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Retrieving Apps off G1 SD card to Vibrant

I'm sorry if this has been covered but I have looked in several places and have not yet found an answer.
Bought the Vibrant on day 1- LOVE IT
I upgraded from my G1 running CM5.0.8 with Apps2SD
ALL my apps on the G1 were on the SD card
For whatever reason- LOTS of apps I have on the card never showed up as me having downloaded them when I signed into my google account and checked the market with the Vibrant.
3 QUESTIONS:
1) I want to put my 8Gig card from the G1 in the Vibrant but I want to know if there is a way to get those apps on the SD card on the Vibrant. (Actually it's just one app that for some reason is no longer in the market- it's called NightClock and it was one of the super early apps from back in the ORIGINAL days of the G1- none of the "NightClock" apps in the market is the one on my G1).
2) When I eventually put the 8gig card in the Vibrant is there some special way I need to format it? When I mount the vibrant now it shows 2 drives.
3) When I put the Vibrant's 2 Gig card in the G1 can I just reformat it as it was in stock form and still use the phone as a test device to upload my .apk files from eclipse?
Thanks

1) I think your best method to retreive your apps from your G1 is to copy them from either linux or from your g1 to the fat partition as i dont think you will be able to access the ext partition on the vibrant, i could be wrong on this, nvr done it.
2) I fdisk'd my sdcard on my pc then formated it before putting it in my Vibrant.
3) if you like you wont need to reformat the vibrant card as it is already in the correct format.

You could use a computer to pull the files from the SD. or you could back up the files using titanium backup then move that sd to the new phone and use titanium backup to restore them. Or, at least, I think you can. I have not tried it myself. If you format the SD while in the vibrant, you will lose all data.

good call, titanium backup run from the G1 would be the easiest way to back them up

Thanks everyone- stupid questions here but bear with me-
@hpz937
1) I think your best method to retreive your apps from your G1 is to copy them from either linux or from your g1 to the fat partition as i dont think you will be able to access the ext partition on the vibrant, i could be wrong on this, nvr done it.
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I don't know how to do either of those things- How do I even access the apps from my pc? When I mount the SD card I do not see the apps anywhere- Ideally I would love to just drag the .apk files and install the ones I need on my phone- is that possible?
2) I fdisk'd my sdcard on my pc then formated it before putting it in my Vibrant.
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@spigatelli
Again- I don't know what that means- sorry- Do I need to partition the card somehow as there are two drives associated with it?
You could use a computer to pull the files from the SD. or you could back up the files using titanium backup then move that sd to the new phone and use titanium backup to restore them. Or, at least, I think you can. I have not tried it myself.
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I see that I have to have root to backup using Titanium Backup (not a problem on the G1) but do I need root on the Vibrant to restore a Titanium Backup file? I have never used it before.
Thanks again

You can format the card AFTER you pull the info from it.
I do not know if root is required to use titanium to restore, but if it does, this is the easiest phone to root ever!

If mainly just want that one app, then you can use something like Astro File Manager to back up your apk files. As long as it wasn't a protected app then you can save the apk file to your sdcard and then just transfer the apk over to your Vibrant and reinstall it.

@speoples20
If mainly just want that one app, then you can use something like Astro File Manager to back up your apk files. As long as it wasn't a protected app then you can save the apk file to your sdcard and then just transfer the apk over to your Vibrant and reinstall it.
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You sir, are a genius!
I didn't know you could do that with Astro! Thank you
@spigatelli
You can format the card AFTER you pull the info from it.
I do not know if root is required to use titanium to restore, but if it does, this is the easiest phone to root ever!
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I know WHEN to format the card I'm just wondering HOW to format it- do I just get everything off it I need and then pop it in the vibrant and hit format? Or do I FAT32 format it on the computer and then put it in the Vibrant and THEN hit format? Is it automatically partitioned? Are the two drives that show up when you mount the Vibrant both on the SD card?
THANK YOU

There is no need to partition because there is no apps-to-sd. You can format it right in the phone, or do a FAT32 format on your computer. The reason you see 2 drives when you mount it to the computer is because there is the internal 16gb SD and the external (removable) SD. It does not see your partitions.

Ahhhhhh- thank you very much- THAT is exactly what I was wondering. So the Vibrant gives you the option to unmount the internal SD card- what purpose does that serve?

dude, just use titanium backup or 'my backup pro' to back ur apps up from ur g1 (with root access) and then... put that zip file on ur PC, extract it, pick the apps that you want to put on ur vibrant, put them in a folder and then install them using astro on ur unrooted vibrant.

OREGONMX said:
Ahhhhhh- thank you very much- THAT is exactly what I was wondering. So the Vibrant gives you the option to unmount the internal SD card- what purpose does that serve?
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If you unmount the card from the phone, you won't be able to access it (on the phone). So, if you have it hooked up to your computer, you unmount it from your phone and mount it to your computer, your computer will recognize the drive and will allow you to search/explore it.
If you mount it back onto the phone, it will no longer be accessible by the computer. However, it will be accessible by the phone.

Thanks everyone problem solved using astro
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you unmount so that you can take the sd card out while the phone is on. you do not want to take the card out while powered up without unmounting.

[Q] Please Help! Accidentally deleted the entire My Pictures Folder - trips to India

Please Help! Accidentally deleted the entire My Pictures Folder - trips to India, etc!
& while I can find ways to recover data from the card I can not find how to recover files & folders from the machines memory
It is an HTC HD2
Any Ideas Please ??
All & any help Most gratefully received
Thanks in Advance
M

Once it's gone, it is gone. Unless it exists somewhere else, it is gone.

ouch, that really hurts... there should be a way to undelete from the phone's memory. if there is one, i hope you find it.

There is still hope...
Hi, don't just assume that once you've deleted it, it's gone. There is still hope for your data. You see, when you delete something it doesn't actually get removed, the OS just "hypnotizes" itself into forgetting the data is there. Over time the data will become overwritten (depending on how much you used the sdcard your pictures were on).
There are special programs designed to recover deleted files, I recommend Recuva by Piriform (same guys who make CCleaner).
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Just point it to your sdcard and scan. Again, depending on how much you've used your device they may either be completely gone or easily recoverable.
Good luck

JoonatanO said:
Hi, don't just assume that once you've deleted it, it's gone. There is still hope for your data. You see, when you delete something it doesn't actually get removed, the OS just "hypnotizes" itself into forgetting the data is there. Over time the data will become overwritten (depending on how much you used the sdcard your pictures were on).
There are special programs designed to recover deleted files, I recommend Recuva by Piriform (same guys who make CCleaner).
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Just point it to your sdcard and scan. Again, depending on how much you've used your device they may either be completely gone or easily recoverable.
Good luck
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He is talking about the phone memory
...while I can find ways to recover data from the card I can not find how to recover files & folders from the machines memory
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you could try one of the mem card recovery programs and connect in active sync mode, might see internal memory as a drive ? ...
worth a try !

knobbyhtccruise said:
you could try one of the mem card recovery programs and connect in active sync mode, might see internal memory as a drive ? ...
worth a try !
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I second knobbyhtccruise's suggestion. Dont use any apps that may write to your phone memory. Just try ActiveSync method and use this software i have attached below.
Unzip the file to desktop. Connect ur HD2 via AS.
Run Restoration.exe and in Drive see if you can access phone memory. Goodluck

No data recovery software can access the phone memory of HTC or else other smart phone etc

Can't be saved dude. No go dude. No go.

ayyu3m said:
I second knobbyhtccruise's suggestion. Dont use any apps that may write to your phone memory. Just try ActiveSync method and use this software i have attached below.
Unzip the file to desktop. Connect ur HD2 via AS.
Run Restoration.exe and in Drive see if you can access phone memory. Goodluck
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Try http://www.datarecovery.com/. It helped me. It's not free, but you can try if it finds your files for free. Does it find it, you have to buy it to be able to save the files. Worth a try! Good luck, man!

Firs of all, many thanks to all the respondents,
perhaps someone would be kind enough to help me enhance my understanding?
As far as I know a file system allocates space for files & directories, when it is told to delete something it does not do that but instead merely marks the space as available by setting a bit / flag on that entry. This being why it is imperative NOT to write to the file system in the case of an accidental deletion & a recovery program merely reverses the process to mark the space from available to unavailable & displays the entry again
in some expert hands even a hex editor can be used to undelete / recover data
to my limited knowledge both the internal memory & the sd card use a fat32 file system
given the above, I do not understand what is the difference & why data can be recovered from the sd card but not from the main memory. Perhaps someone more qualified can set me straight please?
A random thought - would there be any use setting up a dual boot to android & would that help / harm my case - thought being that there may be more tools available?
once again TIA
M

once a file is deleted, the space is marked as resuable. Therefore, stop using the device because every of your activity may be destorying (overwriting) your deleted data beyond recovery.
SD is recoverable because you can mount it to a PC using a card reader, or even using the HD2 directly. Then most software can read the storage and try to recover. Phone member is presented to the PC as a connected device and it may not be possible for other PC software to access it like a storage device. If you can find a tool that copies the whole 476MB (or whatever) memory to somewhere else (PC hard disk, SD card, any passive storage that is not a phone), then those software will probably to able to handle it.

here is a program that can undelete files from external and internal storage. good luck.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hexamob.hexamobrecoverypro

AthenaLod said:
here is a program that can undelete files from external and internal storage. good luck.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hexamob.hexamobrecoverypro
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I assume it might help if he has NAND android, otherwise it won't.

did some searching and found two programs that may or may not help on WinMo
Wizcode Unformat Mobile
Wizcode Undelete Mobile
not sure if they can access phone storage. but you can try. hopefully, you haven't fiddled much with your phone since then. it's been about two months.

I believe Wizcode undelete mobile works on storage card only.

alex fung said:
I believe Wizcode undelete mobile works on storage card only.
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so I think the only hope is by sending it to a service center hoping they have tools to mount device memory as removable device, and tools to recover deleted files.
and next time, save your photos on your SD.
if you know anyone with a copy of your photos, now is the time to start calling friends.

Fryo I800 installation help!

Ok So I am here because I've posted in other places in these forums with no replies yet, So it would be better to create a thread specific to my problem.
I have an Omnia 2, thinking of acquiring the Fryo 2.2 OS, not specific about wether I want what version but here are the problems I come across before being able to install it.
1- plugging in my phone under Settings -> My storage will not show my storage on my computer, having the external SD option will show my 16GB SD card.
2- Backing up. How do I back up my storage if I can't see it on my computer? When I turn on active sync a blank storage appears other than my SD card (assuming its the internal storage) but the size seems rather small (167MB). I've been reading peoples' posts and I'm supposed to have around 2GB I believe, and either way the files I'm trying to put inside for the android OS don't seem to fit there.
3- Partitions? How can I set those up for both the internal and external storage? Is there a program or feature to do so? My SD card under properties says FAT-32 so I'm not sure on how to do it IF I need to.
4- Using a W7 computer, so that knocks off any ubuntu installations, and also link is broken for Almars Beta 1 file that I was thinking of using for an SD installation.
Any help would be appreciated, I've had this phone since 2009 and I'm really hoping I can come across some help to make it work since I do want to keep this phone for a bit longer before I spend more money on a different cellphone!
Thank you!

Try out the new CyanogenMod from the link below.
http://windows.modaco.com/topic/346446-cyanogenmod-beta1-omnia-2-updated-02122011/
It has the SD Card auto installer, try it..
Back up data on your SD card first and then format your SD card within the phone and then use auto installer to install it.
As you said your computer wont detect the My Storage, try the steps below..
Transfer your data from My Storage to external SD Card, then connect your phone to computer using My Storage mode in settings.
Download Mini Tool partition wizard and format your My Storage (Mini tool partition will be able to see your My Storage even though your computer doesn't).
After format, your computer should be able to detect My Storage.
Now copy the downloaded android files to My Storage and run the auto installer as instructed in the ReadMe file inside the download package.
PS: Don't forget to backup the data on SD Card to your computer
Hope this helps

Ok so what you meant by taking things from my storage is going to file explorer and basically copying everything from the "my device" to the SD card?
Just want to make sure because if it doesent work then I haven't gotten anything backed up right.
Went to file explorer -> copied everything in the top folder which is application date, connMgr, doc and setttings, program files etc. is this all thats needed basically?
Thanks
P.S some of the things I tried taking like global.txt or exe couldn't be copied because of violations or some weird error, is it alright not to have those?
Update: My storage is still not revealed by the mini tool partition program, went under usb settings -> my storage and refreshed disk information, nothing shows up ugh it might be impossible for me to do this after all....

nobody can help me in regards to this? well then I guess a new cellphone is in order
grrrrr I should've gone with a iphone 3G or BB 9700 at the time instead...

ClaudioPerez said:
Ok so what you meant by taking things from my storage is going to file explorer and basically copying everything from the "my device" to the SD card?
Just want to make sure because if it doesent work then I haven't gotten anything backed up right.
Went to file explorer -> copied everything in the top folder which is application date, connMgr, doc and setttings, program files etc. is this all thats needed basically?
Thanks
P.S some of the things I tried taking like global.txt or exe couldn't be copied because of violations or some weird error, is it alright not to have those?
Update: My storage is still not revealed by the mini tool partition program, went under usb settings -> my storage and refreshed disk information, nothing shows up ugh it might be impossible for me to do this after all....
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I guess you will have to reflash the ROM again since your problem seems to be unsolvable. My suggestions is to flash a stock 6.5.3 ROM before you transfer the auto SD installer.

Recover deleted photos deleted from internal memory

Hello everyone. Im sorry maybe i didnt open the discussion in the right place. I use galaxy s4 and suddenly i deleted my camera photos. And all of them were in internal memory of the phone. No ext sd card i have on my phone. The big problem is how to get the pictures back. I have root acces and running on 4.4.2 pls i need it very urgently.if anyone has idea pls right here or message me here thank u all reading this

Someone else had this issue, but in their case it was a factory reset. My recommendation to that person was to try Recuva, but unfortunately, Recuva doesn't detect the existence of the S4 at all. I did a quick google search and found an alternative that may work for you, here. Your S4 must be rooted for it to function.
I have not tried this, so I do not know if it will work. I changed the save location to the MicroSD card through the Camera's settings, as well as enabled write access to the MicroSD for all apps, so I have little to no need of this program.

Thank u. I think one more. As u said recuva doesnt detect the existence of s4. Is that possible to make something on a phone to mounts its internal drive as usb drive on a computer then we can scan it with any recovery program.

i dont think you can get your pictures back lol. since its called ''DELETE''

Not true. When a file is deleted the pointers to the file are changed to mark the space the file occupied available for writing, however the file is still present on the drive. Programs like Recuva work because the file isn't overwritten when deleted. However, Recuva doesn't recognize MTP devices. The only way Recuva can recognize a MTP device is if the transfer protocol is changed to UMS. Note that PTP mode on the S4 is NOT sufficient for the purpose.

Well how to change the transfer protocol to UMS? Any ideas?

SG USB Mass Storage Enabler will work as long as you're not on Android 4.4.x, according to the developer. Otherwise you'll need an app like Airdroid to do the job. There are other apps on the Play Store that may work.
EDIT: Some added research here seems to indicate that doing this will not work on the internal storage, as the internal storage has not been a separate partition since Android 3.0 according to Google. Try it, but I suspect @xDroidZz is correct, though not for the reason he thinks.

One more interesting is that possible to mount internal.file system over recovery? I have cwm recovery . I mean to mount file system through recovery before system boots and recover files then. Is that idea possible?

rovshanst said:
One more interesting is that possible to mount internal.file system over recovery? I have cwm recovery . I mean to mount file system through recovery before system boots and recover files then. Is that idea possible?
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Hi mate ,
You can use aroma file explorer to use from recovery , check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646108

Cannot Manually Add files to internal Storage SD Card, but Apps can be transfered

I'm having a rather unique problem with my the Micro SD card I installed.
I can format it as internal storage and it won't pop up for file managers or my computer.
This means I can't manually move files to it all.
Despite that when it's internal storage I can move apps to it and it adds new apps to it by default.
I could go to move all and move everything it can on, but it's a fairly slow SD card so I'm hoping to mainly put music, videos and any pictures on there.
I worry about it moving the apps that I want to keep in internal storage for speed over.
Does anyone know how I could fix this?
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I didn't manage to figure out how to add files manually while it was internal storage through either internal file managers or through the computer.
But I did manage to find the SD card while it was portable.
The trick is to use the built in file explorer on the phone and copy a small file onto the SD card.
With there being something other than just Android files on the SD card it can then be discovered by the computer.
This mainly solves my problem as I plan to use it primarily for storage of music and game files, with the emulators being on the phone itself.

I had this issue a few days ago. You have 2 options to format, (1) as a internal storage and only your phone can read this and other option (2)to use on others devices. Using the second option I managed to transfer files to my microSD like it used to be.
While using the first option I was able only to transfer apps to it through the system.
I hope it helps

I'm using one, but I'm not even able to find it with File Manager?
Is that normal for Internal Storage?
I expected there to at least be a folder in the normal phone space called SD card or something?
Is there no way to manually move music there when it's internal storage?
Also I tried changing it to be portable but my computer still couldn't see it.
File manager could actually see it and open it but I couldn't copy paste anything to it.
So I turned it back to internal as I can at least move apps to it successfully at the moment.

Rajvir8 said:
I'm using one, but I'm not even able to find it with File Manager?
Is that normal for Internal Storage?
I expected there to at least be a folder in the normal phone space called SD card or something?
Is there no way to manually move music there when it's internal storage?
Also I tried changing it to be portable but my computer still couldn't see it.
File manager could actually see it and open it but I couldn't copy paste anything to it.
So I turned it back to internal as I can at least move apps to it successfully at the moment.
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When I tried as Internal Storage any File Manager found my SDcard too... Thats why I'm using as portable.
After that, i could see this.
Maybe you're missing something like changing the USB connection from Charging to File transfering.
Did you checked this?

Yes it can see the rest of my phone and move files, so I've made sure to change it to file transferring.
When you used internal storage file managers failed to find your SD card as well?
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When I tried as Internal Storage any File Manager found my SDcard too... Thats why I'm using as portable.
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Here your saying that you could find it and that's why you swapped over?
I assume you forgot to say it failed to show up separately and that's why you changed to portable.

Rajvir8 said:
Yes it can see the rest of my phone and move files, so I've made sure to change it to file transferring.
When you used internal storage file managers failed to find your SD card as well?
Here your saying that you could find it and that's why you swapped over?
I assume you forgot to say it failed to show up separately and that's why you changed to portable.
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Sorry! Yes, I failed to find my SD card too, thats why i changed to portable.
Im assuming this is a normal behavior, my last Android phone was a Galaxy S2 and I stopped following Android changes for the lasts 4/5 years. But idk why you can't see it even in portable mode... That should work as worked for me.
Hope someone help you more than I did!

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Sorry! Yes, I failed to find my SD card too, thats why i changed to portable.
Im assuming this is a normal behavior, my last Android phone was a Galaxy S2 and I stopped following Android changes for the lasts 4/5 years. But idk why you can't see it even in portable mode... That should work as worked for me.
Hope someone help you more than I did!
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Thank you for trying to help.
I think I might have figured out part of the problem, the file explorer I normally use doesn't have permission to add anything to the SD card. I'm not sure how I would go about giving it permission though.
But when I use the system built in I was able to copy paste some music onto it.
With a file on the SD Card my computer was able to locate it as well, and I can now copy and paste to the SD card using my computer.
So with your help I was able to figure out how to get portable working.
It is a bit disappointing that there isn't a way to manually add files while it is an internal storage though.
So again while your solution didn't directly work, it made me think and find a solution to my problem even if it's not the one I wanted.