Hi All,
Had to do a hard reset on this phone. Now I'm stuck trying to recover my lost pics/vids/contacts that weren't backed up. I have the Rogers version of the phone which only has internal memory. I have it rooted successfully and have installed USB mode switch app from the play store in order to switch to UMS mode. From what I've read about this phone, since it only has internal storage, it isn't possible to mount this as a drive on my PC even with the 2 prior steps. And the data recovery tools need it to be mounted as a drive. Once connected and UMS mode turned on, win8.1 disk management tool sees it as a hard drive (with 0% free space) but won't assign it a letter so the recovery tools don't see it properly.
Any suggestions on how to perform a recovery here?
Thanks.
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Dear All,
I forced to preform a Factory Reset to my HD2.
I made backup from my contacts and mails. But forgot to backup 2 EXCEL files.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO RECOVER MY DATA?
It's critical for me.
Thanks in Advance
Not sure of any such way. Storage technology is different on phones and on disks. Still look for any software you may find for it. Or check your PC for the files.
One solution is to take those files from the PC, if you have deleted them from PC, then run file recovery on the PC, there's hardly any efficient way to recover from a Phone memory.
Recovering from My Storage (internal storage)
1. first and most important thing is, after losing your data DO NOT COPY ANYTHING to your device or it will overwrite the current data (yes, the data still exists but the pointers were deleted)
2. download Active Recovery: http://www.file-recovery.net/
3. download nueMassStorage (or any other USBtoPC app. you can find a guide for it in this thread so you can choose the most compatible software for you if nueMassStorage doesn't work): http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/pag...ssStorage.aspx
4. go to start/settings/connections/USB to PC and mark Mass Storage (USB Drive) instead of Activesync
5. Soft Reset
6. connect your device to your comp. the device will be read as a storage card.
7. use active recovery to recover from Removable Disk
From: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471521
Hello,
I own a Samsung Galaxy S2, running android version 4.1.2 (unrooted). I never had an external SD card inserted therefore the problem below is related to internal storage on the phone.
I recently plugged my phone under USB mass storage mode onto a laptop that prompts me to encrypt external USB storage devices. I accidently clicked “enter” to encrypt, but immediately – within seconds – unplugged the USB wire from the computer.
I now get a notification on my phone that says “Damaged USB Storage – USB Storage is damaged. Try reformatting.”
Storage does not recognise my internal storage at all. (see image attached)
Trying to connect via USB mass storage to PC does not work. (see image attached)
Other thoughts: The drive never got encrypted (99% sure). I think the problem may have happened because I removed the USB while it was in some operation.
What I’ve tried so far, and failed:
Connecting via USB mass storage to PC.
Connecting via USB debugging.
Tried both above options in Safe Mode and regular mode.
Tried to re-encrypt/decrypt the drive (computer doesn’t even recognise anything to encrypt/decrypt).
Tried to check disk for errors using chkdsk in command prompt on PC. It says “Cannot open volume for direct access”
What I would like is to recover my data from the internal storage on my phone. I haven’t tried formatting as my main goal is to recover the data first.
Thanks for your help!
well most people commit this mistake!
1. If you had mistakenly clicked enter you should have let it do its work and when it was done you could have reverted back with easy steps mate.
2. I personally had this kinda problem (not coz of encrypt prob)
3. You've mentioned that loosing data is not your mail goal. but after all these you must sacrifice something to get your storage back.
4. Since your are unrooted got to sock recovery (volume up + home + power) and do a factory reset and clear the cache (you'll loose all your apps but 90% CHANCE THAT YOU WONT LOOSE YOUR PERSONAL DATA 10% CHANCES THAT YOU MAY LOOSE.
5. Since your external is working you can always backup your apps with TB (titanium backup)
6. And yes this helped me fix this problem.
7. Incase if the problem still exists we'll think of another solution
thuva06 said:
well most people commit this mistake!
1. If you had mistakenly clicked enter you should have let it do its work and when it was done you could have reverted back with easy steps mate.
2. I personally had this kinda problem (not coz of encrypt prob)
3. You've mentioned that loosing data is not your mail goal. but after all these you must sacrifice something to get your storage back.
4. Since your are unrooted got to sock recovery (volume up + home + power) and do a factory reset and clear the cache (you'll loose all your apps but 90% CHANCE THAT YOU WONT LOOSE YOUR PERSONAL DATA 10% CHANCES THAT YOU MAY LOOSE.
5. Since your external is working you can always backup your apps with TB (titanium backup)
6. And yes this helped me fix this problem.
7. Incase if the problem still exists we'll think of another solution
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Thanks for the response!
And yea, in hindsight I regret removing the USB on impulse like that! I should have let it finish the encryption.
I'll definitely give this a try later on today. I know when I reset my phone - sometimes the data is wiped, but sometimes it isn't. It's totally worth a shot.
I'll keep you updated on what happens.
Hello everyone,
My internal storage for my device is FUBAR at the moment. Here’s the story:
The tablet is a US model Asus Memo Pad FHD 10 LTE (ME302KL). Rooted and bootloader unlocked, android 4.2.2
I tried flashing cromi-xenogensis 4.7.0 for the Asus TF300T. The result was no being able to get past the Asus throbber loading animation. To add to this I used an incorrect version of TWRP (2.7.1.1) to flash cromi-xenogenesis.
I proceeded to do a full wipe of my device using these fastboot commands
fastboot erase system, data, cache, boot
I flashed TWRP again, and proceeded to do a ADB sideload of the latest US firmware for my device found on the ASUS site.
I am now successful in booting up the stock ROM, however I am unable to send any files to the internal storage in the device via usb. When I copy a file into the internal storage, the windows progress bar stays full forever and does not show estimated time etc. The free space/used space shows up as unknown in windows. The microSD works fine though.
The camcorder app shows “no external storage available” message when opened, and the play store shows “unfortunately Google play store has stopped”. The file manager shows no files or folders under the internal storage.
I have already tried:
- Rebooting the device
- Clearing cache for play store, file manage, camcorder
- Restoring device to factory settings via settings
- Deleting my USB drivers, and reinstalling drivers
- Tried both MTP file transfer and PTP file transfer
To summarize, I would really like to get access to my internal storage, and I think that fixing the internal storage will allow my playstore etc. to work again. I would really appreciate any support with this issue
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Hello everyone!
Since week I've been desperately trying to get data - photos - back from my wp7 (nokia lumia 800) - from internal memory storage. The data was erased by Zune - with 'erase the Phone content'. After this acccident the phone's data hasn't been yet overrided. The data theoretically should be into device. This Nokia hasn't got UMS - USB Mass Storage mode.
My question is if there is hope to recover data? I've visited a lot of forums and I've tried the following steps:
A. Under Windows:
1. I installed MTPdrive and its equivalent PTPDrive. These programs didn't see my phone after connect it by USB.
2. I modified windows registry keys by regedit - Nokia Lumia 800 switched on MTP in 'My Computer'. It is appeared but it isn't by any recover data programs.
B. Under Linux - Ubuntu:
1. I attempt to recover photos by Foremost tool. I used mtp-tools and mtpfs and then mount device by command mount -a. I see my Nokia Lumia 800 and I have access to files at device. Unfortunatelly Foremost can't read the phone and didn't recover anything.
2. I read that mtp is protocol and it is too high level to manipulate it by any data recover tools. If I understand well there is no option for seek deleted jpgs with mtp protocol. This must be mounted as a drive /dev/... .
3. Can I mount internal memory storage like a drive but not like a mtp? Is there a way for parse mtp to drive file system or sth like this?
C. The Application installed directly on windows phone:
1. I heard about applications which can be server on the phone (Samba/WebDAV File Servers) . Then it can be mapped in Windows as a network drive (with letter) but I worried about overriding data on internal storage and I wonder if the network drive will be recognized by data recovery tools?
2. I can't believed there is no way to get access to this data on phone, I have cached data in Zune directory on my computer but in low resolution. Maybe this could help for recover photos from device?
I will be very greatful for any help.
Hello,
I am trying to recover lost photos and videos from my phone. Refer to this post => http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/data-photos-videos-documents-recovery-t3475903
However, all of the recovery software out there requires the phone to be detected as an removable disk (mass storage). None of them work with MTP device. I have a OnePlus One, running on Android 6.0.1.
Is there a way to show the phone as removable disk (mass storage)? If this not possible at all, please comment so that I don't waste more time searching the internet :laugh:
Will it work if I install a very old ROM? Can I still recover the data? What do you think?
Thanks.
It's not possible to mount the internal storage as USB Mass Storage. If you're rooted, then you could look into using an app directly on the phone, such as Disk Digger. If you aren't rooted, then you're pretty much out of luck.