Hi guys,
I'm trying to recover some deleted files (I've tried some apps but they can recovery only some known formats, jpg, doc, contacts, I didn't find a generic one) so I made a full internal memory dump using this guide -> df.lth.se/~jokke/androidfilerecovery/.
Now I'm trying to use testdisk to recover my files but using it against the dump, it finds only one partition with no files inside.
How can I do this job? Did I make something wrong (excluding deleting things I need :crying. Dumpfile is about 15GB big.
Thank you!
Heya guys,
this is mostly a copy of a thread I created in a device-specific forum (original thread), but since nobody was able to answer the question there and considering it doesn't seem to be device-specific after all, I figured I'd go ahead and ask here as well. The copy & paste part begins here, with slight modifications:
A few days ago, I found that I was in dire need of some more free space on my Samsung Galaxy S4 / GT-I9505's internal storage and found that only the contents of /sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails were taking up space. After a while of trying to get rid of those files that kept creating themselves again, I followed some advice I read on an Android forum: I deleted the contents of the .thumbnail folder, went to Settings -> Apps and cleared the data of the Gallery and Media Storage apps, respectively, before rebooting the phone.
The contents did disappear for good, but neither Total Commander nor the list of installed apps in the settings nor the Storage summary in the settings showed any different amount of free space than before. To make matters worse, the number didn't even change after I found and deleted about 1 GB of files left by an already uninstalled app, i.e. it seems to be stuck on that value. At the same time, SD Maid tells me that I should have a good 5 GB of free space more than the system is showing. Neither restarting nor wiping the cache and dalvik cache helped.
My rooted GT-I9505 is running this unofficial port of AOKP 4.3, Milestone 1, and version 6.15.6 of PhilZ/CWM Advanced. I'm not sure whether there's more information I might need to provide, other than that the size of the thumbnails files apparently exploded (about 4 GB) when I moved quite a lot of data and obb folders to my external storage using FolderMount.
I didn't find any information about this kind of problem anywhere and am afraid I messed up so badly that I might need to reflash...or worse. Do you have an idea how I can try to fix it?
You could try installing Disable Service and forcing the media indexing service to never run.
gordon1986 said:
You could try installing Disable Service and forcing the media indexing service to never run.
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Thanks for the input! That sounds like a plan, but I'm not really sure whether I'm doing it right. I got the app, figured the media indexing service had to be found in the Media Storage app's entry, but I only found "MediaScannerService" and "MtpService" there. Since I try to be more careful now, I'd rather not deactivate any of those without being sure that it is what I am aiming for.
So, long story short: Is either of those the media indexing service or do I have to look somewhere else?
Best thing to do is delete the .thumbnails folder in DCIM folder. After this create a new file with the name .thumbnails in the DCIM folder.
Note: You have too delete .thumbnails FOLDER and create .thumbnails FILE. You can use es file explorer to do this.
It is based on the simple principle that in Linux ext file system a file and folder cannot have the same name.
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osamaanjum said:
Best thing to do is delete the .thumbnails folder in DCIM folder. After this create a new file with the name .thumbnails in the DCIM folder.
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While I wasn't sure it would help, I tried what you suggested. Alas, it didn't work; the .thumbnails folder is empty without freeing the space taken by its former contents since I did what I described in my original post, after all. However, should I manage to fix this problem with a reflash, I suppose I'll do just that, replacing the folder with an empty file of the same name. Thanks.
It works for me.
I 've uploaded the image of DCIM directory (folder). In place of .thumbnails folder you can notice .thumbnails file.
Hello guys! I'm in a bit of an odd situation here.
What is happening is that my Mate 7 has files, which are physically written in the internal storage, but with no way to access them.
Here (i.imgur.com/jyEUiSX.png) you can see that the disk usage analyzer detects those files, but when listing all files, it doesn't show them... causing the results to not add up.
(Also here? i.imgur.com/mjZDyS5.jpg)
Here's what caused it:
I was flashing an unofficial CM11 (the first one available for the M7) that seemingly created a different partition for data storage, instead of using the one that the stock rom was using before. I moved my files there, but decided to restore my backup of the stock rom. But that cut access to that new partition completely, though the files themselves weren't deleted.
If anyone has a clue on how I can make those files accessible again, input is greatly appreciated!
As I was cleaning my Nexus 4 internal storage (deleting unused and old junks) I found a folder called storage and deleted it, as it was unfamiliar in Internal Storage of my phone. After clicking delete I found its storage/emulated/0 and it just wiped all of all emulated/0 files and folders in a second!!! . It just happened before 30 min and I just tried a app to recover which obviously didnt work to recover everything I lost!Pls suggest and help me for recovery. I'm sure those data aren't overwritten and I don't know how to recover them!!..
arvindgr said:
As I was cleaning my Nexus 4 internal storage (deleting unused and old junks) I found a folder called storage and deleted it, as it was unfamiliar in Internal Storage of my phone. After clicking delete I found its storage/emulated/0 and it just wiped all of all emulated/0 files and folders in a second!!! . It just happened before 30 min and I just tried a app to recover which obviously didnt work to recover everything I lost!Pls suggest and help me for recovery. I'm sure those data aren't overwritten and I don't know how to recover them!!..
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Hi,
First, no need for the language. I fixed that for you!
Also, XDA Assist is here to help navigate the site, not for support, and I see you know where your device section is. So please ask for help in your device section.
Thanks !
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I have a Galaxy S8+ and accidentally deleted the MP3 files in my Music folder. To make it worse, I didn't back them up on Google or Samsung Cloud. I've tried using several recovery programs, but all end up telling me my phone has to be rooted first. I understand rooting might completely wipe out any hope of recovering the missing files. Does anyone know of a way to recover the deleted files?
Thanks!
orbhunterx said:
I have a Galaxy S8+ and accidentally deleted the MP3 files in my Music folder. To make it worse, I didn't back them up on Google or Samsung Cloud. I've tried using several recovery programs, but all end up telling me my phone has to be rooted first. I understand rooting might completely wipe out any hope of recovering the missing files. Does anyone know of a way to recover the deleted files?
Thanks!
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More than likely they are gone. If non root apps or programs can't. Rooting will more than likely wipe them gone