As the title suggests, I performed a wipe recovery from Samsung but not knowing that both would have formatted the external memory I lost all data, including hundreds of photos that I wanted.
Is there any way to retrieve them?
velenoso84 said:
As the title suggests, I performed a wipe recovery from Samsung but not knowing that both would have formatted the external memory I lost all data, including hundreds of photos that I wanted.
Is there any way to retrieve them?
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Try RECUVA
also use search or just look at the forum as someone fixed a similar problem in the last few days .
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I just transferred ALL pics and movies from phone memory to my external card thats 8 GB.
Still it says my phone have 6GB free of 11GB..
So 5 GB are used on what??
Have tried cache cleaners of many kinds but they dont delete much..Maybe 5 MB.
So im wondering why the phone memory take so much GB when im not able to see it anywhere.
Under phone i have a lot of folders,but it dont seem like they are big.
Whats the best thing to do to get more memory on the phone?
Formating?
Well I don't know what you want but if you press *2767*3855# then the phone will do a Factory Reset (All data on Phone memory will be wiped clean, setting and other stuffs too). Remove your SD Card before doing it.
Regards.
ithehappy said:
Well I don't know what you want but if you press *2767*3855# then the phone will do a Factory Reset (All data on Phone memory will be wiped clean, setting and other stuffs too). Remove your SD Card before doing it.
Regards.
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Ok.Just think its strange the phone take 5 GB on nothing i can see..
What happens to my backup i made on CWC?
And is this the same kind of factory reset i do in settings-private-?
I can reset to factory there to..
Cache is stored on the data partition not on the sd card so that won't help. Have you already rebooted and check the (hidden) files/folders in /mnt?
2GB for the system/user data.
And loads of other small partitions for cache's, boot loader, modem, etcetc.
Also look at this thread which has all the answers you want.
TheGhost1233 said:
Cache is stored on the data partition not on the sd card so that won't help. Have you already rebooted and check the (hidden) files/folders in /mnt?
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No..Dont know how to do it.My first android
I have an Samsung Galaxy S2 handphone and I feel Samsung has got this right with the design of its internal storage.
For Transformer Prime, when we need to flash firmware or we send it for servicing, all the internal storage will be wiped out. Why is there a need to wipe out internal sdcard storage?
I'm trying to understand this and also because my Transformer Prime just died and I had to send it for repair. They said that they will have no choice but to wipe up all data to do testing. All my precious pictures and videos taken the day before are gone.
For SGS2, the internal sdcard storage is treated as an 'external storage'. When you flash firmware because of sudden crash in OS or anything like that, it doesn't touch the internal sdcard, much like residing in a seperate partition or hdd in a desktop.
Why then do asus has to wipe out the internal sdcard everytime they need to factory reset? Does it reconfigure the internal partition?
We never know when the OS will crash so sometimes, daily backups might also not be enough.
I may be wrong but can someone clarify?
Thanks in advance.
Mankul said:
I have an Samsung Galaxy S2 handphone and I feel Samsung has got this right with the design of its internal storage.
For Transformer Prime, when we need to flash firmware or we send it for servicing, all the internal storage will be wiped out. Why is there a need to wipe out internal sdcard storage?
I'm trying to understand this and also because my Transformer Prime just died and I had to send it for repair. They said that they will have no choice but to wipe up all data to do testing. All my precious pictures and videos taken the day before are gone.
For SGS2, the internal sdcard storage is treated as an 'external storage'. When you flash firmware because of sudden crash in OS or anything like that, it doesn't touch the internal sdcard, much like residing in a seperate partition or hdd in a desktop.
Why then do asus has to wipe out the internal sdcard everytime they need to factory reset? Does it reconfigure the internal partition?
We never know when the OS will crash so sometimes, daily backups might also not be enough.
I may be wrong but can someone clarify?
Thanks in advance.
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they will probably use nvflash/apx to recover it, thus all partitions will be wiped and rebuilt.
Advice for you: don't trust completely on one way of storage, always backup important stuff elsewhere.
Hey Guys,
Im selling my phone and did a factory reset and want to do a full wipe of my internal storage before selling my phone. I want to do a format where someone wont be able to download a file recovery app and look at all my photos, etc. Basically id like to find an app (and i dont care if it takes ages to run) that will fill my storage with random data and do a format.
Thanks!!!
ricochet69 said:
Hey Guys,
Im selling my phone and did a factory reset and want to do a full wipe of my internal storage before selling my phone. I want to do a format where someone wont be able to download a file recovery app and look at all my photos, etc. Basically id like to find an app (and i dont care if it takes ages to run) that will fill my storage with random data and do a format.
Thanks!!!
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Answer was already posted HERE
tkalli said:
Answer was already posted HERE
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ok thanks ill test it on my S2 and get back
ok i tried what you sent on, and although this does a wipe. It doesnt seem to write to all sectors to ensure the internal storage is fully wiped. I did a full wipe using CWM and then used a program called diskdigger and it was still able to pick up photos that were "deleted" from my device.
Can anyone advise an app or program that will fully wipe my internal storage (fills each sector with random data)
Any reply for Ricochet69? I am also having the same question.
yep
mount usb storage, run any eraser type programs available to you on the mounted drive (like eraser.heidi.ie). In a bind you could also encrypt it using truecrypt and choose the method that will format all areas with random data. You could also pull from /dev/random and pipe it to the card to pseudo-wipe it (something like dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/whateveryoursdcardmountis bs=1M)
I've found that flashing a stock rom and making a factory reset + wipe cache + wipe dalvik prior to that does the trick. Dunno if it's what you are looking for, though.
ricochet69 said:
Hey Guys,
Im selling my phone and did a factory reset and want to do a full wipe of my internal storage before selling my phone. I want to do a format where someone wont be able to download a file recovery app and look at all my photos, etc. Basically id like to find an app (and i dont care if it takes ages to run) that will fill my storage with random data and do a format.
Thanks!!!
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Use this Android_Revolution_HD_Super_Wipe_Galaxy_S3.zip. then install new rom from external sdcard.
regards
Colin
and what about the internal memory? Is factory reset enough or not finally?
tkalli said:
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No, it was not.
Hello ,so i have samsung galaxy s2 with miui jb rom..
i connected an pendrive through usb otg cable but when mounted it shows it is corrupted and need to be formatted.
so i confirmed this operation and it starts to format..
after format
VOILLA MY INTERNAL SD CARD GOT FORMATTED INSTEAD OF USB ONE WHICH I HAVE MOUNTED THROUGH USB OTG CABLE..
I have no backup and i have lost all my data on internal sd storage... photos, music,videos, other data such as text documents , pdf documents , tar files of recovery etc.
its very very sad for me as i have collection of all memories as photos and videos...
I'm very tensed..
please help me to recover back all my data ..
after format there is no data stored on internal storage means no over write of any data so i have that my data can be backuped up..
i've tried couple of softwares to backup my data but one of softwares called "photorec" is able to recover only 2.5GB and also in random named folders with random data...
everything is finished..
please... it will be great of you to solve my this problem..
is there any way to UNDO this operation?? I mean can we UNFORMATthe internal storage ???
really need your advices and solutions
thanks..
Yes solution is simple.
Go back in time.
Backup data like any sane person would have done.
If your files were that important why didnt you do simple things like make backups to your PC or even just via dropbox app that automatically uploads photo's via wifi?
Try a partition recovery software.
If you cant fix I have no sympathy since its easy to make backups of needed data. No excuse really.
TheATHEiST said:
Yes solution is simple.
Go back in time.
Backup data like any sane person would have done.
If your files were that important why didnt you do simple things like make backups to your PC or even just via dropbox app that automatically uploads photo's via wifi?
Try a partition recovery software.
If you cant fix I have no sympathy since its easy to make backups of needed data. No excuse really.
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So GENIUS..
You should be MILLIONAIRE...
GO home friend... you can't really help..
i need expert advice...
akhil17kr said:
So GENIUS..
You should be MILLIONAIRE...
GO home friend... you can't really help..
i need expert advice...
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I am a millionaire
I am home
I did give you expert advice. I am an expert in backing up my data in case of device problem or if I somehow decide to format my card.
As I said earlier try a partition recovery software.
Expert Advice:
Follow XDA rule #1 and use search. We have many topics about users formatting cards and then needing to recover data. This is a non-device specific topic so search whole site or even google.
Well you coud try Testdisk and Photorec
the site is cgsecurity
Or option 2 try recuva with deep scan enabled, also the option to scan for lost or damaged files should be turned on.
vilisyserr said:
Well you coud try Testdisk and Photorec
the site is cgsecurity
Or option 2 try recuva with deep scan enabled, also the option to scan for lost or damaged files should be turned on.
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- Connect your phone trough USB cable and activate mass storage mode
- Depending on what files are lost (probably photos and videos), look for format recover software (Like recovery my files)
- Use it on mounted SD card
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If you have used some part of your internal sd card after formatting, you probably lost some files forever, if you haven't yet, DON'T USE IT BEFORE RECOVERY !!
TheATHEiST said:
I am a millionaire
I am home
I did give you expert advice. I am an expert in backing up my data in case of device problem or if I somehow decide to format my card.
As I said earlier try a partition recovery software.
Expert Advice:
Follow XDA rule #1 and use search. We have many topics about users formatting cards and then needing to recover data. This is a non-device specific topic so search whole site or even google.
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Give some app suggestions is fine. Once we have those, we know the key terms to search for.
I've tried cg-security apps, they're made for Windows/Linux/BSD etc, but won't install on android.
I tried aidfile installed on Windows but it won't detect the phone internal storage either.
I have all my photos.
I lost a database document that is 760mb. Most backupsoftware (Skydrive, Asus Webstorage, DropBox etc) won't upload it.
I sent the phone for warranty and they formatted my phone, and lost that document. I just need that back. It is in internal storage, there is no sd card on this android.
Try Recuva but don't get your hopes up. Not likely to work. If they've formatted the phone, it's gone. Android isn't like Windoze where 'files aren't really deleted'.
Edit - Also, beware of some (all ?) of the 'data recovery' apps on Google Play. Many (certainly the several I've tried) of the non-paid versions will go through their process of checking, and tell you that your file can be recovered, but you need to get the paid version of the app. You pay for the app, and then find they tell you the file recovers OK (funny about that, right ?) but is 'corrupted' (which is basically bull****, the file can't be recovered at all, but you paid for the app so they have to give you something, right ?) & useless. This scenario is highly likely in the case of a file like the one you're talking about if you do get suckered in by those apps.
Hans Brown said:
You can't undo the formatted, but the data was not really gone, you still can use some data recovery tool to recover your photos.
You can try this guide about how to recover photos from Samsung Galaxy S II.
I recommend you backup your photos with Google Photos, it has 15GB free storage, I think it's enough for your 1 year's photos.
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Wow, the guy posted 4 and half years ago, that's too late, don't you think? :silly:
Anyway, Late is better than never
Dear all,
Had to do a factory reset after my Android 6 crashed and wouldn't reboot properly. My SD card was set as internal. Now Android says it doesn't support the card and needs to format it again.
Why? What sort of half-baked development is that, Android not readopting the card... ? Users can lose photos and other important data that way, no?
Is this preventable while still using SD as internal?
Thanksfor helping
tomix123 said:
Dear all,
Had to do a factory reset after my Android 6 crashed and wouldn't reboot properly. My SD card was set as internal. Now Android says it doesn't support the card and needs to format it again.
Why? What sort of half-baked development is that, Android not readopting the card... ? Users can lose photos and other important data that way, no?
Is this preventable while still using SD as internal?
Thanksfor helping
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well when you did a factory reset with you sd set as internal. the data now being stored on your sd was wiped and this made your sd corrupt. until twrp finds a way to fix this or pushes a new method for this issue I would stay away from formatting data/cache while using your sd as internal
Thank you.
If that is so, it's misleading. Because a reset isn't supposed to touch data or the SD.
So what would have happened if I had removed the SD prior to resetting?
I had no choice because wiping cache or dalvik didn't help and fixing permissions or reflashing also didn't... and I had no more access to the UI...
tomix123 said:
Thank you.
If that is so, it's misleading. Because a reset isn't supposed to touch data or the SD.
So what would have happened if I had removed the SD prior to resetting?
I had no choice because wiping cache or dalvik didn't help and fixing permissions or reflashing also didn't... and I had no more access to the UI...
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A reset does just that it resets the device. Which means it wipes all user data. If you had user data on the sd card then it as stated messed it up.
This was a move mainly focused at low tier devices that came with no internal memory. To be honest it will never be perfect. So here is my advise. Don't use it if you don't have to. Keep your SD card as external storage for pictures and such.