Hello, I am a Redmi Note 9 user,
And I want to the bootloader of my phone
My warranty is already expired, so it won't be voided,
I Have a Qualcomm processor on my phone, so any Mediatek methods will not work,
I already said that I have a laptop and I have introduced myself in this thread:
Hello, I own a phone that I want to root
Hello guys, I own a Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro and I want to unlock the bootloader and root it without losing any data. But I can't find a method that works for me, I have a Qualcomm processor, and no method works. I also don't want to buy any...
forum.xda-developers.com
I recommend you to visit this thread first.
Is there any method I could unlock the bootloader and root my phone without losing any data?
And also don't tell me that I need to buy any paid programs, I don't want to pay to unlock my bootloader.
Is there any way to do it without erasing all data?
There is no way to unlock bootloader without wiping data.
I really am surprised sometimes that people prefer to write some new post that is the same as other posts 89653654645762 instead of using a search engine and finding a topic that interests you. You have written a post in the Redmi Note 9 Pro device section and it was hard for you to go to the guides section and look for answers to your questions?
Here are 2 topics that have answers to your questions:
First link
Second link
It took me a few seconds to find these two answers, it's not really hard, just people are lazy.
You can't. Just it.
uvzen said:
There is no way to unlock bootloader without wiping data.
I really am surprised sometimes that people prefer to write some new post that is the same as other posts 89653654645762 instead of using a search engine and finding a topic that interests you. You have written a post in the Redmi Note 9 Pro device section and it was hard for you to go to the guides section and look for answers to your questions?
Here are 2 topics that have answers to your questions:
First link
Second link
It took me a few seconds to find these two answers, it's not really hard, just people are lazy.
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But I want to ask: what exactly will it erase? Will it erase files? Will it erase apps? Will it erase settings?
Catbutnot said:
But I want to ask: what exactly will it erase? Will it erase files? Will it erase apps? Will it erase settings?
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It is like a factory reset - the phone goes back to stock, no user installed apps, no user files, no user data, no user settings. Do a backup first (google or MIUI).
I want to ask another question: what is the best free backup tool that I can install on my laptop and connect my phone so I can backup EVERYTHING, like the data of the apps, all the files, all the setting and everything!
And also: Will it erase data on the SD card?
I don't have a need for backup other than built-in Google. There are other solutions, you should use Google search or Forum search for that.
Regarding SD card - if it is setup as removable storage then it should not be erased, but to be safe I always remove it b4 factory reset. If SD card is setup as phone storage, then it will be erased.
HiQual said:
I don't have a need for backup other than built-in Google. There are other solutions, you should use Google search or Forum search for that.
Regarding SD card - if it is setup as removable storage then it should not be erased, but to be safe I always remove it b4 factory reset. If SD card is setup as phone storage, then it will be erased.
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I don't know how my SD card is setup, check out this screenshot and tell me:
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I don't know how my SD card is setup, check out this screenshot and tell me:
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That looks like portable storage. To be sure, unmount it, remove from phone, attach to computer and check you can see all the content in a file explorer.
Hello, guys, this is an update, I removed the SD card from my phone and now I'm using Xiaomi cloud backup tool. What will it backup?
I want to backup Apps, The entire filesystem, app data, settings, and everything.
Will it backup all of that?
Edit: It finished backing up and it's the total size of 3.9 GB but I have 74.43 GB of space occupied by the filesystem, what did it actually back up?
I know that google play store can back up you installed apps, but not the data! Please tell me what did it back up.
Catbutnot said:
But I want to ask: what exactly will it erase? Will it erase files? Will it erase apps? Will it erase settings?
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All whole data.
Catbutnot said:
Hello, guys, this is an update, I removed the SD card from my phone and now I'm using Xiaomi cloud backup tool. What will it backup?
I want to backup Apps, The entire filesystem, app data, settings, and everything.
Will it backup all of that?
Edit: It finished backing up and it's the total size of 3.9 GB but I have 74.43 GB of space occupied by the filesystem, what did it actually back up?
I know that google play store can back up you installed apps, but not the data! Please tell me what did it back up.
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You can do that if device is rooted only.
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Please bare with me since I am still learning about android and so my question is, how can I recover my applications from my tablet after I have rooted it. since the stock/original applications takes up 8 gigs of space of my internal memory. I just cannot seem to access/delete those 8 gigs??
I flashed cyanogen 9 to my SGT2.10.1 and it was successful, although I am stuck on trying to recover my applications from the partition internal memory. Of course I have done a variety of steps to recover them and some of the steps I took are:
1. I tried using the spk tool - I really do not know how to use it and I am having a hard time figuring it out
2. Trying to delete and reformat the internal memory - was not successful since it only erased of what I currently had on the rooted and partitioned memory, thus my original/stock application are still within the internal memory.
3. I tried using applications such PC36IMG-AmonRA-3.07-gnm.zip - I changed the name to PC36IMG but flashing it lead to installation fail/aborted
4. I tried recovering them with titanium back up - but the application couldn't see my original/stock applications
5. Also tried using Astro File manager - Same results as TBU
6. Deleting the files from my pc via usb- it does not give me an option to reformat it
Any suggestions? this is the final step that I need to complete to finally enjoy my retarded galaxy tab 2
U can't run system apps from stock ROM on a custom rom . some of them probably can . Titanium backup backs up only user apps like games and stuff unless u say it to do it specifically .
So if u could get the apk of the app u are looking for , try moving it to system/app with permissions rw-r--r-- . Reboot .
If it works , buy me a beer . Or else , well do nothing. !
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U can't run system apps from stock ROM on a custom rom . some of them probably can . Titanium backup backs up only user apps like games and stuff unless u say it to do it specifically .
So if u could get the apk of the app u are looking for , try moving it to system/app with permissions rw-r--r-- . Reboot .
If it works , buy me a beer . Or else , well do nothing. !
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Everyone keep mentioning "move it to system/app" I really wish I could but I have looked through the folder many times and the 8gig of apps are not showing up. They must be hidden in another folder or partitioned. Another thing I want to add to that statement is I do not even know how to do it? I apologize if I am sounding like a total nub but what is permissions rw-r-r? I do not understand. Please guide me through because I cannot fully enjoy the quality of my device if 8 out 13 gigs is being used up with me having any access and ability to delete them. Pretty please
I also use titanuim back up, and the apps are not showing as well since prior to flashing the rom I never backed it up. I would not just buy u a beer if you could help me out on this but ill buy a KEG! from ebay, amazon, name ur online beer catalogue websites DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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Everyone keep mentioning "move it to system/app" I really wish I could but I have looked through the folder many times and the 8gig of apps are not showing up. They must be hidden in another folder or partitioned. Another thing I want to add to that statement is I do not even know how to do it? I apologize if I am sounding like a total nub but what is permissions rw-r-r? I do not understand. Please guide me through because I cannot fully enjoy the quality of my device if 8 out 13 gigs is being used up with me having any access and ability to delete them. Pretty please
I also use titanuim back up, and the apps are not showing as well since prior to flashing the rom I never backed it up. I would not just buy u a beer if you could help me out on this but ill buy a KEG! from ebay, amazon, name ur online beer catalogue websites DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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Go to data/app. That's where the other apps are stored. And system apps don't occupy 8Gb of space! I believe the /system partition is given only 500 mb of space.!
It must be something else that's taking so much space. If you made Nandroid backups, it will be around 2GB each. Or if you have too many files.
And about the permissions, if you put an app in /system, you will have to set right permissions.
To get an idea of it, just go to system/app and just long press on any app, hit permissions, you should see the permissions like the one in pic.
And you will have to reboot for the changes to apply.
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LIFE! Enjoy it while you Still have it!
The 8 gigs are from my games that I have no access, its not just the stock apps.
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By the way, ur method did not work and I can only see the files of what I installed after flashing cm9
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KMoracle said:
By the way, ur method did not work and I can only see the files of what I installed after flashing cm9
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What didn't work? Moving app to system/app? After setting permissions, you should reboot.
Sent from my muffin LIFE! Under maintenance.!
Lifehacker7 said:
What didn't work? Moving app to system/app? After setting permissions, you should reboot.
Sent from my muffin LIFE! Under maintenance.!
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I can't move them since I can't see the apps prior to flashing cm 9 or give them permission coz its just not showing up. This applications are BEFORE flashing cm 9 which is taking a lot of my memory. I have rebooted numerous times even formatting it as well
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I am using Link2SD, i LOVE IT!!!! However, when I make a backup of my ROM, my recovery doesn't see the 2nd partition, I'm using 4ext from Recovery, or Obackup for making a live backup. Anyone have any experience in this area? I wanna try other ROMs but be able to flash back to my current ROM if I want to....but if I can't make a backup of the partition where I linked many of my apps to.. I may have a problem
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petermg said:
I am using Link2SD, i LOVE IT!!!! However, when I make a backup of my ROM, my recovery doesn't see the 2nd partition, I'm using 4ext from Recovery, or Obackup for making a live backup. Anyone have any experience in this area? I wanna try other ROMs but be able to flash back to my current ROM if I want to....but if I can't make a backup of the partition where I linked many of my apps to.. I may have a problem
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hi i want to know that too
guffe2005 said:
hi i want to know that too
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What phone are you using to need Link2SD ?????
Pacattack said:
What phone are you using to need Link2SD ?????
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The phone that is the heading of the subforum in which I posted this thread.
A rude Evo 3D
petermg said:
The phone that is the heading of the subforum in which I posted this thread.
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I have to wipe my phone for testing roms alot ..
I let google do the work of restoring my app's on a new rom
I also back up my data using 4ext
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I have to wipe my phone for testing roms alot ..
I let google do the work of restoring my app's on a new rom
I also back up my data using 4ext
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Yeah I'm not talking about installing apps I was using on a new ROM, I'm talking about being able to create a backup that INCLUDES the partition being used by Link2SD. As it is right now 4ext recovery is not seeing that partition and I'm not sure why. Neither is OBackup.
petermg said:
Yeah I'm not talking about installing apps I was using on a new ROM, I'm talking about being able to create a backup that INCLUDES the partition being used by Link2SD. As it is right now 4ext recovery is not seeing that partition and I'm not sure why. Neither is OBackup.
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yes, they both should see it...
what type of ext is it ?
Did you use 4ext to make it ?
Have you swapped it ?
Still dont unstand why you need Link2SD ?
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Still dont unstand why you need Link2SD ?
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because I need more space on my phone's internal storage.
http://www.link2sd.info/
it is not the same as using the Android "move to SD" that is built in. what it does is after you create a second partition on your SD card, it makes your phone think it's part of it's internal storage, thus allowing you to install an ungodly amount of apps It uses sim-linking, if I'm correct. Check out the site it will give you more info. I love it. I made the second partition with GPARTED on a linux box. I may try doing it from recovery but I will have to wipe my entire sdcard for that and I didn't want to have to do that. I can test it with another sdcard and see if the new partition created is able to be used by link2sd then also backed up by the recovery. I'll have to check that out.
petermg said:
because I need more space on my phone's internal storage.
http://www.link2sd.info/
it is not the same as using the Android "move to SD" that is built in. what it does is after you create a second partition on your SD card, it makes your phone think it's part of it's internal storage, thus allowing you to install an ungodly amount of apps It uses sim-linking, if I'm correct. Check out the site it will give you more info. I love it. I made the second partition with GPARTED on a linux box. I may try doing it from recovery but I will have to wipe my entire sdcard for that and I didn't want to have to do that. I can test it with another sdcard and see if the new partition created is able to be used by link2sd then also backed up by the recovery. I'll have to check that out.
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Yes, I understand..
I have not used sd2link since the Htc Desire(which was very low memory) and Desire HD2 (windows/android)...
I find now, that most app's/apk's now use the sdcard
and a app like app2sd keeps you informed
Ext3 or Ext4 must be used for Ext.
More common way of increasing memory is to swap internal with a ext4 on a fast sd card.:victory:
None of this, probably, is no help to you...
If you are rooted, you could use Titanium
Hope some of this helps .... Good luck
Just flashed it the other day. Why is my other so high? I just installed the apps that I normally install. I have the ROM file saved on my phone. Should I delete it?
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Just flashed it the other day. Why is my other so high? I just installed the apps that I normally install. I have the ROM file saved on my phone. Should I delete it?
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"Other" is anything on internal storage that doesn't fit the description of the other categories. The ROM alone is probably a GB or more. Also did you make a Titanium backup, or nandroid? Those take up storage, also.
I like to keep a known good ROM or nandroid (but not both, as that is excessive) on internal storage or removable SD, in case anything goes wrong I can restore with one of those (although you can pretty easily get it on the phone or SD if needed, so its just for convenience). But aside from that, its not necessary to keep the ROM zip.
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"Other" is anything on internal storage that doesn't fit the description of the other categories. The ROM alone is probably a GB or more. Also did you make a Titanium backup, or nandroid? Those take up storage, also.
I like to keep a known good ROM or nandroid (but not both, as that is excessive) on internal storage or removable SD, in case anything goes wrong I can restore with one of those (although you can pretty easily get it on the phone or SD if needed, so its just for convenience). But aside from that, its not necessary to keep the ROM zip.
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I have a nandroid of my stock. I just deleted it and other went down to 8gb. I asked someone with the same custom ROM and his other is only 5gb.
cjbart1009 said:
I have a nandroid of my stock. I just deleted it and other went down to 8gb. I asked someone with the same custom ROM and his other is only 5gb.
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Did you outright delete the nandroid, or at least move/copy to your computer or SD first? You have 17 GB free, so unless you make a copy, discarding backup data for the sake of unneeded space seems like a poor trade-off.
Do you understand that flashing a ROM does not wipe the internal storage? So anything you saved there before the flash is still there. Unless you choose the option in recovery to wipe storage, which will then of course cause you to lose any personal data stored there (backups, photos, etc.).
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Did you outright delete the nandroid, or at least move/copy to your computer or SD first? You have 17 GB free, so unless you make a copy, discarding backup data for the sake of unneeded space seems like a poor trade-off.
Do you understand that flashing a ROM does not wipe the internal storage? So anything you saved there before the flash is still there. Unless you choose the option in recovery to wipe storage, which will then of course cause you to lose any personal data stored there (backups, photos, etc.).
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The nandroid is in my PC now. Forgot to mention that. I'll dig deeper into my phone. I don't really care about the extra storage space but if it's something that I can just delete then I do wanna delete it.
cjbart1009 said:
I'll dig deeper into my phone. I don't really care about the extra storage space but if it's something that I can just delete then I do wanna delete it.
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There are various apps to look at storage, but I find that one to have a cool and useful interface:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en
It visually shows you how much space a folder is taking up, and you can then tap on it to drill down.
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There are various apps to look at storage, but I find that one to have a cool and useful interface:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en
It visually shows you how much space a folder is taking up, and you can then tap on it to drill down.
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Wow this a really nice app. Thanks for being so patient with me I really appreciate it. I'm not a brand new android user but when I had one before my ex took care of all the stuff like this. That's why I'm still needing help in some areas because I switched back to iPhone after my my touch 4g.
Can I delete the ROM file that I downloaded since I already flashed the ROM?
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Wow this a really nice app. Thanks for being so patient with me I really appreciate it. I'm not a brand new android user but when I had one before my ex took care of all the stuff like this. That's why I'm still needing help in some areas because I switched back to iPhone after my my touch 4g.
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No worries, we were all beginners at one time. For the most part, just passing on what I've learned here; and the coolest thing about XDA is that its a community where members help each other. In fact I only came across that Disk Usage app after another XDA user suggested it.
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Can I delete the ROM file that I downloaded since I already flashed the ROM?
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I already answered that question in post #2 above.
Hello everyone,
I'm using several non-root samsung devices (S8, S9, S10, S20) and I've been removing everything google related. On purpose, I've removed many features/services (NFS, GPS, etc) and I only want them to act as normal phones. I also test them to see how they behave when connected to a wifi, to see if they try to connect to a remote system. Based on my limited testing, the phones use amazon AWS to get version information for samsung updates.
Unfortunately, the S10 and S20 also constantly connect to google at
172.217.169.164:443
216.58.206.163:80
But I can't figure out which packages are to blame. So far, I've uninstalled everything related to google (framework, play store, services, apps, etc). Anyone knows how to figure out which apps are trying to communicate to google?
Thank you.
PS:
here is my blacklist, in case anyone wants to take a look:
https://gitlab.com/samcleaner/samcleaner/-/blob/master/assets/blacklist.json
I have reason to believe that the package "com.sem.factoryapp" is the one constantly accessing 172.217.x.x.
Still not sure about the other IP address, but if pointed to by a browser it comes up with google.com search page.
Hi mate , in my case I installed netguard to block the Google stuff from accessing the internet,,,
I have a question since you published this script you may have some knowledge about adb :
Can we backup a non rooted phone's settings using ADB ?
I want to backup all my settings in the settings app, and the debloated apps as well, because it's a real hassle to go all over from the start if we reset the phone.
Maybeyou said:
Hi mate , in my case I installed netguard to block the Google stuff from accessing the internet,,,
I have a question since you published this script you may have some knowledge about adb :
Can we backup a non rooted phone's settings using ADB ?
I want to backup all my settings in the settings app, and the debloated apps as well, because it's a real hassle to go all over from the start if we reset the phone.
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@Maybeyou using recovery mode, you can backup user data, it backup all your apps, 2FA apps, settings, etc.. even sd card encryption key in case it's encrypted or you use the extended internal memory option using sd card on android 6
it will generate several high size files on your sd card, and you'll be able to restore you data using the restore function
next time, open your own thread though.
@Maybeyou
Can we backup a non rooted phone's settings using ADB ?
I want to backup all my settings in the settings app, and the debloated apps as well, because it's a real hassle to go all over from the start if we reset the phone.
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Of course you can backup a phone by means of ADB: this has the advantage the backup gets stored on your PC's disk space - you define the location., whereas Android's stock recovery allows you to backup the phone only to a SDHC-card inserted what must have a storage capacity of >= phone's internal storage size.
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I have reason to believe that the package "com.sem.factoryapp" is the one constantly accessing 172.217.x.x.
Still not sure about the other IP address, but if pointed to by a browser it comes up with google.com search page.
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Install and run Network Connections app to see what apps are connecting to the Internet: app is free-of-charge & available off Google Play Store
Sorry bro for asking my question here in your thread, I still don't know how to backup settings and the debloated apps :
In the non rooted Samsung with android 9 stock recovery, there's "apply update from adb" options and it says " adb sideload" when selected , but I don't know what to do from adb on PC, and another option " apply update from sd card" . Is that what you referring to by using recovery? Can you show me how to proceed please
sorry again for asking here
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@Maybeyou
Of course you can backup a phone by means of ADB: this has the advantage the backup gets stored on your PC's disk space - you define the location., whereas Android's stock recovery allows you to backup the phone only to a SDHC-card inserted what must have a storage capacity of >= phone's internal storage size.
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Thank you sir, yes I have a 32 GB sdcard storage in a 32 GB phone memory, can you please show me how to proceed from phone ? and what to type in adb on computer ?
@Maybeyou
Is it really so difficult to do a related Google search?
Anyways, look inside this to get guided.
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@Maybeyou
Is it really so difficult to do a related Google search?
Anyways, look inside this to get guided.
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Thank you very much sir, I did a duckduckgo search yesterday ? but didn't found anything useful
Anyway thank you , I'm gonna try to backup right now ?
Update after backing up my non rooted Samsung by using " Adb backup -apk all -shared .....".
I had to reset my phone so I tried " adb restore backup.adb " it didn't restored my debloated version of the firmware, it only restored the apps that I did install + medias like photos and videos .
Is there any solution for that deprecated command ?
As anyone EVER recovered data after a Factory reset? There are so many people who just give blind advice to use android recovery software which actually doesn't work. I have contacted all data recovery they claim it's not possible after Android 8. If anyone has recovered data after a Factory Reset in Android 10. Please Share your thoughts. Also, I have contacted Data recovery specialists across the World who mentioned It's not possible after a factory reset.
Rooting OnePlus 8 ain't easy task. Also I spoke with stellar they don't support after Android 8.
Davevar said:
I understood the key is lost with the deletion.
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any questions left?
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any questions left?
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Never got any answer
the answer is keys are lost with the deletion.
Ok. So you mean anything which is permanently deleted on android 10 is not recoverable? I am not sure of key deletion I just googled and got tons of articles with different opinions. I will be glad if you explain it better here.
there are tons of opinions but there is only one truth.
Completely securely deleting a single file
My impression is that, if one wishes to be able to delete a certain file completely, without wiping an entire drive, one should never store it on an SSD. Is that right? Even with whole-disk-encry...
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True. My last question which I need some clarity. I read encryption works only when the screen password or lock has been set. Since this phone was used by my parent they never had any screen lock or password set. Not sure if it's encrypted without a screen lock or password. As I read it phone encrypts only when the screen password is set,. can you throw some light on this? I would really appreciate it.
Doesn't matter. In case no screen lock provided, KDF generates KEK without credentials. each file is encrypted with Per File Key that gets deleted together with file.
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https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/encryption/file-based#key-derivation
try to find copy of deleted files in .trashcan or .thumbnails with this app
FindMyPhoto – Recover Photos o - Apps on Google Play
A truely free app to recover deleted photos on Android devices.
play.google.com
Davevar said:
I permanently deleted some pics from my Android phone. Is there any way I can recover the pictures? This is Oneplus 8. Android version 10. I believe they come with file-based encryption from the factory not sure though. As I did a lot of googling I understood the key is lost with the deletion. can someone share if there is some way that I can recover the data?
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It seems possible to recover the photos, as long as they were not overwritten by other data.
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/208106/how-to-recover-a-deleted-file-from-data-partition
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...p-encfs-f2fs-tools-testdisk-photorec.3709380/
Hope that helps.
@wenyendev kindly read the answer you have just linked:
But first of all, see this answer to make sure your data is recoverable.
In short, recovery is more or less possible only if:
Your deleted data hasn't been TRIMmed or discarded.
And you haven't done a factory reset on encrypted /data partition.
source
These two old threads may cast some more insights.
[GUIDE] Internal Memory Data Recovery - Yes We Can!
This method does not seem to work on newer phones that apply TRIM or some other type of partition clearing implementation. If anyone has recovered their data on a device newer than Android 4.3 please pm me and let me know. The Preamble Did you...
forum.xda-developers.com
[Guide] Undelete / Data Recovery - Internal Memory
Hello here is a guide to Recover Deleted files from internal memory From Any android Phone You Need 1.Rooted Android phone ( In my case i used Note 2 N7105 ) 2.Install busybox ( Note : Install in /system/bin NOT at system/xbin ) 3.Drivers...
forum.xda-developers.com