I have a Samsung Galaxy S8, and I've taken backups of various data over the years. The backup files have an extension of .bkp, and I haven't been able to find an application to open them on my Windows 10 system. I tried FileViewPro, but the files I tried to open didn't come out in a readable format. I know that the files are good, b/c roughly 18 months ago, I had to replace my phone, and I used these backups to move my call logs and texts over.
I'd be willing to open it on my phone, but the problem is, I don't want to overwrite my current call log, so it'd have to be something that could exist in tandem. However, I'd prefer to do this on my computer, since I have some work I need to do on the data contained in the backup. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Hi Guys,
I recently bought my Nexus one this past weekend. I'm coming from a Windows Mobile fan(boy) perspective of many years. Not the hugest linux fan, but at least the base level of Android control is a menu and not "dev cmd etc" command line stuff
I like the Nexus one so far. I tried CompanionLink/gSyncit/Nitrodesk Touchdown/Android-sync(Alpha)/Remember The Milk etc, and they all don't sync Outlook very well..so I'm happy to keep my Winmo phone for its use for that, which is excellent and easier to type imho for that kind of stuff within a windows environment. Kind of like a Palm pilot.
As for Apple. I'm proud to say I've never touched one for years, until yesterday. I *had* to get my father a slidey smartphone as a gift, because they're awesome to see and navigate. Since he's not a big data guy I couldn't justify a nexus one, so a used iphone 3G fit the bill.
Hope i don't have to touch it too much tho!
Anyways, I thought I'd give you guys some history on where I'm coming from as an introduction and seeing as I havent posted on here in a few years.
So..regarding my questions:
*Nandroid backups Question
- A nandroid-ext backup will not occur, and will display the ADB Error if you don't actually have an extended partition on your SD Card, correct?
I was trying to do an Nandroid+ext backup, because noobishly i thought it just meant it would backup everything. It didn't work, and neither did the "plug it in the charger tricks" etc, or check if you have enough sd space. So I figured it was because i didnt actually have an extended SD partition. Stock 4gig micro SD btw.
A NAND backup worked after that.
- How do I check if my SD card has an extended partition btw?
*Sdcard/Nandroid folder Question
Are nandroid backups saved here in a chronological order?
Meaning
/first directory asfldkjsdafjs/
/second directory aslkdfjljds/
First is my stock rom backup?
Second is my Cyanogen backup?
Say I do a third backup (it appears third right)? Will it be my Cyanogen backup *plus* all my added stuff I've done since then? Like widgets, contacts, email account setups?
*ROM Recovery
- So as a noob I'd like to play around a bit. But I'd also like to populate my phone with backgrounds (sd card), contacts, ringtones (sd card), Apps (sd and main mem) etc.
Say I want to move from my current rom (cyanogen 6) to say MUIMUI (sp?) in a week. When I goto Bootloader recovery and select the Muigungui.zip, will it still keep the phone "mine" on restore?
Thanks a lot for your help guys! I hope to join the Nexus One discussions now too after this my first post!
Your Nandroid backups are named by date and time of your backup.
Every backup you make, backups ALL user-accessible partitions on the phone. That includes pretty much EVERYTHING, both system (ROM) and data (everything else). All the rest of your questions have answers logically derived from this statement, please use the required logic.
Your SD card doesn't have anything unless you made it - which is obviously not the case, or previous owner made it - which is also obviously not the case, since you had stock ROM.
Thank you Jack.
I understand better now.
On looking at my sd folder structure, I see:
sdcard/HT096P800012/BCDES-date-4 numbers
Does the HT096P800012 subfolder stay the same, or does nandroid add more HT subfolders in time. (just a curiousity question)
In the 4 numbers part, if I did two backups on 201001103, does the higher number indicate the most latest backup by the logic you describe?
also, some backup folders have nandroid.md5 as a file and some don't. What is that?
Nerdy questions I know. I do thank you for your help?
(PS: If I update my radio with a new one, that doesn't affect my phone proper right?)
The upper folder stays the same - it's the name of your device.
4 numbers are hours and minutes
nandroid.md5 is MD5 sum of the backup, for verification. Not needed for restoring, AFAIK.
Radio doesn't affect your phone in any bad way, as long as it's compatible with your OS (radios for Eclair were different from radios for Froyo), and as long as you're flashing it correctly, without removing the power from the phone when it's in process of flashing.
Thank you so much!
I have a kinda complex problem with this device.
Someone called me last night scared because she (kinda) deleted an entire messages thread from the phone ( SMS ) and it was an accident.
Now, she really need those messages because of a juridic case. Is there any way to recover old messages that were deleted from that thread ?
I tried to recover with EaseUS mobile Data Recovery, which (for desktop version) i used in the past for other laptops and Desktops to recover deleted files or formatted disks, but with phones, it requires me Root. I recently Rooted my HTC device and this process "wipe" whole data from your phone. As i know, Windows Kernel and Linux Kernel (the one used in Android OS too) have the same file management system, so the point is, this "Wipe" what actually does with MBR ? It hard format the disk, or it just modify MRB's File Table by deleting it's references pointers to files ? A hard format (switching every single bit to 0 from where MBR ends, all the way to the end of the partition) takes a lot of time, especially in these smartphones, because they have a lot slower storage speeds, and on my HTC device, this process took like 1-2 seconds so i hardly can imagine that actually it deletes the data, so with the MBR's mechanism in mind, i really take this in consideration to root the phone and use that software to recover that thread.
My main concern is that, i don't really know what file shall i restore. If these SMSes are stored into a database, when a thread is deleted, the phone can simply "drop records"... i mean, it can simply delete records from the tables, and tables being stored in a database as a single file, ell, and they are gone... for good in this case scenario....
The only way i think i will act if someone confirm that this is the way to recover it, i will restore every single file of the phone that was deleted before accident happen and i will look for SMS database to be modified a day after the thread was deleted. Is this the good way, i'm about to do a pointless action by rooting this device?
I have to mention, the thread is now created again, have 3 new mesages with that person, but there were like 1k+ in that thread before... so, how to recover them?
Thank you in advance for any information.
Hi,
Is there *full version free download software* for *data recovery* (that *actually works and renders results*) to be used on ●*non rooted Android Note 4*●, in order to assist in recovering *deleted files* "*post 《factory reset》*".
The files in question are "*(.doc extension)*", that are associated with "*Colornote App*"; which were already available under, "*data" file*, in ●*Device Storage*● media, *prior* to process of"*《factory reset》*"and unfortunately,were "*not backedup*".
I do appreciate any *professional assistance* to restore my missing files...
I would say your chances are very low - you could try something like this (Method 2): https://www.gihosoft.com/android-recovery/recover-data-after-factory-reset-android.html
Probably stating the obvious here, but if you had done a backup with Samsung SmartSwitch or Kies or some other method before doing the reset, those files would probably be in the backup. 'Professional assistance' (ie Professional Data Recovery services) will likely cost quite a bit - so I guess it depends how much you really need the files back. The important thing would be not to use the device in the meantime, as you risk overwriting the area the files were stored on.
Hello,
forgive me if this is posted in the wrong section.
I have a broken Mate 10 lite, screen is dead, phone lives.
Obviously i cannot manage from android since I cant see anything.
i can get into TWRP, USB debug and root seem to be fine, pulled some databases to transfer to my new phone.
The one thing i still need, are my notes. Mind you these were created with Notes app that came preinstalled on the phone.
Can anyone direct me as to where they are stored, etc. I desperately need my Notes.
Mikeh1337 said:
Hello,
forgive me if this is posted in the wrong section.
I have a broken Mate 10 lite, screen is dead, phone lives.
Obviously i cannot manage from android since I cant see anything.
i can get into TWRP, USB debug and root seem to be fine, pulled some databases to transfer to my new phone.
The one thing i still need, are my notes. Mind you these were created with Notes app that came preinstalled on the phone.
Can anyone direct me as to where they are stored, etc. I desperately need my Notes.
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I found the location of the application data - root/data/data/com.example.android.notepad . There is a "Files" folder, but it is empty (maybe just my problem, btw. my phone is running Nougat).
The second notepad's storage is located in internal storage - android/data/com.example.android.notepad . This folder is empty too . (I have a bunch of notes...)
Sorry, I can't help you anymore, Good Luck!
Like other S models I've had the file system makes no sense. Many unused folders. The biggest issue right now is I have something called "Gallery.." and posts saved for later. How and where are the saved posts stored and reacquired? Where are the Gallery files stored? A jpg search finds DCIM files in the deivice and on the card. How does that happen? I haven't found options for image storage. Where is Gallery stored? Is it an apm file hidden from me? I bought this thing when I broke my S7. I didn't know OEM unlock wasn't included. I'm running Android 11. I'd pay money to get the thing rooted! I was planning on doin the thumb dances myself. Now I don't care. I don't use "Bixby" or assistant. I'd like to get assistant off the phone altogether..I have to shut the damned thing off all the time. I got some really raunchy images I need to encrypt or shred. Has anyone found a method (or vendor) for rooting a us S10+ ? Is there a PGP for android?