I've been trying tons of app and software on my pc? I cant seem to find them ? it happened few days ago should be still recoverable right ?? No I normally wouldn't delete anything unless I knew for sure it was backed up too cloud but some reason It wasn't connected or syncing files ugh Its work related idk what to do Please help me TY
Please anyone ??
Not sure how it is on your phone, in the gallery app on my phone, there is a 'Recently deleted' folder. From here, we can recover photos that were accidentally deleted within 30 days. I will upload a screenshot about this later.
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Ty for reply, and I have the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. And I emptied the recycling on accident because bi thought the files where uploaded to cloud like they usually are but for some reason my syncing got turned off somehow? So the files are completely gone I tried tons apps but allot of them won't go very deep scanning unless I'm rooted
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So nothing can be done ? Im screwed
brianadam78 said:
I've been trying tons of app and software on my pc? I cant seem to find them ? it happened few days ago should be still recoverable right ?? No I normally wouldn't delete anything unless I knew for sure it was backed up too cloud but some reason It wasn't connected or syncing files ugh Its work related idk what to do Please help me TY
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If you're talking about the mobile phone the best solution would be to root your phone and use DiskDigger.
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If you're talking about the mobile phone the best solution would be to root your phone and use DiskDigger.
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K well I was hoping I didn't have to root it, I won't be able to get OTA updates and use certain apps
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K well I was hoping I didn't have to root it, I won't be able to get OTA updates and use certain apps
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I don't think you will be able to do anything if you don't root your phone.
I will try finding a way to hide the root for the sake of keeping the OTA.
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I don't think you will be able to do anything if you don't root your phone.
I will try finding a way to hide the root for the sake of keeping the OTA.
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Hmm how would I hide root ? And what about the apps that won't work while rooted ?
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Hmm how would I hide root ? And what about the apps that won't work while rooted ?
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I suggest you search something about it on this forum because I haven't been hiding root for a very long time now. I think Magisk can help with that.
When files are wiped / deleted, the corresponding entry in the MFT ( the Master File Table is where a file's name and the chain of allocation units assigned to the file are stored ) is marked as re-useable, though the wiped / deleted files may still be physically present if the freed space has not been overwritten in the meantime.
IMO a forensic software is needed to extract physical content of the wiped / deleted files, will say to do a bitwise copy of this freed storage space Android's dd command typically is used what requires relevant Android's directories are mounted as RW what requires Android is rooted before.
Rooting Android is nothing else than to add su binary to Android's filesystem, preferredably to /data/local/tmp directory, what can get achieved via ADB.
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This will be a noob question but its really starting to irritate me, where do apps install on kit kat? I cannot find any apps other than system and sys-priv I have checked data/apps and I have checked my internal storage card
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that's a stellar reply!
im dead serious guys I have over 100 apps installed and I cannot find the files, im specifically trying to see if I can get apn back and restore to work but I cannot find the file on my phone, I have gone folder by folder and im just not seeing it im not sure what im missing but im missing something. its been a long day and thought id just throw it up on here for some assistance.
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This will be a noob question but its really starting to irritate me, where do apps install on kit kat? I cannot find any apps other than system and sys-priv I have checked data/apps and I have checked my internal storage card
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/data/app and /system/app.
jd1639 said:
/data/app and /system/app.
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/data/app doesn't exist for me, data does but no apps and system app doesn't show my apps from google play I also tried on sdcard data/app but nothing
basically for apn backup and restore to work I need to move the apk to sys/priv-app but I cant find the apk on my phone, this is turning into a very frustrating moment
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/data/app doesn't exist for me, data does but no apps and system app doesn't show my apps from google play I also tried on sdcard data/app but nothing
basically for apn backup and restore to work I need to move the apk to sys/priv-app but I cant find the apk on my phone, this is turning into a very frustrating moment
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Are you rooted?
Circaflex said:
/data/app doesn't exist for me, data does but no apps and system app doesn't show my apps from google play I also tried on sdcard data/app but nothing
basically for apn backup and restore to work I need to move the apk to sys/priv-app but I cant find the apk on my phone, this is turning into a very frustrating moment
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they are in /data/app/, what are you using to find the files, a root enabled file explorer?
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they are in /data/app/, what are you using to find the files, a root enabled file explorer?
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I am rooted, tried esfile explorer and slims built in from slimkat
ok so im a total idiot, for whatever reason es was not getting root access, nor was slimexplorer, rebooted and now they ask for root and I see the files, thanks guys its been a long day at the hospital
Now try find your keyboard app (if you don't use stock)
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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.
Just got my Sony Xperia Z3. Still messing around to get a feel of the UI.
Was not able to uninstall File Commander as I find the UI badly design. So installed ASTRO File Manager, tried deleting a file from ext SD card. pops up a notice saying that due to KitKat design, 'write' to ext SD card is prohibited.
I uninstalled ASTRO File Manager and installed SOLID Explorer, deletion from ext SD card was not allowed as well.
Tried deleting same file using File Commander and it worked
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Probably will try File Expert but expecting the same rejection.
It is a well known issue with KitKat and is brought in on purpose by google.
Basically in an effort to increase security protection to the user only system apps can write to the SDcard. There is a way around it but you need root. Just google "Write to SD card KitKat" for further information and how to revert it.
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It is a well known issue with KitKat and is brought in on purpose by google. Basically in an effort to increase security protection to the user only system apps can write to the SDcard.
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You believe in Santa Claus, too ?
Google tries to force you into using their cloud services, that's all magic.
But it's correct: You need root to edit the file platform.xml. After doing that, everything is ok again.
But DO NOT ROOT, yet ! You'll lose all DRM keys (making the horribly bad Z3 camera even worse) and X-Reality. And believe me: You really do not want to lose that.
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You believe in Santa Claus, too ?
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What does this mean?
Google tries to force you into using their cloud services, that's all magic.
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If you say so
But it's correct: You need root to edit the file platform.xml. After doing that, everything is ok again.
But DO NOT ROOT, yet ! You'll lose all DRM keys (making the horribly bad Z3 camera even worse) and X-Reality. And believe me: You really do not want to lose that.
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Yes I know, its an old issue and well known how to get around it. And trust me, if I want to unlock my bootloader I will.
The only way around it is to save files in your File Explorer's App folder. With FX Explorer, for example, save your files into Android/data/nextapp.fx/files/
You'll be able to write and delete all you want.
File Commander works across all folders because it's a system apk.
Presumably with root you could just convert your file manager app of choice to a system app with the likes of Titanium and it would then work ok? Or just use one that uses root anyway (like Root Explorer).
Work root you just add one line to platform.xml and then it works just like it did before
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3Shirts said:
Presumably with root you could just convert your file manager app of choice to a system app with the likes of Titanium and it would then work ok? Or just use one that uses root anyway (like Root Explorer).
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Of course, with root you can get around any software restriction. However, in 2 - 3 years it'll be moot (hopefully sooner). It's like when Android dropped the menu key and everyone was pissed. After 2 years no one cares about the lack of a menu key anymore.
i was surfing the web as i usually do and i accidentally licked a link and i opened a separate page but there was nothing on it so i went back and closed he tap. I got curious though and i randomly opened my files app on my s7. I went on device storage and i noticed there was a folder that appeared with the name lpe. I opened the file and it contained 6 files. I ignored the file at first but a few hours later i had left my s7 on my table unlocked and the screen began move and it started to open applications. i fighted my way against the phone and i deleted the file and it stopped. I ran my security software i had CM Security and it picked up no virus so i also went on smart manager and ran the device security there as well it picked up nothing I thought it was all over but i was wrong. The file appeared again by itself the next day. I ran security picked up nothing and deleted the file but it kept coming back the next day. Sometimes it comes back twice a day or sometimes once a day. This is been happening for the last week now. I did a factory rest as well but it came back after 5hrs. Before i did a factory rest i had clean the cache partition using recovery mode. I tried going on Android Authority for help but they didn't know what to so i came here. At this point i don't know what to do.
Maybe an app you had installed is downloading again with Google Backup and restore
Try disabling Sync, factory reset again, but this time do not restore when asked on first boot
There is no way any app or virus (I don't think it is a virus) can survive a factory reset, so it must be getting reinstalled somehow
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Maybe an app you had installed is downloading again with Google Backup and restore
Try disabling Sync, factory reset again, but this time do not restore when asked on first boot
There is no way any app or virus (I don't think it is a virus) can survive a factory reset, so it must be getting reinstalled somehow
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Yeah i was thinking to do that as well. gonna try it now and will keep you guys updated if it comes up again.
wawa45 said:
Yeah i was thinking to do that as well. gonna try it now and will keep you guys updated if it comes up again.
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so i factory rested my phone liked you asked, disabled sync and didn't restore my data from startup( i manually downloaded my apps). Your solution had worked only temporary. i was looking through "My Files" app on my phone and there it was again but the file was bigger. it now contained 6 files instead 5. it is now 114mb big which is double what it used to be. the virus somehow managed to get through the factory rest. Does anybody know the fix to my problem?
lpe folder is not a virus, it is a temp folder for something
Pinger or Sideline create an lpe temp folder, probably others too
And you have already been told in your cloned thread here that it is just a temp folder
http://www.androidauthority.com/community/threads/help-my-s7-has-a-virus.38416/
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lpe folder is not a virus, it is a temp folder for something
Pinger or Sideline create an lpe temp folder, probably others too
And you have already been told in your cloned thread here that it is just a temp folder
http://www.androidauthority.com/community/threads/help-my-s7-has-a-virus.38416/
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yes i am aware of that this a temp file it is created after you edit a photo i knew this before. When the file came i hadn't edited a file in weeks or took a photo. i use my phone mainly for games, youtube and doing quick google search. i dont edit photos on my phone and before you ask i have disabled the feature where it saves RAW and JPEG files in my camera settings
Well either way, it is not a virus, just a temp folder that Android creates, so no need to panic
i saw an strange app installed on my oppo A37f App: "OppoToolsPlugin". This app installed on may 20, 2020 Package name: com.wuxianlin.oppotoolsplugin
i found this with App "SD Maid Pro" which i ususally use for making my phone to run smooth.
the problem is i want to figure out about this strang app which installed on the mentioned date.
i got insecure while i read description about this app (check the screen shot). and want to know details about this app and wanted to know if someone is spying on me or not. please help me out with this problem. i didn't uninstall this app because i want to know if this app is safe or not. if note then i want to moniter it who is controling.
Check the app detailes in screen shots.
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Did you install it?
Make a copy via ApkExport
Scan with online Virustotal. Decide.
If you uninstall it and that doesn't work, factory reset.
i don't know if i installed it. till i know as installation was done on the date i mentioned, at that time pendamic was active. i was not working anymore on that time so as i know about that time i din't installed it but just a hours ago i notice this app in my installed app note as system apps.
>app scan completed.
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ok i will scan it.
i don't know if i installed it. till i know as installation was done on the date i mentioned, at that time pendamic was active. i was not working anymore on that time so as i know about that time i din't installed it but just a hours ago i notice this app in my installed app note as system apps.
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It looks like a rooting app.
I'm not familiar with that device manufacturer or app. However it looks like a high risk apk to me especially if you're not rooted and can't recall downloading it. It's probably capable of causing a lot of damage.
If running on Android 9 or higher, a factory reset should purge any root kits if present. If you do a factory reset, set a new Google account password (make sure you write it down correctly) after the factory reset. Change any other critical passwords.
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It looks like a rooting app.
I'm not familiar with that device manufacturer or app. However it looks like a high risk apk to me especially if you're not rooted and can't recall downloading it. It's probably capable of causing a lot of damage.
If running on Android 9 or higher, a factory reset should purge any root kits if present. If you do a factory reset, set a new Google account password (make sure you write it down correctly) after the factory reset. Change any other critical passwords.
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ok thank you for your suggestions. i will uninstall it.
6Luci9 said:
ok thank you for your suggestions. i will uninstall it.
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Do a scan with Malwarebytes afterwards.
Keep an eye on your download folder and make sure install unknown sources is always disabled unless you need to use it to sideload.
Be careful what you install...