Hello!
How can I recover the data I have in my hard bricked HTC One V (from 2012), namely, contacts and unsynced data?
My HTC One V (from 2012) died all of a sudden about 4 days ago. I have tried the Remo Recover for Android and I was able to access some files, but I couldn't find any .vcf files or anything else I could tell would help me restore my contacts information. On HTC.com I read an article saying that contacts are not stored on the SD Card, but the internal memory. With Remo RFA I was able to scan the SD mini card (which had no useful information that I needed as far as I could tell), and a drive Remo identified as a generic drive. I assume this is the phone's internal memory, but I find no .vcf files in that location. I am willing to take the phone to a shop or a hardware expert to recover this information, and I imagine this is the only option left for me.
I'm doing all this because Google has not maintained all of my contacts synced. When I check Google Contacts on my laptop some contacts are missing. They just so happen to be very important contacts from out of town, hard to reach, and some whose names I have forgotten! I only remember them by their face/contact icon. I would also like to have access to the files on the bricked phone for reference.
Your advise is sincerely appreciated,
Chemguy
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Hey guys,
Gonna try explain this best I can. If I need to be corrected or any blanks filled in then please let me know
Basically, I had around 25 images that were taken a few weeks ago when my family visited from New Zealand on my SD. I thought to be safe, I'll move them to a folder on the root drive so popped onto root explorer, made the folder on root and copied the pictures over (well moved them actually).
Now, issue is I stupidly named the folder (in my wisdom god knows why I chose this) 'PICREC130910'. I do understand the name of the folder is fairly irrelevant but thought since I'm asking for a hand, best explain myself best I can.
Now, again in my wisdom, I was browsing about using root explorer and somehow managed to delete that folder (let's blame working 14 hour shifts for that wonderful mishap).
I tried a recovery using various deleted file recovery softwares on my SD using the computer, but to no avail. It finds the image names but when I recover them it only recovers a non readable file that every viewer I've tried can't see. this might be because I had just before deleting root folders, put about 6gb of music on the SD so probably overwritten the pictures.
Anyway, because the root is generally less written to than the SD I'm hoping they're still in a recoverable state so to put my question out there... is there a software that can do a similar recovery search but on the root drive? Would really appreciate any help cause I only get to see my family from nz about once every 5 years.
Thanks for reading guys,
Pete
What recovery software have you used?
One I have tried with great success is Recuva.
I used that and another one, can't remember the name just now but my issue is how do I search the root drive?
What I'm looking to do is somehow mount the root drive to allow a windows based piece of software search it or alternatively find another way to do so using a terminal to show all deleted files so I can find these pictures somewhere.
Hopefully (and I'm asuming..) the internal is a similar structure to the flash-based memory system in the SD card and therefore as long as it hasn't been overwritten, should be recoverable.
Would I be right in this assumption?
Nobody help here?
Sorry dude, but i am pretty certain there is no software available that would allow you to recover deleted files from a Mobile Phone internal memory. I can only suggest that you remove your SD card and connect that to you PC and see if you can recover any pics direct from the SD. You will have to use an SD Card reader as it will not work if you connect the phone to the pc.
I personally use Recover My Files. It always works for me.
Have a look with THIS, worth a shot.
First off can I offer my greatest thank you to all those that have replied so far. I'm avoiding installing or deleting a thing until I know what I can do with this.
Isn't mounting the phone to the computer (Ie mount SD card) the same as putting it into an SD card reader? Higher chance of it working with a reader?
As said, it can find the image names, just not the images (ie recovers a non readable file!)
I just got the new Evo LTE, and I had photos on phone storage/internal storage. Using ASTRO, I tried to move them into my new 16gb SD card (it was clean, fully formatted and everything). However, it stated that the "MOVE FAILED." and then the pictures were just gone! They didn't go back to the original location or anything, it seems as if they were deleted off the phone and SD card completely!
Was it the phone? Or was it ASTRO? Should I have not mingled with the internal storage and the external storage the way I did? Is there any way I can get those photos back (there were about 500 photos)??
Please help, I've grown desperate. I even went to the sprint store but no luck.
no comment on the error (although I've only moved that many photos back and forth between the phone and card while plugged into the computer), but I've used Hexamob Recovery PRO *ROOT* with great success to restore accidentally deleted photos (there's a free version too - I don't know what the difference is). You should also consider automatic photo backup through dropbox if/when you're able to recover them.
I have to root this phone to be able to use that? I wasn't planning on rooting it yet because I just got it.. Is there another way to recover them? I don't even know if it'll be found in the SD card or the internal memory..
I think all of the "undelete" apps (and there are a few of them out there) require root - sorry.
So this is probably a question that has been repeated time and time before, but I couldn't find anything on basic phones to try to help me with my question.
My sister has a ZTE Adamant from Verizon that she was trying to get pictures off of by connecting the phone to her computer. Well low and behold the phones CD** drive only contains data for installing a EXE for drives, no list of internal storage. So one of the first things this magical software by Verizon ark’s is do you want to update your phone? However clicking yes ended up deleting all of the pictures(and only pictures) off of the phone.
I've tried for countless hours to find a way to get into the phones internal memory to try and recover the pictures. Called up Verizon and they informed us that because the phone updated, the update needed storage it deleted data off the phone for room. Which he suggested the files may have transferred to the computer or was deleted from the phone. I've checked her computer and could not find any JPG's that were recently added.
So my question; is there any way to recover the internal memory or access it without taking the phone apart? This is a task that is phone without thinking when a SD card is installed, but since the drive is not recognized, i cannot think of a way to get to it. If there is a way that will end up bricking the phone but being able to recover the data I’m all for it by the way.
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I accidently deletede all files on internal storage, when trying to setup DropSync. My mistake. Wanted to sync a Dropbox folder til internal storage, but had it set to sync from Dropbox to internal storage root. Well, all files are gone, except the folders synced from Sropbox and the Android folder.
My question is, how do I recover the files that resided on the internal storage. I have only used my phone fore some days, and didn't have any data (of my knowledge) on the internal storage, that I've put there. A don't mind doing a factory reset of the phone, if this means that the internal storage will be build up again to a normal state. I have no idea whether the files are necessary or not, and the phone seems to work fine. Since I've synced other files to the internal storage, I guess a recorvery is waste of time. Haven't found an aswear to whether a factory recovery would rebuild the internal storage. Hope someone here can answer my question.
Best regards
Frank
Did you delete internal SD then just restored but if you deleted system file / with no root, I can't help you.Find your phone's forum online they will be able to help if anyone can.
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Did you delete internal SD then just restored but if you deleted system file / with no root, I can't help you.Find your phone's forum online they will be able to help if anyone can.
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Hi lamike
Thankz for your reply. I'll be more specific, since I forgot this.
I'm on a non-rooted Sony Xperia Z3 running Android 4.4.4.
I installed DropSync to sync folders between my Dropbox and the internal storage. I set up sync from Dropbox to Internal storage, which resulted in only (first) the folders from my Dropbox appearing on internal storage. My mistake was not syncing to at dedicated folder on the internal storage, instead of the root. Then the folder "Android" appeared, and others has show up in the time after the sync. I've had my handset turned off to, which also returned some folders I could recognize. Funny thing is, that when I connected the handset to my PC, I could see the folders, that was gone when browsing with file explorer tool on handset. Weird. Tried to copy all folders, but was only able to copy a few.
Will a factory reset rebuild the folder/file structure on the internal storage back to as when recieved from the factory? As mentioned before, I havn't placed files (only some ringtones) on the internal storage, so I don't think I'll be missing anything.
How does the internal storage work? Are there files residing here, that the system depends on, and which needs to be recreated? Since I did the sync, and new files has been placed on the internal storage, I think a restore might be out of scope, or what? Again, if I can restore the files, by doing a factory reset, I'll just do that. Only used the handset a couple of days.
Best regards
Frank
Well, I went ahead and tried doing a factory reset. From reading several posts, I thought the phone would be brought back to original state, as when I turned it on the first time. But that wasn't the case. Files that was placed on the internal storage by me, still resided there after the reset, which astounded me. I thougt everything was wiped when doing the factory reset. This means that I manually have to delete files, when wiping the phone, or what? Also, original files from Sony wasn't present/recreated after the factory reset, like sample pictures and videos. Are they not recreatable? Isn't it indeed possible to recreate the phone to it's original state, as the factory reset claim to do? If the factory reset claims to reset your phone to the state you recieved it in from the factory, then I'm truly scared, since old data would reside in the internal memory, on phones that I've wiped and sold.
Edit: Ohh, just found out, that a tick should be set, when doing the factory reset for erasing data on the internal storage. Missed that. Trying to factory reset the phone again later today, and see what happends.
Edit 2: Well, did the factory reset again with the tick set. Didn't recreate the original files placed on the internal storage by Sony.
Br
Frank
Contacted Sony Support today. They suggested running a repair through PC Companion (PC software). Tried it, and also tried updating through PC Companion. Same result. Took contact again, and was now told that, it's not possible to restore files like sample pictures and videos, unless I send it to a local service center. Since non important files has been removed, needed by the system (also confirmed by Sony Support), I'm clear to start using the phone. Happy days. Hope I don't f*** up the phone again like that, doh.
My microSD was almost full and I kept takeing pictures with my phone then feel day after I realize that I has noone of photos saved, then when I tried access micro sd a message shown saying that my sd was corrupted.
So I tried to use a small usb adapt with sd in windows and explorer could not show the memory properly to access it and then I realize if I format in android I could then recovery the files in windows after.
I formated to use to share files betwen pc and android, now I tried Ease, Recuva and some others recovery softwares and all of them cant show my old files even with deep scan and using the original microsd-to-sd adaptator. Tried some store apps too, they dont even run in my android.
I did not write upside the files I had but android automatically put a lot of folders inside, no one with much amount of files.
So now I ask, can a diferent software or trick take my old files back? this micro sd is old, I had important files from 2010 there. :crying:
Ive mi a3 with android 9. 16g c16g micro sd
Recovery will depend on if you encrypted the SD or not. If the SD was previously encrypted you will not be able to recover any of the files. That is kind of the point of encryption.
If you did not encrypt the SD and Recuvva failed you may still be able to recover some of the files. I had a similar issue where I knew the deleted files were on the drive and while Recuvva managed to pull a few it was not finding the one that I really needed. This lead me to looking for other recovery programs online. I Googled "apps similar to recuvva". I found a site with 10 programs like recuvva and I found one in that list that worked. I did have to try 3 or 4 to find that one but it not only found the file I needed but it found about a dozen more that I didn't even know I was missing. I would tell you which program it was but I don't remember and I uninstalled it after using it.
Best wishes.
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While I have your ear, backup backup backup… I really can't say it enough. I hate to see people on here who've lost memories or important docs because they didn't back them up. Google provides so many ways to backup all for free. Google Drive will backup your docs and files, Google Photos will backup your photos and videos, Gmail Contacts will backup your contacts. Many carriers also provide backup options. Verizon Cloud will essentially backup your device similarly to iTunes. It doesn't backup your game progress and all of that, I think iTunes does, but it will backup your texts, files, settings, contacts and photos.
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So I tried to use a small usb adapt with sd in windows and explorer could not show the memory properly to access it and then I realize if I format in android I could then recovery the files in windows after.
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I formated to use to share files betwen pc and android, now I tried Ease, Recuva and some others recovery softwares and all of them cant show my old files even with deep scan and using the original microsd-to-sd adaptator. Tried some store apps too, they dont even run in my android.
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IMHO it mainly depends on Android SD card's filing system whether there is a chance to recover data after having formatted it. For an Android device, the compatible file system of external storage is FAT32 or exFAT.
To unformat the SD card in Android phone to get back the deleted files, I suggest you to try iBeesoft Data Recovery. It is designed for users to unformat SD card on Android phone specially.
Here are the simple steps for how to use iBeesoft Data Recovery to unformat SD card in Android phone:
Step 1. Install iBeeSoft Data Recovery software on computer
Step 2. Connect your Android device with computer
Step 3. Select "Unformat File Types"
Step 4. Select Formatted SD card to scan
Step 5. Unformat SD card in Android phone
Full guide here.
I've attached Google's USB driver (read: Android Debug Bridge - ADB-client) software for Windows computer.