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I recently started trying out Custom ROM's extensively and at one point lost all my clockworkmod recovery files from my SD card. Terrifying as it was to start all over again, I didnt give up hope and looked around in the xda forums and here are the collaborated instructions
I assume that to your good fortune, the files are only LOST i.e not deleted by you accidentally. When this happens, android puts them in a folder called LOST.DIR on your SD card. Ensure you keep these files intact!!!
I also assume that you are using clockworkmod recovery.
Step 0:
I recommend to do all this on your PC unless stated so otherwise... I used a micro-SD to SD adapter to read the card in my laptop..
Step 1:
Your recovery files are in the LOST.DIR directory somewhere. Unfortunately the filenames are now (seemingly) random numbers. Your first Job is to find out which file is which. The way I took is to use a free file recovery software like RECUVA . Use this tool to run a "deep scan" on your SD Card. Once Complete, It will show you a list of "recoverable" and "unrecoverable" files. Dont pay any attn to the status. Look in the "PATH" column of the lost file. The files of interest are in the "G:\Clockworkmod\backup\" path(My SD card is drive G)
For each rom backup that you had created there should be a directory with 5 files(look in the "PATH" Column)
System.img
Data.img
Cache.img
.android_secure.img
nandroid.md5
Step 2:
Recuva tells you that each of these files are unrecoverable as they have been overwritten by a file in the LOST.DIR directory in the comments Column. Look at the corresponding file name against each of the above 5 files for the ROM Backup that you want to recover. Copy these 5 files to a seperate directory on your PC. (For our guide we will call this Directory "RecoveredBackup". You are free to call it whatever you want. Just remember..no spaces in the directory name. There's a good reason for this)
Step 3:
Rename the corresponding random-numbered-file to the correct name (example system.img)
Step 4:
The chances that the Nandroid.md5 is recovered correctly are very LOW. There is a way around this first Create a Directory called "clockworkmod" (without quotes) in your SD card. Inside this directory create another directory "backup".
copy the directory from the above step "RecoveredBackup" into this backup folder.
Step 4:
Regenerating the md5. Insert your SD card back to your Phone and open any "shell" (like terminal emulator)
Type su in the terminal and press enter. Allow superuser access if prompted.
Regenerate your md5 by following THESE steps.
(Thanks to ihtfp69 for this) (remember..in our case instead of "2010-06-29.20.22.53" in the post, we use "RecoveredBackup"
Step 5:
Ready to go!!! Now reboot back into recovery and restore your ROM as usual!
Step 6:
Breathe a sigh of Relief if it worked
Repeat if you have more than one backup to recover.
Disclaimer: This SHOULD work. This doesnt mean it WILL. give it a go... but don blame me if it doesnt work / your girlfriend breaks up with you / Judgement day arrives.....
You can also recover deleted files from Harddisk and Memory Card with the help of another efficient data recovery software. i will suggest you to use "Kernel for FAT and NTFS" file recovery software for the same purpose. It recovers data after accidental delete (shift+delete) / format from hard drive, memory card, flash drive etc instantly. It has a user friendly interface through which you can preview the lost data in scan mode in RED color and then gave you the choice to save all at once or some selective files to your location.
Thanks for the good advice and detailed description! Should save me a lot of pain.
happy to help!
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Myjad Photo Data Recovery, professional SD card recovery software, is designed to restore all lost data such as photos, videos, music from PC hard drive, USB or Other Storage Device without any damage.
Tutorail: How to Recover Lost Data from SD Card
Step 1: Install Myjad Photo Data Recovery by following the guidance in the interface of the software and run it. Choose a module according to the file you want to recover. Choose "Photos", "Music" or "Video" according to your need (If you want to recover various types of files, please click "All".), and click "Next".
Step 2: Select your SD card disk where the lost photos have been. Then click the "Next" button to start scanning.
Step 3: Press "Stop" button to finish scanning, and in the left column you will see file/folder tree. Select a folder and click the file in the list to
preview. Then recover them by clicking the ”Recover” button - to save the delete photos to local folder.
Step 4: You are not allowed to save the files to the source partition, so save the photos to another partition or drive and click “OK”. Then finish
recovering.
works like a charm
i accidently deleted rom-slot 1 on safestrap for my razr and it worked like a charm, i used the data recovery to match the sizes up to a name and put them back in the proper directory, now im back on my main rom! thanks man! :laugh:
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You can not only recovery photo,video,but also recovery iphone and android lost data.
The simple delete command on most cameras just marks the space on a memory card as being available for use rather than overwriting the actual space on the card. As long as you don't record anything new onto the card, previously deleted photos should be relatively easy to recover using a file recovery utility.
You should even be able to recover photos from a reformatted memory card as long as you used a standard format command rather than a low-level format. (A low-level format not only deletes all the data on the card, but it also recreates the directories and folder structure of the card, rendering previously deleted files unrecoverable.)
For more information visit: How to Recover Lost recovery files from SD card
rosshalz said:
happy to help!
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Not on this device, but principle is the same: if I copied the lost.dir folder to my computer, and then ran recuva, would the files still be recoverable? Or is the whole point that it has to be on the original destination?
If they havent been mentioned... here are devices I have had tested and don't see on the first post:
1) the LG Optimus "S" works, I think specs are almost, if not exactly, identical to the Optimus V - now as far as lag goes, it is far from a good performance device...
2) the Sony Xperia "Arc" works...and pretty good I understand...
3) Samsung Galaxy Ace works well...
4) HTC Evo Shift 4G... works good.
5) LG "My Touch" works...
6) Kyocera Milano lags it up on anything remotely intensive, but works!
Great tips. SAVE me from disaster ! Thank you so much!
mordues said:
Great tips. SAVE me from disaster ! Thank you so much!
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Do not worry, here's a good sd card recovery solution you may follow to recover data from sd card: how to recover lost files from sd card
It's easy to follow and works well for me.
My problem is a litttle bir complicated...
I organized all my pictures in my N9005(phone memory) then i replaced those to SD card. At this time some of those organized folders turned into empty folders and videos, picturec etc. moved to LOST.DIR folder and named numerically. After then i tried to recover via RECUVA, STELLAR PHOENIX and ACTIVE FILE RECOVERY PRO. But i couldn't recover all lost files except a few . And video players and picture viewers say that those few recovered files are corrupted. After i read the threads in forums, recovers are successful but mine is not, i think about the replacing the files from phone memory to sd card caused the problem. Is there anybody to help me for solving recovery problem and making any comment about my thought?(replacing from phone to SD card)
Problem......
My problem is attached......Please help me...
I can't see any file on "LOST.DIR" folder, and Recuva doesn't show anything too.
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You can easily spot SD card usage in almost all the cool gadgets, such as the android king – Samsung galaxy s3, all the camcorder goes either full memory card storage or hybrid – with built-in hard drive, the Nikon d90, canon EOS 5d mark ii and all the DSLRs alike. But you must be very pained when you lose data from those SD card in following situations:
• Accidentally deleted files from SD card
• Formatted SD card
• SD card got corrupted or inaccessible
• Virus inflection
• Power failure
• Others
Thanks to the Android Data Recovery, which can recover deleted photos from samsung galaxy and videos from SD cards on Android devices, as well as retrieve deleted contacts from Android phone and messages on SIM cards.
In order to put a stop to permanent loss of files from LOST.DIR in Android, you have to quickly recover missing files before your Android Smartphone memory space get overwritten by some new data. Therefore, go ahead with pertinent LOST.DIR Android recovery tool like UFUSoft Lost DIR File Recovery.
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Thanks
Hi,
Nice Article thanks for sharing with us, You can checkout this blog as well to recover deleted files from SD card, view link: https://sysinfotools.com/blog/recover-deleted-photos-from-sd-card/
I've got a few films on my phone which play fine. But some won't show up on the pc as being on my phones sd card when I look at the folder. From what I can see the file types are the same as the ones that do show up.
I also have the problem that when I go to delete some files (some. Video some apk) they don't delete. It doesn't say there was a problem deleting them and the file size is 0 but the file name still shows. So they do not show up on pc do I delete them in the phone but they still show.
Hope this makes sense
Anyone?
Double post.
Don't know this could help
I have ever got this experience. I accidentally renamed some file(data) in phone Sd like original file name is "xxxx" to " .xxxx" after renamed I couldn't see that file from phone Sd even via PC(when usb connected) but I knew it still in Sd because it took lot of my internal Sd Space. I tried install root explorer app(your phone need rooted) and got into sd again now I could see that file then I could delete it successfully.
ive just tried to put a music track in a folder thats in my music folder in ext sd but its only showing a handfull of the folders.
so say i try to make a new folder and name it the same as the one im trying to put it in e.g "live" the folder wont rename . but i can rename it with a new name.
this is really winding me up
just noticed none of the things show up if i look vie kies either
a workable solution.....connect your SD to your PC via USB or SD slot....copy all SD content onto the PC....format the SD.....move it back to the phone....connect the phone to the PC via USB......move back the content to the SD
unmounted my sd , put it in my card reader , but my card reader must be faulty . put the sd back in the phone and all the files are showing up again lol
thanks for your help, i should have thought of that really
When I try to connect my Acro S to PC Companion (WiFi), it saya that the config program needs to create a file at the root of my computers drive but that file already exist. Where do I find that file? I've talked to Sony about this and they say that I should try to repair my phone (re-installing the software). This deletes the whole memory, so I won't do it. Any suggestions where I might find this file? I'd be thankful for any help I can get. I've reinstalled PC Companion, that doesn't help. This problem occurred when I earlier today deleted all of my settings (reset).
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Molleresa said:
When I try to connect my Acro S to PC Companion (WiFi), it saya that the config program needs to create a file at the root of my computers drive but that file already exist. Where do I find that file? I've talked to Sony about this and they say that I should try to repair my phone (re-installing the software). This deletes the whole memory, so I won't do it. Any suggestions where I might find this file? I'd be thankful for any help I can get. I've reinstalled PC Companion, that doesn't help. This problem occurred when I earlier today deleted all of my settings (reset).
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You've mentioned that you don't want to reinstall the software because it deletes the whole memory(false), but the problem started after you deleted all of your settings. Let me explain you what PC Companion actually does and means by wiping/erasing memory: it actually only erases the phone settings + user data(Contacts, Messages, App Data like savegames or options, Accounts, Music Playlists, Groups, wipes all apps installed) so it doesn't really wipes the entire memory, only the phone and data. Your music, videos, photos and other files and folder that you see as "Internal Memory" when you connect the phone to the computer are still kept, until you select to format/wipe/erase internal storage(pretending you don't have a SD Card, only files and things stored in the internal memory). At least this is for Xperia S, and as far as I know Acro S has too an internal memory of about 11 GB user-available beside the SD Card slot.
steryman said:
You've mentioned that you don't want to reinstall the software because it deletes the whole memory(false), but the problem started after you deleted all of your settings. Let me explain you what PC Companion actually does and means by wiping/erasing memory: it actually only erases the phone settings + user data(Contacts, Messages, App Data like savegames or options, Accounts, Music Playlists, Groups, wipes all apps installed) so it doesn't really wipes the entire memory, only the phone and data. Your music, videos, photos and other files and folder that you see as "Internal Memory" when you connect the phone to the computer are still kept, until you select to format/wipe/erase internal storage(pretending you don't have a SD Card, only files and things stored in the internal memory). At least this is for Xperia S, and as far as I know Acro S has too an internal memory of about 11 GB user-available beside the SD Card slot.
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I know, but I don't feel like setting up everything again, I've already done that today. The problem is where the file is located. The popup window says it's located at the root of my drive, so I navigate to C:\ and find nothing that's not supposed to be there. I thought anybody would know where it's located? :\
You need to write down the entire path listed on the error message so you can successfully navigate to the correct file.
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You need to write down the entire path listed on the error message so you can successfully navigate to the correct file.
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But the error message doesn't say any path, only that there's a file that I need to delete.
Hello everyone. I owned the Samsung Galaxy S2.
ICS 4.0.4
Baseband version I9100XXLQ5
Kernel version 3.0.15-I9100XXLQ5-CL753921
Build number IMM76D.XXLQ5
I have a problem I can not solve, so I hope someone will help!
Can not create a folder in "sdcard". When I try to create a folder appears the error "Sorry, operation failed." I use ES File Explorer.
Also when you want to copy a folder from the external sd, disallowing.
Note that the external _sd can create a folder and I have no problem as the sdcard (internal memory).
Also when I connect my phone to PC as Mass Storage, the sdcard can not create a folder.
It appears to me the error "The file '<1% NULL: NameDest>' is too large for the destination file system".I tried to re flashing ROM,but no effects.
I will be grateful if someone help me or direct me to where I can find a solution to this problem.
Best regrads,
Wolf014
Wolf014 said:
Hello everyone. I owned the Samsung Galaxy S2.
ICS 4.0.4
Baseband version I9100XXLQ5
Kernel version 3.0.15-I9100XXLQ5-CL753921
Build number IMM76D.XXLQ5
I have a problem I can not solve, so I hope someone will help!
Can not create a folder in "sdcard". When I try to create a folder appears the error "Sorry, operation failed." I use ES File Explorer.
Also when you want to copy a folder from the external sd, disallowing.
Note that the external _sd can create a folder and I have no problem as the sdcard (internal memory).
Also when I connect my phone to PC as Mass Storage, the sdcard can not create a folder.
It appears to me the error "The file '<1% NULL: NameDest>' is too large for the destination file system".I tried to re flashing ROM,but no effects.
I will be grateful if someone help me or direct me to where I can find a solution to this problem.
Best regrads,
Wolf014
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Try to format sd card in recovery mode I had the same problem and its helped me.
I tried to do that, and again the same. Is there anyone else to help me?
Wolf014 said:
Hello everyone. I owned the Samsung Galaxy S2.
ICS 4.0.4
Baseband version I9100XXLQ5
Kernel version 3.0.15-I9100XXLQ5-CL753921
Build number IMM76D.XXLQ5
I have a problem I can not solve, so I hope someone will help!
Can not create a folder in "sdcard". When I try to create a folder appears the error "Sorry, operation failed." I use ES File Explorer.
Also when you want to copy a folder from the external sd, disallowing.
Note that the external _sd can create a folder and I have no problem as the sdcard (internal memory).
Also when I connect my phone to PC as Mass Storage, the sdcard can not create a folder.
It appears to me the error "The file '<1% NULL: NameDest>' is too large for the destination file system".I tried to re flashing ROM,but no effects.
I will be grateful if someone help me or direct me to where I can find a solution to this problem.
Best regrads,
Wolf014
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I Also had this Problem, the way i fixed it was:
1. close your phone and remove your SD card.
2. plug the SD card to your PC and run Error checking & Defragmentation.
3. if you wish Format the SD (i did that).
4. put back the SD card in your phone.
5. i used Astro file manger on my phone try this app to make /copy / paste on your SD.
Hope that will help you as it help me.
If not the last thing i can advice you to do is to replace the SD with a Different SD and see if with another one it is working... maybe your SD card just died on you...
Good luck.
SagyR said:
I Also had this Problem, the way i fixed it was:
1. close your phone and remove your SD card.
2. plug the SD card to your PC and run Error checking & Defragmentation.
3. if you wish Format the SD (i did that).
4. put back the SD card in your phone.
5. i used Astro file manger on my phone try this app to make /copy / paste on your SD.
Hope that will help you as it help me.
If not the last thing i can advice you to do is to replace the SD with a Different SD and see if with another one it is working... maybe your SD card just died on you...
Good luck.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I did what you said, and I tried a new card, but it did not help.
My problem is to create a folder on the internal memory and copying from external memory. T
he external card can I create a folder and I have no problems there.
I solved the problem. I did Factory data reset.
My phone was first a SIM lock, so I unlocked the service.
I was afraid that it will be locked again if you do Factory data reset, but I risked, and there were no problems.
Only now I have another problem, 4GB internal memory, and should be 16GB.( i not touched PIT file)
Hi,
I bought a z2 yesterday. formatted my old 16gb microsdcard to use in my z2. I can see the folders and the phone can read my card. So i tried to download a file directly to my external card but it showed me a error lik "no valdi folder" or something like that. After i tried to create a new folder in my card using a file explorer but it gives me a error "operation stopped". Any idea why and any solution?
ty
Welcome to android kitkat
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Aricci said:
Hi,
I bought a z2 yesterday. formatted my old 16gb microsdcard to use in my z2. I can see the folders and the phone can read my card. So i tried to download a file directly to my external card but it showed me a error lik "no valdi folder" or something like that. After i tried to create a new folder in my card using a file explorer but it gives me a error "operation stopped". Any idea why and any solution?
ty
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On Android KitKat applications aren't allowed to modify the files on the SDcard. They are only allowed to place files in their own folders on the SDcard (/SDCard/Android/data/app_name if I remember correctly).
You can fix this only by gaining root access and modifying build.prop.
Jackos said:
On Android KitKat applications aren't allowed to modify the files on the SDcard. They are only allowed to place files in their own folders on the SDcard (/SDCard/Android/data/app_name if I remember correctly).
You can fix this only by gaining root access and modifying build.prop.
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So this means i cant save any file to my external sdcard?
rooting wouldnt be a problem.. but editing the build prompt..?
Aricci said:
So this means i cant save any file to my external sdcard?
rooting wouldnt be a problem.. but editing the build prompt..?
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Uch, I was wrong about the build.pro. Actually you need to modify "/system/etc/permissions/platform.xml".
Here is some reference:
http://jrummy-apps.com/fix-sdcard-on-kitkat/
Root access is essential.
You can create a folder if you use the file explorer that came pre installed on the z2, all downloads go to internal storage but can be moved to sd card with 'file commander' this is the only app that can create and move folders to the sd card, apps such as astro and es explorer no longer have the permission.
Maybe I misunderstand the problem, but PocketCast can download and save the files to SD card without any problem. So, if this one can...
Yes PocketCast CAN write to the SD card, but only in its own folder, not everywhere. And it could write to a public folder (there are some defined in the Android SDK).
See Jackos post above...
Only software that is installed as system software may modify the files on the SDcard outside their personal folder. For example the build-in file manager.
File Commander (The built in file manager) is able to read and write to external SD. Use it instead of any other third party file manager app.