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!
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Hello. Recently I flashed my SG3 to froyo, and backed up all data with various software. Or so I thought. When I wanted to recover my contacts and messages I only found empty folders, which most likely means that I didn't copy the files out from the SDCard
Well, then I installed a basic windows lost file recovery software (EASEUS data recovery) since I formatted the sdcard, and I was able to find a file called EclairSMS.sbf. Now I haven't found any application that could open it, and all googling results into Motorola's flashing-related stuff or people with same problems but no answers.
So my question is, how can I open SBF file and probably restore my SMS?
Thanks in advance, and sorry if this is in the wrong area.
..Anyone? If this isn't the right forum for this, which would be?
Eclair.Sbf is over 500mb
I'm trying to clean up my SD card and free up some space. I have some files on there that I am wondering if I need to leave them, or if I can store them on my computer instead.
I always have 2 roms on there.
Synergy_backup_HWkeys_signed.zip (I think that has something to do with my IEMI backup)
MB1 modem
MF1 modem
SuperSU_bootloader_fixed.zip
triangleAway-v2.37.zip
The tibu backup folder......is there only one (the most recent back up in there)
Anything else I can delete that you can think of?
Thanks so much!
Sdcard as in internal or external sd? If external, I doubt there are many apps that see it besides music/vids/pics apps. If internal then if that's all you cherish, everything else can be deleted. I'd save pics/vids but to each his own. Some folders will be rebuilt if you're flashing a rom as well.
You can delete the modems and the SU zip, you won't need those anymore. And I don't know about you but I have 1 TiBu folder which only holds my most recent backups. And if you are referring to an Ext SD Card then you can be liberal with what you delete, no important system data should be going there
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You should be able to delete everything (if you don't want pics, etc). However, I remember there was some sort of bin file or something like that on the top most layer of files. I tried deleting it (after opening it and not finding any data), and it messed everything up to the point where I had to reflash the ROM. To this day, I don't know where it came from. But now whenever I reflash a ROM I completely wipe my internal card to get rid of any weird files that may still be around.
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I've always used Samsung devices (last device was GS5) so I'm trying to understand the internal partitions on newer versions of android. I don't mean the dual slot stuff either.. just the normal partitions like /system
So with my GS5 of I went into TWRP and factory reset. That wiped all user data from the phone. Apps, settings, downloads, pics, etc..
It seems that's not how it works anymore. Just looking for a basic layout of the folder structure and what is stored on each partition
Where is my user data stored? Are my downloaded apps, settings, pics, downloads (everything I put on the phone) stored in one partition? If so where
When I factory reset in recovery what partitions is that wiping
At this point the only thing I know is /system which is where the actual OS itself is stored.
Any explanation would be appreciated!!
aholeinthewor1d said:
I've always used Samsung devices (last device was GS5) so I'm trying to understand the internal partitions on newer versions of android. I don't mean the dual slot stuff either.. just the normal partitions like /system
So with my GS5 of I went into TWRP and factory reset. That wiped all user data from the phone. Apps, settings, downloads, pics, etc..
It seems that's not how it works anymore. Just looking for a basic layout of the folder structure and what is stored on each partition
Where is my user data stored? Are my downloaded apps, settings, pics, downloads (everything I put on the phone) stored in one partition? If so where
When I factory reset in recovery what partitions is that wiping
At this point the only thing I know is /system which is where the actual OS itself is stored.
Any explanation would be appreciated!!
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/data
/data/app
/data/user
/data/media...
You can see all these folders and what they contain via something like Root Explorer. Then install an app or modify its settings, you'll easily see its date/time properties get changed.
Or you can use ES Explorer, every time a new folder gets created, ES notifies you. After a while, it gets annoying but it's good to be able to observe in the beginning.
Hi all,
I may be just too wrong-headed at the moment to find out the correct process for duplicating the entire system of a Huawei P9 to another Huawei P9.
(both are identical models and both have Android 7.0 installed, so partition layout should also be the same).
I thought, I'd create a complete TWRP Nandroid backup of the main device (TWRP lets me choose Boot, Data, Vendor, System for backup) and restore all that on the other one. Failed: Some apps behave strangely, lost their data and settings. "Google Play services are not available". And I have an extra home screen with some app icons I did not have on the original system. Also, root is missing on the target system. Other effects might be there that I didn't see yet.
Okay, after some investigation I found out that TWRP does not include /data/media in its backups, which could at least explain some of these effects.
So I re-restored the backup and then additionally copied /data/media from the main phone using TWRP's file manager and via USBOTG drive over to the other phone. I checked that the files were there. OK. Reboot, but still, the same effects as before.
Of course, I also moved the microSD card from the main phone to the other one (there, a lot of data is placed, that some apps may use, but a missing card should not even explain one of the above mentioned effects anyway).
Please, could you advise me what I have to do to copy really the entire phone's content 1:1 over to the other phone, so I can continue to use that other phone in place of the first one?
TWRP claims that it makes that possible. But so far, it doesn't seem to me like it does.
But then, maybe I'm just missing something.
Thanks a lot!
Hi i recently made a backup with wondershare mobile trans and it created a .BAK file of 30gb and it is corrupted i don't know why, I can't read videos and photos (if you know any way to access the data in it even if it is corrupted please tell me), i tried extracting it with winrar but it only extracts 6gb of some photos , the rest is corrupted it can't finish extraction.
I flashed a new rom and orange fox recovery , i have root access , i installed disk digger with full root access but it can't find any photo (not a single one) in my internal storage , is there any way to recover my photos from internal storage ?
I flashed my phone before knowing The backup file .BAK was corrupted
If you flash a ROM then Android's internal storage memory - who is surprised ? - gets completely overwritten, means previously stored data have been lost.
jwoegerbauer said:
If you flash a ROM then Android's internal storage memory - who is surprised ? - gets completely overwritten, means previously stored data have been lost.
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I formatted internal storage before flashing the new rom
Steps to recover your deleted data from your rooted Android device-
1. Connect Your Android device.
2. Launch Android Data Recovery software on computer and choose 'Data Recovery'
3. Choose file types to Scan
4. Preview and restore lost data from Android phone.
Stop using your phone to prevent new files from overwriting lost data. Then try to use data recovery software to detect the photos from internal storage. If it can be detected, recovery is simple.
jwoegerbauer said:
If you flash a ROM then Android's internal storage memory - who is surprised ? - gets completely overwritten, means previously stored data have been lost.
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I tend to think it's a lost cause especially if the drive is zeroed out when you flashed.
Don't know but...
This wouldn't surprise me as it's a wise precaution to ensure a clean flash/load.
Even if not overwritten the file structure is lost as that was certainly overwritten when you flashed it. All you will find at best is completely random disjointed files.
The images will have no metadata ie time stamp etc. If you have hundreds, thousands of random images just forgetting about them becomes the less frustrating option many times. There's no way to index them except by memory, one at a time.
Been there, done that