Hello everyone
So yes, that is my question, I guess it is HARD, but I was wondering, is it possible to restore files (at least photos) after I delete them and format my android phone !?
Thank you a lot
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Once you format it will be very hard to recover data.
The only thing you might try is connect your phone via USB. See if it can be read as storage then run the program called Recuva.
Good luck.
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BADroid-z said:
Hello everyone
So yes, that is my question, I guess it is HARD, but I was wondering, is it possible to restore files (at least photos) after I delete them and format my android phone !?
Thank you a lot
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If you delete them and where they were stored hasn't been overwritten yet then you should be able to recover them but not if you format, formatting wipes them completely and they can't be recovered.
If you're asking if you can save the pics somewhere else then format your phone and then put the pics back on your phone then yes, you can do that.
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GLO said:
Once you format it will be very hard to recover data.
The only thing you might try is connect your phone via USB. See if it can be read as storage then run the program called Recuva.
Good luck.
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Thanx
I will give it a try
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Or if you had google photos on your phone, they are automatically backed up there as long as your sync was on. Good luck!
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My HTC One S somehow got wiped or factory reset. All my pics, docs, etc are gone now. Anyone have a way to recover from this device? If damn HTC would have had an external SD Card this would not have happened!!
Unless you did a backup, then no, there is no way to recover them. Sorry. This is a lesson to ALWAYS have a backup of everything important to you on hand!
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My HTC One S somehow got wiped or factory reset. All my pics, docs, etc are gone now. Anyone have a way to recover from this device? If damn HTC would have had an external SD Card this would not have happened!!
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HTC does have an external SD card. Its called Dropbox
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I only get 2gb supposed to be 25
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invasion2 said:
Unless you did a backup, then no, there is no way to recover them. Sorry. This is a lesson to ALWAYS have a backup of everything important to you on hand!
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Or you can learn how to get around it....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26680139
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Or you can learn how to get around it....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26680139
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Oh yeah I did that after I deleted an essay for school!
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Yeah try the utilities from the thread villainhalf linked, don't think file recovery will work differently on the One S mounted as USB mass storage compared to if you could unplug an sdcard and move it to your PC... Always important when hoping to recover stuff after accidental delete or format is never write new stuff to your sdcard/HDD until you're done.
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Yeah try the utilities from the thread villainhalf linked, don't think file recovery will work differently on the One S mounted as USB mass storage compared to if you could unplug an sdcard and move it to your PC... Always important when hoping to recover stuff after accidental delete or format is never write new stuff to your sdcard/HDD until you're done.
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Also, to increase your chance of success, recover the file to another hard drive. Being you're recovering from your phone have the files saved to your desktop or an SD as suggested above.
I tried these utilities so far with no luck. They all see items that I have deleted(which is only a couple pics) since the format was performed however they don't see any items that were deleted from the format. I had about 15GB of items on the phone and now I only have couple hundred Meg. So I'm pretty sure that all of those deleted items have not been overwritten, but these utilites don't seem to be able to read the items prior to the format.
Any other ideas?
Here are the Utils I have tried so far:
- Recuva
- Stellar Photo Recovery
- Aid File Recovery
- Photo Retrival
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There are many software that could recover your photos. I found this one - http://www.cardrecovery.com/photo-recovery/recover_photos_from_phone.asp. It is trial version. Who knows, you my get lucky. Try some forensic recovery software.
nicojoe22 said:
For me, I had success with this HTC phone data recovery guide. So I suggest that you have a try.
good luck!
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Thanks for the info i needed
I tried these utilities so far with no luck. They all see items that I have deleted(which is only a couple pics) since the format was performed however they don't see any items that were deleted from the format. I had about 15GB of items on the phone and now I only have couple hundred Meg. So I'm pretty sure that all of those deleted items have not been overwritten, but these utilities don't seem to be able to read the items prior to the format.
Any other ideas?
Here are the Utils I have tried so far:
- Recuva
- Stellar Photo Recovery
- Aid File Recovery
- Photo Retrival
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Recuva and Steallar are mostly for hard drive recovery on desktop or pc. So it's not a good choice for mobile phone data recovery. However, there are tons of such apps when searching on Google and hard to find a good one. it took me hours to locate the android data recovery app. I have been with this app for months and it helped me recover a lot of accidentally deleted files.
Please leave a message if you need further assistance on this. Good luck
I did proper backups, but they were saved to the internal storage. Not a good idea. I'm exchanging my TF700 this weekend and would like to simply run the recovery and restore one of those backups. Possible?
Also lost a sensitive document in that brick...any chance of getting it out or deleting it before Asus gets to it?
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duckredbeard said:
I did proper backups, but they were saved to the internal storage. Not a good idea. I'm exchanging my TF700 this weekend and would like to simply run the recovery and restore one of those backups. Possible?
Also lost a sensitive document in that brick...any chance of getting it out or deleting it before Asus gets to it?
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From your other thread I gathered you cannot access either the recovery or fastboot -- you couldn't even boot at all. In that case you will not be able to save your files or stop them from getting at them. My guess'd be that they reflash or replace parts anyway and not see any files at all... but you won't either, then, and that's a shame.
Lesson learned is keep backups and sensitive documents in the removable storage.
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What is the best way to back up my entire phone? A system image that I can restore later would be ideal. I want to back it up and transfer the backup file(s) to my computer for safekeeping. Does a nandroid backup from TWRP take a FULL backup of the device (including /sdcard) that I can later transfer to my computer?
I'd prefer that the solution be free, but I'm willing to pay if necessary. Thank you!
Nandroid does everything except sdcard. You'll need a separate solution for that. Have a look at my thread
[info] Storage: Nexus 5 Data (info / loss / recovery / prevention)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2534010
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rootSU said:
Nandroid does everything except sdcard. You'll need a separate solution for that. Have a look at my thread
[info] Storage: Nexus 5 Data (info / loss / recovery / prevention)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2534010
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That's an incredibly informative thread, thank you! So I'll do a nandroid backup, transfer that to my computer, then I can just manually mount /sdcard and copy/zip it all up to back that up. I think that should do it. Thank you!
I don't usually wipe everything but if I did, I would use Wifi File Transfer pro by which you can zip everything in the /sdcard with a few clicks and when you need to restore just unzip it via any file manager...
For everything else, do a nandroid backup!
I just foldersync my sdcard to my NAS while I sleep. I've got 100's of GB's of sdcard data there...
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rootSU said:
I just foldersync my sdcard to my NAS while I sleep. I've got 100's of GB's of sdcard data there...
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My solution as well.
rootSU said:
I just foldersync my sdcard to my NAS while I sleep. I've got 100's of GB's of sdcard data there...
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Mannn, That's good! How do I set it up?? Ftp?? Sftp?? I would need to setup a server on my desktop, right??
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Mannn, That's good! How do I set it up?? Ftp?? Sftp?? I would need to setup a server on my desktop, right??
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I use CIFS/SMB to my NAS, but it all depends on your situation. Foldersync provides plenty of cloud options as well.
I too use SMB. Use SMB for any share you access via Windows
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adrman said:
I use CIFS/SMB to my NAS, but it all depends on your situation. Foldersync provides plenty of cloud options as well.
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rootSU said:
I too use SMB. Use SMB for any share you access via Windows
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Just set it up. Works like charm! Thanks a lot
I have format my data so i had to reinstall my apps. One of them was WiFi Pass Recovery & Backup. Unfortunately i had push the restore buttom for my wireless networks databese.Since then i could't turn on Wi-Fi. I had try to wipe internal and external data + cache, but nothing. I had try to reinstall the rom that i used to root my phone wiith odin 3.07 and fw 4.2.2 but again nothing. Please give me your help, what else can i do?
Use RESET WIFI option in this app
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Use RESET WIFI option in this app
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I have used the RESET WIFI option but is not working!!
I found the only solution. Restore to stock firmware!
Do u have efs folder in ur system?
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Do u have efs folder in ur system?
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I really don't remember man but i don't think so to saw such a folder with that name.
Go to /system/efs with file explorer and watch if there is folder efs
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Go to /system/efs with file explorer and watch if there is folder efs
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I have just check it and there is no such file now. But i have reset the firmware. Internal and external memory so i don't know if there was before the folder.
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I have just check it and there is no such file now. But i have reset the firmware. Internal and external memory so i don't know if there was before the folder.
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Yes, some times when u flash firmaware, u lost efs folder. I really don't know what to do then, but search google and from xda.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.efs
Is this app ok or do I need to do something different to save the efs ?
I have the 920F .
It's recommended. Just make sure you copy the backup somewhere safe - I keep mine on a USB OTG stick, *and* 2 different cloud storage providers.
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It's recommended. Just make sure you copy the backup somewhere safe - I keep mine on a USB OTG stick, *and* 2 different cloud storage providers.
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Also,how do I flash the .tar files from the backup ? I know I have to use odin,but where should I put the files?
You can select Restore in the app's menu, and it'll explain how to restore.
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