Hello guys.
So, I've been using my SD card as internal storage in my android phone.
My phone broke and I had to factory reset it.
Of course the issue with the SD card is that I am not able to access any files that existed there, anymore. Mainly I care about pictures.
What I did in order to fix this is first of all connect the SD directly to my PC and use various recovery software (testdisk, ZAR, remo recover etc) and none could read anything on the SD card.
The only software that manages to read stuff on it is called Stellar Photo Recovery.
Found 13GB and recovered them, but the result is .ppm files that ALL have the same size! Check the pictures below for more info.
Of course the recovered .ppm files cannot be opened by any software and I am here then in order to ask for advice.
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dimxr said:
Hello guys.
So, I've been using my SD card as internal storage in my android phone.
My phone broke and I had to factory reset it.
Of course the issue with the SD card is that I am not able to access any files that existed there, anymore. Mainly I care about pictures.
What I did in order to fix this is first of all connect the SD directly to my PC and use various recovery software (testdisk, ZAR, remo recover etc) and none could read anything on the SD card.
The only software that manages to read stuff on it is called Stellar Photo Recovery.
Found 13GB and recovered them, but the result is .ppm files that ALL have the same size! Check the pictures below for more info.
Of course the recovered .ppm files cannot be opened by any software and I am here then in order to ask for advice.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Here is a thread that was started by a member with the same issue that I attempted to help.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/corrupted-sd-card-adoptable-storage-t3801250
If you read through the thread, you will see that they came up with a method to recover the data and return the sdcard to a useable/working condition and has posted the instructions. If you read further into the thread, you'll see where they have made improvements in how the process is used. Read all of the posts by that member in that thread and make sure you understand how their original method worked and how their refined methods are implemented vs how they were originally. Pay attention to the changes in the method and where those changes are implemented to make it easier.
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Thank you so much for this. Even though I searched a lot, I wasn't able to trace this, since the word "adoptable" didn't cross my mind.
Will read and post back results.
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So as I went to update Facebook this morning, my phone alerted me I had insufficient storage. Apparently 9 gigs of "other" files are taking up a bunch of space yet I cannot find them, even with showing hidden files. I don't wanna just go deleting files that I'm unsure of. Any ideas?
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So as I went to update Facebook this morning, my phone alerted me I had insufficient storage. Apparently 9 gigs of "other" files are taking up a bunch of space yet I cannot find them, even with showing hidden files. I don't wanna just go deleting files that I'm unsure of. Any ideas?
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What rom are you on? If you've just recently moved to TW 4.3 or AOSP 4.2/4.3/4.4 then all of your TW 4.1.2 data is in /data/media. Pics, music, videos, nandroid backups are the biggest folders usually.
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What rom are you on? If you've just recently moved to TW 4.3 or AOSP 4.2/4.3/4.4 then all of your TW 4.1.2 data is in /data/media. Pics, music, videos, nandroid backups are the biggest folders usually.
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I'm currently using the newest beanstalk 4.4 rom. its not my photos or anything though. I've been using a file manager to look around and its considered "other" i think its stuff somewhere deeper then the emulated sd card :/
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I'm currently using the newest beanstalk 4.4 rom. its not my photos or anything though. I've been using a file manager to look around and its considered "other" i think its stuff somewhere deeper then the emulated sd card :/
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Well, if its not either of those three big names from my last post then you should backup any important data then wipe internal storage.
Get SD Maid from the play store. I use it to find duplicates, ghost files, and other stuff worthy if deletion.
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I had a very similar question lately:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610663
I was missing >50% or my 32gb storage to unknown/other. I tried everything on the market, used computer to delete data, file analysis, nothing helped.
I am running CM10.2 and used the CM setting's app to perform a factory reset (the clockworkmod factory reset does not remove all user data). Apparently this formats your data area, and in my case eliminated the unknown wasted space.
Hello, this is my first post on XDA. I noticed yesterday that all the files and subfolders in the folder /storage/emulated/0/download
are apparently disappeared.
Three file managers, Total Commander, Astro File Manager, and X-plore, display that folder as empty.
Instead, that folder contained many eBooks, PDF manuals of several calculators, and some other documents.
The app Device Inspector, choosing the option "Storage & Memory", displays the following data:
Device Storage, Used 12.54 GB, Available 11.16 MB.
Memory, Used 1.44 GB, Available 379.23 MB.
Thus it looks like the download folder is still holding all the files I have previously stored in it,
mostly from my PC via WiFi.
The problem is not only due to the fact that the files are now non-accessible,
but it is also impossible to install new apps, due to the lack of available memory.
The first thing I tried was to power off the Nexus 5 and then power it on again,
in order to reset the system, but that didn't work.
Then I googled looking for a solution, but with no joy.
All I was able to find is the advice to re-format the storage and to copy all the files
into the storage again.
I found also the advice to use TestDisk, a software for the PC, able to recover data from
SD cards, USB sticks, and so forth.
In both cases it is needed to use a PC, and I have two at home, but now I am on Summer Holidays,
and the only other device I have here is another smartphone, a Nexus 4.
Anyway I have the backup of all my data, of course, both at home and on an USB stick I have taken with me, and by now I would like just to know how to free the storage space in order to be able to install some further apps, to store some other photos and/or videos, and so forth.
Thanks for any explaination.
check /sdcard/ in the root filesystem using root explorer. i bet thats where all your files are, not in /storage/emulated/0/download
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check /sdcard/ in the root filesystem using root explorer. i bet thats where all your files are, not in /storage/emulated/0/download
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By now I cannot either install nor use Root Explorer, due to
a lack of memory and the fact that my phone is not yet rooted. I will try when I'll be back home.
In the meanwhile, I have seen that Total Commander, too,
can display the folder /sdcard/ under the folder Root of the Filesystem, but it looks like my files are not visibile.
Anyway, thank you for the reply.
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By now I cannot neither install nor use Root Explorer, due to
a lack of memory and the fact that my phone is not yet rooted. I will try when I'll be back home.
In the meanwhile, I have seen that Total Commander, too,
can display the folder /sdcard/ under the folder Root of the Filesystem, but it looks like my files are not visibile.
Anyway, thank you for the reply.
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anyways, thats where all my files always have always been, in the /sdcard/ in the root filesystem.
I'm cleaning up my phone, PHOTOS only shows photos stored on the phone, it doesn't include photos on the SD card.
So I downloaded the SD card photos via Airdroid FILES and now want to delete them
If I right click on EXTERNAL SD CARD, I'm given the delete option, but if I dive into any subdirectories, all delete options are greyed out whether it's right click on directory or file, or select and click the trash can.
Any ideas? This is a Note 3 running Android 4.3
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I'm cleaning up my phone, PHOTOS only shows photos stored on the phone, it doesn't include photos on the SD card.
So I downloaded the SD card photos via Airdroid FILES and now want to delete them
If I right click on EXTERNAL SD CARD, I'm given the delete option, but if I dive into any subdirectories, all delete options are greyed out whether it's right click on directory or file, or select and click the trash can.
Any ideas? This is a Note 3 running Android 4.3
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Would you please attach a screenshot here? Generally, if you right click on EXTERNAL SD CARD, there's no delete option.
Here you go
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And here you can see no delete option
Has nobody run into this before? I posted the screenshots that were requested. Was kind of expecting a response.
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Has nobody run into this before? I posted the screenshots that were requested. Was kind of expecting a response.
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If AirDroid doesn't have the permission to delete files on your external sd card, the delete option will be greyed out. Or would you please give it a try on the phone: AirDroid--->Tools--->Files. Try deleting one photo there just to check if AirDroid has the permission. Thank you in advance
I think you're on to something. Using AirDroid on the phone itself, I attempted to delete a file from the SD card. The delete option was there, it said the delete was successful, but nothing was actually deleted.
What might prevent this from working?
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I think you're on to something. Using AirDroid on the phone itself, I attempted to delete a file from the SD card. The delete option was there, it said the delete was successful, but nothing was actually deleted.
What might prevent this from working?
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AirDroid does not have the permission to delete files on your SD card
right, we determined that. my question was WHY would it not have permissions? What should I be looking at to fix that problem?
anyone knows how to fix it ?
cant set the external SD path
Hi everyone. Please bear with me I am a complete noob at this stuff.
I have a HTC one sv c525e K2_ul 4.2.2 S-on in Aus with optus (maybe LTE??)
The storage space for apps is tiny so I wanted to root the phone to re-compartment space.
I eventually found and followed the tutorial by qbking77 to unlock the phone and root it. I did well up until entering recovery to root the phone. The twrp image I used didn't work on my phone. I tried several of them with same result. Somewhere along the line I got the bootloop. I don't recall if it was before or after I tried to flash this I think I tried some other kernel that I can't find now.
Anyway I went back to twrp and tried more images. One finally worked to get into recovery. It was- twrp-2.8.6.0-k2_cl.img 10.4M the second listing under HTC One SV Boost USA (k2_cl).
So now I could enter recovery mode I went back to qbking77's tutorial. I found the options and process on my phone was different to his and I had a few errors come up like unable to mount sdcard, storage and some other stuff. As a result I was unable to do a back up and unable to install super user. From there I still got the bootloop.
Although internal sdcard and storage was unable to mount the phone did see the external sd card. So I loaded the super user zip direct from pc to sd card and opened the zip in recovery. Still bootloop.
I was wondering if I managed to unwittingly delete some important ****. So in my brilliance to persevere with screwing with it, I loaded the venom ROM (and some kernel) onto the ext sd card and opened it in recovery. Still several errors came up and I wasn't given any options to pick before flashing. It did say installation was a success at the end. Still got bootloop.
So I am hoping someone might see an obvious f-up that would turn into an easy fix ......... :laugh:
So I've been doing some reading :angel: but I'm no better off. I watched closely what I was doing and I was getting an MD5 error. I tried downloading the zips in firefox so as not to corrupt them but the phone is still coming up with 'missing MD5'.
I'm thinking my only option at this point is to run the RUU as I've seen that suggested a few times to others. Looks like a PITA but I guess it's that or new phone
I don't know when I'll get around to doing it.
Looking into RUU I need the S-off. Since I can't boot the system does anyone know how I can switch the S to off through fastboot or recovery?
So I was too lazy to run the RUU. I again attempted to flash the viper ROM. In recovery it says it was a success but I still get the bootloop. I noticed when I went into recovery something would flash up on the screen but it was too quick for me to read so I took a picture of it. Does anyone know what any of it means?
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Hello guys, I decided to leave my aging Nexus 5 to come back to the good old Xperia brand, I got myself this beautiful device that is our beloved Xperia XA (got it free on contract so yea that's cool)
image is better than words so here's a screenshot:
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my question is: Why do 5.9 + 3.1 = 12 ???
PS: cache is empty
Thanks in advance!
I think it's because the app don't show you all partitions. If you use third-party app or TWRP you will see the difference (and the truth).
oh alright so, thanks a lot mate !
I'm having a problem with storage too. I tried using adoptable storage but something went horribly wrong to the point I have to reformat my whole sd card as well as my phone. Is there a definite (like safe-proof) way to do adoptable storage?
Jhayzt said:
I'm having a problem with storage too. I tried using adoptable storage but something went horribly wrong to the point I have to reformat my whole sd card as well as my phone. Is there a definite (like safe-proof) way to do adoptable storage?
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Works fine for me, just a display bug who show wrong memory size. I use "root essentials" to enable Adoptable Storage (full, not mixed). Format your SD with Gparted (don't work with default Windows format tool) in FAT32 before enabling it and after disabling it to avoid corrupted SD.
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Works fine for me, just a display bug who show wrong memory size. I use "root essentials" to enable Adoptable Storage (full, not mixed). Format your SD with Gparted (don't work with default Windows format tool) in FAT32 before enabling it and after disabling it to avoid corrupted SD.
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Hmm, I'll give it a try then. I sure hope everything goes well this time around. T'was really a pain in the arse.