So I have apparently made a huge mistake. Like most I had a rooted phone and had to flash to stock and then upgrade to then re-root. Apparently the flash actually blanked all my sdcard contents. This really sucks. I've never owned a phone with a non-removable memory card and I made a terrible assumption that it wouldn't touch it.
Is there anything I can do to recover this data? :crying:
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So my boyfriend's phone is booked in for a service with Sammy this week (media server draining battery). But it's rooted so I am concerned they will say they won't repair/replace, and I won't be there to argue for him.
I've googled and can't seem to find a straight answer as everyone says something different (or maybe I just don't like the answers I'm finding... Ha)
Is there a way to unroot the i9505 without data loss for warranty?
(it is also likely I've just completed missed something. Feel free to point me to a thread or post on here I may have missed and call me blind )
Edit: running stock rom, CF rooted
Just reflash the stock firmware with Odin. Flashing firmwares with Odin never wipes your device, unless you select the option "re-partition".
And for the media drain, does he use an external sd card? If so, then format that sd card. That generally solves media drain issues. I think media drain is never a hardware problem, so I don't know why you even would send it in.
Did you try a factory reset?
Lennyz1988 said:
Just reflash the stock firmware with Odin. Flashing firmwares with Odin never wipes your device, unless you select the option "re-partition".
And for the media drain, does he use an external sd card? If so, then format that sd card. That generally solves media drain issues. I think media drain is never a hardware problem, so I don't know why you even would send it in.
Did you try a factory reset?
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Thanks! That's what I thought re Odin, but got confused by all the other info I saw. I'll just Triangle Away and then flash via Odin like I originally thought.
And no to an external Sd card. I think he just managed to get a faulty one.
Yep, tried factory reset.
Hello,
So I recently soft bricked my phone by accidentally restoring a backup on cwm that was kind of corrupt. Anyway, I managed to fix it by installing a stick firmware and now my phone is no longer rooted (nor will I want it rooted any more).Now I have my phone back to normal except when I look at my storage I have 7.94 Misc files. I no longer have cwm or rom manager as it's no longer rooted and I can't find what is taking up this much space at all. When I check what it is, It shows me files that are just a mb and couple kb's of stuff. Now all I have left on my phone is 1 gb of storage and I was wondering if anyone was experienced with this.
Model: SGH-1337M (Canadian model)
Could it be the Samsung 'bloatware' copied twice?
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5, SM-G900V, running Android 4.4.4. I accidentally ran a factory restore, wiping out my files. I want to try to get the data off of it, since the files may not yet be overwritten, but I have no idea of how to go about this, especially using a method that does as few writes to the internal memory as possible (to increase the chance of success). I would very much rather not root, or at the very least not trip Knox or otherwise void my warranty. However, I might be willing to risk it if necessary. I have never rooted before, and it seems as though rooting utilities have a difficult time with this phone (at least in part thanks to Verizon).
I have not found any guide on how to do data recovery in this situation. I've tried at least one recovery program that was completely useless, though that might be due to lack of root. I am familiar with computers, and Linux, but Android is very foreign to me, and it seems like most data recovery attempts require me to mount the device on a computer as a disk drive. Although I've gotten it to connect for file browsing and transfers, I have not managed to get a connection where it acts like a mountable, normal disk. Naturally this rules out getting a memory image with this method, leaving me rather stranded.
Can anyone provide me with some assistance? I'm not expecting to fully restore the phone, but I've got some files (especially the memo and contacts) I'd rather not say goodbye to since my last backup.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
NoBricksPlease said:
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5, SM-G900V, running Android 4.4.4. I accidentally ran a factory restore, wiping out my files. I want to try to get the data off of it, since the files may not yet be overwritten, but I have no idea of how to go about this, especially using a method that does as few writes to the internal memory as possible (to increase the chance of success). I would very much rather not root, or at the very least not trip Knox or otherwise void my warranty. However, I might be willing to risk it if necessary. I have never rooted before, and it seems as though rooting utilities have a difficult time with this phone (at least in part thanks to Verizon).
I have not found any guide on how to do data recovery in this situation. I've tried at least one recovery program that was completely useless, though that might be due to lack of root. I am familiar with computers, and Linux, but Android is very foreign to me, and it seems like most data recovery attempts require me to mount the device on a computer as a disk drive. Although I've gotten it to connect for file browsing and transfers, I have not managed to get a connection where it acts like a mountable, normal disk. Naturally this rules out getting a memory image with this method, leaving me rather stranded.
Can anyone provide me with some assistance? I'm not expecting to fully restore the phone, but I've got some files (especially the memo and contacts) I'd rather not say goodbye to since my last backup.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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My experience has been that once a factory reset has been done, that's it. Your phone is back to the state it was when shipped from the manufacturer. Any personal info is gone. One caveat though. Unless you've backed up to a "cloud" (VZW provides this with Contacts natively) or saved to a micro disc, you are out of luck.
Wish I had better info for you.
Hello,
So I managed to brick my samsung s7 edge, Not a big deal i tought. I found the stock rom and proceeded to flash using odin.
When I went to decrypt my sd card the phone wouldn't let me as it tought that I was on another device.
Is there anything I can do or did I just lose 5 years worth of photos and videos? Please help, i'm desperate.
Thanks
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but your data on the SD Card is useless. I went through the same issue years ago. Data is gone.
Sorry, man.
Hello everyone,
My old S10+ suddenly shut down and entered a bootloop. The last things I did were the following:
copied some data from my old to my new phone
Switched my SIM-card to my new phone
watched some Youtube in my browser (since stock had some issues)
Then, out of nowhere, my android system turned off. Since then it is stuck in a bootloop.
I can still access Android Recovery and download mode. I tried re-flashing stock firmware, but I get the error that the Android firmware seems to be corrupt.
My question is: How can I get my phone to work again without losing my data?
There is still some important data left on my old phone. My 2FA app for instance. So I would rather go to a repair shop and pay instead of losing said data.
But before I do that I wanted to get some advice what else I may be able to do. I haven't tried sideloading an OTA since I don't quiet understand it and want to be on the safe side. persist.safemode.sys does not seem to exist. And I read about perhaps backing up my "emmc" with TWRP but, again, I don't quiet grasp the concept yet.
I have some experience with adb, ROMs and flashing. The latest recovery-logs are attached, if they are of any help
Well, repair shop went and formatted everything
Even though I asked them not to
Let this be a lesson for everyone: If you care about your data, back it up AND don't bring it to a repair shop
DasMalzbier said:
Well, repair shop went and formatted everything
Even though I asked them not to
Let this be a lesson for everyone: If you care about your data, back it up AND don't bring it to a repair shop
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In the future use a SD card* as a data drive. All critical data goes there. Do Not encrypt it.
Had you done that you probably be ok. Always backup redundantly and regularly to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC.
*A V30 rated Sandisk Extreme is a good choice