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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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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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
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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!
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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/
Today I found - after trying to make a foto - that my SDCard doesn't seem to be not accessibl anymore - at least the cam app says this. After some ivestigation I found out that the SD is still accessible but all files and folders are in read-only mode. I checked the perms with ESFileExplorer and found no hint why (775 was set correctly) however the properties dialog of differnt file managers always says read-only. I tried to access, remove and create files/folders via pc o that card (format FAT32) w/o any problems. So I made a backup and format the card within the phone and what shall I say - it seems to work again.
Does anybody have an idea what this may have caused?
SGS III + JB 4.1.2 I9300XXELL5_I9300VFGELL1_VD2 + XXELL5_JKay_Deluxe_Stock_v14_5_4 + rooted with SGS Toolkit
Thanks a lot!!!
BTW: I used the search function already but I did not find an explainantion which matches fully to my problem
Possibly found a reason
Hm, may have found 2 possible reasons for that behaviour:
- SolidExplorer (strange behviour as after start of it a lot of files partly w/o filname (only . or @ or y) are displayed, partly not visible in other file managers and after some time I can't delete/change no file on that card anymore)
- Too high value vor SDBooster (used 1024 now reduced to 512) - but for my understanding this should not be the reason as it was working for a long time w/o problems.
Will investigate later and will inform about the outcome...
Help on this thread please.
Same problem here.. My torrents, my camera, sms backup and restore, titanium backup, everything else specially those i set as daily scheduled activities always end up having unsuccessful results..
The problem can be worked around by unmounting->re-mounting sd-card..... every 5 minutes or so...
HELP!!
format it
Why didn't I think of that in the first place? Geez..
So anyone here who really understands the problem?
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I have exactly the same issue as you, at the very beginning, i notice this problem when i was taking photo and said my sdcard is not accessible, it then changes to use internal storage.
Let me list out my symptom and solution:
Symptom:
1. The sdcard looks fine, no special error thrown during android startup.
2. Just after startup, i am able to write file /copy file to the external sdcard
3. After a while, the external sdcard becomes read only. I can view/copy files from sd card, but not write/copy file to the external sdcard.
4. No apps can modify the files in external sdcard
5. By using ADB shell, type mount, and you will notice the /extSdCard is mounted as "ro", which means read only.
Description:
If you have the above symptom, your external sdcard probably have some problems...
When I was checking the mount details on step 5, i noticed that the default options is onerrors=remount-ro , it looks like the external sdcared is remounted as read-only because it has problem on external sdcard....
Solution:
I put the external sdcard to a Windows PC, and run scan disk (right click the drive >"properties" > "tools" > Check Now).
It really find problem on the FAT of the external sd card!!! It fix automatically and my external sd card is working fine now.
In my case, it doesn't need to root or format the sdcard.
Good luck!
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Today I found - after trying to make a foto - that my SDCard doesn't seem to be not accessibl anymore - at least the cam app says this. After some ivestigation I found out that the SD is still accessible but all files and folders are in read-only mode. I checked the perms with ESFileExplorer and found no hint why (775 was set correctly) however the properties dialog of differnt file managers always says read-only. I tried to access, remove and create files/folders via pc o that card (format FAT32) w/o any problems. So I made a backup and format the card within the phone and what shall I say - it seems to work again.
Does anybody have an idea what this may have caused?
SGS III + JB 4.1.2 I9300XXELL5_I9300VFGELL1_VD2 + XXELL5_JKay_Deluxe_Stock_v14_5_4 + rooted with SGS Toolkit
Thanks a lot!!!
BTW: I used the search function already but I did not find an explainantion which matches fully to my problem
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I've recently installed 4.2.2 on my Xperia Z (build number 10.3.A.0.423) stock with full root and dual recovery using NUT's instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337433. Everything went fine and I'd been using it a few days until today when I noticed all the files/folders on my internal sd had been moved from 'emulated/0' to 'emulated/0/0', and a whole new set of folders had been created in 'emulated/0'. I decided to move all files and folders from /0/0 to /0 as this was where all new files were being stored since I installed the new firmware. Everything was still ok at this point. I then connected my phone to my Windows laptop and noticed that the folder 'sdcard/storage' was showing as literally empty in the file explorer. All my other files were visible in the /0 folder so I deleted the /storage folder (it was showing as empty). I then noticed that the location of the files on my phone did not correspond with where they were showing in Windows explorer (When I added a test file on my phone to 'emulated' it appeared in 'sdcard/0/legacy' (or something similar) in Windows - basically a right mess!). I then noticed I'd cleared my internal SD card completely, so rebooted to CWM to restore my backup from a few days ago. The backup should have been on the EXTERNAL SD but CWM was saying no backup found. So I then rebooted and noticed that both INTERNAL and EXTERNAL SD's were completely wiped, other than a few essential files that Android had added to the Internal. I talking GB's of photos, music, videos etc.
I know I'm not going to them all back but I just want to know what happened so I never do it again. Why did the file locations not correspond with Windows? Why did an 'empty' folder turn out to be the one with everything in? And why was my external SD (which held all my personal files!)wiped when at no point did I ever edit anything in this??
Very confused, I'd be grateful if anyone could shed some light on this....
Both phones are identical S3's with TWRP recovery installed.
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Both phones are identical S3's with TWRP recovery installed.
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Here is what I did and it worked.
Bad phone = phone I want to flash/fix - - - - Good phone = phone I want take backup from
On Samsung Galaxy S3 you boot to TWRP by holding volume up + center home button then press and hold power button too untill you see some blue words at the top left of the screen, then release all three buttons.
Folder paths will be the same on your SD card but folder names will be different, see the note at the bottom about file names and folder paths.
What I did is run a backup on the bad phone in TWRP to the ext SD card in case anything went wrong. After it finished I turned the phone off and removed that SD card, then I turned the phone back on and ran a factory reset on the bad phone, when it finished and was at the first screen where you chose your language I turned the phone off. Then I inserted the SD card in my PC and found a folder with the file path TWRP>BACKUPS>551f9321>2016-03-03--18-28-10_2.01.11.0505 so I copied it to a folder on my PC and then deleted the last folder, the one that has a date for the name that had the backup files in it. Leaving the empty folders on the SD card TWRP>BACKUPS>551f9321
On the good phone I ran a backup in TWRP to the ext SD card, after it finished I turned off the phone removed the SD card and inserted the SD card in my PC, on the SD card I found folders with a file path like this TWRP>BACKUPS>9817290e>2013-12-31--18-55-59_2.02.11.0701, so I copied that to my PC(so I could return that phone back to its original state when this was all done) then deleted the dated folder off the SD card, leaving the empty folders TWRP>BACKUPS>9817290e on the SD card. With the SD card OUT of the phone I ran a factory reset on the good phone, when it finished and was at the first screen where you chose your language I turned the phone off. I booted in to TRWP and ran a backup to the ext SD card, when it finished I turned off the phone and removed the SD card and inserted it in to my PC, I copied the the dated folder TWRP>BACKUPS>9817290e>2013-12-31--18-55-59_2.02.11.0701 , to my PC and deleted it off the SD card, Then I took the original backup I made for this phone and returned it to the SD card so I could use it to restore the good phone in TWRP.
Back to the bad phone: I inserted the SD card in to my PC and copied the second backup I made from the GOOD (the backup I made AFTER the factory reset) phone to the folder file path TWRP>BACKUPS>551f9321>2013-12-31--18-55-59_2.02.11.0701 (this is the newer build number I am hoping fixes the Bluetooth issue on my phone) then I put the SD card back in to the bad phone and booted in to TWRP and ran a restore from the ext SD card, when it finished I was at the language selection screen!! I went thru the setup and let all my apps update from Google Play Store - entered my accounts in settings - and after all the updating I restarted my phone and tested Bluetooth.......................IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I checked the Build number in Settings>More>About device>Build number shows 2.02.11.0701 = SUCCESS !!
Hardest parts:
1. Keeping track of which SD card is which(I used the phone cases I took off of each phone to hold the respective SD cards while not in use to keep them separated, I also noted the brand name of each just in case)
2. Keeping the backups organised - there will be a total of three backups, a backup of each phone and the backup made after the factory reset you use to flash the bad phone.
A word about file names and paths:
The first time I tried this I copied the entire folder path from the good phones backup to the bad phones backup, AND it didn't work. Problem is that the folder path has a unique number for each phone in it EXAMPLE -> TWRP(this folder name will be the same on all phones)>BACKUPS(this folder name will be the same on all phones)>9817290e(this folders name is UNIQUE for each phone)>2013-12-31--18-55-59_2.02.11.0701(this is the dated folder that contains the backup)
My microSD was almost full and I kept takeing pictures with my phone then feel day after I realize that I has noone of photos saved, then when I tried access micro sd a message shown saying that my sd was corrupted.
So I tried to use a small usb adapt with sd in windows and explorer could not show the memory properly to access it and then I realize if I format in android I could then recovery the files in windows after.
I formated to use to share files betwen pc and android, now I tried Ease, Recuva and some others recovery softwares and all of them cant show my old files even with deep scan and using the original microsd-to-sd adaptator. Tried some store apps too, they dont even run in my android.
I did not write upside the files I had but android automatically put a lot of folders inside, no one with much amount of files.
So now I ask, can a diferent software or trick take my old files back? this micro sd is old, I had important files from 2010 there. :crying:
Ive mi a3 with android 9. 16g c16g micro sd
Recovery will depend on if you encrypted the SD or not. If the SD was previously encrypted you will not be able to recover any of the files. That is kind of the point of encryption.
If you did not encrypt the SD and Recuvva failed you may still be able to recover some of the files. I had a similar issue where I knew the deleted files were on the drive and while Recuvva managed to pull a few it was not finding the one that I really needed. This lead me to looking for other recovery programs online. I Googled "apps similar to recuvva". I found a site with 10 programs like recuvva and I found one in that list that worked. I did have to try 3 or 4 to find that one but it not only found the file I needed but it found about a dozen more that I didn't even know I was missing. I would tell you which program it was but I don't remember and I uninstalled it after using it.
Best wishes.
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While I have your ear, backup backup backup… I really can't say it enough. I hate to see people on here who've lost memories or important docs because they didn't back them up. Google provides so many ways to backup all for free. Google Drive will backup your docs and files, Google Photos will backup your photos and videos, Gmail Contacts will backup your contacts. Many carriers also provide backup options. Verizon Cloud will essentially backup your device similarly to iTunes. It doesn't backup your game progress and all of that, I think iTunes does, but it will backup your texts, files, settings, contacts and photos.
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So I tried to use a small usb adapt with sd in windows and explorer could not show the memory properly to access it and then I realize if I format in android I could then recovery the files in windows after.
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I formated to use to share files betwen pc and android, now I tried Ease, Recuva and some others recovery softwares and all of them cant show my old files even with deep scan and using the original microsd-to-sd adaptator. Tried some store apps too, they dont even run in my android.
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IMHO it mainly depends on Android SD card's filing system whether there is a chance to recover data after having formatted it. For an Android device, the compatible file system of external storage is FAT32 or exFAT.
To unformat the SD card in Android phone to get back the deleted files, I suggest you to try iBeesoft Data Recovery. It is designed for users to unformat SD card on Android phone specially.
Here are the simple steps for how to use iBeesoft Data Recovery to unformat SD card in Android phone:
Step 1. Install iBeeSoft Data Recovery software on computer
Step 2. Connect your Android device with computer
Step 3. Select "Unformat File Types"
Step 4. Select Formatted SD card to scan
Step 5. Unformat SD card in Android phone
Full guide here.
I've attached Google's USB driver (read: Android Debug Bridge - ADB-client) software for Windows computer.