Accidentally deleted pictures from my unrooted Google Nexus 6p. Tried Dr Fone Wondershare but the 'one click root' function doesn't work (emailed them and they confirm that this device is not fully supported currently).
Is there any way I can currently recover my pics without rooting? If I do root will this overwrite the data making any data recovery impossible? Any help or advice would be gratefully appreciated as this happened a week ago and the more I use my phone the more likely it is that the data will be permanently overwritten making any future recovery extremely unlikely.
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Hello everyone I have a problem which requires some help.
My parents accidentally did a factory reset and lost all her contacts and phonebook, so I am trying to recover it. I tried to use Tenorshare android recovery but found out it won't work without root so I have a few questions regarding that.
I found a guide on how to root here without the knox counter going up and voiding the warranty.
http: androidxda.net/how-to-root-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505-on-android-5-0-1-lollipop-without-tripping-knox
and these are my details and also I am on 5.01 GTI9505 Galaxy Samsung 4
AP: I9505XXUH0B8
CP: I9505XXUH0B8
CSC: I9505VFRHOC1
Firstly regarding the bootloader can I use this bootloader
I9505XXUHOB7 bootloader
md5:1e02a99ed0a26a9acf5b12bdb1778c18
Since my CP and AP is I9505XXUH0B8 and the bootloader is I9505XXUHOB7, the last digit is one less and does not match so I would like to confirm if it will work.
My final question is since the storage is similar to a PC in that if something gets deleted and as long as that part of the sector is not overwritten, there is a high chance of recovery I am trying to limit over writing the storage as much as possible.
So I would like to ask can I skip parts of the guide
http: androidxda.net/how-to-root-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505-on-android-5-0-1-lollipop-without-tripping-knox
For example skipping steps 1 to 9 as I am already on 5.01 offical firmware and all those steps seem to do is reinstall 5.01 or is the enable everRoot setting essential to rooting the device.
I mean if I have to put 2.6 + gigs of data on the device then there is a high chance that the data will be overwritten.
Oh one more thing I would like to ask is can I root using an external SDCARD.
Alternatively would it be better to downgrade to 4.4.2 firmware then root?
Or is it too late and the chances of recovery is slim in which case there is no point to losing the warranty as well.
I would like to know what my options are.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this thread and for any assistance you can provide.
Kind Regards
Changing the bootloader will trip knox.
Downgrading the bootloader will trip knox.
I don't think stuff can be recovered from the internal storage due to something called trimming. I don't know exactly what it does, but somebody had a similar issue (with photos) and another user mentioned they couldn't be recovered with such "deleted files recovery software" due to that "trimming" thing.
Anyway, if there was a registered google account on the phone, chances are that there is a backup on the account. Google syncs the data automatically (if not disabled), meaning it backs up your numbers to your/their gmail.
As of Android 4.3 Google enabled Trim. Data recovery is impossible. So it's gone.
Thank you for the quick response, GDReaper and Lennyz1988. I tried restoring from google but it doesn't work, the account itself while checking online is entirely empty, nothing in the contacts folder. I think either all the numbers were linked with whatapps or either they were saved to the phone directly.
Anyway now I know that data recovery is impossible I will stop looking into rooting the phone.
Once again thanks
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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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.
Dear esteemed experts,
I’m hoping you can assist in my hour of need: My partner has a stock unrooted European G900F S5, which unfortunately had a massive software glitch causing it to crash on start up. Long story short we managed to get to the factory reset options and do a full reset, which cured the problem, however my partner’s data has now been lost.
She regularly backed up and had all the autobackups enabled so contacts, sms, mms, pics, videos, settings, etc were all restored with relative ease, but it appears the most valuable thing to her, her WhatsApp conversation backups were stored by Whatsapp on the internal memory rather than the SD card (brilliant piece of software design going on there) so they are gone. Smart Switch restored all of the other WhatsApp data on the internal memory as part of its “data” backup but not the backup files…
I’d like to run a data recovery program to see if they can be recovered, but am hitting dead ends at every turn: none of the specialist android recovery programs (such as dr fone) appear to work on a lollipop S5 unless it is rooted; none of the usual PC recovery suites can work on MTP or PTP modes and a mass storage connection is no longer possible (at least without root); and the only way to permanently root is to downgrade the stock rom (which will likely overwrite the data I am trying to recover) and use something like towel root on KitKat. In any event, she’s very happy with an unrooted phone with OTA updates and so wouldn’t wish to end up with a rooted phone anyway, so I’d have no real interest in a custom bootloader install, etc: I just want temporary access for dr fone!
To that end, I wondered if there was by any chance a crafty way of obtaining a temporary root in lollipop (a re-root after restart is absolutely fine by me) just so I can run a recovery program and see if we get any luck? If it came to it I think she’d be prepared to sacrifice a knox trip if she got her conversations back….
Apologies if this has been asked before, but I could only fish out advice on permanent rooting for s5 in my searches (both here and on google).
Many thanks for your assistance!
Dav
No way to root lollipop without tripping KNOX if you are not willing to downgrade to KitKat first, which would defeat the object as you could root with towelroot then anyway
Only way to root Lollipop is to flash CF Auto Root with ODIN, which WILL trip KNOX, and it is permanent unless you choose to unroot / flash stock again
This is the file you need to flash with ODIN (Extract and add it to the AP or PDA section of ODIN with the phone in download mode)
http://download.chainfire.eu/397/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.zip
PS: Questions go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help
Hi Guys,
Can anyone tell me if it's possible to recover some text messages on my S5? I tried to root the phone a bunch of times unsuccessfully before finding out that Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 can't be rooted. I tried a couple of recovery software options (i.e. Mobikin Dr) but none of them work effectively as the phone hasn't been rooted. I know that I can bump down to Lollipop and then root and try to recover them but I am worried that would further eradicate chances of getting the texts recovered as I'd have to wipe the phone to reinstall Lollipop.
Can anyone in the know please advise what my best options are?
Thank you
they are stored in the /data partition. you will need a special no-wipe odin package to downgrade to lollipop, and root then take off the files. The problem: I think that MIGHT put you in a bootloop without factory resetting - which would wipe your SMS messages.
Maybe this app could be of some importance?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&hl=en
spitshaw said:
Hi Guys,
Can anyone tell me if it's possible to recover some text messages on my S5? I tried to root the phone a bunch of times unsuccessfully before finding out that Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 can't be rooted. I tried a couple of recovery software options (i.e. Mobikin Dr) but none of them work effectively as the phone hasn't been rooted. I know that I can bump down to Lollipop and then root and try to recover them but I am worried that would further eradicate chances of getting the texts recovered as I'd have to wipe the phone to reinstall Lollipop.
Can anyone in the know please advise what my best options are?
Thank you
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Verizion message + it will restore the last 90 days .
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they are stored in the /data partition. you will need a special no-wipe odin package to downgrade to lollipop, and root then take off the files. The problem: I think that MIGHT put you in a bootloop without factory resetting - which would wipe your SMS messages.
Maybe this app could be of some importance?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&hl=en
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That's an app for making and restoring messages. What he needs is a recovery app or program. I've used Disk Digger and it has done great....even after I've "wiped" my system, it dug deep and got what I needed....
Hi all,
My grandma recently passed away and her phone contains precious memories of her and our family. I found out that she accidentally deleted her entire gallery without realizing it before passing away and there doesn't seem to be a straightforward to try and recover lost data without rooting her phone.
I researched how to root an S8 but so far have not found a straightforward way to root the phone without potentially bricking the device. Would appreciate it if there is a way to safely root the device to help recover her photos?
Thanks for reading
As far as I know, there are some apps on the playstore that can recover photos without root (I've used DiskDigger and worked out OK). If you root, I think formating the device is inevitable and will probably just make the problem worse.