Hey there,
so today I upgraded my phone to the KitKat OS, but I lost all my contacts! It would appear that the contacts for my Droid X was actually stored on the internal memory for some reason (unless I'm mistaken. Where are they usually stored if they were stored on the SD card? I can't seem to find them). I never synced it to my Gmail account either. I think there should be a way to recover them if I could get into my internal memory, but I can't seem to be able to access it. Is there anyway to access the internal memory on the Droid X?
Unless you made a nandroid backup in cwm, before installing ROM, contacts are gone.
Use Gmail to control your contacts
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So, I've never had to use Titanium Backup's restore, although recently my LE I/O tab soft-bricked and I had to flash a new ROM, which, I think, formatted all my user data, which I assume is where TB saves it's backups since there is no SD card on this version... I hadn't actually installed TB on the device yet, so I didn't have any backups, but I will never let that happen again, if I can help it. Losing everything sucked.
So, that said, what is the best workflow for backing up and restoring applications and settings when there is no SD card on a device?
Check out Titanium Media Sync
Let's you sync your back-ups to the cloud via drop box or FTP.
So even if your phone is run over and the SDcard (internal or removable) is destroyed; you still have your back-ups.
drae52 said:
Check out Titanium Media Sync
Let's you sync your back-ups to the cloud via drop box or FTP.
So even if your phone is run over and the SDcard (internal or removable) is destroyed; you still have your back-ups.
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Awesome. I actually found out the Pro version of TB has built-in support for synchronizing with Dropbox. I now have my entire tab backed up in the cloud. Hopefully I'll never have to use it
Guys as usual I was talking backup via PC.
I found two folders into my Internal memory named SDCARD0 & SDCARD0.
I thought it must be a duplicate and deleted one of them.
Immediately I found I lost all my data from Internal memory.
Folders like whatsapp, dcim, movies and all other whcih were created by other apps got lost.
So has i actually accidentally deleted them due to sdcard0 folder or they are present but HIDDEN somewhere?
Coz still my internal memory says 3.60gb free which was same size before doing this unusual accident.
My phone hasnt got any root access.
Please how can I get back my files in this case?
My all apps r functioning properly except they lost all their custom settings...
What can be done to get my data back from Internal memory?
What you can do is, NEVER DELETE SUCH FOLDERS AGAIN.
To be aware of this in future, have a backup via foldersync or similar...
The chance that ull get ur data back going against zero...sorry
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Oh you can do it. Did it myself a few weeks ago..
Check out this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
is there no way of running recovery software when plugged into a PC? I know I saved a lot of data from a camera while back by scanning its memory in recova or something similar while hooked up via usb
You should do some research first if you don't know something
Hi guys,
First of all, great forum and great place to learn a lot of stuff about ROM's.
I have been using the forums here for a while.
Now I have a problem with my Galaxy S 4.
Galaxy s4 :gt- i9505 (Beglium)
16Gb version
Custom Rom: optimized cm 12.1 -20160118
android 5.1.1
I had some problems playing my music files on the phone, so i connected the phone to my PC.
I deleted my MUSIC folder from my EXTERNAL card.
Then I saw There are a lot more random folders in the ROOT of my EXTERNAL card.
So I deleted the LOG files, some maps that where for AD's (like GO sms), etc.
As far as I know, I did not delete any system files or folders.
While I was in the external card, connected to the PC, I saw that my INTERNAL card had wheeeeyyy much more free space than 5 minutes before. ( normally 0.9Gb free... suddenly 5.72GB free)
So i disconnected the phone and reconnected it again.
Again same thing.
Again disconnected it and on the phone I could not find ANY FILES, NO pictures, No downloads, NOTHING
Basically, my INTERNAL and my EXTERNAL are fully wiped.
with easeUS data recovery I can see all my files and maps on the external, BUT almost all of them are corrupted.
I can not recover them/ preview them.
I have not tried the internal memory yet. It is now doing a DEEP SCAN on the EXTERNAL card, connected to my PC via a SD Card Adapter.
Any possibilities to save something from the external and the internal memory ?
Everything else works normally.
My apps work, my contacts are ok.
PC is set to show hidden and system files => nothing to see
Recycle been on the phone is empty
used some recovery apps from the play store => nothing
Many thanks in advance.
PS: I have already done a search, also on google. But could not find anything useful.
Try Deleter.
I run easeUS recovery all night on the external memory.
Got back 5% of my pictures.
Most ara corrupted.
Same story for the internal memory.
Other suggestions, tips are welcome.
If the data was deleted corrupted then it might be restored corrupted.
I suggest, from now on, to upload your photos Google's servers with the Google Photos app.
You have unlimited storage for photos up to a certain quality.
Yep, i have installed google drive.
Sh#t has happened
Will try to use some other applications for recovery.
Had some pictures i needed.
Any names of really good software to recover sd card of internal memory ?
I told you, if the data was wiped in a corrupted state, then it will be restored in a corrupted stated. Because that's how it was the last time before it was deleted. It's like a checkpoint in a game. If you die, you will revive at the checkpoint in the same state you were when you reached that checkpoint.
You could give Deleter a try. But it won't magically repair corrupted data.
Try a program called recuva: https://www.piriform.com/recuva
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Try a program called recuva: https://www.piriform.com/recuva
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I won't recommend it. It failed to recover two videos from my SD card that I needed to recover for investigation purposes, even when status of these files were Excellent. After restored, these files were corrupted. The same thing went on my .OGG file that was deleted accidentally by dBpoweramp before Vorbis Comments ID Tag was applied.
Even my friend said that Recuva was unable to recover her deleted photos as it should be. Yeah, the same thing, corrupted.
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I have used recuva many times but, as with any software, it really depends on the state of the data at the time the software is run.
When one is desparate to recover files, I recommend trying as many programs as possible.
Hey guys.
Today i will try many different software.
I am trying to find a way to mount my internal storage as a drive with a driveLetter, so i can scan it.
Now its mte/umte or something like that.
So it has no driveletter.
Hey guys.
I managed to retrieve some pictures from the sd card.
Software i used.
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EAsuse
Foenix recovery
For the internal memory.
Digdeeper
And some other ones on play store.
Just search for " photo recovey".
Maybe someone can use the names, if they get in the same situation as me.
Thx for the tips guys!
I've been provided with a Moto G5+ to replace a Moto G4+ that was having too many ghost touch issues (when charging and also not when charging).
I'm just after a brief steer on the best way to migrate across.
I only have 1 SD card available which is currently in the G4.
Should I boot both devices without the SD card in either, then log in with google account etc and subsequently do the Moto Migrate app option? When that's complete, then put the SD card into the new phone (mainly images on the SD card, but not sure if there is any app data or not on there).
Or should I boot the G5 first with no SIM, no migration, connect to wifi and do a software update, then restart as first port of call?
Or should I do as the first option, but move the SD card straight into the new phone, boot it and follow the usual google account login, Moto Migrate options etc?
Any advice gratefully received - I only do this once so it would be good to do it properly!
To start off with this is the Moto G5 forum
The moto g5 plus forum is located
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus
Google backs up contacts calendar & other Google type services
By signing into google account on your g5+ you used to sync the g4+ with it will just restore everything
With regards to apps if it's a different android version it's best to re-download them from playstore as the app may be different depending on the Android sdk
However if you want to restore your app data & both phones are rooted you can use titanium backup to backup the apps & data to sd card & then restore them - do not backup or restore system apps
Google also saves your installed apps (not the data) so you can restore previous installed apps but if you want the data as well (eg app settings save game state that doesn't use Google play) Then you need to use above method
For things like text messages if you want to back them up there's apps on the playstore
For whatsapp it has its own backup via Google drive - check whatsapp settings
Anything else on the sd card just take it out old phone & put in new phone & set it to external mass storage to access
Note that if the sd card was set to be used as internal storage on the old phone the new phone won't be able to read it until you format it - in that case you will need to transfer the data to the old phones actual internal storage or a pc first - format the sd card & set to external mass storage then copy data back
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To start off with this is the Moto G5 forum
The moto g5 plus forum is located
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus
Google backs up contacts calendar & other Google type services
By signing into google account on your g5+ you used to sync the g4+ with it will just restore everything
With regards to apps if it's a different android version it's best to re-download them from playstore as the app may be different depending on the Android sdk
However if you want to restore your app data & both phones are rooted you can use titanium backup to backup the apps & data to sd card & then restore them - do not backup or restore system apps
Google also saves your installed apps (not the data) so you can restore previous installed apps but if you want the data as well (eg app settings save game state that doesn't use Google play) Then you need to use above method
For things like text messages if you want to back them up there's apps on the playstore
For whatsapp it has its own backup via Google drive - check whatsapp settings
Anything else on the sd card just take it out old phone & put in new phone & set it to external mass storage to access
Note that if the sd card was set to be used as internal storage on the old phone the new phone won't be able to read it until you format it - in that case you will need to transfer the data to the old phones actual internal storage or a pc first - format the sd card & set to external mass storage then copy data back
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Thanks. Realised my error with the G5+ forum after I'd posted, sorry about that. Thought the + models would be too niche to have their own sub-forums.
In the end booted the new phone with no SD card present, the google account brought nearly everything across and used the "set up new phone" facility that Google Settings / Admin prompted me for. Probably should have put the SD card in first of all as some apps that subsequently downloaded wanted to use the storage there, but other than that it was faultless and simple. Had a backup solution already for SMS etc, so that wasn't an issue, and everything else was cloud based.
I'm on stock and am considering unlocking phone.. is there any way to unlock my op6t without the data being wiped. That's the only thing holding me back
Unfortunately no...
Nope not possible, just do a backup of data onto your laptop/desktop. Or use something like Google Photos for your pictures etc
What's the best way to backup my data before I unlock my phone?
Firstly connect your phone to a PC and copy all your important files like music, photos, etc.. Copy the entire folders. I recommend to copy all the internal storage. Next be sure that Google backup is on. To be sure to to Settings->System->Backup and click on backup now. After wiping the phone you need to setup your device with your Google account and click on restore from the previous device. After this copy all your files from internal storage and your phone will be fully restored