Hi. My phone was bootlooping this morning, I decided to wipe data (I had a backup of /data) reflash, and carry on. However, I accidently confused the factory reset option in TWRP with the one in the bootloader, and clicked the bootloader one. This wiped my internal sd card. I tried to use things like Undelete from play, but it only works on the external sd. I've been trying to follow this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705) to regain my data, but I don't know what the name of the /data partition is (for example, for the galnex, it's mmcblk0p12). Does anyone know A. what the name of the partition is for the evo, or B. an easier/different way to recover my files? Thanks in advance for any assitance.
/data is mmcblk0p37 according to steelh over in this thread
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/data is mmcblk0p37 according to steelh over in this thread
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awesome. however, is /data the same as internal sd card?
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awesome. however, is /data the same as internal sd card?
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I am not sure. You could try and use the Mount Point Swapper and see if undelete will work then. I'm just tossing out some ideas. I've never actually tried to recover anything.
I'm gonna necrobump that first thread you linked to and see if anyone knows. I'll also try mount point swapper.
Edit: I've tried everything. mount point swapper caused bootloops, the guide i mentioned earlier created .raw files with nothing inside, etc. The upside is that I didn't have my roms, photos, or music on the internal. I can't remember. What else does android normally store there?
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I can't remember. What else does android normally store there?
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Usually not much, random app data, downloads, photos, music(depending on settings). You may get a warning in Titanium Backup(if you use it) about a different android id, you can restore your old id, or keep your new one. I have yet to see any issues. I've restored old id's and kept new is's without issues.
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Usually not much, random app data, downloads, photos, music(depending on settings). You may get a warning in Titanium Backup(if you use it) about a different android id, you can restore your old id, or keep your new one. I have yet to see any issues. I've restored old id's and kept new is's without issues.
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Thanks, I don't think I had anything of massive importance on there (at least not that I can remember)
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Hi, I used to own a G1 but have got a hero (and I am proud). I always used A2SD with G1 because of the shocking storage, however I have been getting away with the amount on this for sometime now, Until recently, though, when apps have been getting bigger (20+mb for raging thunder).
Is the Hero the same as the G1, or am I able to remove the memory card that has A2SD (while the phone is switched off, i don't mind), put a different memory card in, and view images from that memory card (i put my digital camera card into phone often to send images) obviously with none of my apps installed, and then switch the phone off, put the original memory card back in, and carry on using apps like normal?
PS this is on VillainRom 4
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Considering how Apps2SD works (basic symlinks), as long as you have an ext partition with the appropriate folders on both cards (at the same place, number-wise), you should be fine.
I would imagine the boot process probes /data/app and /data/app-private at some point - you just need to make sure those exist (even if they're empty).
If you've moved dalvik-cache as well, you will experience slowdowns when you switch cards.
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Why don't you just try it? Seems a lot simpler way of finding out to me!
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Here's a related issue.
Obviously with the OS relying on the ext partition, you shouldn't remove the sd card while the phone is on & certainly not while it's mounted (unless you want filing system corruption), but in my naivety I thought it would be ok to power down, remove the card & power back up. So similar to the situation the OP is asking about, only with no card, rather than a new card, present on the reboot.
Clearly your apps on the card are not going to work as they're gone & you might get some complaints as /data/app now links to a non existent directory, but I assumed:
1) Most things would work.
2) More importantly, I assumed if I then powered down, replaced the card & rebooted, I'd be back to where I started with fully working apps.
1) Turns out to be true.
2) Doesn't. After replacing the card I found most (though not all) apps resident on the card would force close at some point, often sooner than later. I ended up having to reinstall them.
Can anyone explain why/how this happens? I can only guess that when the phone was run without the card present, it changed the missing apps user data or dalvik cache in a way that broke them once they are brought back. Trouble is, I can't see what mechanism would result in such behaviour.
have you tried wiping the dalvik-cache before booting up after reinserting the card?
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have you tried wiping the dalvik-cache before booting up after reinserting the card?
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If you mean me, no. This was shortly after i got my phone & I was less comfortable experimenting. Plus at the time I didn't have a nandroid backup & reinstalling twenty odd apps put me off
I'll give it a try shortly though. First as you suggest, & if that isn't enough, I'll try wiping the cache when the card is first removed too.
[Edit:] Nope, wiping Dalvik cache doesn't help at all. It seems if you attempt to run an Android install which utilises apps2sd without the sdcard present, something gets changed in the existing partitions on internal flash (other than the Dalvik cache) such that when the system is subsequently booted with the card present, app installs will have been corrupted leading to force closures & the need to remove/reinstall those apps.
Seems a shame. I'd have preferred an atomic means of relocating apps to sd, such that removal of the card means the system behaves as if the app had never been installed, with normal behaviour once the card is replaced. Ah well.
At least I used the chance to revert my ext4 partition to ext3 to avoid having to use tune2fs everytime I want to run a nandroid backup.
BTW For the record I should make clear this was all tested on a gsm Hero running MCR 3.2 with Amon Ra's RA-hero-v1.6.2 recovery.
Ha! Painful memories. Found this out the hard way as well. Wish I'd read more about how A2SD works (symlinks). In fact I wanted to swap while phone was on.
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[Edit:] Nope, wiping Dalvik cache doesn't help at all. It seems if you attempt to run an Android install which utilises apps2sd without the sdcard present, something gets changed in the existing partitions on internal flash (other than the Dalvik cache) such that when the system is subsequently booted with the card present, app installs will have been corrupted leading to force closures & the need to remove/reinstall those apps.
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I tried wiping Dalvik cache as well as ext repair. Nothing helped.
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Seems a shame. I'd have preferred an atomic means of relocating apps to sd, such that removal of the card means the system behaves as if the app had never been installed, with normal behaviour once the card is replaced. Ah well.
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Agreed, serious "flaw" in the A2SD way of things.
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At least I used the chance to revert my ext4 partition to ext3 to avoid having to use tune2fs everytime I want to run a nandroid backup.
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I used to employ ext4 for the /sd partition, then I read ext3/4 wear out your SD memory much quicker, because they are journaling filesystems (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext2), so I used the opportunity to repartition and stick with ext2.
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BTW For the record I should make clear this was all tested on a gsm Hero running MCR 3.2 with Amon Ra's RA-hero-v1.6.2 recovery.
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When I had this happen, I too was on MCR 3.2, with Amon RA 1.6.2 or possibly 1.5.2 or 1.5.3.1.
So, I was looking at my SD Card info through settings and I only have 2.43gb free. I only have 7 songs, not many photos, videos or anything else. I went through my SD and cleaned it up, but nothing changed.
I am running SC 2.5v no theme, and nothing really on my SD card for roms, themes or anything like that. I know this is a stretch, but what could be taking so much memory on the SD. I don't have titanium, i have cleaned my back ups and don't back up my apps... I know. Crazy. Anyone have any ideas. I know you don't know what is on my SD but, anyone have this issue as well?
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So, I was looking at my SD Card info through settings and I only have 2.43gb free. I only have 7 songs, not many photos, videos or anything else. I went through my SD and cleaned it up, but nothing changed.
I am running SC 2.5v no theme, and nothing really on my SD card for roms, themes or anything like that. I know this is a stretch, but what could be taking so much memory on the SD. I don't have titanium, i have cleaned my back ups and don't back up my apps... I know. Crazy. Anyone have any ideas. I know you don't know what is on my SD but, anyone have this issue as well?
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Did you partition your sd card?
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No. Should I? I have never ran across anyone doing that on a Fascinate...
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That could probably explain why.
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Mount the SD card on your computer and then select all the files in explorer (turn on show system files and hidden files first!), and check their total size (size and size on disk). If the size on disk for all the files is far lower than the amount reported as being used for the volume, something odd is probably up.
If the 'size on disk' is actually about the same as the amount of used space on the volume, you can then start checking the folders/files to see what's taking up the space.
@Jason Black: Why'd you want to repartition it? Or did you mean reformat it?
Another thing you could do is look for hidden files on windows when u open up removable drive then on the upper the upper left hand side hit tools then view then scroll down and hit the bubble that says show hidden files and see if thats what's taking up space
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Mount the SD card on your computer and then select all the files in explorer (turn on show system files and hidden files first!), and check their total size (size and size on disk). If the size on disk for all the files is far lower than the amount reported as being used for the volume, something odd is probably up.
If the 'size on disk' is actually about the same as the amount of used space on the volume, you can then start checking the folders/files to see what's taking up the space.
@Jason Black: Why'd you want to repartition it? Or did you mean reformat it?
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Non of that. I was simply asking of the sd card was partitioned.
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Do you use ROM Manager, or have you used it? Also, do you have/use Titanium backup to create backups or have you done any nandroid backups in CWM? Also, if you download things on your phone, that would be another thing to check and clear out.
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Do you use ROM Manager, or have you used it? Also, do you have/use Titanium backup to create backups or have you done any nandroid backups in CWM? Also, if you download things on your phone, that would be another thing to check and clear out.
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Do you use ROM Manager, or have you used it? Also, do you have/use Titanium backup to create backups or have you done any nandroid backups in CWM? Also, if you download things on your phone, that would be another thing to check and clear out.
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Yeah you can try clearing download cache in rom manager and also, those nanbackups take up a good amount of space if you have a lot of apps and data. I also have 2.40g left. Thats a lot of space unless you are downloading movies lol.
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I recently had that issue and went through my sd card and deleted unnecessary files. Old Roms such as superclean 2.1-2.3 I found in multiple places each taking up about 150MB. The main culprit was the nandroid backups. I had 4 backups each took up about a gig. They were in the clockwork mod folder. Im now limiting myself to 1 backup at a time.
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I had a lot of lost space on my card a while back. I suspect from removing the card/inserting the card while still mounted and losing clusters.
I simply put the card in my PC. Backed it up to my hard disk (hidden files and all). Formatted the card. Copied the files back. This restored the lost space. (and gave me a backup too which is handy)
Thanks everyone for the replies. I only have 3 nandroid back ups so far. I have rom manager, but the one adrynalyne posted with fix permissions. I have titanium, but dont use it.
I will mount my SD card to my comp and take a look at it. See if I can find hidden files.
Ok. I figures it out. I use a PC for rooting purpose stuff, but put a bunch of files on my SD card from a mac. Well I found out that when you delete files on your sd card from a mac.
It creats a hidden folder call .trash where it stores everything you delete. I used stock "My Files" hit menu when open, click more, setting then select show hidden files. You can delete all .trash or whatever .(folder) there. That is the hidden files mac create.
I hope this can help someone. Once i deleted those folders, I wernt from 1.8gb to 12.58 gb.
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Ok. I figures it out. I use a PC for rooting purpose stuff, but put a bunch of files on my SD card from a mac. Well I found out that when you delete files on your sd card from a mac.
It creats a hidden folder call .trash where it stores everything you delete. I used stock "My Files" hit menu when open, click more, setting then select show hidden files. You can delete all .trash or whatever .(folder) there. That is the hidden files mac create.
I hope this can help someone. Once i deleted those folders, I wernt from 1.8gb to 12.58 gb.
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Macs also create other dot files when coping data, including a dot file for every file you copy over (it's to store the file's metadata... that's really not useful), as well as some others. Some poster around here has a link in his sig with a 'guide' on disabling those things...
In my /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup folder i have 9 backups. I'm guessing I might want to keep the oldest one in case it has a backup of my stock phone (I'm rooted now) and the latest one. The rest can be deleted, right?
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I recently had that issue and went through my sd card and deleted unnecessary files. Old Roms such as superclean 2.1-2.3 I found in multiple places each taking up about 150MB. The main culprit was the nandroid backups. I had 4 backups each took up about a gig. They were in the clockwork mod folder. Im now limiting myself to 1 backup at a time.
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In my /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup folder i have 9 backups. I'm guessing I might want to keep the oldest one in case it has a backup of my stock phone (I'm rooted now) and the latest one. The rest can be deleted, right?
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TBH I haven't made a back-up since december 2010 and have deleted all mine long ago. With odin/TiBkup I find it to be an error free process. Restores always seem to have their own issues so I just gave up on them. But yes you can delete all older ones and keep the most current.
good day.
^^ same here. Haven't done a nandroid since November. Nandroid backups are a pain. It only takes like 10 minutes to get all your settings back the way you want them after a good ol' clean odin. Plus titanium backup, of course
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Agreed. Delete all your old backups. I had about 10 on mine at one pint. They eat about 1gb each
I've been KANGBANGED!!!!!
I've done a Nandroid restore a couple of times now and it went smoothly. A couple of cache and Dcache clears before, wipe data, clear caches again, install ROM, clear caches a couple of times, boot to make sure the ROM functions, then recovery, cache clearing, then advanced restore and restoring just data works for me. I used to use TiBu to restore everything but this has been working out fine, although I'd heard some people had problems with it. Although now that I think about it, I've only done this when re-flashing the same ROM as before. Maybe with different ROMS some things don't play nicely.
Still, I don't need 9 backups just sitting there taking up space, so thanks for the go ahead on deleting them. And I still do TiBu and MyBu backups because I've found you can never have too many resources when things go bad!
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I've just done a factory reset using Titanium Backup and the Nova Launcher backup system. It was a complete disaster (well, maybe not complete--I needed the cleanup) as neither of the backups functioned correctly and I lost all my apps, etc. After restoring from scratch, I did a bit of research. By default, both Titanium and Nova backups were saved to sdcard0 (as opposed to externalsdcard). I'm a relative newbie to the S3, but I think sdcard0 is the internal phone storage and therefore wiped when I did the factory reset. Am I correct?
If so, I have to wonder why both backups defaulted to this storage location. I've since moved both folders to external sd card and changed the backup paths on both apps. To preclude similar disasters, can I rename the somewhat confusing sdcard0 to something more recognisable (internal or phone storage seems reasonable) or would this cause more mayhem?
If I'm completely out to lunch with all of this, can someone educate me on the mysteries of the S3's storage configuration
Thanks in advance
Warthog
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If so, I have to wonder why both backups defaulted to this storage location. I've since moved both folders to external sd card and changed the backup paths on both apps. To preclude similar disasters, can I rename the somewhat confusing sdcard0 to something more recognisable (internal or phone storage seems reasonable) or would this cause more mayhem?
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The default is there since there are phones which have no extSDcard (the very cheap Android models and going up to Nexus and even more expensive models).
Do not rename anything - just remember that extSDcard (or the SECOND card that you get to see) is the 'removable' one.
Also note that even sdcard0 is not wiped by "normal wiping", and you probably issued a specific command in recovery or something in order to reformat that!
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The default is there since there are phones which have no extSDcard (the very cheap Android models and going up to Nexus and even more expensive models).
Do not rename anything - just remember that extSDcard (or the SECOND card that you get to see) is the 'removable' one.
Also note that even sdcard0 is not wiped by "normal wiping", and you probably issued a specific command in recovery or something in order to reformat that!
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Many thanks, XClub!
I certainly don't remember issuing any command that would have reformatted the sdcard0, but you never know. Was I right in redirecting both backups to the extSDcard?
At some time you have flashed an Aosp 4.2.x Rom or the 4.2.1 leak.
As this has facility for users your sd card is formatted to accommodate different user data via an emulated set up.
To get things back to normal on 4.1.2 I suggest backing up your sd card and formatting it in settings/storage.
Hi Slaphead and thanks
I had to chuckle at your reply, because I wouldn't know how to flash a ROM (or a leak) if you took me by the hand to show me
Surely that's not something I could have done inadvertently? Anyway, if you're suggesting I backup and format the SD Card, can you give me a couple pointers so I don't screw it up somehow?
Cheers
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Hi Slaphead and thanks
I had to chuckle at your reply, because I wouldn't know how to flash a ROM (or a leak) if you took me by the hand to show me
Surely that's not something I could have done inadvertently? Anyway, if you're suggesting I backup and format the SD Card, can you give me a couple pointers so I don't screw it up somehow?
Cheers
Warthog
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Sorry,I read in haste!
Titanium does default to storing on internal sd, so a factory reset would wipe the backup, ditto nova launcher, so in titanium set folder to backup to external sd, no need to worry too much about nova as the titanium backup of it will restore its layout.
Apologies for the confusion, my fault!
Thanks again--I've already set up Titanium to back up to external card, so the next time I contemplate a factory reset, I can do so without fear!! :fingers-crossed:
yeah, and next time ask in the correct section
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yeah, and next time ask in the correct section
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I'll try--hope you have a better day tomorrow (and, oh, dear, I forgot to hit Thanks)
Hi 2 all,
Forgot to make nandroid and unlocked bootloader on my wife's m8. And 27GB of photos gone. I think she'll kill me after she wake up in the morning. Is there any way to get data back?
Unlocking the bootloader is not supposed to do that. It will wipe user data (/data partition) but I believe the internal storage ("virtual SD") should have been untouched. So you shouldn't blame yourself too much. And a nandroid would not have helped you as not only is that partition not backed up with a nandroid, but the default location for a nandroid is the internal SD, so it would have been lost, anyway.
That said, I try to backup any important personal data (even on partitions that are not supposed to be impacted) to my computer whenever doing something major like flashing a ROM or unlocking the bootloader. Only reason I've started doing that is a similar bug on the One X (EVITA) where actions that are not supposed to wipe the internal memory, occasionally did so (which is what I suspect happened to you).
I think your only hope is to use data recovery programs (Recova is a free one). But I've had mixed results doing so (and have seen similar reports here) when trying to recovery photos and other data that were "accidentally" deleted or recovered. Its certainly worth a try, and also keep in mind that you should do so ASAP as the more you use your phone, the higher the chance that those memory sectors where the photos were saved will be overwritten by other data.
Also, is there anything left on the internal memory at all when you browse with a file manager? Sometimes, corrupted data will be saved to a folder named LOST.DIR and there have times where folks have often found many of their photos simply moved there.
Found very helpful post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705.
For M8 it works pretty much the same. I was able to get userdata partition from the phone, but because of I converted to GPE I lost everything. So I'm 99% sure that it will work right after unlock bootloader and factory reset.
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Ah, that's true. I hadn't thought about the fact that the memory mounts as MTP now. The times I did the data recovery was on the old bulk storage mode on my One X (before it was switched to MTP). All I had to do was connect my phone to my PC and run Recuva.
Mind you, even mounted properly, data recovery programs will not always be able to recover all data. It was pretty hit or miss for me (and from other reports I've seen). But the linked method is also clever in that it makes a copy of the corrupted partition to your computer, so you sidestep the issue that those sectors may be overwritten as the phone is being used. Give you more times to try various data recovery apps, etc.
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Ah, that's true. I hadn't thought about the fact that the memory mounts as MTP now. The times I did the data recovery was on the old bulk storage mode on my One X (before it was switched to MTP). All I had to do was connect my phone to my PC and run Recuva.
Mind you, even mounted properly, data recovery programs will not always be able to recover all data. It was pretty hit or miss for me (and from other reports I've seen). But the linked method is also clever in that it makes a copy of the corrupted partition to your computer, so you sidestep the issue that those sectors may be overwritten as the phone is being used. Give you more times to try various data recovery apps, etc.
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Yeah I tried Recuva, WinHex, R-Studio - nothing helped. I looked at low level data with WinHex and most sectors were zeroed...
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Just try for a sd card data recovery
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Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't understand what is being referred to here. Can you clarify or give more detail?
Hello Guys, i have been attempting to flash the phone , but it doesnt go in flashmode ( i know it's volume down when plugging to usb ), but nothing happen with flashtool, any idea ?
Maybe driver, but it looks like the phone still in fastboot, and it s reconized by flashtool with the build number and kernel . i don t know how to go to this flashboot mode.
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I don't know what happened, but I no longer have a working lock screen on my Verizon (T-Mobile network) LG G3.
All of a sudden, there's just no lockscreen whatsoever. I tried disabling the lock screen and then turning it back on using swipe, patter and PIN, but there's just no lock screen at all. If I hit the power button or let the device time out and go to screen off, when I wake the phone via double tap or hitting the power button, I'm just taken to my home screen. I've disabled trusted places and on body detection. That really shouldn't matter though as I should still get the swipe screen if those are active.
Even when I initially boot, it goes right to my desktop, where before, I had to enter my PIN first.
Completely stumped here.
Any ideas? I really don't want to factory reset.
Probably related. My screen is not timing out. I have screen timeout to 15 seconds, I'm not plugged in and the screen never goes off. Smart screen is off as well.
Any ideas now?
I have no ideas that don't involve first trying wiping Cache and Dalvik/ART, and then wiping those two plus Data if the first doesn't fix it, and then flashing the 10B TOT to start fresh if neither of those fix it. Of course before wiping Data I'd do an LG Backup to backup my user apps and user data, and before flashing the TOT, I'd move everything I want to keep from the internal storage. I'd also have a TWRP backup of the EFS which includes IMEI, and remove the SIM and MicroSD card before flashing the TOT or any kind of flashing when possible, as I believe flashing has occasionally wiped one of those items. Rare for the SIM and for the MicroSD card, but it happened to me with the MicroSD card.
Any time there's ever any kind of problem, the first thing to try should always be the wipes.
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I have no ideas that don't involve first trying wiping Cache and Dalvik/ART, and then wiping those two plus Data if the first doesn't fix it, and then flashing the 10B TOT to start fresh if neither of those fix it. Of course before wiping Data I'd do an LG Backup to backup my user apps and user data, and before flashing the TOT, I'd move everything I want to keep from the internal storage. I'd also have a TWRP backup of the EFS which includes IMEI, and remove the SIM and MicroSD card before flashing the TOT or any kind of flashing when possible, as I believe flashing has occasionally wiped one of those items. Rare for the SIM and for the MicroSD card, but it happened to me with the MicroSD card.
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The screen on issue wasn't really an issue, that was TiBu keeping the screen on.
I already did a factotry reset that fixed it. What a pain though, I'm still not full recovered.
I did wipe cache and dalvik before wiping data. Wiping data fixed it.
I've never had any luck with LG Backup, so I didn't do that, but used TiBu to recover, which didn't go so well.
I guess it's lucky I didn't have to go the whole TOT process. I've done that before and that's not fun either.
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The screen on issue wasn't really an issue, that was TiBu keeping the screen on.
I already did a factotry reset that fixed it. What a pain though, I'm still not full recovered.
I did wipe cache and dalvik before wiping data. Wiping data fixed it.
I've never had any luck with LG Backup, so I didn't do that, but used TiBu to recover, which didn't go so well.
I guess it's lucky I didn't have to go the whole TOT process. I've done that before and that's not fun either.
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Glad you solved it. Hopefully nothing you restore re-creates the problem.
I sure wish I knew why LG Backup doesn't work for some people? When you tried it did you try saving to internal storage, or just MicroSD card? I always save to internal since it's much faster than any MicroSD card, and then move it later if need be.
I'm used to TOTing. It's no big deal to me any more.
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Glad you solved it. Hopefully nothing you restore re-creates the problem.
I sure wish I knew why LG Backup doesn't work for some people? When you tried it did you try saving to internal storage, or just MicroSD card? I always save to internal since it's much faster than any MicroSD card, and then move it later if need be.
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I don't recall, haven't done it in a while. It didn't get me anywhere close to back to a full restore when I've tried it. I probably did it to SD card, but don't remember for sure.
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I don't recall, haven't done it in a while. It didn't get me anywhere close to back to a full restore when I've tried it. I probably did it to SD card, but don't remember for sure.
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If you have your MicroSD card formatted FAT32 (which is common, and what Android, TWRP and probably Windows would normally format it as), then I *think* that maybe LG Backup complains because it puts everything in one huge compressed file and FAT32 can't handle files over 4 GB in size, as it was made in 1977. ExFAT (you can format as such in Windows with the card connected directly to the PC/via adapter, etc) has no restriction. NTFS doesn't either but I wouldn't use that on a MicroSD card.
Another option is to back up half your apps the first time (A-K?) and then L-Z the next time.
Warning that some Android builds/kernels might not have ExFAT support built in, but I'm very sure stock LG does.
Of course if you don't have a huge amount of apps this probably wouldn't be the trouble.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
If you have your MicroSD card formatted FAT32 (which is common, and what Android, TWRP and probably Windows would normally format it as), then I *think* that maybe LG Backup complains because it puts everything in one huge compressed file and FAT32 can't handle files over 4 GB in size, as it was made in 1977. ExFAT (you can format as such in Windows with the card connected directly to the PC/via adapter, etc) has no restriction. NTFS doesn't either but I wouldn't use that on a MicroSD card.
Another option is to back up half your apps the first time (A-K?) and then L-Z the next time.
Warning that some Android builds/kernels might not have ExFAT support built in, but I'm very sure stock LG does.
Of course if you don't have a huge amount of apps this probably wouldn't be the trouble.
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I have a ton of apps. I will reformat to ExFAT when I get a chance and try to run LG backup again. I won't be chancing a restore though, but at least I'll see how the backup completes.
I'm actually currently formated as exFat. I can't say if I ever tried an LG backup formatted that way, but it's possible. I'll try to run one once I've fully recovered here.
Had a lot of recovery issues with TiBu. Got parsing error even when restoring via indirect method with many apps. I had to restore from a feb TiBu backup, then update all the apps in the play store, then I'm going to restore data with the new TiBu backup. Big PITA. New apps will still show as not restored from the new TiBu backup, so I can just d/l those from the play store and then restore data on this. Good excuse to not bother restoring apps I never use and shortening my total number of apps.
Aigh! Yeah, I've been having more and more trouble with TB which is why I just use LG Backup where possible, although the specific troubles you're having with TB don't sound the same.
MicroSD card in general just isn't as reliable as internal storage. Just plain copying files that have already been written to internal storage to MicroSD card is less taxing than having software create the files on the card to begin with. I've been in the habit of doing disk intensive stuff to internal storage starting with the Galaxy S2.
Hopefully your current restore journey is ultimately successful.
FWIW, I had to wipe data again today due to another issue I was having. I did an LG backup to my external SD that was about 6GB, wiped and did the restore. It looks like it did a pretty good job of getting me back to where I was. The text database is a bit screwed up. All of the group chats are showing at the top of Yaata for some reason. I have an sms backup & restore backup from last night, so I'll wipe the messaging database and restore that. Lot of settings I'll need to clean up, but apps look to be in good shape. Not sure why LG Backup totally didn't work for me previously.
Hope the data wipe fixed this problem (SIM card keeps getting disconnected), but I bet it doesn't and that'll be the end of my G3.