I have a Rogers locked galaxy note 3 (model: SM-N900W8), and I accidentally deleted all the photos from my phone and sadly I do not back them up, and they are all stored in the internal phone memory. I already tried some recovery program like Dr. Fone, Tenorshare, Amacsoft, and no luck at all. Is there a way to recover since my phone is not rooted. I called Rogers tech and they tell me there's no way to retrieve.
Would really appreciate if anyone can answer my question!!!
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I have a Rogers locked galaxy note 3 (model: SM-N900W8), and I accidentally deleted all the photos from my phone and sadly I do not back them up, and they are all stored in the internal phone memory. I already tried some recovery program like Dr. Fone, Tenorshare, Amacsoft, and no luck at all. Is there a way to recover since my phone is not rooted. I called Rogers tech and they tell me there's no way to retrieve.
Would really appreciate if anyone can answer my question!!!
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Absolutely no way to recover non-rooted, if the garbage-collector on the flash is any good it is very likely you can't recover anything even if you are rooted or possibly even if you have JTAG access.
Still no luck with Rucuva. I guess I have to stuck with the fact that all the photos and can't recover.
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c9zip said:
Still no luck with Rucuva. I guess I have to stuck with the fact that all the photos and can't recover.
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The best app in playstore is disk digger. But you must be root. It will search all the file that has been deleted. But also you choose file format to recover. Root is a must to do that.
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any ideas
Fanber1 said:
The deleted photos may be still store in the phone, if you have no backup, you can use a android recovery tool for help, it's the best and easiest way for you.
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what android recovery can be used?
kwhaley19 said:
what android recovery can be used?
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My guess is that this answer was at best wrong .
Yes, it is possible to recover photos from an unrooted note 3. I suggest that you follow this step by step galaxy note data recovery tutorial.
You can get back lost photos videos music files from your samsung galaxy phones and tablet.
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So on my Nexus s, i had a nightmare and i lost my imei number, had to get the phone replaced, once i got it back i made sure backed up my imei foldr "efs" everywhere, just wondering is it the same folder for the nexus 4?
italia0101 said:
So on my Nexus s, i had a nightmare and i lost my imei number, had to get the phone replaced, once i got it back i made sure backed up my imei foldr "efs" everywhere, just wondering is it the same folder for the nexus 4?
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yeah
this is no samsung device, so no, your imei won't get lost!
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P0MM3S said:
this is no samsung device, so no, your imei won't get lost!
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I had the same on my SGS2 - so are we saying we don't need to worry about this on non-Samsung devices?
No you don't, it's just Samsung who think putting something important in an unprotected area of the filesystem is a good idea.
ah really brilliant, 100% sure?
italia0101 said:
ah really brilliant, 100% sure?
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it's a 100% samsung related problem, no other phone has it
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Although it's nice to hear that loss of your imei is not possible on non-Samsung phones, it doesn't explain how the OP lost his. Obviously, became corrupted.
If backing-up /efs (imei) can be done harmlessly, would it not be a good idea to do so? Has anyone attempted to backup their efs on the Nexus 4?
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There is no /efs
Like had already been said, that's a Samsung thing. Anyway, the OP hadn't said he lost his IMEI, just he wanted to make sure he couldn't.
Rusty! said:
No you don't, it's just Samsung who think putting something important in an unprotected area of the filesystem is a good idea.
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I'm still laughing with this comment.
Dr Zoidberg said:
Although it's nice to hear that loss of your imei is not possible on non-Samsung phones, it doesn't explain how the OP lost his. Obviously, became corrupted.
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Please read carefully. The OP mentions he lost the IMEI on his Nexus S (Samsung device) and not Nexus 4.
Lost IMEI on Samsungs is very easy to fix. I've not heard of a Samsung having a permanently lost IMEI, it was always a case of reflashing the stock firmware and taking a new efs backup.
Also, losing your IMEI is usually caused by poorly designed ROMs, good ones usually back it up for you beforehand, but even better ones don't lose it. You can't really blame Samsung, they aren't the ones flashing a custom ROM are they? I bet nobody ever lost their IMEI from a Samsung OTA.
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Lost IMEI on Samsungs is very easy to fix. I've not heard of a Samsung having a permanently lost IMEI, it was always a case of reflashing the stock firmware and taking a new efs backup.
Also, losing your IMEI is usually caused by poorly designed ROMs, good ones usually back it up for you beforehand, but even better ones don't lose it. You can't really blame Samsung, they aren't the ones flashing a custom ROM are they? I bet nobody ever lost their IMEI from a Samsung OTA.
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Its not easy to fix then you don't have an efs backup ... Believe me . it was straight up gone and needed hardware replacement
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CMW recovery started backing up the /efs folder just to be safe on Samsungs, so it shouldn't be a problem these days anyway.
Yes, there were a few (poorly designed) roms on the nexus s that over wrote /efs and those who were "efs-****ed" couldn't do anything about it. For the galaxy nexus however, there is a way to recover lost /efs data, as found by devs on xda. Still a design flaw on samsung's part though, imo. But you need not worry about this on your nexus 4.
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Its not easy to fix then you don't have an efs backup ... Believe me . it was straight up gone and needed hardware replacement
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Actually I just lost my note 2 efs file 2 hours ago and I dint have any efs backup. I just downloaded stock firmware and flash via Odin. Factory reset and voila its alive again. Actually I thought I need to get to service center tomorrow but thank god Odin worked lol
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Actually I just lost my note 2 efs file 2 hours ago and I dint have any efs backup. I just downloaded stock firmware and flash via Odin. Factory reset and voila its alive again. Actually I thought I need to get to service center tomorrow but thank god Odin worked lol
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no offence, but if it was that easy dont ya think i would have done that ? i tried literally everything.. it was a design law on the Nexus s. once it was gone, it was gone. no reflashing did anything.. they had to replace the hardware to get it working again
but anyway. glad it cant happen on my N4
im having a big problem with my new nexus 4.
rooted. running factory stock.
when i tried to install a custom rom , the radio of the phone stopped working i get no service anymore wi-fi is stuck on ''turning on''
tried restoring my back up rom even reinstalling the factory rom but nothing worked.i read different forums related to that problem but got no answer. seems my EFS is corrupted. when i go in settings about phone status . i dont see my emei ,my phone number, my carrier, nothing.
please help!!
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im having a big problem with my new nexus 4.
rooted. running factory stock.
when i tried to install a custom rom , the radio of the phone stopped working i get no service anymore wi-fi is stuck on ''turning on''
tried restoring my back up rom even reinstalling the factory rom but nothing worked.i read different forums related to that problem but got no answer. seems my EFS is corrupted. when i go in settings about phone status . i dont see my emei ,my phone number, my carrier, nothing.
please help!!
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sounds to me like you need to have it replaced. despite what others have said there is an efs partition on this device and it can be corrupted. :highfive:
joggz16 said:
im having a big problem with my new nexus 4.
rooted. running factory stock.
when i tried to install a custom rom , the radio of the phone stopped working i get no service anymore wi-fi is stuck on ''turning on''
tried restoring my back up rom even reinstalling the factory rom but nothing worked.i read different forums related to that problem but got no answer. seems my EFS is corrupted. when i go in settings about phone status . i dont see my emei ,my phone number, my carrier, nothing.
please help!!
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You just have to flash the stock android on your nexus 4 and it will work perfectly.
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I had a question meanwhile so I am able to better protect my nexus 4. I had ceberus installed on my galaxy nexus, but really for anyone that has half a brain he would just flash the phone back from the boot menu. Is there a way to protect your phone from being flashed if stolen? Can you put a pass to even get into the boot menu? :crying:
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I had a question meanwhile so I am able to better protect my nexus 4. I had ceberus installed on my galaxy nexus, but really for anyone that has half a brain he would just flash the phone back from the boot menu. Is there a way to protect your phone from being flashed if stolen? Can you put a pass to even get into the boot menu? :crying:
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If you install cerberus via CWM (a system apk) it can survive a factory reset... And people who are about to steal your phone have no idea what CWM is... so you it should work!
Edit: I actually remove my CWM entirely and go back to stock recovery. Makes it even harder for them to get at it.
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If you install cerberus via CWM (a system apk) it can survive a factory reset... And people who are about to steal your phone have no idea what CWM is... so you it should work!
Edit: I actually remove my CWM entirely and go back to stock recovery. Makes it even harder for them to get at it.
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Thanks but wouldnt that mess with future ota updates?
There is hope?
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I had a question meanwhile so I am able to better protect my nexus 4. I had ceberus installed on my galaxy nexus, but really for anyone that has half a brain he would just flash the phone back from the boot menu. Is there a way to protect your phone from being flashed if stolen? Can you put a pass to even get into the boot menu? :crying:
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It sucks that you lost your GNex.
If you are lucky enough you can still find it and recover it using AndroidLost:good:.
Its on the Play App store. This app can locate your phone, and take pictures of who ever is holding it and/or using it. You can lock your phone with it but any android power user can flash your phone from the boot menu. The idea is to get to your phone before anyone attempts to flash it in the first place, by locating it in 2 minutes using AndroidLost or any respectable Find My Device kind of apps. Worse case it will delete everything on your phone if you cannot locate it, as to keep preying eyes away from your data.
www.AndroidLost.com
Let me know if you need help with the App, I use it daily for almost a year now.
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Thanks but wouldnt that mess with future ota updates?
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No...All you need to do is copy the cerberus.apk to the system/app folder. OTA don't uninstall the app. If you are concerned, after an OTA update, check the folder and see if the cerberus apk is there. If it is, you are good to go, if not, just copy it back.
Id recommend downloading hidden version of Cerberus .... Found on their webpage
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(I hope this is the right forum for this question )
I just rooted my Note 3 and I can't find a CWM Recovery for the AT&T version. I've seen ones for N900, but I doubt that it's for the AT&T variant.
And Is there a way to flash custom roms without a recovery like CWM?
No to all of the above. There is an AT&T specific forum for all AT&T related Dev but you'll notice no recoveries and no ROMs yet, only root methods for now.
Your phone has a locked bootloader. That's why..you don't have custom recovery..
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Adrian412 said:
(I hope this is the right forum for this question )
I just rooted my Note 3 and I can't find a CWM Recovery for the AT&T version. I've seen ones for N900, but I doubt that it's for the AT&T variant.
And Is there a way to flash custom roms without a recovery like CWM?
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Have a look here think there's one www.galaxynote3root.com
no cwm for ATT Note 3 STILL.....ugh
jaythenut said:
Have a look here think there's one www.galaxynote3root.com
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Nope. Not for n900a (ATT) STILL.....ugh!
Still no cwm or twrp for note 3 on att (n900a)??
The files here would not install for me
http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/note3/hlteatt/safestrap
But im not sure they were being downloaded properly and I dont have a pc right now
ryaske said:
Still no cwm or twrp for note 3 on att (n900a)??
The files here would not install for me
http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/note3/hlteatt/safestrap
But im not sure they were being downloaded properly and I dont have a pc right now
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Not available still. Safestrap is the best you'll get out there still and it works great.
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I dont know why it wasnt installing but I seem to have it now (safe strap). Since it includes twrp, im able to do full backups.. all set for my needs
Thanks!
ryaske said:
I dont know why it wasnt installing but I seem to have it now (safe strap). Since it includes twrp, im able to do full backups.. all set for my needs
Thanks!
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Bingo. It's a bit different but as long as I can backup I don't care and TiBackup isn't the same and frankly I don't like it at all. There's always issues with titanium so I quit using it long ago.
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faslane said:
Bingo. It's a bit different but as long as I can backup I don't care and TiBackup isn't the same and frankly I don't like it at all. There's always issues with titanium so I quit using it long ago.
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I feel like they both have their place. TWRP/CWM image files only restore the whole system. That means you cant even restore the backup to a different model phone. (I use this between warranty replacements of the same make/model)
TWRP also lets me make a backup of the system "as it is"... so if an update is forced to me, I can always just restore a backup to get back to the last one. IT also covers me if I change a setting that screws things up. Especially with SafeStrap .... I can always keep myself running on a virtual partition and just back it up / restore that one to stock as necessary to bail myself out.
TiBu allows me to back up any single file or app, and restore it (AND ALL IT'S DATA) on any android phone what so ever. No reboots, no touching any other files. Sometimes that app isnt ready to work on that new model ... or sometimes system apps cant be restored ...... but otherwise, it is invaluable to get my setup onto the next/upgraded phone with as little setup as is necessary. IT also lets me save older versions of my apps and restore them as necessary. Plus incremental backups means even if my phone and sd card eat **** (lost the phone and not able to recover it), I will have my apps backed up on dropbox. All I need is a new physical Note3+sd card, 2 hours to restore everything, and I'm back in business
I am a paid user of both TWRP and TiBu for this reason
The downside of these apps? They both require you to root. That means you technically void the warranty on your phone. However, there are plenty of methods available to remove all traces .. so in the end, if you care enough to spend the time, you can transform this phone between stock/unrooted/normal/warranty in effect and modified/rooted/customized/warranty void. At will
Help! My Galaxy Note 3 is stuck on the Verizon logo! I downloaded this app:"font installer root" to install the default Roboto font on my phone and now it is stuck on the verizon logo after I rebooted to install it! I rooted my phone with kingo a while ago. Also the light on the top is blue.
jordan1776 said:
Help! My Galaxy Note 3 is stuck on the Verizon logo! I downloaded this app:"font installer root" to install the default Roboto font on my phone and now it is stuck on the verizon logo after I rebooted to install it! I rooted my phone with kingo a while ago. Also the light on the top is blue.
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Yikes. Sounds like a locked bootloader. Verizon likes to throw in as many security checks as possible in their ****ed bootloaders I am so sick of their shet. Sorry I have a Note 2 on Verizon and I can't get a recovery on here I've bricked it 3 times now and just gave up trying. I am still on 4.1.2 yet Triangleaway never actually solved the problem. I can't wait to get off their stupid contract I am never using them again.
Sorry that I can't really answer your question atm but I can look into it here after I calm down. :thumbup:
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no need to panic.
jordan1776 said:
Help! My Galaxy Note 3 is stuck on the Verizon logo! I downloaded this app:"font installer root" to install the default Roboto font on my phone and now it is stuck on the verizon logo after I rebooted to install it! I rooted my phone with kingo a while ago. Also the light on the top is blue.
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No need to panic. There are several ways to return back to normal. Did you install safe strap once you rooted? If so, pull battery out, replace and reboot into safestrap. Click the wipe setting and then you wipe settings to an operable state of operation.
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jordan1776 said:
Help! My Galaxy Note 3 is stuck on the Verizon logo! I downloaded this app:"font installer root" to install the default Roboto font on my phone and now it is stuck on the verizon logo after I rebooted to install it! I rooted my phone with kingo a while ago. Also the light on the top is blue.
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Or if you haven't installed safestrap, here is a step by step on how to recover from a soft brick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
Saved my @$$ and note 3 many of times.
DavidChitownNexus said:
No need to panic. There are several ways to return back to normal. Did you install safe strap once you rooted? If so, pull battery out, replace and reboot into safestrap. Click the wipe setting and then you wipe settings to an operable state of operation.
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Or if you haven't installed safestrap, here is a step by step on how to recover from a soft brick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
Saved my @$$ and note 3 many of times.
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Will I lose my apps if I follow the tutorial to recover from the soft brick? and which restore file do I download?
jordan1776 said:
Will I lose my apps if I follow the tutorial to recover from the soft brick? and which restore file do I download?
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Actually, thought of something easier. Before you power phone up... hold the menu button, volume up button and then push power button together while still holding the other 2 buttons. This will start the phone up in recovery mode. Do a factory reset from this screen. You will lose your app data however you can recover the apps via Google play store. This way you'll also keep root. Doing the Odin recovery will lose root and restore to fresh out of box condition.
DavidChitownNexus said:
Actually, thought of something easier. Before you power phone up... hold the menu button, volume up button and then push power button together while still holding the other 2 buttons. This will start the phone up in recovery mode. Do a factory reset from this screen. You will lose your app data however you can recover the apps via Google play store. This way you'll also keep root. Doing the Odin recovery will lose root and restore to fresh out of box condition.
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But I don't want to lose my apps. I got some of them from other app stores and i have screenshots on my phone(my pictures are on my SD card), is there any way I can at least get some data of my phone?
did you try to just reboot and wait it out?
jordan1776 said:
But I don't want to lose my apps. I got some of them from other app stores and i have screenshots on my phone(my pictures are on my SD card), is there any way I can at least get some data of my phone?
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Question for you. Before you do any of this, did you try and reboot again and see what happens? Sometimes the phone does certain system checks via boot and may require a couple of minutes to do its thing. I would do this before you factory reset. Maybe it needs a moment or two. Give that a try before you do anything that will compromise your data and apps.
DavidChitownNexus said:
Question for you. Before you do any of this, did you try and reboot again and see what happens? Sometimes the phone does certain system checks via boot and may require a couple of minutes to do its thing. I would do this before you factory reset. Maybe it needs a moment or two. Give that a try before you do anything that will compromise your data and apps.
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I turned it on with and without the sd card and no luck. let it run for 20 minutes to an hour on the verizon screen and nothing works. I just want to get at least some data off it. When I plug it in It detects it as SAMSUNG_Android and I can't access it. I only made one data backup back on 1/1/2014.
jordan1776 said:
I turned it on with and without the sd card and no luck. let it run for 20 minutes to an hour on the verizon screen and nothing works. I just want to get at least some data off it. When I plug it in It detects it as SAMSUNG_Android and I can't access it. I only made one data backup back on 1/1/2014.
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Looks like you may need to do a reset. Then, once you are reset install backup. This way you'll have some of those apps. Also, factory wipe will not delete SD card.
Yo, even *IF* you accidentally wipe your data, you're not completely out of luck. Once you get your device up and running again, I saw a guide on here once on how to mount your phone's internal nand as a harddrive on Windows and use one of those data forensic tools to recover all the deleted data. This may not work for some of your apps but you *will* get all of your screenshots/pictures/whatever files back! If ya want a can go back and look for this.
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Yo, even *IF* you accidentally wipe your data, you're not completely out of luck. Once you get your device up and running again, I saw a guide on here once on how to mount your phone's internal nand as a harddrive on Windows and use one of those data forensic tools to recover all the deleted data. This may not work for some of your apps but you *will* get all of your screenshots/pictures/whatever files back! If ya want a can go back and look for this.
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I can't find that guide anywhere. can you post a link?
jordan1776 said:
I can't find that guide anywhere. can you post a link?
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You're in luck, I found a boatload of forums you can look at! The popular choice among these is using Recuva, but all are different ways to go about it. Check these out:
Root app methods/Recuva Basics (NOOB FRIENDLY): http://www.alliance-rom.com/wiki/recover-deleted-files/
XDA Method (Windows): http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
MuhammadAG method (Linux): http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/mounting-your-android-devices-internal-storage/
My suggestion (Try this first with Recuva): Flash your phone back to stock, reroot (using Framaroot or other non-invasive method), get terminal emulator (*NOT* through Play Store, don't even set up Google accounts, this will potentially overwrite data), in emulator get su and type "setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage" and see if that pops the cap. Samsung is stubborn tho and will not usually let this one fly. It might fly if you happen to install some other than stock rom.
Sorry that this is a lot of info... weigh your options!!
Best of luck,
Please do say thanks!
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Hello Gentlemen,
Let me try to keep this short.
I got a new Android phone recently and had planned to port all my app backups from the N9005.
As things happen, I ran the Samsung app for backup and did a factory reset before checking the same.
The backup made a fool out of me, nearly all the crucial stuff is missing.
So now I need to recover the settings from the post "factory reset" Note 3.
What would be the fastest and least painful way to-
a. Root the SM9005;
b. Recover the backup (XML files for tasker, Aquamail, Biz Calendar and so on);
c. Unroot the app and be done with it.
I need to unroot as the last step as I plan to have the phone loaded with a kid friendly UI and keep it for the kids for long trips. Do not want anything wary taking over it.
Any suggestions and help is welcome!
Thanks,
CKhurana
Your data were erased during the factory reset.
Agreed
zlazaar said:
Your data were erased during the factory reset.
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Agreed.The data is gone.Poof removed from existance.Unless you have a Partition on your phone intact.
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Atifbaig786 said:
AgreedAgreed.The data is gone.Poof removed from existance.Unless you have a Partition on your phone intact.
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Yeah, I know. But a recovery is possible AFAIK until the free space is overwritten? Just like any disk based data recovery happens?
Can you help me with options on the root?
Thanks,
Chetan
Well the simplest one without hassle is either flashing recovery IMG and rooting via SuperSU.
Atifbaig786 said:
Well the simplest one without hassle is either flashing recovery IMG and rooting via SuperSU.
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ok, so this should work, right?
ckhurana said:
ok, so this should work, right?
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Hell yeah