Hi guys,
I recently upgraded from 4.1 using TWRP 2.6.3.0
It was my understanding that this latest TWRP supported the newer Android file system. After the upgrade, I can see that my SDCARD has moved to the '0' directory, great.
But, now when I make new backups in TWRP, I can't see them anywhere, but from within recovery. I have searched the whole file system for "2013-12" but see only the last backup before the upgrade.
Any help would be appreciated!
ccs86 said:
Hi guys,
I recently upgraded from 4.1 using TWRP 2.6.3.0
It was my understanding that this latest TWRP supported the newer Android file system. After the upgrade, I can see that my SDCARD has moved to the '0' directory, great.
But, now when I make new backups in TWRP, I can't see them anywhere, but from within recovery. I have searched the whole file system for "2013-12" but see only the last backup before the upgrade.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Using Root Explorer, go from root to data/media/0 and scroll down to TWRP. Your new backups should be in place there.
Same vein. Why do I also have a TWRP folder with a backup under Main Storage? Can I delete one folder and gain 3gb back?
BMP7777 said:
Using Root Explorer, go from root to data/media/0 and scroll down to TWRP. Your new backups should be in place there.
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Weird, so TWRP actually created a directory here: \data\media\TWRP
In the \data\media\0\TWRP directory, are my old backups.
Should I move the stuff from the later, to the former?
Are there any other steps to take to consolidate data, and make sure there are no duplicate files? My free space seems very low, compared to what it should be.
Bikegeek said:
Same vein. Why do I also have a TWRP folder with a backup under Main Storage? Can I delete one folder and gain 3gb back?
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Check that folder before deleting, it may have backups from a previous ROM setup, such as a 4.2 or 4.1 set up. Don't want to delete stuff you may decide you want later.
ccs86 said:
Weird, so TWRP actually created a directory here: \data\media\TWRP
In the \data\media\0\TWRP directory, are my old backups.
Should I move the stuff from the later, to the former?
Are there any other steps to take to consolidate data, and make sure there are no duplicate files? My free space seems very low, compared to what it should be.
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It depends on what you are running now(4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4) and whether or not your 'old' backups would have any use for you. For example, I always keep a duplicate of my stock setup (out of the box stock) in that old folder just in case. If you decide to run an out-of the-box stock ROM i.e. 4.1.2, you will access your 'old' TWRP location. If you dump everything there, you'll be unable to access your current backups. Also, if you get yourself into a situation where you have either on purpose or by accident booted recovery to a former version, you won't be able to access your 'new' location. In that case, you'd be stuck sideloading or RUU-ing. Neither option is the end of the world, but to me convenience is everything. So, plan accordingly. If none of this makes any difference to you, and the extra space is important, do whatcha gotta do. :highfive:
BMP7777 said:
Check that folder before deleting, it may have backups from a previous ROM setup, such as a 4.2 or 4.1 set up. Don't want to delete stuff you may decide you want later.
It depends on what you are running now(4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4) and whether or not your 'old' backups would have any use for you. For example, I always keep a duplicate of my stock setup (out of the box stock) in that old folder just in case. If you decide to run an out-of the-box stock ROM i.e. 4.1.2, you will access your 'old' TWRP location. If you dump everything there, you'll be unable to access your current backups. Also, if you get yourself into a situation where you have either on purpose or by accident booted recovery to a former version, you won't be able to access your 'new' location. In that case, you'd be stuck sideloading or RUU-ing. Neither option is the end of the world, but to me convenience is everything. So, plan accordingly. If none of this makes any difference to you, and the extra space is important, do whatcha gotta do. :highfive:
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Thanks BMP.
I'm on 4.4 at the moment, with the CM11 nightlies. I may go back to a Sense ROM, but probably sticking to 4.3+.
I'm really not a fan of how the built-in storage is handled on these phones. Having windows mount it as a "media device" instead of a proper removable drive, really limits how you can interact with it. I've had all sorts of issues just trying to copy all the "SD card" data to my computer.
Is there any way to get windows to see this space? I'd like to at least be able to back up these new backups.
For me, whichever file structure I'm in for that rom shows up on my 7setup. I ve never had a problem getting at the current one,only the one not in use.
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Shoot, still can't figure out how to get these backups dumped to the computer.
It seems very strange that TWRP created its directory in limbo here:
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Doesn't this storage usage seem odd
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These two folders show duplicate size and file numbers. Neither appear to be a SIM link. Can't one be deleted?
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Still haven't found a solution.
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I was a bit hesitant to flash originally, due to the large number of threads that talked about getting one's Android ID or IMEI wiped clean. But as I go back and scan the threads, they are all from more than a couple months ago. I never saw a definitive answer about what causes you to lose these "quite important" numbers. Did someone figure it out? Or was it just that the earliest ROM's were flashing things they weren't supposed to, and now everything is fine. Or was it something in Odin? (I have to say I'm a bit hesitant to Master Clear).
I hesitate to flash much, not knowing yet if there is still a problem that I'd have trouble recovering from. I did back up my efs folder to the computer, and supposedly that will allow me to recover things, but I'd still prefer the option that doesn't wipe out any chance of me getting the phone back to initial conditions, just in case...
Did this get solved, or is there still a vague, tiny but non-zero risk of wiping out the wrong thing in the flash process? Or can Odin always get you back if you can get into download mode?
To my knowledge it's not really an issue, as long as you backed up your efs folder, which you said you did. So you should be good to go.
Your product code will be changed if you flash an i9000 rom, but your IMEI number should still be intact. Your product code should not effect the function of your phone unless your using kies.
For some strange reason your IMEI number does change, well, that's why we have a backup of your efs folder. You'll copy over your nv_data.bin file over with root explorer or similar program, and delete .nv_data.bak, .nv_data.bak.md5 and the nv_data.bin.md5 files.
I'm still running a generic IMEI number on my phone with no issues, and do have a backup of my efs folder. Just lazy, I guess, in not restoring the original IMEI number
so where is this backup located?
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i've searched in my internal SD in the sgstoolbox folder, it's blank... most likely because i've master cleared since that backup and gone to stock, but it's gotta be somewhere, if the program is reporting so... thanks...
B-Naughty said:
so where is this backup located?
i've searched in my internal SD in the sgstoolbox folder, it's blank... most likely because i've master cleared since that backup and gone to stock, but it's gotta be somewhere, if the program is reporting so... thanks...
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Those .bak files are contained within the live /efs. You should be able to use those to get back to the correct product code as they seem to have the correct captivate product ID. Make a backup immediately and move it off of the phone. The backup was probably put on your internal SD card but your master clear for sure wiped them.
z28james said:
Those .bak files are contained within the live /efs. You should be able to use those to get back to the correct product code as they seem to have the correct captivate product ID. Make a backup immediately and move it off of the phone. The backup was probably put on your internal SD card but your master clear for sure wiped them.
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sweet, i have the correct product code and a backup now... thanks man, thanks button hit
Soccer_Dad said:
I was a bit hesitant to flash originally, due to the large number of threads that talked about getting one's Android ID or IMEI wiped clean. But as I go back and scan the threads, they are all from more than a couple months ago. I never saw a definitive answer about what causes you to lose these "quite important" numbers. Did someone figure it out? Or was it just that the earliest ROM's were flashing things they weren't supposed to, and now everything is fine. Or was it something in Odin? (I have to say I'm a bit hesitant to Master Clear).
I hesitate to flash much, not knowing yet if there is still a problem that I'd have trouble recovering from. I did back up my efs folder to the computer, and supposedly that will allow me to recover things, but I'd still prefer the option that doesn't wipe out any chance of me getting the phone back to initial conditions, just in case...
Did this get solved, or is there still a vague, tiny but non-zero risk of wiping out the wrong thing in the flash process? Or can Odin always get you back if you can get into download mode?
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It's all a pain in the ass as I am sure you have found out. Such a pain that it really isn't even worth worrying about. Close eyes, flash... maybe back something up first...
Long time forum fan, first post! I'm a little scared from that registration video, but here we go: After rooting my phone, I did a complete backup with Titanium Backup before deleting all kinds of Verizon and Motorola bloat. Now my Droid 3 is experiencing the hardware keyboard repeating space thing described in many other threads. One of the solutions I read about was to try the new OTA update, but I also read that this requires all the bloatware to be back where it was when I got the phone. So, I went in to Titanium Backup and managed to restore a few of the files, but most of the time, when I try to restore a file, I get the little spiny animation forever. I've tried a couple different Busybox versions, direct access and indirect access. Nothing seems to help. In the future I plan to explore other backup solutions, but for now, I'm stuck with all these backups I can't restore. So, now I guess I need to know a way to manually restore the backed up files. Any ideas?
Try Pete's Root Tools and there is a restore system app option
So that app will use the titanium backups? Happen to have a link for that app?
Its not an app, you connect your D3 to the computer and run the batch script. I cant post links cuz I'm on my phone but i believe Pete posted it in a thread called "unroot" i'll edit my post if i can find it.
morse coded via my DROID 3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17137213
Unroot?
Thats the thread the .exe file is located in. Its not an app, you connect your d3 to the computer and run the batch script. It'll provide you with instructions to restore missing system apps.
morse coded via my DROID 3
Download Pete's Motorola Root Tools:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6643359/Software/Android/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.06.zip) <-- for win 7/vista
Download DROID3 original system apps (5.5.959):
http://www.fileserve.com/file/M5jnR7X/DROID3_original_system_app.zip
Extract the DROID3_original_system_app.zip to a folder called system that's in the same location you extracted PetesMotorolaRootTools too.
Then connect your phone to your computer and run the tool. Click this:
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It gets stuck on the first step
SEARCHING FOR THE PHONE (connect it now if you haven't yet)... found!
Running fix step 1 of 4 (setting up symlink)...
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Played around with it some more and got it to work. Thanks everyone!
LaTropa64 said:
Download Pete's Motorola Root Tools:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6643359/Software/Android/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.06.zip) <-- for win 7/vista
Download DROID3 original system apps (5.5.959):
http://www.fileserve.com/file/M5jnR7X/DROID3_original_system_app.zip
Extract the DROID3_original_system_app.zip to a folder called system that's in the same location you extracted PetesMotorolaRootTools too.
Then connect your phone to your computer and run the tool. Click this:
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Hi there,
How do I execute the tool?
Thanx
Edit- I get a message saying the files must be saved in a /restore/ folder but I can't figure out why my windows XP (32 bit) wont let me use a "/" to create a file??
Am I missing something?
Help??
/ indicates file path. You dont need to type it into the file name. Just place the restore folder inside of the main folder, and extract all the apk's to it.
morse coded via my DROID 3
Lars1967 said:
Hi there,
How do I execute the tool?
Thanx
Edit- I get a message saying the files must be saved in a /restore/ folder but I can't figure out why my windows XP (32 bit) wont let me use a "/" to create a file??
Am I missing something?
Help??
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The directory you run the tool from to restore the system apps should look like this:
Also, if you are on XP, make sure you are using the file for XP (found here: http://www.psouza4.com/droid3/) and not the one for Vista/7 that I linked to in my original post.
Thanks for the reply.
The Win 7/Vista version installed and launches on my XP machine and gives me the restore option pictured in your post.
The XP version you linked me to does not include the restore function (as far as I can tell).
Can I try using the 7/Vista file or will it bork my phone.
Also, will this wipe my phone?
TIA
Please, cant download DROID3_original_system_app.zip anyone has it??
With the latest version of TWRP 3.0.0-1, a failed restore (persist partition) caused loss of WiFi. What is the best way to fix this?
Fixed by putting this file in the archive in Persist directory.
I have the same issue, but restoring the files from a previous backup of /persist does not work. Even if I remove all files and directories and just put the firmware files for wlan in there, it does not work. Wifi still hangs on 'Turning Wi-Fi on' and the displayed MAC address is 02:00:00:00:00:00.
buc3fdvz3t said:
I have the same issue, but restoring the files from a previous backup of /persist does not work. Even if I remove all files and directories and just put the firmware files for wlan in there, it does not work. Wifi still hangs on 'Turning Wi-Fi on' and the displayed MAC address is 02:00:00:00:00:00.
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Go into Root/Persist directory, it should exist. Put the WLAN file (not the archive) in this directory.
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If you got the same error i got you can't fix it by putting that file into /Persist
a guide on how to properly restore that partiton is here
There are 3 folder missing and the WCNNS files are 2 NOT 1, i think the guy copied those info from nexus forums.
Inside /Persist you must have 4 folder ( + lost+found) data/properties/prov/sensors and the following 3 files WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin/.bt_nv.bin
dr.nic said:
If you got the same error i got you can't fix it by putting that file into /Persist
a guide on how to properly restore that partiton is here
There are 3 folder missing and the WCNNS files are 2 NOT 1, i think the guy copied those info from nexus forums.
Inside /Persist you must have 4 folder ( + lost+found) data/properties/prov/sensors and the following 3 files WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin/.bt_nv.bin
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Working fine here with just that one file in the image.
Can you upload your persist archive that you extracted from the TWRP backup?
I lost this with 3.0.0-1 too.
dr.nic said:
If you got the same error i got you can't fix it by putting that file into /Persist
a guide on how to properly restore that partiton is here
There are 3 folder missing and the WCNNS files are 2 NOT 1, i think the guy copied those info from nexus forums.
Inside /Persist you must have 4 folder ( + lost+found) data/properties/prov/sensors and the following 3 files WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin/.bt_nv.bin
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I have all those files and folders in place but wifi still does not work. I took the files from my CM12.1 backup. Furthermore, Google Play Services are crashing frequently (but I think this is unrelated).
buc3fdvz3t said:
I have all those files and folders in place but wifi still does not work. I took the files from my CM12.1 backup. Furthermore, Google Play Services are crashing frequently (but I think this is unrelated).
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Can you upload your persist backup?
You also need to copy WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin to /etc/firmware/wlan/prima.my phone is xt1079.my WIFI can be use.and，if you photo cann't flash ROM.because,you flash ROM you need do it all over again,i am Chinese,my English is very bad，sorry
buc3fdvz3t said:
I have all those files and folders in place but wifi still does not work. I took the files from my CM12.1 backup. Furthermore, Google Play Services are crashing frequently (but I think this is unrelated).
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Once i copyed the folders/files i used cmfilemanger to remove the X attribute ( long-tap file/folder - > change permissions -> remove both X from ALL files/folders then reboot, if it still don't work may i ask if the files are from your phone or another one ?
theoneofgod said:
Can you upload your persist archive that you extracted from the TWRP backup?
I lost this with 3.0.0-1 too.
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I don't know if there's any personal infos inside there aside some drm keys (imei, mac, etc) i read somewhere, not sure, i will not upload my backup (sry) untill i'll take a look at it, you still have your twrp persist backup ? you should if you have tryed to restore it, just unpack the files using winrar
I honestly still think i'm missing something, like proper file/folders permissions, until @luca020400 can fix this for us i will keep a "properly restore /persist" task in my TODO list
dr.nic said:
Once i copyed the folders/files i used cmfilemanger to remove the X attribute ( long-tap file/folder - > change permissions -> remove both X from ALL files/folders then reboot, if it still don't work may i ask if the files are from your phone or another one ?
I don't know if there's any personal infos inside there aside some drm keys (imei, mac, etc) i read somewhere, not sure, i will not upload my backup (sry) untill i'll take a look at it, you still have your twrp persist backup ? you should if you have tryed to restore it, just unpack the files using winrar
I honestly still think i'm missing something, like proper file/folders permissions, until @luca020400 can fix this for us i will keep a "properly restore /persist" task in my TODO list
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I don't have the backup as I had deleted it due to the errors TWRP was giving. I wasn't aware of what the Persists partition was until I realized I couldn't get WiFi any longer. IMEI was displayed as normal the only issue I had was WiFi.
No worries, I don't have any issues right now, I just wanted to have them in case I have issues in the future.
theoneofgod said:
I don't have the backup as I had deleted it due to the errors TWRP was giving. I wasn't aware of what the Persists partition was until I realized I couldn't get WiFi any longer. IMEI was displayed as normal the only issue I had was WiFi.
No worries, I don't have any issues right now, I just wanted to have them in case I have issues in the future.
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Try recuva or something like that to recover the deleted file ?
Hi,
I'm fiddling with my new s20 FE, I needed to manually add folders to My Files in 'Android /Data' to transfer data from a game (which I've done before on other devices) However, when connecting S20 to PC I can access all files and copy/paste into place, BUT on my phone none of these files will show up (No Files) and the game is not responding to the data I added.
Also tried through DeX and files don't show. Hidden files is checked and developer mode is on. Any ideas?
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You can't access /data partition without root or custom recovery.
@XDHx86
You can access the partition with selected file managers, e, g, Total Commander.
More information here: https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=396463&sid=ac32535f4510c1c1a5bf7fa5abf3a43b#p396463
nunein said:
@XDHx86
You can access the partition with selected file managers, e, g, Total Commander.
More information here: https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=396463&sid=ac32535f4510c1c1a5bf7fa5abf3a43b#p396463
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Didn't know that, thanks for info. But does it actually work read and write /data without root?
XDHx86 said:
Didn't know that, thanks for info. But does it actually work read and write /data without root?
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Yes it does! Why should I lie to you?
0Shola0 said:
Hi,
I'm fiddling with my new s20 FE, I needed to manually add folders to My Files in 'Android /Data' to transfer data from a game (which I've done before on other devices) However, when connecting S20 to PC I can access all files and copy/paste into place, BUT on my phone none of these files will show up (No Files) and the game is not responding to the data I added.
Also tried through DeX and files don't show. Hidden files is checked and developer mode is on. Any ideas?
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nunein said:
@XDHx86
You can access the partition with selected file managers, e, g, Total Commander.
More information here: https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=396463&sid=ac32535f4510c1c1a5bf7fa5abf3a43b#p396463
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Well here is your solution buddy, you updated to 11 yet? I don't know if it's available to 10 since this is new info to me.
You can try Solid Explorer too. It is excellent and you can have access to android data and obb.
Thx Ill look at those options!
0Shola0 said:
Thx Ill look at those options!
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Did you figure out how to transfer over the data with total manager apk? Mine won't allow a copy and paste
XDHx86 said:
Well here is your solution buddy, you updated to 11 yet? I don't know if it's available to 10 since this is new info to me.
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the OP dosent need to upgrade to Android 11, all they need to show is tick the show hidden files option in my Files settings.
b1k3rdude said:
the OP dosent need to upgrade to Android 11, all they need to show is tick the show hidden files option in my Files settings.
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From the the site homepage it says it only supports accessing /data partition from android 11, so i think it shoul only work on android 11 as i said.
Have you tried this? It doesn't need root.
sounds like Total Commander have decided to copy LCG's X-plore with the two panel windows.
all decent file browsers have been able to access storage/0/emulated/Android/data the whole time and micro SD equivalent too.
it's only with android 11 that google's new security layer has removed that access for SDcards. their new security has also made the file system 6 times slower in copying or moving files etc. hopefully OEMs will pressure google to fix it.
3mel said:
sounds like Total Commander have decided to copy LCG's X-plore with the two panel windows.
all decent file browsers have been able to access storage/0/emulated/Android/data the whole time and micro SD equivalent too.
it's only with android 11 that google's new security layer has removed that access for SDcards. their new security has also made the file system 6 times slower in copying or moving files etc. hopefully OEMs will pressure google to fix it.
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I believe you misunderstood the topic of the thread. We're discussing the possibility of accessing /data partition without root permission on android 11, even with scoped storage security feature. You can read about it the the link in the 3rd post above.
I never heard about google forbidding access to sdcard from apps, can you elaborate?
XDHx86 said:
I believe you misunderstood the topic of the thread. We're discussing the possibility of accessing /data partition without root permission on android 11, even with scoped storage security feature. You can read about it the the link in the 3rd post above.
I never heard about google forbidding access to sdcard from apps, can you elaborate?
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I think I understood OK, changes to the file system include no longer accessing Android/Data. that's not the data partition as far as I'm concerned, it's still accessible from internal storage but not from external.
Hi, yesterday when I was trying to back up some of my photos, which I usually cut it from internal device to PC, during the process there was a time all the folders became "empty folders" when I looked on PC screen, I thought maybe just a preview problem that needs time to load, so I directly cut some of those "empty folders" into PC, while it takes less than 1 second, but actually it contains thousands of photos. I checked the folders on PC that are empty contains nothing, but the folders were cutted out of its original place, I couldn't see them in DCIM. When I'm checking my album on my phone screen, I can still see those folders, but the cover photo becomes unavailable, and soon it disappears from my sight.
I believe those photos are still there, they were not cut out, I think maybe just the directory or index is lost, which make them unseeable. I have tried so many different recovery software to look for those photos like DiskDigger, but still couldn't find them, any suggestions on it, what should I do, is root the final solution for it?
Thanks!
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Meh, copy not cut/paste to backup critical files.
If you need to delete the original do so after it's been successfully copied. Otherwise this will occasionally happen.
The files are there, but retrieving them may not be a doable option.
blackhawk said:
Meh, copy not cut/paste to backup critical files.
If you need to delete the original do so after it's been successfully copied. Otherwise this will occasionally happen.
The files are there, but retrieving them may not be a doable option.
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Yeah you're right, I didn't expect that, usually I just make duplicates after they are moved to PC, I think I won't use cut function so careleslly anymore, copy paste would be much better.
Do you think some software offer "Deep Scan" option that only functions with rooted devices would work?
crosscar said:
Yeah you're right, I didn't expect that, usually I just make duplicates after they are moved to PC, I think I won't use cut function so careleslly anymore, copy paste would be much better.
Do you think some software offer "Deep Scan" option that only functions with rooted devices would work?
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Been there, done that.
Are you rooted? You have more options if so otherwise it's irrelevant.
blackhawk said:
Been there, done that.
Are you rooted? You have more options if so otherwise it's irrelevant.
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No, not yet, that's why I'm here looking for answers, if it's possible I will try to root it and see.
I have also heard something like mirror the disk to PC, and then use EasyRecovery or other tools to recover on PC side, would that be possible too?
crosscar said:
No, not yet, that's why I'm here looking for answers, if it's possible I will try to root it and see.
I have also heard something like mirror the disk to PC, and then use EasyRecovery or other tools to recover on PC side, would that be possible too?
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Don't know. It's not like a stand alone flash card.
I avoid getting into this situation by keeping redundant backup hdds.
Hello crosscar, try with recuva for pc you remove the sd card you put it in a flash drive.
You open recuva will ask you what you want to do then choose the sdcard put in the flash drive launch the search.
https://www.ccleaner.com/fr-fr/recuva
meric57 said:
Hello crosscar, try with recuva for pc you remove the sd card you put it in a flash drive.
You open recuva will ask you what you want to do then choose the sdcard put in the flash drive launch the search.
https://www.ccleaner.com/fr-fr/recuva
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Unfortunately it's on internal memory I believe...