Dear brilliant folks,
My dilemma is that I inadvertently did a factory restore without backing up my data from the internal storage of my HTC Max Verizon 6600LVW. I have rooted it, I have a TWRP recovery installed, BusyBox and have tried some options but these software application options (in Windows) do not dig deep enough into the memory for me to dredge up the lost photos, audio files, etcetera.
Is there a simple way or not so simple way to get the complete RAW image of this internal memory and do a full deep scan with Recuva or other recovery software? I have done all that I am able but seem to be at a roadblock now.
I have looked at other links in the various forums but I am not sure how I can apply those options to this phone as the commands and memory blocks are different.
Please advise if you can.
Thank you.
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My AT&T Galaxy Note's screen just gave out. It cracked a while back, but it hadn't been affecting performance. Now when it tries to turn on, the top half flashes for a fraction of a second and then it all goes black. This happens whenever the phone attempts to turn on the screen, be it from hold or from power-down: top half flashes, phone goes black.
It's worth noting that all input seems to work fine - but this is useless as I can't see what I'm doing. I've managed to answer calls once or twice, but that's about it.
It is also worth noting that I have TWRP recovery on it, as well as the Flapjaxxx ICS rom that was released over the summer.
As such, I have two main areas of questions to ask - the first being about possible replacements and the second being about backing up / restoring the phone.
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I've gone and purchased a new Galaxy Note, and what I'd like to do with the broken one if possible is a full backup of its current state - firmware, internal memory, internal and external SD cards, etc. - that I could then flash onto the new Note. Is this possible without being able to see what I'm doing?
Please note that I do realize that I can copy everything off of the internal & external SD over USB. That's not what I'm asking. I'd like to backup everything, firmware included, in a way that I can restore it onto the new phone.
Some ideas that I have include using adb, odin or some other software to backup over USB... using TWRP without being able to see the screen to backup to my external SD card (navigating with the side buttons, i.e. "press volume up twice, lock once, etc."), or something along those lines.
Plug in to PC and copy your stuff..
Hopefully your USB storage will kick in automatically.
Your contacts will restore via Google on the next device sync.
Pictures and other data on the internal emmc partition will need to be copied off, or over to external SD.
I'm hoping you have USB functionality ...g
@gregsarg: Thanks, but that's not really what I'm looking for.
There is a bunch of data (SMS messages, contacts stored on my phone and not on google accounts, call logs, etc.) that are not sync'd to my google account. Further, I am not sure if these pieces of data store somewhere on the Internal or External SD cards - which I can access easily over USB - or somewhere in internal memory, which I have no idea how to do. Even if this data is somewhere on the SD cards, I have no idea where on the cards it would be.
As such, I'm looking to perform a FULL BACKUP of all firmware / memory / SD card contents / etc. I'm guessing there's a way to do this either with ADB or Odin over USB onto my computer, or from TWRP onto the external SD card. As to the latter, although I cannot see what I'm doing I can still navigate the phone with the volume / power buttons, and thus I imagine that I can follow a preset series of presses to perform said backup without being able to see what I'm doing.
Anyone have any ideas along these lines?
I know what you are asking....
And the outcome largely depends on what you intend to do with the device.
A screen replacement to include the digitizer, will not touch your rom chipset, and data loss should not occur.
But if you plan to replace the device, then your only real option for backup of data would be through Kies software , which allows backup of all device data prior to a restore process.
Additionally, you should copy all current files from internal device memory (emmc) to the computer before doing anything in kies.
External memory (SD), is self contained once the card is removed. But a good copy is advisable also.
Of course, a nandroid backup takes precedence over all other options, but in this case, I do not see how a blind backup is possible.
I can give you the backup step sequence for TWRP, but I cannot promise a successful backup without optical proof. However, I am willing to try...g
Regarding ADB....I do believe a full file copy (or dump) is possible, and can be done using Odin as well , but using that dump for a restore to the new device later may become problematic.
As the file placement into secondary device partitions may prove to be different , making the push of these files difficult .
By far, a blind nandroid , or kies backup is preferable.
Hi Everyone,
I have an issue with my VZW GS4. All of my storage seems to be utilized by "phantom" files. I was updating my playstore apps yesterday and I got a memory almost full error. I only have 1 GB pictures, .5 GB music, and .3 GB applications used. I know the system is using almost half of the my memory off the bat, but looking at the files above, it did not make sense that I would only have 300 MB left out of 9GB or so available to me.
My device was rooted, but was still on the VRUAMDK Kernel flashed after rooting. I had Titanium backup installed but did not actually do any backups. I had CWM manager installed and had one recovery that took up a small amount of memory, so I wasn't sure what would be taking up all my memory.
I decided I wanted to do a wipe on the phone after backing up my pics/music to see if i could wipe the memory and start clean. I wiped the device using the stock recovery app and the phone still only has 4.2GB free. I guess a wipe/factory reset does not clean EVERYTHING off the SD card. When I go into the Device Memory section in settings, it appears I have half of memory free, but it still lists 4.2GB available. I did a file usage analysis and it does not listed Could something I had done in CWM Rom Manager created some hidden files that wouldn't get wiped? Does the GS4 auto software update download to a hidden folder before being installed? The phone recently download the new ME7 firmware which I did not install yet.
Using an android file browser i've looked around the SD card system folders but I would have no idea what would be taking up so much room. Has anyone else had an issue like this? Can I wipe the non-system partition of the SD card somehow? I am just not familiar with this and I wouldn't want to mess up the OS somehow.
rgrthat said:
Hi Everyone,
I have an issue with my VZW GS4. All of my storage seems to be utilized by "phantom" files. I was updating my playstore apps yesterday and I got a memory almost full error. I only have 1 GB pictures, .5 GB music, and .3 GB applications used. I know the system is using almost half of the my memory off the bat, but looking at the files above, it did not make sense that I would only have 300 MB left out of 9GB or so available to me.
My device was rooted, but was still on the VRUAMDK Kernel flashed after rooting. I had Titanium backup installed but did not actually do any backups. I had CWM manager installed and had one recovery that took up a small amount of memory, so I wasn't sure what would be taking up all my memory.
I decided I wanted to do a wipe on the phone after backing up my pics/music to see if i could wipe the memory and start clean. I wiped the device using the stock recovery app and the phone still only has 4.2GB free. I guess a wipe/factory reset does not clean EVERYTHING off the SD card. When I go into the Device Memory section in settings, it appears I have half of memory free, but it still lists 4.2GB available. I did a file usage analysis and it does not listed Could something I had done in CWM Rom Manager created some hidden files that wouldn't get wiped? Does the GS4 auto software update download to a hidden folder before being installed? The phone recently download the new ME7 firmware which I did not install yet.
Using an android file browser i've looked around the SD card system folders but I would have no idea what would be taking up so much room. Has anyone else had an issue like this? Can I wipe the non-system partition of the SD card somehow? I am just not familiar with this and I wouldn't want to mess up the OS somehow.
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Looks like a CWM recovery was sitting in root/data/media. I found this solution in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274218
Hey guys, I realise that I may not be on the correct forum for this and for that i apologise, however I am quite new to this website and don't know my way around.
Anyway, I have recently backed up my whole phone storage to SD card using CWM recovery as there was no option to backup to an internal device. I wanted to take the backup and move it to my computer but I have a HTC One m7 which has no SD card. This isn't normally a problem for me because all the files seem to show up on the internal storage when i look on my computer anyway however despite searching through all of the folders, I simply cant find. The backup is 5gb in total and I know that it has been made sucessfully because my available storage has decreased by 5GB but it simply can't be found. Even when i look at the file manager on my phone I can't see it. Even if I can't move it to my PC I atleast want to be able to delete it, will factory resetting the device remove root access aswell as everything else and will I have to start all over again to delete this hefty 5GB backup?
Thanks for reading
Hi there. So, I had a rooted device running Android 5.1, which I wanted to update to 6.0.1.
I had the device softbricked for a while and I could only fix it by flashing it with new partitioning.
So now, I have an internal storage which appears to be empty (in windows explorer) but of course there are still tons of old data on that drive.
I realised, that my backup does not contain certain data which I would have liked to keep.
I hope, that I can recover some files using Recuva. For that I need a full mirror/copy of my internal storage.
How can I do that? At the moment I don't have root, but I could root it, if needed. I think that could possibly override more old data though.
Thanks in advance.
Doesnt seem to be an ideal solution, but I just rooted the phone with 6.0.1, installed busybox to add linux tools like netcat and installed a terminal to copy a full image of the userpartition to my desktop.
I can run Recuva on that image then.
Hello!
I have a somewhat unusual challenge on my hand and am hoping there is a solution, however after days of searching I am unable to come up with a clear or consistent answer. I got a shiny new SM-T580 around the holidays, and immediately set to work on installing twrp, rooting the device, etc. to be able to use it for my needs. My device is OEM unlocked, rooted, has Xposed installed, and has a ton of hard to come by apps installed, as well as a substantial amount of important personal files on it. On Saturday, I went to flash a zip file to install a tool pertaining to ROM modification and the install unexpectedly failed because TWRP couldn't mount my /data partition; I realized I had completely forgotten to format /data after disabling encryption back when I first did everything, and my /data partition was still encrypted.
That being said, I really do need to remove the encryption, but I really need to preserve my data also. To make matters more complicated, I have enabled adoptable storage, and am using a 64gb card formatted as internal storage, with about ~30gb data on it. I have backed up my personal files to the cloud, but now am trying to figure out how to move my apps and app data. Ideally I would like to preserve my entire existing directory structure, as well as home screen configurations, etc. I am left with a few questions that are preventing me from proceeding:
How do I determine which data is stored on the actual external SD card? From my own poking around, it looks as though the external SD is /mnt/expand/aa11a11a-blah-blah-blah/ but I am not positive. If that is my SD card, can I simply move it to a new install? I assume the SD card is also encrypted, as I am guessing the string following /mnt/expand/ is an encrypted serial number or something of the sort. If that is the case, can I simply copy the files from the above directory, and then copy them back in after formatting the card? Beyond this, as far as what is actually stored on my phone, is there a means of backing up and restoring the files and directory structure and having it all still work and point to the right places? I don't know how the system links the adopted storage and just feel like I'm in over my head when it comes to understanding the nitty-gritty of Android file system internals. I would simply backup the whole partition and then restore it but then I would be back to square one with the encryption. I am competent with TWRP, ADB, ODIN, etc and would be very, very happy if anyone could point me in the right direction on this, even if the solution is complex. If I am unable to figure this out before the weekend I am going to have to manually back up all apps and click through 300+ apk files. I do also have titanium backup but I am kind of in a bind with storage space vs backup size. Anyhow, if you made it this far thank you so much for reading and I am looking forward to your replies! :highfive
Edit: This was intended for the Galaxy Tab A forum. Mods, please move this thread to Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers if possible, though the question should pertain to both device series on 6.0+. Thank you!