I am willing to go through setting up ADB on my PC if I can then dump the phones internal storage. Does anyone know if I can do that with a Verizon Pixel XL 2 that is NOT rooted? My understanding is I am unable to root a verizon Pixel 2 XL.
We are pregnant due to IVF and I have ultrasound and other important pictures on my phone. This morning I had been in my "camera" folder within the stock photo app and it was responding very slowly. I had not restarted in sometime so I exited the app and went back to my main screen. I then used the power button and selected restart on my phone.
Upon restart I have no "Camera" folder at all within the app. Internal storage went from ~2GB to over 23GB. I checked trash and while there are pictures I had recently deleted within the trash folder the Camera folder or its contents were not in that folder. I checked Archives as well as I checked photos.google.com I had previously not used the google cloud backup so didn't expect them to be there and they were not, lesson learned.
I downloaded disk digger and was able to pull thumbnails of a lot of these pictures, which makes me believe if I could create an image of the internal memory I may be able to use photorec or similar to find the pictures.
I am not versed in this area, but am willing to learn and read etc to attempt to recover these pictures.
We went through a lot to get to the 4.5 month pregnancy mark and I have no idea why the entire folder was deleted, I presume my restart must have caused that file to be deleted somehow. I have had my phone off for most of the day while at work to eliminate the overwriting of data in my attempt to preserve as much prior data as possible.
Any and all help is appreciated. At this point I am thinking I can dump an image of my internal memory and then use photorec to get to it, but since this is a verizon variant I am reading I am unable to root, so I am hoping I can still somehow dump an image to try to recover these photos.
Does anyone know if I can do that with ADB or similar program and then use photorec on the image?
Very sorry to hear that as those are truly irreplaceable pictures.
ADB will do nothing for the type of work you want to do. It has no capability to dump anything, only execute commands on the Android OS from a connected debugger. Attempting to recover deleted/missing items requires low level access to the storage hardware and is even more difficult on flash storage than it is on magnetic storage. What you're talking about would likely require physically removing the flash storage and accessing it with specialized hardware.
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So I selected photo to delete and it somehow selected albums. So now Almost all my important pictures and videos are gone. I downloaded several apps and got back a good bit of pictures but I did not recover any videos. I read several pages about rooting the phone to actually get all the stuff back. Is this something that needs done? Also doesn't rooting wipe your phone so would that get rid of the deleted items? I am so devastated those pictures were my life and like an idiot I didn't back them up. Any ideas on how I can recover them?
Any ideas? I read an article saying you can root the phone and still recover deleted items but want to see what you guys think.
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If your files were stored internal there's a big chance that the rest might've got overwritten by other applications. On SD-Card you might be able to get more back but if you worked with it (meaning storing other files or probably even editing), it will most likely overwrite them.
Since every phone behaves different I can't say what you should use. I can only say what I read the most people suggesting.
They talk about the program recuva, which runs on your computer. After connecting your phone to your pc, they say you should run a 'deep scan'.
I never used it myself so I can't say if it works. You'd have to search how to use it.
(Program Link: Piriform - Recouva)
Rooting might also help in your favor, because those apps have more access to the storage and can perform actions normal apps can't do in there rather limited workspace.
But rooting also means writting/modifying data on your phone which could use the space where the remainings of your files are stored (deppends if they are internal or external/sd-card).
But from my expirence on pc, chances are very slim that you get all of your files back. I accidentally formatted my hard disk and after force stopping the process I only could restore about ~30% of my files (and most of them were corrupted).
You see formating or deleting doesn't actually delets stuff.
You could see all your stored files as a book and the index is that what you can see in your file manager. When you delete something it doesn't touches the file at first, it only deletes the entry in the index that a file was at that point in your storage and tells the system that place is free to use again. So apps will begin using that free space. After that it becomes almost imposible to get the file back.
Hi,
I just deleted a video by mistake couple of days ago, I loved that video clip a lot it was my baby boy first year old birthday video I downloaded many recovery software, (recuva, Jihosoft, Dr. Fine etc) they either could not found out the deleted data or problem with rooting. I don't know what is rooting, but I set my cell phone is now developer version now. Can anyone recommend me a software that work?
Keep your phone turned off. When a file gets deleted its space is marked as available, and larger spaces gets to be overwritten first. Longer you use your phone, more there is a risk of the file getting damaged.
Edit: Since You are not rooted, anything you do on your phone has a great possibility of overwriting the video file. On an android phone without root file recovery apps are your best bet, but I dont know if anything good exists in the android ecosystem.
On my previous rooted phone, I took a full disk image incase the files got overwritten, I would have backups. Then I used photorec on my computer, or some other apps to recover as much as I can.
You cant take a full disk image or let the software on your PC to access your phone since Android uses this dumb MTP thing for file transfers.
hey there, so i normally wouldn't ask in a forum for help, but my situation is desperate.
background information:
I wanted to transfer my samsung notes to my PC, which went wrong and the files on my PC are 0 byte sized.
unfortunately, i deleted the files on my samsung before checking if the transfer had been successful (aargh)
those notes (16) were extremely fckkng important (scientific nature, therefore important for society too), i tried to recover them from every drive they were on but without success.
the transfer was also made under special circumstances (bluetooth to live os, then live os to windows, then windows to usb, then usb to linux; the chain was unavoidable for reasons i cant tell here, but maybe you get why checking the files for completion wasn't that easy; also, i checked the files after the bluetooth transfer and all files seemed to be fine with all their regular sizes)
(i hate samsung for putting the notes in the root directory, i know it may makes sense for security reasons but i'm just grumpy at this point, haven't slept for a way too long time now.)
bootloader of the phone is locked.
(i hate myself for that, wanted to root the phone a couple of weeks ago but couldnt find the time)
here are the questions:
would it be possible to make SNote run a data recovery program to recover the notes for me through (= Samsung notes exploit, but limited to the s note root storage location) and how difficult would you rate this task
would it be possible to gain access to the root storage though an exploit and then recover the data?
if those ideas are dumb, whats the possibility recovering the data after rooting the phone (56gb storage left from 120gb; didn't use the phone since i discovered the files were corrupted)?
it would mean very much to me if this post was answered! ❤
i could cry if i think of the work wasted if i can't recover those files.
Hi, I recorded a video of sentimental value on my P40 pro and tried to move it straight from the safe to a USB stick with a type C attachment. The video is like 1.5GB and when I moved it it just disappeared.
I have noticed a couple of folders on the stick with a .nomedia file in them, not sure if they're what is remaining or they are from before.
I don't have a restore point to retrieve the video so I am understandably annoyed and don't want to fork out money on software if it won't work.
Any ideas would be appreciated?, I did try the free version of UltData but couldn't find it, HiSuite etc.
Losing porn can be traumatic... in the future copy/paste instead then delete the source.
I never use secure folder or encrypt data drives because you are the one most likely to be locked out.
There are free recovery apps from WD and Lexar that run on Windows. -If- it's on the stick they can recover it.
Recovery from the phone is a much more tricky proposition if even possible. If it was me, I would have already written it off. If you're hell bent on trying to recover it, stop using that phone and take it to a data recovery $pecialist.
Please help. Long time user but havent been on in forever.
Story.
My S22 ultra was giving me warnings for being close to full on the memory. I had to have Google backup off for work reasons, work provided phone. I normally use Android file transfer and make copies on a Mac computer.
The usb was giving my fits and i couldnt connect. I ended up using a Windows pc and i started coping over my pics. The windows track pad glitched and i deleted the new file and the old file on both the PC and the S22. My Camera folder was missing on the S22 where the phone default saves.
Ive tried a bunch of the data recovery apps and none work. I have read you need root to be able to see the delete files as they stay on the device until over written.
Is there truth to needing root to see the deleted files. I havent rooted a device in probably close to 10 years so the easiest method would be awesome.
Thanks in advance and please excuse my cluelessness im a bit rusty.
The files are lost especially if you ran out of memory; likely overwritten by now.
Always copy/paste to backup.
Keep work and personal phones separate.
In lieu of expandable storage use a OTG flashstick in the future. Thank Samsung for taking away your easiest, most sane option... on a flagship none the less.
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have read you need root to be able to see the delete files as they stay on the device until over written.
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There is no guarantee that with root you'd be able to recover lost files. You only have a better chance.
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Is there truth to needing root to see the deleted files. I havent rooted a device in probably close to 10 years so the easiest method would be awesome.
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To root, you need an unlocked bootloader first.
If you unlock your bootloader, the process will wipe everything on your device. So you need to backup whatever files you have before proceeding with the unlock process, i.e. you have no chance of recovering already deleted files.
How come your files in PC that were deleted aren't in the recycle bin?
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How come your files in PC that were deleted aren't in the recycle bin?
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It happens from time to time. When it happens if the source file is gone so is the data, unrecoverable.
That's why you always copy/paste rather than cut/paste critical data. Delete the source file only after the transfer is verified.
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It happens from time to time.
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If recycle bin is enabled, it should not happen.
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That's why you always copy/paste rather than cut/paste critical data. Delete the source file only after the transfer is verified.
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100% true.
So the files disappeared because he was cut-pasting them, and not 'deleted' as he wrote. Now I understood what actually happened.
Yep nothing in any recycle bins. I was able to recover all the files on the PC side but they are corrupt and won't open. I've used several different programs to recover and to fix the corrupt files. I normally triple and quadruple backup everything. I used to test devices so i was constantly swapping SIMs so I used to save all the time. The program ended and I've been on this s22 since it came out and I became complacent with updating. It sucks a wipe is needed. I was hoping the files were just hidden like PC and Mac when deleted and easily archived. Thanks for the comments, I learned a hard lesson and I knew better.
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If recycle bin is enabled, it should not happen.
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That won't save you if the file is lost during transfer. Seen it happen enough to know.
It's different from deleting a file with the trash bin active. You need to be careful of that with critical data.
Never clone media files ie discs, partitions either, always copy/paste. Cloning or compacting media like .wav files can toss the null marks and they are needed and functional in that context.
Never encrypt data drives... as you are the most likely one to get locked out.
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That won't save you if the file is lost during transfer. Seen it happen enough to know.
It's different from deleting a file with the trash bin active. You need to be careful of that with critical data.
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Like I said, he didn't explain properly.
I have lost files too with a cut-paste, so I'm aware of this problem.
This is why on macOS, they don't give you a 'cut' or move (except move to bin) option, but only 'copy'. Those who are absolutely sure they need to cut will have to use the 'Option' key to make it show up.
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Yep nothing in any recycle bins. I was able to recover all the files on the PC side but they are corrupt and won't open. I've used several different programs to recover and to fix the corrupt files. I normally triple and quadruple backup everything. I used to test devices so i was constantly swapping SIMs so I used to save all the time. The program ended and I've been on this s22 since it came out and I became complacent with updating. It sucks a wipe is needed. I was hoping the files were just hidden like PC and Mac when deleted and easily archived. Thanks for the comments, I learned a hard lesson and I knew better.
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Always leave enough head room on Android internal memory. It can putt along like that for a while with just warnings until one day... boom.
If you're seeing warnings you're cutting it way too close. Leave at least 10% headroom. Lol, I played that wicked game with my S4+, 16gb isn't much.
Samsung should have a base starting at least 256gb internal memory in this day and age especially if they were rude enough to drop expandable storage. Since the N10+ I haven't been pleased with the Samsung flagships; they all have multiple issues. As such I haven't bought any. Samsung continues their ball dropping fest unabated. Here Sammy this Bud's for you
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Always leave enough head room on Android internal memory. It can putt along like that for a while with just warnings until one day... boom.
If you're seeing warnings you're cutting it way too close. Leave at least 10% headroom. Lol, I played that wicked game with my S4+, 16gb isn't much.
Samsung should have a base starting at least 256gb internal memory in this day and age especially if they were rude enough to drop expandable storage. Since the N10+ I haven't been pleased with the Samsung flagships; they all have multiple issues. As such I haven't bought any. Samsung continues their ball dropping fest unabated. Here Sammy this Bud's for you
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I was bummed about not having an SD reader. I didn't know it was gone until 4 days ago.