Hello..
I deleted a folder in my picture gallery which I want to recover but I am unable. I don't have an external memory, I am only using the internal memory of the S3. My phone is visible but like phone (GT-I9300) not am external drive.
How to recover them back?
Also, I read about USB debugging, what is this? I didnt find any option about USB in the S3.
The.Cancerian said:
Hello..
I deleted a folder in my picture gallery which I want to recover but I am unable. I don't have an external memory, I am only using the internal memory of the S3. My phone is visible but like phone (GT-I9300) not am external drive.
How to recover them back?
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I don't think so it is possible to get them back. However, you can try some recovery software tools like Recuva
search for undelete apps in the market, or use recuva with a card reader
Both is not possible.
The internal storage is a shared EXT4 filesystem partition between the phone's storage and the internal sdcard.
So it's not possible to mount it or access the filesystem's blocks for data recovery.
Sorry
disk digger helped me.
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Hey guys,
i recently had charging problems with my S3, so i gave to service center and had it repaired but they formatted the phone!
i had very much important videos and photos in my internal card (i dont have external sd card), now i am thinking of recovering it by using some recovery software but my S3 doesnt have any option to mount it as USB! only MTP and another one!
so how can i make it available my internal storage as a drive so that recovery software can recognize it?
formatted the phone >>>> means its gone .
jje
JJEgan said:
formatted the phone >>>> means its gone .
jje
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cant it do it this way or use any recovery apps for android platform itself!?
is there any recovery software which recognizes mtp partion?
There are recovery apps on the market .
jje
It's impossible till now to mount internal sdcard as ums. The 'sdcard' is in fact a folder of /data mounted virtually as a disk. So mtp is the only solution to have access to it.
The only way to mount it as ums would be to set /data/media as a separate partition, which is not possible with jelly bean, would break the dynamic space allocation for data.
And recovery tools need to have access at partition level to be able to run raw read instructions.
AFAIK internal card recovery from computer is not possible, perhaps you can try some android recovery apps, never tried them.
Hi
My Samsung Skyrocket AT & T mobile showing as 'sd card is being used as a mass storage device' and when i tried to mount SD it is no response.
I have music, photos and other files in Internal Memory Card and no longer able to access
Please help how to resolve issue
chmalli4ever said:
Hi
My Samsung Skyrocket AT & T mobile showing as 'sd card is being used as a mass storage device' and when i tried to mount SD it is no response.
I have music, photos and other files in Internal Memory Card and no longer able to access
Please help how to resolve issue
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1st make sure that you have a working sd card,if u have rooted your device install titanium backup,it'll show your system rom,phone internal storage and sd card storage
if it dont show any phone internal storage i think it's a producton error from samsung
i dont know really,just give a try using titanium bakup
vinura kithmal said:
1st make sure that you have a working sd card,if u have rooted your device install titanium backup,it'll show your system rom,phone internal storage and sd card storage
if it dont show any phone internal storage i think it's a producton error from samsung
i dont know really,just give a try using titanium bakup
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Actually the issue is with internal SD card which is not mounting..
from what im gathering theres absolutely no way to recover files without being able to mount as mass storage, is that correct?
The phone has been formatted or factory data reset.
I rooted the phone thinking there was a way and...nope
Verizon SCH-I545
Any help would be greatly appreciated..just trying to get pics back of my daughters first two years of her life.
Were the pics on an SD card or internal storage? If they were on an SD card then you can take the card and mount it on a Windoze PC then use something like Recuva (free) to restore the images somewhere.
LGtMgG2t said:
Were the pics on an SD card or internal storage? If they were on an SD card then you can take the card and mount it on a Windoze PC then use something like Recuva (free) to restore the images somewhere.
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Internal Storage.
Not-so-short background:
I deleted "storage" folder in internal storage while connected to my laptop via MTP. I did this to free-up storage space on Xperia Z Ultra. Not knowing that deleting the seemingly empty and useless folder would be a huge mistake, I went ahead and deleted it casually. Needless to say, it did free-up storage space. It wiped both my internal and SD card.
I managed to recover the contents of my SD card with the help of Recuva after changing the USB connection option to mass storage mode. But this process is not applicable on the phone's internal storage. Most of my recent vacation photos and special occasion videos for the last 5 months are saved in my phone's internal storage. This is one of those moments when you realize the importance of backing up your files online or at least on a different storage device.
I already tried several recovery applications available in Google's Play Store as well as Windows software. They only seem to recover media files I've browsed over the internet and Facebook but not the actual pictures and videos I captured with my phone's camera. Now, I've TRIED to follow guides that help you generate raw file of your entire internal storage, mount it using virtual drives then proceed with using Recuva on it. The thing is, I'm not so much technical as you guys when it comes to installing ADB and advanced Linux stuff that is required to successfully pull it off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
Question:
Is there an easy way to have my Xperia Z Ultra's internal storage be connected to a computer much like a traditional external storage devices and get a drive letter assigned to it? In this way, I can run Recuva once Windows 7 can detect it as a drive.
I hope someone can help me accomplish this. If you have other procedure on how to recover my files on my internal storage, feel free to suggest.
MegamanNova said:
Not-so-short background:
I deleted "storage" folder in internal storage while connected to my laptop via MTP. I did this to free-up storage space on Xperia Z Ultra. Not knowing that deleting the seemingly empty and useless folder would be a huge mistake, I went ahead and deleted it casually. Needless to say, it did free-up storage space. It wiped both my internal and SD card.
I managed to recover the contents of my SD card with the help of Recuva after changing the USB connection option to mass storage mode. But this process is not applicable on the phone's internal storage. Most of my recent vacation photos and special occasion videos for the last 5 months are saved in my phone's internal storage. This is one of those moments when you realize the importance of backing up your files online or at least on a different storage device.
I already tried several recovery applications available in Google's Play Store as well as Windows software. They only seem to recover media files I've browsed over the internet and Facebook but not the actual pictures and videos I captured with my phone's camera. Now, I've TRIED to follow guides that help you generate raw file of your entire internal storage, mount it using virtual drives then proceed with using Recuva on it. The thing is, I'm not so much technical as you guys when it comes to installing ADB and advanced Linux stuff that is required to successfully pull it off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
Question:
Is there an easy way to have my Xperia Z Ultra's internal storage be connected to a computer much like a traditional external storage devices and get a drive letter assigned to it? In this way, I can run Recuva once Windows 7 can detect it as a drive.
I hope someone can help me accomplish this. If you have other procedure on how to recover my files on my internal storage, feel free to suggest.
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Sounds like you completely wiped your phone xD
I would suggest flashing a stock ftf with flashtool and you'll lose all internal memory but no ext SD files.
Phone the card came out of is a Doogee S68 Pro. I configured the SD card to be internal memory and for the camera app to save pics taken to the SD card. I assumed when the SD card was full the camera would save back to the internal memory but instead it gave an error saying storage full and wouldn't take more photos. There was no option within the camera app to switch the save location to the internal memory so I removed the SD card. This forced the camera to now save to internal memory. BUT. Now when I put the SD card back in it doesn't read and says I need to format the card to use it. Same result if I put the card in different android phones or pug it into a PC. I don't want to format the card because I want the pictures on it.
How can I get the image files off this SD card? I've tried a few file recovery programs without any success. I don't have a linux machine, just a PC, and I have no experience with rooting phones or the like.
Probably card is in raw mode now.
What you mean by saying that you have configured card as an internal storage?
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Same result if I put the card in different android phones or pug it into a PC. I don't want to format the card because I want the pictures on it. How can I get the image files off this SD card? I've tried a few file recovery programs without any success. I don't have a linux machine, just a PC, and I have no experience with rooting phones or the like.
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The External SD-card got encrypted as soon as you decided to use it as internal memory. It's no longer readable by any card-reader. IMHO forensic tools are needed to retain the data stored there.
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Probably card is in raw mode now.
What you mean by saying that you have configured card as an internal storage?
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When I pulgged it in the first time it gave two options, use as internal memory or as mass storage device. I choose the internal memory option.
Dam
jwoegerbauer said:
The External SD-card got encrypted as soon as you decided to use it as internal memory. It's no longer readable by any card-reader. IMHO forensic tools are needed to retain the data stored there.
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I feared this was the case. I don't understand why the original phone cannot decrypt the card though as it would with a Samsung device. I have sent a support request tot he phone manufacturer so hopefully that bears fruit.
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When I pulgged it in the first time it gave two options, use as internal memory or as mass storage device. I choose the internal memory option.
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Ok thank you for confirmation. As above card encrypted and furthermore you might have lost all the data of the phone as well as sms , apps, updates basically everything since you choose that option has been storage on ad card, and your internal storage was not used or useless in a different world, access has been denied to it.
Which tools have you tried to recover data?