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Galaxy SIII Moving data to and from the phone

I've tried everything I could think of:
Drop Box fails: file size limitations
Direct copy by attaching to a PC fails: IF you want to backup directories such as clockworkmod or something with lots of files, CRC's often do not match for copies
SFTP works: when permissions allow and its slow
Google Drive fails: speed and space available
SMB fails: As I have network firewall issues that block this.
SGS3 Easy UMS fails: Only external SD card
Directly mount SD card fails: Only works for external SD card.
ADB push/pull fails: only moves 1 directory, not valid for an entire set of directories, continually fails on permission issues.
I had a Atrix, which was great worked every time, plug it in mount the SD card's and go, now with a Galaxy SIII I've take I giant step backwards as far as moving data goes as there is no good fluid and stable way to backup the phone or just move data without pulling my hair out and rolling the dice. I'm sure there is some other method, but so far I've yet to find it, so hence any suggestions?
Also I'm not a fan of the new Clockworkmod plan, as it makes backing up the backups to external devices very time consuming and error prone (external backup to an SFTP server has taken 14 hours and is still running), the old single file method from 5.X, took more space but was simple to backup (and fast same backup would have been done in 20 minutes). Can you use the old method in 6.X, if so how?
ERIC

I don't understand what you are trying to do. Are you just trying to transfer a large file to the phone' s internal memory? If so any of those methods you work without any problem

not sure what cwm vers your using but the cf root version allows for backups to be created on internal or external storage I also have no porblems copying the folder from the extsdcard to pc using mtp connection.

You can flash a separate recovery image with mobile Odin easily, as they are separate from kernel

solved it myself
had same problem also , could not use my s3 in usb mass storage mode with the original usb cable
but it do work when i use the usb cable from my old nokia phone ! you should try with some other cable

martNL said:
had same problem also , could not use my s3 in usb mass storage mode with the original usb cable
but it do work when i use the usb cable from my old nokia phone ! you should try with some other cable
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Interesting thought, I'll give it a try. Maybe it will help with the desktop transfer, but the real problem is getting 1-to-1 transfers without any conversion from the internal SD, I can copy the directory to the ext SD and then remove it and copy, but as stated that's not practical. Note I often push 3 or 4GB a day and removing the case for each one, would never work. Worse the desktop method does not work under linux (and yes I've tried to get it to work, but its unstable and very slow).
ERIC

egandt said:
Direct copy by attaching to a PC fails: IF you want to backup directories such as clockworkmod or something with lots of files, CRC's often do not match for copies
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Never had that problem with multiple clockwork transfers .
Copy and paste all my files no problem .
Also I'm not a fan of the new Clockworkmod plan, as it makes backing up the backups to external devices very time consuming and error prone (external backup to an SFTP server has taken 14 hours and is still running), the old single file method from 5.X, took more space but was simple to backup (and fast same backup would have been done in 20 minutes). Can you use the old method in 6.X, if so how?
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New method for SGS3 TWRP in Original development .
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Consider using usb otg and move data to pen drive.
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I copy to/from my sd card (internal and external) e.g. clockworkmod folders to pc or network storage over Wi-Fi with ES File Explorer
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[Q] corrupted pictures, usb mass storage without root?

when taking pictures with my s4 I typically save them to my micro sd. over the past month I've noticed a ton of some pretty good photos I had now seem to have randomly been corrupted, cannot be opened and are now 0 bytes. I'm going to assume my sd card is toast and I need to replace it.
That being said I don't want to loose the pictures if that can be avoided. I've seen some photo recovery programs out there however they all seem to require usb mass storage which in turn requires root access? I don't want to root my phone though. is there anyway to get usb mass storage without root? or any program that can recover/fix the pics without usb mass storage? or any other suggestions?

Get a usb card reader you connect to your computer and use that. It'll work much better that trying to connect to your phone. You might even find the files aren't corrupted.

jd1639 said:
Get a usb card reader you connect to your computer and use that. It'll work much better that trying to connect to your phone. You might even find the files aren't corrupted.
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I was able to transfer the files to my comp and tried running some jpeg recovery programs but that didn't work.

[Help!]Is it possible to mount S4's internal SDCard in USB mode?

I accidentally deleted some important photos which stored in my S4's internal SDCard. So I connected my phone to PC through USB cable, and plan to run some recovery tools from PC to get them back. However, when connected, my S4's identified as MTP (portable media device) rather than USB Mass Storage, therefore those recovery tools can't do anything.
I googled the net and found some apks that help my phone to switch between MTP/USB mode, however this method only works for external SDCard.
Any ways to retrieve accidentally deleted files? Thank you in advance!
p.s. I do heard about that flash TWRP in will help the PC identify the phone as a USB Mass Storage Device, is this true? If it's true, how do I do it?
Thx!!!

artwen said:
I accidentally deleted some important photos which stored in my S4's internal SDCard. So I connected my phone to PC through USB cable, and plan to run some recovery tools from PC to get them back. However, when connected, my S4's identified as MTP (portable media device) rather than USB Mass Storage, therefore those recovery tools can't do anything.
I googled the net and found some apks that help my phone to switch between MTP/USB mode, however this method only works for external SDCard.
Any ways to retrieve accidentally deleted files? Thank you in advance!
p.s. I do heard about that flash TWRP in will help the PC identify the phone as a USB Mass Storage Device, is this true? If it's true, how do I do it?
Thx!!!
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I think this is what you are looking for.
SG USB Mass Storage Enabler
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297888

rl421403 said:
I think this is what you are looking for.
SG USB Mass Storage Enabler
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297888
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Thanks, but no this was exactly the app I used, it can't mount the internal card. If you read carefully the author also says 'It will never be able to export the internal storage on the device.' All my deleted pics are on the internal card so....

Photos recovery without Root, possible?

Hello. I have just deleted my photos and videos from Note 3. I just let delete the whole DCIM directory (thinking it's just one photo that I saw)...
My phone is unrooted. Is there any option to undelete these photos? 6 mounts of living of my 2years son is there.. If there is a way to do it without rooting that's perfect, if not I have to learn how to do it..

frytek said:
Hello. I have just deleted my photos and videos from Note 3. I just let delete the whole DCIM directory (thinking it's just one photo that I saw)...
My phone is unrooted. Is there any option to undelete these photos? 6 mounts of living of my 2years son is there.. If there is a way to do it without rooting that's perfect, if not I have to learn how to do it..
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was it on ext sd? stop taking further pics till u sort it out..
if on ext sd, u can use it with an adapter to read on a computer then use a file recovery software like puran recovery..

No.. internal..
OK I have my phone rooted (via towelroot). I have installed SG USB mass storage enabler and.. I can see another cd-rom device in my comupter (empty). What should I do more?

frytek said:
No.. internal..
OK I have my phone rooted (via towelroot). I have installed SG USB mass storage enabler and.. I can see another cd-rom device in my comupter (empty). What should I do more?
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try installing the recovery software i mentioned and select the device to scan.. good luck

No, that is no working. How can I get my photos back? ;/
I found that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2123999
It's for S3. Should it work with Note3?
Maybe there is any easier way?

frytek said:
No, that is no working. How can I get my photos back? ;/
I found that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2123999
It's for S3. Should it work with Note3?
Maybe there is any easier way?
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It should work.
If it somehow successfully allows you to view your phone in disk mode instead of MTP, then you can recover.
I use Piriform's Recuva as well but for other uses.

Recovering when I can see my internal memory as a mass memory in PC is a pice of cake With jpg every program should be fine. The question is how to do the first thing.
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It should work.
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Guessing? Or you know or anybody knows?

frytek said:
Recovering when I can see my internal memory as a mass memory in PC is a pice of cake With jpg every program should be fine. The question is how to do the first thing.
Guessing? Or you know or anybody knows?
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MTP =/= Disk mode. You will have to mount your internal storage AS IF you were plugging the chip directly into the computer. Basically a way in which it allows you to format the drive, is the true disk mode. This is entirely different from just plugging in your phone to the computer as this is MTP mode.
If you can get to this stage, then you should be able to. That is what the S3 guide is all about. This is theoretical and an educated guess, if the only thread is the S3 guide then your best bet is from those experiences.
EDIT: Since you have SG Usb Enabler, then try Piriform's Recuva on it.

I know this. I know all of this, I just dont know how to force to have internal storage as a mass storage visible.. I will try later with this solution for S3..
SG Usb Enabler helps only with extrenal SD card.

hmmm any ideas how to do it?

Recovering files from local memory

Hi All,
I have an S5 SM-G900P w/6.0.1
I keep my photos on my SDCard. Recently after taking some lengthy vids, I ran out of space and it shifted over to local storage.
I backed up both external and internal DCIM/camera folders to my local machine. Then copied that backup to another backup drive.
I normally parse through the pics to make sure everything is ok before I delete the stuff from my phone, but this last batch was too big to do that, so I only skimmed through.
After thinking the copies were successful, I went ahead and deleted the pictures from my phone. I deleted via Windows 10 while looking at the folders via usb connection.
Shortly after I discovered that any of the files that were on internal storage (and some on the SD Card) were corrupted during the transfer. Their file size was inflated to approx 5.2GB each (normally around 1500KB).
I was able to quickly recover any of the corrupted files on the SD card using Piriform's Recuva. (maker of cCleaner). I mounted the SDcard directly to the PC and didn't use the phone.
However, Recuva won't browse the phones internal storage when connected via USB. Their FAQ says it can only browse and recover from physically attached drives. (no mapped drives, which I tried by using a webserv)
I tried several recovery apps on my phone itself. Disk Digger, Dumpster, etc. They didn't find anything.
AFAIK, I can't mount the internal storage on the phone as a physical drive like we used to be able to do on older phones.
At this point, I'm not sure what else I can do. It's been a day now, so the phone might have already written over the space anyway. But I'm curious if there isn't any other ways to recover those files. I hate losing pics of my kids.

jasonallen19 said:
Hi All,
I have an S5 SM-G900P w/6.0.1
I keep my photos on my SDCard. Recently after taking some lengthy vids, I ran out of space and it shifted over to local storage.
I was able to quickly recover any of the corrupted files on the SD card using Piriform's Recuva. (maker of cCleaner). I mounted the SDcard directly to the PC and didn't use the phone.
AFAIK, I can't mount the internal storage on the phone as a physical drive like we used to be able to do on older phones.
At this point, I'm not sure what else I can do. It's been a day now, so the phone might have already written over the space anyway. But I'm curious if there isn't any other ways to recover those files. I hate losing pics of my kids.
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Can I assume, seeing that you used "Recuva" that you are running Microsoft on your PC???
If that be the case.... will take a little time , and a good size USB Stick. and hopefully, you have a port left for USB3.0 for the S5..
That said, you could set up Ubuntu on a USB Stick (making sure when doing so, you use the whole card, so changes can be made)
Then making sure your PC can boot from a USB Stick, Power that down, Restart PC, Booting into Ubuntu. then plug in phone. Mount the it, and you should be able to find everything you are missing. (that said, I do hope you were using the Stock Camera App, and mot something else.... if so, the files, might be bad from the start, I hope this is not the case).
hope this may help you