Hello,
So I managed to brick my samsung s7 edge, Not a big deal i tought. I found the stock rom and proceeded to flash using odin.
When I went to decrypt my sd card the phone wouldn't let me as it tought that I was on another device.
Is there anything I can do or did I just lose 5 years worth of photos and videos? Please help, i'm desperate.
Thanks
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but your data on the SD Card is useless. I went through the same issue years ago. Data is gone.
Sorry, man.
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So I have apparently made a huge mistake. Like most I had a rooted phone and had to flash to stock and then upgrade to then re-root. Apparently the flash actually blanked all my sdcard contents. This really sucks. I've never owned a phone with a non-removable memory card and I made a terrible assumption that it wouldn't touch it.
Is there anything I can do to recover this data? :crying:
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So my boyfriend's phone is booked in for a service with Sammy this week (media server draining battery). But it's rooted so I am concerned they will say they won't repair/replace, and I won't be there to argue for him.
I've googled and can't seem to find a straight answer as everyone says something different (or maybe I just don't like the answers I'm finding... Ha)
Is there a way to unroot the i9505 without data loss for warranty?
(it is also likely I've just completed missed something. Feel free to point me to a thread or post on here I may have missed and call me blind )
Edit: running stock rom, CF rooted
Just reflash the stock firmware with Odin. Flashing firmwares with Odin never wipes your device, unless you select the option "re-partition".
And for the media drain, does he use an external sd card? If so, then format that sd card. That generally solves media drain issues. I think media drain is never a hardware problem, so I don't know why you even would send it in.
Did you try a factory reset?
Lennyz1988 said:
Just reflash the stock firmware with Odin. Flashing firmwares with Odin never wipes your device, unless you select the option "re-partition".
And for the media drain, does he use an external sd card? If so, then format that sd card. That generally solves media drain issues. I think media drain is never a hardware problem, so I don't know why you even would send it in.
Did you try a factory reset?
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Thanks! That's what I thought re Odin, but got confused by all the other info I saw. I'll just Triangle Away and then flash via Odin like I originally thought.
And no to an external Sd card. I think he just managed to get a faulty one.
Yep, tried factory reset.
Hello guys.
I am a happy owner of a Note 4 N910F. Bought it recently and i love it.
Today, i accidentaly deleted some audio files, some rec's i had and they were stored in internal memory. I googled alot and tried some Unroot solutions (since my Note4 is unrooted) and i'm having no luck and what i find is old so i hope i can get help from you guys.
It has Marshmallow and, since it is only 4 months old, i dont want to root it (someone told me i lose warranty if i do it). Is there any way i can search for those deleted audio files without root?
Thanks
Enable USB debugging on your Note 4, connect it to your computer and try running data recovery software on it. If you haven't written any new data onto the internal memory of your Note 4. There is a chance that you can still recover the files this way.
Is anyone here knowledgeable about how to flash OTA updates without wiping out data? I've read that AT&T prevents software updates on phones that aren't using an active AT&T sim card, via the regular process. I've been doing the flashes manually and each time I need to completely reset the phone. Google backup and Samsung Smartswitch somewhat help with the process, but it's nowhere as robust as an iTunes iPhone backup. I still have to spend a good amount of time re-configuring apps.
FYI - my phone is not rooted.
TaTaTaing said:
Is anyone here knowledgeable about how to flash OTA updates without wiping out data? I've read that AT&T prevents software updates on phones that aren't using an active AT&T sim card, via the regular process. I've been doing the flashes manually and each time I need to completely reset the phone. Google backup and Samsung Smartswitch somewhat help with the process, but it's nowhere as robust as an iTunes iPhone backup. I still have to spend a good amount of time re-configuring apps.
FYI - my phone is not rooted.
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I don't believe that's possible.
muniz_ri said:
I don't believe that's possible.
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Thanks for the reply. I had a feeling this was the case but wanted to double check on here anyways.
I have an AT&T S7 Edge that I am using with a Cricket SIM card. I can't get the OTA updates, and so wasn't able to update to Android 7. But the OTA update was posted here in the S7 Edge forum. I put the file on an SD card, booted into recovery and updated from the SD card. It worked just like an OTA... kept all my data intact. I don't know what's available for the S7, but I do know that it was possible to do on my S7 Edge.
Hope that helps!
TaTaTaing said:
Is anyone here knowledgeable about how to flash OTA updates without wiping out data? I've read that AT&T prevents software updates on phones that aren't using an active AT&T sim card, via the regular process. I've been doing the flashes manually and each time I need to completely reset the phone. Google backup and Samsung Smartswitch somewhat help with the process, but it's nowhere as robust as an iTunes iPhone backup. I still have to spend a good amount of time re-configuring apps.
FYI - my phone is not rooted.
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cliemonster said:
I have an AT&T S7 Edge that I am using with a Cricket SIM card. I can't get the OTA updates, and so wasn't able to update to Android 7. But the OTA update was posted here in the S7 Edge forum. I put the file on an SD card, booted into recovery and updated from the SD card. It worked just like an OTA... kept all my data intact. I don't know what's available for the S7, but I do know that it was possible to do on my S7 Edge.
Hope that helps!
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I wonder if it's different for the Edge version. I did exactly what you did for last month's security update. Someone here posted the OTA file, I put it on a SD Card, then booted into recovery to apply it. After the reboot, everything was gone and I had to setup my phone again.
Hello everyone,
My old S10+ suddenly shut down and entered a bootloop. The last things I did were the following:
copied some data from my old to my new phone
Switched my SIM-card to my new phone
watched some Youtube in my browser (since stock had some issues)
Then, out of nowhere, my android system turned off. Since then it is stuck in a bootloop.
I can still access Android Recovery and download mode. I tried re-flashing stock firmware, but I get the error that the Android firmware seems to be corrupt.
My question is: How can I get my phone to work again without losing my data?
There is still some important data left on my old phone. My 2FA app for instance. So I would rather go to a repair shop and pay instead of losing said data.
But before I do that I wanted to get some advice what else I may be able to do. I haven't tried sideloading an OTA since I don't quiet understand it and want to be on the safe side. persist.safemode.sys does not seem to exist. And I read about perhaps backing up my "emmc" with TWRP but, again, I don't quiet grasp the concept yet.
I have some experience with adb, ROMs and flashing. The latest recovery-logs are attached, if they are of any help
Well, repair shop went and formatted everything
Even though I asked them not to
Let this be a lesson for everyone: If you care about your data, back it up AND don't bring it to a repair shop
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Well, repair shop went and formatted everything
Even though I asked them not to
Let this be a lesson for everyone: If you care about your data, back it up AND don't bring it to a repair shop
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In the future use a SD card* as a data drive. All critical data goes there. Do Not encrypt it.
Had you done that you probably be ok. Always backup redundantly and regularly to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC.
*A V30 rated Sandisk Extreme is a good choice