While updating to lollipop i accidentally relocked and unlocked the bootloader resulting in a full memory wipe but i had my college work on there so i really need to recover the data lost but upon connecting the phone to the pc it appears as "portable device" which is not detected by recovery tools as well as the android apps as the undeleter root couldn't recover the data i need so is there a way to
1- connect htc one m8 to the pc as usb storage (aka removable disk)
2- another way to recover files
Thanks in advance
The issue is that Android now mounts internal storage by MTP, as opposed to the old Mass USB storage format. So computer's can no longer read the memory like its a USB drive. I think at some point (probably not even for this phone) I saw a method to dump the files in order to perform a file recovery, but it was pretty complicated and looked like a PITA.
You can try some apps on the Play Store that claim to recover files (using the phone itself, not a computer). But I've never used any, can't vouch for them, and don't know if they really work. Also keep in mind, the more you use the phone, the higher the likelihood that the files you want will be overwritten by other data.
Good luck. But in the future you have to remember to backup important personal data before making any major changes or mods to the device. I never fail to be disappointed at how many folks never bother to backup their important data; than freak out about it once its lost. Most of the time, at that point its too late. You should have been backing it up all along. If its important to you, back it up.
Well sir thank ypu for your help i don't think ill be able not to use the phone all that long as well as im now facing that the wifi wont open which is really annoying
Hi everyone,
I've encrypted my HTC One M8 and I thought this would mean that plugging the phone in via USB would require a screen unlock. However I've just plugged my phone in to empty the internal storage and I can access all my photos/screenshots/camera data straight away..
I wanted to encrypt my phone to prevent a thief being able to see all of my photos in the event of a loss/theft. Why is this happening and is there any way to achieve this? Encryption seems pretty pointless if I can just see everything anyway..
Cheers guys.
My mistake, I realised I changed the screen lock settings so the device was unlocked when copying. Encryption works as expected.
Please can a mod delete at their soonest convenience, thanks!
Hi! So I'm currently having issues with my HTC One m8 as it started acting up recently when I was taking photos, it would crash and reset and continue this process if I opened more than two applications open. All of a sudden it crashed while I tried to back all my photos online and then would no longer switch on past the htc boot screen and would freeze in a bootloop. Ever since I have been unable to reach the normal screen of my phone to try and retrieve photos. In terms of resetting the phone manually that's easily doable and getting on to the recovery settings is no problem.
I'm trying to avoid a hard reset, and been looking online and saw something about using Fastboot USB, which I have currently on my phone screen while plugged in to my computer. Is there a way I can retrieve photos directly/indirectly from this before hard resetting my phone? Or should I bring it to the shop?
Any help is super appreciated!
From a not so tech savvy student
Is the phone modified (TWRP installed, root)?
It is not yet rooted no, should I root it?
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It is not yet rooted no, should I root it?
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No, that wasn't the point of my question.
With a modded device, you can access storage in custom recovery. Or you can also adb pull files from internal storage (I believe). You can't do either of these, if the phone isn't modded.
And you can't unlock the bootloader, and root the phone at this point. Unlocking the bootloader by definition, wipes all data on the phone (for security).
You are sure the save location is internal storage, and not the removable SD if you have one (internal storage is default)? If it is on SD, it will not be wiped. Probably not the case, but just mentioning it, in the unlikely event it is the case.
Otherwise, I don't think there is any way to retrieve the photos, unfortunately. You should be backing up your data on a regular basis, not waiting for a disaster then trying to retrieve the data. This comment assumes that it's all your photos you are talking about (no backup was done previously); and not just the ones taken since the last backup (since just losing a few photos is usually not a heartbreaking event).
Hey everyone,
My Nexus 5X fell and the screen is now fully shattered. When I transferred my SIM card to another phone and downloaded the WhatsApp backup, there was a problem in the process and several months went missing from the backup.
My idea was to access the Nexus 5X through a PC, find the local backup and transfer it to the new phone. However, because the screen in shattered, I cannot enable file transfer, and I cannot use methods that include USB Debugging (it is not enabled and I cannot enable it).
Is there still a way to transfer the file? Or, is there a way to enable USB Debugging without the screen?
Thanks in advance,
katzuv
My wife has a PIN on her phone. She told our 6 yr old to put the phone down as she put my our other children to bed, and when she came back the phone was erased and reset. He couldn't have got in to the phone and through the menus. Does the phone reset and wipe everything after too many failed attempts at the PIN? Is there anyway out of this? I am familiar with rooting phones. Is there any back entry and restore through ADB? The phone was not previously rooted.
Doesn't take long to navigate to settings and do a factory reset.
Data is likely lost but you can try... I hope you backed up critical data. Even if you do manage to retrieve it the file structure has been lost.
A sea of random files and no way to recreate the file structure or associations except by memory.
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Doesn't take long to navigate to settings and do a factory reset.
Data is likely lost but you can try... I hope you backed up critical data. Even if you do manage to retrieve it the file structure has been lost.
A sea of random files and no way to recreate the file structure or associations except by memory.
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So pictures and everything are gone?
He doesn't know the PIN. Is there something that comes up that's says the phone will be wiped after so many bad attempts that he could have pressed?
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So pictures and everything are gone?
He doesn't know the PIN. Is there something that comes up that's says the phone will be wiped after so many bad attempts that he could have pressed?
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Jpeg files if recoverable will be separated from their exif files, no order, original time stamp or number. Even 100 jpegs are a small nightmare to try and sort.
You start to get the depth of the problem.
Not sure but I think you're correct.
I never use screen locks or encryption; security is purely physical. Meh, wysiwyg
"Kids do the darndest things..."
My cousin once "waxed" the whole kitchen floor with a bottle of baby oil.
My mother exclaimed:"Who did this?!"
Danny replied:"I doed it!"
He was quite proud of his achievement. The floor really did shine... clean up took a bit longer then the wax job.
Somebody may have a better plan than my call it a wash. If backed up on cloud you have another option. Personally I use hard backups.
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Jpeg files if recoverable will be separated from their exif files, no order, original time stamp or number. Even 100 jpegs are a small nightmare to try and sort.
You start to get the depth of the problem.
Not sure but I think you're correct.
I never use screen locks or encryption; security is purely physical. Meh, wysiwyg
"Kids do the darndest things..."
My cousin once "waxed" the whole kitchen floor with a bottle of baby oil.
My mother exclaimed:"Who did this?!"
Danny replied:"I doed it!"
He was quite proud of his achievement. The floor really did shine... clean up took a bit longer then the wax job.
Somebody may have a better plan than my call it a wash. If backed up on cloud you have another option. Personally I use hard backups.
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How do I try to see what is left on the phone? Is there an ADB process for this?
I've never understood backing stuff up on a phone. The restoring part seems to be more the problem for me. I did used to do multiple backups with titanium backup, but never once was successful restoring from the backup. How are you backing up and how are you restoring from it? Especially on a NON-ROOTED device? The latter will be more important. When I pick up my next phone (probably an s22. Currently have rooted 2xl running A10 yet) I will not be rooting. It's too much of a time-consuming PITA, and while the gains are noticeable; they're not worth the effort.
Not sure what if anything adb can do for you. I never use that to restore as I run stock devices and assume the file decryption keys are already lost as well as file structure after a factory reset!
For backup first identify all critical data that can be backed up. DCIM folder, Documents, contacts, all needed accounts/passwords written or as text files etc, music, vids and so on.
Apps that allow backup of settings like Poweramp and Color Note (can be used for bookmarks rather than the browser). I use ApkExport to make installable copies of all my apps and updates. On reload no Playstore needed.
Copy, paste, verify size and if readable to 2 or more hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. A OTG flashstick can be used for quick backups but don't use as the only backup; hdds are more reliable. Work out a sync folder for media, etc.
SmartSwitch can be used to backuo homepage but never rely on it to backup critical data! It may or may not work!!!
If you have an SD card slot use an SD card as a data drive; all critical data goes here. There can be only DCIM folder so periodically backup the DCIM folder to the SD card but name something without DCIM in the name. Only apps and the download folder go on internal memory. Then backup the SD card redundantly and regularly to the hdd backups. That gives you multiple backups should one fail. NEVER encrypt backup data drives!!!
You have to methodically plan this to do backup this way but it's pretty foolproof and has built in redundantcy. Once you get used to it, it's not hard to do.
I have over a dozen backup hdds in various locations. I may lose some data but never all my data. Syncing data is the biggest headache with this method.
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Jpeg files if recoverable will be separated from their exif files, no order, original time stamp or number. Even 100 jpegs are a small nightmare to try and sort.
You start to get the depth of the problem.
Not sure but I think you're correct.
I never use screen locks or encryption; security is purely physical. Meh, wysiwyg
"Kids do the darndest things..."
My cousin once "waxed" the whole kitchen floor with a bottle of baby oil.
My mother exclaimed:"Who did this?!"
Danny replied:"I doed it!"
He was quite proud of his achievement. The floor really did shine... clean up took a bit longer then the wax job.
Somebody may have a better plan than my call it a wash. If backed up on cloud you have another option. Personally I use hard backups.
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how could I attempt to recover these JPEG files?
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how could I attempt to recover these JPEG files?
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What OS version? Not rooted?
I don't think you got a prayer but it depends on if the old data is encrypted which I assume it is because of the screen lock.
Full-Disk Encryption | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
Of you're really hell bent on recovering some of the data a data recovery service that specializes in Samsung's is probably your best shot.
I could be wrong... do some Google searches, to search XDA simply add "XDA" to the end of the Google search parameter. XDA's search engine leaves something to be desired... and misses a lot that the all seeing Google web crawlers don't.
Leave the phone powered down until you decide what to do as any activity can now overwrite those old files.
Is this droidkit a gimic or will it work? the note 8 is on android 8 or 9.
Get Data Recovery, Screen Unlock, and FRP Bypass with DroidKit
www.xda-developers.com
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Is this droidkit a gimic or will it work? the note 8 is on android 8 or 9.
Get Data Recovery, Screen Unlock, and FRP Bypass with DroidKit
www.xda-developers.com
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Most likely a gimmick if not malware. AFAIK a factory wipe doesn't actually erase or overwrite the storage, it just removes the file structure and pointers, so a forensic data recovery tool could potentially help. Unfortunately, doing this on a smartphone is even harder to do, especially considering that most newer Samsung devices use encryption, and since a new key is generated when the device is reset, it won't be able to read the old data.
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Most likely a gimmick if not malware. AFAIK a factory wipe doesn't actually erase or overwrite the storage, it just removes the file structure and pointers, so a forensic data recovery tool could potentially help. Unfortunately, doing this on a smartphone is even harder to do, especially considering that most newer Samsung devices use encryption, and since a new key is generated when the device is reset, it won't be able to read the old data.
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Brute forced decryption be the only way as it uses random encryption. Folders are encrypted vs full disk encryption on the newer OS's if I recall correctly. The folder association with the files is already gone, lost with the factory reset. How the effects the encryption, no clue.
It's a mess.
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Brute forced decryption be the only way as it uses random encryption. Folders are encrypted vs full disk encryption on the newer OS's if I recall correctly. The folder association with the files is already gone, lost with the factory reset. How the effects the encryption, no clue.
It's a mess.
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is there a service that can recover the pictures? my wife already restarted the phone and has started downloading stuff (if that matters). I told her it would have been best to not even have restarted it and hand it to someone so they could recover from recovery mode prior to any new data being installed.
V0latyle said:
Most likely a gimmick if not malware. AFAIK a factory wipe doesn't actually erase or overwrite the storage, it just removes the file structure and pointers, so a forensic data recovery tool could potentially help. Unfortunately, doing this on a smartphone is even harder to do, especially considering that most newer Samsung devices use encryption, and since a new key is generated when the device is reset, it won't be able to read the old data.
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Is there any company or service who aren't criminals that I can send it to to recover the pictures?
I think it's a dead horse especially if you're wife keeps using it!
Found this one. Do some searches and research.
Keep the phone powered off until you decide.