I think I posted this in the wrong forum earlier. I currently have a Galaxy S4 and looked at the nexus 6 if I have to buy a sealed phone vs the new galaxy. Since everything is internal when making a nandroid do I need to transfer the nandroid to a computer then wipe? If I wipe the phone then how do I flash a new ROM if the internal is wiped ? Nandroid... Ok..... Then transfer is my guess to computer..... Then wipe then flash.... Except the internal is wiped.
Everything you flash a new ROM do you have to back up and transfer everything to the computer?
With the galaxy s4 I would just wipe the phone then load off the SD card slot.
Depending on what you wipe, and how you wipe, the data on your sdcard can be saved on the Nexus. For example, in a custom recovery, TWRP in the N6's case by default a factory reset doesn't wipe the sdcard.
^^ exactly.
TWRP knows what it should and shouldn't wipe. Unless you do it manually you won't lose the nandroid.
Plus, I've had a lot of issues transferring nandroid to a PC or SD card prior to the Nexus and have them work after the transfer.
cupfulloflol said:
Depending on what you wipe, and how you wipe, the data on your sdcard can be saved on the Nexus. For example, in a custom recovery, TWRP in the N6's case by default a factory reset doesn't wipe the sdcard.
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I saw there is a Nexus Root tool kit by wug. Do you use this to back up your phone or do you still do it in TWRP ? When you back up a nandroid, are you completely backing up everything (photos, music, etc), then it is kept in a side partition "sdcard" that you were describing and the rest of the phone is wiped ? Prior with the Galaxy S4, the custom recovery (I used CWM) would wipe the entire internal phone and anything not on the MicroSD card was wiped.
Right now my MicroSD card is 32GB and is nearly half full.
You CAN use Wugs (and since you have 16+GB of stuff, I would) - otherwise a single nandroid would pretty much fill your phone.
Or... Dont keep as much stuff on your phone if you're planning on using testing out roms.
iRub1Out said:
You CAN use Wugs (and since you have 16+GB of stuff, I would) - otherwise a single nandroid would pretty much fill your phone.
Or... Dont keep as much stuff on your phone if you're planning on using testing out roms.
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How do you usually manage your nandroid back ups and content like photos/music/etc ? Cloud or transfer to PC ? Does Wugs make nandroids directly to the PC so it's not eating up internal space ?
Typically when I nandroid I transfer it to my pc as it takes up way to much space on a 32gig phone.
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I transfer pics/videos from my phone to my PC or private cloud on a regular basis - every other day or so. That way, should I take a video thats, lets say, 5-8 minutes long or longer, that is a lot of space, so I upload it when I get the chance and then remove it from my phone.
I dont include pics/videos/music in the nandroid as I can always put back what I want upon restoring it. No need for a senselessly large nandroid.
Same for anything else. I have 64 Gig because sometimes I go on vacations that are 2-4 weeks - and I take a s*** load of pics/video in that time. I would EASILY fill my phone in a week, that's why I never keep all of my s*** in ONE place, especially on my phone - which can quite easily be destroyed - and no possible method of getting that back. So I just dont chance it. I learned that on a cruize in the southern Caribbean - had a S4 at the time, with a 64GB card and maybe 40GB of video and pics of the first week all saved up, one night we were playing putt-putt on the deck - some drunk prick stumbled into me as I was taking a pic of my wife - over the glass wall it went. Into the ocean. Gone like a snowball in hell.
So... no, I dont keep much of anything on it without having it somewhere else also.
iRub1Out said:
I transfer pics/videos from my phone to my PC or private cloud on a regular basis - every other day or so. That way, should I take a video thats, lets say, 5-8 minutes long or longer, that is a lot of space, so I upload it when I get the chance and then remove it from my phone.
I dont include pics/videos/music in the nandroid as I can always put back what I want upon restoring it. No need for a senselessly large nandroid.
Same for anything else. I have 64 Gig because sometimes I go on vacations that are 2-4 weeks - and I take a s*** load of pics/video in that time. I would EASILY fill my phone in a week, that's why I never keep all of my s*** in ONE place, especially on my phone - which can quite easily be destroyed - and no possible method of getting that back. So I just dont chance it. I learned that on a cruize in the southern Caribbean - had a S4 at the time, with a 64GB card and maybe 40GB of video and pics of the first week all saved up, one night we were playing putt-putt on the deck - some drunk prick stumbled into me as I was taking a pic of my wife - over the glass wall it went. Into the ocean. Gone like a snowball in hell.
So... no, I dont keep much of anything on it without having it somewhere else also.
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The current one Sprint holds is only 32GB although I may see what the new release is. I reviewed the unlocking of the bootloader and installing custom recovery. It is much easier than having to do it via ODIN for the S4. I am assuming that default the nandroid backs up everything by default unless you uncheck it otherwise ? I'm using google+ right now. What cloud servers do you use as an alternative ?
DroidFire said:
Typically when I nandroid I transfer it to my pc as it takes up way to much space on a 32gig phone.
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Manual internal phone transfer to PC with the USB cable ? Or do you use the Nexus Tool Kit to do it ?
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Ok, so I've used my G1 for about 2 years now and I recently upgraded to a Vibrant. Now, I want to sell my G1; however, I want to make sure every little information is off of it completely! I currently have android1.6 on with cynomod4 rooted, I was planning on upgrading to the latest cynomod and selling it fresh with that. Any suggestions?
A second question, I want to sell my G1 but do not know how much its worth. I'll be selling it with a dock (that can charge a 2nd battery) that connects to your computer, home and car charger, case, extra screen protector, USB wire, 2gb or 4gb card(dont remember size), and that wire that allows you to connect headphones through the miniUSB plug. Obviously the phone will (hopefully) have latest rooted cynomod with android2.2. Any suggestions?
Thanks
mario
cliff; how do you wipe EVERYTHING off a G1 (including backups, etc) and how much can I sell mine for?
Haha I just posted a very similar thread under this one. I'm trying to do the same but instead of selling it with root I want to make it stock again.
As for price, I'm selling mine for $100 with a 1GB SD Card. But that's to a friend..I see some on craigslist for 175 but thats up to you. Sucks though cause I bought it for 450 when it first came out
But you should sell yours for over 200 since it has all those accessories..
thanks for the quick reply,
Its not illegal to sell it rooted, right?
Whats worth more? rooted i would assume
No problem!
No it's not illegal to sell it rooted, unless it has cracked and stolen apps (i.e. downloading apps through Web sites and not paying for them). But it depends on the person you sell it to. Someone might complain that it's rooted because they may think it's "bad" or they just simply don't know how to manage a rooted phone.
I don't think it really matters if it's rooted or not, price-wise. I'm selling mine to my friend and he doesn't know anything about phones so that's why I'm making it stock for him.
Perhaps someone who knows about root and wants a rooted phone will be willing to dish out a few extra bucks for the latest CMMod with 2.2.
Very true, what should I do to make sure I deleted everything off of the phone?
Is formatting the sdcard and upgrading to the latest cm enough?
Uhh, that I'm not sure of. I haven't played with my G1 in almost a year.. so I kind of forgot everything. That is my question too..how to wipe everything. Maybe upgrade to the latest and then factory reset the phone? Not sure if that will mess up anything though.. and then just check the SD card and delete what ever you want. Cause you'll need Apps2SD.. if that still exists haha.
But you should probably wait for other people to reply.
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Uhh, that I'm not sure of. I haven't played with my G1 in almost a year.. so I kind of forgot everything. That is my question too..how to wipe everything. Maybe upgrade to the latest and then factory reset the phone? Not sure if that will mess up anything though.. and then just check the SD card and delete what ever you want. Cause you'll need Apps2SD.. if that still exists haha.
But you should probably wait for other people to reply.
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You can flash the dreamimg.nbh to the g1 to bring it back on to stock and it will remove every setting on it. It will be like a new phone from factory. It will be on Android 1.1, but the OTA will hit soon to upgrade it to 1.6.
Here is the thread..Unroot Phone
If you want to wipe out every trace of personal information from the device, you need to go to a console in recovery mode and dd the userdata and cache partitions over with 0's...
First mount your cache and userdata partitions, then
dd if=/dev/zero of=/cache/zerofile; dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/zerofile; sync; rm -f /cache/zerofile /data/zerofile; sync
Recovery mode is where you install the update.zip?
how do i mount from there, using the console as well?
do you know the commands?
how do i know which partition i need to mount?
the SD card in the phone is formatted if that has anything to do with it.
after that i need to execute those 4 commands?
will i lose root?
thank you
marioiscoool said:
Ok, so I've used my G1 for about 2 years now and I recently upgraded to a Vibrant. Now, I want to sell my G1; however, I want to make sure every little information is off of it completely! I currently have android1.6 on with cynomod4 rooted, I was planning on upgrading to the latest cynomod and selling it fresh with that. Any suggestions?
A second question, I want to sell my G1 but do not know how much its worth. I'll be selling it with a dock (that can charge a 2nd battery) that connects to your computer, home and car charger, case, extra screen protector, USB wire, 2gb or 4gb card(dont remember size), and that wire that allows you to connect headphones through the miniUSB plug. Obviously the phone will (hopefully) have latest rooted cynomod with android2.2. Any suggestions?
Thanks
mario
cliff; how do you wipe EVERYTHING off a G1 (including backups, etc) and how much can I sell mine for?
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Restoring the phone using the fastboot method will restore the phone as if you just took the phone out of the box and will disable root. If you want to re-enable root you would have to go through the steps again.
Fastboot restore:
Pressing and holding Camera button then pressing power until you get to a rainbow screen. Have DREAIMG.nbh on the root of your SD card. Follow the on screen directions and after its done you've restored to stock.
i got my xperia z about a week ago i absolutely loved it no other phone has had the effect this one has on me i adore it i set it up with my settings apps etc
then i noticed a tiny tiny little scratch and now i want to return it even paying to get it exchanged
however i put in all my passwords in it (which i plan to change)
i did some searching around and saw that encrypting the phone would make the data virtually impossible to recover once deleted
i also used a program called nuke my phone which turns out dosn't work on encrypted files so it was stuck in a loop according to the author of the program encrypting the files before erasing everything has the same effect
so can i now safely change this phone without worrying about anything?
i encrypted the phone which wook about 1 hour i then did a factory reset of it
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i got my xperia z about a week ago i absolutely loved it no other phone has had the effect this one has on me i adore it i set it up with my settings apps etc
then i noticed a tiny tiny little scratch and now i want to return it even paying to get it exchanged
however i put in all my passwords in it (which i plan to change)
i did some searching around and saw that encrypting the phone would make the data virtually impossible to recover once deleted
i also used a program called nuke my phone which turns out dosn't work on encrypted files so it was stuck in a loop according to the author of the program encrypting the files before erasing everything has the same effect
so can i now safely change this phone without worrying about anything?
i encrypted the phone which wook about 1 hour i then did a factory reset of it
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Are you still playing with this problem ?
It's ok - everyone has looked at porn. We won't judge you. :laugh:
If you have encrypted and factory reset your phone all you can do is check your accounts in settings make sure nothing is there. As a last resort you could format the SD card, obviously take out your own SD card. If you are really in doubt you could fill the internal card with files full of 1 and 0's (overwriting blank space) after that there's nothing much you can do apart from burning the device. Or develop a small EMP to wipe it...
And if you're really paranoid, change all your passwords on your accounts and use 2 step authentication.
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Are you still playing with this problem ?
It's ok - everyone has looked at porn. We won't judge you. :laugh:
If you have encrypted and factory reset your phone all you can do is check your accounts in settings make sure nothing is there. As a last resort you could format the SD card, obviously take out your own SD card. If you are really in doubt you could fill the internal card with files full of 1 and 0's (overwriting blank space) after that there's nothing much you can do apart from burning the device. Or develop a small EMP to wipe it...
And if you're really paranoid, change all your passwords on your accounts and use 2 step authentication.
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you'd think i did but i didn't honest lol
thing is i am paranoid all i want gone is my passwords thats all i never put ANY files in the phone itself i never used the camera i barely got time to use it
i have no sd card in it
as for 2 step verification already activated on all accounts
I'd say you're good so. There is nothing else you can do.
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Yep pretty much, good luck to anyone trying to recover that.
zzcool said:
i got my xperia z about a week ago i absolutely loved it no other phone has had the effect this one has on me i adore it i set it up with my settings apps etc
then i noticed a tiny tiny little scratch and now i want to return it even paying to get it exchanged
however i put in all my passwords in it (which i plan to change)
i did some searching around and saw that encrypting the phone would make the data virtually impossible to recover once deleted
i also used a program called nuke my phone which turns out dosn't work on encrypted files so it was stuck in a loop according to the author of the program encrypting the files before erasing everything has the same effect
so can i now safely change this phone without worrying about anything?
i encrypted the phone which wook about 1 hour i then did a factory reset of it
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Excuse my ignorance but I have always thought that with the built-in factory data reset that...well...that was that and all traces of user info banished.
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It does. This person just wanted to be doubly sure. AKA paranoid.
Sent from the brain via my Xperia Z & XDA PHD
This is a bad week. Yesterday I dropped my Xperia Z onto the pavement, and it got a major damage at the polyamid frame on the upper right corner. It could have benn worse. no display or back glass broken. Oh, and the cover for the headset plug has to be replaced, too. See the sad picture attached. Repair will cost about 112 Euros (and I think another 100 Euros for spare parts) Today my SanDisk 32GB micro SDHC died from one second to another. Completely dead. It's not even recognized anymore, regardless in which PC or Android Device I put it in.
However, enough self-pity, my question is: How do I secure my whole phone from curious repair-workers? My smartphone is essentially full of sensible and private Data. Emails, Texts, Photos, all the Apps with stored Logins (Facebook and the likes).
My first idea is the Android built-in Encryption under Settings > Security > Encrypt Phone. I've never done that, because it says it takes a whole hour, and there is no information about this encryption can be reverted. Because maybe some App stops working, or it makes the whole phone slow. And now the most important question: Is it worth the effort? Is it really secure facing an autorized sony repair staff member?
Secondly I came up with the thougt of doing a backup. Maybe the Repairman calls me and says he has to do a full service test to ensure every internal bit an piece is still working after repair. Which might mean he has to have access to the phone (and the service menu). Since I have encrypted and locked my phone, this can only be done via factory reset. So I should have an complete backup. Has anyone ever tried the built in backup and restore? Does it really backup everything? Every App, evry Data, every setting (widgets and stuff), well plain and simple - a copy of my phone current state? At the moment it only offers me to backup system files and data, might be due to the fact that there is no sd-card and the internal memory has not enough space.
Any other backupsolutions? My phone is not rooted, and rather shouldn't be (warranty issues)
besserde said:
This is a bad week. Yesterday I dropped my Xperia Z onto the pavement, and it got a major damage at the polyamid frame on the upper right corner. It could have benn worse. no display or back glass broken. Oh, and the cover for the headset plug has to be replaced, too. See the sad picture attached. Repair will cost about 112 Euros (and I think another 100 Euros for spare parts) Today my SanDisk 32GB micro SDHC died from one second to another. Completely dead. It's not even recognized anymore, regardless in which PC or Android Device I put it in.
However, enough self-pity, my question is: How do I secure my whole phone from curious repair-workers? My smartphone is essentially full of sensible and private Data. Emails, Texts, Photos, all the Apps with stored Logins (Facebook and the likes).
My first idea is the Android built-in Encryption under Settings > Security > Encrypt Phone. I've never done that, because it says it takes a whole hour, and there is no information about this encryption can be reverted. Because maybe some App stops working, or it makes the whole phone slow. And now the most important question: Is it worth the effort? Is it really secure facing an autorized sony repair staff member?
Secondly I came up with the thougt of doing a backup. Maybe the Repairman calls me and says he has to do a full service test to ensure every internal bit an piece is still working after repair. Which might mean he has to have access to the phone (and the service menu). Since I have encrypted and locked my phone, this can only be done via factory reset. So I should have an complete backup. Has anyone ever tried the built in backup and restore? Does it really backup everything? Every App, evry Data, every setting (widgets and stuff), well plain and simple - a copy of my phone current state? At the moment it only offers me to backup system files and data, might be due to the fact that there is no sd-card and the internal memory has not enough space.
Any other backupsolutions? My phone is not rooted, and rather shouldn't be (warranty issues)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2116920
There you go.
But anyways, I'd say root your phone install cwm and do a nandroid backup. Save the backup file(s) somewhere else (not on your phone duh). Then do a factory reset and send the phone like that.
Dsteppa said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2116920
There you go.
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I wasn't sure if my question concerning encryption is right in the Troubleshooting forums. But if so, maybe an admin can move the thread?
According to your answer I assume the aformentioned stock backup solution isn't that useful at all?
What's with the encryption security?
Currently "rocking" a Samsung T989 (currently got a new lease on life running JellyBeast). The phone is still gine (albeit a bit slow) and checked all my requirements at the time:
Removable sd card
Removable back
User replaceable battery
The Nexus 6 has none of those features! I was considering the Huawei Ascend Mate 2, which checks most of the boxes save the battery. But in the end given the Amazon BF special, I could get the Nexus 6 with near flagship performance levels for the same 200$. Could not pass that up.
My questions:
I really enjoyed the security of an external SD card when I was flashing the T989. Felt confident wiping knowing my backup and files were secure on the external SD card. It was alaso nice to be able to back up on a secure location at any time. Is there a way to setup a safe virtual SD card partition on the Nexus 6 to store Nandroid backups while experimenting with ROMs? I know I can backup to a computer or OTG drive, but I liked the convenience of having everything on the phone, with stock Rom being a flash away if anything does not quite work on the new ROM.
Is it recommended to get a new back cover once you need to remove it (battery change)? Not a fan of the adhesive method, and would not want a flapping cover after pulling it off once. Maybe I'll need a new cover to get all my letters back by that time anyway
Thanks!
You can always use MultiRom and keep the stock ROM as one of your options
Well I had to Google that...
MultiRom looks pretty sweet, for easy ROM switching. As long as there is an option to boot default ROM so you don't have to mess with the menu for the 99% of the time.
Looks like saving Nandroid backups to a USB drive via OTG adapter will be my safe approach. How easy is it to do nandroid backup to external USB/OTG with TWRP/Nandroid Manager?
MapTap said:
Well I had to Google that...
MultiRom looks pretty sweet, for easy ROM switching. As long as there is an option to boot default ROM so you don't have to mess with the menu for the 99% of the time.
Looks like saving Nandroid backups to a USB drive via OTG adapter will be my safe approach. How easy is it to do nandroid backup to external USB/OTG with TWRP/Nandroid Manager?
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its no different that backing it up to the phone itself, you just specify the location you want to save it to..
MapTap said:
Currently "rocking" a Samsung T989 (currently got a new lease on life running JellyBeast). The phone is still gine (albeit a bit slow) and checked all my requirements at the time:
Removable sd card
Removable back
User replaceable battery
The Nexus 6 has none of those features! I was considering the Huawei Ascend Mate 2, which checks most of the boxes save the battery. But in the end given the Amazon BF special, I could get the Nexus 6 with near flagship performance levels for the same 200$. Could not pass that up.
My questions:
I really enjoyed the security of an external SD card when I was flashing the T989. Felt confident wiping knowing my backup and files were secure on the external SD card. It was alaso nice to be able to back up on a secure location at any time. Is there a way to setup a safe virtual SD card partition on the Nexus 6 to store Nandroid backups while experimenting with ROMs? I know I can backup to a computer or OTG drive, but I liked the convenience of having everything on the phone, with stock Rom being a flash away if anything does not quite work on the new ROM.
Is it recommended to get a new back cover once you need to remove it (battery change)? Not a fan of the adhesive method, and would not want a flapping cover after pulling it off once. Maybe I'll need a new cover to get all my letters back by that time anyway
Thanks!
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There are a few things that I wouldn't like about the Nexus 6, and mainly the size, but if you're one of those lucky ones who were able to score one for $199 on Amazon BF sale, I can't see how you will/can regret or concern. For all I care, you can't even by decent 4g tablet for that price.
Unfortunately for me, I wasn't one of those lucky ones. I totally missed the sale
** LMAO... but then if you still think you're going to regret it, just don't open box and I will buy it from you for that price.
MapTap said:
Felt confident wiping knowing my backup and files were secure on the external SD card.
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Just don't wipe internal storage when wiping before a flash, and your backup and files will be there and secure.
My S21 is completely destroyed.
what are the possible ways to recover data from this device?
or should I just forget about it?
Nothing was backed up?!!
A data recovery service might be able to. If you had an SD card... now you understand one huge reason to always have one and use it as a data drive. Then regularly and redundantly backup the SD card to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC.
blackhawk said:
Nothing was backed up?!!
A data recovery service might be able to. If you had an SD card... now you understand one huge reason to always have one and use it as a data drive.
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Unfortunately no. Got busy with S22U and was too lazy to backup my old device. It was a 512GB device, so never felt I would need an SD card. And now I'm pulling my hair thinking should I punch my face or not.
nazmulnsu said:
Unfortunately no. Got busy with S22U and was too lazy to backup my old device. It was a 512GB device, so never felt I would need an SD card. And now I'm pulling my hair thinking should I punch my face or not.
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It happens... I lost a 30 yo database that wasn't replaceable.
This N10+ is 512gb with a 1tb card. Lol, sometimes I use the internal memory to temporarily backup the SD card.
It's much easier it is to set up a new phone with an SD card slot. I got a second N10+ about 8 months ago. I simply put the .5tb card from the older phone in it to completely load it. When I finally got my new 1tb card a few months ago for the older N10+ I copied all the files on it to internal memory. Then got the new 1tb card in the phone and repopulated it with the data I stored on internal memory. Eventually the .5tb card in the newer phone will be upgraded to 1tb as well.
Right now I have those 2 SD cards, a .5tb flashstick and at multiple hhds with backup data for the phone(s). I might lose some data but never all my data. Once bitten, twice shy.
blackhawk said:
It happens... I lost a 30 yo database that wasn't replaceable.
This N10+ is 512gb with a 1tb card. Lol, sometimes I use the internal memory to temporarily backup the SD card.
It's much easier it is to set up a new phone with an SD card slot. I got a second N10+ about 8 months ago. I simply put the .5tb card from the older phone in it to completely load it. When I finally got my new 1tb card a few months ago for the older N10+ I copied all the files on it to internal memory. Then got the new 1tb card in the phone and repopulated it with the data I stored on internal memory. Eventually the .5tb card in the newer phone will be upgraded to 1tb as well.
Right now I have those 2 SD cards, a .5tb flashstick and at multiple hhds with backup data for the phone(s). I might lose some data but never all my data. Once bitten, twice shy.
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Sorry to hear that. I'm gonna be more careful from now on. I set up a 20TB fileserver at home last year which I can use anytime to backup everything. But I am just a complete lazy idiot. I have good memories of that phone, I wish I could retrieve that.
nazmulnsu said:
Sorry to hear that. I'm gonna be more careful from now on. I set up a 20TB fileserver at home last year which I can use anytime to backup everything. But I am just a complete lazy idiot. I have good memories of that phone, I wish I could retrieve that.
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Thanks... we all make similar lapses in judgment as life gets twisted.
Get a good case, the S22U is even heavier than the S21U. I've using the Zizo Bolt on my N10+'s.
Without it this device been smashed long ago.
A flash stick can be use for easy "dirty" backups but the hdds should be the primary backup.
Samsung's are fairly secure to the point where it's counterproductive. If the phone still boots you could try accessing it remotely but it will be hard to set it up initially. You could replace the display if the mobo is good.
If the mobo got damaged then it will be a lot more complicated and maybe completely impossible to extract any data.
Remember what Dirty Harry said about what can happen to data that's not backed up
blackhawk said:
Thanks... we all make similar lapses in judgment as life gets twisted.
Get a good case, the S22U is even heavier than the S21U. I've using the Zizo Bolt on my N10+'s.
Without it this device been smashed long ago.
A flash stick can be use for easy "dirty" backups but the hdds should be the primary backup.
Samsung's are fairly secure to the point where it's counterproductive. If the phone still boots you could try accessing it remotely but it will be hard to set it up initially. You could replace the display if the mobo is good.
If the mobo got damaged then it will be a lot more complicated and maybe completely impossible to extract any data.
Remember what Dirty Harry said about what can happen to data that's not backed up
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Indeed. Lesson learned. I am using the Nilkin case which is pretty solid but a little bit thick and of course tough I guess. Thanks for your kind advice.