[Q] Screen Broken, trying to save the device? - RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I was a firm fanboy of the Droid line for awhile, and then I had trouble with my Droid Razr Maxx Hd. My screen is completely broken, no visual or anything, and when I plug it in to my computer, the notification light turns solid green for a short time, the computer makes a noise as though a device has been connected, but the phone doesn't appear on My Computer. Then, the notification light goes out, the computer makes the disconnect noise, and the cycle repeats. My phone is rooted, with an unlocked bootloader, and stock kitkat, with usb debugging enabled, and the latest motorola drivers are on my computer. Does anybody happen to know how to get the phone to be recognized by the pc, so I can get my data off of there?

JCimmino said:
Hi all,
I was a firm fanboy of the Droid line for awhile, and then I had trouble with my Droid Razr Maxx Hd. My screen is completely broken, no visual or anything, and when I plug it in to my computer, the notification light turns solid green for a short time, the computer makes a noise as though a device has been connected, but the phone doesn't appear on My Computer. Then, the notification light goes out, the computer makes the disconnect noise, and the cycle repeats. My phone is rooted, with an unlocked bootloader, and stock kitkat, with usb debugging enabled, and the latest motorola drivers are on my computer. Does anybody happen to know how to get the phone to be recognized by the pc, so I can get my data off of there?
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Does the screen show anything elsewhere (like recovery or fastboot) ?

First of all: stock kitkat? When this happened?
Second: Why don't you connect your phone to a HD TV through HDMI you will be able to see what happens on your phone, then you can install Titanium Backup, backup all your data, go to a file manager, move all the files in internal storage to external SD, done!
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My xt925 have the screen broken too I can't see anything but the digitizer still works and I can see everything on my TV using a HDMI cable
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DorianX said:
Why don't you connect your phone to a HD TV through HDMI you will be able to see what happens on your phone, then you can install Titanium Backup, backup all your data, go to a file manager, move all the files in internal storage to external SD, done!
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Considering how the phone reacts, it doesnt sounds like a simple display fault, the usb wouldnt bip like that on Windows.

Hybris95 said:
Considering how the phone reacts, it doesnt sounds like a simple display fault, the usb wouldnt bip like that on Windows.
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Yeah, really, all I want to do is restore my contacts at this point. I have a TWRP backup from my phone, that includes the data.ext4.win, and system.ext4.win partitions on it, is there any way to recover the contacts from those directories? I can't find com.android.providers anywhere in the either app directory though!

Hybris95 said:
Considering how the phone reacts, it doesnt sounds like a simple display fault, the usb wouldnt bip like that on Windows.
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I am including a picture of my TWRP recovery here, I notice that the data.ext4 image is split, would that cause a problem when being read with an application like the nandroid manager?

JCimmino said:
Yeah, really, all I want to do is restore my contacts at this point. I have a TWRP backup from my phone, that includes the data.ext4.win, and system.ext4.win partitions on it, is there any way to recover the contacts from those directories? I can't find com.android.providers anywhere in the either app directory though!
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Don't you have synchronized your contacts to your Google account?
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JCimmino said:
I am including a picture of my TWRP recovery here, I notice that the data.ext4 image is split, would that cause a problem when being read with an application like the nandroid manager?
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Why not using TWRP if these backups have been made with TWRP ?
I think it will be much more able to restore the data he made itself

Hybris95 said:
Why not using TWRP if these backups have been made with TWRP ?
I think it will be much more able to restore the data he made itself
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The main reason I am not using my TWRP backup is because I'm now using a Google Nexus 5, and I have already customized this phone to my needs, and I'd rather not use the old backups!

JCimmino said:
The main reason I am not using my TWRP backup is because I'm now using a Google Nexus 5, and I have already customized this phone to my needs, and I'd rather not use the old backups!
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Well if you can manage to backup your current phone, restore your old backup, backup the contacts with a third party app like MyBackup for example and then restore your backup again to what it was after begining this operation.
Then you should be able to restore your contacts without touching your current phone

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[Q] USB Not recognized by computer after flashing ICS

HI Guys
so here is the thing , everything was working fine, until i flashed ICS the stock rom with CWM, right after flashing my pc was unable to recognize my Transformer as a USB device.
Every time i connect it my transformer freezes for a few seconds and then nothing happens, and on my computer screen it doesn't even recognize a new USB drive.
I tried to connect it to two different computers and the same thing happens which means the problem is with my transformer
Afterwards i Flashed Revolver rom but i still have the same issue
Any one had the same problem? any possible fix for this problem
Edit: Charging Works fine
Thanks
Update: Strangely when i tried to connect the USB when i am on the recovery menu the computer was able to recognize my transformer, ADB was installed but not the MTP so the problem is not a cable or computer problem something much be wrong
I used ViprerMod to root my transformer and i am using Rogue CWM
Thanks
Just flash this update on top of your ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19093950
Slight hi-jack but I have a question about this.
I updated OTA from scratch (meaning a full and complete wipe). I plugged my tablet into my PC and it downloaded all the drivers. Great!.
I have my Titanium backup folder on the Internal (for some unknown reason why I did that) and I want to put it on my External. I plug the tablet into my PC and the media device icon pulls up. I click on it and both drives pull up and I can open them. Now I want to take my Titanium folder from the internal and put it on the external with just drag and drop. So I drag and drop, only when I click on the folder in the external (tried it to a temp folder on my PC desktop too) it shows as empty. I have USB debugging on and MTP is checked. I have also been able to transfer pix, .zips and other misc files over while inside the tablet with Root Explorer, it is just that the Titanium folder will not cross over for some reason.
Ideas? I did the OTA so not sure that flashable bootloader.zip will work. I am just missing something and I can't figure out what it is. I know they did away with Mass Storage mode with HC and not ICS. How can I get it over there?
Woodrube said:
Ideas? I did the OTA so not sure that flashable bootloader.zip will work. I am just missing something and I can't figure out what it is. I know they did away with Mass Storage mode with HC and not ICS. How can I get it over there?
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Back then I use to use Root Explorer and copy the whole folder over to external sd card. Now TB have the option to backup directly to external sd card.
Ya, but my dumba$$ pulled a copy of my TB from my phone with all my backups (PowerAmp, Jango Music, At-Bat,...) and installed it on the external when I first got the tablet and then copied it over to the internal (because I didn't know there was such a threat of losing internal on this tablet) once I got a new external I wanted to move it back.
I know that in TB you can set the backup destination to wherever you want it to be, but this is an existing backup folder that I am wanting to move. Wonder if I can put it in my dropbox (900mb- but can be trimmed down for some apps that I know don't work and general cleaning house) and pick it back up to my PC and then transfer it over to external?
Edit:: I used Root Explorer to try and copy it over and let it run all night and when I woke up it was still cycling the icon in the center of the screen, 6hrs later.
baseballfanz said:
Just flash this update on top of your ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514658
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Thank you very much for your advise , But Doesn't that mean that i will go back to stock rom and i won't be able to use the benifits of the revolver rom?
One other thing i should mention is that i already tried flashing this stock rom once before i flashed revolver rom and i had the exact same problem
i mean first flashed ICS CWM flashable >> USB not recognized
Then i tried with the ICS revolver rom >> Same thing USB not recognized by the computer
All what happens is that my Transformer freezes for a few seconds and nothing shows up on my computer
It sucks not being able to connect your device to the computer i mean it is kind of a deal breaker
Any ideas?
Bogda2 said:
Thank you very much for your advise , But Doesn't that mean that i will go back to stock rom and i won't be able to use the benifits of the revolver rom?
One other thing i should mention is that i already tried flashing this stock rom once before i flashed revolver rom and i had the exact same problem
i mean first flashed ICS CWM flashable >> USB not recognized
Then i tried with the ICS revolver rom >> Same thing USB not recognized by the computer
All what happens is that my Transformer freezes for a few seconds and nothing shows up on my computer
It sucks not being able to connect your device to the computer i mean it is kind of a deal breaker
Any ideas?
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I apologize, didn't see the part that you're on Revolver.
Did you wipe going from one ROM to the next?
baseballfanz said:
Just flash this update on top of your ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514658
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hi. i can't use MTP on my transformer too. I flashed the CWM flashable ICS ROM (Option B)that was in your link about two days ago. was just wondering if there's a new version and if I flash from that, it'll work?
yuhenyo said:
hi. i can't use MTP on my transformer too. I flashed the CWM flashable ICS ROM (Option B)that was in your link about two days ago. was just wondering if there's a new version and if I flash from that, it'll work?
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Flash the upgrade link he linked to above for your version. Should clear it up.
Solved:
After Updating to the Latest revolver Rom 1.3.1
Everything Went Back to normal , USB is recognized by the computer
I think this update solved the Issue
According to Gnufabio's Latest Changelog:
Added bootloader to solve usb problems for some people
Dont really know what the Bootloader is but Probably this is what was missing
baseballfanz Thank you very much it is not the first time you've helped me
Cheers
jasonwuzthere said:
Flash the upgrade link he linked to above for your version. Should clear it up.
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by update, do you mean option A? or is it still the option B?
yuhenyo said:
by update, do you mean option A? or is it still the option B?
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Just go here and flash the correct update ROM for you're region
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19093950
After flashing ICS thru OTA, not able to sunc with Asus, PC recognizes the device, but not able to change from MTP
Any ideia ?
Asus Sync reinstaled, with XP

Recover deleted files with mac

Hello,
yes this has probably been a problem to many people, but I couldn't find a solution for my case.
I flashed a ROM and forgot to backup my files before, so now my whole photos and files I need are gone.
I am looking for a solution to restore deleted photos on my nexus 5. I obviously can't use generic recovery methods because, well, I don't have a sd card to pull out and plug into my computer.
is there a app / method to recover deleted files directly on the nexus (over adb?)?
Paid solutions are welcome too!
Check this thread, has a topic on OTG, which happens to allow mounting as usb storage. Might do the trick.
Hmm the OTG part is about mounting devices on the nexus. I want it the other way around, mount it on my mac and run recovery software on it.
Any ideas on that?
Can't be done.
Only options are whats in my signature. Section 5.4
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Aqua3 said:
Hello,
yes this has probably been a problem to many people, but I couldn't find a solution for my case.
I flashed a ROM and forgot to backup my files before, so now my whole photos and files I need are gone.
I am looking for a solution to restore deleted photos on my nexus 5. I obviously can't use generic recovery methods because, well, I don't have a sd card to pull out and plug into my computer.
is there a app / method to recover deleted files directly on the nexus (over adb?)?
Paid solutions are welcome too!
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you can give this a try and it works great with nexus5 does job well http://www.android-data-recovery.org/android-data-recovery
u need a paid version ,it restores your contact ,messages,pic and files fine just put it on deep scan and let it do the rest later restore
rootSU said:
Can't be done.
Only options are whats in my signature. Section 5.4
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Yes, I am currently trying a option cross linked in that guide.
I'm taking a raw image of my data partition to my mac and will try to restore data there.
Steps taken from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705. Although for windows, but finding the needed tools for mac is not that big of a task.
Will report if I have any success on this
Aqua3 said:
Yes, I am currently trying a option cross linked in that guide.
I'm taking a raw image of my data partition to my mac and will try to restore data there.
Steps taken from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705. Although for windows, but finding the needed tools for mac is not that big of a task.
Will report if I have any success on this
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Yep, we always love to hear a success story. Thanks!
This Data Recovery enables you to recover lost photos, videos, documents and more other files from your nexus 5, you can have a try.
t.co/IRVeusio2J
You've mentioned, " I don't have a sd card to pull out and plug into my computer", actually, you could apply to some app that could identify your device directly.
Here is an Android Data Recovery Mac that may help. You can also google other apps if you need.

[Q] Motorola Droid Ultra erased...photo recovery possible?

Motorola Droid Ultra Erased....HELP. Thanks to anyone out there who even takes the time to read or reply. I get that my issue is probably petty in this forum but I just want a simple answer of move on it is impossible or you can try this. I am a complete newbie so pardon my lack of knowledge on the topic.
I had my phone locked with a pin. My darling six year old entered the pin however many times it take for it to magically start erasing itself. (BTW this is the second time this has happened and I thought I had safe guarded it from happening again.) I don't care about anything but the photos that I lost. Is there anyway to recover the photos or should I just move on and forget? I have not been using it hoping that there was a way to root the phone and recover something but upon reading lots and lots of things I think I am screwed because my phone is version 4.4.4. Can someone confirm or deny.
Thanks again for taking the time to read.
You can try to retrieve your photos using a data recovery program. Search Google for get data back or just do a general search for USB data recovery
CM12 Inside DROID Ultra
tecsironman said:
You can try to retrieve your photos using a data recovery program. Search Google for get data back or just do a general search for USB data recovery
CM12 Inside DROID Ultra
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I tried that but because the phone is not recognized as a drive on computers there is no way to access the files for data recovery. Even programs that say they can to end up failing and the phone needs to be rooted.
Wait are you using your phone now?
CM12 Inside DROID Ultra
tecsironman said:
Wait are you using your phone now?
CM12 Inside DROID Ultra
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No. I tried to recover the files immediately after it happened. And found out about the USB Mass Storage no longer being an option in Android 4.0 phones thus causing issues for recovery. Everything I read then said the phone would need to be rooted but I am running version 4.4.4 and everything I have seen has said thus far it has not been done.
Can't you just boot the phone up and use it ad a USB device in android. You can clearly see your downloaded files and such without being rooted
CM12 Inside DROID Ultra
tecsironman said:
Can't you just boot the phone up and use it ad a USB device in android. You can clearly see your downloaded files and such without being rooted
CM12 Inside DROID Ultra
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I am not following what you are saying. The files were deleted so nothing shows. I need to use a recovery program to gain access to the deleted files but cannot get to them without being able to access the phone as a USB storage device...not a camera or device which is all that is able to be done with MTP/PTP.
unless you backed them up somewhere that's not on your phone then i don't think you can recover them
10timesacharm said:
I am not following what you are saying. The files were deleted so nothing shows. I need to use a recovery program to gain access to the deleted files but cannot get to them without being able to access the phone as a USB storage device...not a camera or device which is all that is able to be done with MTP/PTP.
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Yes nothing shows but you want to recover deleted data from your phone. The only way is to mount the phone. So you can mount the phone in android when you transfer music and pictures from computer and phone it shows up as a drive in my computer. You can use data recovery software and run it on that drive. You don't need root since your pictures were not stored in the root of the device
Recover Deleted Files on Android In a Few Minutes!: http://youtu.be/tGw1fxUD-uY
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i faced a similar situation and was not able to recover any photos. i tried a bunch of different methods and programs. i thought the most promising was an android app, that runs on the phone was diskdigger, but it didnt render any results.
i wish you the best

TWRP backups

So I tried my first Nandroid backup today using TWRP and a howtogeek - "How to Back Up and Restore Your Android Phone with TWRP" guide I found off a quick google search.
Basically TWRP, backup(boot,system,data), reboot to android, shut down, twrp-restore then reboot.
When I would reboot after TWRP-restore, it shows the typical bootloader corrupt error msg.
Shuts down again, shows the bootloader msg, then goes into TWRP, asks for my decrypt password, then begins to run an openrecovery script (I think?) of some sort. I then go to reboot my phone again, bang factory reset mode.
I hope I'm not alone here.:cyclops: I'd just really love to be able to backup/image my phone entirely so I can try out a few custom roms, and for general knowledge sake.
thanks!:silly:
mark7807 said:
So I tried my first Nandroid backup today using TWRP and a howtogeek - "How to Back Up and Restore Your Android Phone with TWRP" guide I found off a quick google search.
Basically TWRP, backup(boot,system,data), reboot to android, shut down, twrp-restore then reboot.
When I would reboot after TWRP-restore, it shows the typical bootloader corrupt error msg.
Shuts down again, shows the bootloader msg, then goes into TWRP, asks for my decrypt password, then begins to run an openrecovery script (I think?) of some sort. I then go to reboot my phone again, bang factory reset mode.
I hope I'm not alone here.:cyclops: I'd just really love to be able to backup/image my phone entirely so I can try out a few custom roms, and for general knowledge sake.
thanks!:silly:
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What version of TWRP have you been using? I understand, RC2 has issues with properly restoring a backup. (RC is release candidate and is not considered fully stable, however, works well enough to flash custom roms and such).
The partitions on the pixel are set up in a more complex way than previously seen on many android phones, which is why there's no perfectly stable version of TWRP yet. You could try using RC1 to see if you get better luck backing up and restoring, however, you should assume that you may run into other issues and be prepared to deal with them should they arise.
exad said:
What version of TWRP have you been using? I understand, RC2 has issues with properly restoring a backup. (RC is release candidate and is not considered fully stable, however, works well enough to flash custom roms and such).
The partitions on the pixel are set up in a more complex way than previously seen on many android phones, which is why there's no perfectly stable version of TWRP yet. You could try using RC1 to see if you get better luck backing up and restoring, however, you should assume that you may run into other issues and be prepared to deal with them should they arise.
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I'm running 3.1.0-0RC2 so maybe I'll try RC1. Normally I'd just go off and try everything but unfortunately I'm not in a situation I can simply play with my Pixel and potentially brick it leaving me without a phone for who knows how long.
I don't think there would be any harm with playing with RC1 but I'll research a little bit more into it and see what I can find out first. I heard the partitions are split for redundancy(?) for firmware upgrades and dual-booting. That's something all else on it's own as I've REALLY wanted to get my phone ultimately on a Multi-Rom setup but it seems way too complicated for me at the moment to try on my own even though I'm generally good with this stuff..
Thanks exad for the insight. Any other help is greatly appreciated.
mark7807 said:
I'm running 3.1.0-0RC2 so maybe I'll try RC1. Normally I'd just go off and try everything but unfortunately I'm not in a situation I can simply play with my Pixel and potentially brick it leaving me without a phone for who knows how long.
I don't think there would be any harm with playing with RC1 but I'll research a little bit more into it and see what I can find out first. I heard the partitions are split for redundancy(?) for firmware upgrades and dual-booting. That's something all else on it's own as I've REALLY wanted to get my phone ultimately on a Multi-Rom setup but it seems way too complicated for me at the moment to try on my own even though I'm generally good with this stuff..
Thanks exad for the insight. Any other help is greatly appreciated.
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I would say use RC1 too. I've used it and never had a problem with it other than the occasional failure to decrypt which is no big deal. Just reboot back into recovery. I would add though, instead of backing up system, backup system image. Also vendor image. If you back up system instead of system image you'll more than likely run into battery drain problems. I'm not sure what causes it but it'll cut your battery life down to only several hours. Using system image doesn't cause that problem.
If you should happen to accidentally backup system instead of system image it's not a huge deal to fix it though. If you're on stock just download the factory image that you are currently on, extract the system.img file and flash it using fastboot. If you're on a custom rom, a dirty flash of the rom will fix it.
mark7807 said:
I'm running 3.1.0-0RC2 so maybe I'll try RC1. Normally I'd just go off and try everything but unfortunately I'm not in a situation I can simply play with my Pixel and potentially brick it leaving me without a phone for who knows how long.
I don't think there would be any harm with playing with RC1 but I'll research a little bit more into it and see what I can find out first. I heard the partitions are split for redundancy(?) for firmware upgrades and dual-booting. That's something all else on it's own as I've REALLY wanted to get my phone ultimately on a Multi-Rom setup but it seems way too complicated for me at the moment to try on my own even though I'm generally good with this stuff..
Thanks exad for the insight. Any other help is greatly appreciated.
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RC1 and backup system image, vendor image, data and boot.
robocuff said:
I would say use RC1 too. I've used it and never had a problem with it other than the occasional failure to decrypt which is no big deal. Just reboot back into recovery. I would add though, instead of backing up system, backup system image. Also vendor image. If you back up system instead of system image you'll more than likely run into battery drain problems. I'm not sure what causes it but it'll cut your battery life down to only several hours. Using system image doesn't cause that problem.
If you should happen to accidentally backup system instead of system image it's not a huge deal to fix it though. If you're on stock just download the factory image that you are currently on, extract the system.img file and flash it using fastboot. If you're on a custom rom, a dirty flash of the rom will fix it.
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TheBurgh said:
RC1 and backup system image, vendor image, data and boot.
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Thanks again guys,
I ran a
fastboot boot twrp.zip to boot to what I thought was like a "live cd" version of twrp
with the rc1 .img and .zip in the sdcard directory I installed the .zip
booted my phone and it forces to recovery everytime now.
did I upset something?
I mean at this point, I could factory reset the google pixel all from the very beginning of time. boot/system the whole shabang, but I think this could be a good lesson from me if I could boot back to system out of this..
Okay. I have RC1 on here and have backed up to USB. I'm extremely tired and going to bed. I'll report back on how the restore goes. THANK YOU ALL!!!
mark7807 said:
Thanks again guys,
I ran a
fastboot boot twrp.zip to boot to what I thought was like a "live cd" version of twrp
with the rc1 .img and .zip in the sdcard directory I installed the .zip
booted my phone and it forces to recovery everytime now.
did I upset something?
I mean at this point, I could factory reset the google pixel all from the very beginning of time. boot/system the whole shabang, but I think this could be a good lesson from me if I could boot back to system out of this..
Okay. I have RC1 on here and have backed up to USB. I'm extremely tired and going to bed. I'll report back on how the restore goes. THANK YOU ALL!!!
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Okay so, I stayed up a little late and tried a restore. I got this error near the end of the restore "extractTarFork() process ended with error: 255" in which resulted in corruption of files and a failed restore. Was I supposed to unmount data? Is there any reason I can't backup all partitions?
mark7807 said:
Okay so, I stayed up a little late and tried a restore. I got this error near the end of the restore "extractTarFork() process ended with error: 255" in which resulted in corruption of files and a failed restore. Was I supposed to unmount data? Is there any reason I can't backup all partitions?
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Not sure where to direct you at this point. I have always used RC1 and backed up system image, vendor image, data and boot and never had a problem restoring. Someone with better knowledge will come around.
TheBurgh said:
Not sure where to direct you at this point. I have always used RC1 and backed up system image, vendor image, data and boot and never had a problem restoring. Someone with better knowledge will come around.
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Yeah very strange I did exactly what you told me to do as well. Any changes to partitions I backup if my phone is rooted by chance??
mark7807 said:
Yeah very strange I did exactly what you told me to do as well. Any changes to partitions I backup if my phone is rooted by chance??
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Not that I am aware of. Mine is rooted and backups have been smooth sailing.
I recently attempted creating a nandroid backup via TWRP on my rooted Pixel and I'm consistently getting an error: 'cannot create [path]\backup file" message from TWRP. Is there a permission issue that I've overlooked here or does anyone have any thoughts as to why my rooted Pixel would be denying TWRP authority to create the backup?
Thanks
What version of twrp ?
I only use rc1, never seen this.
Yep- RC1. I'm thinking it's in 'read only' mode or something because as soon as it attempts to create the folder/file- no-go.
pstgh said:
Yep- RC1. I'm thinking it's in 'read only' mode or something because as soon as it attempts to create the folder/file- no-go.
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When you boot into TWRP did it ask for your unlock PIN? If it doesn't/didn't, either keep rebooting into recovery or turn the phone off and go back into recovery until TWRP does ask for your encryption PIN. Sometimes TWRP doesn't ask, and without the PIN being entered, it can't write to the internal storage.
If you click "Install" in TWRP and see a bunch of gobbledygook it's because the internal storage is still encrypted so TWRP can't do anything with it.
You could probably use USB OTG through the USB-C connector, though, to do a backup to it, if you need to.
Tried it again and it worked flawlessly.... it seems sort of buggy in that sometimes it presents the 'pattern' security lock that I use and sometimes it doesn't. After booting up in the bootloader and fastbooting the TWRP boot image slowly and methodically, the security pattern came up and all is perfect- thanks.
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Now I'm wondering how to best move that backup folder (or a copy of it) over to Google Drive? I have root explorer, but not sure if it is capable of mounting to Google Drive.. any thoughts on best practices here would be appreciated.
Thanks
pstgh said:
Tried it again and it worked flawlessly.... it seems sort of buggy in that sometimes it presents the 'pattern' security lock that I use and sometimes it doesn't. After booting up in the bootloader and fastbooting the TWRP boot image slowly and methodically, the security pattern came up and all is perfect- thanks.
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Now I'm wondering how to best move that backup folder (or a copy of it) over to Google Drive? I have root explorer, but not sure if it is capable of mounting to Google Drive.. any thoughts on best practices here would be appreciated.
Thanks
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I can't confirm since I've yet to do a successful backup but... Flashify Pro version looks like an option???
also
Anyone know when TWRP 3.1.0-0 will be out for Pixel? Looks like it addresses boot slots which off first glance seems like quite a fundamental feature no?
Thanks... I'm thinking I'll just adb pull the file over to my desktop... not sure.
pstgh said:
Thanks... I'm thinking I'll just adb pull the file over to my desktop... not sure.
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Root Explorer does have support for Google Drive. In Root Explorer touch the plus sign in the lower right corner and in the menu that opens choose Google Drive tab.
Can get Root Explorer to connect to Google Drive, but when I select all of the backup files from my Pixel's TWRP backup folder, my only choices are to cut or copy them- so I tried both and then RE creates this little clipboard icon that you presumably click on to paste them once you've opened the proper GD folder.... so I tried that and in both cases (cut and copy) it says 'fail'.... ? Thoughts? I've given RE permission to manage folders and files in GD.
pstgh said:
Can get Root Explorer to connect to Google Drive, but when I select all of the backup files from my Pixel's TWRP backup folder, my only choices are to cut or copy them- so I tried both and then RE creates this little clipboard icon that you presumably click on to paste them once you've opened the proper GD folder.... so I tried that and in both cases (cut and copy) it says 'fail'.... ? Thoughts? I've given RE permission to manage folders and files in GD.
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It sounds like you've got the right idea. Cut will move the files, copy will do just that. You choose one of the two and browse to the Google Drive tab, find the folder you want to use and then use the little clipboard thing to transfer the files to that folder. If that's what you're doing, the only thing I can think of right off the top of my head would be that you don't have enough space left on Google Drive for the size of the files you're trying to transfer. Try a picture or something and see if it takes that. If so, I'd suspect lack of Drive space is the reason it fails.

I accidentally deleted about 300 photos from my phone while it was connected to my PC

Here's some more details about the situation:
I connected a Nokia 5 to my PC and clicked OK on the File transfer pop-up on phone's screen. Then I selected the photos I wanted to move and copied them to one of my PC's HDDs. After that, I deleted the photos from the phone by using File Explorer in Windows 10 (using shift+del). I opened a new File Explorer window and I made the mistake of pressing Undo (ctrl+z) a few times - I don't know why, but instead of affecting only the newly open window of File Explorer it affected either all of them or the one that was specifically used for copying the photos. Anyway - what happened was that when I pressed ctrl+z it undid the copying of the photos (by deleting them of course) and when I pressed ctrl+y after that it obviously couldn't redo the action since the files were already deleted from their original source (I deleted the photos from the phone's memory). Is there ANYTHING that could be done in this specific situation? When I press ctrl+v now, an error dialogue pop-up appears saying "Error Copying File or Folder" "Catastrophic failure". I'm still keeping the phone connected to my PC - it's been hours since then, so I don't know how much longer I'll be able to keep it connected (if it makes any sense at all).
jjake3 said:
Here's some more details about the situation:
I connected a Nokia 5 to my PC and clicked OK on the File transfer pop-up on phone's screen. Then I selected the photos I wanted to move and copied them to one of my PC's HDDs. After that, I deleted the photos from the phone by using File Explorer in Windows 10 (using shift+del). I opened a new File Explorer window and I made the mistake of pressing Undo (ctrl+z) a few times - I don't know why, but instead of affecting only the newly open window of File Explorer it affected either all of them or the one that was specifically used for copying the photos. Anyway - what happened was that when I pressed ctrl+z it undid the copying of the photos (by deleting them of course) and when I pressed ctrl+y after that it obviously couldn't redo the action since the files were already deleted from their original source (I deleted the photos from the phone's memory). Is there ANYTHING that could be done in this specific situation? When I press ctrl+v now, an error dialogue pop-up appears saying "Error Copying File or Folder" "Catastrophic failure". I'm still keeping the phone connected to my PC - it's been hours since then, so I don't know how much longer I'll be able to keep it connected (if it makes any sense at all).
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Download racuva it will handle your issue.
Were to find how to use is your problem.
Sorry for rudeness XD
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SachinBorkar said:
Download racuva it will handle your issue.
Were to find how to use is your problem.
Sorry for rudeness XD
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Well, "thank you for your rudeness" as it helped me a lot . I tried the software and it managed to recover 276 pictures but I remember they were 306. Any idea what other software I could try? I already tried Deep Scan feature of Recuva but it didn't help.
jjake3 said:
Well, "thank you for your rudeness" as it helped me a lot . I tried the software and it managed to recover 276 pictures but I remember they were 306. Any idea what other software I could try? I already tried Deep Scan feature of Recuva but it didn't help.
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If your are rooted or your photos in your external drive you can recover them.
If in internal stor.......
Try some reserach.
Software is wondershares Dr.........
I am not remember it confirm.
But search on wondershares android software.
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SachinBorkar said:
If your are rooted or your photos in your external drive you can recover them.
If in internal stor.......
Try some reserach.
Software is wondershares Dr.........
I am not remember it confirm.
But search on wondershares android software.
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OK, but the phone is Nokia 5 and it's already updated to Android 8.0.0. I can only root it if it's Android Nougat 7. Do you know if I'll lose the data when I DOWNGRADE it from version 8 Oreo to version 7 Nougat?
jjake3 said:
OK, but the phone is Nokia 5 and it's already updated to Android 8.0.0. I can only root it if it's Android Nougat 7. Do you know if I'll lose the data when I DOWNGRADE it from version 8 Oreo to version 7 Nougat?
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Yes data lost.
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SachinBorkar said:
Yes data lost.
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So there's absolutely nothing I can do in this situation???
jjake3 said:
So there's absolutely nothing I can do in this situation???
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Recently my deleted all photos recovered by racuva.
It seems buggy in your case.
IDK what's next..... Hope you try something new.
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