Hello
I have a problem that hopefully somebody here can help me out
Long story short:
I forgot my alternative password from my Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint is there anything i cand do about it to save my data?
I have tried android device manager with no luck
I tried some software on my computer that claims to back up data but the phone needs to have developer options on to connect to it
Any way to turn on this setting trough recovery menu or download mode?
Any other ideas?
Its really important for me to save the data before doing a factory reset
The phone is not Rooted and no custom recovery
Everything is on the internal storage no sd card
Model:g900a
Thank you
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i've tried everything on the net, it still keeps continuously looping. It would initially go the home screen and start doing the memory scan and i'd have access to the screen and then all of a sudden restart.
then i did a factory reset by going into the recovery mode, now it loads up and asks me to fill in my details like a new phone, when it reboots again.
what else is left to try, i cant even access my data on the internal sd card as the stupid thing wont stay on long enough to copy my data over through usb. As it keeps booting within 10seconds of loading the home screen.
i can access recovery mode and download mode.
please help
P.S. is this problem with just the galaxy s or all android phones, as it frankly is ******** me off to the point i'm thinking of going back to my candy bar Nokia phones, instead of dealing with this pile of **** every few months.
P.P.S. i am on android gingerbread with voodoo kernal, both of which have been fine for the last few months.
articoceanic said:
i've tried everything on the net, it still keeps continuously looping. It would initially go the home screen and start doing the memory scan and i'd have access to the screen and then all of a sudden restart.
then i did a factory reset by going into the recovery mode, now it loads up and asks me to fill in my details like a new phone, when it reboots again.
what else is left to try, i cant even access my data on the internal sd card as the stupid thing wont stay on long enough to copy my data over through usb. As it keeps booting within 10seconds of loading the home screen.
i can access recovery mode and download mode.
please help
P.S. is this problem with just the galaxy s or all android phones, as it frankly is ******** me off to the point i'm thinking of going back to my candy bar Nokia phones, instead of dealing with this pile of **** every few months.
P.P.S. i am on android gingerbread with voodoo kernal, both of which have been fine for the last few months.
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what rom r u on
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TIGER 123 said:
what rom r u on
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this might help you go to darkyrom forum,flash 10,2 re,
this saved me a couple of times,you have to do it through odin theres a guide on the forum or checkout puggeruk on youtube"ref unbrick my sgs" hope it helps
articoceanic said:
i've tried everything on the net, it still keeps continuously looping. It would initially go the home screen and start doing the memory scan and i'd have access to the screen and then all of a sudden restart.
then i did a factory reset by going into the recovery mode, now it loads up and asks me to fill in my details like a new phone, when it reboots again.
what else is left to try, i cant even access my data on the internal sd card as the stupid thing wont stay on long enough to copy my data over through usb. As it keeps booting within 10seconds of loading the home screen.
i can access recovery mode and download mode.
please help
P.S. is this problem with just the galaxy s or all android phones, as it frankly is ******** me off to the point i'm thinking of going back to my candy bar Nokia phones, instead of dealing with this pile of **** every few months.
P.P.S. i am on android gingerbread with voodoo kernal, both of which have been fine for the last few months.
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If you have important data on your internal card:
goto recovery mode, then mounts and storage,
connect your usb cable, choose mount usb storage in the recovery (dont choose the unmount usbcard!!).
Now you can access your internal storage.
Also you can try to flash the semaphore kernel from the development section.
After that do a wipe data/factory reset from the recovery.
articoceanic said:
what else is left to try, i cant even access my data on the internal sd card as the stupid thing wont stay on long enough to copy my data over through usb. As it keeps booting within 10seconds of loading the home screen.
i can access recovery mode and download mode.
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go to recovery>mount option> mount usb option and get your data ..
As fas as rom is concerned try to flash a stock de-odexed rom using odin . Might help
having tried flashing 2.1 (eclair) rom? with pit files
hope this works
cheers
Have you tried recovery/backup and restore and made a backup? Then I would remove external sd and simcard, back to recovery/storage and format the sd card. (this will wipe the internal card AND the external if it is in!!) Then remove battery, boot to download and flash a stock rom using odin, boot the phone, remove batt flash a kernel then flash your custom rom.
thanks guys, didn't know about the mount usb storage thing in recovery mode, at least my stuff is safe.
Did 4-5 factory resets and every time it would stay on for longer before falling into the boot loop. as of last dozen hours or so it is working fine. (hope its not a hardware failure, but merely software, phones nearly out of warranty)
But if it keeps happening again, will take your advice, mount my phone, copy my stuff over and install another ROM.
happy and relieved chap for the moment.
well the boot loop is back, but some more info, this time it seems that whenever i try to turn on wifi or use wifi the boot loop starts. So long as wifi is disabled its fine.
From what i've read it seems to be specific to the three network rom.
anyone know of a stable rom, preferably the most stablest rom without any problems out there, that they can recommend?
or even better, if better the stock default unbranded goodle rom for this phone without any network changes, that wont give me any problems?
all i wanted was a simple fast phone without any problems, might be forced to go to the dark side and buy an apple if this continues.
In short: Canceled Factory Reset, Now my SD card is not being detected properly and I am unable to format/mount it in recovery
Hey Everyone,
I've recently created quite a frustrating problem on my HTC Vivid that I'm unable to figure out. While attempting to go into CWM Recovery to check what version I have I accidentally selected Factory Reset from the bootloader. I quickly pulled the battery, as my back cover was off, within a second or two of this selection, and to my knowledge the phone was still on the bootloader screen and hadn't begun the process. After rebooting into my ROM and I attempted to install TWRP Recovery via Goo Manager in preparation for flashing a new ROM. After the download timer expired my Goo Manager crashed. Any attempt to install via Goo Manager since then is giving me this error, or it just hangs at the download web page. I suspect that this is because of the botched Factory Reset I mentioned earlier, and I'm worried I've somehow messed up the internal SD. My internal sd card is not detected by the camera app nor correctly seen in my file manager, in settings it is reported at the correct size, but apparently all my media has been deleted. I'm unable to format/mount ext sd or emmc in Recovery. My questions are: Has my sd card been corrupted, and If so, why did all my apps and user data remain? Secondly, how can I remedy this situation? I should mention that my phones data port is basically unusable, so I am unable to connect my device to a PC and use adb/fastboot.
My recovery is CWM 5.5.0.4 and my ROM is CM-10.2 | AOSP 4.3.1 Jellybean [KANG] [Oct-31] My phone is unlocked and S-OFF
Update: I tried to Factory Reset, thinking maybe what got me into this mess would get me out, but that option just takes me into recovery. This leaves me even more puzzled. I followed that up with a factory reset/davlik cache wipe from recovery but that hasn't done anything either. My conclusion thus far is that I need to somehow reformat my internal storage, is that possible without connecting my phone to a pc?
Thank you for any responses, and taking the time to read this.
I inadvertently hit the factory reset once from the boot loader and it did the reset in just a few seconds. It hosed my internal memory and unfortunately had to run the ruu to fix it. I know that is not what you want to hear if you can't connect it to a computer.
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Seriously?
I have answered this question literally 100 times...
Please use the search feature...
Or at least scroll down and read thread titles...
And if your port is borked... Replace it
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I did a forum search, I was unable to find a satisfactory answer so I started my own thread. (All were referring to using some method of connecting the phone to a PC)
If anyone is wondering, I solved my problem by simply doing a reset/data wipe via recovery and reflashing my ROM. During setup it prompted me to format my internal storage and now my phone is behaving as normal.
Mods feel free to lock and delete this thread.
I was at a convention this weekend and when i arrived i had to turn in my phone since they are not allowed. I normally use pin or pattern lock to secure my phone but i decided to try password lock for more security. Well the password that used which i had to confirm before it locked i am typing it over and over exactly the same way i typed it when i turned it on but it is not going through.
I am using Knoxraid V 5.6 JB rom
I am able to access recovery through the power menu
I would like to find a way to unlock my phone without having to resetting my phone and loosing all my data. I use my phone heavily for work and will loose important info that could cost me $$$...
If resetting is the only the way to fix this then i will have to do it but was wondering how exactly i have to go about doing that..
Can i just go back into recovery select wipe 3x and reboot
or do i have to reflash the phone by going into recovery (not sure if i still have safe strap installed) selecting the file and then flashing on stock rom slot..
T.I.A.
EDIT: would any of these options actually work ?
http://en.miui.com/thread-5684-1-1.html
found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620456
and i am going to attempt the first option and flash the zip only thing is that in recovery i dont get the option to flash a zip i only get the option to update from ADB
update through zip on external storage and option to reboot
??
Hi
I took the plunge and decided to root my Note 5, I have got as far as installing recovery and can get into recovery but cannot reboot into android and TWRP is saying the phone storages are not there.
The phone appears to be stuck in a bootloop. I can still get to download mode and into recovery but cannot access the internal storage.
I think I should of performed a factory reset/cleared caches before flashing TWRP but didn't perform this step. I did enable oem unlock before starting to root.
I'm having trouble finding out if I can recover my phone, And a lot of the info seems to be hard to find.
At the moment I'm trying smart switch, any more information is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
doubleon said:
Hi
I took the plunge and decided to root my Note 5, I have got as far as installing recovery and can get into recovery but cannot reboot into android and TWRP is saying the phone storages are not there.
The phone appears to be stuck in a bootloop. I can still get to download mode and into recovery but cannot access the internal storage.
I think I should of performed a factory reset/cleared caches before flashing TWRP but didn't perform this step. I did enable oem unlock before starting to root.
I'm having trouble finding out if I can recover my phone, And a lot of the info seems to be hard to find.
At the moment I'm trying smart switch, any more information is greatly appreciated.
Use Samsung Smart Switch .... you have to fill in your note model then serial number ... dont forget your pc must have internet connection ... after smart switch find out compatible firmware on the internet for your model , then connect your note5 to smart switch (in download mode)
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Dear All Respected Professionals,
My Samsung Note 8 SM-N950F Android 8.0 stopped booting all of a sudden. No software update, no modification, nothing. It was working perfectly, I restarted phone and it won't start again.
When I try to boot it stays stuck at boot logo (SAMSUNG logo) for around 5 minutes and then automatically restarts. It gets quite hot.
I can access via ADB while it stays in bootloop. I exported logcat. I'll upload if it may help.
I have around 2.2 GB free out of 64 GB internal storage.
Never rooted.
However, it seems like Internal Storage doesn't get mounted. I can’t access /sdcard or /storage/emulated/0
As much as I remember, I had "Allow OEM Unlock" enabled. I tried to flash TWRP via Odin in Download mode, but it fails.
I'm looking to
1. Revert phone to working state without formatting
2. If 1 is not possible, I want to at least make complete backup, something like nandroid to backup WhatsApp data and other stuff.
Note: I want to recover data from my phone. It has lots of important data. I don't want to simply format it.
Device: Samsung Note 8 SM-N950F
ROM: Stock Android 8.0
Never rooted
I can boot into Recover and Download mode.
This is my first post here. If any more details are needed please ask and I'll provide.
Kind people here please help me fix my only daily driver???
Mr.187 said:
Dear All Respected Professionals,
My Samsung Note 8 SM-N950F Android 8.0 stopped booting all of a sudden. No software update, no modification, nothing. It was working perfectly, I restarted phone and it won't start again.
When I try to boot it stays stuck at boot logo (SAMSUNG logo) for around 5 minutes and then automatically restarts. It gets quite hot.
I can access via ADB while it stays in bootloop. I exported logcat. I'll upload if it may help.
I have around 2.2 GB free out of 64 GB internal storage.
Never rooted.
However, it seems like Internal Storage doesn't get mounted. I can’t access /sdcard or /storage/emulated/0
As much as I remember, I had "Allow OEM Unlock" enabled. I tried to flash TWRP via Odin in Download mode, but it fails.
I'm looking to
1. Revert phone to working state without formatting
2. If 1 is not possible, I want to at least make complete backup, something like nandroid to backup WhatsApp data and other stuff.
Note: I want to recover data from my phone. It has lots of important data. I don't want to simply format it.
Device: Samsung Note 8 SM-N950F
ROM: Stock Android 8.0
Never rooted
I can boot into Recover and Download mode.
This is my first post here. If any more details are needed please ask and I'll provide.
Kind people here please help me fix my only daily driver
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Trying following below steps..
1. First try to force restart device by pressing Volume down + Power key for 7 to 10 sec. It will fix system crash issues
2. Go to recovery mode and try to wife cache partition, ONLY WIPE CACHE PARTITION. DO NOT WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET.
3. Try to boot device in safe mode, Press and hold volume down + power button, When you see Samsung then release Power button but keep holding volume down button until home screen.
Let me know results...
im having similar problems,
any results?