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I lost my data on the 16B Memory Card. Can I get it back? How?

Hi,
I made a mistake and I tried the beta version of the ICS which made the counter counts "1". To get things even worse, the mobile stopped reading the memory card and I had to format it and I lost all my file in that memory card. How can I get them back and rest the counter?
I tried the "How to remove yellow triangle on any firmware with JIG" but it didn't work.
Help

First of all, Dont put any files on memory card if you want to recover data. As if it overwrites older data, you won't be able to recover old files.
Connect your device with USB debugging mode, then select connect device from notification
Now you will get separate drive letter for memory card.
There are lot SW available to restore data, i know one is 'Get data back', google it n try recovering from memory card drive.

Zeeking said:
Hi,
I made a mistake and I tried the beta version of the ICS which made the counter counts "1". To get things even worse, the mobile stopped reading the memory card and I had to format it and I lost all my file in that memory card. How can I get them back and rest the counter?
I tried the "How to remove yellow triangle on any firmware with JIG" but it didn't work.
Help
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Did you use a jig
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I used Triangle more than 15 times & sometimes when SD card disappeared, I reboot Note & the card appears.
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dr.ketan said:
First of all, Dont put any files on memory card if you want to recover data. As if it overwrites older data, you won't be able to recover old files.
Connect your device with USB debugging mode, then select connect device from notification
Now you will get separate drive letter for memory card.
There are lot SW available to restore data, i know one is 'Get data back', google it n try recovering from memory card drive.
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Thanks. I tried many softwares but I couldn't get the file I need. Which SW do you recommend?

ttibbetts83 said:
Did you use a jig
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Yes but I think the USB jig I made is not working. I will check another jig.
Thanks.

[email protected] said:
I used Triangle more than 15 times & sometimes when SD card disappeared, I reboot Note & the card appears.
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First, thanks for your reply. Second, The memory card has appreared but I had to format it to be readable by the mobile.

I have successfully use Recuva in the past, it's free and has worked well on SD Cards for me
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Zeeking said:
Thanks. I tried many softwares but I couldn't get the file I need. Which SW do you recommend?
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Do i understand right you want to recover deleted/formatted data?
try:
cgsecurity testdisk
(new user, not allowed to post link)
or take a look at:
- ontrack easy recovery
- executive diskeeper professional
Got good results in past.

Zeeking said:
First, thanks for your reply. Second, The memory card has appreared but I had to format it to be readable by the mobile.
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If you formatted it already then it's possible that you'll never be able to recover the files. If you have access to Linux -- e.g. via a liveCD or something -- you can try a command-line utility called 'magicrescue', but even then it's not guaranteed it'll be able to rescue the whole file.

WereCatf said:
If you formatted it already then it's possible that you'll never be able to recover the files. If you have access to Linux -- e.g. via a liveCD or something -- you can try a command-line utility called 'magicrescue', but even then it's not guaranteed it'll be able to rescue the whole file.
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Even formatted, data can be recovered and as long no new data overwrite the old data too many times.
http://www.squidoo.com/formattedsdcard
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dt33 said:
Even formatted, data can be recovered and as long no new data overwrite the old data too many times.
http://www.squidoo.com/formattedsdcard
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Thank you.

WereCatf said:
If you formatted it already then it's possible that you'll never be able to recover the files. If you have access to Linux -- e.g. via a liveCD or something -- you can try a command-line utility called 'magicrescue', but even then it's not guaranteed it'll be able to rescue the whole file.
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Thank you.

encrypshun said:
I have successfully use Recuva in the past, it's free and has worked well on SD Cards for me
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
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I tried it and restored some of the files but the most important file (My Backup Pro) was damaged.
Thanks anyway.

WereCatf said:
If you formatted it already then it's possible that you'll never be able to recover the files.
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simple format just making unable to read, so still it remains recoverable. If data where it is located on sector, overwrite with other data, thn only it becomes non recoberable.
Low level format only erases data completely, but i think nobody routinely using it.
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dr.ketan said:
simple format just making unable to read, so still it remains recoverable.
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I did link to magicrescue, didn't I? And no, even a simple format that resets the allocation table can still result in files not being possible to recover, it all depends on whether the file was fragmented or not; if the file was written to non-consecutive blocks on the card then there is simply no way for a program to know where all the blocks are located without the allocation table.
The tools that try to rescue files from broken/formatted filesystems rely on the fact that they can find the file header and that the header format is known to the rescue utility. As such those tools cannot rescue filetypes that they aren't familiar with or for which the user has not supplied the proper settings.
If data where it is located on sector, overwrite with other data, thn only it becomes non recoberable.
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Not only then, read above.
Low level format only erases data completely, but i think nobody routinely using it.
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Low-level format is when you have access to the actual barebones hardware and can read/write e.g. the internal CRC-structures there. What you are referring to is not low-level format, it's just plain old regular format.
Now get off my lawn.

Lg optimus black SD card problems.

Greetings brothers,
Recently, I found that my music disappeared from my gallery,but when I search into sd card via polaris office I find all the music there. Same thing happens to photos...any suggestions on how to solve this problem?
Oh and btw when I use gingerbreak, it keeps saying: rooting etc. Any solutions?
EDIT: I have used programs like sdrescan or rescanmedia but none of them worked.
Regards, FranticOgre
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Hi,
Since two days ago when i installed the Marvel ROM, I have the same problem. Cant see photos, music, etc... But if i go to Root Browser i see the photos on the SD Card.

Check if there is any .nomedia file in the root of sdcard or in your music/picture folders.

try what they said above and if it doesnt works...try defragmenting it using a pc

Hi there!
At the moment , I am in holiday and I'll arrive tomorrow. I will search in my sd for that .nomedia but I have a question...will sd defragmentation from phone work ? And how to do the defragmentation via pc? What programs should I use.
Thank you for your assistance. You are such a good community. Good night to every one!!
Regards, FranticOgre
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RomWiz: I have tried to search for files that have .nomedia but I did not find anything.. meh I'll try defragmenting the sd card...if not I'll just buy a new sd..it is not so expensive lol. Anyways I heard that HTC phones have the same problem...
Thank you for your assistance guys!!
Regards, FranticOgre
P.S.: I still wait for other suggestions xD.
P.S.S.:Any news on official ICS update? I have contacted lg korea and lg india +uk but no answer.
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i had the same problem. i´ve tried three diffrent roms but the problem was still there. but i´ve solved it like that:
- update rom manger
- reinstall clockworkmod, so the newest version is installed
- install any rom (i am using boypes cm 7) with wiping data/cache/dalvik cache
and voila, my p970 recognized all my media files^^
sorry for my bad english

Thank you Celo385!
I will be doing that ehen I'll arrive home. Keep calm, your english is ok lol.
I think I will put Fop rom cm 9 nightly 6 but idk..xD. Thanks for your assistance
Have a good day mate!
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RomWiz said:
Check if there is any .nomedia file in the root of sdcard or in your music/picture folders.
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I have very .nomedia files.
/mnt/sdcard/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/droidhen/promptlmgs/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/doodlemobile_platform/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.studioeleven.windguru/cache/cachefu/image_cache/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.dropbox.android/cache/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.shazam.android/cache/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.genie.geniewidget.news-content-cache/.nomedia
Can i delete all this files?

sh0rt6r said:
I have very .nomedia files.
/mnt/sdcard/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/droidhen/promptlmgs/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/doodlemobile_platform/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.studioeleven.windguru/cache/cachefu/image_cache/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.dropbox.android/cache/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.shazam.android/cache/.nomedia
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.genie.geniewidget.news-content-cache/.nomedia
Can i delete all this files?
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Remove /mnt/sdcard/.nomedia
Because it is in the root of sdcard it hides everything.

RomWiz said:
Remove /mnt/sdcard/.nomedia
Because it is in the root of sdcard it hides everything.
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I deleted the file, rebooted but i cant see the files in the gallery. And the file was created again.
Note: When i installed the Marvel ROM i dont formatted the SD Card. May be that?

I had same problem, I tried unmounting the sd card and then mounting again, worked.

Grex3177 said:
I had same problem, I tried unmounting the sd card and then mounting again, worked.
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owh,..
thank bro for your advice,..:good:

Also be careful getting fake, imitation sd cards out there, it would cause you instability problems like those gallery messing up, occassionaly read write errors when rom flashing or install apps on sd, and sometimes you already deleted this photo/video and will show up later on, getting duplicate copies on thumbnail galleries but actually its the same, so when you delete one, you delete both. You really cant tell the difference from fake to original, most of the time its logo easily fades. Also get those made in japan, korea or taiwan, not those made in china.

FranticOgre said:
Greetings brothers,
Recently, I found that my music disappeared from my gallery,but when I search into sd card via polaris office I find all the music there. Same thing happens to photos...any suggestions on how to solve this problem?
Oh and btw when I use gingerbreak, it keeps saying: rooting etc. Any solutions?
EDIT: I have used programs like sdrescan or rescanmedia but none of them worked.
Regards, FranticOgre
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i had the same problem when i installed stock v20a uae i tried other sd and it worked fine and what i did is i insterted the sd that got problem then i went to recovery and then advanced and partition sd card and selected anyone and rebooted phone and then attached sd card with computer and formated and select default allocation size and placed my files back and worked fine
i dont guareente it will work cuz it work for me so i m givin ya solution

even taking the card out and rubbing/cleaning the leads might help

FranticOgre said:
Greetings brothers,
Recently, I found that my music disappeared from my gallery,but when I search into sd card via polaris office I find all the music there. Same thing happens to photos...any suggestions on how to solve this problem?
Oh and btw when I use gingerbreak, it keeps saying: rooting etc. Any solutions?
EDIT: I have used programs like sdrescan or rescanmedia but none of them worked.
Regards, FranticOgre
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda app-developers app
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try other rom

My phone can't detect SD-EXT

Hi, everybody. So everything was fine till today. Today my phone fully discharged, and then I put it to the charger and turned it on. Than I noticed, that there is no my apps, ant there is no my Go Launcher, only ADW. So, I tried to check everything via USB, and it detected my SD Card ant SD-Ext. Than I have installed root explorer and checked everything - it can see my music, and other files that are on my system, SD Card and etc., but it shows nothing on my SD-EXT. I didin't nothing with it. So what's the problem and what I should do?
P.S. This is official CM7 nightly. Before (about 1-2 months) it was working ok.
So I hope you will help me. Thanks.

scan media...

If you're about music and etc - everything is fine with it, I can listen to music and etc. My SD-Card files are ok, there is only problem with files in SD-Ext.
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-=LT-United=- said:
If you're about music and etc - everything is fine with it, I can listen to music and etc. My SD-Card files are ok, there is only problem with files in SD-Ext.
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oh, it happens, if you have nandroid backup, restore only sd-ext

yackovsky said:
oh, it happens, if you have nandroid backup, restore only sd-ext
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Hmm, I don't have it. But could I do like this?:
1. All SD-Ext files copy to my pc.
2. Reset/Wipe SD-Ext
3. Put all copied data from PC to SD-Ext.
So, could I do something like this?

-=LT-United=- said:
Hmm, I don't have it. But could I do like this?:
1. All SD-Ext files copy to my pc.
2. Reset/Wipe SD-Ext
3. Put all copied data from PC to SD-Ext.
So, could I do something like this?
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not sure, i always keep backup... you can try if you want.

yackovsky said:
not sure, i always keep backup... you can try if you want.
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Ok, I will try, thanks.
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Try disk defragment using a pc or laptop
Data x wiping using phone in recovery mode is needed.. Hope will get everything back to normal...
Hit THANKS if m any help
~RR

[Q]how to use memory card for data storage

guys i tried to install most wanted ive created a folder /storage/extSdCard/Android/data and paste the data but when i install and run the most wanted it is asking me to download the data so its means that its not detecting the data in memory card..

ohohkhimee said:
guys i tried to install most wanted ive created a folder /storage/extSdCard/Android/data and paste the data but when i install and run the most wanted it is asking me to download the data so its means that its not detecting the data in memory card..
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You need app for that. Search threads little, I didn't use it - but heard it is possible.

It's called directory bind. There is an app for that but does require root.
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any other way?

you can use this mod for swap that 4Gb partition with your mircrosd card so then you will have internal mem 2gb; usb mem(sdcard) xGb and external mem (extsd) 4gb http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36613948&postcount=1017 use the changed mem
for restoring the original partitions use the original mem
just flash them in recovery mod
P.S. if you wanna save your all apps/games move all to internal mem then copy the Android/data and Android/obb (if exist) to tha microsd card then you can flash the changed memory mod

ohohkhimee said:
any other way?
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How many HD games you play at the same time that 4GB is not enough?

shut_down said:
How many HD games you play at the same time that 4GB is not enough?
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i know some games ... if you wanna play asphalt 7 and nfs most wanted and gta III you will cannot keep them ...

just bought my sdcard recently and i want to install hd games as many as i can and i dont want to use my usb sotrage as my data storage..

ohohkhimee said:
just bought my sdcard recently and i want to install hd games as many as i can coz i dont want to use my usb sotrage as my data storage..
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Brocky2011 told you what to do. You must root phone anyway. No other ways that that two provided here. That app, or this swap places of internal and external memory.

For ROOTING
-JB you can use this ---> single way
-GB you can use this --> method 1 metod 2

Use GL to SD(free in play)

this is already rooted before

Try uninstalling, pasting data again and then installing the app
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vaibhav121 said:
Try uninstalling, pasting data again and then installing the app
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no! that is not possible by pasting only try it with yourself..anyway im trying any workaround here..

ohohkhimee said:
no! that is not possible by pasting only try it with yourself..anyway im trying any workaround here..
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You need ROOT. Did you root your phone?

i said this is already rooted before and until now..

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ohohkhimee said:
i said this is already rooted before and until now..
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Sorry, didn't undestood then.
Sent from Galaxy S Advance

i tried gl to sd the data really moves to ext sdcard but when i run the most wanted still asking me to download the data so that means its not detecting the data and i think its just only a copy paste method with that gl to sd..

I have tried and it works... Try doing on your computer (the copy paste)
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can u give ne your screenshot where the data is located?

[Q] Imternal sd awkwardly partitioned

Hi all,
I noticed that my internal sd card has two 0 folders, they are like so
Sdcard/0/0/
Everything from internet saves on the first /0/Download for ex., i am now on arhd 51, but previously on archidroid everything saved inside /0/0/Download, is there any way to fix this, or repartition or something without need to wipe all the data in sd? Because everything is messed up and i don't know any more wich uses what folder and so on.
Thx in front.
Edit: posted in i9305 not i9300 Q&A, mods please transfer, sorry for that.
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lsalamun said:
Hi all,
I noticed that my internal sd card has two 0 folders, they are like so
Sdcard/0/0/
Everything from internet saves on the first /0/Download for ex., i am now on arhd 51, but previously on archidroid everything saved inside /0/0/Download, is there any way to fix this, or repartition or something without need to wipe all the data in sd? Because everything is messed up and i don't know any more wich uses what folder and so on.
Thx in front.
Edit: posted in i9305 not i9300 Q&A, mods please transfer, sorry for that.
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can you post some screenshots of the two folders and their content, perhaps i can tell you what to do?
Edit: you can also copy all the files in one of the 0 folders to the other 0 folder and delete the empty one, i asked for screenshots just to make sure if there is any important file in one of those folders that maybe will cause problems with functioning of other apps or system settings if you replace it.

Here is the /0/0/ and i cannot delete archidroid folder or clockworkmod folder (write protected), also if i copy pictures from 0/0/DCIM/Camera to 0/DCIM/Camera, they are not shown, even after reboot when mediascanner is running, when i transfer them back they are imediately shown.
Edit: i can delete archidroid and clockworkmod folder, but via phone, not via pc, but the probem with transfering pictures to now used DCIM still persists.
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I transfered all the pics inside a new folder in sdcard/0/DCIM but they just don't wanna show, they pop up only in sdcard/0/0/DCIM
What can cause this problem? (I can normally view them in file managers.
I noticed that when i force run media scanner it scans storage/emulated/0/0/
It doesnt scan the first /0/ that is used now, can this be fixed?
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Screenshots for proof that 0/0/ works.
P.s. sorry for double post i cannot update pictures via xda premium in edit mode.
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lsalamun said:
Screenshots for proof that 0/0/ works.
P.s. sorry for double post i cannot update pictures via xda premium in edit mode.
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oke bro, here is what you should do everything personal and important to you like pics./music/documents copy to your external sd card or to your pc if possible both should be safe. format your internal sd card of the phone in recovery mode after everything is restored back put your files back into proper folders and all should be fine again. you are rooted and have custom recovery installed right?

MaHo_66 said:
oke bro, here is what you should do everything personal and important to you like pics./music/documents copy to your external sd card or to your pc if possible both should be safe. format your internal sd card of the phone in recovery mode after everything is restored back put your files back into proper folders and all should be fine again. you are rooted and have custom recovery installed right?
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Yes of course i'm rooted with twrp, i tought there was some other way than getting in all that copy paste, but i'll do that and then it must, just must work.
I think i messed something up in archidroid installation when it asked for EXT4 repartitioning or something like that.

lsalamun said:
Yes of course i'm rooted with twrp, i tought there was some other way than getting in all that copy paste, but i'll do that and then it must, just must work.
I think i messed something up in archidroid installation when it asked for EXT4 repartitioning or something like that.
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yes that must be it, as i had read somewhere on these threads a similar problem like yours its better to avoid changing or setting options from which you dont understand what they do like EXT4 or F2FS partitions unless you know what you are doing. at least thats what i do to avoid any problems with my device

MaHo_66 said:
yes that must be it, as i had read somewhere on these threads a similar problem like yours its better to avoid changing or setting options from which you dont understand what they do like EXT4 or F2FS partitions unless you know what you are doing. at least thats what i do to avoid any problems with my device
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Yes, i know now for future, but, one more question..
It's 'calculating time for copy...' now, i see it'll take ages to 'calculate', so, is there any option to just mount the internal sd card, i remember i could mount it via CWM on my old S2 and everything went quick, but i cannot mount just SD anymore, only as a 'Media device', it seems quite slower..
Do you know an option to do that?
Edit: Disabled indexing, it's flying now

lsalamun said:
Yes, i know now for future, but, one more question..
It's 'calculating time for copy...' now, i see it'll take ages to 'calculate', so, is there any option to just mount the internal sd card, i remember i could mount it via CWM on my old S2 and everything went quick, but i cannot mount just SD anymore, only as a 'Media device', it seems quite slower..
Do you know an option to do that?
Edit: Disabled indexing, it's flying now
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I do recommend using philz touch CWM advanced edition or just the CWM touch version as a recovery choice (especially philz) rather than Twrp, but its all up to you..

I was on philz quite a while, now testing twrp, i did the wipe, everything's perfect now, but i accidentaly deleted my pics coz' they were in the 0/0/ and i deleted the second 0 thinking i don't need it
I got a little shock but i'll recover
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lsalamun said:
I was on philz quite a while, now testing twrp, i did the wipe, everything's perfect now, but i accidentaly deleted my pics coz' they were in the 0/0/ and i deleted the second 0 thinking i don't need it
I got a little shock but i'll recover
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Haha :laugh: allright mate :good: