Hi all,
Just wanted to start by saying, big thanks to DooMLoRD and the rest of the xda-developers forum for providing me the tools to get root access to a friends phone, who has recently accidentally deleted all their photos and videos. If we are successful, I'll definitely be suggesting that they make a donation to Doom for his epic contributions
I'm trying to help them recover the lost media. I know that typically performing data recovery on a phone requires root access, so I have gone ahead and done this. On with...
My question:
I've got an Xperia S running Jellybean (4.1.2) which is rooted. However attempting to use my data recovery tools on the phone, the device is not shown as a storage device. As you may well be aware, the S does not come with external storage. The S also has the 'mass storage mode' removed. Nice one Sony, give professionals another reason to avoid your products in the future...
I don't want to Flash the phone since any added files will start destroying the potentially recoverable data (plus I'd simply rather not format the phone if possible).
Is it possible to mount the internal storage of the Sony Xperia S as a drive so that I can run my PC based data recovery tools on it?
I imagine App Store apps are too lightweight to handle a file-based undeletion. If I could just see the device in my recovery apps I'm sure I'd be in business! I've attempted Recuva and R-Studio.
Doing some more research (like a good little n00b) I imagine I'm going to need SD Mounter.
I'm a little thrown off because 'SD' usually describes SD cards (of which the Xperia S has none). Also, the screenshots (for SD mounter) seem to indicate it's for ICS so I'm not sure if there's going to be a compatibility issue there.
Am I barking up the wrong tree by making this assumption? Should JellyBean have access to the mass storage and the option is simply not showing for some reason? Anyway, I'll continue working under my assumptions until someone suggests otherwise...
To get SD Mounter running, I'm going to need BusyBox. The problem is, I'm trying to read the BusyBox installation FAQ, and I'm finding it very vague. Like...
and save it under the name "busybox"
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but it does not specify WHERE. Make a folder called 'busybox' on the root folder of the phone? Somewhere on my PC (the page suggests its for the PC rather than the phone)? Also I'm seeing Linux-looking command lines, but I'm on a PC... can I run this via the command prompt in Windows? I downloaded the 'binaries' like it said, but there aren't any executables in here...
Can anyone shed some light?
There's an app called BusyBox Installer, that installs it correctly on my Xperia S. That SD Mounter app works perfectly on 4.1.2, though. I use time to time. It just messes up a bit with Media Scanner, requiring me to do a reboot on the phone to make it work again.
I wish you lot of luck trying to recover your files. I once tried something like that, but came unsuccessful. There were some media I wish I had saved, but it wasn't THAT important, so I just gave up.
Suggest to your friend, though, to get an account on Mega, Box.net or Dropbox. All of them has auto backup of camera media to the server. All of them has options to backup only on WiFi, and even when charging only. The first two has 50 Gb of free storage for life (Box, you just need to sign with your Xperia device), and the later only 2 Gb, but you can get more and more with promotions.
Alternatively, he can enable the Google+ Auto Backup. There is 15 Gb (shared with Gmail and Google Drive) for pictures on original resolution or unlimited on 2048px, compressed. On Google+, though, you have the Auto Awesome, which make some awesome images.
Hope it helped. If I can help any further, just tag me
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Hey Felimenta97, thanks for your swift response!
Felimenta97 said:
There's an app called BusyBox Installer...
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I see 'BusyBox Installer' in the Play Store, is that the one? Seems strange that the Play Store would add an app that requires rooting. Just wanna make sure I shouldn't be looking for it somewhere else (plus I'm away from that phone at the moment)
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It just messes up a bit with Media Scanner, requiring me to do a reboot on the phone to make it work again.
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That's okay. I've warned them this process might even brick their entire phone. They are prepared (I hope) for complete loss/compromised apps
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...I wish you lot of luck trying to recover your files. I once tried something like that, but came unsuccessful...
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*touches wood*. Gah I'm suddenly 10 times less confident this file recovery is gonna work. Wish me luck! They'll be crushed if I can't get their media back...
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...get an account on Mega, Box.net or Dropbox...
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Oh trust me, I've already given them the lecture
Thanks for your help!
TheWaste said:
Hey Felimenta97, thanks for your swift response!
I see 'BusyBox Installer' in the Play Store, is that the one? Seems strange that the Play Store would add an app that requires rooting. Just wanna make sure I shouldn't be looking for it somewhere else (plus I'm away from that phone at the moment)
That's okay. I've warned them this process might even brick their entire phone. They are prepared (I hope) for complete loss/compromised apps
*touches wood*. Gah I'm suddenly 10 times less confident this file recovery is gonna work. Wish me luck! They'll be crushed if I can't get their media back...
Oh trust me, I've already given them the lecture
Thanks for your help!
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As I'm a lazy person, who can't find a way to break quotes into multiple parts (serious, how do you Do that, without having to write the quote code every time? It is not much, but I'm really lazy, so yeah.
Yep, that's the app. There's no reason for Google to block root apps. It's a function of the OS itself, just hidden from users. It's one of the easiest things to do on a Nexus device, after all. It's hidden because, if used without caution, can soft brick your device. But, don't worry, that shouldn't do any harm. At it least it hasn't with my device until now haha
As I said, I had already lost lots of stuff, and I didn't bothered much to go any further to recover it. It was a simply Install Recuva, run on the SD card and see if I could restore anything. Nothing? OK, no worries. As you already mentioned in your first post, avoid at all costs writing new files to the SD Card partition.
About the lecture, yeah, I imagined you had already told them, but it doesn't hurt to tell anyway.
About the SD Card on the Xperia S, another technical info you might or might not know, and also doesn't hurt to tell. Until Android 2.3, devices with a big internal storage required a partition for cache, one for data (apps and their own data), one for system, and one SD Card. The last one in Fat32 (plus others, but those are just too small and insignificant, for most, anyway) Think of a normal hard drive with plenty of partitions. Since Xperia S was developed (and launched) with 2.3 (one of Sony's biggest mistakes with this phone), it had to follow those "guidelines".
With Android 4.0 and beyond, the above mentioned data and SD Card turned into one partition, in Ext4 format. That data partition stores both apps and their data, and also other types of media, like media, documents, and etc. That storage goes into a mounted folder.
Anyway, again, wish you good luck. If they aren't very close friends/relatives, you should charge some money for all the hassle if you recover haha
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how do you Do that, without having to write the quote code every time?
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Haha, actually I still kinda do. #hen I hit 'reply' I empty the quote block, copy the empty quote block a few times, then copy-paste the parts of the text I'm replying to as I go
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avoid at all costs writing new files to the SD Card partition.
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Yeah absolutely.
Felimenta97 said:
Until Android 2.3, devices with a big internal storage required a partition for cache, one for data (apps and their own data), one for system, and one SD Card
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Jeaz. Thank god I don't have to eff around with that!
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With Android 4.0 and beyond, the above mentioned data and SD Card turned into one partition, in Ext4 format. That data partition stores both apps and their data, and also other types of media, like media, documents, and etc. That storage goes into a mounted folder.
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I don't need to re-format the internal storage of the phone to attempt recovery do I?
Thanks again Felimenta!
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Haha, actually I still kinda do. #hen I hit 'reply' I empty the quote block, copy the empty quote block a few times, then copy-paste the parts of the text I'm replying to as I go
Yeah absolutely.
Jeaz. Thank god I don't have to eff around with that!
I don't need to re-format the internal storage of the phone to attempt recovery do I?
Thanks again Felimenta!
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Not in Xperia S case. As I said, it is on Fat32, so it is easily mount-able on Windows.
On any phone with Android 4.0 or more, you'd need a Linux to do the recovery. You can't format it, or else you will turn the device into a really expensive paperweight.
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AT&T SGS3 running AOKP 4.2.2
I dropped my phone and broke the touch screen. It displays, but is unresponsive to touch commands. I'm looking to:
-Back it up on my PC or External Card, and
-Get it back to stock. I paid for the extra warranty so they'll just send me a phone before I even send mine back in, but I at least want to make a reasonable effort to cover up my rooting. I can just imagine them deciding I owe them $600. Basterds.
I have read the related threads, and they gave me some ideas, but I wanted some fresh thoughts. I currently have CWM on it, and I know you normally can't see the external card with CWM, but I haven't had a chance to poke around too much because I'm still at work.
I'll keep you guys updated.
Thanks.
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AT&T SGS3 running AOKP 4.2.2
I dropped my phone and broke the touch screen. It displays, but is unresponsive to touch commands. I'm looking to:
-Back it up on my PC or External Card, and
-Get it back to stock. I paid for the extra warranty so they'll just send me a phone before I even send mine back in, but I at least want to make a reasonable effort to cover up my rooting. I can just imagine them deciding I owe them $600. Basterds.
I have read the related threads, and they gave me some ideas, but I wanted some fresh thoughts. I currently have CWM on it, and I know you normally can't see the external card with CWM, but I haven't had a chance to poke around too much because I'm still at work.
I'll keep you guys updated.
Thanks.
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Even though the phone doesn't respond to touch does the computer recognize it as a storage device when you plug it in? If so you should be able to back up your photos and personal files. You could even do a nandroid in recovery then dump those from internal storage to your PC. However I've never tried restoring a nandroid backup to another phone.
Or if you already had USB debugging active you could likely fetch the files you want using adb through terminal but I couldn't help with that.
Just some of my thoughts
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OK I just did a backup to my external SD card. CWM had a specific option for it, which originally I thought would be the obvious course, but I read on here that CWM didn't normally see external storage for some reason.
I just hope my external card is big enough. It should be.
*EDIT* Error on the data back-up. Probably not enough space. Is there anyway I can check what the issue is? because it would be really easy to buy a bigger SD card.
Also, are there any issues with restoring onto another phone? Would I just have to flash the same ROM onto it before restoring?
Thanks
m1batt1 said:
Even though the phone doesn't respond to touch does the computer recognize it as a storage device when you plug it in? If so you should be able to back up your photos and personal files. You could even do a nandroid in recovery then dump those from internal storage to your PC. However I've never tried restoring a nandroid backup to another phone.
Or if you already had USB debugging active you could likely fetch the files you want using adb through terminal but I couldn't help with that.
Just some of my thoughts
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I would like to think that I had USB debugging on but I'm not entirely sure. Knowing me it would have been one of the first things I did.
I'm at work and they have a security guard against data transfer via disk. I can't see the actual storage, just the media Icon, or whatever that is. This may just be a result of the security settings here.
I'll have to check all this at home
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I would like to think that I had USB debugging on but I'm not entirely sure. Knowing me it would have been one of the first things I did.
I'm at work and they have a security guard against data transfer via disk. I can't see the actual storage, just the media Icon, or whatever that is. This may just be a result of the security settings here.
I'll have to check all this at home
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OK I'm not seeing the storage when I USB to my desktop (Windows 7). Lame. I thought it might be that easy.
Hmm. Can't I use Odin or something to back-up to my desktop, then mount the files?
Mendax_ said:
OK I'm not seeing the storage when I USB to my desktop (Windows 7). Lame. I thought it might be that easy.
Hmm. Can't I use Odin or something to back-up to my desktop, then mount the files?
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I'm also having trouble getting it to go to download mode. It starts to, then reverts to normal boot up.
A new phone's on the way, but I need to get some files of this one, and get it back to stock before I send it in.
What's the likely hood they would charge me for the phone if I send them back the broken phone with a custom ROM? Especially considering that it was undoubtedly a hardware issue and we paid for the extra warranty.
They already processed the return and shipped me a phone. They would have to get my phone, boot it up, and get mad enough to want to punish me, rather than just processing the refurb. I think it's highly unlikely they would try to rescind my warranty, but I'm really trying to give a college try at getting it to stock.
Anymore ideas would be appreciated.
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Even though the phone doesn't respond to touch does the computer recognize it as a storage device when you plug it in? If so you should be able to back up your photos and personal files. You could even do a nandroid in recovery then dump those from internal storage to your PC. However I've never tried restoring a nandroid backup to another phone.
Or if you already had USB debugging active you could likely fetch the files you want using adb through terminal but I couldn't help with that.
Just some of my thoughts
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OK, so I'm thinking about what you say about "dumping my nandroid onto my desktop". Would there be a way to access the files from this image using my desktop? There has to be some sort of "virtual droid" or emulator package where I could mount the data.
Thanks. This sucks
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I gave up on recovering my pics and media. They weren't that valuable.
I flashed a stock ROM, but I didn't Triangle Away so my counter reads "1". Do I need it to read "0"?
I performed a factory reset hoping to wipe everything, including my personal photos and media, but there seems to be some confusion as to whether or not this deletes your pics and media. I performed this through the stock recovery as there is no way for me to do it through my ROM without a touchscreen.
What's the latest verdict on this? I read a few threads and it seems people still aren't in agreement.
Does a factory reset/delete through the stock recovery delete EVERYTHING including pics and media? If not, how can I do this? I was thinking that I need to flash CWM again and do some formatting/partitioning?
I'm really trying to read all I can, I just don't have hours to do this right now. I'd greatly appreciate some help.
Thanks
The stock recovery will not delete anything stored on internal storage. AFAIK cwm has the options to and you can use the volume buttons to scroll up and down and power to select the choice.
Making the iPhone jealous one user at a time.
mkfryan said:
The stock recovery will not delete anything stored on internal storage. AFAIK cwm has the options to and you can use the volume buttons to scroll up and down and power to select the choice.
Making the iPhone jealous one user at a time.
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OK so I was finally able to look at my storage on my PC via USB, after getting it back to stock ROM, and the reset appears to have deleted everything. There are no pics or vids in the DCIM folder where in the past this is where they've always been. I'm going to content myself with this observation.
Now I just need to set my flash counter to 0. It's at 1. Although I think it's highly unlikely they're going to retro charge me for a phone that's already on the way. Also, my screen has been degrading over time. Now I believe I can't see anything on it. Is it still possible to use Triangle Away when I can't use or see the touch screen. I'm sure I'd have to go from the ADB shell or something. Any thoughts on this would be great. Thanks.
So...
I've had this problem for a while now, getting worse from day to day. I've asked about this before, but it wasnt solved.
Basically my phone is taking up data in the background. Probably updating, downloading something. Its so bad, that if i dont turn off data on the go, my 1.5GB are used in a day. Sync is turned off at all times
And another side effect of that is, that all that data probably has to be stored somewhere. So Im getting the storage space running out error. Kinda annoying cause I cant use gmail, Cant install any apps(insufficient storage available) etc.
I really have no idea where all that data is(after searching through all the folders for a while now)..
I'm on the latest AOKP Milestone(4.2)
Thanks!
There are a couple things I recommend doing in your position. First thing I would do would be to get an app that allows for more informative breakdown of what is using the storage. Something like diskusage should do the trick. This will allow you to see exactly where data is going, opposed to "misc" Perhaps this will show exactly what is taking up the storage, since you are rooted perhaps backups are the problem.
If that doesn't tell you what you want to know, or if you think an app may be using data behind the scenes then the next step I would do is to use some sort of data usage monitor. The built in one may suffice, settings > data usage. If not there may be better apps out there, although to be honest I have zero experience with those.
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There are a couple things I recommend doing in your position. First thing I would do would be to get an app that allows for more informative breakdown of what is using the storage. Something like diskusage should do the trick. This will allow you to see exactly where data is going, opposed to "misc" Perhaps this will show exactly what is taking up the storage, since you are rooted perhaps backups are the problem.
If that doesn't tell you what you want to know, or if you think an app may be using data behind the scenes then the next step I would do is to use some sort of data usage monitor. The built in one may suffice, settings > data usage. If not there may be better apps out there, although to be honest I have zero experience with those.
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Uploaded a pic what diskusage says. When i hit media it only opens the file manager and directs me to sd storage
BTW this what Onavo says has been consuming data this month:
Market Downloader - 800MB mobile, 2.4Gb Wifi, all in background - and no, i didnt download anything from the play store on the go and hardly anything on wifi - havent updated my apps in weeks b/c of missing storage
Android OS + Others - 530MB mobile and a whooping 12GB on Wifi! All in Background too.
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Uploaded a pic what diskusage says. When i hit media it only opens the file manager and directs me to sd storage
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It looks like you have some nested 0 folders in that pic. Perhaps cleaning that up will clear up some space. Side note, if you haven't updated your custom recovery in a long time it may not be a bad time to look into that.
BTW this what Onavo says has been consuming data this month:
Market Downloader - 800MB mobile, 2.4Gb Wifi, all in background - and no, i didnt download anything from the play store on the go and hardly anything on wifi - havent updated my apps in weeks b/c of missing storage
Android OS + Others - 530MB mobile and a whooping 12GB on Wifi! All in Background too.
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If I were in your situation, I would probably just get a clean start. This also would get rid of the nesting problem I mentioned above.
- I would make a backup of my current setup, probably just using Titanium Backup.
- Backup everything I want to keep from my phone to my PC, going through the 0 folders.
- Use fastboot to flash factory images, allowing it to wipe everything in the process. The .bat file should do this automatically.
- Use fastboot to install a recent custom recovery.
- Push the sdcard backup from my PC to my phone.
From here you have a couple options, root and reinstall Titanium backup and restore some of your apps (no system data) or go back into custom ROMs. You could flash AOKP again, or pick a different ROM.
A bit heavy handed, but I think that would be the least time consuming option considering the problem(s).
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It looks like you have some nested 0 folders in that pic. Perhaps cleaning that up will clear up some space. Side note, if you haven't updated your custom recovery in a long time it may not be a bad time to look into that.
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Yeah I noticed that like half a year ago, had no idea why that happened. At one point I felt like everytime I flashed a new rom a new 0 folder appeared.. How does that happen?
cupfulloflol said:
If I were in your situation, I would probably just get a clean start. This also would get rid of the nesting problem I mentioned above.
- I would make a backup of my current setup, probably just using Titanium Backup.
- Backup everything I want to keep from my phone to my PC, going through the 0 folders.
- Use fastboot to flash factory images, allowing it to wipe everything in the process. The .bat file should do this automatically.
- Use fastboot to install a recent custom recovery.
- Push the sdcard backup from my PC to my phone.
From here you have a couple options, root and reinstall Titanium backup and restore some of your apps (no system data) or go back into custom ROMs. You could flash AOKP again, or pick a different ROM.
A bit heavy handed, but I think that would be the least time consuming option considering the problem(s).
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I was actually thinking about a clean start, googleing how to wipe everything and I read that thats kinda not possbile. But thanks for those steps, I'll do that when I have time!
Thanks
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Yeah I noticed that like half a year ago, had no idea why that happened. At one point I felt like everytime I flashed a new rom a new 0 folder appeared.. How does that happen?
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Basically when 4.2 came out, it brought along multi-user functionality. Custom recoveries at the time, when wiping and installing ended up creating the nesting problem. Recoveries then were updated, which doesn't create a bunch of /0 folders (one existing is correct). This was a super common problem about a year ago when 4.2 came to be. There were hundreds of threads about this problem, with more detailed info about what happens, why, and how to fix it. Wiping everything is one of the solutions, and since this isn't your only problem, this would probably be the recommended solution.
I was actually thinking about a clean start, googleing how to wipe everything and I read that thats kinda not possbile. But thanks for those steps, I'll do that when I have time!
Thanks
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I am not sure where you read that a wiping everything isn't possible, but whoever said that is all sorts of wrong. There are multiple ways to wipe things.
Just did what you said and it looks like everything worked! Everything is deleted, I have almost 13 gigs of free space, rooted my phone again and I'll probably install aokp or paranoid in a couple days.
No 0 Folders anymore and I'm sure as hell hoping that my data consumption will be fine now. I'll keep you updated on that in a few weeks again, but thanks for the help!
looks good thanks bud
I had been searching and googling spending all night awake but couldnt find a "modest" way to restore the deleted files from internal memory of my ZL. I found threads asking the same thing and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 but its for galaxy phones, despite being for other phone I guess that process could work but its pretty difficult to me to understand all.
Is there a easiest way?
I had tried hexamob recovery, DiskDigger and others apps but it was a failure. I need to recover photo files, .txs, specific .xmls, ect. I need to recover smsbackup&restore files and notes files from colornote dating from 2011
Its 2014 and cant believe yet there is no easy way (those software like android file recovery, android data recovery, etc etc are useless since they cant detect phone´s internal memory.)
Enomine said:
I had been searching and googling spending all night awake but couldnt find a "modest" way to restore the deleted files from internal memory of my ZL. I found threads asking the same thing and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 but its for galaxy phones, despite being for other phone I guess that process could work but its pretty difficult to me to understand all.
Is there a easiest way?
I had tried hexamob recovery, DiskDigger and others apps but it was a failure. I need to recover photo files, .txs, specific .xmls, ect. I need to recover smsbackup&restore files and notes files from colornote dating from 2011
Its 2014 and cant believe yet there is no easy way (those software like android file recovery, android data recovery, etc etc are useless since they cant detect phone´s internal memory.)
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try undelete on playstore
Enomine said:
I had been searching and googling spending all night awake but couldnt find a "modest" way to restore the deleted files from internal memory of my ZL. I found threads asking the same thing and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 but its for galaxy phones, despite being for other phone I guess that process could work but its pretty difficult to me to understand all.
Is there a easiest way?
I had tried hexamob recovery, DiskDigger and others apps but it was a failure. I need to recover photo files, .txs, specific .xmls, ect. I need to recover smsbackup&restore files and notes files from colornote dating from 2011
Its 2014 and cant believe yet there is no easy way (those software like android file recovery, android data recovery, etc etc are useless since they cant detect phone´s internal memory.)
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flash clockwork recovery , if you dont knows how to flash cwm recovery, rply me your cell information, but if you knows how to flash clockwork recovery then, then in clockwork recovery, mount your internal storage to the pc, mounting will create your internal storage drive in pc not a syncronous device, then use data recovery softwares, download from here http://kickass.to/power-data-recovery-v4-6-0-crack-rezman1984-7z-t2155009.html , then install data recovery software and install the crack, then open recovery softare, then choose your internal storage drive, choose deep scan process, it will deeply scan your internal storage, and try to recover all the files from the day of manufacture, hope you will get your data back ! rply me if you dont knows how to flash clockwork data recovery i will guide you, and rply yours cell os's information also, hit thanks button if i had helped you, i am new in xda developers and want to become senior member !
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Enomine said:
I had been searching and googling spending all night awake but couldnt find a "modest" way to restore the deleted files from internal memory of my ZL. I found threads asking the same thing and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 but its for galaxy phones, despite being for other phone I guess that process could work but its pretty difficult to me to understand all.
Is there a easiest way?
I had tried hexamob recovery, DiskDigger and others apps but it was a failure. I need to recover photo files, .txs, specific .xmls, ect. I need to recover smsbackup&restore files and notes files from colornote dating from 2011
Its 2014 and cant believe yet there is no easy way (those software like android file recovery, android data recovery, etc etc are useless since they cant detect phone´s internal memory.)
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using my above method, you can recover your media files and i guess .xmls also,but no sms and no contact !
I could recover some of the files that I wanted thanks to a very old backup I found in my pc. It wasnt all the updated info I wanted but at least I recovered something. So I get what I got and already give up with that xP. Its a shame about the pictures because those are pics of a Filippa Giordano concert xP. My problem right know its I dont have time because Im taking school tests :/ but the info you gave me sounds good, in theory it may work. I know how to flash clockmood recovery in HTC but I guess is pretty much similar the process with Xperia, If I got time I´ll give it a try, thanks for this info and I hope ppl who are in the same problem could read this and give it a try.
bhavstech said:
try undelete on playstore
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I guess that works only for external memory, not internal (I havent try it). Anyway thanks.
Enomine said:
I guess that works only for external memory, not internal (I havent try it). Anyway thanks.
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no it works for both
I don’t know why you people are making it so complicated when we easily all the deleted data from the internal memory using Remo Recover Android. Give a try…
Richard Luis said:
I don’t know why you people are making it so complicated when we easily all the deleted data from the internal memory using Remo Recover Android. Give a try…
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Remo doesn't work with 4.4.2 (Kitkat)
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Android Data Recovery can solve your problem of Samsung internal memory data loss easily and effectively. It allows you scan and preview your lost data from internal memory, as well as deleted files from SD card. Contacts, messages, pictures, and videos can be got back without any difficulties, just following the simple steps below. Now, read on and follow us, know how to recover lost data form Samsung internal memory with this magic program.
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So.. Can i restore my deleted photos and videos ? Because it gone by wipe data...
Yes, it is possible to recover deleted internal files, see this solution: recover files from internal memory
good luck.
hltetmo running tweaked 4.4.2. 2 days ago, listening to some new music i'm working on, mid-song says music file not supported.rebooted. music not showing up in media player. attempted to go through file browser, gives message "can't enter into "extSDCard" folder: maybe it is not readable? can't format, occasionally get about 5%of my music files. settings show 15.66 gigs available out of 59.47 total. computer doesn't read any folders on it, but Philz touch reads everything? need to save my music!!!!!!!!!! suggestions?
Try odin to stock
xmuertex said:
Try odin to stock
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don 't see how that would do anything. put card in friends unrooted 3, didn't read, same issue with space used. thought about that, but don't wanna waste time. did factory reset, reflashed rom. computer not even reading
Last thing is format
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Last thing is format
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won't let me. on phone or computer. phone gives me progress report, when finished, still shows 15.66 available. computer gives me message, "windows cannot format this drive". tried data recovery programs. each one saves the same 16 pictures. shows nothing else
Sounds like a defective SD, return or throw away
xmuertex said:
Sounds like a defective SD, return or throw away
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not what i wanted to hear! think it's possible to recover the data?
Is not readable by a PC i doubt it byt see what an expert can say
strange thing is, recovery see every folder and zip. but, laptop, file browsers. nothing. am i looking in the wrong area to fix this?
This happened to me last year. Definitely a bad SD, but I used EaseUS data recovery to get most of my data off of it before RMAing it.
Trying to recover the data now. Gonna take a while, though. 45 plus gigs is a lot. Wish me luck. After I recover what I can, can I format through recovery mode and reuse card, or no?
kabuk1 said:
This happened to me last year. Definitely a bad SD, but I used EaseUS data recovery to get most of my data off of it before RMAing it.
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RMA?
never mind. didn't think RMA Return Merch. too sleepy
ok so, i mounted through terminal emulator as rw. was able to transfer files over to my computer. but, i still cannot format it. phone goes through he motions, nothing gets deleted. windows laptop and macbook both show it as 1 MB. any suggestions or advice as to how to format through terminal emulator? seems like only option
With the problems you're having, you might want to get a new sd card. There are some good deals on the Samsung evo card at best buy and Amazon today.
That's what I'm probably going to end up doing. :-/
You could try 'parted' on Linux. There's a link to one compiled for Android in XDA somewhere.
Frank
Frank Westlake said:
You could try 'parted' on Linux. There's a link to one compiled for Android in XDA somewhere.
Frank
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Thanks. I'll look into that. It's crazy. For my card to read, I have to format it through settings. Then everything is available
That's probably because of the type of file system.
So it's all [SOLVED] now?
Frank
No. Lasts about an hour, then stops again. At least I was able to back up everything. As soon as I can afford a new card
My friend deleted a very important video from her Xperia Z1 Compact. The video was recorded with camera and stored in internal storage. Is there ANY way to recover it? Internal storage is mounted through MTP when connected to PC, so I can't do it via PC. Is there any way to connect internal storage as mass storage so I'm able to dig through it with a software on PC?
If not, there are apps for Android which can do this but they require root. This phone is not rooted and it's under warranty, but she said that the video is very important so she's ready to risk the phone and lose warranty. I've done rooting hundred times on my old X10 phone, but never on my Z1 (yes, I have it too, but c6903, not compact) so I'm a total newbie here. There's a 14.4.A.0.157 firmware on the phone currently (android 4.4.4) and as far as I know, I'll have to flash .108 first, root the device and then flash .157 again. But, would this wipe data on internal storage? If not, there's still a high possibility that something will overwrite the deleted video, since this is a free location now?
What should I do?
It might be possible to connect the phone to PC in USB Debugging mode, open a command prompt and adb pull the internal storage to the PC then dig through it with recovery software. Not sure if it will work but might be worth a try and make sure you have correct drivers installed to use adb. Good luck
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It might be possible to connect the phone to PC in USB Debugging mode, open a command prompt and adb pull the internal storage to the PC then dig through it with recovery software. Not sure if it will work but might be worth a try and make sure you have correct drivers installed to use adb. Good luck
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Thank you for your answer! I tried this: adb pull/ \test and it pulled everything to C:\test but while it was doing, in CMD I saw a lot messages "Ignored special file ...." etc. and I tried with Recuva to deep scan that folder but it didn't found not a single one deleted file. Am I doing something wrong or it's not possible to do this in that way? Maybe another program instead Recuva?
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Am I doing something wrong or it's not possible to do this in that way? Maybe another program instead Recuva?
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I've yet to see a success story of recovering something deleted from the internal memory.
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I've yet to see a success story of recovering something deleted from the internal memory.
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You're saying that this is impossible or almost impossible? If it is, tell me now, before I proceed with rooting the device. Don't want to risk the phone and void the warranty for nothing.
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You're saying that this is impossible or almost impossible? If it is, tell me now, before I proceed with rooting the device. Don't want to risk the phone and void the warranty for nothing.
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I'm saying based on the number of times People have tried and failed the odds suggest it's more likely to be impossible than possible.
I've rooted the phone successfully and tried with Disk Digger app. It found 100+ deleted MP4 files, but if I understood right, those are not mp4 files but sectors containing mp4 data, and I can't do nothing with them. Each of them contains a few MBs and this video was 1080p and more than 5 minutes length so it should have a few hundred MBs. So, this app is practically useles, as long as it doesn't join all those sectors and give me a full video.
So I proceeded to this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
But I have problems with it. My post with screenshoots is on the last page (last post). This thread is in the nexus forum so it could be that there's something different on our Xperia Z1 Compact. Can somebody take a look and see if I'm typing something wrong?
What are other possibilities to create a complete image of internal storage, now when I have root access?
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What are other possibilities to create a complete image of internal storage, now when I have root access?
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None of your screen shots are showing in the thread, but the partition number doesn't look quite right to me so this might help finding the right one - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450045.
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None of your screen shots are showing in the thread, but the partition number doesn't look quite right to me so this might help finding the right one - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450045.
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Thank you for warning me, I didn't even notice. That's because I'm stupid: I uploaded my photos to my dropbox, and shared the link but I thought that if I shared link, a direct link to photo will be visible as well, but it was visible only to me
Thanks for this link, I'll try.
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Thanks for this link, I'll try.
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No worries, you've shown a bit more persistence but you're on your own at this stage with any trial error. Fingers crossed.
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No worries, you've shown a bit more persistence but you're on your own at this stage with any trial error. Fingers crossed.
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Thanks! It's not me who is persistent, I wouldn't problably do all this if this was my phone and my video, but this is not my phone. I'm just doing a favour to my friend and now when I've already rooted the phone, it would be shame to give up.