[Q] 16gb Flash drive is read only - Off-topic

I have a 16GB flash drive sent from HP as a restore drive. I no longer have the laptop and would like to use the flash drive as my current laptops restore device. It is showing everywhere as read only. I have already opened the flash drive to see if they put a switch inside. Which they didn't. So any help with this would be appreciated.

Have you tried formatting it???

MacaronyMax said:
Have you tried formatting it???
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Yep. It won't let me. I can't even remove the partition and add it back. In computer management it says the entire drive is read only

Hmm... Perhaps then the hardware is actulay only read only....
Seeing that they sent it you as a restore drive

MacaronyMax said:
Hmm... Perhaps then the hardware is actulay only read only....
Seeing that they sent it you as a restore drive
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Well i was hoping that wasn't the case
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MacaronyMax said:
right click and select properties.. See what you can find there
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nothing is there. It doesn't come up with read-only or any options like that. I have tried low level format. Destructive partitioning in Unix. Many things. I am really starting to think the hardware itself is like ROM instead of RAM. I dunno

Have you looked up any chip details, or identified a manufacturer?
Often, these devices have a "programming" tool that can be used to lock or unlock them. I know I can unbrand some of those free ones companies give out, since I have the programming tool.
If you can find the right tool, you might be half way there

pulser_g2 said:
Have you looked up any chip details, or identified a manufacturer?
Often, these devices have a "programming" tool that can be used to lock or unlock them. I know I can unbrand some of those free ones companies give out, since I have the programming tool.
If you can find the right tool, you might be half way there
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I know it is a kingston flash drive....other than that i don't have much info on it.

right click and select properties.. See what you can find there

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I managed to brake my phone :((( help

I installed the odin one click from the CAPTIVATE .... and now the phone only flashes AT&T LOGO the usb is not working any more, not charging not doing anything, and i can't get it by any means in download mode or other mode again. The only thing it will do is flash AT&T logo.... can i get it fixed. or i will have to put it for sale as parts ? thanks hope someone can give me a good advice and help me repair it ...
MC Mate said:
I installed the odin one click from the CAPTIVATE .... and now the phone only flashes AT&T LOGO the usb is not working any more, not charging not doing anything, and i can't get it by any means in download mode or other mode again. The only thing it will do is flash AT&T logo.... can i get it fixed. or i will have to put it for sale as parts ? thanks hope someone can give me a good advice and help me repair it ...
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It can definitely be fixed, it's just a matter of how easily it can be done. Have you tried some of the unusual combinations people have come up with to get into download mode. For example removing the battery, holding power + volume down + home and then reinserting the battery whilst these buttons are held?
Also, if you can't get into download mode that doesn't mean you have to sell it as parts. Samsung will be able to repair it, if they can't tell what you did then perhaps they'll repair it for free under warranty.
Sometimes I just wonder why people try to install low-level software on their device that ISNT MEANT for their device. There is a reason, the captivate has a different model number and that is because it requires DIFFERENT software.
This comes close to me flashing the BIOS for an AMD motherboard on my X58 Intel motherboard.
reason for people installing other software is in my case because im STUPID !!! I stood almost 24 h reading forums in my country and stuff , and i googled ODIN the first link was this ODIN ONE CLIK i entered read about things there and it seamed to be for my phone, and from there we know the story. I did not think for one moment that the soft was for another phone. After i broke it i read all 42 pages and realized that.
I can't get the phone to do anything.... i can't charge it ... it's like the USB does not exist. If i start the phone unpluged, when i plug the usb in turns oFF , ass soon as i take out the USB it will start again to flash the AT&T logo...
I hope if i can't fix it, that SAMSUNG service will change it or can repair it and not charge a hunormus amount of money for that
you have give me hope telling that it can be fixed by samsung , and i still am opened for advices from u guys
Darkstriker said:
Sometimes I just wonder why people try to install low-level software on their device that ISNT MEANT for their device. There is a reason, the captivate has a different model number and that is because it requires DIFFERENT software.
This comes close to me flashing the BIOS for an AMD motherboard on my X58 Intel motherboard.
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This reply of yours was rude and not helpful to OP. He's waiting for someone to help him not bash him.
wsantiagow said:
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This reply of yours was rude and not helpful to OP. He's waiting for someone to help him not bash him.
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thanks, im not going to be upset if people make fun, they can do it because i was so stupid not to see that the soft is for another phone and brake it with my own hand. Isn't on this forum someone that works for Samsung and can tell me for sure what to do , or if the service can do ?
MC Mate said:
thanks, im not going to be upset if people make fun, they can do it because i was so stupid not to see that the soft is for another phone and brake it with my own hand. Isn't on this forum someone that works for Samsung and can tell me for sure what to do , or if the service can do ?
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if we´d have this guy here, the galaxy s would be worlds top android device out of the box, since this guy would perfectly know what the problems are with it and could easily manage to incorporate fixes found here or based on testing people made here...
FadeFx said:
if we´d have this guy here, the galaxy s would be worlds top android device out of the box, since this guy would perfectly know what the problems are with it and could easily manage to incorporate fixes found here or based on testing people made here...
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i was not referring to a developer from samsung or an engineer, i was asking for a guy that works in a Samsung service, and could tell me if my problem can be resolved in the service.
MC Mate said:
i was not referring to a developer from samsung or an engineer, i was asking for a guy that works in a Samsung service, and could tell me if my problem can be resolved in the service.
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Why don't you just call them and ask yourself?
Im sorry but you screwed up. Im sure samsung can fix it but charge you heaps of money. You could always "loose" your phone if you have insurance
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Does Recovery Work?
If not then try flashing a new recovery via fastboot using adb
Man this suck I hve the same proble and waiting for a Jtag for repair the boot
be pattient.
MC Mate said:
thanks, im not going to be upset if people make fun, they can do it because i was so stupid not to see that the soft is for another phone and brake it with my own hand. Isn't on this forum someone that works for Samsung and can tell me for sure what to do , or if the service can do ?
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Maybe you should just ease off the pedal.
/hunormus....definitely re-using that at some point
celtichazard said:
Man this suck I hve the same proble and waiting for a Jtag for repair the boot
be pattient.
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what is Jtag ? i will go on monday at service because in weekend u can't find operators or services open
maybe i will get a nice service guy that will say oh doesn't start (battery empty ) doesn't charge , here is another one
Amz95 said:
Does Recovery Work?
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nothing works, only AT7T logo
kgk888 said:
Maybe you should just ease off the pedal.
/hunormus....definitely re-using that at some point
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i did not get your post
ickyboo said:
Im sorry but you screwed up. Im sure samsung can fix it but charge you heaps of money. You could always "loose" your phone if you have insurance
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you don't have these option very often in this country... i know only one person that has these type of insurance...
Well there is a way of getting your phone working by putting a file on your sd card but you'd have to look for that .
Amz95 said:
Well there is a way of getting your phone working by putting a file on your sd card but you'd have to look for that .
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can u give a link or more details pls
Darkstriker said:
Sometimes I just wonder why people try to install low-level software on their device that ISNT MEANT for their device. There is a reason, the captivate has a different model number and that is because it requires DIFFERENT software.
This comes close to me flashing the BIOS for an AMD motherboard on my X58 Intel motherboard.
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Actually, you should try it... I've been told that flashing Intel boards with AMD firmwares allows unlimited overclocking! or not.
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This reply of yours was rude and not helpful to OP. He's waiting for someone to help him not bash him.
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Rude ? He is right ^^
There is no easy way to tell someone he is a moron^^
Mynx said:
Rude ? He is right ^^
There is no easy way to tell someone he is a moron^^
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I'm sorry for that. It's a little bit of frustration speaking there. But I guess you have a way bigger problem. Although that post about putting the right file on the SD seems interesting (but I haven't heard of anything like that before).
But if you can, returning the phone and hoping that samsung will fix it will be the easiest fix.
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I'm sorry for that. It's a little bit of frustration speaking there. But I guess you have a way bigger problem. Although that post about putting the right file on the SD seems interesting (but I haven't heard of anything like that before).
But if you can, returning the phone and hoping that samsung will fix it will be the easiest fix.
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im sure samsung can fix it evan by changing the sd in the phone with the correct soft will solve it, but i want to see if there is another way of doing it

[Q] Having some computer trouble. Please help!

Ok so I got a computer from my uncle, yet it will not work. I have 3 ide, which 2 are eide. Those for some reason will not allow me to connect any hdd or cd drive. I have 3 hard drives and 3 cd drives. 2 hdd are idea and the other is sata. all the cd drives are ide. Please give me full instructions as to how to set this up. I know a lot about this stuff, but I can't figure this out so no dumb replies like check the jumpers. I know that. I already checked cables and upgraded the bios. The motherboard is an asus p5wd2 premium. Thanks.
Check the BIOS settings if you don't have the HDs set up in RAID by any chance.
done. the sata is set up to be a standard ide
hmmm...I know you said no stupid responses, but I once spent $200 when the problem was just a cable. Have the 2 CD drives connected with one IDE cable in cable select mode, then the two IDE HDs also in Cable select, and the SATA on the separate cable.
Also, are there any error messages coming up when booting or something?
I tried every jumper wetting within reason. I called asus and they said eide is for external ide or something like that. Whicjlh makes no sense. And im getting primary master doesn't not support Atahi or something like that
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goob1284 said:
I tried every jumper wetting within reason. I called asus and they said eide is for external ide or something like that. Whicjlh makes no sense. And im getting primary master doesn't not support Atahi or something like that
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Have you tried with just one hard disk at a time? You need to isolate the problem first, and my years of experience tells me that once you've figured out which one is the broken link, then solve the problem one at a time.
Also reset your BIOS just in case.
Jumper settings for IDE is very fickle. Leave it on cable select for maximum compatibility.
sakai4eva said:
Have you tried with just one hard disk at a time? You need to isolate the problem first, and my years of experience tells me that once you've figured out which one is the broken link, then solve the problem one at a time.
Also reset your BIOS just in case.
Jumper settings for IDE is very fickle. Leave it on cable select for maximum compatibility.
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Alright. i found out i have a bad hdd (click of death or whatever) now i connected a hdd and a cd rom drive in the eide ports. the hdd is on primary, and the cd is on secondary eide. now this is where im getting pissed off at. When i go to hit f8 and i get to pick the boot device, everything shows up. reset the computer press delete to get the bios. OH! BUT WAIT! nothing is detected! go to boot settings and select the boot order... guess what... EVERYTHING is being read. like seriously WTF?! i am so angry why cant one part of the bios see the drives but not the other?
goob1284 said:
Alright. i found out i have a bad hdd (click of death or whatever) now i connected a hdd and a cd rom drive in the eide ports. the hdd is on primary, and the cd is on secondary eide. now this is where im getting pissed off at. When i go to hit f8 and i get to pick the boot device, everything shows up. reset the computer press delete to get the bios. OH! BUT WAIT! nothing is detected! go to boot settings and select the boot order... guess what... EVERYTHING is being read. like seriously WTF?! i am so angry why cant one part of the bios see the drives but not the other?
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Try using different cables for primary and secondary. Put the pins back to default/cable select for the drives. Test out each drive and make sure that they work first.
you'd be better off just sending ur comp to me , ill fix it for ya guaranteed , pm for address
souljaboy said:
you'd be better off just sending ur comp to me , ill fix it for ya guaranteed , pm for address
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DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MAN.
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DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MAN.
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Lulz... twitch...
Is right. Souljaboy is in some part of Mars. The shipping fees will kill you.
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DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MAN.
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no duh. i know my drives work. cause if i put them on the ide primary connection on the motherboard they are all seen. but when i put them in the eide primary and secondary connection they are not found at least not completely like mentioned before.
Try putting everything in the secondary port. There might be a problem with the port.
If the secondary port works, then there is something wrong with your motherboard.
sakai4eva said:
Try putting everything in the secondary port. There might be a problem with the port.
If the secondary port works, then there is something wrong with your motherboard.
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I tried that. I hate this thing right now its being such a pain in the ass. My uncle said to try installing windows via the primary and then put it in the ite ide
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goob1284 said:
I tried that. I hate this thing right now its being such a pain in the ass. My uncle said to try installing windows via the primary and then put it in the ite ide
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Hmmm...
1. Does the BIOS sees all your drives?
2. Re-installing XP after that will help if #1's answer is yes.
sakai4eva said:
Hmmm...
1. Does the BIOS sees all your drives?
2. Re-installing XP after that will help if #1's answer is yes.
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Im gonna try to install 7 but putting it in the ite ide slot. I set it as a slave and my cd as a master.
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Im gonna try to install 7 but putting it in the ite ide slot. I set it as a slave and my cd as a master.
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That'll work. I used that setup last time I was still using IDE hard disks... Of course, now I'm on SATA
sakai4eva said:
That'll work. I used that setup last time I was still using IDE hard disks... Of course, now I'm on SATA
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Is sata a lot better? Is it really that much better?
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goob1284 said:
Is sata a lot better? Is it really that much better?
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1. Less troublesome
2. Faster
3. You can put more than 4 devices.
Time to change?
sakai4eva said:
1. Less troublesome
2. Faster
3. You can put more than 4 devices.
Time to change?
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Probably. If I ding get this soon I might just di that... but it can't even handle my current sata drive. It hangs at the post when I connect it. Btw thanks for all your help!
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Vista issues, password work around?

Sorry is this isn't mobile related but usually I just stay old school and throw xp pro and find drivers on a pc but this is a laptop that I just fixed and need the info still on the hard drive. It's about three years old no restore disk at all, no internet except my phone, no disc burn capabilities, and tried to override through safe boot to no avail. Googled the crap outta this, any help would be outstanding, thanx lol, kinda mobile related:-o
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Sorry is this isn't mobile related but usually I just stay old school and throw xp pro and find drivers on a pc but this is a laptop that I just fixed and need the info still on the hard drive. It's about three years old no restore disk at all, no internet except my phone, no disc burn capabilities, and tried to override through safe boot to no avail. Googled the crap outta this, any help would be outstanding, thanx lol, kinda mobile related:-o
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How about using a Linux USB Live system?
Won't I have to reformat the hard drive? Still need the info on it... I'm an old-school tech, so I'm not sure... plus I'd have to boot from phone, s3, no dab or any type of drivers... Hey thanx though, any info helps
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jr71x said:
Won't I have to reformat the hard drive? Still need the info on it... I'm an old-school tech, so I'm not sure... plus I'd have to boot from phone, s3, no dab or any type of drivers... Hey thanx though, any info helps
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No - install a Linux Live image onto a spare USB stick and just boot the laptop off that. It will give you full access to the hard-drive and you can get any data you need off it.
Take Ownership
the live cd doesn't touch your hard drive as far as formatting goes.
Another option that is something extremely helpful all the time anyway is the take ownership registry hack. I've provided the link below. all you have to do is extract, open the 'Add Take Ownership Option.reg' file and boom its in. then you right click on the folder you need access to and click 'Take Ownership'. Depending on how many files are in the folder and the processor it could take awhile. Basically it is doing the same thing you would do from the command line to take ownership but without all the fuss of having to manually do it for every single file. Hope this helps.
http://media.askvg.com/downloads/2007/10/Add-Take-Ownership-Option.zip
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Thanks for all responses, project was put on the backburner but will be trying these.
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Try to get access to a computer and get oph crack. Three are also other various password reset tools.
So I can write whatever I want here?

[Q] Storage comes up as Samsung MAG2GC am I hacked?

I have been having trouble for a long time with unusual stuff happening on my old Xperia Z2, my Acer laptop, other devices on my network, and now my new Z3 compact also and have a strong feeling my ex-partner is behind it. I went to four computer repair places, brought a new router and contacted a computer forensics company who said it would cost $3000 upwards to get to the bottom of before I pretty much lost hope of regaining my privacy. When I got my new Z3 I created new accounts (Gmail etc) with the exception of Facebook and I changed the email and password for that. When I factory reset my devices they don't seem to go back to the factory settings, this was especially evident on my laptop after having windows reinstalled the first time at a computer repair place and the second time myself from usb it still had the same desktop picture id downloaded as soon as I opened it. Factory reset my z3 earlier this evening and had been looking up USSD codes in the hope that that might succeed in properly resetting in (which it didn't) and came across this Vellamo app that assesses your device and gives you the stats and it came up saying my storage is Samsung, could this be at the bottom of it all? Help
Thought it might be helpful if I upload these too.
You might find that Sony uses Samsung storage chips in their devices.. I think most mobile manufacturers do..
I wouldn't find that too surprising to be honest and I doubt that it means you have been "hacked" as well..
Edit: Mine says the same, Samsung memory chip
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Oh man I thought I'd gotten to the bottom of it (at least on my phone). But cheers that's good to know thanks for that
munieskin said:
Oh man I thought I'd gotten to the bottom of it (at least on my phone). But cheers that's good to know thanks for that
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If you're having issues with technology, try giving tomshardware.com a try. Their forums are filled with knowledgeable people that could help you if you provide enough information (then again though, any Q/A tech forum requires you to describe your problem in detail).
Cool thanks for that I'll check it out
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Hate to revive old threads, but I have something you might be interested in; my storage isn't the same as yours. Here are the differences:
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Name: 016GE2
Size: 15.76GB
I do wonder if there are any performance differences between the two.
Also a question; is the storage used eMMC 5.0 or is it still a 4.xx model?

[Q] Help!! Deleted pictures from Wifes phone...

in the process of unlocking and rooting my wife's phone, I forgot to backup her pictures. Anyway to recover them? I have tried a number of recovery programs (e.g. Recuva), but they don't recognize the nexus 6 sd card. Needless to say I am in the dog house and could really use some help if it is even possible at all to recover the pics.
Thx in advance
Sincerely,
Dead man
Root the phone (you unlocked it's bootloader, right?) and try one of the thousands media recover you can find on Play Store.
As hinted at above, you cannot use PC recovery software. You must use software that installs directly on the phone. I haven't any experience with any of them. Disk Digger I believe is one such tool and people claim to have managed to get it to work.
TheCelt said:
in the process of unlocking and rooting my wife's phone, I forgot to backup her pictures. Anyway to recover them? I have tried a number of recovery programs (e.g. Recuva), but they don't recognize the nexus 6 sd card. Needless to say I am in the dog house and could really use some help if it is even possible at all to recover the pics.
Thx in advance
Sincerely,
Dead man
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This Recovery tool from Easeus works good: http://download.easeus.com/free/emsa_free.exe
With the free version you can restore files one by one but its better than nothing.
TheCelt said:
in the process of unlocking and rooting my wife's phone, I forgot to backup her pictures. Anyway to recover them? I have tried a number of recovery programs (e.g. Recuva), but they don't recognize the nexus 6 sd card. Needless to say I am in the dog house and could really use some help if it is even possible at all to recover the pics.
Thx in advance
Sincerely,
Dead man
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Gotta ask, but she wasnt using google photo's auto backup option and didnt know it was she? Have her go to https://photos.google.com/ and log into her google account. Maybe, just maybe....:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
sadly no...no photo auto backup. **** Digger and EaseUS were both able to recover the pics she deleted on her own, but not the ones wiped during the unlocking process.
I think I'm SOL.... Thanks for the suggestions.
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**** Digger
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Hahah. Sorry for being facetious, but that made me laugh.
LOL.... oops.
If the recovery tools can't find anything, I guess you're out of luck there.
That will teach her to sync her pics next time. Her fault, not yours.
JasonJoel said:
Her fault, not yours.
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You have never been married, have you? It's never their fault, always ours.
PaisanNYC said:
You have never been married, have you? It's never their fault, always ours.
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+1
PaisanNYC said:
You have never been married, have you? It's never their fault, always ours.
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I have been married many, many years actually. I just don't accept the 'wife is always right' BS. Anymore than I am always right (which I'm definitely not...).
I think only third-party data recovery software can help you.

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