Hello,
I decided to have a shot and try to ask for help here. After many hours of trying and googling I could not find the proper solution how to backup my media files. Whenever I go to recovery mode and connect my phone via usb, using SDK tools I write "adb devices" and it tells me that my Samsung Galaxy S6 is connected via "sideload"?. Is there any way to backup my media using sideload? I am not able to pull data from the phone using "adb pull", but maybe there is some sort of script that I could push that would make my phone do a backup. Hopefully there is a chance to recover my files before I do a full wipe. Photos and memories gathered in 4 years. Would suck to loose all of that.
Gustavvo said:
Hello,
I decided to have a shot and try to ask for help here. After many hours of trying and googling I could not find the proper solution how to backup my media files. Whenever I go to recovery mode and connect my phone via usb, using SDK tools I write "adb devices" and it tells me that my Samsung Galaxy S6 is connected via "sideload"?. Is there any way to backup my media using sideload? I am not able to pull data from the phone using "adb pull", but maybe there is some sort of script that I could push that would make my phone do a backup. Hopefully there is a chance to recover my files before I do a full wipe. Photos and memories gathered in 4 years. Would suck to loose all of that.
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Sideload is a one way street, you can only use sideload to transfer data from PC to your device, not device to PC.
Try booting into recovery and only wipe the cache partition(DO NOT FACTORY RESET), this will not delete your media files, it only deletes temporary files, if your cached files are causing your bootloop, wiping cache will fix it.
If you can't get the device to boot into system, you might be screwed.
One other option is, if your bootloader is unlocked, you can flash TWRP custom recovery for your specific model number then you have a couple of options, you can connect to adb while booted into TWRP and use adb commands to pull copies of your media files, or, you can use the Backup option in TWRP then extract the backup to retreive your files, extracting TWRP backups is kinda tricky though.
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Hey, so I was trying to enable non-market apps through ADB. Everything was going good until I typed in "adb reboot" and then stupidly unplugged the cable.
Now the phone doesn't do anything, can't boot Android, only the recovery menu. It just shows the intro movie and then shuts down. I've tried deleting user data and clearing cache from recovery which doesn't help.
I do have a NANDROID backup for it, both on the phone and on my PC (which was made with Clockworkmod Recovery). But the problem is that I don't have the update.zip for Clockwork on the /sdcard, it's in /titaniumbackup. How can I put the update.zip on the /sdcard of a bricked Captivate?
when you boot in recovery, does ur computer recognize the device if connected with usb? If so you can use adb to relocate files, droid explorer may even work.
Oh thanks, I had no idea ADB would work in recovery, gonna try that and get back to you.
As you can see I'm still new to Android. Dumped iPhone 3G for Captivate. But I'm learning!
So Droid Explorer won't install because it doesn't like 64bit Windows.
ADB can connect, but I can't put any file on the device (I've tried the "adb push" command) or gain root, says permission denied. Please help!
EDIT: Never mind, by some miracle of God it all worked out and let me adb push all I needed, I'm in Clockwork Recovery and my phone is gonna be OK.
i have droid explorer running on my intel, windows 7 ultim 64x rig. works.
you just have to make sure you dl the 64 bit version of the program. Here's a link:
http://de.codeplex.com/releases/49896/download/139717
you also need .net framework 3.5 sp1 at least. I installed the newest one and it works regardless.
im glad you managed to unbrick your device. Kudos.
Yes, i know of titanium backup
however, i find it extremely cumbersome. especially for my nexus 5, where the backups will NOT show up in the folder when i connect it to my pc, although i created a folder in TB in a location visible on my pc.
anyway, i was wondering if there is an itunes-like program for windows that allows me to connect my phone to the pc and use that program backup everything, including apps, to the computer and restore when needed? does something like that exists?
murfi said:
Yes, i know of titanium backup
however, i find it extremely cumbersome. especially for my nexus 5, where the backups will NOT show up in the folder when i connect it to my pc, although i created a folder in TB in a location visible on my pc.
anyway, i was wondering if there is an itunes-like program for windows that allows me to connect my phone to the pc and use that program backup everything, including apps, to the computer and restore when needed? does something like that exists?
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If your bootloader is unlocked, you can flash or boot into TWRP recovery, it supports MTP.
This means if you are in TWRP recovery, you can view all /sdcard files on phone and backup any folder, including
Titanium Backup folder via windows explorer directly to PC.
Also, it is a good safety practice to make a full backup in TWRP. Again with the MTP capability of TWRP recovery , you can view and backup
the TWRP directory directly to PC via windows explorer.
Simple:good:
If you have any connection problems between PC and TWRP MTP, it is likely driver related.
You will need to look in Device manager on PC while phone is connected.
Download the howto_driver.zip from the "15 seconds ADB Installer thread" and follow the picture tutorial contained in the zip file. This should fix your connectivity issues.
If you are sill having connection issues, You could try and install ADB drivers . It might help the pc detect.
64bit
32bit
Then go back through the picture tutorial in the howto_driver.zip
Best of luck
Use Titanium Backup.But I prefer Helium
Use NexusRootToolkit. It is somewhere here on XDA. Cannot give you the link now, but search and you'll find it.
murfi said:
Yes, i know of titanium backup
however, i find it extremely cumbersome. especially for my nexus 5, where the backups will NOT show up in the folder when i connect it to my pc, although i created a folder in TB in a location visible on my pc.
anyway, i was wondering if there is an itunes-like program for windows that allows me to connect my phone to the pc and use that program backup everything, including apps, to the computer and restore when needed? does something like that exists?
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This is a problem with MTP not TiBu. Even on a good day, it's flaky.
joegestes said:
If your bootloader is unlocked, you can flash or boot into TWRP recovery, it supports MTP.
This means if you are in TWRP recovery, you can view all /root files on phone and backup any folder, including
Titanium Backup folder via windows explorer directly to PC.
Also, it is a good safety practice to make a full backup in TWRP. Again with the MTP capability of TWRP recovery , you can view and backup
the TWRP directory directly to PC via windows explorer.
Simple:good:
If you have any connection problems between PC and TWRP MTP, it is likely driver related.
You will need to look in Device manager on PC while phone is connected.
Download the howto_driver.zip from the "15 seconds ADB Installer thread" and follow the picture tutorial contained in the zip file. This should fix your connectivity issues.
If you are sill having connection issues, You could try and install ADB drivers . It might help the pc detect.
64bit
32bit
Then go back through the picture tutorial in the howto_driver.zip
Best of luck
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thats interesting, didnt know that. will give it a shot!
murfi said:
thats interesting, didnt know that. will give it a shot!
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Yes,
I meant to say In TWRP recovery, you can view all /sdcard files on phone.
Not all /Root files
You can also MPT from Android. But for me, transfer seem more reliable from TWRP.
My device seems to have gone into a bootloop - either due to a virus on the device...... or (I believe) due to SPACE - or as a result of it running out of space it has maybe overwritten some of the ROM (if that is at all possible!?) because everything was fine until I did some large downloads and then at some point it just entered into this constant bootloop that I cannot get the device out of, so I cannot backup the files from the device directly. When I try accessing the device from the PC via a USB cable it says it can't find the DRIVER OMAP4430...... tried installing this driver but it did not help.
All I want is to be able to access to my personal datafiles on the device - iot backup them up to the PC (or an SD card in the device itself.....).
I have done some reading on the internet to try get HOW2 on doing this but just find info on HOW2 flashing stuff onto the device, via Odin, etc...... I may need to do this anyway (or do a reset factory settings) which is fine, but I would FIRST like to be able to backup or copy off my personal data from the device.
Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated.
You could flash twrp recovery with odin. After that you can boot into recovery and access your files with twrp file manager (Advanced->file manager).
Hi, I've come to these forums because you guys are knowlegeable.
I essentially uninstalled thorugh ADB the package installer (com.google.android.packageinstaller) and little did I know that was a big mistake on my part, as I didn't realize the package installer was a core part of the system. All was going well until i turned on and off my phoen, and it is now always stuck in recovery mode.
- Rebooting the phone just sends me back to the menu.
- I've not tried wiping the data yet, since I want to keep my files (for the moment).
- Connect with MiAssistant allows me to connect my phone to my PC, but it in sideload mode automatically. I can go in fastboot mode though, and fortunately I have turned USB Debugging on.
As I've come to realize, a factory reset or flashing a ROM would fix my issue, but also delete all my files (photos, music...). I was planning to do a backup of my photos, but now it's too late.
Is there any way I can access my files and pull them to my PC on sideload/fastboot mode?
The only thread i have seen with a similar problem is this one: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487147
I also get the error:closed when I try an adb pull.
Thanks in advance.
Hello!
im trying to recover a very specific file that i think is a .dat file. i have tried different recovery tools but haven't find anyone one that is able to find the file. does any one know of a recovery tool that may be able to find this file? it's okay if the tool costs money but i want to be sure that it can find .dat files
thx for the help
Edit:forgot to write that im trying to recover it from a factory reset
A Factory Reset deletes all those files that weren't present when the phone was put in the market.
Deleted files aren't accessible from within Android.
What 3rd-party recovery tools have you tried out so far?
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A Factory Reset deletes all those files that weren't present when the phone was put in the market.
Deleted files aren't accessible from within Android.
What 3rd-party recovery tools have you tried out so far?
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i have tried undeleter so far
I am also interested in file recovery. I have an Motorola XT1032 with a locked bootloader, Android 5.1 and the app/data has been uninstalled.
So far I have tried:
Dr Fone root
KingRoot PC
Recoverit for PC
UltData Android
Minitool Android Recovery
None have been able to root the phone or find anything useful
Ultdata can only recover pictures videos etc
Minitool needs the phone to be rooted, and surprisingly did not detect older phones that I tried that were already rooted.
DrFone Android Recovery indicated 300 files which it zips up, unfortunately I had to pay to recover them to the PC, and they were all just remnants of kingroot, drfone etc.
DrFone root, kingroot, kingoroot, iroot etc all failed to root the device
I am now considering the approach from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-internal-memory-data-deleted-files-recovery.3093292/
-but am concerned that this process will first wipe the device.
Update: The DirtyCow exploit appears to work on this handset without resetting it, using the method from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/xt1528-verizon-pre-paid-temporary-root-achieved.3530293/