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HELP !!!!!! What happend to all my sd files

all of a sudden all my folders on my sd card for my evo now end in .lnk extension i dont know what happened every single folder and file go converted in lost i dont understand i dont wanna loose all my data

kgdadon said:
all of a sudden all my folders on my sd card for my evo now end in .lnk extension i dont know what happened every single folder and file go converted in lost i dont understand i dont wanna loose all my data
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This just happened out of the blue? Had you downloaded and installed any new apps or anything like that? Were you making any changes or doing anything out of the ordinary when it happened? I've never heard of that before, and it's rather odd. Have you tried deleting the .lnk extensions from the files to see if you can still access them by deleting the extension?

k2buckley said:
This just happened out of the blue? Had you downloaded and installed any new apps or anything like that? Were you making any changes or doing anything out of the ordinary when it happened? I've never heard of that before, and it's rather odd. Have you tried deleting the .lnk extensions from the files to see if you can still access them by deleting the extension?
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WELL I REMEMBER SWITCHING TO A NEW ROM AND TRYING TO USE A NEW FORMAT ALL ZIP , THEN WHEN I FINALLY BOOTED INTO THE ROM ALL WAS OK BUT WHEN I WENT TO TRANSFER NEW FILES FROM MY PC TO MY SD CARD I FOUND ALL MY FOLDERS HAD THAT .lnk extension at the end .. i was like wtf ??? then i noticed i can acess all my files from with in the phone but not through my computer .. and when i connect to my pc a pop up pops up and says virus detected on sd drive. thats why i think its a virus but i dont understand how to fix it i dont wanna loose myy daughters pics.. everything else i dont care to loose

man what a bummer, now have you tried downloading the free lookout or avg from the market and checked your phone for viruses, see if they find any. if not have you tried to disable your antivirus in your computer and try to open the sd files then. if you can create a restore point in your computer before you disable the antivirus, to do this just click on start menu and on the black search space at the bottom type system restore and it will take you to where you can create a system restore in case there really was a virus

This may be a stupid question but can you just rename them? I mean erase the extension or something? I know on some of my hidden files that's all it does is rename the extra at the end. If I change it I can see the file.
Edit: Just re-read buckleys advice and it was the same thing. Sorry.
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[Q] MPT Transfer issue

For some reason, MPT suck for me becasue it wont always transfer files between phone and PC.
For example, i select all images i want on my PC and copy them just to see that they aren't all copied. Same goes for APK.
Windows Explorer also can't see some of the thumbnails on camera folder and reports them corrupt but they look and open just fine on phone.
Anyone else has these issues and possible solution?
I don't accept managing media files via adb comments or anything similar.
THanks

does MTP transfer any files at all? or will it only transfer some?
MTP can be finicky sometimes....issues i've had before preventing me from transferring properly include a slightly dirty microUSB port on the phone, where wiggling the connection loses the MTP connection while transferring; drivers not installed correctly; sometimes just rebooting both phone and PC does the trick.
If it fails while transferring a large batch of files, try moving them in small groups, like 20 at a time and see if they all make it then.
PC or MAC? (or linux?)

yeah, it transfers the files but not all of them from one directory for some reason. Sometimes ot didn't trasnfered batches of 2-3 files at the same time which is insane.
Then about an hour ago i reead on some forum that guy recommends backing up files with ADB and deleting problematic directory and than copying files back to it.
I just did that and it works as it supposed to.
Transfers all filess to/from device.
What a strange issue.
GSM GNex/Windiws7 x64

I can confirm this issue. I have it from time to time as well and it seems rebooting my phone does the trick. Sometimes, I just cannot send my titaniumbackup folder from my pc to the phone, where I would get an error saying it cannot be sent or it hasn't been sent.
I'd like to know what's causing this. Is mtp not reliable?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

MTP on the Galaxy Nexus/ICS is controlled by the MediaStore, and this can cause trouble.
General fix for this should be similar to what I outlined here.

Thanks for the tip man, i formatted my internal storage and recreated all folders again and it works as intended now.
I did this before you posted this solution.
I'll try it if i ever get this issue again (hopefully not)

[Q] Internal Data lost without atempting to root

Hey Guys,
I've got a big problem, maybe anybody can help.
Currently my girlfriend is spending a few weeks aboard at here
parent's house.
This morning she wrote me a message in a textfile aon her Nexus
Galaxy and and wonted to encrypt it first on pc, but after she
didnt manage to copy it via USB she tried openpgp keychain App.
During Copy and Paste tshe reported there are suddenly no
Folders and Files exccept "Android" Folder anymore in her
Filebrower.
Even after Rebooting the Storage remains like this and after
reboot only a "WhatsApp" Folder was added to the Android one.
Apperently her data is gone and shes not able to recover it via
the PC because it only is mounted as MTP/PTP Device on the PC.
Her Phone is not rooted and she never tried, she doesnt do any
fancy stuff with it just normal useage.
This Guid may could help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
but its not realy an option cause A: I think its to complicated
to do for her and I have no access to the device and B: the
available PC of her parents must be the slowest and oldest xp
maschine existing.
Does anybody have a clue how we could retrieve her data?
Importent to her are her pictures and a few work related text
files with important notes.
And while I read a lot of stuff about loosing data on attempting
to root, I didnt find any reports on cases where data was lost
without deleting it accedently or trieing to root.
Must she be concerend about her memory being damaged?
Thank you very much,
Stefan

Lost Files After Cancelled File Transfer

Hi guys!
I hope someone can help me... Yesterday i plug my Nexus 5X to my PC via usb-c cable and i try move my videos from device to my PC... And something weird happen... I misstakenly cancel this transfer and files are not in device or PC neither... Can someone help me? File browsers and files recovers are not working...
P.S.: My device is not rooted and it's encrypted...

Can't tranfer apk/exe files

Like title says N8P doesn't let me to tranfer apk or exe files from PC to internal memory/SD neither through windows explorer or HiSuite. Tranfer start then stop after about 30-40%, phone disconnect and connect again to PC. For example I tried to tranfer a GCamera for N8P apk (from this forum) to SD card to install it. It's any protection somewhere i must remove it?
ThankYou!

My best guess is that your cable is damaged. Next would be something with HiSuite, however I can't comment on that since I never used this peace of software.
You could try:
- use adb for file transfer (if it still doesn't work cable damage)
- another cable
If you need to transfer an apk to your phone why don't you just download it directly to your phone. Unless you're developing yourself you should be able to get anything directly to the phone.

It's something with apk and exe files because I can transfer everything else. For example videos over 1Gb, pictures, anything. But if it's apk or exe it happens what I said even if have 20Mb
Sure, I can find other ways to do this. I did it through google drive. I just wander if it have any protection?