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[Q] HTC phone wiped out - please help

Hi all -
I bought an HTC Touch pro Sprint phone, brand new, original and from the store and have had it for 3.5 years. Today, it froze and was running low on battery. I did a soft re-set with the stylus, something I've done many times over the years and I set the phone to recharge. It instead re-booted and wiped out all my data - contacts, text messages, voice mails, note files, pictures, apps and software I had downloaded. The phone restarted from scratch. It runs windows 6.1. How may I retrieve this data?
I am extremely upset as this information is essential and irreplaceable. I spoke to a computer data retrieving specialist who said it is possible to retrieve this information and not to use my phone till I get help. My phone is also my source of internet access at this moment. I am stranded and writing from a store. I know of this brilliant site - your site - from before, though I've not posted here before. If you can help me, I'd be so, so, so grateful. Thank you!

First of all don't put any data on your phone it will only write over the maybe recoverable space of your deleted files.
I dont know very much about your phone but if your able too connect it on USB as mass storage there is a chance you could recover it with:
Recuva
As i am a newby to these forums i can't post any links so just google recuva and than click the first link you'l get ..
Good luck..

[Q] HELP! Can a LG VM670 be rooted without internet or computer?

Here's the situation in brief(please read below for further explanation):
- Arrived in Ireland with LG Vm670 which worked fine for browsing, WhatsApp, etc
- Battery dislodged and phone reset to 1980, no longer can connect or recognize any WIFI signal (is now essentially useless)
- Decided to ROOT but have had to use husbands phone to access GooglePlay and download File Manger, Gingerbread etc on to SD card
- Put SD card into LG phone and nothing is being recognized therefor we're unable to ROOT and ClockSync device.
2 questions: How can I force my phone to recognize the SD files so that we can install these programs, should we be trying a factory reset? Will rooting even be possible without an internet connection or computer access?
*** THANKS to any or all that can shed some light on this problem, we do know what else we can do and I'm desperate for HELP!
The WHOLE STORY (as originally posted in general Q/A): After weeks of general research, trial and error and some despair I have decided to join this forum in hopes of some answers to sorting out my phone. While I will try to keep this brief, this is not a straight forward question and as of yet I have been unable to locate a thread that addresses all of my concerns or questions. Admittedly, I am not as technically savvy as other members on this site so please have patience and understand that I've done my best with the resources and knowledge I have. Here's the issue:
My LG VM670 phone was brought to Ireland (from the US) almost 2 months ago, while I never intended to use it for phone calls it was capable of browsing the internet and that was sufficient. WhatsApp was my main source of communication with family and friends in the states and abroad. I felt very fortunate to have not had any problems until the phone was dropped and the battery dislodged from the casing. Since that happened, my phone has reset itself to 1980 and is no longer able to locate or connect to WIFI or do much of anything for that matter.
After electing to ROOT the phone in hopes that ClockSync may resolve the problem, we downloaded all the files necessary from my husbands phone (an LG that had previously been rooted and is capable of getting online) but my phone is not recognizing any of the files from the SD card. We've exhausted all possibilities, Bluetoothing files and preloading the SD card with Gingerbread and ES File Manager but despite our best attempts my phone can't or will not access these files. Unfortunately, I have no preloaded apps that can assist so it's like starting from scratch but with no internet and no PC, all we're equipped with is an iPad 2 and his LG phone, we're not sure what else can be done with such limited equipment and access. But in the event we can get the applications and programs installed we know how to go about rooting thanks to all the guides posted, it's just getting over the hurdle with the SD card and installation.
Any thoughts on what is happening with the SD card? We know a root can be done without a computer but not if the files can't be accessed so this seems to be the biggest part of the dilemma. With no internet connection or access to the Google Play store is this even possible?
Any and all ideas are welcomed, I just want to be able to solve this problem without having to scrap the phone. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

i dont think you could without internet !

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Why no access to a computer? Couldn't you ask to use someone's?

skinbark said:
Why no access to a computer? Couldn't you ask to use someone's?
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Apparently they are out of the country. Remember you gotta install drivers too
@NoobInNeed - Can you boot to recovery? I ask because you made no mention of it.
Your questions:
1) Possibly... using Terminal Emulator
2) Also possible, if you can boot to recovery and your recovery isn't stock.

[Completed] How to recover an SMS.DB from a crashed phone. Messages from a deceased person...

Hello Android gurus,
I would be VERY gratefull if someone can help me with this:
Short version: A week ago a very good girlfriend send me a couple of SMS messages. I only could read some of them and then... my phone started to bug, install all kinds of cr*p etc. To try to solve the problem I reinitialized the phone, (after making a backup on an SDcard) , tried a hard reset, but nothing. Brought it to a shop but they said "nop, we cannot restore it properly". Finally I bought a new phone. So that's not the problem. Unfortunately, a couple of hours after she send me her last messages this girlfriend died from cancer, and I would have liked to read what she wrote to me. So I have this SDcard where I found a file sms.db which (I suppose) contains these messages. Is there any way to recover what's in there? I don't need it on my new phone. Any format would be fine. A text file or whatever.
Long version:
2 years ago I bought an Huawei G740. And because it had a lot of bloatware on it I rooted it with SuperSU. Don't ask me how, because this was 2 years ago and I don't remember how I did it. I have some reasonable IT skills , but I'm far from an Android guru. Anyway, phone worked fine for 2 years without any problems. Then, as described above, just after I received these messages from her (and I didn't have time to read), my phone was powered off. Don't know why because I never power it off. When I started it again, it started to install all kinds of cr*p. Useless apps, links to porn sites, popup windows with adds etc. And worse, the whole phone became unusable. It kept switching from one application to the other, showing all kinds of ads etc. So I decided to do a reset from the parameter menu (backup on SD card and reinitialise). That didn't solve the problem. So I did a hard rest (Power+volume up) and wiped everything. Same problem. As soon as I start it, all cr*p comes back. So I brought it to a "professional phone repair shop". Next day the verdict was "No, we cannot do anything because of this SuperSU app". And I bought a new phone (a Samsung Galaxy). So my phone problem is solved, but now remains the question : how do I recover the sms messages that are on this SD card???
I would be EXTREMELY grateful if someone can recover what's in there. I can send the sms.db (or any other file that you may require) to whoever thinks he can recover it.
Thank you very much.

Thank you very much!
I had a look at the link but that's complete wizardry for me.
I don't have a rooted phone and I don't want to restore all my apps, data, pics etc. I don't want to restore anything on my new phone. Just recover what's in the SMS database into a file (txt or excel or whatever).
Is it enough if I send you the SMS.db? If so how to send it to you?
Thank you

Hi !
I`m afraid that isn`t possible to just use that file on a different device and read the messages , this is not how it works with the android providers files, you can use it only on the same device and OS that it was created before
There are third-party applications which can backup the specific files suck sms/mms/calls and the created file can be used only by that application
The only possible solution for you may be to fully restore a nandroid backup with that file inside and to have a working system
For more info just google it " sms.db "
Good luck !

S8+ IMEI blocked problem with data

Hello everybody,
I have a big problem with my S8+, i bought my galaxy second hand new condition and at begginig everything was ok, one day just pop up blue screen with "the phone has been locked due to unpaid instalments", provider ( PLUS ) blocked it, off course oryginal owner don't wanna pay i can't pay either, after research on internet i found few answer i think ( to unlocked it ). but my problem is bigger, i cant lost any data what i have on my phone its very importatn for my its my photos videos projects etc, in YT there is some tutorials but i have FRP lock, i dont have idea what to do now, i cant do anything on phone its just this blue screen with message abaut instalments, and no reaction on anything, what to do to extract my data befor wipe out phone also i dont know have to unlocked but i have some idea, before that need to have data pleas hel my with that :fingers-crossed sorry for my english ), connecting to computer is not helping i trayed to TWRP on odin 3.13.1 and i was hoping for to have some kind of explorer to download data then upload custom ROM without KNOX , my galaxy isSM-G955F 7.0/NRD90M/G955FXXU1AQK7
Marin8585

nobody can help me with my problem??

Hi
marcin8585 said:
nobody can help me with my problem??
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Could you give me more details about what you need?

English, german, polish, i need to extract my data ( photos messages etc,. form my blockef by provider cell phone ) thats is ma gol my data next how to unlocked my phone but i have some idea fow to do it ( at the moment its wipe out all data form phone waht is not good if o dont want to lose all of it )
thanks for replay

Can you just connect your phone to your computer and drag the files there? Or Google photo backup??

i wish its just on blue screen like that https://goo.gl/images/Mbfkwf no reaction on computer no reaction on anything but all of that its in first post

again asking anybody??

That's why you always take backup of your data to somewhere like external hard disk or laprop/computer.
Never trust portable electronic (smartphone) device to more than your precious data.if you care.

marcin8585 said:
again asking anybody??
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Check your DM's, your answer is there.

setup problems with Samsung A71

Hello all,
i have a strange Problem with my A71 which i use as a work phone. We got the order to migrate some internal stuff which makes it necessary to reset the mobile phone. in the description i think they missed one important point, delete / unenroll the google account first and then make a reset...but i'm not sure.
Because now after i done the reset it's not possible to get to the screen where it is possible to enter the google credentials. Means the telephone starts, i enter the PIN from the SIM, accept the User terms and conditions, log into my W-LAN, the phone search for updates, ask me if i might be restore data from an old phone. After that a quick screen pops up with the note "Checking" and then i see the error
Log in not possible
There was a problem communicating with the Google servers, please try again later.
In addition. When i try to connect with the normal mobile network, it says thats not possible to connect with the internet
What we have here?
is it the FRP or any other "the phone is locked" thing? and how i can resolve this problem?
Because the SIM is working fine...tested with another phone. And the W-LAN is working as well.
Thanks in advance
Greetings

Dean666 said:
Hello all,
i have a strange Problem with my A71 which i use as a work phone. We got the order to migrate some internal stuff which makes it necessary to reset the mobile phone. in the description i think they missed one important point, delete / unenroll the google account first and then make a reset...but i'm not sure.
Because now after i done the reset it's not possible to get to the screen where it is possible to enter the google credentials. Means the telephone starts, i enter the PIN from the SIM, accept the User terms and conditions, log into my W-LAN, the phone search for updates, ask me if i might be restore data from an old phone. After that a quick screen pops up with the note "Checking" and then i see the error
Log in not possible
There was a problem communicating with the Google servers, please try again later.
In addition. When i try to connect with the normal mobile network, it says thats not possible to connect with the internet
What we have here?
is it the FRP or any other "the phone is locked" thing? and how i can resolve this problem?
Because the SIM is working fine...tested with another phone. And the W-LAN is working as well.
Thanks in advance
Greetings
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Hmm... If it's the device of your company, they should help you.
If it's your private device, then try to do the factory reset again in recovery mode. Hopefully it helps.

It_ler said:
Spoiler: too long... thats what she said :D
Hmm... If it's the device of your company, they should help you.
If it's your private device, then try to do the factory reset again in recovery mode. Hopefully it helps.
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Spoiler: too long... thats what she said :D
Dean666 said:
Hello all,
i have a strange Problem with my A71 which i use as a work phone. We got the order to migrate some internal stuff which makes it necessary to reset the mobile phone. in the description i think they missed one important point, delete / unenroll the google account first and then make a reset...but i'm not sure.
Because now after i done the reset it's not possible to get to the screen where it is possible to enter the google credentials. Means the telephone starts, i enter the PIN from the SIM, accept the User terms and conditions, log into my W-LAN, the phone search for updates, ask me if i might be restore data from an old phone. After that a quick screen pops up with the note "Checking" and then i see the error
Log in not possible
There was a problem communicating with the Google servers, please try again later.
In addition. When i try to connect with the normal mobile network, it says thats not possible to connect with the internet
What we have here?
is it the FRP or any other "the phone is locked" thing? and how i can resolve this problem?
Because the SIM is working fine...tested with another phone. And the W-LAN is working as well.
Thanks in advance
Greetings
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go download the fosctory FW from sammobile.com/firmware and use samfirm to actually download it (its literally 4x faster than directly from the site) and flash it with the CSC instead of the HOME_CSC. Once you do that, itll think its a brand new phone and itll truly factory reset it which recovery factory reset doesnt do really. If you were wanting to keep your data on the device, youd use HOME_CSC. Thats the only difference between the two, but its a BIG difference and ive seen people use the wrong one multiple times LOL myself included LOLOLOL