hi ,
i got nexus s (3g)
and i try to install a new rom, Rom fell in the middle of installation, and since my phone is not dead (no reception) after I went online I realized that what happened is a folder called EFS was deleted or changed, because it is not working, I did a backup the folder ... What can you do?
Thanks
The device is a Root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138873&highlight=efs
yea i saw that , but i don`t have a backup file... i need to recreate it...
orbens said:
yea i saw that , but i don`t have a backup file... i need to recreate it...
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If your EFS folder is damaged/deleted and you have no backup, you are out of luck. I don't know of any official way to restore it.
Search in the Sense port thread where apparently EFS folders were damage, maybe some hints in there.
I read on Google some ppl got lucky restoring their IMEI etc by deleting every remaining item in the EFS folder and flashing a new ROM using a fake IMEI.
DISCLAIMER: I have absolutely NO experience with it and strongly advise to do research before taking further actions. This is a too serious issue to try&error.
any one can help me? plz..
orbens said:
any one can help me? plz..
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In case you didn't get what I said, there is NO fix for that. You're phone is basically useless now.
I have a Alcatel One Touch Pop 7 tablet from T-Mobile. There is someone on a YouTube video who has the same tablet, but has bricked it installing a custom ROM. He is begging me to make a backup of my "system" folder to send to him.
My question is, is that safe to do? I'm a complete noob when it comes to rooted devices, so I don't know if there is anyway that could be damaging to me, or if I would be doing someone a solid and helping them bring their tablet back to life.
Please, can someone advise me if this is OK or not (me making a backup of my system folder and sending it to him?)
Thanks in advance for reading and responding
auburn2eugene said:
I have a Alcatel One Touch Pop 7 tablet from T-Mobile. There is someone on a YouTube video who has the same tablet, but has bricked it installing a custom ROM. He is begging me to make a backup of my "system" folder to send to him.
My question is, is that safe to do? I'm a complete noob when it comes to rooted devices, so I don't know if there is anyway that could be damaging to me, or if I would be doing someone a solid and helping them bring their tablet back to life.
Please, can someone advise me if this is OK or not (me making a backup of my system folder and sending it to him?)
Thanks in advance for reading and responding
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Yeah, No Problem Dude for Backup...It is totally Safe...
Backup provide your data safe & if by mistake you delete your any files... You can restore again. So,Don't Take Doubts any Backup your system.
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I copied the system folder for him. Now he is asking for the boot.img file. I searched my tablet with Root Explorer and it didn't find a boot.img file... Any ideas?
backup your kernel with any app. just google it.
davidpersi said:
backup your kernel with any app. just google it.
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This isn't about me making a backup for me. I am trying to help someone who bricked their tablet, as said in my first post. I backed up the folder he asked me to back up. Then I uploaded it to my Google drive and sent him the link. He got my upload, and messaged me back saying the folder did not include the boot.img file. So, with Root Explorer, I searched my tablet for the boot.img file. Root Explorer didn't find the file he was missing. I am asking if anyone knows where I should look?
Hi all,
I hope someone will be able to help me! I have an s8+ model SM-G955FD. I was in the gallery and deleted an entire album (amazed it would even let me do that without confirmation). How do I get my lost videos/images back please? I have tried dr.fone which says the phone needs to be rooted and oneclickroot has said it can't be rooted yet. I don't particularly want to root my phone.
Please help!
Thanks in advance
Joe
Are you in the habit of logging into Google or Samsung accounts?
If so you may find they were backed up to the cloud, if not there are a number of apps on Playstore, one such is called 'DiskDigger Photo Recovery', all purporting to recover deleted files.
Thanks for your prompt response.
Unfortunately the videos weren't backed up. I've tried DiskDigger which is very good - it didn't find the videos and says I need to do a deeper scan for which a root is required.
Sorry to hear that. Were you at least able to salvage some or all of the photos?
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Sorry to hear that. Were you at least able to salvage some or all of the photos?
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Yes I did thanks but the videos are an issue. I've been trying to use the phone as little as possible hoping I'll be able to undelete the files but so far I haven't found anything to do that.
Try this For Videos Recovery Without Root
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=video.recovery&hl=en
For Pictures Disk Drigger is best without root
Thanks very much. Great app in theory but in practice it seems to have copied all my whatsapp video to the recovered folder! I guess without root (which I believe can't be done for the S8), I'm stuffed.
I find someone says the GT Recovery and DiskDigger. But when I tried with them just find some small photos, no the original.
Hello,
I hope that this is the right side of the forum to describe my problem. I desperately need help. It's a long story:
I had on my Samsung phone the app of "Chrome", which I always use to surf the internet. Using the google browser IN THAT APP, I have downloaded lots of things (I'm a scholar, so I like to read and I use to download everything that I found interesting). I have updated the app and I was frustrated, because I couldn't take anymore screenshots while surfing in "incognito mode". So, I decided to delete the update: i went into "settings", then "apps", and then I have brought back the app of "Chrome" as it was when i bought my phone. Sadly, I then noticed that I had lost every file in my download folder; I had lost every file downloaded with that app.
I had not synchronized my Google account, I can do no backup. I'm so angry and sad because I've always thought that the files downloaded would have stayed in my phone until I and only I would have decide to delete them.
I have done a lot of research on the internet and I have found out that there are some apps that can recover a very large part of lost files. But, in order to do this, I have to root my phone.
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy J2 SM-J250Y/DS, and the Android version is 7.1.1. I have seen that rooting a phone could be very dangerous; also, to me is very complicated. But there is a program called Kingoroot, which, once installed on my computer, could (it's a possibility, I know!) rooting my phone easily.
What should I do? Should I try the rooting method? It seems to me the only way...
I ask you any suggestions... Please help me. I am a depressed student that, in this life, can only enjoy reading and books...
(I am Italian, and I hope my English is understandable. If I did any mistake, please forgive me.)
Sorry can't help you get what you lost back... I feel your pain.
After losing thousands of bookmarks over the decades I started using Colornotes to save my important bookmarks.
You can save the hyperlink with a title, color, and whatever text you want to add. If you punch the hyperlink it opens in the default browser.
The app allows you to save it's data to your sd card which you can backup on your PC.
Use ApkExport to make a loadable copy of the app to future proof it.
ColorNote Notepad Notes - Apps on Google Play
ColorNote® - Easy to use notepad for notes, shopping list, to-do list, calendar
play.google.com
Thank you very much for your reply.
But... If I root my phone, and if the rooting is done without any damage, is there a possibility to get most of my files back? Or, even if I root my device, I will never be able to recover them?
It sounds like it deleted the data when you rolled the apk back (to factory load?).
If so it's going to be very sketchy at best to recover them.
I guess history's been deleted as well?
There are many coders here that have far greater knowledge than myself with Chrome.
My understanding of rooting is very basic as with Chrome which I rarely use.
If no one else replies in a day or two, bump it back to the top. Hope you find a work around solution.
AlexiusFrigerius said:
But... If I root my phone, and if the rooting is done without any damage, is there a possibility to get most of my files back? Or, even if I root my device, I will never be able to recover them?
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Rooting Android by means of TWRP and/or Magisk ( keyword: SuperSU ) affects its /data partition where phone's data typically are housed. Therefore it cannot be excluded that data stored there is overwritten and can therefore no longer be restored.
jwoegerbauer said:
Rooting Android by means of TWRP and/or Magisk ( keyword: SuperSU ) affects its /data partition where phone's data typically are housed. Therefore it cannot be excluded that data stored there is overwritten and can therefore no longer be restored.
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Is there the possibility if deleted that it's still on the system cache and is there a way to recover it if so on a none rooted phone?
Maybe using ABD?
Don't some on the "one touch" root solutions claim to preserve the data?
Android doesn't have a recycle bin thus nothing gets cached. Deleting a file means nothing else than marking the space it occupies - whereever this disk space is located - as usable so that it can be overwritten by the system.
Have never used a "One-Click-Root" utility ...
blackhawk said:
It sounds like it deleted the data when you rolled the apk back (to factory load?).
If so it's going to be very sketchy at best to recover them.
I guess history's been deleted as well?
There are many coders here that have far greater knowledge than myself with Chrome.
My understanding of rooting is very basic as with Chrome which I rarely use.
If no one else replies in a day or two, bump it back to the top. Hope you find a work around solution.
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Yes, it's just like I told. And yes, even history has been deleted.
Thank you for your help! I will wait until someone may give me a solution, or a possibility for a solution.
jwoegerbauer said:
Rooting Android by means of TWRP and/or Magisk ( keyword: SuperSU ) affects its /data partition where phone's data typically are housed. Therefore it cannot be excluded that data stored there is overwritten and can therefore no longer be restored.
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Ok, I understand...
jwoegerbauer said:
Android doesn't have a recycle bin thus nothing gets cached. Deleting a file means nothing else than marking the space it occupies - whereever this disk space is located - as usable so that it can be overwritten by the system.
Have never used a "One-Click-Root" utility ...
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Thank you for your explanation.
jwoegerbauer said:
Android doesn't have a recycle bin thus nothing gets cached. Deleting a file means nothing else than marking the space it occupies - whereever this disk space is located - as usable so that it can be overwritten by the system.
Have never used a "One-Click-Root" utility ...
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Yeah I was aware of the overwrite issue but on an unrooted device I don't think you can access the system cache. Even if you could the data could be so juxtaposed from lose of file structure as to be unusable.
One-Click-Root worked on older versions of Kitkat allegedly.
So... I understand. But I want to try. I want to root my phone. But I have to know how and I must prevent my phone from all the risks.
blackhawk: you said that the "One-Click-Root" method worked only for Kitkat Android. But I have read here that with Kingoroot i could have a chance:
How to Root Android Nougat (7.0/7.1) | KingoRoot Apk
Root any Android Nougat 7.0 7.1 device with KingoRoot.
www.kingoapp.com
(It's important: I AM NOT SPAMMING Kingoroot, I just want to understand If I can trust what it's written in their site. Also, in the link, at the end of the page, there is written that I can root my phone with my PC, which, to me, seems a safer way. It's the main idea I had when I decided to write in this forum, because I wanted to know the opinions of people that are very able to use these methods and these kind of programs.)
AlexiusFrigerius said:
So... I understand. But I want to try. I want to root my phone. But I have to know how and I must prevent my phone from all the risks.
blackhawk: you said that the "One-Click-Root" method worked only for Kitkat Android. But I have read here that with Kingoroot i could have a chance:
How to Root Android Nougat (7.0/7.1) | KingoRoot Apk
Root any Android Nougat 7.0 7.1 device with KingoRoot.
www.kingoapp.com
(It's important: I AM NOT SPAMMING Kingoroot, I just want to understand If I can trust what it's written in their site. Also, in the link, at the end of the page, there is written that I can root my phone with my PC, which, to me, seems a safer way. It's the main idea I had when I decided to write in this forum, because I wanted to know the opinions of people that are very able to use these methods and these kind of programs.)
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You can try it; it will either work or nothing will happen. Even if it works it's likely those files are gone. Maybe better to chalk it up to another lesson from the University of Hard Knocks.
You could try contacting Google tech support to see if they have any ideas.
The last AT&T firmware update was specifically to block easy rooting by Kingroot; the rats learn quick.
blackhawk said:
You can try it; it will either work or nothing will happen. Even if it works it's likely those files are gone. Maybe better to chalk it up to another lesson from the University of Hard Knocks.
You could try contacting Google tech support to see if they have any ideas.
The last AT&T firmware update was specifically to block easy rooting by Kingroot; the rats learn quick.
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Thank you very much for your help. I understand: I must give up. But the most important thing is to learn something about anything we do. Anything could help for future situations.
"It's a shame to stumble twice on the same stone" (Polybius, 31,11, 5).
Thank you again. Goodbye!
AlexiusFrigerius said:
Hello,
I hope that this is the right side of the forum to describe my problem. I desperately need help. It's a long story:
I had on my Samsung phone the app of "Chrome", which I always use to surf the internet. Using the google browser IN THAT APP, I have downloaded lots of things (I'm a scholar, so I like to read and I use to download everything that I found interesting). I have updated the app and I was frustrated, because I couldn't take anymore screenshots while surfing in "incognito mode". So, I decided to delete the update: i went into "settings", then "apps", and then I have brought back the app of "Chrome" as it was when i bought my phone. Sadly, I then noticed that I had lost every file in my download folder; I had lost every file downloaded with that app.
I had not synchronized my Google account, I can do no backup. I'm so angry and sad because I've always thought that the files downloaded would have stayed in my phone until I and only I would have decide to delete them.
I have done a lot of research on the internet and I have found out that there are some apps that can recover a very large part of lost files. But, in order to do this, I have to root my phone.
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy J2 SM-J250Y/DS, and the Android version is 7.1.1. I have seen that rooting a phone could be very dangerous; also, to me is very complicated. But there is a program called Kingoroot, which, once installed on my computer, could (it's a possibility, I know!) rooting my phone easily.
What should I do? Should I try the rooting method? It seems to me the only way...
I ask you any suggestions... Please help me. I am a depressed student that, in this life, can only enjoy reading and books...
(I am Italian, and I hope my English is understandable. If I did any mistake, please forgive me.)
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Hi, I would suggest you can try free tool for Android Phone such as Stellar Data Recovery for Android which easily recover deleted files like, photos, audio files, videos files from your Android phone internal memory storage.
Source: https://www.stellarinfo.com/media-tools/android-data-recovery.php
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That drfone again. Scamware.
Do Not Use.
Drfone if used will encrypt "recovered" data and ask you to pay for it. After which the original data is gone leaving only the encrypted copy.
It is not free... not to be trusted!
Ran into this scam many years ago.
good Evening Everyone ..
I deleted Very important file from my files and deleted by mistake from the trash ..
so it's Permenantly deleted
it was Excel Sheet File
and Not Backed my phone from Long time
please is there any way to recover this File , it's very Important file for me ..
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1. Turn off all connections to your phone and talk to me from somewhere else.
2. Are you rooted.
if it was recent there is a chance. Limit ur phone usage and do not download anything if you want s chance.
Arealhooman said:
1. Turn off all connections to your phone and talk to me from somewhere else.
2. Are you rooted.
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not rooted
Arealhooman said:
if it was recent there is a chance. Limit ur phone usage and do not download anything if you want s chance.
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Yes It's recent
from 1 Hour Ago
Well, with unrooted it’s much much harder. You can try the “dumpster” app. There is more advise form the video above. Try it all, and if it doesn’t help, idk.