Hi. im new here.
I just bought an SII I9100 last 2 months and finally i've decided to root it yesterday
I've followed how to root from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
and im using CF-Root-SGS2_DX_THL_KL3-v5.0-CWM5.zip for PDA on Odin.
everything went well. and I just noticed something weird today. My gallery is empty. All of my saved pictures and videos are gone.
Am I doing something wrong with this?
Ur help is very much appreciated.
Thanks!
liquidvampz said:
Hi. im new here.
I just bought an SII I9100 last 2 months and finally i've decided to root it yesterday
I've followed how to root from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
and im using CF-Root-SGS2_DX_THL_KL3-v5.0-CWM5.zip for PDA on Odin.
everything went well. and I just noticed something weird today. My gallery is empty. All of my saved pictures and videos are gone.
Am I doing something wrong with this?
Ur help is very much appreciated.
Thanks!
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hmm, weird... even flashing a rom doesn't really delete the contents of the sd card, have you check the files using a file manager?
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hmm, weird... even flashing a rom doesn't really delete the contents of the sd card, have you check the files using a file manager?
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yep. i've checked the files using the file manager. even my video folder is gone. DCIM folder is still there but there's nothing in it. is there any way for me to restore them? or they're gone for good?
liquidvampz said:
yep. i've checked the files using the file manager. even my video folder is gone. DCIM folder is still there but there's nothing in it. is there any way for me to restore them? or they're gone for good?
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you can hook it up with your computer as a mass storage device, and there are some application you could use like getdataback or recuva, or any other "undelete" applications
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you can hook it up with your computer as a mass storage device, and there are some application you could use like getdataback or recuva, or any other "undelete" applications
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that's for my pc, not my phone right? ok. will try this when im back home and try to post the result.
but it's still weird that this happens. >.<
liquidvampz said:
that's for my pc, not my phone right? ok. will try this when im back home and try to post the result.
but it's still weird that this happens. >.<
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yes it's for pc, once you connected your phone as a mass storage device, it acts like a flash drive and files can be restored but not all. i dont think there's a version for phone since when you restore it, it should be to a different drive or else you'll overwrite the data and render it useless.
i also dont know any possible reason as to why the data was deleted.
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i recently flashed rom to my 3d. i did a full wipe and everything but i was told my contacts wouldnt dissapear but theyre gone. also my sd card has 121 mb free but there is only 1 app on it? does that make any sense? thanks for your help.
Your contacts should have backed up to googles servers. Did you ever deselect that option on your previous ROM?
Can you explain the last part? What do you mean you have only one app?
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wizsenseisablur said:
i recently flashed rom to my 3d. i did a full wipe and everything but i was told my contacts wouldnt dissapear but theyre gone. also my sd card has 121 mb free but there is only 1 app on it? does that make any sense? thanks for your help.
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Your contacts should come back when you sign into your google account and let it sync. No idea about your sdcard.
i cant seem to find out why so much space is missing from my sd? could it be the actual rom itself? the only thing i have on there before using tb to get my apps back is adobe app.
and my contacts didnt come back even after sync.. is there anything i can do ?
wizsenseisablur said:
i cant seem to find out why so much space is missing from my sd? could it be the actual rom itself? the only thing i have on there before using tb to get my apps back is adobe app.
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I'm going to assume you are using the 8GB card. Umm, you don't have anything on it, like movies or music? Did you create a nand backup before flashing? Those can take up like 1GB of space. Do you use a lot of apps?
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and my contacts didnt come back even after sync.. is there anything i can do ?
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Did you log onto your Google account?
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nope nothing on it. and yes i did. about 3-4 times. no on the apps.
View the files on your SD card with a file manager. You should see what's on it.
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nope nothing on it. and yes i did. about 3-4 times. no on the apps.
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Wait, what three or four times? Log onto your google account four times or make a nand backup four times?
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Let me get this straight...
Your taking about your micro sd card right? Is it the 8GB one, or did you swap it?
You say you have nothing on it, but the ROM you downloaded right? Also you say you only have one app also.
Can you view in what's in your sd card?
I'm really trying to understand.
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nand backup 4 times. my google has nothing on it. how can i restore my contacts?
wizsenseisablur said:
nand backup 4 times. my google has nothing on it. how can i restore my contacts?
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You nand backed up four times? Then that can be the problem consuming all your space on the SD card. About the other one idk.
Did you ever uncheck the boxes in the privacy settings in your last ROM? If not, then I really don't have a sufficient answer for you.
I still can't see how nand backing up would take up all of the space, but with all the given information. Theres not much I can say.
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thanks for your help. can i undo what ive done regarding overdoing the nands?
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thanks for your help. can i undo what ive done regarding overdoing the nands?
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You can delete them. Or move them all to your computer to be safe. Just keep one handy, and restore back to it. You'll probably get your contacts back doing that.
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When you have your contacts back. Go to your Peoples app. Press the menu button, select import/export. Then your going to select export to sd card. Select the export to phone and google options. So next time if they go missing, you just import them.
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thanks you have been very helpful. one last thing please. lol. how do i go about deleting or moving some of them? =)
wizsenseisablur said:
thanks you have been very helpful. one last thing please. lol. how do i go about deleting or moving some of them? =)
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Do you know which folder they are in? If you do, then you just go to the folder and right click it. Select whatever option your going to do then voila! Your good to go.
Are you doing it by phone instead of using a computer? Just use astro file explorer and navigate to the folder. Long press it to bring up a list of options.
I assume you know how to move them to your pc right?
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i did a nan restore of my most recent backup then rebooted. my screen is stuck on the htc logo. i pulled battery twice. am i dumb or did something bad happen?
wizsenseisablur said:
i did a nan restore of my most recent backup then rebooted. my screen is stuck on the htc logo. i pulled battery twice. am i dumb or did something bad happen?
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Try doing a full wipe (factory reset) before restoring the nandroid backup. If you're using the latest version of TWRP, go to the advanced settings menu, and then choose format menu. Wipe cache, data, system, and boot. DO NOT WIPE SD CARD. Then try restoring one of your backups. Make sure you have your phone unplugged when restoring and rebooting (sometimes it can be problematic when plugged in). If that doesn't work, then try flashing a new rom from scratch.
The easiest way to delete your nand backups, or store them to your computer, is to plug your phone into the computer, and choose mount as disk drive. Then navigate into your sd card, and find the TWRP folder, then choose backups, then navigate into the next folder (labeled as your phone's serial number), then you'll see your backups, which are labeled with the date and time they were created. Delete the ones you don't need, or move them to your computer for safe keeping. That should free up a good amount of space on your sd card, as each backup ends up between 800-1500mb.
Can one of the experienced devs please tell me how I can rename the internal SD card back to Phone when mounted in a windows machine?
Currently when I connect via MTP it shows as "/mnt/mmc/Downloaded Data" instead.
I have searched and this is happening on a couple of ROMs and not just my home build.
The other option, what am I removing that is causing this?
I've the same problem. I'm on JB dragon's rom .
Can someone with the problem try this fix and see if it works for them.
Please back-up first and post back if it works or not.
Thanks for trying
Not working
Still Thank you for your working
I have the same problem. Was fixed when i flashed unrooted stock rom using pc, but changed again after flashing custom XXDLIB
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ManojKBanga said:
Not working
Still Thank you for your working
I have the same problem. Was fixed when i flashed unrooted stock rom using pc, but changed again after flashing custom XXDLIB
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My english
*stock firmware
*for your work
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I often get that it is rom/kernel change related .
But i just ignore it .
jje
JJEgan said:
I often get that it is rom/kernel change related .
But i just ignore it .
jje
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I do too but my wife doesn't like it so I need to find the fix. I thought I had it, it's working here but there must be more to it. Will keep looking!
this solution it's ok ! I tried this and it's work !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32434515&postcount=2026
I have the same problem with my Galaxy Note, this is really gonna be a problem, as I can't view all my files in PC... The files shown in PC are not complete. So if this is not solved, the only choice will be permenantly switch to Mass Storage Mode.
I got this issue after updating my own Rom from XXEMA2 to XXEMR2, the internal memory now appears as "mnt/mmc/Downloaded Data" instead of "Phone", and I doubt the solution is the storage, because restoring the EMA2 backup (with twrp) I get back the Phone label in MTP.
no other solutions out there?
Update:
after few restarts, and cleaning the MediaStorage, now it is back OK
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I got this issue after updating my own Rom from XXEMA2 to XXEMR2, the internal memory now appears as "mnt/mmc/Downloaded Data" instead of "Phone", and I doubt the solution is the storage, because restoring the EMA2 backup (with twrp) I get back the Phone label in MTP.
no other solutions out there?
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after few restarts, and cleaning the MediaStorage, now it is back OK
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What do you mean with cleaning the media storage?
Kangburra said:
Can one of the experienced devs please tell me how I can rename the internal SD card back to Phone when mounted in a windows machine?
Currently when I connect via MTP it shows as "/mnt/mmc/Downloaded Data" instead.
I have searched and this is happening on a couple of ROMs and not just my home build.
The other option, what am I removing that is causing this?
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I faced the same problem installing Phoenix rom on Samsung Galaxy Note2 and corrected this way:
1. wipe data factory reset on CWM
2. Wipe cash partition
3.format system, data on mount and storage
4. install rom through aroma installer selecting full wipe.
Hello! Wipe didn't help me in this situation, but I found another way. You need to copy the folder "kies"(system/etc) from the official firmware.
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zVeRoBoY said:
Hello! Wipe didn't help me in this situation, but I found another way. You need to copy the folder "kies"(system/etc) from the official firmware.
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I am new to Android and recently bought a Tab2 10.1 (SCH-I915). It is rooted and I deleted the system/etc/kies folder thinking it was remnants of the stand alone Kies program that I found out is not compatible with my device after having installed it . Now I have the same problem with internal memory showing up as /mnt/mmc/Downloaded Data. when connected to PC. Can someone send me a copy of the system/etc/kies folder so I can replace it?
I looked for a stock firmware for this tablet and can not find one to extract the folder from. I tried the firmware for a SCH-I925 but the folder contains different files and does not correct the problem.
I also did a factory reset but that did not replace/re-install the folder. It needs to be from a SCH-I915 model I suppose, Please help, If you have a SCH-I915 and could copy the entire folder and send it as an email attachment or .zip/.rar or if someone has found a place to download the SCH-I915 firmware I can extract it myself......
I know this thread is a bit older but hoping someone has a solution as this is the only place I found with any information about this.
Thanks for your time
Hi all, was trying to format another memory card that i have because it would not read in windows for some reason,so anyway i inserted into my phone and formatted emmc thinking it was this other card but turns out i wiped almost everything from my phone(backups, music,pics) everything!! is there no way of retrieving anything, thanks in advance!!
Recuva might be able to recover data that's in folders you can normally see when you hook the phone up to a PC (I.E not in system folders). A Google search also reveals Android specific data recovery apps tho I can't vouch for those.
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Recuva might be able to recover data that's in folders you can normally see when you hook the phone up to a PC (I.E not in system folders). A Google search also reveals Android specific data recovery apps tho I can't vouch for those.
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Thanks for reply mate but that didnt work, am going to have a look at some recovery programs to see if i can get anywhere with that!!
http://www.runtime.org/gdb.zip
Install it on PC and scan for files. If it will find something, I'll give you further instructions.
przemcio510 said:
http://www.runtime.org/gdb.zip
Install it on PC and scan for files. If it will find something, I'll give you further instructions.
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Hi mate, thanks for this, i now have it installed.. Awaiting instructions!!
Have you scanned your memory?
I have mate but it never recovered anything, that I could tell anyway. No images, music etc. Think it did find an old backup though!!
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So lon story short ended up doing a factory reset on the htc one and lost all my photos.
Is there anyway of getting them back?
xile6 said:
So lon story short ended up doing a factory reset on the htc one and lost all my photos.
Is there anyway of getting them back?
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I found mine using root explorer mnt/shell/emulated. I cut and paste it to where my sd card is located then I rebooted and it was back
tonytone215 said:
I found mine using root explorer mnt/shell/emulated. I cut and paste it to where my sd card is located then I rebooted and it was back
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id hope that that would work but no luck. It looks like it just mirrors what is already on the the sdcard which was nothing since it got format.
o well my photos are gone and i will start to back them up daily now.
xile6 said:
id hope that that would work but no luck. It looks like it just mirrors what is already on the the sdcard which was nothing since it got format.
o well my photos are gone and i will start to back them up daily now.
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I lost mine from taking the ota, but that was the way I found. But I guess the reset deleted all contents
Hello
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Android version 4.3.
I had 200+ pictures in my internal storage DCIM folder. I didn't update the firmware or anything and all of a sudden all my Camera files are gone.
The files gone are the ones taken with my phone camera, other subdirectories inside the DCIM folder are perfect.
Anyone knows why this could happen and how to recover the files?
Thanks in advance
jaime11 said:
Hello
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Android version 4.3.
I had 200+ pictures in my internal storage DCIM folder. I didn't update the firmware or anything and all of a sudden all my Camera files are gone.
The files gone are the ones taken with my phone camera, other subdirectories inside the DCIM folder are perfect.
Anyone knows why this could happen and how to recover the files?
Thanks in advance
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Hey,
Do you have root acces or do you flash a costum rom before the problem appears
xda_Noob. said:
Hey,
Do you have root acces or do you flash a costum rom before the problem appears
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Hey! Thanks for the reply, no, I don't have root access or a custom flashed rom before the problem...
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Hey! Thanks for the reply, no, I don't have root access or a custom flashed rom before the problem...
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Allright did you delete something before it happen or did you use photlocker apps or so ?
Tell me what you done before it happen
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Allright did you delete something before it happen or did you use photlocker apps or so ?
Tell me what you done before it happen
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I didn't delete anything or use any photlocker apps, one day I was checking my pictures and they were there, another I'm going to check them and they are gone...
jaime11 said:
I didn't delete anything or use any photlocker apps, one day I was checking my pictures and they were there, another I'm going to check them and they are gone...
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Than I can not help you sorry.
But if you get root acces go to data/media and check if your photos there if yes than move it from data/media to sdcard. Thats all i can do for you now sorry
I've had this happen twice. Seemed like it would do it after connecting it to my PC, and then poof, all internal pics gone. Very annoying, I did try to recover them and no luck. My guess is it had something to do with the version of the Samsung Kies at that time, it has not happened again but now I make sure my stuff is always uploaded to cloud storage.
look for ".nomedia" files
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look for ".nomedia" files
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Thank you. I looked for .nomedia files in the whole phone, found some 0 bytes files created 2-3 days apart on directories \GT-I9300\Phone\WhatsApp\Media\WhatsApp Voice Notes\xxxxxx
They are empty.
Also, I noticed that although the pictures got deleted, space hasn't been freed (I have the same free space as before when the pictures were there).
Which makes me think maybe the pictures didn't disappear...
More suggestions?
jaime11 said:
Thank you. I looked for .nomedia files in the whole phone, found some 0 bytes files created 2-3 days apart on directories \GT-I9300\Phone\WhatsApp\Media\WhatsApp Voice Notes\xxxxxx
They are empty.
Also, I noticed that although the pictures got deleted, space hasn't been freed (I have the same free space as before when the pictures were there).
Which makes me think maybe the pictures didn't disappear...
More suggestions?
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This might be basic but have you checked on the phone file explorer once - sometimes the pics just don't show up on the pc but are visible in phone (something to do with usb mode with connecting)
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This might be basic but have you checked on the phone file explorer once - sometimes the pics just don't show up on the pc but are visible in phone (something to do with usb mode with connecting)
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Hello
Yes, I checked with phone file explorer, even trying by showing hidden files, however, there was no luck, nothing showed.
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
this iam try and it is gooooood
same problem here! photos and videos just disappear from my stock Camera folder! recovery software unsuccessful
any ideas? rooting does not help :crying: