz said:
ROM ?
Try doing it thru USB connection or with an adapter thru PC.
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Gingerbread 2.3 rooted
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romny19 said:
Gingerbread 2.3 rooted
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Stock ? Dude try it on the PC and report back. Chances are if you are using a non paid app its the dev laughing at you.

KillaHurtz said:
Stock ? Dude try it on the PC and report back. Chances are if you are using a non paid app its the dev laughing at you.
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I'm using the app that comes with the phone too to do it and it keeps doing the same thing.... this just started to happen 30 mins ago.... I've never had this prob before...
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So this thing is getting me mad!!!!!!!
ive been trying to format my SD on my phone and my computer and i get to format it on my PC but when i go to check all the files are still there!!!
and when i try on my phone my phone just freezes!!!!!!!
is there any super software to format this devillll micro SD sandisk 32GB?????

The files you are deleting are used by An app or two. The app 're installs the files when you boot.
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Like if you delete lost or android secure. The app will auto 're create them because it may use them
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this is getting me mad!!! i even tried with ubuntu and ubuntu couldnt format it....
i tried on my phone... it just froze!!!!
is my memory LOCKED UP OR SOMETHING!!!!!!????????????

Micronads said:
Like if you delete lost or android secure. The app will auto 're create them because it may use them
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the problem is with my memory!
do you know of any app to SUPER WIPE this freaking memory????
do you know how to format it with command ?
i flashed my phone and it still wont format this memory....
its like all the files i have in my memory are super secure and they cant be deleted unless i unlock them... but idk what the heck happened...
all i remember is that it started to happen after i flashed my note and then i was downloading the radio and then every time i would go in CWM the radio file would not be there so then i rebooted the phone to check and then the radio files was not there......
i tried that like 4 times... now im at the point that i dont care and im trying to delete everything just to solve this...
this memory is just like 2 months old.... its a sandisk... i got it from walmart... 32GB.... i think my warranty was only 30 days

Exactly what file are you trying to delete. I was referring to your memory before. There are files on your removable memory that you can't delete because they will get 're written automatically
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Perhaps your micro SD has a write switch on it? Lol. That's all I can think of. Otherwise boot into Ubuntu and open terminal and CD in and rm -rf *
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Kill it with fire. Its the only way.
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i did but i just game me an error... i cant format it...
and my micro SD doesnt hace a switch....
micro SD dont have swtches....
i think my memory is bad... i think i would have to buy another one

Micronads said:
Exactly what file are you trying to delete. I was referring to your memory before. There are files on your removable memory that you can't delete because they will get 're written automatically
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it doesnt matter what files i try to copy....
if i take pics and save them to the memory, my phone will show it like it is normally working but if i reboot the phone everything will go back and restore everything deleted and delete all the stuff i copy...
its like blocked like i cant make changes on it....
ive been trying different stuff but they dont work.. i think i need to format it with the command app from the phone....
anyone knows how to do it form there???

romny19 said:
it doesnt matter what files i try to copy....
if i take pics and save them to the memory, my phone will show it like it is normally working but if i reboot the phone everything will go back and restore everything deleted and delete all the stuff i copy...
its like blocked like i cant make changes on it....
ive been trying different stuff but they dont work.. i think i need to format it with the command app from the phone....
anyone knows how to do it form there???
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I already asked you to indicate what files/directory you are trying to remove.
Here's the Panasonic Format Utility, is this can't format it your card is toast
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/support/en/sd/download/BN-SDCM_WIN_UTIL_V100.ZIP

MicroSD Card Issues

Hi, I have a problem with my patriot signature microsd 32gb on my 16gb Samsung Galaxy SIII which I use as a music and picture storage for my music player and camera
The phone is rooted and is running stock ROM and kernel
The problem:
1)when transferring music files while the sd card is in the phone, using a usb and explorer method of copying and pushing sometimes the write protected warning pops up, other times the file would copy but I could not find it in my music player/gallery, other times the file is present for a period of time but after a restart of my phone the file disappears.
NOTE: However, files that I have transferred using the microsd adapter and directly through the computer does not change at all.
2)On the default camera I have set up the external sd card as the default location for pictures, but when I take a picture sometimes the warning that "sd card cannot be located and default storage is changed back into phone"
3)On Android Commander when I try to push music files it always ends up as permission denied
4)When I try to copy music through the windows explorer this message pops up "the device has either stopped working or is not responding"
What I attempted:
I thought it was a formatting problem and so I tried to format the sd card using both my phone and pc into the phone's desired FAT32 format,
but the problem persists.
I have also inserted the sd card into the adapter and put the write protected switch up thinking it was a permissions problem
Is it a faulty card? or am I doing something wrong?
Additional Note:
1)I have both ES file explorer and Root explorer and when I attempt to change the permission on my external sd card which usually appears in ES file explorer as "rwx-rwx-r(blank)x" it always fails
2)When opening the gallery and trying to view some of the photos saved in the external sd card, it would appears as unable to load and just a black screen.
3)I also export playlists from itunes in m3u format and puts it in a playlist folder in the sd card but it would never appear when I try to see it in a file explorer, although using poweramp I can import the list, but the old ones that I have placed on the card is also present unable to find them or delete them in either the phone or the pc
I have really became desperate trying to solve this problem
Please help me

Try reformatting as exFat. Also I don't think you can change the permissions on the entire sdcard.
It could also be that the phone connects using MTP. There's an app here on xda called sgs3 easy ums. It will mount the card as a UMS device. Try transferring that way.
I think the sgs3 was intended to use the exFat format though.
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Have you tried this?
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
I have a problem with my card right now for my SDS3 (see sig) but my problem is completely different from yours. Hope that helps solve your problem.

DocHoliday77 said:
Try reformatting as exFat. Also I don't think you can change the permissions on the entire sdcard.
It could also be that the phone connects using MTP. There's an app here on xda called sgs3 easy ums. It will mount the card as a UMS device. Try transferring that way.
I think the sgs3 was intended to use the exFat format though.
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Wow this forum is awsome people reply so fast!
anyhow yes I did use sgs3 and it says it could not be detected, my external sd card that is,
I will try to format it as exFat as soon as possible but atm I am not able to back up my music if needed
mutiny said:
Have you tried this?
I have a problem with my card right now for my SDS3 (see sig) but my problem is completely different from yours. Hope that helps solve your problem.
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Ya I also downloaded that tool along with easeus partition which was not able to recognize my sd card

HolySafari said:
Ya I also downloaded that tool along with easeus partition which was not able to recognize my sd card
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That's weird. If it doesn't pick up your card then the problem might be more serious than you think. But how can you see the contents and be able to format it yet utilities like Easus and SDFormatter can't see the drive? Did you try disconnecting all USB flash drives, your phone or other devices connected to your computer first? Check explorer and see to it that your card is the only one connected with a drive letter. Go to SDFormatter, hit refresh and make sure the drive letter is chosen.
SDFormatter just fixed the problem I was having.

You said you were rooted stock. Did you do any debloating or anything else to it. I doubt its the case but maybe something needed was accidentally removed.
Have you tried running fix permissions in recovery or TiB?
Also, how did you root? Was it recent and did the card function properly before? If you used odin to flash a rooted fw, maybe it was a bad download?
If all else fails, you could try reflashing the full stock fw with Odin.
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DocHoliday77 said:
You said you were rooted stock. Did you do any debloating or anything else to it. I doubt its the case but maybe something needed was accidentally removed.
Have you tried running fix permissions in recovery or TiB?
Also, how did you root? Was it recent and did the card function properly before? If you used odin to flash a rooted fw, maybe it was a bad download?
If all else fails, you could try reflashing the full stock fw with Odin.
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1)I didn't do any debloating for my phone, and how do you run fix permissions in recovery? or TiB?
2)I root my phone by following this guide "How to Root U.S. and Canada Galaxy S3 SGH-T999/SGH-I747/SPH-L710! [Fail-Proof][Noob-Proof][U.S. Cellular]" using odin
3)So by reflashing the full stock fw do you mean I need to factory reset? or Is it possible to download the stock fw somewhere?
Sorry I am new to android, so please bear with me

Sorry, coulda sworn you could run fix permissions in Titanium....
You should be able to do this in cwm or twrp recovery. May be in the advanced menu. You can install the recovery from Rom or Goo Manager app.
Factory reset wipes all user data taking you back to an out of the box state.
You can get a pre rooted version of the FW from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
This is the original LE6 version though, if you want the updated LH2 version give me a few min to get the link for you.
Follow directions in that thread to flash with Odin.
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Ok, sorry, just reread your last post and I can point you to the FW you need but I first need to know which carrier you have. Is it T999 on tmobile or T999V on one of the Canadian carriers?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sorry, coulda sworn you could run fix permissions in Titanium....
You should be able to do this in cwm or twrp recovery. May be in the advanced menu. You can install the recovery from Rom or Goo Manager app.
Factory reset wipes all user data taking you back to an out of the box state.
You can get a pre rooted version of the FW from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
This is the original LE6 version though, if you want the updated LH2 version give me a few min to get the link for you.
Follow directions in that thread to flash with Odin.
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Ok, sorry, just reread your last post and I can point you to the FW you need but I first need to know which carrier you have. Is it T999 on tmobile or T999V on one of the Canadian carriers?
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thank you so much for taking the time and finding that for me!
i will definitely try it as soon as i can!
thanks again

NP.
Let us know how it goes. If noting at all seems to work, try borrowing a sdcard and see if it acts the same.
Could always just be a problem elwith the card itself
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I had a patriot 16gb class 10.. when it works.. it's awesome should be called class 15 or something lol. However there were three times it randomly corrupts.. lost all my pictures and crap. A format usually fixes it. After the second time... i learned to put my photos to default internal memory. The third time i was no longer able to format it... couldn't move files in or out but i can open them?! I went with the high amount of 5 star reviews but should've listened to them 1-2 star reviews. They don't do well with phones. And your problem is a problem that occurred to me every now and then. Remember to back up your card frequently before it crashes!
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ah, problem
so I tried followed the link and the steps to flash the fw
but I am encountering this problem of when odin is done and the phone is restarting the "process android.process.acore has stopped" along with touchwiz and poweramp.
I reflashed twice and the problem remains
I even cleared dalvik cache and regular cache and fixed permissions with cwm and rebooted but it still did not fix the problem
Do I have to factory reset now?
:crying:

I can't remember which app it is or if this is the one requiring factory reset. Can you boot and get to settings > app manager? If so clear data on google services framework. Maube also touchwiz home. (Can't remember for sure)
You could also try using the built in file manager in twrp. Go to /data/data and look for those folders and delete them. May not work but worth a try.
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DocHoliday77 said:
I can't remember which app it is or if this is the one requiring factory reset. Can you boot and get to settings > app manager? If so clear data on google services framework. Maube also touchwiz home. (Can't remember for sure)
You could also try using the built in file manager in twrp. Go to /data/data and look for those folders and delete them. May not work but worth a try.
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ya thanks for the advice but it didn't work
From what I can tell the only solution now is to do a factory reset
anyways so why did the fw not work for me?
i even made sure i downloaded the correct wind one
at least now maybe with the factory fw i can make sure the external sd card works?

so factory reset is done
external sd card still does not want to work via "my file" folder creation
I don't know is it broken? I would like to try another sd card but I need to find one
although I did test it with h2testw and no error message popped up.
It wrote and verified fine.

Sometimes left over data can cause problems with a newly flashed system. Odin didn't wipe your apps or data and something was left behind that conflicted with setup or something like that. Sorry it came down to that man.
Ive heard a few times over the past couple years of sdcards working fine in one device but not at all in another. It seems rare and I'm not sure why it happens, but it can.
Only way to know for sure is to borrow a known good sdcard and try it. If it also doesn't work then its most likely a problem with the phone. If it works then you probably need to replace the card. Maybe take it to the store where you got it and let them try. That way if it doesn't work you have a witness that can note your account of the issue.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sometimes left over data can cause problems with a newly flashed system. Odin didn't wipe your apps or data and something was left behind that conflicted with setup or something like that. Sorry it came down to that man.
Ive heard a few times over the past couple years of sdcards working fine in one device but not at all in another. It seems rare and I'm not sure why it happens, but it can.
Only way to know for sure is to borrow a known good sdcard and try it. If it also doesn't work then its most likely a problem with the phone. If it works then you probably need to replace the card. Maybe take it to the store where you got it and let them try. That way if it doesn't work you have a witness that can note your account of the issue.
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ya probably have to do that
thanks again for the help

[NEW][KERNEL][REPACK] FK23 with AGAT tREC_v0.2.2 recovery

For those of you who would like to run stock kernels with the builds
here is repacked FK23 kernel with my recovery and some init.rc edits.
SD card read speed.
Custom boot animation support
init.d support
Link:
AGAT_FK23_repack.tar Flash with ODIN or Mobile ODIN.
Did some edits in initramfs and run some tests.
Moved couple of apps to sd. After few reboots apps still working.
Moved apps to sd and flashed kernel separately. Apps were recognized on SD.
Tried to connect to pc in recovery.
ADB shell - works
Mount USB storage - not working. Will try to look into it more.
Hopefully it will work for all of you as well.
Don't have updater-binaries and updater-script for JB so can't make flashable zip yet.
If anyone has working JB flashable zip let me know and I'll try to make zip as well.
Installation instructions:
1. For best results copy tar file to root of your sd card
2. Use mobile ODIN to flash.
Phone will reboot.
It looks like any other method gives some problems with apps 2 sd.
Enjoy the kernel.

nice!
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Awesome!!!!! How can I flash it so ot doesnt trigger yellow triangle etc

colonel.shepard said:
Awesome!!!!! How can I flash it so ot doesnt trigger yellow triangle etc
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Use mobile ODIN.
It never triggers yellow triangle.
Or use triangle away after flash.

Cool
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Awesomeness right here...:beer:
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Agat, I modined the kernel, now market doesn't allow me to install to sdcard
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bordermadman said:
Agat, I modined the kernel, now market doesn't allow me to install to sdcard
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You modified the kernel?
Can you be more specific?
What app did you try to install?

YOU. ARE. BEAUTIFUL. SIR.
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how exactly do I install this im confused.
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Thanks for this Agat! Cheers :beer:
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I think he meant he used mobile odin to flash the kernel and now he cannot install to the SD
Where people come up with these short hand ways to say things boggles my mind... smh. :banghead:
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Sorry, that was very vague of me, i installed via mobile odin, i was trying to install romtoolbox pro and tapatalk, it is worth mentioning that most apps that i had installed before flashing the kernel disappeared. :good:
agat63 said:
You modified the kernel?
Can you be more specific?
What app did you try to install?
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I flashed using mobile odin and for some reason I lost access to all my purchased apps!!:crying: Gonna try the stock kernal one click and see if that fixes it. It tells me " Couldn't install on USB." I have the same problem as bordermadman.

rdavis429 said:
I flashed using mobile odin and for some reason I lost access to all my purchased apps!!:crying: Gonna try the stock kernal one click and see if that fixes it. It tells me " Couldn't install on USB." I have the same problem as bordermadman.
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I have only 4 apps on sd and I moved them for testing purposes only.
gps status, root explorer, home switcher, titanium back up.
All 4 are working and I was able to move them back to device and then to SD again.
Apps mentioned above are paid apps. I don't want to buy them just to test if I can download.
Do you have any free app in the list that I can try.

I'm having ZERO issues downloading apps or accessing my purchased apps.
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One clicked back to full stock kernel and all my paid apps show back up.

Working really good over here, thanks a lot Agat.

rdavis429 said:
One clicked back to full stock kernel and all my paid apps show back up.
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I have few paid apps on the phone.
root explorer, beautiful widgets, Triangle away, Mobile odin.
I always use mobile odin to flash/test kernels.
All my paid apps are present and working without any problem.

agat63 said:
I have only 4 apps on sd and I moved them for testing purposes only.
gps status, root explorer, home switcher, titanium back up.
All 4 are working and I was able to move them back to device and then to SD again.
Apps mentioned above are paid apps. I don't want to buy them just to test if I can download.
Do you have any free app in the list that I can try.
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I didn't have any problems with the free apps. Mobile Odin was one of the apps I lost access too. I did run a mD5 check before flashing.
I moved the file to my sd card and will try again in the morning. I'm pretty share I did some wrong on my end. If not, will try and capture a adb log for you.

Accidentally wiped phone with recovery file under emulated SD card instead of actual

Oh boy, i did it now.
I made a backup of my sms and mms messages that i really need to recovery. My problem was that i was paying attention to which sd card it was on....i thought i had selected the actual SD card, but it turns out i was using the phone's internal SD.
I performed a factory reset and applied a much smaller rom, going from stock touchwiz 4.2.x to the 4.4.2 Google Play edition of KitKat. I feel that the file is still recoverable as the data area hasn't been overwritten, and it is very very important for me to get the messages back.
I have tried to install an app that enabled USB Mass Storage to let me use standard windows recovery methods to try to pull out the file, but i can't get it to be seen properly. I come to you guys for any assist:
Is there a way, through the ADB or otherwise, to recover a section of file and attempt to carve out the proper file from it? it was just a single zip file created, about 20-30mb in size.
thank you in advance!

By any chance could you have had a Gmail account set to auto backup your messages?
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Kriptik210 said:
By any chance could you have had a Gmail account set to auto backup your messages?
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Aloha, and thanks for the response:
Nope, otherwise this probably wouldn't be as big of an issue.

Ok just checking lol
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Anyone have anything? i could really use the assist here.

Look up any Unix/Linux commands to run in a terminal. You will prolly need to be rooted to execute them. And Google for your issue. I remember seeing a thread where someone was able to get their pics back after deletion.