The phone is fully working and connected on the Internet with the google account and everything, but who set the pattern to unlock the screen also forgot it
Apparently Google remove the option to set a temporary password using the Android Device Manager to unlock the device and the USB debugging is disable on the phone (so I guess no abd).... any ideas on how to recover the photos stored on the internal memory?
First of all, we need to know if it is yours. There are thiefs that steal phones and try to access personal data for their pleasure.
Hisuite for photos.
Johnny TDN said:
First of all, we need to know if it is yours. There are thiefs that steal phones and try to access personal data for their pleasure.
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I'm actually trying to help the owner of the phone, no thief involved here
Since the google account is setup and the device has also internet connection, I was thinking about installing an app remotely from the play store website... but which one? I need one that installs, spawns a service and automatically exposes the content of the internal storage without touching it (wifi, ftp, ...). Any ideas?
I remember that recovery factor reset didn't remove the internal storage (in my case)
Johnny TDN said:
I remember that recovery factor reset didn't remove the internal storage (in my case)
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The official Huawei customer support answered saying that for android >5.1.1 the procedure is to take a backup and disconnect the account before firing the "Wipe Data Factory Reset" from the recovery, if not all the user's data will be lost.
mrfree2ita said:
The official Huawei customer support answered saying that for android >5.1.1 the procedure is to take a backup and disconnect the account before firing the "Wipe Data Factory Reset" from the recovery, if not all the user's data will be lost.
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Then the last method is this :
If you still have the warranty, make sure it has the same IMEI as the one written on the warranty (you can check what imei you have by removing the sim tray and look at the IMEI written on it), then go to HUAWEI and tell them that you forgotten your password and you need your files. They will ask you for the warranty and some security questions.(maybe, idk)
If you don't have warranty, then sorry, you are screwed.
mrfree2ita said:
The phone is fully working and connected on the Internet with the google account and everything, but who set the pattern to unlock the screen also forgot it
Apparently Google remove the option to set a temporary password using the Android Device Manager to unlock the device and the USB debugging is disable on the phone (so I guess no abd).... any ideas on how to recover the photos stored on the internal memory?
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Does the device have a stock or custom recovery installed? In the case of a custom one, you don't need to enable USB debugging in the actual system; you can just boot into the recovery and go to town with ADB.
In the case of a stock ROM, try installing fastboot and ADB drivers, and booting into fastboot mode. I can't remember the exact key combination, but once you're booted into fastboot and connected to your PC via USB you should be able to flash TWRP or CWM without enabling debugging, I think. Guides to do this can be googled. Make sure to use the right .img for your phone though, or you'll brick it.
Once that's done and you're able to boot into a custom recovery, do so, connect to your PC via USB, fire up ADB, and use one of the following commands:
su
adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
.quit
or
su
adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
The first of these will nullify the order in which the pattern or PIN is supposed to be inserted, meaning you can do whatever and unlock the phone. The second removes the PIN or pattern entirely.
Let me know how this went, and if you need any help, feel free to reply here or PM me. I'll get back at you as soon as I can.
mrfree2ita said:
The phone is fully working and connected on the Internet with the google account and everything, but who set the pattern to unlock the screen also forgot it
Apparently Google remove the option to set a temporary password using the Android Device Manager to unlock the device and the USB debugging is disable on the phone (so I guess no abd).... any ideas on how to recover the photos stored on the internal memory?
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Easy..But I won't help you cause I don't know if it's your phone or not sorry
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So it hit me the other day when i was copying files onto my phone with qtadb(stuck with mtp in cm9) that even if a pin on password is set on the phone i can copy/erase anything from the phone, worse if its rooted, if its connected to a computer. Doesn't this kind of defeat the purpose of the pin/password?
If it even possible to disable just the data +/- pins if the phone is locked with a pin/password, and re-enable them once its unlocked?
peachpuff said:
So it hit me the other day when i was copying files onto my phone with qtadb(stuck with mtp in cm9) that even if a pin on password is set on the phone i can copy/erase anything from the phone, worse if its rooted, if its connected to a computer. Doesn't this kind of defeat the purpose of the pin/password?
If it even possible to disable just the data +/- pins if the phone is locked with a pin/password, and re-enable them once its unlocked?
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That's possibly do-able.
If you edited the sources you could probably disable adb on lockscreen... But if you close all the holes, and something goes wrong, you are stuffed
Remember recovery is always the best way "in" to the device It has root access anyway, and it's unprotected.
i am not an expert or anything.. but to my understanding.. if u dont enable usb debugging and u have lock screen.. u CANT directly modify the data in phone without opening the lock screen first.. i just tested it now.. even if i try to go to usb mass storage mode, im required to open the lock screen and press connect mass storage...
unless u go into download mode and adb but that also require usb debugging to be enable
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Remember recovery is always the best way "in" to the device It has root access anyway, and it's unprotected.
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Ya i guess if someone knowledgeable enough wants to get into your phone they'll just use recovery. Is protecting recovery possible?
warrez said:
i am not an expert or anything.. but to my understanding.. if u dont enable usb debugging and u have lock screen.. u CANT directly modify the data in phone without opening the lock screen first.. i just tested it now.. even if i try to go to usb mass storage mode, im required to open the lock screen and press connect mass storage...
unless u go into download mode and adb but that also require usb debugging to be enable
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Quite right, disabling usb debugging won't allow you to adb into the phone. Tasker allows you to run commands if the display is off and unlocked, anyone know the command to enable/disable usb debugging?
i dont know about the tasker's command.. but if u have lock screen and disabled usb debugging.. it should be quite safe so its not useless
There is a reason you get this shiney warning dialog when enabling USB-Debugging.
Ever bothered to actually read it?
peachpuff said:
Ya i guess if someone knowledgeable enough wants to get into your phone they'll just use recovery. Is protecting recovery possible?
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Encrypt the phone?
Think encrypted phone cannot be accessed through recovery
KeePassDroid.....
Best way is to use 3rd party applicayions - KeePassDroid is free and very good, you can set very secure passwords and it has a desktop application too
I use it to store usernames/pwds and by all accounts its pretty secure, it also supports different encryption types on the database
Security
If your phone is stolen better to use some app from market that you can control remotelly and ERASE COMPLETELY the phone...
Meanwhile, encryption could be enough.
And both together maybe is the best.
I noticed flashing roms (checkrom) that i would still have a lock screen but any way i connected the dots it would unlock.
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Encrypt the phone?
Think encrypted phone cannot be accessed through recovery
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This is correct.
Using encryption with a proper password (not PIN/Pattern) you need to enter the password in recovery as well.
So even with adb root access in recovery, it's impossible to access the data without the password.
Kingybear said:
I noticed flashing roms (checkrom) that i would still have a lock screen but any way i connected the dots it would unlock.
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That's because the flag in EFS for the pattern lock is still set, but no actual pattern is set in the system's data.
So, imstead of never letting you "in" anymore due to no correct pattern it just always unlocks.
I forgot the pattern of my lockscreen, tried too many times and cannot unlock with google account.
Unfortunately wifi, data and developer mode is turned off.
Was able to locate and extract gesture.key but how can I remove it from data.ext4?
SD-ROM is containing all my phone numbers, messeges etc.
Please help, thank you in advance.
experto1 said:
I forgot the pattern of my lockscreen, tried too many times and cannot unlock with google account.
Unfortunately wifi, data and developer mode is turned off.
Was able to locate and extract gesture.key but how can I remove it from data.ext4?
SD-ROM is containing all my phone numbers, messeges etc.
Please help, thank you in advance.
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How have you found and extracted gesture.key?
To remove something from data.ext4 you could mount the file in Ubuntu/Linux which will grant you access to the files.
Code:
[CENTER]sudo mount -o loop data.ext4 ~/Desktop/data
then edit it and unmount it
umount data.ext4[/CENTER]
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How have you found and extracted gesture.key?
To remove something from data.ext4 you could mount the file in Ubuntu/Linux which will grant you access to the files.
Code:
[CENTER]sudo mount -o loop data.ext4 ~/Desktop/data
then edit it and unmount it
umount data.ext4[/CENTER]
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thanx a lot HypoTurtle! It worked for me but removing gesture.key did´nt remove the protection. I still have googlemail unlock screen.
Any idea?
experto1 said:
thanx a lot HypoTurtle! It worked for me but removing gesture.key did´nt remove the protection. I still have googlemail unlock screen.
Any idea?
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Had a quick look and if you aren't given the option to reset it, after ~5 failed attempts you could try downloading lock screen bypass from the market to see if that works, I'll attach a copy of the apk if you cant get it.
Just tried it and its 5 failed attempts for me, then the offer to reset.
unfortunately this did not work for me. think it is locked at a different point.
I will give the sql method a try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485988
Anyway I hit the thanks button
problem solved:
after trying sql method and restart it was showing missed calls, could enable data connection and unlock it with my googlemail account.
experto1 said:
problem solved:
after trying sql method and restart it was showing missed calls, could enable data connection and unlock it with my googlemail account.
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I'm glad that you could solve it and unlock your phone, but I am curious, why it didn't let you unlock using Gmail without data.
Sometimes, I unlock the phone using gmail and pass EVEN with airplane mode on and no WiFi. Isn't it supposed to check with your already registered gmail account? thus no need for an internet connection?
Anywa, enjoy your phone.
experto1 said:
problem solved:
after trying sql method and restart it was showing missed calls, could enable data connection and unlock it with my googlemail account.
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Glad you got round it, I didn't mention anything adb wise as I though you said debugging was turned of, at least you've learned something. And being able to edit the data.ext4 on a desktop has it's benefits.
Marvlesz said:
I'm glad that you could solve it and unlock your phone, but I am curious, why it didn't let you unlock using Gmail without data.
Sometimes, I unlock the phone using gmail and pass EVEN with airplane mode on and no WiFi. Isn't it supposed to check with your already registered gmail account? thus no need for an internet connection?
Anywa, enjoy your phone.
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Yes Marvlesz, was also strange to me. Tried the same with my ICS Pad without any connection while I read somewhere that even wifi should not work only when the device is connected to USB!? Maybe it depends on the version? My phone was on ICS 4.0.3 (IceCreamTosti_v0.10_AOKP_M4) with Tyatung Kernel 2.6.32.
Now after all my installation got broke but I can access my stuff, finally save it and reinstall newer version while I have a good reason now to do that
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Glad you got round it, I didn't mention anything adb wise as I though you said debugging was turned of, at least you've learned something. And being able to edit the data.ext4 on a desktop has it's benefits.
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Yes HypoTurtle, debugging was off and I did´nt use adb. With your kind help I mounted data.ext4 and changed settings.db in linux.
Hi everyone,
A friend of mine got a second-hand tablet Samsung 500t from one of her relatives.
She set her password, but she forgot it after a while. She asked me to help her to sort the problem out but I don't know windows RT and I don't know exactly what to do. In addition, we don't have any cd or user's manual. I tried to reset and I launched the procedure which always ended up with this message:
"Insert your windows installation or recovery media to continue".
I don't know what to do now, and, unfortunately, she hasn't got any back up.
Can anyone help me? Thank you.
Is she using a local account or a Microsoft account? If the latter, you can just reset your password the same way you would if you forgot, say, your Hotmail password. Go to https://login.live.com and follow the "forgot password" steps.
If it's a local account, that's more awkward. There are various steps (short of a full wipe) that you can do, but if you don't know the Admin password then most of the non-wipe options require things like Linux liveCD (or live flashdrive) images and forcibly resetting the password.
GoodDayToDie said:
Is she using a local account or a Microsoft account? If the latter, you can just reset your password the same way you would if you forgot, say, your Hotmail password. Go to login.live and follow the "forgot password" steps.
If it's a local account, that's more awkward. There are various steps (short of a full wipe) that you can do, but if you don't know the Admin password then most of the non-wipe options require things like Linux liveCD (or live flashdrive) images and forcibly resetting the password.
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She is using a local account. We asked her relative, the former owner, about a Microsoft account, but he didn't know and remember anything about that.
Can you explain me more about using a Distro Linux to reset the password on the tablet?
I used a linux live many times, and I can manage it for easy tasks, but I have never used it to reset or to recover a password on a Window OS.
Thank you, Bob.
If you boot a Linux live image - probably off a flashdrive, unless you have a handy USB optical drive - it can mount the internal NTFS file system and find Security Account Manager (SAM). There are tools that will modify a SAM file to overwrite the password for a user. It's also possible for some tools to brute-force the password, though this can take a long time, or to look it up in a "rainbow table" of pre-computed password hashes (won't work for really complex passwords, though). Forcibly resetting the password will cause you to lose any data encrypted with it, which may include things like passwords the OS was storing for you.
Some stuff that can be used to try and recover passwords (or reset them): http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-password-recovery.html
There's a bunch of others out there too. Here's another link: http://www.mydigitallife.info/reset...trator-or-user-password-with-chntpw-in-linux/
GoodDayToDie said:
If you boot a Linux live image - probably off a flashdrive, unless you have a handy USB optical drive - it can mount the internal NTFS file system and find Security Account Manager (SAM). There are tools that will modify a SAM file to overwrite the password for a user. It's also possible for some tools to brute-force the password, though this can take a long time, or to look it up in a "rainbow table" of pre-computed password hashes (won't work for really complex passwords, though). Forcibly resetting the password will cause you to lose any data encrypted with it, which may include things like passwords the OS was storing for you.
Some stuff that can be used to try and recover passwords (or reset them):smallvoid
There's a bunch of others out there too. Here's another link: mydigitallife.info/reset-and-change-windows-nt2000-administrator-or-user-password-
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Can I simply delete the SAM file? I don't think she cares to lose any data so much.
Ok. I was wondering how I can run the usb drive on a windows rt tablet. Is there a "boot device option" like on an ordinary pc/notebook?
Thanks again?:
PS: By the way, where can I find an image of Window 8 rt if I want to totally reset the tablet and install a clear OS?
Aw crap, I can't believe this but I forgot you were talking about an RT device. Forget everything I just said; Secure Boot won't allow it to run a Linux image even if you had an ARM-based one.
Deleting the entire SAM will render the device unbootable. It's not just user account logon details stored there; every account (including the various system ones) are there. On the other hand, if you can extract the SAM somehow, another computer will be able to edit it just fine even though it comes from RT; it's a registry hive and is architecture-independent.
Total reset is probably the easiest option, if she doesn't mind the risk of losing data. It requires a device-specific image though; there should be one (recovery partition) on the tablet, but if that was removed you'll need to find one for download or get Samsung to handle it for you. The Surface RT / 2 images are available here on XDA but I don't know about any of the Samsung tablets.
Go look on the support website (or call support) for instructions on performing a factory reset of the tablet under normal circumstances. That will work if the recovery partition wasn't removed.
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Aw crap, I can't believe this but I forgot you were talking about an RT device. Forget everything I just said; Secure Boot won't allow it to run a Linux image even if you had an ARM-based one.
Deleting the entire SAM will render the device unbootable. It's not just user account logon details stored there; every account (including the various system ones) are there. On the other hand, if you can extract the SAM somehow, another computer will be able to edit it just fine even though it comes from RT; it's a registry hive and is architecture-independent.
Total reset is probably the easiest option, if she doesn't mind the risk of losing data. It requires a device-specific image though; there should be one (recovery partition) on the tablet, but if that was removed you'll need to find one for download or get Samsung to handle it for you. The Surface RT / 2 images are available here on XDA but I don't know about any of the Samsung tablets.
Go look on the support website (or call support) for instructions on performing a factory reset of the tablet under normal circumstances. That will work if the recovery partition wasn't removed.
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Ok, I understood.
Can I somehow install a Window 8.1 pro x86 on this device? It has got an Intel Atom processor, after all.
I need drivers, though.
Thanks again.
Now you say it's a x86 device while earlier it was ARM (Windows RT). Make up your mind, it can't be both!
Amax said:
Now you say it's a x86 device while earlier it was ARM (Windows RT). Make up your mind, it can't be both!
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...hmm actually I'm not sure. The tablet is not mine. I thought it had a Windows Rt OS. But since you say that it can't be an x86 device with an RT OS at same time...I need to find out what it really is. Thanks.
OK
I've finally found out what the OS is?
It's window 8 32bit.
The complete name of the tablet is:
samsung ativ smart xe500t1c-a01it
More, I have it at my home now.
Can we continue the topic?
Thanks
Then the methods GoodDayToDie mentioned in post #4 should work
ok
I fixed it by using Lazesoft recovery.
Thanks
Loss Password? All is not loss, even with the fact you can not boot from a USB stick drive with a password reset tool on it. The answer is actually quite simple with local access to the device Windows 8 is installed on. As long as you can get into recovery by using the "hold volume up" and pushing "Power" button method. You then simply picked Advance Recovery Options till you see Command Prompt in the menu and here's the link that'll take you the rest of the way below. What this does is replace Access Tools (for blind, etc) in Login Screen (lower left corner) with a Command Prompt window. Since it's in with the Root C drive, it makes it quite simple to merely change the password right there and be able to use it to log in immediately.
Thought your computer was safe from hackers locally? Think again (can only be run locally though, not remotely), but if you didn't have this option none of the free or pay4 password reset tools would work either. This is what they are actually doing and then they remove the Command Prompt window when done. Just like you will after using this very simple method. Or you need to use Windows Password Key to reset Samsung password.
Hi everyone
It's been a year and as per usual I've smashed the screen on my Nexus 6P.
Have arranged for a repair via the manufacturer, who have advised me they will factory restore the phone when repairing, thereby wiping all data.
I need to recover the data (namely pictures and video), not backed up to Google Drive etc etc, phone is locked via pin/ fingerprint, and won't show up on my PC as removable storage.
Is there anything else I can try?
Many thanks in advance for your help, and apologies if there is a pre-existing thread already on XDA.
Foi0029 said:
Hi everyone
It's been a year and as per usual I've smashed the screen on my Nexus 6P.
Have arranged for a repair via the manufacturer, who have advised me they will factory restore the phone when repairing, thereby wiping all data.
I need to recover the data (namely pictures and video), not backed up to Google Drive etc etc, phone is locked via pin/ fingerprint, and won't show up on my PC as removable storage.
Is there anything else I can try?
Many thanks in advance for your help, and apologies if there is a pre-existing thread already on XDA.
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I am unsure if USB-Debugging is enabled.
Okay, if the phone is on and you can use the fingerprint scanner to unlock it, plug it into the PC. Use ADB to see if the device is recognized. Use the command 'adb devices'.
If that works, just use ADB to pull your files.
So say you wanted to pull your pictures that you took from the phone and save them to your Pictures folder on PC, the code would be;
adb pull /storage/emulated/0/DCIM c:/Users/(YourUsernameHere)/Pictures
You can save it to any location on the PC you'd like, just change the path above.
If you just want to save everything you could use;
adb pull /storage/emulated/0 c:/(PathYouWantTheFilesSavedTo)
I'll look around and see if there's anything to be done without ADB enabled, or a way to get it enabled.
I'd say if it's not enabled and you can verify touch still works, if you can find someone with another 6P, you could unlock yours via fingerprint and then use the other one to find your way to developer settings to enable it on yours. If touch doesn't work, I'm honestly not sure if there's a way to get it turned on. I'll look around or if anyone else has any ideas then we might be able to get you set up.
Use this to set up ADB properly on PC if you haven't already;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928/page576
RoyJ said:
Okay, if the phone is on and you can use the fingerprint scanner to unlock it, plug it into the PC. Use ADB to see if the device is recognized. Use the command 'adb devices'.
If that works, just use ADB to pull your files.
So say you wanted to pull your pictures that you took from the phone and save them to your Pictures folder on PC, the code would be;
adb pull /storage/emulated/0/DCIM c:/Users/(YourUsernameHere)/Pictures
You can save it to any location on the PC you'd like, just change the path above.
If you just want to save everything you could use;
adb pull /storage/emulated/0 c:/(PathYouWantTheFilesSavedTo)
I'll look around and see if there's anything to be done without ADB enabled, or a way to get it enabled.
I'd say if it's not enabled and you can verify touch still works, if you can find someone with another 6P, you could unlock yours via fingerprint and then use the other one to find your way to developer settings to enable it on yours. If touch doesn't work, I'm honestly not sure if there's a way to get it turned on. I'll look around or if anyone else has any ideas then we might be able to get you set up.
Use this to set up ADB properly on PC if you haven't already;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928/page576
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Thank you so much for your input. I'll try the above and hopefully it works.
Foi0029 said:
Thank you so much for your input. I'll try the above and hopefully it works.
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If the phone has been turned off, this will not work.
You will need to enter the PIN.
If your device have a custom recovery installed aka TWRP you can pull your data from there, just power on your device pressing power button + volume up button, connect it to your PC and you'll see your data like a pen drive (MTP actually)
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DorianX said:
If your device have a custom recovery installed aka TWRP you can pull your data from there, just power on your device pressing power button + volume up button, connect it to your PC and you'll see your data like a pen drive (MTP actually)
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Not unless he can enter his password. Try it out yourself.
Every time I enter to recovery mode never ask me for a password...
DorianX said:
Every time I enter to recovery mode never ask me for a password...
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Then your device is not encrypted or you don't have a lock screen set up.
There is no way to extract your data from a smashed screen phone, maybe you can go to some repair shop and ask the staff to replace the screen without factory reset.
When I plugin my Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime and then select recovery module and it show as connected and then I select android data recovery option and then select recover documents only and then click next. Then it show and detected device model, downloading package and it went like that till 99% uncertain if it hit 100% or not and then it caused my device to reboot and after it reboot now it is asking for a password to start up device but I tried device screen password, google account password and samsung account password but all didnt work. Thus it shows have 7 attempts left before factory reset itself.
The boot up looks a bit different from normal too, unsure if it is coming through a different type of boot and if there is a way to reverse to how it was earlier?
In recovery mode it shows in recovery log pid 2064 ran. where first line filesystem table code was;
0/ efs ext4/ dev/block/platform/1354000.dwmmc0/by-name/EFS(/dev/block/mmcblk0p3) 0
and in following
#ls /cache/recovery
ksmg
-rw------root root 8190724 2022-04-02 11:19 last_ode_dumpstate_err_check_password.log
From what I could see further in log it seems like maybe dr fone tried to root phone since I see files seem to have been overwritten probably as same file name shown where earlier recorded in time stamp as either 2017 or 2008 and underneath that dst is run with today tim stamp.
What would be method to solve to get back to normal working state without any data loss?
It seems when check via dr fone transfer showing as mem capacity 2797mb and 1362mb used whereas it should show as 32Gb, also when start up it says Enter your password to start up your device but I am certain I enter correct passwords but it is not verifying. Also in recovery mode it shows No support single sku supported api:3.
And when try backup option no files come up on scan does that mean the Dr fone recovery package that it installed wiped out the data? Or is it like in another different boot system for recovery? How to solve this problem?
Also any backup software you think could backup stuff before applying any drastic fixes
I think your phone internal storage is corrupted because of Dr. Fone and this is caused by the data encryption inside the phone and I think that it requires the encryption password, and to solve this problem, you must flash a modified recovery like TWRP or CWM and then pull all the data by making a MOUNT of the internal storage it will only works on old Android version 6.x or 7.x but you can try
My android is 6.0.1 so I think it should work, do you have any video tutorials or a thread with stepwise instructions to get twrp or cwm to backup current data and later restore?
Also any idea if use the dr fone repair device feature it might fix?
Dr.Fone only one thing do transfer WhatsApp chat between android and iOS all else features not work perfect so try another way, ask google how mount internal storage on android phones by twrp it’s easy and not need a tutorial just flash a custom recovery and don’t let device to boot enter recovery mode immediately and go to mount and press mtp or mount storage
Looks like the device name has got renamed as well best try to see if have a file explorer or manager for android so can see if files still intact? Any pc softwares that can be used to clarify without need to unlock screen since it is asking for a pass saying Enter your password to start up your device but I am certain I enter correct passwords but it is not verifying.
If the files are intact then I can try twrp or odin cf root flashing to see if can flash home version file so files possibly stay intact. Or if they are anyways not then will try factory reset via recovery mode and then will need recommendation of good software to recover data for free
Any ideas?
That app is trashware. Do Not use!
If a factory reset doesn't clear it you'll need to reflash the stock rom.
The data is lost... that's my opinion.
Always backup all critical data redundantly to at least two hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC... or you will lose data, eventually!
NEVER encrypt a data backup drive.
Do copy/paste file transfer, verify file size and folder count match. Test for readability.
NEVER clone music data bases, copy/paste only.
Do not use compression or apps like SmartSwitch to backup critical data, they can fail you miserably.
You can never have too many backup data drive. Avoid using flash memory; quality hdds have better memory retainment. Store in more than one location. Near lightning strikes can wipe them; a metal earth grounded box or safe is best.
blackhawk said:
That app is trashware. Do Not use!
If a factory reset doesn't clear it you'll need to reflash the stock rom.
The data is lost... that's my opinion.
Always backup all critical data redundantly to at least two hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC... or you will lose data, eventually!
NEVER encrypt a data backup drive.
Do copy/paste file transfer, verify file size and folder count match. Test for readability.
NEVER clone music data bases, copy/paste only.
Do not use compression or apps like SmartSwitch to backup critical data, they can fail you miserably.
You can never have too many backup data drive. Avoid using flash memory; quality hdds have better memory retainment. Store in more than one location. Near lightning strikes can wipe them; a metal earth grounded box or safe is best.
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Can you recommend a free pc software that could possibly backup device in current state? Or a free pc software that could do data recovery without need to root phone so if I do go ahead with flash and it wipes data or i do factory reset then I could try to get backup data.
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Can you recommend a free pc software that could possibly backup device in current state? Or a free pc software that could do data recovery without need to root phone so if I do go ahead with flash and it wipes data or i do factory reset then I could try to get backup data.
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Not on an unrooted phone. You can try this.
If you used Drfone it has likely already encrypted the data with their own encryption key.
Hopefully some of your data is backed up somewhere else because this is a dead horse... I believe.
I be more concerned about salvaging the phone at this point. It's a tough lesson from the U of hard knocks... don't repeat it. Sorry.