Trying to erase and re-add my google account on the phone and you cant do it? After you root CWM wont let you format data... is there a way to do it manually without hurting the phone?
I'm a bit confused on what your trying to do, and where is this data residing?
psufan5 said:
Trying to erase and re-add my google account on the phone and you cant do it? After you root CWM wont let you format data... is there a way to do it manually without hurting the phone?
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Recovery is not wiping correctly at this time. We have to wait for the fix to be released, should be soon.
Edit: apparently the new 3.0.2.3 fixes the data wipe issue.
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I want to do a factory reset/wipe since Ive been having issues since the update, plus it will allow me to get rid of a bunch of apps I dont use anymore.
I know Google backs up mail and contacts. What about phone settings? Apps would have to be redownloaded/installed from the market, which is no big deal. What about SMS? I also want to format my internal memory, so that stuff will get backed up manually by me. Is there an option to format this drive or should I just do it in Windows?
the best way to reset, is flash a new Stock rom to the phone. that is Called FRESH!! beside that, ordinary reset from phone menu only wipes the data, not the updates. updates stays!!
you say u want to avoid the updates, that is what I am guessing from your post.
so best to apply Stock Rom with Odin...read the bible got all the info you ever need!!
Nope, I want the update (why wouldnt I ?)
Think of it like wiping your hard drive and reinstalling Windows with all the updates.
i installed eugenes ginger clone final and put on the DOW kernel, and the kernel is making it to where it cant find signal.. not alot of people have this problem, but i was told to go into CWM and delete user data, then reinstall the kernel... how to i delete user data? for some reason i cant find it
really nobody knows how i can wipe user data with CWM from CWM menu
After you choose the rom that you want to flash from inside cwm, it gives you the option of wiping user data and also creating back up.
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After you choose the rom that you want to flash from inside cwm, it gives you the option of wiping user data and also creating back up.
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i was told to go into the recovery and delete user data.. i knew about all that, ya i dont see the difference either
I am really confused with this. What actually android wipedata/reset means ?. Is there any problem if i select wipe data factory reset...? if i select this option, is there any chance of losing my internal memory datas like messages, contacts, etc ?
sareeshmnair said:
I am really confused with this. What actually android wipedata/reset means ?. Is there any problem if i select wipe data factory reset...? if i select this option, is there any chance of losing my internal memory datas like messages, contacts, etc ?
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The wipe data and factory reset option will wipe the /data partition which includes application data, any apps you've downloaded, pictures, music, messages, and contacts that are not stored on your sd-card. In addition to wiping the /data partition it also wipes the /cache partition which mostly contains your apps temporary files, and other system related temporary files. Your contacts can be backed up to your Google account, messages can be backed up with SMS Backup +, and for your other data I would recommend taking a look at My Backup it doesn't require root, if you are rooted Titanium Backup is a very handy tool for backing up your device.
help me as you can please
My phone it doesn't work already and and i don't want to lose any of my data because its really important to me and i didn't do the back up before …..what can i do ? …… pleas help me
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meshalSM said:
My phone it doesn't work already and and i don't want to lose any of my data because its really important to me and i didn't do the back up before …..what can i do ? …… pleas help me
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problem???
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problem???
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i have the cyanogen room and it was working well…and then,they create a new update for the room…when I'm install it .. the playstore it doesn't work anymore .. so i tried to return to the old version by the sitting > about the phone … when i did it .. the phone restart it self and sticking in the welcome screen for the cyanogenMod…and i don't have any back up before…and i have a lot important emails and numbers that i don't want to lose it what ever it happens…..please help me with this brother
meshalSM said:
i have the cyanogen room and it was working well…and then,they create a new update for the room…when I'm install it .. the playstore it doesn't work anymore .. so i tried to return to the old version by the sitting > about the phone … when i did it .. the phone restart it self and sticking in the welcome screen for the cyanogenMod…and i don't have any back up before…and i have a lot important emails and numbers that i don't want to lose it what ever it happens…..please help me with this brother
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Just to clarify do you mean it's gets stuck on the Cyanogenmod Bootanimation or the Setup Wizard welcome screen when you first setup the phone after wiping it or installing a new ROM? Do you have adb debugging enabled (Under Developer Options in System Settings)? Because if you do then you can use that to pull files from your device. Otherwise what you try doing is booting into recovery and trying ADB through recovery to see if you can access it that way, another suggestion would be in recovery mode to do a NANDROID backup of your current setup and then transfer the backup to your computer, extract the userdata.img from the NANDROID backup, and then use Linux to view the content of the userdata.img file (This would be a decent place to start). Otherwise I'm afraid you may be out of luck.
I'm running stock just updated to Lollipop. Need to factory reset. I've learned that reset now completely erases ALL info, which I'm trying to avoid. It appears custom recoveries like CWM and TWRP will leave your personal info intact (sd partition). So my question is, just for the purpose of doing a custom recovery based factory reset... do I need root?
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I'm running stock just updated to Lollipop. Need to factory reset. I've learned that reset now completely erases ALL info, which I'm trying to avoid. It appears custom recoveries like CWM and TWRP will leave your personal info intact (sd partition). So my question is, just for the purpose of doing a custom recovery based factory reset... do I need root?
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no... BUT.. if aren't already locked or S-off... the mere act of unlocking your bootloader to flash a custom recovery will in fact factory reset your phone anyhow.
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no... BUT.. if aren't already locked or S-off... the mere act of unlocking your bootloader to flash a custom recovery will in fact factory reset your phone anyhow.
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So now that I'm on 5.0 there's no possible way to reset my phone without wiping out my media?
If so, what's the easiest way to backup/recover photos? I've gone through and backup up my whole phone, both to my computer and to google pictures, however it seems google backup just lumps all your pictures into one folder if I'm not mistaken, which is no good for me. Music isn't as important, I need to reorganize that anyway.
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So now that I'm on 5.0 there's no possible way to reset my phone without wiping out my media?
If so, what's the easiest way to backup/recover photos? I've gone through and backup up my whole phone, both to my computer and to google pictures, however it seems google backup just lumps all your pictures into one folder if I'm not mistaken, which is no good for me. Music isn't as important, I need to reorganize that anyway.
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If you are able to boot the phone to OS just connect it to your pc and start grabbing the internal storage stuff. You can also use htc-backup app to back up apps and texts and email accounts.
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If you are able to boot the phone to OS just connect it to your pc and start grabbing the internal storage stuff. You can also use htc-backup app to back up apps and texts and email accounts.
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Yeah like I said I've backed up my stuff to my computer, but that's a pretty clunky way to have to restore stuff then. Also, my phone is acting up big time now and I'm at work for the rest of the day. So I was hoping there was a way I could just reset and go. Like I said I know I am also backed up to Google +, but I can't figure out a way to have them sync'd to Google in the same way I have them on my phone. They just all go to 'photos' and sorted by date. There are no albums unless I manually move picture by picture.
Hello All,
I deleted a zip file from my android device(not rooted)., And I need to recover the zip file which contains photos approx 150Mb.
Is there a possible way to recover it., Even paid tools/apps I am ready to try.
Just need to know a valid method to recover it. Please help
Thanks.
siadathali said:
Hello All,
I deleted a zip file from my android device(not rooted)., And I need to recover the zip file which contains photos approx 150Mb.
Is there a possible way to recover it., Even paid tools/apps I am ready to try.
Just need to know a valid method to recover it. Please help
Thanks.
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Without root? Probably not.
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Android OS doesn't have a Recycle Bin as that's the case with for example Windows OS, unless you install such an extension.
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Android OS doesn't have a Recycle Bin as that's the case with for example Windows OS, unless you install such an extension.
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That is true, but, deleted data doesn't truly get wiped/removed unless the data is overwritten. When a file is deleted, it doesn't get deleted, it just gets marked by the system to be ignored until the next time the system needs to write data, at such times, it will write the new data over the data that has been marked.
Data recovery software does have the ability to find this data that has been marked for deletion and recover that data. But it requires root.
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Data recovery software does have the ability to find this data that has been marked for deletion and recover that data. But it requires root.
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Most of the recently released higher-end Android devices running Android Lollipop or higher come with data encryption enabled out-of-the-box - in order to be more resistant to government snooping.
IMO even if it may be true that a data recovery software can find and recover deleted data, these data are encrypted and therefore without any use of all, unless you have appropriate forensic tools.
If I'm mistaken then please tell me the data recovery software that can bring back deleted data in decrypted way.
Data recovery software works for you, but all require the phone to be rooted, so you will need to do that first to your device. With root access, it can scan the files that would normally be inaccessible.
It can be recovered back with some data recovery software?If the.zip is too large,i tink it will be difficult to recover back.
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That is true, but, deleted data doesn't truly get wiped/removed unless the data is overwritten. When a file is deleted, it doesn't get deleted, it just gets marked by the system to be ignored until the next time the system needs to write data, at such times, it will write the new data tover the data that has been marked.
Data recovery software does have the ability to find this data that has been marked for deletion and recover that data. But it requires root.
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I Do not mind rooting now, but !! my understanding is that if I root the device now., It will wipe off all my data in my phone, coz rooting the phone is another way of flashing?? It will be more hard to recover file if my phone is wiped out.
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It can be recovered back with some data recovery software?If the.zip is too large,i tink it will be difficult to recover back.
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My file is hardly 150MB zip file. Not of huge size.
siadathali said:
I Do not mind rooting now, but !! my understanding is that if I root the device now., It will wipe off all my data in my phone, coz rooting the phone is another way of flashing?? It will be more hard to recover file if my phone is wiped out.
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Yes, but, only if the rooting method requires unlocking your bootloader because unlocking the bootloader formats the data partition. But, if you can find a way of rooting without having to unlock the bootloader or flashing a custom recovery, it won't format your data partition.
Honestly though, your chances of rooting without unlocking bootloader or flashing custom recovery , aren't very good. To do so would require finding an app or PC program that is a "universal rooting tool" and it would require the tool having an exploit that works on your device.
Or, you could do a Google search for:
"Recover data android no root"
Then try the various tools and methods that finds, if you can find videos in that search, it may help you further.
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