LG G4 VS986 2AA Rooting - G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone,
So a few days ago, my girlfriend's G4 somehow managed to factory reset itself. We have no idea how this happened, she just checked in her pocket and the phone somehow managed to wipe both the internal memory and the SD card almost simultaneously. I'm trying whatever I can to retrieve any data through any program available, but naturally rooting is a prerequisite. I've seen some of the rooting threads here and roughly understand the process, but does anyone know if at this time the most current update (to my knowledge) 2AA can be downgraded? (Seeing as how all future updates seem to be root proof from what I've read)

WhiteRaven21 said:
Hi everyone,
So a few days ago, my girlfriend's G4 somehow managed to factory reset itself. We have no idea how this happened, she just checked in her pocket and the phone somehow managed to wipe both the internal memory and the SD card almost simultaneously. I'm trying whatever I can to retrieve any data through any program available, but naturally rooting is a prerequisite. I've seen some of the rooting threads here and roughly understand the process, but does anyone know if at this time the most current update (to my knowledge) 2AA can be downgraded? (Seeing as how all future updates seem to be root proof from what I've read)
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Can't answer on downgrading since it's so new software wise.
A factory reset won't wipe the SD card unless a specific box is checked. Only bit of data recovery that can really be done is on the SD card with a computer. But data that was on the phones storage most likely cannot be recovered with root or software.
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hyelton said:
Can't answer on downgrading since it's so new software wise.
A factory reset won't wipe the SD card unless a specific box is checked. Only bit of data recovery that can really be done is on the SD card with a computer. But data that was on the phones storage most likely cannot be recovered with root or software.
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So I've heard. I scanned the SD and nothing came up, but I've seen some success stories regarding recovering from the internal memory, so at this point I'm just putting in a last ditch effort to scrounge the phone for anything that may have survived. It's not like there's anything to lose, it's empty and almost a year old.

WhiteRaven21 said:
So I've heard. I scanned the SD and nothing came up, but I've seen some success stories regarding recovering from the internal memory, so at this point I'm just putting in a last ditch effort to scrounge the phone for anything that may have survived. It's not like there's anything to lose, it's empty and almost a year old.
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Did you try using Recuva? If there was data stored on that SD card data recovery software will at least pick something up. You must use a data recovery software of some sort to get any data off of it.
I never really see any success stories with internal data recovery except those who take them to phone repair centers which they do the recovery from the actual flash storage chip.
Yeah it doesn't hurt to try though. But unsure on the downgrading with software that new.
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The first thing when it comes to recover your wiped data is using the DLM backup method. It will work for any LG device unlocked or not rooted or not. The best is: it makes a raw dump and with this raw dump you can work to recover files instead of doing this on your phone.
Keep in mind that ANY usage of your phone deletes some more data without any way to recover! So stop using the phone immediately and use the DLM backup first.
DLM backup https://tinyurl.com/dlbackup
A guy here was able to recover many files (photos mainly) with it!
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[Q] My Unrooted HTC Desire stuck at htc logo and need to backup my data

Hi All,
I am a new member to the xda developers forum. also, i am a noobie for android os and using an android phone myself. before i describe the problem i am facing, i will describe on my phone description. i am using stock rom (not rooted) and currently using SIS set (original set) in Malaysia. SIS is the sole distributor of HTC phones in Malaysia - original set. btw, my phone is not used more than a year. also, i checked the xda developers forums for my problem and didnt find any answers to my problems, so i posted a new one here.
yesterday, i have a very very very serious problem with my phone.my htc desire crashed and rebooted automatically due to overheating problems. so, i left my phone off to cool down my phone for 1 hour. when i switch on my phone from there (my phone is already cooled down by then), my htc desire got stuck on the htc logo for long time - about 5-10 minutes) and does not go to android at all. i tried removing the battery and inserting it again but still stuck at the htc logo. additional note, i can go to the bootloader by pressing the volume down and the power button though. from there, i think its the software problem and not the hardware problem since i still can switch on my phone...i have tried removing the sim card and microsd card and booted it again but to no avail
i have not done the clear storage option in the bootloader screen since i want to recover my data - contacts, calendar, sms messages before i can factory reset my phone.
so my question is as follows:
1. how can i backup / recover my phone data (contacts, calendar, sms messages) without voiding my warranty with SIS - (rooting phone void warranty immediately)? i am desperate to get my data from my phone as it is precious to me...
2. if i go to the bootloader, can i recover my data from there? i see the recovery menu in the bootloader, can i use that to recover my data?
First, make a copy of the memory card to your pc. This will at least keep some fotos. Then re-install the card back to the phone.
Then you can go into recovery, and "should" be able to restore your phone. You can also do a backup from the recovery section (although I'd think you'd just be backing up an already corrupted system).
Can't say much about anything stored on the phones memory though, such as contacts, user data, etc.
It's always desireable to sync you phone to your pc on a regular basis.
Also, there is a program called titanium backup, which backs things up to the sd card.
There are reports however, of people placing their phones (minus battery) in the freezer in a plastic baggie for 10 min. And it allowed them to get past the frozen htc screen. Not advisable in my book though. (last ditch effort)
And rooting a phone, Will void the warranty.
for those putting phones in freezer, those are for heating issues, but mine is not the heating issue anymore...
Titanium backup needs root so that won't work. Don't think there is a way to back up data when unrooted. But keep in mind contracts and calendar are backed up with your gmail account (if you have set it up).
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I would pull the SD card and copy contents to PC via card reader, then try restoring via the recovery option in the bootloader.
If that doesn't work, you could factory reset via bootloader (this will wipe everything):
1. Power off your phone (or take out the battery, if it is non-responsive)
2. Holding the [Volume -] key, press the power button once. Hold it until you see three skateboarding Androids at the bottom of the screen
3. Use the Volume buttons to navigate.
4. Select "Bootloader"
5. Select "Clear Storage"
6. Follow the on-screen instructions if you want to factory reset
and try to boot the phone normally. If that doesn't work I would return the handset for warranty repair - should be fine as you have not rooted etc. yet.
I think that's good, but would someone more experienced confirm the steps?!
what does recovery mode exactly do in htc desire?
Beyonder2000 said:
what does recovery mode exactly do in htc desire?
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For the stock recovery I'm not sure to be honest as I never had cause to use it! I think it only lets you apply official rom updates.
Usually, recovery will run the update.zip, which is normally on the root of the SD card. This should be the last ROM from the manufacturer.
Running this in recovery, will usually install pretty much to the last good ROM that was installed.
Wether or not it will delete your user data, well, ify-ify. But, it's usually the first thing to do on a stock system, and generally works.
Considering you are not rooted, and probably do not have a "gold Card" (usually required on half of the Desires), your options are limited at this time.
You should take a look at your SD card, and see what files are on the root of the card.
Beyonder2000 said:
for those putting phones in freezer, those are for heating issues, but mine is not the heating issue anymore...
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As I said, a last ditch effort. And I personally, would not try it.
00droid said:
For the stock recovery I'm not sure to be honest as I never had cause to use it! I think it only lets you apply official rom updates.
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can i flash a rom, and keep my data intact at the same time?
If it's a signed and factory update, it "should" keep your data.
No promises.
But, you can either fix your phone (which has probably lost most of your data anyhow), or, wait for a miracle.
Unfortunately, phones are like PC's, it you never back up your important data, eventually, it bites you when you least expect it.
But surely, you have an old phone, that has most of the contacts. You can copy them to sim (if you have a gsm ph), then transfer them after you get your android going again.
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Moscow Desire said:
If it's a signed and factory update, it "should" keep your data.
No promises.
But, you can either fix your phone (which has probably lost most of your data anyhow), or, wait for a miracle.
Unfortunately, phones are like PC's, it you never back up your important data, eventually, it bites you when you least expect it.
But surely, you have an old phone, that has most of the contacts. You can copy them to sim (if you have a gsm ph), then transfer them after you get your android going again.
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how do i go about fixing the issue?
is it getting the rom (RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe - is this fr malaysia sis version?) ,putting it on my sd card and doing recovery based on this os?
and yes, i regretted doing the backup recently...
That's the correct stock version, but, am not sure about the ".exe". I distinctly remember a .zip extension.
Gimmie a few min.
What you actually need, is the 2.2 ota froyo update.
Unfortunately, having a hard time finding it!!!! (link)
I have one on my system, but rather large to e-mail.
You can google, and find. But the instructions will tell you to rename the zip file, to "update.zip" (not update.zip.zip)
What you have, is the whole thing.
http://darrenrichie.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-toflash-your-desire-to-22.html
But am not sure if you can use this, as your's stuck at the htc screen and not sure if htc sync will detect your phone.
If you pm me with your e-mail, I'll send you the update file (28mb), it may, or may not work. Basically, you'll copy it to the sd root, boot into recovery, and recover the zip.

Data recovery through a flash dump

I was in the process of rooting my phone (and tried unlocking it) and I am not sure what happened but after the phone came back, I got the root but my data got wiped out. Apparently, I found out that some phones do this for security reasons. I must have been careless and done something wrong. Now, because Galaxy Nexus uses MTP, it is technically not possible to mount it as a disk drive and use conventional PC-based recovery software.
Theoretically speaking, shouldn't it be possible to take a flash dump of the internal disk and use an offline utility such as extundelete to recover my lost data? I saw this idea posted in this thread but no one followed up on it.
Any suggestions on how I can hack around?
EliteLegend said:
I was in the process of rooting my phone (and tried unlocking it) and I am not sure what happened but after the phone came back, I got the root but my data got wiped out. Apparently, I found out that some phones do this for security reasons. I must have been careless and done something wrong. Now, because Galaxy Nexus uses MTP, it is technically not possible to mount it as a disk drive and use conventional PC-based recovery software.
Theoretically speaking, shouldn't it be possible to take a flash dump of the internal disk and use an offline utility such as extundelete to recover my lost data? I saw this idea posted in this thread but no one followed up on it.
Any suggestions on how I can hack around?
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Technically maybe.... if the partition is not zero'ed. But you would need to find some way to dump the userdata partition. You can't dump it to somewhere on the device, so you would need to somehow dump that partition to an external drive. Maybe you could look at trying this out. (I haven't had the chance to try it out myself yet.)
Did this work?
So, did this work?
I ran into the same problem with my nexus.
I have no skills with ADB at all, so before I jump into trying to learn anything to be able to take a flash dump, I was hoping that someone could report back as to whether or not this worked.
Thank you!
JR
whozamazinka said:
So, did this work?
I ran into the same problem with my nexus.
I have no skills with ADB at all, so before I jump into trying to learn anything to be able to take a flash dump, I was hoping that someone could report back as to whether or not this worked.
Thank you!
JR
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See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30706842
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Photo Recovery
During a recent trip outside the country, I purchased a prepaid sim card for my unlocked, bought directly from Google, Galaxy Nexus. During this time, the OTA update for JB was released and I updated my phone with the new firmware. After completing the update, I was unable to make phone calls or receive any signal whatsoever. I contacted my domestic carrier T-Mobile who instructed me to do a factory reset. Unfortunately, I did not make a back up of the video footage of my family (Holocaust survivors). Currently the phone does not have a baseband or IMEI number and I have been unable to recover my photos. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is what I have done so far:
Photo Recovery
1. Attempted to restore a previous backup – No backup was made previously!!!!!!UGH!
2. Unlocked Bootloader with ADB. ADB Pull / Media – Nothing….
3. ADB pull / partition – Only received system files, no media files.
4. Tried to Use data recovery software PhotoRec. – would not recognize internal drive on Galaxy Nexus (USB Debugging on/off, Samsung drivers loaded correctly, Camera mode: nada)
5. Tried to use multiple different online photo recovery software. None could detect the phone’s drive when scanning.
IMEI/Baseband missing Issue
1. Re-flashed original firmware using WugFresh’s Nexus Root Toolkit. No dice.
2. Attempted to flash alternative ROM.
3. Re-flashed radio via NRToolkit and ADB
4. Attempted to use apps: HC-ktool, GetRill Premium- nada
The goal is to firstly restore the wiped data and retrieve the photos. Then to fix the missing baseband issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
buzzbox said:
During a recent trip outside the country, I purchased a prepaid sim card for my unlocked, bought directly from Google, Galaxy Nexus. During this time, the OTA update for JB was released and I updated my phone with the new firmware. After completing the update, I was unable to make phone calls or receive any signal whatsoever. I contacted my domestic carrier T-Mobile who instructed me to do a factory reset. Unfortunately, I did not make a back up of the video footage of my family (Holocaust survivors). Currently the phone does not have a baseband or IMEI number and I have been unable to recover my photos. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is what I have done so far:
Photo Recovery
1.Attempted to restore a previous backup – No backup was made previously!!!!!!UGH!
2.Unlocked Bootloader with ADB. ADB Pull / Media – Nothing….
3.ADB pull / partition – Only received system files, no media files.
4.Tried to Use data recovery software PhotoRec. – would not recognize internal drive on Galaxy Nexus (USB Debugging on/off, Samsung drivers loaded correctly, Camera mode: nada)
5.Tried to use multiple different online photo recovery software. None could detect the phone’s drive when scanning.
IMEI/Baseband missing Issue
1.Re-flashed original firmware using WugFresh’s Nexus Root Toolkit. No dice.
2.Attempted to flash alternative ROM.
3.Re-flashed radio via NRToolkit and ADB
4.Attempted to use apps: HC-ktool, GetRill Premium- nada
The goal is to firstly restore the wiped data and retrieve the photos. Then to fix the missing baseband issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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In your case I'm thinking you're s.o.l. First, when unlock the bootloader the phone gets wiped. So when you tried to pull....there was nothing to pull. Data recovery won't work because can't mount gnex as mass storage. Then you tried...three different flashes..? I'm gonna have to say it's gone. Just go back to stock.
*Shaolin Shadowboxing*
JediNinjafication said:
In your case I'm thinking you're s.o.l. First, when unlock the bootloader the phone gets wiped. So when you tried to pull....there was nothing to pull. Data recovery won't work because can't mount gnex as mass storage. Then you tried...three different flashes..? I'm gonna have to say it's gone. Just go back to stock.
*Shaolin Shadowboxing*
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Having the same issue as Buzzbox - i.e. missing baseband and IMEI. In my case JB 4.1.1 was working just fine, when the phone simply restarted, and the baseband and IMEI vanished.
Phone came with ICS, after which i had recieved OTA jellybean - but this was a month ago. Didnt install any custom ROMs.
To try and fix this, i flashed factory image of ICS - but still nothing on IMEI and baseband. Help please...
You can recover data from android phones with data recovery software, see this solution: android data recovery
helped me before. Easy to follow and worked well for me.
jameskasmonr said:
You can recover data from android phones with data recovery software, see this solution: android data recovery
helped me before. Easy to follow and worked well for me.
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Hi,
I had tried to do this but didn't work in my Note 10+.
I made the mistake of delete my phothos from OneDrive that was sincronized with the Samsung Gallery. Now I would like to recover the photos but until now I did not have sucess. Do you have sugestions how to recover my gallery?
My phone it's not rooted and I'm not an expert!
Thank you.

[Q] I messed up pretty bad, need help please!

Okay so here's what happened, from the beginning:
A long time ago, about a month after the release of the SGS3, I rooted my device. All I wanted was to uninstall bloatware, which I did.
I took some advice from a friend and installed some root-related apps (Titanium Backup, Rom Manager, BusyBox Free, Root Checker Basic, AnTuTu Benchmark, GooManager and TWRP) that I barely used.
Fast forward to today, about an hour or so ago. I had completely forgotten my phone is rooted because all I really did was remove bloatware. Suddenly the thought occurs to me, "I haven't checked for an update in a while!" Again, don't remember my phone is rooted. So I do the software update process, takes about 20 minutes to download the OTA update, then I click continue to install. The phone does its thing, shuts down down to install, starts coming back on, white text at the bottom scrolls with some jargon I am not familiar with, then I see something I recognize: ERROR! (something about md5 files or something rather) "****! I forgot my phone was rooted!" That's when the TWRP UI comes up....
All I can think to do is run the TWRP backup restore, which I backed up as part of the root process months ago. Well, that's complete now and my phone is back to 27 Oct 2012. Not TOO big a deal considering most, but not all, of my data is stored to some cloud (how does that work? I thought water and electronics didn't get along)<---JOKE!. So now I don't really know what to do. I am in the process of using SMS Backup+ to restore all my texts, and am trying to get my apps back up to date. After I get this all done, I still want to run the JellyBean update. As a safe bet, I would like to (if possible) un-root my phone, which requires me to re-install bloatware (?), yada yada yada, and basically return my GS3 back to factory settings so I can install JellyBean the legit way. I would then like to re-root my phone to remove (again) all the bloatware. So, I guess my question to whomever is far more qualified than me (probably 99% of xda forum users) is how can I safely go about doing this without losing (again) all my data? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you VERY much!
Ok. There are several problems here that need to be worked on.
First, I suggest that you get all your apps and data back up to date to "current" as opposed to Oct 27. Once you do that, then boot into TWRP and make a backup and save a copy to your PC as well. That way you will have a current restore point.
Next, the reason you are not able to take the OTA is two-fold. First you have Root and second you have a custom recovery.
**Former is easy to fix. All you need to do is get OTA Rootkeeper from the market and run it. Make a backup of SU and when you are ready to take the OTA, temp delete root through the app, take OTA and the restore Root through the app. Pretty easy.
**The latter issue is with regards to the custom recovery. You will need to find a flashable zip of the stock recovery and flash that (this is after you make your backups of course).
So now you will have an unrooted phone [technically if you use OTA Rootkeeper] with stock recovery. You should be able to take the OTA no problem, restore Root with OTA Rootkeeper and install Goomanager from the market to get TWRP recovery back.
Seem like a lot? Well it is. But then you could always look in the Dev section for a flashable version or mrRobinson's Root66 Odin package which is far esaier that above. Just read the OP.
Well, I am stuck at step one. Now my phone isn't reading my SD card, which is where I would be backing up to as my phone does not have enough free space on internal memory. So I guess I have a new problem that needs a solution, as well as all the other problems.
Still need help guys...
I still need help here. How am I supposed to back up my phone if it's not reading my MicroSD card? Better question, how can I get my phone to read the SD card?
klewis1x said:
I still need help here. How am I supposed to back up my phone if it's not reading my MicroSD card? Better question, how can I get my phone to read the SD card?
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Try to format your micro sdcard on your pc
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My phone is reading the SD card in certain applications, but not in the ones that matter. Most of my music is on the SD card and there is no problem listening to any of it, but when I go to the storage settings on the phone it tells me to insert an SD card. Same thing when trying to use TWRP to try and back up my phone to the SD card. This is really frustrating...
xedualMCx said:
Try to format your micro sdcard on your pc
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That did the trick. Thanks sent your way.

[Q] Urgent help recovering my data...

Hi everyone,
I'm at a loss at the moment as I do not know which way to turn, any help would be greatly appreciated.
so the last 2 years have been pretty eventful for me. I had a number of close relatives pass away and various other important family events take place and all my pictures and videos surround them seem to have disappeared from my HTC One X.
I had the phone connected to a laptop and was in the process of backing up the entire collection when the phone got incredibly hot, froze and restarted on me, to my shock all my videos and pictures where gone once the phone booted back up. I have removed the battery and have not used the phone since, in fear that it may delete/write over any data structures, or remove any chance I have at recovering my files.
Now I am of course a newbie to the HTC one X when it comes to rooting etc but I have done this sorta thing with previous phones in the past so I can work through a guide/root/update if needed.
Having tried many of these generic "recover your data" type software they all seem to require USB Mass Storage Mode. from what I have found and and experienced I can not do this as my android version is 4.1.1 and the option was removed in an update. MTP connection type is how it connects to a PC ( i hope im making sense here as im not sure if im saying that right).
I've spent the last week trying to figure out a way to get the phone to work with mass storage mode but my understanding is a little sketchy.
Is there anyway to recover my data and if so what is the best course of action?
Should I root and upgrade to a custom firmware?
If i do this will this wipe the existing internal storage/ or perhaps remove any chance I have at recovery after the upgrade? I haven't used the phone since as ive read on several threads that the best chance of recovery is to ensure that very little data / no new data is written to the phones internal memory.
I've even considered paying professional data recovery services however they simply do not provide enough information as to what/how they do it and im scared that they may return the phone with no results and also wipe any chance I have at recovery.
any help at all would be greatly appreciated, as at this point i really don't know what else to do.
if someone has a tried and tested method or recovery service they have used please let me know. If it really is too difficult to attempt a recovery myself id be willing to pay for any assistance beyond that.
thanks for any assistance in advance.
.Xenon- said:
Hi everyone,
I'm at a loss at the moment as I do not know which way to turn, any help would be greatly appreciated.
so the last 2 years have been pretty eventful for me. I had a number of close relatives pass away and various other important family events take place and all my pictures and videos surround them seem to have disappeared from my HTC One X.
I had the phone connected to a laptop and was in the process of backing up the entire collection when the phone got incredibly hot, froze and restarted on me, to my shock all my videos and pictures where gone once the phone booted back up. I have removed the battery and have not used the phone since, in fear that it may delete/write over any data structures, or remove any chance I have at recovering my files.
Now I am of course a newbie to the HTC one X when it comes to rooting etc but I have done this sorta thing with previous phones in the past so I can work through a guide/root/update if needed.
Having tried many of these generic "recover your data" type software they all seem to require USB Mass Storage Mode. from what I have found and and experienced I can not do this as my android version is 4.1.1 and the option was removed in an update. MTP connection type is how it connects to a PC ( i hope im making sense here as im not sure if im saying that right).
I've spent the last week trying to figure out a way to get the phone to work with mass storage mode but my understanding is a little sketchy.
Is there anyway to recover my data and if so what is the best course of action?
Should I root and upgrade to a custom firmware?
If i do this will this wipe the existing internal storage/ or perhaps remove any chance I have at recovery after the upgrade? I haven't used the phone since as ive read on several threads that the best chance of recovery is to ensure that very little data / no new data is written to the phones internal memory.
I've even considered paying professional data recovery services however they simply do not provide enough information as to what/how they do it and im scared that they may return the phone with no results and also wipe any chance I have at recovery.
any help at all would be greatly appreciated, as at this point i really don't know what else to do.
if someone has a tried and tested method or recovery service they have used please let me know. If it really is too difficult to attempt a recovery myself id be willing to pay for any assistance beyond that.
thanks for any assistance in advance.
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If all you need to do to salvage your data is USB mount storage then I suggest flashing a custom recovery, CWM and TWRP both enable USB mount storage.
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Craiglivesey94 said:
If all you need to do to salvage your data is USB mount storage then I suggest flashing a custom recovery, CWM and TWRP both enable USB mount storage.
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ok so I've used CWM a few years back and I have a rough idea of what to do (i can search around for a decent guide) but I just want to confirm that flashing a custom recovery will not force me to reformat or format the internal memory in its entirety before/during/after the installation itself?
Would this be the best way to recover data from the device as its not currently rooted or had any custom firmware flashed to it
ie: install CWM>enable mass storage mode>use generic software to scan the drive and attempt to recover
thank you
.Xenon- said:
ok so I've used CWM a few years back and I have a rough idea of what to do (i can search around for a decent guide) but I just want to confirm that flashing a custom recovery will not force me to reformat or format the internal memory in its entirety before/during/after the installation itself?
Would this be the best way to recover data from the device as its not currently rooted or had any custom firmware flashed to it
ie: install CWM>enable mass storage mode>use generic software to scan the drive and attempt to recover
thank you
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unlocking your bootloader will wipe all your data. I would try recovery software first, if your pc can see your phone I don't see why the software won't.
nogotaclue said:
unlocking your bootloader will wipe all your data. I would try recovery software first, if your pc can see your phone I don't see why the software won't.
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there are a number of reputable recovery software applications on the market, almost all of which require that you are using mass storage mode (when attempting to recover from a mobile device). I've used 14 different programs so far and none of them can recognize my HTC one x when its plugged into the PC.
my htc works fine and is showing up as "portable media device" in the windows browser however none of the programs ive tried can locate the storage with there respective disk/file browsers.
.Xenon- said:
there are a number of reputable recovery software applications on the market, almost all of which require that you are using mass storage mode (when attempting to recover from a mobile device). I've used 14 different programs so far and none of them can recognize my HTC one x when its plugged into the PC.
my htc works fine and is showing up as "portable media device" in the windows browser however none of the programs ive tried can locate the storage with there respective disk/file browsers.
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doesn't really like you have much of a choice now then. You should prepare yourself for the possibility that, because data is missing, the sdcard may be corrupted and not recoverable at all. having said that, I have recovered data from hard drives and sdcards that have been formatted multiple times, with minimal loss. I would wait till tomorrow night before you decide anything, give more people a chance to see the post through tomorrow
nogotaclue said:
doesn't really like you have much of a choice now then. You should prepare yourself for the possibility that, because data is missing, the sdcard may be corrupted and not recoverable at all. having said that, I have recovered data from hard drives and sdcards that have been formatted multiple times, with minimal loss. I would wait till tomorrow night before you decide anything, give more people a chance to see the post through tomorrow
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Yeah im hoping someone may know of a why to get either usb mass storage mode working or perhaps just a good recovery service anyone could recommend.
.Xenon- said:
Yeah im hoping someone may know of a why to get either usb mass storage mode working or perhaps just a good recovery service anyone could recommend.
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Is the device rooted? Do you have CWM Recovery installed on it?
MrT69 said:
Is the device rooted? Do you have CWM Recovery installed on it?
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no unfortunately not, just wish i had now and I woulda have saved myself alot of hassle.
I think if i understand it correctly now if i root and install CWM recovery now it actually reformats/wipes the storage.
.Xenon- said:
no unfortunately not, just wish i had now and I woulda have saved myself alot of hassle.
I think if i understand it correctly now if i root and install CWM recovery now it actually reformats/wipes the storage.
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Ok. Currently I'm on the way home from work but I guess I will need aprox. 1 hour.
1. DO NOT install a custom ROM
2. You need to install CWR Recovery for this Action
3. Don't care if the device will boot or not - you need only CWR Recovery installed on it
4. Do not try to do stupid things like using public bull**** recovery crap Tools
It will take up to two hours and your data will be back. Ok. lets say most of them.
To do:
1. Unlock your device bootloader
2. Install CWM Recovery
3. Let me know when it's done
And most important - leave the device as it is. Do not restart or boot the device to much times
MrT69 said:
Ok. Currently I'm on the way home from work but I guess I will need aprox. 1 hour.
1. DO NOT install a custom ROM
2. You need to install CWR Recovery for this Action
3. Don't care if the device will boot or not - you need only CWR Recovery installed on it
4. Do not try to do stupid things like using public bull**** recovery crap Tools
It will take up to two hours and your data will be back. Ok. lets say most of them.
To do:
1. Unlock your device bootloader
2. Install CWM Recovery
3. Let me know when it's done
And most important - leave the device as it is. Do not restart or boot the device to much times
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thanks for your help!
Im at work at the moment too so I will try to do this as soon as I get home.
just a quick question though, does unlocking the bootloader and installing CWM recovery format the storage? nogotaclue said unlocking the bootloader would wipe/reformat the memory again. (I am trying to avoid this as it could potentially write over the data im trying to recover)
.Xenon- said:
thanks for your help!
Im at work at the moment too so I will try to do this as soon as I get home.
just a quick question though, does unlocking the bootloader and installing CWM recovery format the storage? nogotaclue said unlocking the bootloader would wipe/reformat the memory again. (I am trying to avoid this as it could potentially write over the data im trying to recover)
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Don't care about if the SDCard will be formated or not.
On the one Hand it seems you have already formated or lost the partion on it and on the other Hand there is no other way to get the data back.
I promise to you that this is OK even when the unlock procedure Format your SDCard This is not the first time that I recover some data. And I do this Job since more than 15 years.
It's up to you to decide.
Sorry I didn't mean to offend you. Just worried that's all. I was called away for work so I'm back this weekend. Will root and install the recovery as soon I can.
Thanks again for your help.
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MrT69 said:
Don't care about if the SDCard will be formated or not.
On the one Hand it seems you have already formated or lost the partion on it and on the other Hand there is no other way to get the data back.
I promise to you that this is OK even when the unlock procedure Format your SDCard This is not the first time that I recover some data. And I do this Job since more than 15 years.
It's up to you to decide.
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Then i have a question to you Mr T, what software is "best" or at least very good to use to recover lost/formatted data ?
As you seem to know much about that
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Re: Recover deleted pictures and videos
It is very good that you did not use your phone after deletion of photos and videos so there will be no matter of overwriting. You said that you have tried many Recovery Tools but I think they might be free of cost. I have also tried so many free data recovery tools to recover my photos but all are of no use. Then my friend suggested me Remo recover Android tool after employing the tool I successfully recovered all my data from my HTC one.

No SD Card access from unlocked, TWRP'ed and rooted LG G4

Hi all
I've managed to pull this back from the brink and I am now able to boot into a rooted Marshmallow 6 OS.
Problem is I can't see my SD Card and it says it's corrupted. I had backed up the data from the SDCard and so allowed Marshmallow to reformat the card. Same problem. It still says it's corrupted after the reformat..
Any thoughts please? I really can't be bothered with this today after losing all my apps etc earlier. :crying:
Many thanks
H
Have you format as internal?
Hostilian said:
Hi all
I've managed to pull this back from the brink and I am now able to boot into a rooted Marshmallow 6 OS.
Problem is I can't see my SD Card and it says it's corrupted. I had backed up the data from the SDCard and so allowed Marshmallow to reformat the card. Same problem. It still says it's corrupted after the reformat..
Any thoughts please? I really can't be bothered with this today after losing all my apps etc earlier. :crying:
Many thanks
H
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It's like every other day there is a new user with the same problem.
As in all the other threads, make sure, your rooted kernel matches your Rom. Beware that there are two different 20A versions. Best advise is to reflash 20A (newer version) and use systemless root. If you manage to get this far, you will find the appropriate thread here.
Thanks for the replies.. Had a hell of a f***ing day with my phone after losing all apps and settings..
Nucking fightmare and I've been struggling to get it to just blooming work on marshmallow. At least I didn't lose the important stuff on the SDCard..
I've restored a system image to 5.1 and will be re-rooting it soon.. I've already wasted too long on it..
I'll probably stay on it until 6.1 is available for the G4..
Thanks for the replies!

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