Hi
Something strange has just happened
My phone was connected to my PC. I was browsing on both internal and external SD cards and then it stopped detecting the device. I reset both phone and PC and now MOST of my files have dissipated! Music, Photos gone!
The strange thing is that the slimbean.zip and gapps.zip are still on the card along with
clockworkmod, data, lost.dir and whatsapp folders.
Is it possible to get my stuff back?
cramhead said:
Hi
Something strange has just happened
My phone was connected to my PC. I was browsing on both internal and external SD cards and then it stopped detecting the device. I reset both phone and PC and now MOST of my files have dissipated! Music, Photos gone!
The strange thing is that the slimbean.zip and gapps.zip are still on the card along with
clockworkmod, data, lost.dir and whatsapp folders.
Is it possible to get my stuff back?
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How long have you been on slimbean? Are you aware of the 4.2 /sdcard location change as per the link in my signature? Not saying this is teh answer, but if you have only just flashed 4.2, you should read it.
rootSU said:
How long have you been on slimbean? Are you aware of the 4.2 /sdcard location change as per the link in my signature? Not saying this is teh answer, but if you have only just flashed 4.2, you should read it.
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definitely files have been deleted. Ive been on 4.2 for ages
cramhead said:
definitely files have been deleted. Ive been on 4.2 for ages
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Have a look through LOST.dir see if anything is there. If the files truly are deleted, theres not really much you can do now. There are various android apps that claim they can recover files but you have to pay and I don't believe that any of them will actually work (may be wrong there though).
You cannot get anything back from an internal card on your computer either as there's no mass storage mode, so PC apps cannot scan it.
All I can do is recommend advice for the future.
Install FolderSync and sync important stuff to the cloud or better yet, a computer on your home network that is "always on".
nothing in that lost folder
Everything here is an explanation
on youtube
watch?v=nrFiePAL0Pg
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After upgrading to ICS, some of my apps stopped to work. At first I tought the problem is with how ICS handles external_sd folder on internal memory. Than I noticed that I cant copy anything from my PC to Phone via cable. Strange thing is that I can copy via kiss air. So, I am in doubt where could be the problem:
1) ICS ?
2) Cable ?
3) Phone memory ?
4) Phone usb jack ?
Since I don't have second cable with me, I ll have to investigate after few days, but would like to hear your opinions. I just tried - copying from phone to pc via cable works fine. Last evening I updated Kies on last version. Also, I formated usb of the phone - no change - still can't copy anything on the phone.
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Update - now it seems that I can't copy anything on usbStorage folder only !!!
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Thanks in advance.
Zile
do a factory reset and install phone drivers fresh ...
So, situation is like this:
even on the phone, I cant copy anything in folder usbstorage. So, it looks like internal usb is damaged ? Also, what is strange, I CAN copy a lot of data on the phone, but note in folder USBSTORAGE or, for example external_sd (i don't have real sd card), which is probably internally made in usbstorage folder ?!? But I can copy more than one gig of data from pc to phone, and when I go to settings of the phone, I see that amount of free usb memory is decreasing, and internal phone memory is same.
very strange.
Looking for your answers.
Zile
Stop copying things to the usbStorage folder. It is only for USB OTG.
As said above try reading the basics first from the stickies .
jje
My Igo stopped working. All the data was stored in external_sd. Now, when i try to reinstall, simple it doesnt wotk again. So thats the main reason i wanted to access these folders. On Gb everything worked fine. Now on Ics - not.
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zilez2003 said:
I CAN copy a lot of data on the phone, but note in folder USBSTORAGE or, for example external_sd (i don't have real sd card)
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zilez2003 said:
My Igo stopped working. All the data was stored in external_sd
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I've highlighted another problem for you.
Just to clear some things: I didn't have real sd cart. I suppose that becasue of missing sd card, some of the software i use on GB was making folder external_sd somewhere on internal memory of my SGSII - probably software is design to work that way. Folder external_sd could be seen using es file explorer, but not with default file manager. Also, on GB, I was able to copy files on folder usbstorage. On ICS - not any more. I admit i am not expert for android, but i aks: why on GB it was OK to copy files in this folder, now it isn't any more with ICS ? It makes me think that something is wrong with my phone. Or with ICS ? If this folder was provided to be just for "USB OTG" (whatever it means) - why I was alloud (as common user) to copy files in it while using GB ? I don't want to be software geek, I want to use my phone in the consistent way. Imagine that you have a PC, and on winxp you can copy files in folder MyDocuments, and for example on Windows7 you cant any more becasue iyt is now only for "DOC OTG". And, just to inform you - problem solved. I had to make folder on root of internal memory. After that software recognized it a put everythig in it.
Copied a couple of GB of photos to my External SDCard.Rebooted phone, nothing showed up,but all videos and music that were on the card were still showing in Video Player,Gallery and Music Player.So I unmounted the card via settings ,remounted .now nothing shows up at all.
If I browse through Root Explorer I can see all my media,and when I look in Settings/Storage the card shows up.
I thought perhaps it was the card(only bought last week) could be the problem, so I stuck my old MicroSD card in which has some media on it, same thing.Any ideas?
Should have said.When I take a photo it is stored on the micro SD card.That works OK
Is it just teh gallery that causes an issue?
If so try what this guy suggests here to do a rescan of the media:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27787690&postcount=3
No, nothing shows up.No videos, no music and no photos
I decided to reset the phone (from Settings) .Set it up again and all seems well again
Today I added some more albums to my external SDCard.Again, after doing so,none of the new mp3s showed up.Removed SDCard, and like before, NOTHING on the SDCard shows up.So I thought I would do what I did last time and wipe the phone.This time though it didn't do the trick,and nothing is showing up.Even reinstalled the original stock ROM,still nothing.
Have tried with a couple of different cards with the same outcome, nothing on SDCard appearing on phone(I can see the card in My Files and browse all the individual files OK).
Assuming there is something wrong with the phone , I guess all I can do is return to store, however I did unlock the phone using Voodoo Unlocker.Can this be reversed?
Can anybody help??
Either with the SDCard problem or know whether the Voodoo Unlock is reversible??
TIA
This problem has resurfaced.Installed Omega 8.1 Rom .Opened Music Player., nothing there.Same for Gallery and Video Player.
The thing is I downloaded PowerAmp,added the folder that has my music in and it works fine. Open QuickPic and all my pictures are shown, as are my videos which I can play in Video Player.
I can transfer a song to my internal memory, it shows up. Transfer it back to extSDCard, it disappears.
After flashing a stock ROM the problem is still happening.
The strange thing is ,the phone recognises there is an external card.When I open the camera app, I get the pop up asking me if I want to store my photos on the sdcard.I do, and it works fineand any picture I take on the phone shows in Gallery).It just seems to be a problem with any media.Its doing my head in.
Please save me from having to go buy an iPhone4s, because as boring as it may be, it does,as they say "just work"
This sounds software-related to me. Have you tried flashing a stock ROM and testing without installing any applications to the device? It's possible that one of the apps you have installed is causing some sort of problem.
It is still possible that the external SD card has a fault though. Have you tried a different one? Additionally, why are you using the external card rather than the internal memory?
All roms for me never find video or mp3 on external sd card .
Notable that Kies places Video in DCIM/Camera folder if you ask it to transfer filers to ext sd card and likewise music on ext card is media folder .
jje
yes, tried 3 sdcards.
Have 10GB of music. 2GB of photos. So I need to use the external SDCard ,as I would already be out of room.
This has worked fine.The last week or so there has been no problem.I have been flashing ROMS, adding media to SDCard with no issue.
How about apps? Have you tried doing this with no other applications installed?
I havent, but I am going to do a full wipe flash again without installing any apps.
saldawop said:
I havent, but I am going to do a full wipe flash again without installing any apps.
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If you do that and it works ok, just install one app at a time until you find the culprit. Then uninstall it and email the developer!
JJEgan said:
All roms for me never find video or mp3 on external sd card .
Notable that Kies places Video in DCIM/Camera folder if you ask it to transfer filers to ext sd card and likewise music on ext card is media folder .
jje
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Well that cant be right can it. There surely would be little point in having an external SDCard in that case.You cant put apps on it, you cant put music or video on it? (well not if you want to use stock apps)
Well, that didnt work.Fresh install of ROM, no apps installed. No music/Photos.
So thats stock ROM, Omega 7.1 (last known working with that ROM) and Omega 8.1 flashed probably half a dozen times over the last 24+ hours.
The only music and vid that appear are the Samsung installed demo ones.
saldawop said:
Well, that didnt work.Fresh install of ROM, no apps installed. No music/Photos.
So thats stock ROM, Omega 7.1 (last known working with that ROM) and Omega 8.1 flashed probably half a dozen times over the last 24+ hours.
The only music and vid that appear are the Samsung installed demo ones.
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Weird. I have music and media stored on my external SD card, and everything reads and functions fine (on Wanamlite using Ninphetamin3).
Have you tried changing kernels?
anthropolyte said:
Weird. I have music and media stored on my external SD card, and everything reads and functions fine (on Wanamlite using Ninphetamin3).
Have you tried changing kernels?
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No I havent.If it is something I should try I will have to have a read up. I have only rooted and flashed ROMs, never changed Kernels.
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I have used drag & drop when phone is connected to PC, I have used a card reader.Card has been formatted in the phone, in the card reader.
I have used Easy Phone Sync ,just tried Kies and that syncs fine to the external card.
It surely must be a software problem.
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No I havent.If it is something I should try I will have to have a read up. I have only rooted and flashed ROMs, never changed Kernels.
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I have used drag & drop when phone is connected to PC, I have used a card reader.Card has been formatted in the phone, in the card reader.
I have used Easy Phone Sync ,just tried Kies and that syncs fine to the external card.
It surely must be a software problem.
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Definitely try flashing a new kernel - have a look through the dev sections.
It's worth reformatting the sdcard in the phone as well, using the phone software to do it - that should eliminate any weird permissions-related problems.
Hello everyone, new to these forums, but have been reading here for a few years now
I have a couple of questions regarding JB 4.1.1 and Galaxy S3 i-9300
First of all, I can't seem to make my external SD card work with anything else but Recovery/Root Explorer.
Gallery doesn't show it, VLC doesn't show it, and I can't find any settings that will allow me to save pictures taken by the cam onto extSD, nor videos.I have tried both AOSP and PA 4.1.1, same issue.
Second, when I flashed AOSP/PA 4.1.1, whenever I go into Gallery, and choose Settings, I just get a blank screen, no options, no nothing.
Am I just stupid, or have I formatted the card wrong?
best regards, Tim :laugh:
Is is FAT32 ?
Are there any partitions (other than the primary) in the SD card? (or, have you repartitioned the sd card) ?
Thanks for the reply. I booted into CWM and formatted the card from there. It still doesn't show up. Will try to reflash JB again.
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I am in the same situation. It started when clockworkmod couldn't read some of the files in the download folders (mods i intended to apply) which were visible in es file explorer. After a few tries, sdcard (a trascend 64gb uhs-1 which i indeed recommended a few hours ago in another thread!!!) looks dead both in android AND pc. Had to format to access it. Currently letting diskdigger do his job, then for more invasive action (still yet to figure).
beppelupo said:
I am in the same situation. It started when clockworkmod couldn't read some of the files in the download folders (mods i intended to apply) which were visible in es file explorer. After a few tries, sdcard (a trascend 64gb uhs-1 which i indeed recommended a few hours ago in another thread!!!) looks dead both in android AND pc. Had to format to access it. Currently letting diskdigger do his job, then for more invasive action (still yet to figure).
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The issue you are facing is what made me flash from AOKP to PA/AOSP in hope of improvement.
While I was running AOKP, I connected my Galaxy to my PC via USB, and in the external SD card, I found multiple copies of the same folder.
For example, I made a folder called PICS inside my SD card when I got it a couple of weeks back and everything was running smoothly. Then just a couple of days ago, I wanted to copy some of my pics, and now I had 5 folders called PICS on my SD, and none of them contained actual pictures, the files had no extensions whatsoever, just blank fileicons.
I'm considering moving back to a stock Sammy ROM, these external SD card issues are getting really frustrating.
xxhyp0crisyxx said:
Thanks for the reply. I booted into CWM and formatted the card from there. It still doesn't show up. Will try to reflash JB again.
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i've got the same problem..i read somewhere it was to do with CWM recovery being used? i havent had time to investigate and cant mess with my phone as i'm going away tomorrow....i hope someone points out the solution as this has plagued me since day 1 with jelly bean..
So, formatting the card on pc as NTFS/standard allocation/FULL format (took about one hour and a half) worked for me. Cwm reads it and i made a couple of format to be sure. Weird thing is in settings/memory the ext-sdcard capacity/free space is correct, but there is no visual bar (it is there for internal sd). I'm pretty sure at this point the problem was probably caused by some action i took with mobileodin using files from the sdcard.
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
Hi, I'm in desperate need of help, please.
I'm using SGS2. Several months ago my device suddenly started acting weird, thumbnails in gallery didn't load, apps didn't refresh (instagram, facebook etc.)... Rebooting would help but only for a certain amount of time, until it suddenly started to happen again. I realised the internal SD card simply becomes read-only randomly, but I didn't know why. I made peace with it since I'm not a big smartphone user.
Anyhow, today I went through my phone files and saw that several cache folders were oddly big, so I deleted a ****load of files, and then(!!) that one folder would not delete... So I clicked it and saw a bunch of gibberish files that do not want to get deleted.
I tried SD Maid app, but the thing is, once I browse to that specific corrupt folder the SD card goes crazy and becomes read-only, so basically at that moment I realised that folder is what's making the phone act like this.
Connecting it to PC and deleting doesn't work either. Renaming the files doesn't work. Copy/paste does work but is useless. Factory reset/installing new ROM/kernel/whatever doesn't work either. The files will still be there, I've tried.
Anything, please?
Format sdcard.
Out of phone in PC slot if available.
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I'm sorry if I was unclear. I'm talking about the internal SD card... not an external one.
yellowjellow said:
I'm sorry if I was unclear. I'm talking about the internal SD card... not an external one.
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Oohhh. Eek...umm I have to Google that one.
Give me a few.
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I tried to google it... I found too many entries that did not exactly give me precise directions to "format internal sdcard". If you have a link it'd be great.
Just to remind you, trying to delete that folder with all of its files through PC does not work. ES file explorer/SD Maid etc. don't work either. I've tried formatting /data /system and every single thing possible in recovery mode.
There is no escape from formatting the entire phone? Either way I'd love a link to directions or something helpful...