Hi. I have just recently rooted my Atrix MB860 using this tool -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255548 . After successfully rooting, (superuser installed) my internal phone storage was wiped for no reason. Most of my apps and data were gone. What went wrong? Thanks in advance.
P.S. I am not a Motorola guy, so I know nothing much about Motorola. I only know about HTC.
I unlocked my hox+ without realising it deletes you storage does anyone know if i can recover my files, i have the software but the storage does not show as a psychical drive
You can't restore your data. As far as i know your /data partition including the /media folder, which is what you see as internal memory when connected to your computer, get's wiped when unlocking bootloader.
Jonnibravo said:
I unlocked my hox+ without realising it deletes you storage does anyone know if i can recover my files, i have the software but the storage does not show as a psychical drive
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The storage will show as generic hierarchical file system. Henceforth it is impossible to retrieve any lost data/settings. It is a must to do a backup before attempting to dev unlock the phone. I believe that when you dev unlocked the stock recovery should have warned you that it will result in a loss of all data.
Thanks I backed up most of it anyway just lost a few videos
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Hi 2 all,
Forgot to make nandroid and unlocked bootloader on my wife's m8. And 27GB of photos gone. I think she'll kill me after she wake up in the morning. Is there any way to get data back?
Unlocking the bootloader is not supposed to do that. It will wipe user data (/data partition) but I believe the internal storage ("virtual SD") should have been untouched. So you shouldn't blame yourself too much. And a nandroid would not have helped you as not only is that partition not backed up with a nandroid, but the default location for a nandroid is the internal SD, so it would have been lost, anyway.
That said, I try to backup any important personal data (even on partitions that are not supposed to be impacted) to my computer whenever doing something major like flashing a ROM or unlocking the bootloader. Only reason I've started doing that is a similar bug on the One X (EVITA) where actions that are not supposed to wipe the internal memory, occasionally did so (which is what I suspect happened to you).
I think your only hope is to use data recovery programs (Recova is a free one). But I've had mixed results doing so (and have seen similar reports here) when trying to recovery photos and other data that were "accidentally" deleted or recovered. Its certainly worth a try, and also keep in mind that you should do so ASAP as the more you use your phone, the higher the chance that those memory sectors where the photos were saved will be overwritten by other data.
Also, is there anything left on the internal memory at all when you browse with a file manager? Sometimes, corrupted data will be saved to a folder named LOST.DIR and there have times where folks have often found many of their photos simply moved there.
Found very helpful post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705.
For M8 it works pretty much the same. I was able to get userdata partition from the phone, but because of I converted to GPE I lost everything. So I'm 99% sure that it will work right after unlock bootloader and factory reset.
exbarboss said:
Found very helpful post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705.
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Ah, that's true. I hadn't thought about the fact that the memory mounts as MTP now. The times I did the data recovery was on the old bulk storage mode on my One X (before it was switched to MTP). All I had to do was connect my phone to my PC and run Recuva.
Mind you, even mounted properly, data recovery programs will not always be able to recover all data. It was pretty hit or miss for me (and from other reports I've seen). But the linked method is also clever in that it makes a copy of the corrupted partition to your computer, so you sidestep the issue that those sectors may be overwritten as the phone is being used. Give you more times to try various data recovery apps, etc.
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Ah, that's true. I hadn't thought about the fact that the memory mounts as MTP now. The times I did the data recovery was on the old bulk storage mode on my One X (before it was switched to MTP). All I had to do was connect my phone to my PC and run Recuva.
Mind you, even mounted properly, data recovery programs will not always be able to recover all data. It was pretty hit or miss for me (and from other reports I've seen). But the linked method is also clever in that it makes a copy of the corrupted partition to your computer, so you sidestep the issue that those sectors may be overwritten as the phone is being used. Give you more times to try various data recovery apps, etc.
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Yeah I tried Recuva, WinHex, R-Studio - nothing helped. I looked at low level data with WinHex and most sectors were zeroed...
Tennor1 said:
Just try for a sd card data recovery
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Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't understand what is being referred to here. Can you clarify or give more detail?
Hello Guys, i have been attempting to flash the phone , but it doesnt go in flashmode ( i know it's volume down when plugging to usb ), but nothing happen with flashtool, any idea ?
Maybe driver, but it looks like the phone still in fastboot, and it s reconized by flashtool with the build number and kernel . i don t know how to go to this flashboot mode.
thank you
Hi I have an SG3 was complaining about low memory, remove apps.
It was then rebooted and now it is stuck in a boot loop.
How can i get it back without losing picture and videos off of the internal SD?
Any help greatly appreciated, have some very important pictures of our little girl on there and dont want to lose them.
Cheers
Wayne
Internal sd is not the place to store important data, it can't be mined for data like an external one and can be wiped by nand corruption.
Try flashing the exact same firmware version in recovery without a wipe, that might allow your phone to boot, or use ADB/Aroma to pull data in recovery to your pc.
Hi,
My friend's phone isn't reading SD cards, and we'd obviously like to get the data off of the card he's been using as adopted storage. However, the phone is not rooted and the bootloader is locked, so we likely can't copy the encryption key at all. Is there any way of recovering the data (i.e. rooting the phone without factory reset)? We'd really prefer not to lose the data on the card. The phone is a Moto G3 running the latest firmware.
(Just realised I posted this in the wrong section, my apologies! Is it possible to get this moved?)