i currently have lg g6 h873, i want to buy lg v30, so i have many videos and images locked in gallery, some of which are either in sd card and some in internal storage, but locked. so if i use lg mobile switch facility, and copying all the data to sd card. when i put my sd card in new lg v30, and restore, will i get my locked files images etc in that locked content? and will there be a need to set password for content lock? or everything would be same as it was in old lg g6?.
.....i dont want to unlock all and make backup and then lock in new phone........
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My Galaxy S4 screen cracked and I can't see or touch anything. I connected my phone to the PC and downloaded latest Kies to backup EVEYTHING. But Kies asked me to ##UNLOCK THE PHONE##. I found away, one of samsung websites to unlock the phone remotely.
Once the website unlocked my phone, Kies detected and backed up everything ##EXCEPT THE SD CARD SINCE IT IS ENCRYPTED##
After I replaced the screen I put the SD Card in the phone since it contains my wifes and families photos and videos. After I turn the phone I could see the files on my SD CARD but the files ##CAN'T BE OPENED##. I went to the security to remove the encryption but I found a strange thing whcih is the phone asks me if I should ENCRYPT THE SD CARD <NOT DECRYPT>.
Please help me . I want to see all my family photos and videos and other songs.
Dear friends,
My family just came back from a trip to California. And I did a stupid thing that cost all the photos I took with my Samsung note 3. After I took a lot of photos, I want to transfer the photos from internal storage to the external micro SD card, which I've been using for more than 3 years. But the problem is, I did an system update pushed by AT&T to android 4.4.4(KitKat) a while ago. And I didn't know it prevent to write to the ext SD card. The app I used to transfer photos to ext SD card is, MyFiles, a stock app comes with the Samsung phone. The nightmare starts, the app, MyFiles, didn't give out any error/warning message, just pretend the "move" operation was done successfully and erase all the photos from the source, internal storage (DCIM/Camera). I've been working with a data recovery shop in San Francisco, but no luck. I'm wondering if I can find any help here. Any idea that might bring back the photos?
And also, in this case, is AT&T or Samsung or even Google responsible for my loss? Thank you in advance!
Best regards,
Joe
For future reference, there are SDFix apps on playstore to fix the 4.4.x problem with extSDCards.
I'd remove the card and use a adapter to insert into a PC or laptop and then run Recovery software from either Linux or Windows to see what you can get back. They will be .jpg files and most undelete programs will let you put in a mask to find only those files.
With any luck, Android simply deleted them and has NOT written over the space on the card - most OS's will leave recently deleted file space until after other free space has been written to, so the sooner the better.
Good luck.
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
TheFixItMan said:
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 have been searching high and low for hours and cannot find anything related to my situation.
I am replacing my V20. The SD card is encrypted. I attempted to decrypt it on the V20 but it would hang at 1%. Sat there for several hours. I read one post that said I needed to disable screen lock and reboot the phone. I disabled screen lock, did NOT reboot, tried to decrypt gain, sat over night, didn't go past 1%. Rebooted phone, now I no longer have the option to decrypt the SD Card. I reenabled lock screen with same password and still no option to decrypt. I tried using Cryptonite to decrypt it, I get to a point it asks for a password, but then gives me an error stating there was a problem with file permissions or the password. The V20 is not rooted. Hesitant to root it and risk losing all of the encryption keys. Closest thing to a solution I have been able to find is to copy the files to a PC, format the sd card, encrypt it, copy the files back, then decrypt. This seems quite hoakie to me.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
The long way of transferring data to and from computer seems to be the only option
Still_living714 said:
The long way of transferring data to and from computer seems to be the only option
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The problem is, the data is still encrypted and unreadable to the phone or computer. If I copy the encrypted files to the PC, format the SD card, encrypt it, then copy the files back, won't the phone double encrypt the files? Or will the phone recognize they are already encrypted and "unlock" them?
If I go this route as a test, will DD in Linux make a sufficient enough bit for bit copy of the SD card to restore it as if nothing happened? Is there a Windows alternative that would work just as well?
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The problem is, the data is still encrypted and unreadable to the phone or computer. If I copy the encrypted files to the PC, format the SD card, encrypt it, then copy the files back, won't the phone double encrypt the files? Or will the phone recognize they are already encrypted and "unlock" them?
If I go this route as a test, will DD in Linux make a sufficient enough bit for bit copy of the SD card to restore it as if nothing happened? Is there a Windows alternative that would work just as well?
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I think what Still_living714 meant was that you have to use the V20 to access the SD card and copy the data to a computer using USB or a network connection through it.
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I think what Still_living714 meant was that you have to use the V20 to access the SD card and copy the data to a computer using USB or a network connection through it.
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I understand that. But the V20 isn't even able to read the files even though they were encrypted on that device. Most of the files are not readable. So copying an unreadable, encrypted file, from the device via USB, to a PC, will still result in an unreadable encrypted file on the PC. I then format the SD Card on the V20 and reencrypt it. I then copy the still unreadable and encrypted file back to the SD Card which is in the same V20. Now the V20 is going to encrypt that file again making it double encrypted, correct? Or will the V20 recognize that it is already encrypted and give me access to the file since the lock screen password was reset back to what it was before this fiasco started?
Maybe I'm just not explaining the situation correctly.
kb0olf said:
I understand that. But the V20 isn't even able to read the files even though they were encrypted on that device. Most of the files are not readable. So copying an unreadable, encrypted file, from the device via USB, to a PC, will still result in an unreadable encrypted file on the PC. I then format the SD Card on the V20 and reencrypt it. I then copy the still unreadable and encrypted file back to the SD Card which is in the same V20. Now the V20 is going to encrypt that file again making it double encrypted, correct? Or will the V20 recognize that it is already encrypted and give me access to the file since the lock screen password was reset back to what it was before this fiasco started?
Maybe I'm just not explaining the situation correctly.
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Umm, that's not how the encryption on an external SD card works on android.
If the OS fails to decrypt the card, the whole thing is inaccessible. Android encryption is not a "per file" encryption.
Forget all of the double encryption nonsense. No file is ever double encrypted you simply copied encrypted files from the SD Card to new device/pc, and copied them back to a formatted and re-encrypted SD Card in hopes you can decrypt them. Thus, is there a way to decrypt it (period)? That's the real question!!!!
So, can someone answer the real question. Especially, I'm having the same problem after upgrading to a S10+ from a S8+ that I traded in. So, now I can't read nor access 14.3 GBs out of 16 GB SD Card; which is unacceptable.
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