Hello! I wiped my phone and then realised Nandroid doesn't backup /sdcard/ from the internal memory. I'd like to try and recover files from this folder. What's the best way to do this?
From my previous thread [Q] Restore files from Nandroid backup in the Android Q&A forum (where I discovered /sdcard isn't backed up), I tried various file recovery apps to no avail and began trying [GUIDE] Internal Memory Data Recovery - Yes We Can! from the Nexus forum. This guide got very complicated trying to change it to fit the S3 and replies in the thread went quiet. So S3 experts, I need a method for internal file recovery for the S3 i9300 please.
Many thanks!
Search and read, the same subject is covered many times.
There was a process for the S2 that works for the S3, where you raw export the whole 16gb partition to a pc for data recovery software to work.
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boomboomer said:
Search and read, the same subject is covered many times.
There was a process for the S2 that works for the S3, where you raw export the whole 16gb partition to a pc for data recovery software to work.
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Hi, thanks for your reply.
The only thing I could find was the [REF] S3 Storage (Data Loss Recovery / Prevention / Info) guide that says:
It's worth mentioning, NONE OF THE ABOVE will work with /sdcard on internal memory. It is not possible to get your data back once deleted from internal memory. Once gone, it's gone forever. You can only restore from /extSdCard (removable, external SDcard)
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...which doesn't sound good!
I can't find the process for raw export you mentioned, unfortunately. I did a search in the S2 and S3 forums for 'raw export' and other variations, to no avail.
Edit: I'm currently running Recovering deleted files from internal memory of Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-i9300). Will update on progress.
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I apologize if this has been answered somewhere else here before. I have been searching for days and have not found the full answers to my questions anywhere.
Recently I updated my GT-P7510 CM9 to an experimental CM10 from by pershoot. After getting it up and running I was looking at my internal storage usage and numbers didn't seem to add up (must have done a dirty flash at some point in the past to cause this). My internal storage in root explorer showed 8.93gb in use and 28.01 total storage. I copied everything to a USB drive to back it up and noticed there was only 7.45gb actually on the internal storage. I have seen this problem before on my S2, and I always just reformat the internal SD card (emmc) to regain the missing space. However, since the tab does not have a micro SD slot, I have no way of wiping the internal sdcard (data/media) without wiping out the rom too from how I understand it. Somebody correct me if I am wrong...
So, does anybody know of a way to successfully wipe/format the sdcard (data/media directory) in CWM or other method that will not wipe out the rom and send the device straight to cwm with no way to install a new rom? Or do I have to revert back to stock to accomplish the format of sdcard like I have read for a few other similar situations? Everything works fine (CM10 & CM9 both run awesome), I just want that extra 1.48gb of missing/phantom storage back. And, without mass storage mode, I cannot perform a disk check in win7. This has really got me frustrated to find a solution without having to start over. I wish this tab had a micro SD slot!
Currently I am running CM9 nightlies (7-31) for p4wifi (gt-p7510). My cwm recovery is version 6.0.1.0. Any help is greatly appreciated, and I do apologize if this has been covered before. Thanks in advance to those of you smarter than I.
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Ok, I seemed to have figured this one out and now feel pretty stupid for not digging a bit further before asking.
After I decided to go ahead with the sdcard format using CWM, I noticed that the space was still being used somewhere. After I started to dig a bit, I noticed that all of my apps still worked after the format. Basically, the extra space is being consumed by the /data/app folder housing all user apps. CWM must be designed to ignore this directory when formatting the internal sdcard which is why there was still some storage being used.
I feel like an ubernoob for asking this, but my S2's internal sdcard is not mapped to data/media, so I had to learn a bit better about how this thing works I suppose. Anyways, I hope this information can be useful to someone out there having similar questions.
bkress said:
I apologize if this has been answered somewhere else here before. I have been searching for days and have not found the full answers to my questions anywhere.
Recently I updated my GT-P7510 CM9 to an experimental CM10 from by pershoot. After getting it up and running I was looking at my internal storage usage and numbers didn't seem to add up (must have done a dirty flash at some point in the past to cause this). My internal storage in root explorer showed 8.93gb in use and 28.01 total storage. I copied everything to a USB drive to back it up and noticed there was only 7.45gb actually on the internal storage. I have seen this problem before on my S2, and I always just reformat the internal SD card (emmc) to regain the missing space. However, since the tab does not have a micro SD slot, I have no way of wiping the internal sdcard (data/media) without wiping out the rom too from how I understand it. Somebody correct me if I am wrong...
So, does anybody know of a way to successfully wipe/format the sdcard (data/media directory) in CWM or other method that will not wipe out the rom and send the device straight to cwm with no way to install a new rom? Or do I have to revert back to stock to accomplish the format of sdcard like I have read for a few other similar situations? Everything works fine (CM10 & CM9 both run awesome), I just want that extra 1.48gb of missing/phantom storage back. And, without mass storage mode, I cannot perform a disk check in win7. This has really got me frustrated to find a solution without having to start over. I wish this tab had a micro SD slot!
Currently I am running CM9 nightlies (7-31) for p4wifi (gt-p7510). My cwm recovery is version 6.0.1.0. Any help is greatly appreciated, and I do apologize if this has been covered before. Thanks in advance to those of you smarter than I.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804824 Here's a topic about same problem,could say,U'll finde in replays all the information u need!
Vinchenzo13 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804824 Here's a topic about same problem,could say,U'll finde in replays all the information u need!
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Although that is a similar problem, I asked if there is a way to fix it without going that route? I appreciate your reply, but I already knew it could be resolved by going back to stock (2nd paragraph of my post).
bkress said:
Although that is a similar problem, I asked if there is a way to fix it without going that route? I appreciate your reply, but I already knew it could be resolved by going back to stock (2nd paragraph of my post).
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Ow sorry didnt notice few words,i think u could just flash a cwm via odin wich can wipe/reset all data if im not mistaking,
I'll chek this out is there any cwm'ds who can do that,coz i rememba reading one forum where guy was complaining that he did wipe and everything was formated!
Vinchenzo13 said:
Ow sorry didnt notice few words,i think u could just flash a cwm via odin wich can wipe/reset all data if im not mistaking,
I'll chek this out is there any cwm'ds who can do that,coz i rememba reading one forum where guy was complaining that he did wipe and everything was formated!
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I can accomplish a full format of the internal sdcard on my galaxy s2 without it affecting the rom in any way whatsoever and it is running cwm 6.0.1.0 also. From how I understand it, the partitions are set up differently on the s2 and this device. The s2 has a separate partition for the internal sdcard making it possible to format via cwm. On this device, the sdcard is part of the data partition meaning wiping it will leave you with no rom installed and no storage on the sdcard. I think all versions of cwm can wipe the slate clean, it is just a matter of everything else being wiped clean also. But, if you are aware of a cwm that let's me accomplish this, I would love to find it. Thanks again.
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bkress said:
I can accomplish a full format of the internal sdcard on my galaxy s2 without it affecting the rom in any way whatsoever and it is running cwm 6.0.1.0 also. From how I understand it, the partitions are set up differently on the s2 and this device. The s2 has a separate partition for the internal sdcard making it possible to format via cwm. On this device, the sdcard is part of the data partition meaning wiping it will leave you with no rom installed and no storage on the sdcard. I think all versions of cwm can wipe the slate clean, it is just a matter of everything else being wiped clean also. But, if you are aware of a cwm that let's me accomplish this, I would love to find it. Thanks again.
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I have the same issue .. I was manually formatted using my windows 7 laptop.. flash back to old stock samsung firmware.. still 4.11 GB internal USb storage instead of 11.8 GB.. Any help please..
I think it's possible with adb shell (the android sdk for Windows)
Have you seen that : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003645
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Hello,
I lost photos and videos 2 days ago and I flashed jelly bean after that.
I tried so many programs to recover lost photos and videos from my internal SD such as undelete (doesn't support ext4) , hexamob recovery pro (no files found) & Easy UMS with Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery on PC (didn't recognize the internal SD as removable device).
Would you please help me with this problem?
My device info:
Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300
Android 4.1.1
CF-Root 6.4
Stock Kernel
Not recoverable see multiple same question posts .
Nandroid backup may have the files on it .
jje
Thanks
I've been looking for many hours and read many threads in XDA and out but no result so I asked here to consult people with experiance.
And Nandroid backup didn't work
Thanks again
Hi everybody,
since I've installed JellyBean on my SGS2, I'm getting the trouble with the insufficient storage space constantly. I've deleted most of the apps,that I've been using previously with ICS without problems and my storage seems to be full all the time.
I've tried to google for this topic, I 've tried to delete the .odex files, used the SD Maid to clean whatever possible, moved all the apps that are possible to move to the SD card, but nothing helped.
Attached you can find my storage status.
Now my question: the phone does have 16GB of internal storage. Why can't I simply use more for the apps (just by resizing the /data partition for example). Is the resizing of the partitions possible?
Thanks for your reply in advance.
dubak said:
Hi everybody,
since I've installed JellyBean on my SGS2, I'm getting the trouble with the insufficient storage space constantly. I've deleted most of the apps,that I've been using previously with ICS without problems and my storage seems to be full all the time.
I've tried to google for this topic, I 've tried to delete the .odex files, used the SD Maid to clean whatever possible, moved all the apps that are possible to move to the SD card, but nothing helped.
Attached you can find my storage status.
Now my question: the phone does have 16GB of internal storage. Why can't I simply use more for the apps (just by resizing the /data partition for example). Is the resizing of the partitions possible?
Thanks for your reply in advance.
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Yes, by flashing a PIT file.
but again......
See this thread (search q&a for " *insufficient ") or reflash with dalvik cache wipe.
gastonw said:
Yes, by flashing a PIT file.
but again......
See this thread (search q&a for " *insufficient ") or reflash with dalvik cache wipe.
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Hi, I've already read this trhread. Concerning ODEX files, Lucky pather, etc I've tried everything, but nothing helped. To me it's clear that resizing the partitions would probably be the only solution. This can naturally be done throught flashing a PIT file. However I wasn't able to find any suitable PIT file (which would say that it's for SGS2 JellyBean and that the partitions are with this or that size).
I'd be very grateful for a link to such a PIT file.
Thanks
I won't be providing any pit file link because I advice against it.
As I said, there are more threads regarding this matter and how to solve it.
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I didn't backup my internal SD card and i lost my pictures while installing CM10. What program do you guys recommend to restore pictures if possible?
The only option is to send the phone to a company who does data restoring. AFAIK there are a couple of websites that do that with android phones, use search.
And why are you asking for HELP in General and not in the Help section?
Sorry, newb posting.
If anybody knows data restoration on flash memory, please let me know!
is that even possible just because some of your files were moved into /sdcard/0/ folder and some other didn't so you just don't see it in default ??
i have been situation like this as i first time install 4.2 on my Galaxy Nexus , but then i soon discovered the datas still in there just because my default is now /sdcard/0 so i didn't see it in the first place.
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is that even possible just because some of your files were moved into /sdcard/0/ folder and some other didn't so you just don't see it in default ??
i have been situation like this as i first time install 4.2 on my Galaxy Nexus , but then i soon discovered the datas still in there just because my default is now /sdcard/0 so i didn't see it in the first place.
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actually, no files are ever moved when flashing 4.2.
so OP, if you didn't wipe internal memory, your data is in /data/media/
Hi,
I've done a Nandroid backup on my s3 prior to trying to update the Android version. Looking at the memory used it's not on the ext SD card and is clearly on the internal memory but isn't visible on the phone or from my pc. I need to clean up space and move / delete.
Any help appreciated
Sorted, ended up re-installing the stock 4.3 rom and clearing everything off.
If anyone else in the UK has the same issue on the S3, the files are still out there for free but took a bit of tracking down.