Here is the deal, my daughter broke the screen on her s3 including the digitizer. I am able to to a copy and paste of the entire phone contents to my computer as a backup. When we pick up a new phone for her as we are up for a new contract on one of our phones can I copy the saved app progress to her new phone? Replacing the phone with a new one is cheaper than the 180.00 they want to replace the digitizer. Any help appreciated.
Right2Bear said:
Here is the deal, my daughter broke the screen on her s3 including the digitizer. I am able to to a copy and paste of the entire phone contents to my computer as a backup. When we pick up a new phone for her as we are up for a new contract on one of our phones can I copy the saved app progress to her new phone? Replacing the phone with a new one is cheaper than the 180.00 they want to replace the digitizer. Any help appreciated.
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yes, you can. If your phone is rooted, use Titanium backup to backup those apps, and of course your new phone needs to be rooted in order to restore those apps
secondly, if your phone is not rooted, and if the apps is automatically backed up by google or facebook, just sync it on your old phone and then restore them on your new phones by syncing it, other than that, no you can't backup those apps
Summary:
1. Rooted phones, you can literally backup almost everything
2. non-rooted phones, unless google or facebook back those apps up, other than that, nothing can be done. Note that some apps only work for certain phone.
3. for both rooted and non-rooted, you can copy contents such as documents, pictures, apk, video, etc.. from old phones to new phones
pcshano said:
yes, you can. If your phone is rooted, use Titanium backup to backup those apps, and of course your new phone needs to be rooted in order to restore those apps
secondly, if your phone is not rooted, and if the apps is automatically backed up by google or facebook, just sync it on your old phone and then restore them on your new phones by syncing it, other than that, no you can't backup those apps
Summary:
1. Rooted phones, you can literally backup almost everything
2. non-rooted phones, unless google or facebook back those apps up, other than that, nothing can be done. Note that some apps only work for certain phone.
3. for both rooted and non-rooted, you can copy contents such as documents, pictures, apk, video, etc.. from old phones to new phones
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I have titanium backup on the old phone as it is rooted. But without being able to actually see the screen I am at a loss. I was able to get past her lockscreen to be able to back up whats on her phone but thats about it.
The only possibility I can think of is to copy the db file to the correct folder on the new device. It may not be readable though, depending on what device you get. You could copy it to another S3 though and then export to a vCard file.
Did she have everything automatically backup to her Google account though? If so, when she signs in on the new device it should restore from there.
DocHoliday77 said:
The only possibility I can think of is to copy the db file to the correct folder on the new device. It may not be readable though, depending on what device you get. You could copy it to another S3 though and then export to a vCard file.
Did she have everything automatically backup to her Google account though? If so, when she signs in on the new device it should restore from there.
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Her account is the same as mine on Play. If she downloads the apps again I'm assuming she'll have to start from scratch. My best hope is to be able to copy and paste into a new phone.
This is where the files are located if you decide to try. The best chance of it working would be on another Samsung device. No idea if it'll be able to be read on anything else though.
But if all else fails, you can try to manually copy the data out of the .db file.
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases
DocHoliday77 said:
This is where the files are located if you decide to try. The best chance of it working would be on another Samsung device. No idea if it'll be able to be read on anything else though.
But if all else fails, you can try to manually copy the data out of the .db file.
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases
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Problem solved. spent $145 to get glass and digitizer replaced. Daughter happy all is good:cyclops:
And in the end, that is all that really matters!
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I played with the OEMName reg settings as posted here to tinker with the other oem apps, and it stopped all my applications from working, I had to hard reset to get any apps to function again. Luckily, I had saved my 7008 backup files and I used the method posted [url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060103&highlight=backup+file+locations+zune]here[/url] to revert my locked 7392 Focus to the 7008 backup. I had saved the backup. These are some observations:
- When I updated to 7390 and created the backup, my phone was already unlocked and prevent unlock was done, when I restored my backup, the unlock was preserved
- the unlock retained through my subsequent update to 7392 (expected, but nice to know)
- The sideloaded apps on the phone at the time of the 7008 backup also installed with the backup
Even with my phone on the pin lock, as soon as I connected it to the PC, Zune opened and synced and prompted for the update. Is this new bahavior?
I was able move the saved backup files into the Windows Phone Update folder after the phone was connected and synced.
Once I was back to 7008, I hard reset the phone and updated again without setting up my Live Account info to create a "pure" 7008 backup for the purpose of posting here for others to tinker with.
If there is interest, i will post the files when I get home.
That backup could be very handy to have around! Please post it!
Backup is for one phone only, not all around. I know, you can change the DeviceId, but it will fail when you try to restore to another phone. I guess a backup is useless for others.
The best backup is the firmware itself.
I do believe this will work. There are two .xml files in the restore point. Each of these has a deviceID field. I believe that if you change these fields to your own unique device id number and wait until after the phone is connected to zune to replace the files, you may be able to use someone else's backup files on your phone.
Also, I reverted my phone to 7008, but once there, I was unable to get the chevron unlock to work. I'm not sure why this is or what I did wrong.
Later tonight, I will try to restore my wife's phone using my restore point as a proof of concept
Proof of Concept failed...
this is what I did...
1. First, I located the existing backup files on my computer.
C:\Users\#USER#\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update
In this location, there is a folder with a long name that looks like this:
B12da62f - d8d2d122 – 81d60512 - 6aaa3f12
This folder holds your restore files. This number is your unique device ID number.
2. I copied this folder and its contents to a safe place in case I needed it later. I have made it a practice to make a backup copy of all my backups so I can restore to any point. Restoring your own backups definitely works. I’ve done this several times with many old and new backups. See this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060103&highlight=backup+file+locations+zune for details on how
3. Next, I got a backup file that didn’t belong to my phone and I edited the .xml files
- in the properties folder, you’ll find properties.xml
- I opened this file using notepad and change the #’s in the DeviceUrlId field to my unique device ID number
<DeviceUrlId>zune-tuner://windowsphone/XXXXXXXX%20-%20XXXXXXXX%20-%20XXXXXXXX%20-%20XXXXXXXX</DeviceUrlId>
- in RestorePoint\5372F2DE-F333-4717-9CB8-1846BE19900E\Data there is Manifest.xml
- I alsoopened this file using notepad and change the X’s in the DeviceId field to my unique device ID number
<DeviceId>XXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX</DeviceId>
4. I connected my Focus to the computer and opened and waited for Zune to open
- waited for it to finish syncing
- left my Focus connected and Zune open.
5. Then I replaced the authentic backup files with the edited files from the other phone.
- Opened the backup file location on your computer from step 1
- Delete the existing Properties and RestorePoint folders
- Copied the Properties and RestorePoint folders from step 3 into this folder
6. I returned to Zune, went into Settings, then go to Update
- Wait for Zune to finish looking for an update
- It indicated that I had a restore point
- I selected to restore and followed the prompts
- All appears to be going well
7. On Step 3: Restoring Backup, the phone restarts, the and the Backup fails
- It spits out error code 801812E0
- I can't find anything on this code anywhere
At the beginning of step 3 it must be checking something in one of the other files?
IDK...
I do think this could work if we knew what Zune was checking that gives it the fail.
A quick look at the data files suggests to me that they may be encrypted. This would make sense, since otherwise you could overwrite the OS at a very low level by modifying your backup and then "restoring" it.
I bet the encryption key is stored in the device somehow, though.
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A quick look at the data files suggests to me that they may be encrypted. This would make sense, since otherwise you could overwrite the OS at a very low level by modifying your backup and then "restoring" it.
I bet the encryption key is stored in the device somehow, though.
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they are encrypted and sighed against your imei and CID from the sd card.
and it could be that it is sighed online when you are downloading the update (but I don't know that for sure)
but the main problem is that you can't use another his backup because the activation email adress is stored in the backup.
and it is way to complicated to get that out because it is stored on to many parts of the backup.
so if there was a way to hack the encryption you could only use it on your own phone.
ceesheim said:
they are encrypted and sighed against your imei and CID from the sd card.
and it could be that it is sighed online when you are downloading the update (but I don't know that for sure)
but the main problem is that you can't use another his backup because the activation email adress is stored in the backup.
and it is way to to get that out because it is stored on to many parts of the backup.
so if there was a way to hack the encryption you could only use it on your own phone.
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I don't think the email has anything to do with it.
I have tried all variables of restore files to phones with live activation set up and not set up.
With the false restore files, it fails the same regardless.
With restore files from the phone, it works the same, regardless of what live account is activated on the phone or in the restore.
Sent from my Focus using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
As I mentioned, it is not the way we can walk. One phone, one backup, another phone, another and so on. Sad but true.
well, FWIW, here are the 7008 backup files...
7008_Backup.zip
the file is 515 MB.
There is no Live account associated with the backup and I've already replaced the device ID info in the two xml files with X's
munkeyphyst said:
well, FWIW, here are the 7008 backup files...
7008_Backup.zip
the file is 515 MB.
There is no Live account associated with the backup and I've already replaced the device ID info in the two xml files with X's
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It would've spared you some time, I did it before you and it's not working. As ceesheim said, they are tied to hardware.
I'm looking now to patch Zune to bypass that.
Thanks, I didn't see that. I hope the "clean" 7008 restore files are of use.
Is there the possibility to extract specific files ie those related to SMS and use them in another backup?
efjay said:
Is there the possibility to extract specific files ie those related to SMS and use them in another backup?
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Not at the moment, as the backup files are encrypted. Different people (myself too) are working on various approaches, to try to access or unpack the rom files (from backups).
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Not at the moment, as the backup files are encrypted. Different people (myself too) are working on various approaches, to try to access or unpack the rom files (from backups).
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Thanks for the reply.
I wrote something about this topic overhere.
EnderPsp said:
It would've spared you some time, I did it before you and it's not working. As ceesheim said, they are tied to hardware.
I'm looking now to patch Zune to bypass that.
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it isn't zune that check it but the ULDR that validates it , so it doesn't bring you anywhere to patch ZUNE I think.
7008_Backup.zip
7008_Backup.zip multiuplood link please
ranya said:
7008_Backup.zip multiuplood link please
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There is no way (yet) to use another phone's backup so a link would not help you.
Sorry to resurrect this thread, but maybe all we would need to do is change the activeid and the folder, that goes 8-4-4-4-12 with random numbers. Is there another 7008 backup to compare that number with? maybe all you need is the activeid for your phone, if phones have seperate active ids.
Helo all. So when I make a phone call, lately, 1 in every 4 calls, the person whom I call cannot hear me. This is the same for speakerphone as well. It all started about a week ago. Any help would be great, thank you.
re: audio issue
jc0187 said:
Helo all. So when I make a phone call, lately, 1 in every 4 calls, the person whom I call cannot hear me. This is the same for speakerphone as well. It all started about a week ago. Any help would be great, thank you.
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If your phone is STOCK or STOCK rooted and you want a fast and sure fix then
simply copy the contents of your internal sdcard to a new folder on the desktop of
your computer and use a backup app to backup your apps to external sdcard.
If you don't have an external sdcard then copy all files and folders internal sdcard
and copy the backed up apps to a new folder in your computer's desktop.
Then go into the settings>accounts in the phone and perform "factory data reset".
Doing that will solve the audio problem you have been experiencing.
If you are using a custom rom then I would suggest to ODIN flash the stock firmware
but make sure that the firmware is the correct onf for your specific phone's model number.
Best place to get the correct stock firmware is from SamMobile.com.
Good luck!
Hey thank you. Ive never done any restoring before. I just installed Helium on my desktop. Is there any way for me to be 100 percent certain that all my info will save properly? Im scared that I will lose all data trying to do a backup. Also, will doing a system restore fix the keyboard issue I am having? Heres what it does; word suggestions in the top area of keyboard will contain the correct word, but also contains the word before the correct word. Not sure if that makes any sense.
re: backups
jc0187 said:
Hey thank you. Ive never done any restoring before. I just installed Helium on my desktop. Is there any way for me to be 100 percent certain that all my info will save properly? Im scared that I will lose all data trying to do a backup. Also, will doing a system restore fix the keyboard issue I am having? Heres what it does; word suggestions in the top area of keyboard will contain the correct word, but also contains the word before the correct word. Not sure if that makes any sense.
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If you go into settings>accounts - and have it backup it will back up all your contacts,
mms, data, and other personal information and send it to your google/gmail account.
Then if and when you need to restore those items you can go into settings> accounts and
click on "Restore Data" after you are sure that you have a good wifi or data connection.
As far as music/videos/documents/photos you will not loose anything either since the
process of flashing a rom does not touch any of those files or folders in your phone.
It's a lot easier to flash a clean stock rom than it is hunting down trying to find a fix for
all these issues you are having with your phone.
When you do backups using apps from the playstore you will have no problem restoring
them after you re-download and install them again from the playstore.
Just be sure that the destination of any backups you make using playstore apps is setup
to be on your external sdcard or copy them to your computers desktop into a new folder.
These backups above are only for games and applications which you installed from the
playstore and has nothing to do with the personal DATA backups using your gmail account.
Good luck!
Don't forget that it takes less time to click the "THANKS" button than it takes to type "thank you"
Hey thank you for the help. Oh, btw, im running stock. I would hit the "like" button, but um, shoot, I cant find it. I know, I must be an idiot. Lol
Hello Guys,
Phone Specs: Note 4 SM-910A Android 6.0.1
I'm felling kinda "not so smart" today, because by mistake I pressed the Trash icon when in the Gallery, just wanting to get rid of one image in a folder and quickly realized that preview was for the entire folder and not a simngle image thus the entire folder of 3000+ images and videos where deleted by mistake
I tried to stop it and it looked ok, nothing happened "seemly", but within a few mins all was gone.
The second not so smart thing is a lack of a current backup, as I don't seem to connect my phone to a computer like I used to, so it was out of sign out of mind. So my last backup was May of 2017.
Then using apps like DiskDigger shows me 13,000+ files, but most are junk from what I can see and I'm still missing what I wanted to keep / restore.
dr.fone and anything I could find seems like pure trash or at least for my phones version it has ZERO value. Also tried taking the MicroSD and using working USB converter(s)many computers will not even read it. So I will not reform it, or maybe all will be lost forever. It must be in some type of proprietary format, but I can read the card, :when it's in the phone" in the list under My Computer showing SAMSUNG-SM-N910A as a drive / device.
Also I'm not sure what to use that works like an Itunes type of backup, that will always backup even over WIFI, so this can never happen again. Are there any tricks to this that I'm missing, is there no file restore that indicates previous path and or deletion time and date.?
Thank guys for any help / direction you can offer.
Don't know about recovering your files but I use foldersync to backup my phone automatically at night when it's plugged in to the wall and on wifi, I set it so it backs up to my smb share. The app has several ways of doing backups and where to save backups
If u have Google photo sync enabled then ure stuff is backed up so check ure Google account first.
If not them there are 2 ways go about it from pc or straight from ure phone.
Install one of the hundred of free undelete/restore apps from playstore or Google on pc. And just let it scan ure SD card it will find all ure pics just don't save anything new to the SD card until I've recovered it or u will start to loose some data as new stuff overwrites the old. As for videos Ive had mix results so your milage may vary u may get some u may get no n e u may get all but unplayable.....who knows video files are more complex than pictures and documents.
Here is a list of bloatware to safely delete. I've tried it on my freshly flashed stock rom. As always, you are responsible for your own phone, I ascertain no responsibility if you mess up. Do this AT YOUR OWN RISK.:cyclops:
The Metro PCS variant has almost 7GB out of 16GB in use out the box (The system uses 5.6GB by itself), mostly with stock phone apps most people hate anyway. However, the XT1765 is an absolute nightmare if you delete the wrong file - and we're talking about the entire rom crashing and burning and at least four hours trying to get out of a catastrophic crash. I know....personal experience, lol.:laugh:
You will have to refer to my other guide on how to delete files with ADB, as Titanium Backup and Root Explorer are not going to cut all the mustard for you. For this method I went mostly ADB, with Titanium for smaller apps.
Things to Know Beforehand:
1. If you try to delete from your File Explorer of choice the device will CRASH/FREEZE on you, meaning, you'll have to take the battery out and reboot. And that doesn't mean the delete went though.
2. You will need root. It's imperative when messing around in the system files.
3. The reason why Titanium Backup is failing this mission is because Motorola/Lenovo decided to put some of these pesky roms in the OEM folder to keep you from easily deleting them as if they were just simple apk's. The OEM folder has its own protections to stop you from, dare I say it, cleaning out the bloat on your phone (see #1).
4. Check and check again to ensure files are gone. Sometimes files will appear to be gone and the folders come back on reboot. I have ZERO clue why that happens, but its annoying.
5. Do NOT delete the camera in favor of a better one. Instant DOA.
6. There is a nice list of Moto G safe to delete list floating around that shares some of the package files. Don't be tempted and delete. I tried them and got a CATASTROPHIC ROM FAILURE that resulted in me having to painstakingly start flashing system sparse files, boot files, and everything else to get the phone back. Couldn't even boot into TWRP. You'll see the Do Not Delete List Below.
Delete List That's Okay:
package:com.nuance.nmc.sihome.metropcs
package:com.privacystar.android.metro
package:com.metropcs.metrozone
package:com.handmark.metro.launcher
package:com.nuance.nmc.sihome.metropcs
package:com.motorola.hotspotlauncher
package:com.motorola.android.fmradio
package:com.motorola.moto
package:com.facebook.system
package:com.facebook.appmanager
packages:com.lookout
package:com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
package:com.google.android.marvin.talkback
Device Help: /system/priv-app/GuideMe.odex (With Titanium Backup)
Do Not Delete List: (BigUps to @doppelhelix for compiling this for his MotoG)
/system/app/PhaseBeam.apk
/system/app/BasicDreams.odex
/system/app/atfwd.apk
/system/app/atfwd.odex
/system/app/BasicDreams.apk
/system/app/MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk
/system/app/MagicSmokeWallpapers.odex
/system/app/MotGeoFenceSvc.apk
/system/app/PhotoTable.apk
/system/app/PhotoTable.odex
/system/app/VisualizationWallpapers.apk
/system/app/Bug2GoStub.apk
/system/app/VisualizationWallpapers.odex
/system/app/com.qualcomm.location.apk
/system/app/com.motorola.android.settings.diag_mdlog.apk
/system/app/com.motorola.android.settings.diag_mdlog.odex
/system/app/com.qualcomm.location.odex
/system/app/com.qualcomm.services.location.apk
/system/app/LiveWallpapers.apk
/system/app/LiveWallpapers.odex
/system/app/Exchange2.apk
/system/app/3c_main.apk
/system/app/3c_main.odex
/system/app/com.google.android.gm.apk
/system/app/com.motorola.android.nativedropboxagent.apk
/system/app/com.motorola.android.nativedropboxagent.odex
/system/app/MotGeoFenceSvc.odex
/system/priv-app/3c_devicemanagement.apk
/system/priv-app/3c_devicemanagement.odex
/system/priv-app/3c_notification.apk
/system/priv-app/3c_notification.odex
/system/priv-app/3c_ota.apk
/system/priv-app/3c_ota.odex
/system/priv-app/ContextEngineClient.apk
/system/priv-app/DemoMode.apk
/system/priv-app/CQATest.apk
/system/priv-app/DemoMode.odex
/system/priv-app/DeviceAuthApp.apk
/system/priv-app/fswriter.apk
/system/priv-app/fswriter.odex
/system/priv-app/EmaraPhoneExtns.odex
/system/priv-app/LMIRescueSecurity.apk
/system/priv-app/MotAuthService.apk
/system/priv-app/MotAuthService.odex
/system/priv-app/MotoAssist.apk
/system/priv-app/AudioEffects.apk
/system/priv-app/MotoCare.apk
/system/priv-app/MotoCareInt.apk
/system/priv-app/OMAProvisioning.apk
/system/priv-app/EmaraPhoneExtns.apk
/system/priv-app/GuideMe.apk
/system/priv-app/MotCamera.apk
/system/priv-app/MotCamera.odex
/system/priv-app/AudioEffects.odex
/system/priv-app/3c_checkin.apk
/system/priv-app/3c_checkin.odex
/system/priv-app/BodyGuardApp.odex
/system/priv-app/ContextEngineClient.odex
/system/priv-app/DeviceAuthApp.odex
/system/priv-app/MotoAssist.odex
/system/priv-app/MotoCareInt.odex
/system/priv-app/OMAProvisioning.odex
Articul8Madness said:
Here is a list of bloatware to safely delete. I've tried it on my freshly flashed stock rom. As always, you are responsible for your own phone, I ascertain no responsibility if you mess up. Do this AT YOUR OWN RISK.:cyclops:
You will have to refer to my other guide on how to delete files with ADB, as Titanium Backup and Root Explorer are not going to cut all the mustard for you. For this method I went mostly ADB, with Titanium for smaller apps.
Things to Know Beforehand:
1. If you try to delete from your File Explorer of choice the device will CRASH/FREEZE on you, meaning, you'll have to take the battery out and reboot. And that doesn't mean the delete went though.
2. You will need root. It's imperative when messing around in the system files.
*Well I guess you can easily and permanently delete files from twrp advanced file manager*
in case you don't want to bother using a PC or installing titanium .
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KevMetal said:
Articul8Madness said:
Here is a list of bloatware to safely delete. I've tried it on my freshly flashed stock rom. As always, you are responsible for your own phone, I ascertain no responsibility if you mess up. Do this AT YOUR OWN RISK.:cyclops:
You will have to refer to my other guide on how to delete files with ADB, as Titanium Backup and Root Explorer are not going to cut all the mustard for you. For this method I went mostly ADB, with Titanium for smaller apps.
Things to Know Beforehand:
1. If you try to delete from your File Explorer of choice the device will CRASH/FREEZE on you, meaning, you'll have to take the battery out and reboot. And that doesn't mean the delete went though.
2. You will need root. It's imperative when messing around in the system files.
*Well I guess you can easily and permanently delete files from twrp advanced file manager*
in case you don't want to bother using a PC or installing titanium .
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Well, the thing is, you can "try" deleting the files from the twrp advanced file manager, but it can cause instabilities in the boot. I tried that as a first line of defense after flashing the stock rom and voila, the boot crashed. I dont exactly know what fugly ugly stuff Motorola has attached to that OEM folder, but any playing around with that outside of ADB results in catastrophic failure.
This XT1765 is something else :laugh:
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:good:haha okay I hear you ...i have xt1762 mtk which isn't too difficult ....but yeah even then you need to be careful when removing anything with a Motorola name /extension ..I like using recovery cos you can make a backup as you go along ..and if you can't boot system you can just boot back into recovery and restore to last state before crash ... furthermore changes always stick ( for better or worse ) & no need for a PC .
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Do Not Delete List
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Totally forgot that i that I made such a list. Brings back memories where I was much more active on xda. Thanks for mentioning it
KevMetal said:
:good:haha okay I hear you ...i have xt1762 mtk which isn't too difficult ....but yeah even then you need to be careful when removing anything with a Motorola name /extension ..I like using recovery cos you can make a backup as you go along ..and if you can't boot system you can just boot back into recovery and restore to last state before crash ... furthermore changes always stick ( for better or worse ) & no need for a PC .
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Be thankful, lol, that you have the Mediatek version. I actually ran into a tizzy deleting bloat from Recovery. Got stuck either on the N/A black screen or if trying to reboot into recovery, the Recovery splash screen! Took 4 hours to get it back, but not before I had to get the very first .xml stock release, special tools to unpack it (winrar just would not do), and then flash first the boot.img, then each one of the sparsechunk files just to get it to run enough to get back to recovery. On the XT1765 they made it harder, or maybe that's a Qualcomm thing, lol. :cyclops::cyclops::cyclops: And get this....all I was trying to do was remove the Moto app. :laugh:
I guess mediatek has some advantages then after all .. .. sounds like a long day in front of the laptop on a Saturday ... imagine the frustration if you didn't actually like playing around with phones :cyclops:
KevMetal said:
I guess mediatek has some advantages then after all .. .. sounds like a long day in front of the laptop on a Saturday ... imagine the frustration if you didn't actually like playing around with phones :cyclops:
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This isn't about mediatek vs perry as most variants of the latter can be easily modded relative to the apparently pesky XT1765.
Davey126 said:
This isn't about mediatek vs perry as most variants of the latter can be easily modded relative to the apparently pesky XT1765.
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Mmm true .. I guess the cheaper they offer them the more bloat they feel you should enjoy..or depending the share holders outlook or philosophy on life ..
Flash GAPPS of your choice, though i recommend pico_gapps, it will automatically remove google bloatwares
Hello, there is my problem with OP9 Pro – phone was stuck with some bug and only way to fix it was Wipe Data. Now it's ok, but I do really need to restore photos and videos. Phone is NOT rooted.
After reading tons of information I'm not sure that it's possible to get data back. As I understand I need to follow next steps:
1. Unlock bootloader without wiping data again in order not to lose old structure.
2. Root device, or at least temporary root it.
3. Use some tools to search and restore photos.
But now I'm not sure that everything would be fine. Even the first step is not 100% guarantee that it's possible to avoid data wiping.
So, If there are someone who understand this better, could you please advice me what should I do? Should I waste tons of time or it's muck more likely impossible to do?
Thanks!
mrGenry said:
Hello, there is my problem with OP9 Pro – phone was stuck with some bug and only way to fix it was Wipe Data. Now it's ok, but I do really need to restore photos and videos. Phone is NOT rooted.
After reading tons of information I'm not sure that it's possible to get data back. As I understand I need to follow next steps:
1. Unlock bootloader without wiping data again in order not to lose old structure.
2. Root device, or at least temporary root it.
3. Use some tools to search and restore photos.
But now I'm not sure that everything would be fine. Even the first step is not 100% guarantee that it's possible to avoid data wiping.
So, If there are someone who understand this better, could you please advice me what should I do? Should I waste tons of time or it's muck more likely impossible to do?
Thanks!
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If you are not bootloader unlocked right now. All hope is lost since unlocking will force a wipe of data that can't be stopped.
MrSteelX said:
If you are not bootloader unlocked right now. All hope is lost since unlocking will force a wipe of data that can't be stopped.
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I just wiped phone and restored some latest backup (which did not contain media ofc). I was reading about scenario, when we can backup current system, patch it somehow, unlock bootloader and keep old data somehow in place. But it looks so unstable for me.
The folder structure was destroyed when the data was deleted. Although the files still exist -if- they haven't been overwritten, they would be completely juxtaposed. A vast sea of files that could only be sorted by size and file type. No associated time stamps, exif data, original file names and no way to restore it. Let that sink in for a moment.
Just recovering a flash card with a 100 images on it and then trying to sort them is a major headache unless you have a photographic memory. The files names are gone. The recovered images will have a new assigned number generated that is unrelated to the file's original name. Now imagine trying to do that with a 100gb jigsaw puzzle from hell.
Always redundantly backup critical data to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC.
blackhawk said:
The folder structure was destroyed when the data was deleted. Although the files still exist -if- they haven't been overwritten, they would be completely juxtaposed. A vast sea of files that could only be sorted by size and file type. No associated time stamps, exif data, original file names and no way to restore it. Let that sink in for a moment.
Just recovering a flash card with a 100 images on it and then trying to sort them is a major headache unless you have a photographic memory. The files names are gone. The recovered images will have a new assigned number generated that is unrelated to the file's original name. Now imagine trying to do that with a 100gb jigsaw puzzle from hell.
Always redundantly backup critical data to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC.
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Yeah, thanks! Really, there is nothing critical, just default amount of family photos and videos (phone is my father's, I'm just investigating possibility of recovering).
And tons of different information is all across the web. Also, latest Android 12 is pretty new and I guess lots of articles are not suite for that phone.
So, I guess it's too overwhelmed even to try root phone and search files. Maybe, data value is lower that possibility to turn phone into a brick.
mrGenry said:
Yeah, thanks! Really, there is nothing critical, just default amount of family photos and videos (phone is my father's, I'm just investigating possibility of recovering).
And tons of different information is all across the web. Also, latest Android 12 is pretty new and I guess lots of articles are not suite for that phone.
So, I guess it's too overwhelmed even to try root phone and search files. Maybe, data value is lower that possibility to turn phone into a brick.
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If you want the best possible outcome take it to a data recovery specialist. That's all they do.
Don't use any apps like FoneDoctor, they will find stuff but encrypt the drive $o only that app can unencrypt it.
blackhawk said:
If you want the best possible outcome take it to a data recovery specialist. That's all they do.
Don't use any apps like FoneDoctor, they will find stuff but encrypt the drive $o only that app can unencrypt it.
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Thanks! A bit upset, but Im great to get useful information.
mrGenry said:
Thanks! A bit upset, but Im great to get useful information.
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Losing critical data is never pretty.
I've lost a database with decades of data on it. The only way to help prevent this is redundant backups.
Perhaps your father had backup them up deliberately or by happenstance to a PC or other device.