I accidentally deleted a whole album instead of a photo off my phone, and I was wondering if it's possible to restore the photos. The photos were saved on my device storage and not the sd card.
I did some research and I came across various programs to restore my photos, but my issues is that there is no longer the 'usb mass storage' option on 4.3, therefore my computer only detects my phone as media device of camera.
Is there anyway to enable the usb mass storage option/ any other way to restore my lost photos?
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Hi all,
Been searching for a while but i cant seem to find the answer, im trying to make my phone appear on my pc so i can recover some files i accidently deleted, the problem is it will only show up as the storage card, i can get the phones memory to show up but only via active sync, so im just wondering is there a way to make the phones internal memory appear as a removable drive so i can run a recovery program on it?
Cheers
lukejenks101 said:
Hi all,
Been searching for a while but i cant seem to find the answer, im trying to make my phone appear on my pc so i can recover some files i accidently deleted, the problem is it will only show up as the storage card, i can get the phones memory to show up but only via active sync, so im just wondering is there a way to make the phones internal memory appear as a removable drive so i can run a recovery program on it?
Cheers
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Not that I know of. Can you not run it via active sync?
or maybe vise versa?
When connecting as a mass storage device, the OS on your desktop/laptop takes control of that "removable disc" (can't access it via the phone). Only sd card - external storage can be available. I presume that the inner storage must be maintained by the phone at all times, when turned on.
You can however make a backup or modify files within the inner storage with a file explorer installed on your device (Resco explorer for example). Just make adjustments, to view hidden and system files.
I wouldn't advise you to delete or modify critical system files tho...
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All the pictures which i captured from my S3 were stored in the internal memory of my phone. But unfortunately those pics got deleted.. and now when i tried to recover those pics i have a problem. I downloaded an app to enable Mass Storage Mode, it does not work on internal memory and it seems to be only for an external microsd… I really need to enable mass storage mode on the internal card so I can run a file recovery utility to restore deleted photos.. How can i recover this? pls help....
I'm stuck in a similar boat. Even on rooted CM10, I can't get USB mode. And there is currently a bug where it won't work in recovery either. I thought this would be a really simple thing, and it still boggles my mind why it is even removed as an option.
Connect phone to PC use Windows Explorer to open phone and sd card .
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darshanmc said:
All the pictures which i captured from my S3 were stored in the internal memory of my phone. But unfortunately those pics got deleted.. and now when i tried to recover those pics i have a problem. I downloaded an app to enable Mass Storage Mode, it does not work on internal memory and it seems to be only for an external microsd… I really need to enable mass storage mode on the internal card so I can run a file recovery utility to restore deleted photos.. How can i recover this? pls help....
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stephendt0 said:
I'm stuck in a similar boat. Even on rooted CM10, I can't get USB mode. And there is currently a bug where it won't work in recovery either. I thought this would be a really simple thing, and it still boggles my mind why it is even removed as an option.
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The answer is that you can't enable mass storage / UMC on the Galaxy S3, because the internal sdcard is not an independent partition, is just a subfolder of the data partition, unlike older devices like Galaxy S2.
You have to use phone side applications which are more limited of course.
Read this for further understanding:
[GUIDE] MTP and PTP (Media Transfer Protocol) vs UMC (Mass Storage Class)
Check here too:
[Q] How to view all sdcard files and folder from the computer, hidden & system too?
You may try some android photo recovery software, follow this step by step guide: android phone photo recovery
hope this helps you get back deleted photos from samsung galaxy S3 phone.
christinamoyu said:
thanks for the info. looks like no way to enable mass storage for latest android.
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No, but to recover files, see General > Sticky roll-up thread > S3 storage data recovery
christinamoyu said:
thanks for the info. looks like no way to enable mass storage for latest android.
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You can, if you use DriveDroid, however the mass storage mode is limited to the file you select as virtual drive.
So a friend called me and she has lost all her movies and photos.
No problems i told her, just run a recovery program. Well....
The problem is that non of the Windows programs can't find the internal memory, or the phone.
The phone are rooted, and i did some reading at xda that -"This trick will only work on android phones having mass storage mode and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) options. If your device is rooted then you can enable mass storage mode on your android phone."
So where do i enable mass storage mode and MTP?
Can't find any under option.
Same question asked many times, search for the usual answers.
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So a friend called me and she has lost all her movies and photos.
No problems i told her, just run a recovery program. Well....
The problem is that non of the Windows programs can't find the internal memory, or the phone.
The phone are rooted, and i did some reading at xda that -"This trick will only work on android phones having mass storage mode and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) options. If your device is rooted then you can enable mass storage mode on your android phone."
So where do i enable mass storage mode and MTP?
Can't find any under option.
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There an apk called disk digger, it's free on the google play store, it worked very good with me..
I installed SG USB Mass Storage Enabler and finaly the phone appears in Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery.
Only problem is that the "drive" is listed as RAW, and the size is 0.00 MB. Also the drive is greyed out in windows
To clarify. All the photos and movies where located on the internal drive. A sd card has never been used.
Hi,
Well I have this LG G2 and somehow I got it reset, now all the contacts, images, messages, everything is gone. I tried using a recovery software but the thing is the software doesn't recognize my phone as another drive to recover. I have used EaseUS and Recuva but no output. My PC recognizes the phone as a media player not an external storage device. Is there anyway for the PC to recognize it as external storage media so that I can recover data.
Ps: USB Debugging is on
There are programs that will help recover some of the stuff. Dr. Fone is one. It is free to try but paid option to recover, I believe. You won't be able to mount as external, but Dr. Fone will work regardless. There are also some programs that work on the phone such as https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger&hl=en . All recovery programs will work better if your device is rooted. The ones on the phone typically just look for pictures. Dr. Fone will look for messages and contacts too, if I remember right. Contacts should be linked to their perspective accounts anyway. Google, etc.
Hi, I lost my dog yesterday and have accidently deleted a few videos and lots of photos of our last months together, these were stored on the SD card in my phone. I have a Motorolo G3 running Android 6.0.1.
I have spent most of today downloading various apps to try and get my files back, DiskDigger was the only sucessful one but it was only able to recover thumbnail size pictures. I have tried Recuva which cannot see my SD Card when the phone is connected via USB with the USB file transfer option enabled. Easeus can see the phone but asks that I enable USB mass storage to recover the files, unfortunately I already have this enabled when I see the message.
Would rooting my phone help? From what I can gather I only need to root my phone if the files I want to recover were stored on the phones internal storage, I am mistaken?
Does anyone know how I can recover these files? There are a few very special photos and videos that I desperately want back.
Thanks
No ideas?