Hello there,
Unfortunately I deleted an important video from my Verizon note 5. I been trying to recover the video for two days but no luck. I tried Samsung Data recovery, dr.fone, Recuva, and many different software. I came to the conclusion it's not possible without rooting my device which I would if I know how,but from what I read there was no successful way to root the Verizon version. Any idea, or a recommendation would be really appreciated.
Thank you!!
John774 said:
Hello there,
Unfortunately I deleted an important video from my Verizon note 5. I been trying to recover the video for two days but no luck. I tried Samsung Data recovery, dr.fone, Recuva, and many different software. I came to the conclusion it's not possible without rooting my device which I would if I know how,but from what I read there was no successful way to root the Verizon version. Any idea, or a recommendation would be really appreciated.
Thank you!!
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It's probably to late without having some sophisticated software recovery tools and taking the phone apart.. I guess if it was mine, I'd create a backup of everything I needed and then do a factory reset and when it asks to restore thing's after the reset tap yes and hope that it did back it up to your Google account and save it but I really think it's to late. Make sure you sign back in with the correct(same) Google account. Before doing any factory reset make sure OEM unlock is ENABLED in developer settings!!
MrMike2182 said:
It's probably to late without having some sophisticated software recovery tools and taking the phone apart.. I guess if it was mine, I'd create a backup of everything I needed and then do a factory reset and when it asks to restore thing's after the reset tap yes and hope that it did back it up to your Google account and save it but I really think it's to late. Make sure you sign back in with the correct(same) Google account. Before doing any factory reset make sure OEM unlock is ENABLED in developer settings!!
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Thanks for the replay, why is it too late? I used the phone for one day after the accidental delete and have been using another phone ever scene.
John774 said:
Thanks for the replay, why is it too late? I used the phone for one day after the accidental delete and have been using another phone ever scene.
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It's could be to late because the memory blocks that it was stored on could have been overwritten already by now and that makes it to late it's gone and something else is in it's place.. That's why I said maybe your Google account might have backed it up so you can email Google and see what they say about it..
MrMike2182 said:
It's probably to late without having some sophisticated software recovery tools and taking the phone apart.. I guess if it was mine, I'd create a backup of everything I needed and then do a factory reset and when it asks to restore thing's after the reset tap yes and hope that it did back it up to your Google account and save it but I really think it's to late. Make sure you sign back in with the correct(same) Google account. Before doing any factory reset make sure OEM unlock is ENABLED in developer settings!!
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It's could be to late because the memory blocks that it was stored on could have been overwritten already by now and that makes it to late it's gone and something else is in it's place.. That's why I said maybe your Google account might have backed it up so you can email Google and see what they say about it..
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Thanks a lot for your try to help. It was not backed to the cloud for sure because it was deleted right after it was recorded. Do you think there is still any chance to recover it by the factory rest method? Also, Is there any software I can purchase to help ?
John774 said:
Thanks a lot for your try to help. It was not backed to the cloud for sure because it was deleted right after it was recorded. Do you think there is still any chance to recover it by the factory rest method? Also, Is there any software I can purchase to help ?
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Probably not.. You can ask around but a lot of the software or apps people sell don't do what they say they can do but I would search around and try to read reviews on some of the applications because other people will tell you whether they've had any luck or not but I would look around before the factory reset because if you do that you're definitely overwriting the memory blocks for sure!!
Still looking for some way to recover the file but no luck. Didn't use the phone ever since.
I wonder if you have set up to sync before. If yes, maybe you can check out in the trash of Google Drive. It is allowed to recover deleted data within 60 days. Or you can try FORecovery to recover your data, which I have used before. As I know, it's have nothing to do with device version while the software identifying and rooting your phone. Anyway, just take a try. Hope this is not too late for you.
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I wonder if you have set up to sync before. If yes, maybe you can check out in the trash of Google Drive. It is allowed to recover deleted data within 60 days. Or you can try FORecovery to recover your data, which I have used before. As I know, it's have nothing to do with device version while the software identifying and rooting your phone. Anyway, just take a try. Hope this is not too late for you.
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Thanks for your reply. For Recovery could not recover the files as it couldn't root the device.
John774 said:
Thanks for your reply. For Recovery could not recover the files as it couldn't root the device.
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If the video is super important and you absolutely have to have it you should take it a recovery specialist and don't download or put anything else on the phone because it can overwrite the memory blocks.. Usually when you delete something the system just marks the memory blocks as reusable and able to be overwritten but if you don't do anything to cause it to be overwritten it's possible that it's still just sitting in the memory blocks and you just can't see it..
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apparantly i locked my TB with a pin code and woke up this morning and now i cant get into it at all. after 60 tries i thought it would ask me to enter my google account email and pw which i have but it hasnt. anyway to get past this??
Well that really sucks forgetting your pin code, but if it were easily worked around, it wouldn't be much of a security system, so it's not easy.
This Google help forum thread might help you out: http://www.google.com.tw/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=1889ba0fa1e29183&hl=en
If you're rooted, with adb access you might be able to clear something in the system to reset it, but I'm not sure where to start with that if it's even an option.
Factory reset will certainly get you back into the phone, and shouldn't wipe your sdcard data, but I'd pull it out before resetting just to be safe.
thanks i appreciate it. i just cant believe after 75 tries it doesnt tell you to enter your gmail account info to get into the phone. i thought all androids did that
b33zy682 said:
thanks i appreciate it. i just cant believe after 75 tries it doesnt tell you to enter your gmail account info to get into the phone. i thought all androids did that
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Yes, that's unusual.
b33zy682 said:
thanks i appreciate it. i just cant believe after 75 tries it doesnt tell you to enter your gmail account info to get into the phone. i thought all androids did that
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yeah. both my OG Droid and Fascinate made me type my Google credentials after a certain number of failed tries. Call VZW and see if there is a workaround. Keep us posted!
If you are rooted and using ClockWorkMod, u could restore a backup, that uses no pin or an old pin.
If you do have CWM and a earlier backup, I would perform a backup and then restore the earlier backup.
if you can do that and get into the OS again, you might be able to Run Advanced Restore in CWM and just restore the Data Partition from the backup of the pin locked one. (this is just a guess, Im not sure where the pin is saved but this may be the best way to not loose data)
Hi everybody.
I've got an issue. I'm in CM10.1 a8 by @dhiru1602 with the official gapps, and can't set my google accounts (two of them) to autosync. The mails and the contacts modifications are sync'ed only on manual requests.
There is some way to enable it?
I've attached some screenshots where the problem can be seen.
If there is any log i can see/attach to track this problem, please tell me.
Thank you!
Drizzt_Kueh said:
Hi everybody.
I've got an issue. I'm in CM10.1 a8 by @dhiru1602 with the official gapps, and can't set my google accounts (two of them) to autosync. The mails and the contacts modifications are sync'ed only on manual requests.
There is some way to enable it?
I've attached some screenshots where the problem can be seen.
If there is any log i can see/attach to track this problem, please tell me.
Thank you!
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do a factory reset and flash only gapps again... this should solve your problem
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do a factory reset and flash only gapps again... this should solve your problem
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Sorry @mustafahussain, but I think that a factory reset is my last resource. I've got too many apps that can't be restored with only Titanium backup. I've got too many settings, too many tweaks, etc. If I can, i'll try to avoid it. Thank you, anyway.
Another option?
Please, be careful with the solutions you provide @mustafahussain, that shouldn't resolve anything, only force me to lost some data. Don't take it wrong.
After some research i just found the solution:
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i think i can help you.
go to system settings >> data usage >> menu button >> auto-sync data
now your sync wheels will get green (i hope)
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/63988-cm10-wont-auto-sync-google-account/
Drizzt_Kueh said:
Sorry @mustafahussain, but I think that a factory reset is my last resource. I've got too many apps that can't be restored with only Titanium backup. I've got too many settings, too many tweaks, etc. If I can, i'll try to avoid it. Thank you, anyway.
Another option?
Please, be careful with the solutions you provide @mustafahussain, that shouldn't resolve anything, only force me to lost some data. Don't take it wrong.
After some research i just found the solution:
Code:
i think i can help you.
go to system settings >> data usage >> menu button >> auto-sync data
now your sync wheels will get green (i hope)
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/63988-cm10-wont-auto-sync-google-account/
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You should have found that other solution before doing a factory reset.Dont ever point me to be careful,its you who should be careful enough to know what you are dealing with.Factory reset will erase your data is a known fact to everyone so dont pretend that you lost data just because of what you said,you knew this will erase your data and you yourself said that its your last option if its a full wipe then why did you do it,should have looked for a alternative before factory wipe.We are here to help not to hear some criticising comments.
I was trying to be nice, and give you just a friendly advice, but if that is the way you answer, then...
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[You should have found that other solution before doing a factory reset.
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I didn't do the factory reset.
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Dont ever point me to be careful
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Ok. Just be careful.
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,its you who should be careful enough to know what you are dealing with.Factory reset will erase your data is a known fact to everyone so dont pretend that you lost data just because of what you said,you knew this will erase your data and you yourself said that its your last option if its a full wipe then why did you do it,should have looked for a alternative before factory wipe.We are here to help not to hear some criticising comments.
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Start with using dots and paragraphs. Then, as you already told, I know that the Factoy Reset will wipe the info. A newbie won't. If you want to help, you should seek a solution, and not offer to kill a fly with a bazooka as you just did it. Or, if you really believe that a factory reset will be the only solution, you just can advise the user to do a backup before. Please, be careful.
Thank you anyway.
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I was trying to be nice, and give you just a friendly advice, but if that is the way you answer, then...
I didn't do the factory reset.
Ok. Just be careful.
Start with using dots and paragraphs. Then, as you already told, I know that the Factoy Reset will wipe the info. A newbie won't. If you want to help, you should seek a solution, and not offer to kill a fly with a bazooka as you just did it. Or, if you really believe that a factory reset will be the only solution, you just can advise the user to do a backup before. Please, be careful.
Thank you anyway.
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I guessed you were that smart enough that you will understand what I am speaking of if I didnt use dots anyways guess I was wrong. Now comming to the issue I told you that you can do a factory wipe(or dont know whatever you did that wiped your data) to restore your gapps default settings back ,if I would have a said go to service center you then it may refer killing a fly with a bazooka.And taking a backup is your doing part and even I didnt mention you could have asked or would/should have taken a backup(you keep saying you use titanium recovery and I see it how much you know of it).I wont loose any data from a wipe but you will so you should have thought of instead of playing this blame game.You should develop a sense(not everyone have it) but its essential to develop this sense which is called common sense when you are a smartphone user.Bottom line I dont need to be careful,in the end its your device that will be messed up if you dont pay attention to what you are doing with it.
NO OFFENCE
Again, I didn't wipe nothing. I didn't format nothing. I'm not mad because i've lost something. I didn't, and I'm not mad at all.
I'm not in a blaming game. I've just try to give you and advise about sending someone (anyone) to wipe anything without telling him to backup.
It's not about if i understood you or not. It's about being clear, and writing something easy to read.
Sending the user to the service center with a non-stock rom it's not a bazooka. It's a nuke. The user will pay in cash for the mistake.
And telling me that i should develope common sense, is just nonsense. If I didn't got that, surely i'd lost my data.
You don't wanna be careful? No problem. Then just add "Make a backup and then" before any line in you're telling someone to wipe any data in any way. Copy/Paste if you don't wan't to write it.
Thank you.
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Again, I didn't wipe nothing. I didn't format nothing. I'm not mad because i've lost something. I didn't, and I'm not mad at all.
I'm not in a blaming game. I've just try to give you and advise about sending someone (anyone) to wipe anything without telling him to backup.
It's not about if i understood you or not. It's about being clear, and writing something easy to read.
Sending the user to the service center with a non-stock rom it's not a bazooka. It's a nuke. The user will pay in cash for the mistake.
And telling me that i should develope common sense, is just nonsense. If I didn't got that, surely i'd lost my data.
You don't wanna be careful? No problem. Then just add "Make a backup and then" before any line in you're telling someone to wipe any data in any way. Copy/Paste if you don't wan't to write it.
Thank you.
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and there we see aggression.nvm you are welcome and I am cool.
Be cool man.
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Hi, I read that anyone with a developer's account can access the developers' preview build of Android L, that was supposed to be available today, I have a developer's account (to upload apps to the market) but I don't see any build of android L, is this the required account? or is there any other type of account required? thanks!
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Hi, I read that anyone with a developer's account can access the developers' preview build of Android L, that was supposed to be available today, I have a developer's account (to upload apps to the market) but I don't see any build of android L, is this the required account? or is there any other type of account required? thanks!
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it will be here when its released, as of yet it is not released
http://developer.android.com/index.html
keep refreshing the page like the rest of us
saman0suke1 said:
Hi, I read that anyone with a developer's account can access the developers' preview build of Android L, that was supposed to be available today, I have a developer's account (to upload apps to the market) but I don't see any build of android L, is this the required account? or is there any other type of account required? thanks!
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I guess it'll be available in a few hours.
I guess they just haven't released it, yet.
Don't forget their different timezone.
Thank you all, maybe I'm getting too desperate I just wanted to confirm that my account is the right one, I'll be refreshing until it appears, thanks again!
EDIT: I believe being rooted would not be a problem at the moment of the installation, right? I know that I'll lose root after that, but as long as the actual installation does not give me problems, it's fine.
saman0suke1 said:
Thank you all, maybe I'm getting too desperate I just wanted to confirm that my account is the right one, I'll be refreshing until it appears, thanks again!
EDIT: I believe being rooted would not be a problem at the moment of the installation, right? I know that I'll lose root after that, but as long as the actual installation does not give me problems, it's fine.
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Considering that the images will have to be flashed through fastboot, you'll probably lose root and everything else on data/system partitions (unless they don't wipe it, but I think it does).
saman0suke1 said:
Thank you all, maybe I'm getting too desperate I just wanted to confirm that my account is the right one, I'll be refreshing until it appears, thanks again!
EDIT: I believe being rooted would not be a problem at the moment of the installation, right? I know that I'll lose root after that, but as long as the actual installation does not give me problems, it's fine.
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maybe it will be problem to root new androi L cause I've read somwhere that there is a lot of security updates and also samsung knox in new android so we will see if it will be able to root
saman0suke1 said:
Thank you all, maybe I'm getting too desperate I just wanted to confirm that my account is the right one, I'll be refreshing until it appears, thanks again!
EDIT: I believe being rooted would not be a problem at the moment of the installation, right? I know that I'll lose root after that, but as long as the actual installation does not give me problems, it's fine.
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if it's a factory image it'll wipe the whole phone and root probably wont work until its updated to support L
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Considering that the images will have to be flashed through fastboot, you'll probably lose root and everything else on data/system partitions (unless they don't wipe it, but I think it does).
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That's fine, I believe that flash through fastboot does not include a total wipe including camera folder and all that right? never done it that way, better be prepared. Thanks!
saman0suke1 said:
That's fine, I believe that flash through fastboot does not include a total wipe including camera folder and all that right? never done it that way, better be prepared. Thanks!
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As long as you don't flash the userdata.img, all /sdcard data will be fine. You don't have to flash userdata.img to bump android versions! System, boot would do just fine (and bootloader if they bump it as well)
Or you could just wait till a flashable zip is posted. Someone will have one up within hours of release.
Roxas598 said:
if it's a factory image it'll wipe the whole phone and root probably wont work until its updated to support L
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Whole phone means photos, and any kind of files? I prefer to ask so I make a backup first :S , never done it this way, thanks!
saman0suke1 said:
Whole phone means photos, and any kind of files? I prefer to ask so I make a backup first :S , never done it this way, thanks!
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Read my previous post.
saman0suke1 said:
Whole phone means photos, and any kind of files? I prefer to ask so I make a backup first :S , never done it this way, thanks!
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Yep every single thing on the phone will be gone so backup everything you need
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That's fine, I believe that flash through fastboot does not include a total wipe including camera folder and all that right? never done it that way, better be prepared. Thanks!
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You'll lost everything... Photos,data file...
vin4yak said:
As long as you don't flash the userdata.img, all /sdcard data will be fine. You don't have to flash userdata.img to bump android versions! System, boot would do just fine (and bootloader if they bump it as well)
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Unless they changed the folder structure like they did a few releases ago - if they did, best to do a clean install.
I'm backing up right now just in case.
Don't wanna mess with the installation script by flashing some things and not others (although there would be virtually no risk by flashing system and boot partition), but better safe than sorry, after all, we can just shove everything back when finished
Consider ir a backup routine, and you'll have an updated bk
jj14 said:
Unless they changed the folder structure like they did a few releases ago - if they did, best to do a clean install.
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That's an entirely different scenario. Each and everyone of us would need to wipe clean if that happens but usually a system and boot flash would do just fine
The N5 has been my FIRST of many, many, many Android phones and even Windows Pocket PC phones that I haven't felt the need to unlock/root etc. Everything has just worked great on it and I have always been able to do everything I wanted to do from this phone. I have been so satisfied with the phone that it has kept me away from XDA for a while. Don't know if that is a good thing or bad, lol. I used to be on this site for hours every single day and now I feel like I am light years behind in rooting. HA!
L has me interested though and I am contemplating unlocking my bootloader for it which just becomes a PITA with losing your data and adding things back and all that great stuff that takes so much of your time. Then if things suck you have to flash back to something else and the never ending process continues. The N5 has gotten me so much time back in my life but I feel like it might demand some of my time back to it. Oh I hate this stuff!!!!
I think I'll make a backup, just in case, as someone said previously, I would prefer to make a clean installation if it's needed and use the image provided by Google.
Thanks!
I have a Nexus 5 that I have had since December that has been functioning flawlessly (Google replacement for my last one with busted glass)
I have not done anything to this device (no hacking, no ROMSs, no rooting), beside replace the battery....
A few days ago, I noticed that a bunch of my "custom" ringtones were not working anymore. They just stopped showing up on the ringtone picker. The same goes for my "custom" alarm tones. I also noticed that when I go to attach a picture (to a hangout message, or SMS) that the "Recent" category shows only 1 or 2 pictures (instead of all recent pics). However, when I use RootExplorer and look at the directories, all of the files are there. The ringtones, alarms, pictures, etc. In fact the only pictures that are showing up under the "Recent" category are the ones that have been taken since I began having the problem.
There is also some other weird things happening, like I have lost some contact pictures and the phone has been acting weird.
This phone got the 5.1 update and I have already tried to wipe the /cache partition. Again, all files are there, but Android is not recognizing them...
Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Try doing factory reset
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Try doing factory reset
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Yeah, I will eventually try that but I was hoping that someone had a magic :fingers-crossed: fix that would be a little easier...
TaterTot24 said:
Yeah, I will eventually try that but I was hoping that someone had a magic :fingers-crossed: fix that would be a little easier...
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If you're afraid of losing data just use applications to store it. Like titanium backup
Isus <3 said:
If you're afraid of losing data just use applications to store it. Like titanium backup
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I guess I was just hesitant because this is the 1st phone I have had that does not have an actual "SD card" so I was not sure how it would work...
Also, the phone is not rooted -- not sure if that matters
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I guess I was just hesitant because this is the 1st phone I have had that does not have an actual "SD card" so I was not sure how it would work...
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Store pictures at Google photos app or use Dropbox, and for data and applications use titanium backup
Isus <3 said:
Store pictures at Google photos app or use Dropbox, and for data and applications use titanium backup
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Does it have to be rooted? -- this is a Stock Nexus 5
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Does it have to be rooted? -- this is a Stock Nexus 5
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You need for titanium backup but for photos you don't.
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You need for titanium backup but for photos you don't.
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So to keep from loosing app data, I need to use Ti Backup -- but to use Ti Backup I need to have root access...
In order to get root access, I will have to wipe my phone and loose my app data.... -- Sounds like a never-ending feedback loop
This is why I wanted to wait to do a factory reset
TaterTot24 said:
So to keep from loosing app data, I need to use Ti Backup -- but to use Ti Backup I need to have root access...
In order to get root access, I will have to wipe my phone and loose my app data.... -- Sounds like a never-ending feedback loop [emoji14]
This is why I wanted to wait to do a factory reset
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If you have unlocked bootloader then you don't need to wipe your device for root
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If you have unlocked bootloader then you don't need to wipe your device for root
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Ok, I guess I need to do some research on that then... Not sure how to tell if the bootloader is unlocked
Most of the stuff I looked at said it would wipe all data... Any links/suggestions on using the unlocked bootloader?
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Ok, I guess I need to do some research on that then... Not sure how to tell if the bootloader is unlocked
Most of the stuff I looked at said it would wipe all data... Any links/suggestions on using the unlocked bootloader?
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If you don't know how to see that then probably it's locked because it comes locked out of the box. So I'm afraid you will have to wipe your device data to fix your issue. If you're still wondering how to see that you must turn off your device and hold volume down + power button, phone will turn on and green Android will appear. At the bottom you will see lock state of bootloader
I searched the forum for this and maybe I missed something but I can't find help anywhere.
My mother recently passed and we're trying to crack open her LG Velvet. She was very secretive about passwords and such and I can't break passed her finger pattern lock screen. Everything I've found says I can wipe her phone clean and it'll be clear but we need in to access her information and photos, we don't know what details she kept on her phone so we desperately need in. Does anyone know a way we can get passed the lock screen without erasing data? We've tried 55 times all the patterns we think she used but it's so far to no avail. We have T-Mobile, of which I called. They can't help so they sent me to LG and they can't help.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!!
Id u can get an custom recovery installed on that go to /Data/system/ and erase all files with lockscreen name on it and it would remove the pattern
Kratos574 said:
Id u can get an custom recovery installed on that go to /Data/system/ and erase all files with lockscreen name on it and it would remove the pattern
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Thanks for the reply. Anyway to keep the info on the phone? I don’t mind it going away but I need stuff off the phone.
rdyzzle89 said:
Thanks for the reply. Anyway to keep the info on the phone? I don’t mind it going away but I need stuff off the phone.
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by the method I told u it doesnt remove any data files
Kratos574 said:
by the method I told u it doesnt remove any data files
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I’ve not done this in some time, any direction you can point me to get a customer recovery on?
Hey you found a way to get past the code without losing data files? My situation is the exact same except it’s my brother, and it’s sooo frustrating!
Copperheadcross said:
Hey you found a way to get past the code without losing data files? My situation is the exact same except it’s my brother, and it’s sooo frustrating!
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Hey there, just saw this message. Nope not yet. Terribly frustrating! Her laptop is locked too.
Any luck for you yet?