Preface: my roommate who is as tech savvy as Fred Flintstone shattered his phone last night. I connected it to my PC and yanked all the files off in case shattering like that can cause it to not charge or anything that would prevent me from accessing it later...
now, the question. Are his contacts saved in one of those files? Apparently he didn't have them on his SIM OR on hi google account. So they must have been saved to his phone. Will they be recoverable from the files I just pulled from his phone? And if so, where?
nobody has any ideas? The only thing I could find with any reference to contacts was: \Android\data\com.android.contacts\cache\tmp
and they were all empty. Guess he's just gotta hope T-Mobile can pull em from a place I cant access
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases
DocHoliday77 said:
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases
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thank you so much for your reply. But I think I need to access root on the phone which I'm unable to do with a useless screen. There is no data/data options. can only get to Android/data. Is there a way to pull EVERYTHING off the phone, not just the files I was allowed by connecting as a media device
Yup you do need root. But if its already rooted, just power on, plug into the computer and adb pull the file you need.
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Hello all, I have an Dash with a broken screen so I can't see anything. Is there a way I can do a hard reset via computer or maybe some sequence of keys on the handset. I really need to get my contacts & data off of the phone before I return it. Thanks in advance for any help
lil1 said:
Hello all, I have an Dash with a broken screen so I can't see anything. Is there a way I can do a hard reset via computer or maybe some sequence of keys on the handset. I really need to get my contacts & data off of the phone before I return it. Thanks in advance for any help
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This is how to Hard-Reset on phone http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2541775762_85aa3db274_o.jpg
You could check this worked by conecting via async and checking folders, you will tell because all will be removed, old programs etc.
Thanks that's good info. But the only thing is I can't see the screen to follow the on screen prompts. The screen shows nothing but what looks to be black & white ink
lil1 said:
Thanks that's good info. But the only thing is I can't see the screen to follow the on screen prompts. The screen shows nothing but what looks to be black & white ink
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Follow it to a t and even without the screen you should be able to do it?
I am guessin you can still hook up to computer?
Could do with some help here from other users, could lil just delete the .pim via async and it would delete contacts?
Where are messages stored? So they can be deleted....
Re Deleting all info
Hook up via async and delete these cemail.vol will delete the the mms and sms
Contacts, Calendar are all stored in a database file called PIM.VOL that in the root directory.
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stylez said:
Hook up via async and delete these cemail.vol will delete the the mms and sms
Contacts, Calendar are all stored in a database file called PIM.VOL that in the root directory.
Help provided by gixxum
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Ok now where would I find these files once I hook up to pc via async?
well its not going to work..here is the issues. the CEMAIL.vol file is in use basically whenever the phone is on. so you cant just copy or delete it or you get an error and it fails. i have been looking around a bit and havent found an excalibur specific solution this this. give me a few minutes to play around
and you will see the files in the root directory..root directory is where you will see program files, storage card, windows etc.. when you connect via activesync and browse to it with explorer..scroll down and you will see the files.
make sure you have your pc set to show hidden and system files your you wont see some things..
Ok I'll wait on the response & b sure to have pc show hidden files. I also want to thank U guys 4 ur help thus far
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well its not going to work..here is the issues. the CEMAIL.vol file is in use basically whenever the phone is on. so you cant just copy or delete it or you get an error and it fails. i have been looking around a bit and havent found an excalibur specific solution this this. give me a few minutes to play around
and you will see the files in the root directory..root directory is where you will see program files, storage card, windows etc.. when you connect via activesync and browse to it with explorer..scroll down and you will see the files.
make sure you have your pc set to show hidden and system files your you wont see some things..
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You know how the phone async explorer integrates with explorer on comp does this not mean you could use an unlocker and unlock the file in question then delete? Long shot.
I have an unlocker to which i could attach if any use?
lil1 said:
Ok I'll wait on the response & b sure to have pc show hidden files. I also want to thank U guys 4 ur help thus far
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do you have aol, yahoo,or msn chat? be easier to try a few things over a chat than on the forum...
stylez said:
You know how the phone async explorer integrates with explorer on comp does this not mean you could use an unlocker and unlock the file in question then delete? Long shot.
I have an unlocker to which i could attach if any use?
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its a sharing violation because that files is in use.
here is the problem. if we can go into the registry and change the path for the mms/sms and reboot...it will create a blank .vol file in the new path that was created in the registry ...therefore freeing the one that we need to delete.
or so thats my theory...let me install pim back up and back my stuff up...i have some texts i need so i cant just go deleting just yet.
yes i have yahoo IM ([email protected])
What IM do U have?
Thanks guys 4 all of your help. I finally got it to reset holding the 2 soft keys & the send key. Thanx again
lil1 said:
Thanks guys 4 all of your help. I finally got it to reset holding the 2 soft keys & the send key. Thanx again
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Cool glad you got it sorted, knew you would be able to reset blind
Was there any fix for the cemail, though? I saved my cemail.vol before a hard reset, and would like to restore it now, but i always get a sharing violation error.
endolith said:
Was there any fix for the cemail, though? I saved my cemail.vol before a hard reset, and would like to restore it now, but i always get a sharing violation error.
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Remove "messaging" from the Today screen so that the file is not in use, and restart. It should now be deletable.
Hi, Hope you can help, I upgraded the ROM on my dash and it kept freezing and would not connect to active sync. I reset it as it said here but it is still the same it appearts to be frozen and none of the keys work, not even the power button.
Any ideas please?
Hello there,
it is one of the best phone and the easiest to recover or update in my opinion but,
the issue of no memory card is really something bad for your files in case if something happened to the phone!
i know backup is so important but what if you phone crashed all of the sudden because of an application update and you will enter in the repeated boot loops and you have to reset the phone or flash new software!!
OH! Then your will loose everything in the mobile !
it is really sad it happened to me twice in2 weeks i lost allot of good pictures.
i am sure most of the phone users tried to recover the lost files and no one could do it because the phone is identified as MTP, no logical letter drive can be assigned to the phone!!!
All recover software’s couldn’t find the phone and even when i tried hexcomp from the market to recover the pictures, couldn’t do it.
my question for our developers is there any scripts can make the phone work as usb when it is switched off ??
or ,
is there any way to assign a logical drive to the phone instead of MTP so we can recover the lost files?
I don’t know why Goggle didn’t think of such problem because it happened to allot of people and I am not used to back up my files before because there were in memory card.
I really hope the developers will work on such issue because this is the worst thing I found it in the phone.
I might be wrong but I think you can pull everything off the phone using adb whilst in recovery mode?
Dropbox.
It can sync pictures as soon as you take them.
You can sync files between multiple devices, including uploading and downloading to your phone.
Titanium Backup can be synced to drop box.
Check it out,
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTc4MjI1MTU5
Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Galaxy Nexus.
i tried Pull before it took long time without doing nothing
i know dropbox and i know what it do
i am asking the DEVELOPERS:
1-is there any scripts can make the phone work as usb when it is switched off ??
2-is there any way to assign a logical drive to the phone instead of MTP so we can recover the lost files?
Thanks
husme2000 said:
i tried Pull before it took long time without doing nothing
i know dropbox and i know what it do
i am asking the DEVELOPERS:
1-is there any scripts can make the phone work as usb when it is switched off ??
2-is there any way to assign a logical drive to the phone instead of MTP so we can recover the lost files?
Thanks
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Theoretically you probably could write a CWM script to create a virtual folder and mount that as USB media via CWM. But it would require loading the script to the phone via ADB anyways.
This has also been discussed before:
[Any way to save data on a Nexus in a bootloop?]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448633
So I connected it to my laptop to clean up some of my files and folders and to transfer some things onto my pc.
I remember deleting some folder called Mogo-Audiance or something along those lines, as well as another folder that seemed to be unimportant. I try to then move some music files from the download folder into my Music folder (transferring within the phone at this point) but it says theres some error and it can't be moved. I rebooted and replugged tried again no avail. Then tried moving a picture from phone to the computer. Error message again. Reboot once more and this time when I go into MTP only two files remain: Android and Viber. I check my phone itself and all my photos/videos/music are gone. Apps still remain intact however. I already tried Stellar Phoenix Recovery but it won't detect my phone.
Very frustrated and have no idea how to proceed.....
I attached some screenshots showing empty phone folders on pc and phone itself as well as recovery program being unable to detect phone.
Android 4.3 Jellybean-Carrier: WIND Mobile (Canada)
It cannot detect phone because it needs to Mount as USB mass storage device. No external storage= no UMS
You might be able to dump raw IMG somehow of storage and put on flash drive and try to recover... but takes lotta work.
Seems like you deleted something you shouldn't have. Take it as lesson learned to not just delete random files if you don't know what it is
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It cannot detect phone because it needs to Mount as USB mass storage device. No external storage= no UMS
You might be able to dump raw IMG somehow of storage and put on flash drive and try to recover... but takes lotta work.
Seems like you deleted something you shouldn't have. Take it as lesson learned to not just delete random files if you don't know what it is
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I'm actually about to cry. The photos I had on there were invaluable to me, please explain that way that you said I might be able to get it back.
taino001 said:
I'm actually about to cry. The photos I had on there were invaluable to me, please explain that way that you said I might be able to get it back.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
And also sorry to say I cannot help anymore than providing this information here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
As I said, it is a lengthy and maybe in depth process but MAY be possible. No guarantee.
I haven't ever had to try this tho so I cannot give any more or better info other than what is in that thread.
Just take your time, use Google for things you cannot understand(you may ask me or here in this thread also for clarification of some steps and if I can help I will) and try not to stress.
And one thing I will recommend for future use is to install G+ and turn on photo sync settings. I have this on. You get 15gb free storage for photos and will backup as you take pictures and videos OR whenever you tell it to.
Or you could use dropbox or similar as that also has a photo sync option available. These things are invaluable in terms of peace of mind for if situation like this ever occurs again.
Hello all, I've had this phone for a little over a month now and it never lets me do anything with the files from my work PC. It was giving me the issue on my laptop at home as well, but when I plugged it into the high speed USB port it worked, I can transfer files just fine. I have all of the drivers downloaded. I can see all the files, just can't put anything on my phone or delete anything from it. It says "filename could not be deleted. You do not have permission to delete this item".
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Hello all, I've had this phone for a little over a month now and it never lets me do anything with the files from my work PC. It was giving me the issue on my laptop at home as well, but when I plugged it into the high speed USB port it worked, I can transfer files just fine. I have all of the drivers downloaded. I can see all the files, just can't put anything on my phone or delete anything from it. It says "filename could not be deleted. You do not have permission to delete this item".
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Is your work PC something you have complete control over, or does your IT department lock it down? As an administrator, I can lock down USB devices on my network to prevent file copying, moving, deletion, etc. as a security measure. Is it possible your IT department did that?
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Is your work PC something you have complete control over, or does your IT department lock it down? As an administrator, I can lock down USB devices on my network to prevent file copying, moving, deletion, etc. as a security measure. Is it possible your IT department did that?
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It's very possible, yes. I didn't even consider that as an option because I do have certain admin privileges on my computer. I'm able to download things and make certain changes, whereas other people cannot. They can't even update their Skype without an admin pw. It's just annoying to have to do this stuff at home because my laptop is finicky and doesn't always work.
Hi guys --
My sister has over 2000 sentimental pictures on her LG G4 (that weren't backed up....go her) and the device started bootlooping today. I'm trying to find a safe solution to get the pictures without voiding the warranty. From my recent searches, the only solution I found was to install TWRP and pull the files through ADB commands, but I'll be honest, it's not something I've done before and I'm rather petrified of erasing the contents of her phone.
Does anyone have any advice on how I can get the contents from the internal SD off the phone with the bootlooping? Preferably w/o voiding the warranty, but if needed we can...
Put ur phone to freezer for 30 minutes. Then turn on your device and transfer ur files to pc..
xdaorxan said:
Put ur phone to freezer for 30 minutes. Then turn on your device and transfer ur files to pc..
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hey xdaorxan,
thanks for this reply, I did put it in the freezer and I was able to get it to boot, but I'm not having any luck transferring the files, as soon as I try to start the process the phone will freeze and resume its bootlooping. I also tried to set the phone to auto upload the pictures to google drive and it's not helping me as the phone can't even load.
Are you supposed to try to work the phone while its in the freezer?
Does battery charge matter?
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hey xdaorxan,
thanks for this reply, I did put it in the freezer and I was able to get it to boot, but I'm not having any luck transferring the files, as soon as I try to start the process the phone will freeze and resume its bootlooping. I also tried to set the phone to auto upload the pictures to google drive and it's not helping me as the phone can't even load.
Are you supposed to try to work the phone while its in the freezer?
Does battery charge matter?
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Just be sure that you have full battery. Then transfer files WHILE YOUR PHONE IN THE FREEZER. Because if u take ur phone from freezer, it will be getting hot and phone will get bootloop again.