I have a bit of a problem with my s4 i9500 - so i am in a recovery session and i am using aroma explorer
i also have a micro sd memory.
when i launch aroma (always in recovery mode session) i can see everything (all the files, links) in the internal drive, but i am not able to go UP to the basic ROOT where i can see the external drive and then everything that is in this drive.
BASICALLY I NEED TO COPY SOME FILES FROM THE EXTERNAL DRIVE ONTO THE INTERNAL DRIVE ONLY IN RECOVERY SESSION.
The phone DOES NOT start, so the ONLY OPTIONS i have are RECOVERY and DOWNLOAD sessions
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO COPY/PASTE FILES FROM EXTERNAL TO INTERNAL IN RECOVERY OR DOWNLOAD SESSIONS.
I tried the "aroma explorer" program - is there another program similar that is more complete and allows to see/access ALL the drives on the phone (internal/external)
thanks for the help, much appreciated
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Finally took the unlock/root/rom plunge and have been enjoying ICS (nightly 14) for a few days now. With nightly 16 it seemed to make sense to update. When i put the .zip on the SD card and tried to use CWMOD to install it gave an error "(Bad)" on the operation after opening the ZIP.
i downloaded again, tried again, no change, then started messing around to get it to work (should have known better). Now, if I boot in CWMOD and select install zip from SD / choose ZIP i see all the folders on my internal memory: all the folders for alarms. music, pictures, etc. I can put the release .zip in there and it will see it, but still fails on the install.
If I look with root explorer (or other tools) when i look in mnt/sdcard it has all the folders for alarms. music, pictures, etc. I can also see /mnt/external1 which is the SD card and does have the files on it.
once booted, from PC I see "Internal Storage" and "SD Card" which look as i would expect and contain the correct files (ie: "SD Card" contains the ROM files)
I've tried another SD card, with no change.
So, somehow i think i have a pointer messed up so SD points to internal memory.
I've tried all the wipes i can find, but can't get past it. Any suggestions on how to reset, or wipe it more fully, would be appreciated.
bdsemple said:
Finally took the unlock/root/rom plunge and have been enjoying ICS (nightly 14) for a few days now. With nightly 16 it seemed to make sense to update. When i put the .zip on the SD card and tried to use CWMOD to install it gave an error "(Bad)" on the operation after opening the ZIP.
i downloaded again, tried again, no change, then started messing around to get it to work (should have known better). Now, if I boot in CWMOD and select install zip from SD / choose ZIP i see all the folders on my internal memory: all the folders for alarms. music, pictures, etc. I can put the release .zip in there and it will see it, but still fails on the install.
If I look with root explorer (or other tools) when i look in mnt/sdcard it has all the folders for alarms. music, pictures, etc. I can also see /mnt/external1 which is the SD card and does have the files on it.
once booted, from PC I see "Internal Storage" and "SD Card" which look as i would expect and contain the correct files (ie: "SD Card" contains the ROM files)
I've tried another SD card, with no change.
So, somehow i think i have a pointer messed up so SD points to internal memory.
I've tried all the wipes i can find, but can't get past it. Any suggestions on how to reset, or wipe it more fully, would be appreciated.
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You see everything in your internal storage (32gb) also called sdcard, because I think you allowed Rom Manager to update your recovery to whatever is newest (4.0.0.4 ?) but that version doesn't play nice with the Xoom's external micro sdcard. This is a known issue, and I and others have written about this a million times, but anyway, you need to reflash the solarnz R4c recovery v 3.2. 0.0 image file through fastboot with your micro sdcard mounted in your Xoom. Then, after that, you can flash from the micro sdcard to your heart's content. The micro sdcard is located at mnt/external1. I don't even use Rom Manager for anything. If you just press the power button as if to actually power down, I think you'll get the boot menu to boot into recovery very easily, if you don't feel comfortable doing it manually. Or you can download Quick Boot.
okantomi said:
You see everything in your internal storage (32gb) also called sdcard, because I think you allowed Rom Manager to update your recovery to whatever is newest (4.0.0.4 ?) but that version doesn't play nice with the Xoom's external micro sdcard. This is a known issue, and I and others have written about this a million times, but anyway, you need to reflash the solarnz R4c recovery v 3.2. 0.0 image file through fastboot with your micro sdcard mounted in your Xoom. Then, after that, you can flash from the micro sdcard to your heart's content. The micro sdcard is located at mnt/external1. I don't even use Rom Manager for anything. If you just press the power button as if to actually power down, I think you'll get the boot menu to boot into recovery very easily, if you don't feel comfortable doing it manually. Or you can download Quick Boot.
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I recall having a similar issue with loading zip files onto the SD card and then trying to flash it just to get an error.
The only was I had a work around for that was to only load the zip file THROUGH CWM. By selecting Mounts and storage > Mount USB, then it takes up to 1 minute for my computer to see the sdcard (removable disk). Then I just transfer the zip to the SD card by this method and then when its done, I return to the main menu and go about the process of flashing.
The rogue recovery works just as well and has a few more options than the tiamat recovery. It also supports internal and external sdcards as well as toggling the backup and/or wipe of /data/media. Just my opinion and preference.
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can anyone help me please i need to retrieve msgstore.db.crypt7 from my internal memory i have rooted my phone and have omega custom rom.i accidentally deleted the whole folder using es file explorer what's app only retrieves the message back 7 days ago and i need to go back further more,i have tried undelete and digger disk both dont find the internal memory i have tried several applications but wont find my phone i have enabled usb debug mode still wont find my phone i have heard recuva works but sgs5 doesnt have usb mass storage but on my pc windows 7 it shows portable device so i can see my internal and external but not through programs can anyone help me please?
bump any help please?
If you did the smart thing i.e. turned your phone off immediately after you deleted the file, you should be able to recover it. But if you kept mucking around (in addition to not having a backup of your phone), all bets are off. You may well have overwritten the database if you continued to use the phone.
Your best bet would be to copy the area of phone memory where the database is or was. That both preserves a copy of what is recoverable and lets you avail yourself of the large number of PC based data recovery programs available.
The following terminal (CLI) commands should image (make an exact copy) of the /data and /system partitions to your external SD card. Then use a PC based data recovery program to recover the deleted file. Check these commands for typos before executing them. A typo could make a real mess of your phone's file system.
$ su
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 of=/extSdCard/data.img
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 of=/extSdCard/system.img
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If you did the smart thing i.e. turned your phone off immediately after you deleted the file, you should be able to recover it. But if you kept mucking around (in addition to not having a backup of your phone), all bets are off. You may well have overwritten the database if you continued to use the phone.
Your best bet would be to copy the area of phone memory where the database is or was. That both preserves a copy of what is recoverable and lets you avail yourself of the large number of PC based data recovery programs available.
The following terminal (CLI) commands should image (make an exact copy) of the /data and /system partitions to your external SD card. Then use a PC based data recovery program to recover the deleted file. Check these commands for typos before executing them. A typo could make a real mess of your phone's file system.
$ su
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 of=/extSdCard/data.img
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 of=/extSdCard/system.img
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Thanks i've tried every recovery software for android but it's not detecting any of the internal memory as sgs5 does not have usb mass storage i have enabled usb debug settings i have the samsung usb drivers but it shows up on my windows 7 as a portable device.
do you recommend any decent software or tutorial's which might help me recover it.
Thanks for your help!
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i've tried every recovery software for android but it's not detecting any of the internal memory as sgs5 does not have usb mass storage
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You didn't follow any part of what I suggested, so it's a mystery why you quoted my post. I specifically advocated using PC based data recovery software, not an android app. And at no time would you need your S5 to be in MSC (mass storage) mode.
Use the posted commands to copy your memory contents to a SD card, plug the SD card into a PC and then use a PC based data recovery app. The commands can be entered from a terminal emulator app, TWRP or an ADB shell session CLI.
Good luck
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I am just wondering, if it is safe to keep my backup i just made, on my external SD card? Its much bigger than the backups were for my old device, and its kinda taking up the rest of my internal storage right now...
But what i am wondering is if i do transfer it, will twrp see it successfully in recovery mode in case a backup is needed??
thanks
Hi there!
I'm on a G900FD with TWRP v3.0.2-1 , but TWRP is mostly universal for this level of modification.
TWRP will initially display only the backups in the default backup location. Backups are stored as a (typically timestamped, though any name will do) folder containing the backup images, a log and a settings file.
TWRP keeps its settings, backups and (maybe) themes in the ./TWRP directory in your internal storage. The settings files ( ./TWRP/.twrps , note the dot before twrps, use ls -a to find it) is always located in here, but the default location for backups can be changed from your internal storage to your external storage via TWRP's GUI.
To change default storage location, follow:
1: Reboot to recovery. Enter encryption pattern/PIN/passphrase if needed.
2: Tap Mount, then tap Select Storage. Note at the top of the screen, under the Mount title, is something akin to EMMC or Internal Storage or Internal, you get the idea. This will change in the following steps.
3: Tap the radio button of the storage you want to default to in the popup that appears, then press OK.
4: Verify that the display now reads SD card, External Storage, whatever.
5: Under Home > Backup, the Storage: line should now read External/ SD Card / whatever, instead of the Internal Storage variant.
6: Optional: Make a backup, just to see where it says the backup location is in the log.
To reverse modification, follow instruction again.
Do note that failure to provide the SD card, or failure to mount it, will result in TWRP defaulting back to internal storage, which may fail due to lack of space. Not a problem for me ( 128G SD card represent ), but something to think about.
To transfer the backup from the internal storage to the external, reboot back to Android, and use a file manager to move the entirety of the BACKUPS folder from INTERNAL/TWRP to EXTERNAL/TWRP . Without more information about your build, I can't provide paths to follow, but mine would be:
Internal Location: /storage/emulated/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/(SERIAL NUMBER)/(TIMESTAMP_OF_BACKUP)
External Location: /storage/(SDCARD GIBBERISH)/TWRP/BACKUPS/(SERIAL NUMBER)/(TIMESTAMP_OF_BACKUP)
Note that TWRP will require that each backup is located in the same directory as the serial number of your phone, so i.e. mine must be in:
/storage/98A4-1D0F/TWRP/BACKUPS/e6209199/2016-08-03--21-16-31
for a backup made on the 3rd of August, 2016 at 9:16:31 UTC.
If anything is unclear, feel free to reply!
Happy flashing!
Thanks! I'll have to give this a try when I've got some time tonight
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I accidentally deleted the /system in twrp for my tablet. :crying:I have a twrp backup for the system partition and rom.zip on my computer but i can't seem to transfer it to the tablet. The sd card reader on my tablet is also dead, so I can't put it on a sd card to flash. I tried using android file manager on my mac to transfer over the file, but it doesn't seem to detect the tablet. Is there any ways to resurrected my tablet.
Hi, and please excuse my poor english.
Without external SD support you can't use a custom recovery to load any files from SD. Maybe you can use adb to push your zip to the internal storage and load it from there.
I think the best you can do is to use Odin and restore a stock rom. I usually download them from Sammobile.
Hello. After from some mistake, I formatted my internal storage via twrp. Now I want to recover the data which I had. The bad is that the device is connected to pc as MTP & NOT as Mass Storage so that to use some data recovery to get the lost data. I tried MTPdrive which is to convert the mtp to mass storage but not any result. I tried Mobisaver (Easeus) which is for recovering data from internal drive but appears the message error that can't get the root previlidges even if my mobile is recognised as rooted. Also I used the dr fone recovery but for similar reason with above it can't scann deep my device. The only solution which I have found but it is difficult to try it because it needs unix commands so that to get the internal storage as raw image & after to convert the raw to vhd & after to mount it as drive so that to been scanned via data recovery like recuva which is given in here : https://howtorecover.me/data-recover...hone-guide#raw or similar : https://roubert.name/joakim/androidfilerecovery/
The bad is that in these methods the unix commands are unclear & the most times you will get some error in the running of commands or the instructions will be unclear. Also I tried Partitions backup (apk) which can dump the internal as raw but althought has the option to save the dump image to external storage, it saves only to internal which is irrational because my internal storage is 64 Gb & can't be saved all this as img file to my internal due to low capacity & for some unknown reason the external storage save can not be selected. Does it exist some way to get the lost data back of internal storage or to connect my Mi A1 as mass storage or to dump my internal storage as raw ? Thanks.
If there is no backup of the lost data, first stop using it in case of data overwritten. Then try a third-party data recovery software to help you Recovery Data From Internal Memory. Usually, it can help us access to data like photos, videos, music and documents on internal memory of Xiaomi phone and scan them out. Then we can preview and choose them to recover at ease.