All of my pictures have been deleted!! I installed the 1.22 mod while i had viper4g installed and it messed it up so i did a factory wipe and everything and now my pictures are gone and my wifi doesn't work. Please help!!!
Gusbus696 said:
All of my pictures have been deleted!! I installed the 1.22 mod while i had viper4g installed and it messed it up so i did a factory wipe and everything and now my pictures are gone and my wifi doesn't work. Please help!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771175
This is what I installed. Wish I'd made a nandroid before. This sucks...
All system data is gone too. Is there any way to get it back? Or am I screwed?
If you did not make any backup of some kind, then yes, it's lost forever. ALWAYS make a nandroid backup before installing a new mod or rom. It is standard procedure.
Sent from my Nexus 7
I don't think factory reset deletes the DCIM folder so you must of done something else.. even nandroid doesn't back that folder
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
He might have done a factory reset in settings instead of in recovery.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
bobarune said:
He might have done a factory reset in settings instead of in recovery.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
His pics may have been in sdcard and not sdcard2. If that's the case a system wipe would have definitely cleared them out.
Sent from my EVO
while in the rom
unmount and remount sd card
flex360 said:
while in the rom
unmount and remount sd card
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i cant seem to find the internal sd card when i connect it to the computer. why?
Gusbus696 said:
i cant seem to find the internal sd card when i connect it to the computer. why?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You need to drop down the Notification bar and select to mount the Disk Drive.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
Factory wipe DOES INDEED erase the internal storage along with contained pictures, but but the external storage card. Ask me how i know... Sorry this happened to you.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
fyi you shouldn't of tried any of those mods with venom rom. the way things are handled in that rom are different then the average stock rom.
yeah I wish i hadnt. i still cant seem to find the internal sd though. it just shows the external in disk drive mode for some reason.
Related
why is it when i do a factory reset or try to wipe my phone, install a fresh ICS, there is still files and folders left over from previouse app installations e.g Zedge folders are still on my phone with wallpapers i have downloaded, or whats app folders when i have not used that for aaagres, ive wiped the phone throught the ICS menu and via recovery?
thanks in advance
elemen7al said:
why is it when i do a factory reset or try to wipe my phone, install a fresh ICS, there is still files and folders left over from previouse app installations e.g Zedge folders are still on my phone with wallpapers i have downloaded, or whats app folders when i have not used that for aaagres, ive wiped the phone throught the ICS menu and via recovery?
thanks in advance
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The files are stored on internal storage. You don't need wipe this storage.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Thanks for the reply, what if i want to lol? my phone is full of old files and random folders from old apps i dont use, how can i get rid of all this?
Thank you
elemen7al said:
Thanks for the reply, what if i want to lol? my phone is full of old files and random folders from old apps i dont use, how can i get rid of all this?
Thank you
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can wipe sdcard storage external from rom or recovery. Usb storage is your internal sdcard.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
thanks for the help, got confused with sd card, internal storage and usb storage i didnt know which was the inserted card, that i dont want to wipe, suppose i could of just removed it
elemen7al said:
thanks for the help, got confused with sd card, internal storage and usb storage i didnt know which was the inserted card, that i dont want to wipe, suppose i could of just removed it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just go to settings/storage and check. Usb storage is your internal memory, I think.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
elemen7al said:
thanks for the help, got confused with sd card, internal storage and usb storage i didnt know which was the inserted card, that i dont want to wipe, suppose i could of just removed it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I just checked.. Usb storage is your internal sdcard!
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
hi there folks
i did a full wipe on my phone downgrading from ics to gingerbread and i forgot to backup my pictures from the camera
is there any solution that i can recover my pictures?
Sorry no, unless they were backed up using google sync feature.
Cosmic Blue said:
Sorry no, unless they were backed up using google sync feature.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i dont know how i can check that?
Sync with Google and see if they are restored.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
a full wipe using recovery mode can delete my photos in /sdcard ?! wow that's new
i 'm pretty sure that "wipe data/factory reset" wipes /data and /cache partitions and it has nothing to do with /sdcard & /sdcard/external_sd
unless if have erased all ur data on internal SD using the devices settings without entering recovery .. if so , then it's impossible to get those files back .. sorry for that
anayways as a last try u can see this app :https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.undelete
u can also try this PC app with ur internal and external SD cards mounted as mass storage http://www.piriform.com/recuva
i tried them both with no luck
and to be clear and more specific my photos were not on my SD Card they were on the phone
gorgeto said:
i tried them both with no luck
and to be clear and more specific my photos were not on my SD Card they were on the phone
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
"On the phone" would mean on the internal SD card of the phone, which is not wiped when doing a factory reset for the recovery or even from settings > backup and reset. All media files should be there. You must have formatted the internal SD card as well, in which case I don't think its possible to retrieve them.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
Thanks for your effort guys...
I tried everything and no luck but this is it
Thanks again to all of you
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
Hi,
I'm new and though I've watched the noob video I hope I'm in the right place, if not please dont get angry ><.
2 days ago I've flashed into stock rom for my SG3 (GT-i9300) back from my RGUI v5 Build number: MIUI-2.8.3 IMM76D / Kernal version: 3.0.38-Siyah-s3-v1.3.9c
Ask me why? because I've had some issues trying to install official MIUI v4 from the international website and always I get error: "Status 7" with a dead android inside. (Again, Why ? because I as hoping it would make my SG3 even smoother... more responsive)
So I though perhaps flashing it from a stock rom might work, so I used Odin and everything went fine, again ofcourse I got the error and went back to CWM to restore the backup i've made before flashing anything, I dont really mind about the error right now, I've seen similar posts about it and I shall continue investigating it, What's more important is on the next phrase.
Today I found out that all my photos were deleted, after restoring my RGUI v5 rom 2 days ago ofcourse....
I'm not sure how could the situation get any better though I remember previously flashing rom's that the SD card never being touched and I guess I was wrong.
What I wanted to ask is, I just got more CWM backup files on my external SD, does anyone knows if CWM backup restores user data aswell or should I just give up ?
Helpfull tips of how to restore it could be usefull (Oh lord, please spare me I beg you, I'll pray more).
Thanks in advance.
I've flashed hundreds of times on S1, S2 and now S3 and never lost any data or photos that are on either the internal or external sd cards.
Not sure but could it be that you somehow hit format sd card in cwm by accident?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Have you searched your internal and external storage? Maybe they were only stored on a different location so that the stock Gallery cannot find them?
Storages are either completely wiped or not wiped - but you don't only loose one particular folder
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
sxi200 said:
I've flashed hundreds of times on S1, S2 and now S3 and never lost any data or photos that are on either the internal or external sd cards.
Not sure but could it be that you somehow hit format sd card in cwm by accident?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, me too up untill now, i even verified via usb cable if I can browser into DCIM folder to see perhaps if its there but it not.
The General storage says 10 out of 11 free space...
d4fseeker said:
Have you searched your internal and external storage? Maybe they were only stored on a different location so that the stock Gallery cannot find them?
Storages are either completely wiped or not wiped - but you don't only loose one particular folder
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried to install 3rd party Gallery program which scans my SD's for photos and it could nothing.... Its probably not there.
I think all is lost unless one of my backups contains them.
anbushinobi said:
I tried to install 3rd party Gallery program which scans my SD's for photos and it could nothing.... Its probably not there.
I think all is lost unless one of my backups contains them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unfortunately cwm backups do not backup stuff on the sd card like photos. Looks like you've lost them man.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
sxi200 said:
Unfortunately cwm backups do not backup stuff on the sd card like photos. Looks like you've lost them man.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In a more optimistic view there are worse things, and although its quite hard to swollow all I've got left to do is say thanks to every one for trying...
Thanks.
Sorry, but this is a "Well Duh..." moment.... Flashing any stock rom through ODIN will always wipe the data partition on the internal sd card. You need to backup the internal stuff onto your PC. Only a stock firmware that has been modded will allow a non-wipe flash and you usually need to be rooted as it is no longer a stock rom.
You should be able to restore a nandroid backup of a stock rom too without wiping the internal sd card as this is only putting the system data back onto your phone...
ultramag69 said:
Sorry, but this is a "Well Duh..." moment.... Flashing any stock rom through ODIN will always wipe the data partition on the internal sd card. You need to backup the internal stuff onto your PC. Only a stock firmware that has been modded will allow a non-wipe flash and you usually need to be rooted as it is no longer a stock rom.
You should be able to restore a nandroid backup of a stock rom too without wiping the internal sd card as this is only putting the system data back onto your phone...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What is that nandroid backup your talkibg about? I'm not familiar with it, though i understand that there's still no way out.
anbushinobi said:
What is that nandroid backup your talkibg about? I'm not familiar with it, though i understand that there's still no way out.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Backup made with CWM recovery = Nandroid .
jje
Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.undelete
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Daelyn said:
Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.undelete
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It almost looked like a life saver case but it seems to target the external SD card only.
I can't seem to find a setting to switch into internal SD...
My phone says that I have 19.09gb available. It has 9.97gb being used up by other. Can someone tell me what this "Other" is referring too? I just recently flashed the deodex stock 4.2.2 rom and the only other thing on my phone is some photos and videos that take up 2.41gb.
is the files you put on your phone that are not in folders like rom.zips mods
No he didn't pull his files off his sd card before he flashed
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
skinsfanbdh said:
is the files you put on your phone that are not in folders like rom.zips mods
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The rom and the mod are just in the root directory, but they dont come close to 9 gigs
skinsfanbdh said:
is the files you put on your phone that are not in folders like rom.zips mods
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nick281051 said:
No he didn't pull his files off his sd card before he flashed
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is there a way to fix this, I wiped all the data after I flashed the rom, but strangely enough all of my media (photos and videos) where still on the phone.
UMGixxer said:
Is there a way to fix this, I wiped all the data after I flashed the rom, but strangely enough all of my media (photos and videos) where still on the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As i said, pull all your files off the sd card and wipe it, put the rom on your sd card using adb while in recovery, wipe data, flash, and then put everything back on.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Nick281051 said:
As i said, pull all your files off the sd card and wipe it, put the rom on your sd card using adb while in recovery, wipe data, flash, and then put everything back on.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am using TWRP, what is the reasoning that it didnt wipe everything when I wipe it after the install? Also what all do I need to wipe, there isnt an sdcard option using TWRP, only thing is see is " dalvik cache, cache, data, system, usb-otg". Also is there anyplace on the phone memory that is safe from being wiped?
It has to do with the partitions of the sd card being changed in 4.2.2 allowing for multi user support. Do as I suggested, pull all files off and then in that menu if you click data I believe that will wipe your sd since everything is stored in that folder. A regular factory reset just skips over the virtual sd card.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Nick281051 said:
It has to do with the partitions of the sd card being changed in 4.2.2 allowing for multi user support. Do as I suggested, pull all files off and then in that menu if you click data I believe that will wipe your sd since everything is stored in that folder. A regular factory reset just skips over the virtual sd card.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I only want to keep the contents that are in my DCIM folder, so that is the only folder that I need to pull correct?
Also could I not just go to a certain directory and delete out the stuff without having to reflash everything?
UMGixxer said:
I only want to keep the contents that are in my DCIM folder, so that is the only folder that I need to pull correct?
Also could I not just go to a certain directory and delete out the stuff without having to reflash everything?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If that's all you want to keep then yes. And no you need to re flash in order for the sd card to be set up correctly.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
UMGixxer said:
I only want to keep the contents that are in my DCIM folder, so that is the only folder that I need to pull correct?
Also could I not just go to a certain directory and delete out the stuff without having to reflash everything?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes pull you dcim folder off and wipe everything except system and you should not have to reflash the rom
skinsfanbdh said:
yes pull you dcim folder off and wipe everything except system and you should not have to reflash the rom
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will try this later on this afternoon
Last question, if done correctly should there still be a "sdcard" folder on your phone?
skinsfanbdh said:
yes pull you dcim folder off and wipe everything except system and you should not have to reflash the rom
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
He should though because his data will be wiped anyway and now he'll have a clean start
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
---------- Post added at 09:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:10 PM ----------
UMGixxer said:
Last question, if done correctly should there still be a "sdcard" folder on your phone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Im starting to think that the duplicates are what they call symlinks, because they dont actually take up anymore space, and that they are in about 3 different locations
UMGixxer said:
Im starting to think that the duplicates are what they call symlinks, because they dont actually take up anymore space, and that they are in about 3 different locations
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Correct. All files are actually stored in /data/media and now with 4.2, /data/media/0
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
If this is true, couldn't one just remove the symlinks and fix the issue? I have the same issue but I'm not sure i feel like all the trouble just to get back a few gigs.
demitrix said:
If this is true, couldn't one just remove the symlinks and fix the issue? I have the same issue but I'm not sure i feel like all the trouble just to get back a few gigs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
They are symlinks, don't remove them it will break things. Besides they are recreated on boot.
Wiping your phone and SD partition and starting from scratch doesn't solve the issue of almost 10gigs taken up and not knowing what it is. The stock rom itself surly isn't 10 gigs, we all know that for a fact. I just did a complete wipe of everything on my phone, and I'm still short 10 gigs. I paid for a 32 gig phone under the impression that I was getting 32 gigs of SD space for my personal use. Not 10 of it being used in some "other" category. HTC really dropped the ball on this. Just when you buy a phone with removable SD, advertised as 32 gigs, you GET that 32....well minus a gig or 2 for drivers for the card, but system files are stored on their own partition on the phone itself while you have full use of the SD card. When i go through file explorer, I see 2-3 different paths to get to the same point on my SD car which makes no dang sense to me. And I've been tempted to delete them but I'm afraid to do so. I've tried moving them and they end up coming back..obviously, after a reboot. There should be one path from the root of the system files to get to SD, not 3. On my phone, I've got SD, MMT, and storage, and all of them lead to the same end point, some with a few more stops along the way than others. HTC really dropped the ball when it comes to the user ability over storage management, and what they advertised vs what they provide in terms of storage capacity in this device. Would I return it? hell no. i love this phone despite this flaw. Would i go for it again knowing what I know now... honestly I'm unsure. I'd probably save up a little more and go for the 64 gig..be a little miffed over losing 10 gigs, but at least I'd know I still have plenty of space left as opposed to now. I take lots of pics of my family and i love music, so this is my MP3 Player as well. Not to mention any backups I do of the system and what not
Side note, I in fact asked this question when i first bought the phone when it made it's US debut, and got all sorts of off the wall answers.
Read this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42471211
I have a T-mobile HTC Amaze running Android Revolution with 4ext recovery. Recently my phone lost cell signal and would not pick it up again. I tried wiping data/cache/dalvik and reinstalling the Android Revolution ROM but the problem is still there. After reinstalling the ROM twice the wifi won't turn on and just says ERROR. I tried going back into 4ext and now it started to give me an error "can't mount /internal_sdcard" when trying to choose zip from sdcard.
Anyone has any idea what's going on?
Thanks
AwayFromReality said:
I have a T-mobile HTC Amaze running Android Revolution with 4ext recovery. Recently my phone lost cell signal and would not pick it up again. I tried wiping data/cache/dalvik and reinstalling the Android Revolution ROM but the problem is still there. After reinstalling the ROM twice the wifi won't turn on and just says ERROR. I tried going back into 4ext and now it started to give me an error "can't mount /internal_sdcard" when trying to choose zip from sdcard.
Anyone has any idea what's going on?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok dude I think I know what's going on, then outlook doesn't look too bright either. It looks like your internal sd became corrupted and now it can't mount. So back up your internal sd, reformat, and put your stuff back in and see if it helps.
If that doesn't help I guess you just had a bad luck Brian moment. This internal sd problem happened to me twice already.
For the wifi error, that's probably because you dirty flashed ARHD over a perfectly fond ARHD. You should have just airplane mod'd it for a while or rebooted. When you wipe the cache don't dirty flash the entire rom for one simple problem. When you reboot after you wipe the cache, it just takes a minute to rebuild the 'blocks. '
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Tapatalk 2
SuperAfnan said:
Ok dude I think I know what's going on, then outlook doesn't look too bright either. It looks like your internal sd became corrupted and now it can't mount. So back up your internal sd, reformat, and put your stuff back in and see if it helps.
If that doesn't help I guess you just had a bad luck Brian moment. This internal sd problem happened to me twice already.
For the wifi error, that's probably because you dirty flashed ARHD over a perfectly fond ARHD. You should have just airplane mod'd it for a while or rebooted. When you wipe the cache don't dirty flash the entire rom for one simple problem. When you reboot after you wipe the cache, it just takes a minute to rebuild the 'blocks. '
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well when I connect the phone via usb, it shows up on my computer but none of the files I had show up in the drive, including the zip for the ROM. I most likely lost all my stuff but that's okay. How do I reformat my internal sd at this point?
I tried to do a clean install of ARHD by doing a complete format inside 4ext, maybe something went wrong along the way. So If I can get my internal sd to work, can I format data/cache/dalvik and reinstall the rom? will that fix the problem?
Thanks for your help
AwayFromReality said:
Well when I connect the phone via usb, it shows up on my computer but none of the files I had show up in the drive, including the zip for the ROM. I most likely lost all my stuff but that's okay. How do I reformat my internal sd at this point?
I tried to do a clean install of ARHD by doing a complete format inside 4ext, maybe something went wrong along the way. So If I can get my internal sd to work, can I format data/cache/dalvik and reinstall the rom? will that fix the problem?
Thanks for your help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok the way to format the internal sd is in 4ext. I remember it being somewhere in the wipe section. Choose format sd then internal sd.
Here's a tip when flashing, use format all partitions except sd. This is better than wiping cache then dalvik then data. This method clears of everything but it doesn't touch your sd. This is how to comoletely clean install roms without errors in flashing.
And if after you flash it and see no bars, T-mobile is probably having a bad connection or doing renovations to their towers or something.
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Tapatalk 2
SuperAfnan said:
Ok the way to format the internal sd is in 4ext. I remember it being somewhere in the wipe section. Choose format sd then internal sd.
Here's a tip when flashing, use format all partitions except sd. This is better than wiping cache then dalvik then data. This method clears of everything but it doesn't touch your sd. This is how to comoletely clean install roms without errors in flashing.
And if after you flash it and see no bars, T-mobile is probably having a bad connection or doing renovations to their towers or something.
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a lot for your help man. Formatting the internal sd worked. Installed ARHD and everything works perfectly. I'll remember to format all partitions except sd from now on.
AwayFromReality said:
Thanks a lot for your help man. Formatting the internal sd worked. Installed ARHD and everything works perfectly. I'll remember to format all partitions except sd from now on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm glad I could help! And I appreciate you pressing thanks, :thumbup: more people need to stop being arrogant and actually use it, because many people WILL get annoyed and not help people in the future since they gain nothing from it.
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Tapatalk 2
It will come back, one day. I have a same problem, too
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda premium
SuperAfnan said:
I'm glad I could help! And I appreciate you pressing thanks, :thumbup: more people need to stop being arrogant and actually use it, because many people WILL get annoyed and not help people in the future since they gain nothing from it.
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Since you're giving out free advice, pressing thanks is the least I could do.
eadrang said:
It will come back, one day. I have a same problem, too
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you mean the internal_sd problem will come back? If so what do you think is the root cause?
AwayFromReality said:
Since you're giving out free advice, pressing thanks is the least I could do.
Do you mean the internal_sd problem will come back? If so what do you think is the root cause?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, i don't. I think the cause is the quality of internal not good, and during use that fone, i format it so much.
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda premium
eadrang said:
No, i don't. I think the cause is the quality of internal not good, and during use that fone, i format it so much.
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The amaze has a wacky internal sd I think, in general. Mine got corrupted twice in its life in my ownership. Who knows what journeys my Amaze had been through with the previous owner(s).
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Tapatalk 2