PLEASE HELP ME Hello guys, I need a help from you guys and its really really important for me I need my phone data back and the problem its not turning on in anyways , So I contacted this big firm they told me if you can bring the schematics of this phone we will do it for you. Please anybody who can provide me schematics of POCO X3 Pro.
You serious? Who in the hell is going to provide you with phone schematics?
If it's a "big firm" like you say, they can probably find the flash memory chips and read them out themselves. Good luck, though, since it's probably encrypted.
Next time, be more careful with your phone. No need to weave tales or lay it on thick.
Listen bro , the data inside of it is really really important. And i haven't done anything with the device, one day it just said system ui not working and turned of from then on its not doing anything no charging symbol no turn on , nothing just a black screen. I went to this data recovery firm they said me this is not a popular device for us so we don't have schematics of it. Bro just tell me if there is any way i can get this data out. @Tomo123
Well, bro, if they are a data recovery company, they should not need schematics to recover any files. They told you that so you'd leave, and not bother them anymore.
Next time, have some sense, and don't use a cheap phone for your VERY IMPORTANT files, do backups regularly, and make copies of those backups.
Also, have an external card in the phone and move files to it, or use it for backups.
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Happy New Year, bro.
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Well, bro, if they are a data recovery company, they should not need schematics to recover any files. They told you that so you'd leave, and not bother them anymore.
Next time, have some sense, and don't use a cheap phone for your VERY IMPORTANT files, do backups regularly, and make copies of those backups.
Also, have an external card in the phone and move files to it, or use it for backups.
All tips I posted are sponsored by CommonSense TM.®
Happy New Year, bro.
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Alright man, but they said we can extract data but its is going to be encrypted and we don't have schematics of non popular device. Someone said me reballing will help you , Bro @Tomo123 tell me will reballing work ? Because i haven't done anything with the software of the device
You are aware that you are on XDA here?
A community of enthusiasts that likes to thinker with their devices.
Schematics can ONLY be obtained from the manufacturer.
What do you expect from us? Some kind of SuperSpy that break into their headquarters to steal them? Or some superhackers to hack their servers?
So why don't you just visit any Xiaomi Store and tell them your story?
Also if your data would have been important you would have made a backup of it. Therefore we conclude your data is not important. Discussion over.
Maybe you should work on just fixing your system so that your data files are normally accessible.
It doesn't look like you've made much effort in that direction.
I always say, if my device(s) got run over by a truck it wouldn't be a big sweat for me.
Erm, that's providing that said device wasn't in my pocket at the time.
In case you haven't realized it, devices today are like toilet paper.
Schematics Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
Madhul said:
...they said we can extract data but its is going to be encrypted and we don't have schematics of non popular device. Someone said me reballing will help you , Bro @Tomo123 tell me will reballing work ?
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Schematics have NOTHING to do with encrypted data. Even if data recovery companies had them, only possible use of the schematics is to print them out and use them as toilet paper, since everything is encrypted.
Either you tinkered with your phone in a way your IQ can't handle, or it's a hardware error.
All in all, you learnt your lesson. Do regular BACKUPS OF IMPORTANT DATA!
Nothing else to see here, move along.
Haldi4803 said:
You are aware that you are on XDA here?
A community of enthusiasts that likes to thinker with their devices.
Schematics can ONLY be obtained from the manufacturer.
What do you expect from us? Some kind of SuperSpy that break into their headquarters to steal them? Or some superhackers to hack their servers?
So why don't you just visit any Xiaomi Store and tell them your story?
Also if your data would have been important you would have made a backup of it. Therefore we conclude your data is not important. Discussion over.
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Bro i respect your statement but the scenario here is that i have 2 devices one Google pixel 7 pro and other poco x3 pro , my family related files and every other thing related to personal was in poco x3 pro. I know its not sounding practical but why would i go on searching on the internet if the data was not important. Alright if you can't provide me some information related this atleast help me with some company which can help me with this.
Tomo123 said:
Schematics have NOTHING to do with encrypted data. Even if data recovery companies had them, only possible use of the schematics is to print them out and use them as toilet paper, since everything is encrypted.
Either you tinkered with your phone in a way your IQ can't handle, or it's a hardware error.
All in all, you learnt your lesson. Do regular BACKUPS OF IMPORTANT DATA!
Nothing else to see here, move along.
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Thanks for your time @Tomo123 bro if you know anyone who can help me with the data recovery please let me know . Appreciate you man
If it WOULD be possible to read all the data from the encrypted Storage why would we need encryption in the first place?
But I'm impressed by the YouTube video Niko Posted.
Someone actually reverse engineered most of the parts.
Still doesn't help much als there is a key storage with the encrypted Key and if the bootloader doesn't get the key it can't decrypt data.
File-Based Encryption | Android Open Source Project
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I need to make any information on the device unrecoverable. I need to return my S3 to the store and want no personal or professional information left on it, or recoverable from it.
Is there any way to do this?
Thanks
ancashion said:
I need to make any information on the device unrecoverable. I need to return my S3 to the store and want no personal or professional information left on it, or recoverable from it.
Is there any way to do this?
Thanks
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Go to settings- backup and reset- then click the factory data reset box.
Thank you for your reply. I understood that a factory reset left data stored on the device. Data which is recoverable if someone decided to look hard enough.
Much like a format of a sdcard. You can still recover information from the sdcard, even though the file folder says it's empty.
On a side note, I wonder if encrypting the device first with the built in app and then wiping it would make the data that much harder.
I really don't have anything I need to hide, I'm just a paranoid soul.
Your paranoia greatly exceeds the amount of effort VZW would go through to get any data off of a returned phone. All they're going to do is wipe it again (possibly wiping the efs partition as well, depending on the conditions of the return and their internal requirements) and ship it off to someone else who will care even less about what was on it before than VZW does.
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Your paranoia greatly exceeds the amount of effort VZW would go through to get any data off of a returned phone. All they're going to do is wipe it again (possibly wiping the efs partition as well, depending on the conditions of the return and their internal requirements) and ship it off to someone else who will care even less about what was on it before than VZW does.
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How you feel about it is irrelevant. Do not project your thoughts onto my desires. I wish to wipe my phone so no data is recoverable however paranoid it makes me seem. It is my desire to do so.
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How you feel about it is irrelevant. Do not project your thoughts onto my desires. I wish to wipe my phone so no data is recoverable however paranoid it makes me seem. It is my desire to do so.
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I wasn't projecting anything. I was simply stating truth. I understand you're paranoid about it, just that your paranoia exceeds the effort anyone would go through.
Whether or not it's possible (something I DIDN'T comment on) is different than whether or not it's necessary from a personal security standpoint (something that's a matter of opinion) and is different than whether or not it's likely to happen based upon effort required (something I DID comment on).
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Thank you for your reply. I understood that a factory reset left data stored on the device. Data which is recoverable if someone decided to look hard enough.
Much like a format of a sdcard. You can still recover information from the sdcard, even though the file folder says it's empty.
On a side note, I wonder if encrypting the device first with the built in app and then wiping it would make the data that much harder.
I really don't have anything I need to hide, I'm just a paranoid soul.
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The other option you have is to re install the stock firmware through odin. Just check off the boxes within odin that will delete and wipe everything. Lastly, hold vol up, home, and power, go into the recovery mode and wipe all data and cache. This is about as thorough as it gets.
Wow. Very rude. Guy helps you and then you comment like this.
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yeah no kidding. its almost as if he is trying to hide something or his wife is a tech .
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I wasn't projecting anything. I was simply stating truth. I understand you're paranoid about it, just that your paranoia exceeds the effort anyone would go through.
Whether or not it's possible (something I DIDN'T comment on) is different than whether or not it's necessary from a personal security standpoint (something that's a matter of opinion) and is different than whether or not it's likely to happen based upon effort required (something I DID comment on).
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There is no way to completely do so. Any method will result in data being recoverable, albeit expensive and time consuming to do so.
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There is no way to completely do so. Any method will result in data being recoverable, albeit expensive and time consuming to do so.
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Writing zeroes to every bit of the /data partition, and then a pass with 1s will completely obliterate any possibility of recovering anything.
Even without doing so, the effort in doing so is exponentially higher than the value of the data unless OP is a covert CIA agent dealing with the Iranian nuclear problem.
Anything that 99.9999999999999999999999% of the cellphone using public has isn't going to be worth more than a few bucks to anyone, and the cost of recovering data from flash memory even after a simple repartition is more than most will obtain.
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Writing zeroes to every bit of the /data partition, and then a pass with 1s will completely obliterate any possibility of recovering anything.
Even without doing so, the effort in doing so is exponentially higher than the value of the data unless OP is a covert CIA agent dealing with the Iranian nuclear problem.
Anything that 99.9999999999999999999999% of the cellphone using public has isn't going to be worth more than a few bucks to anyone, and the cost of recovering data from flash memory even after a simple repartition is more than most will obtain.
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Agreed. However for someone so paranoid, I don't think it was wise to mention both the CIA and Iran in the same sentence as that probably might have raised some flags somewhere. Oops..and now I've done it again.
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Writing zeroes to every bit of the /data partition, and then a pass with 1s will completely obliterate any possibility of recovering anything.
Even without doing so, the effort in doing so is exponentially higher than the value of the data unless OP is a covert CIA agent dealing with the Iranian nuclear problem.
Anything that 99.9999999999999999999999% of the cellphone using public has isn't going to be worth more than a few bucks to anyone, and the cost of recovering data from flash memory even after a simple repartition is more than most will obtain.
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Incorrect. It is still recoverable.
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Incorrect. It is still recoverable.
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Show me where data has been recovered from flash media after 2 passes.
Hell, show me where data has been recovered from flash media after just one pass.
My wife isn't a tech and I'm not hiding CIA secrets. I'm just a private person. I don't know why.
I keep a boot and nuke dvd next to my computer at all times. I take it with me on trips.
I also keep a survival kit with me at nearly all times. My jeep is basically a mobile survival kit.
Again, just a private person. I've been starting a lot of **** with Verizon lately and I have to take my phone back to them as they've deemed it DOA. I have an "in person" meeting with a manager at my local (1.5 hour drive) VZW store tomorrow.
Here's a bit of back story- Took my phone in for "in person diagnosis" since VZW tech support over the phone could do nothing over the last two weeks besides issue me new SIM cards. While I'm in there, dude ****s up my phone, refunds my money for my phone, says he's (VZW store) taken possession of said phone and supposedly gave me another one. VZW over the phone verified I am on my original phone via MEID but VZW store front wants to meet in person and view the phone directly. Meanwhile, the phone he said I was issued is missing from the stores inventory. Nobody knows where it is. To make matters worse, when they tried to contact the rep that helped me in person, he had been in a car wreck and is apparently in the hospital. I don't know if it's true or not, but, **** seems fishy about all this and I don't want to take chances. I don't keep much information on my device per-say, but it is in my email, as well as other "cloud based storage" areas. This information is sensitive to me and I don't want joe schmo getting their hands on it.
I plan on wiping the phone, but, if there was a secure way of doing it so none of my information was recoverable, by anybody at any time I would love to do it.
Alex, my apologies if you felt my comment to you was rude, but, straight up- that's how I feel. I didn't ask for peoples opinions of doing it, I asked for a "how-to." I feel like I should do it. I feel I need to cover my ass here. With everything going on, yea, my paranoia meter is off the charts. It goes back to my blackberry storm days. I received a new device from insurance. Installed Pandora and viola- all the last owners playlists popped up. Sure, it may be little information but I didn't even try. This was from a bb as well- supposedly one of the stronger secured devices of the time.
I'm considering encrypting the device via it's onboard software, then wiping it. Maybe? Not really my area here.. (provided I have one..)
OK the guy that helped you is a scumbag. tell the manager how you feel about your personal info but don't sound suspicious it may raise red flags but that tech was trying to scam the system and get a free device.IMHO it does sound fishy bit most likely just a gig trying to scam a phone and is not after your personal info. get your new device and be on your merry way. and prepared isn't paranoid.
Good paper on sanitizing flash memory.
http://static.usenix.org/events/fast11/tech/full_papers/Wei.pdf
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OK the guy that helped you is a scumbag. tell the manager how you feel about your personal info but don't sound suspicious it may raise red flags but that tech was trying to scam the system and get a free device.IMHO it does sound fishy bit most likely just a gig trying to scam a phone and is not after your personal info. get your new device and be on your merry way. and prepared isn't paranoid.
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I agree prepared isn't paranoid but damned if that ain't what everyone calls me.
No, they aren't after my information, I'm sure of that. Every time I call Verizon's tech support they ask me if I will allow this device to be troubleshot "remotely." They *could* get whatever they wanted already.
I just don't feel comfortable doing it is all.
That Rep was an asshole. I saw the signs- just didn't put it together. His hands were trembling, he kept looking around for people behind him who could see his screen, he was quiet, really concentrating on the computer.. it was all there. Next time.
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Good paper on sanitizing flash memory.
http://static.usenix.org/events/fast11/tech/full_papers/Wei.pdf
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Thanks for the link man but after the first couple paragraphs I realized I was in over my head.
ancashion said:
My wife isn't a tech and I'm not hiding CIA secrets. I'm just a private person. I don't know why.
I keep a boot and nuke dvd next to my computer at all times. I take it with me on trips.
I also keep a survival kit with me at nearly all times. My jeep is basically a mobile survival kit.
Again, just a private person. I've been starting a lot of **** with Verizon lately and I have to take my phone back to them as they've deemed it DOA. I have an "in person" meeting with a manager at my local (1.5 hour drive) VZW store tomorrow.
Here's a bit of back story- Took my phone in for "in person diagnosis" since VZW tech support over the phone could do nothing over the last two weeks besides issue me new SIM cards. While I'm in there, dude ****s up my phone, refunds my money for my phone, says he's (VZW store) taken possession of said phone and supposedly gave me another one. VZW over the phone verified I am on my original phone via MEID but VZW store front wants to meet in person and view the phone directly. Meanwhile, the phone he said I was issued is missing from the stores inventory. Nobody knows where it is. To make matters worse, when they tried to contact the rep that helped me in person, he had been in a car wreck and is apparently in the hospital. I don't know if it's true or not, but, **** seems fishy about all this and I don't want to take chances. I don't keep much information on my device per-say, but it is in my email, as well as other "cloud based storage" areas. This information is sensitive to me and I don't want joe schmo getting their hands on it.
I plan on wiping the phone, but, if there was a secure way of doing it so none of my information was recoverable, by anybody at any time I would love to do it.
Alex, my apologies if you felt my comment to you was rude, but, straight up- that's how I feel. I didn't ask for peoples opinions of doing it, I asked for a "how-to." I feel like I should do it. I feel I need to cover my ass here. With everything going on, yea, my paranoia meter is off the charts. It goes back to my blackberry storm days. I received a new device from insurance. Installed Pandora and viola- all the last owners playlists popped up. Sure, it may be little information but I didn't even try. This was from a bb as well- supposedly one of the stronger secured devices of the time.
I'm considering encrypting the device via it's onboard software, then wiping it. Maybe? Not really my area here.. (provided I have one..)
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I'd suggest that if you feel that strongly about securing your data you're going to need to go beyond just asking some folks on a forum before you really feel safe considering the steps you've taken otherwise. It is time to do some reading.
Of course you're entitled to do whatever it is you want with your device. I have to wonder:
What do you have that you feel you need to take such precautions?
What do you think folks would do with whatever it is you have?
It also seems a bit odd that taking things so far at home that you'd even use a cellular network in the US and keep data on that phone. So much on these phones auto sync to storage you have no control over and frankly just traversing these fairly insecure networks that are already well integrated with wiretapping and monitoring systems... it seems an odd choice.
I've accidentally done this on my galaxy once. Basically a rom flash corrupted the imei and i had to restore from a backup. NV backup and restore I believe its called.
Basically I want to recreate this on a One X, but it has to be reversible.
Anyone have an idea how to do this?
I am NOT attempting to flash or otherwise alter the imei, that's illegal over here. And I'm pretty sure it cant be done on these new phones either. So its completely irrelevant. I want to backup, corrupt and the restore the phones OWN imei.
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I've accidentally done this on my galaxy once. Basically a rom flash corrupted the imei and i had to restore from a backup. NV backup and restore I believe its called.
Basically I want to recreate this on a One X, but it has to be reversible.
Anyone have an idea how to do this?
I am NOT attempting to flash or otherwise alter the imei, that's illegal over here. And I'm pretty sure it cant be done on these new phones either. So its completely irrelevant. I want to backup, corrupt and the restore the phones OWN imei.
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Why so 'Genius'?
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ares93 said:
I've accidentally done this on my galaxy once. Basically a rom flash corrupted the imei and i had to restore from a backup. NV backup and restore I believe its called.
Basically I want to recreate this on a One X, but it has to be reversible.
Anyone have an idea how to do this?
I am NOT attempting to flash or otherwise alter the imei, that's illegal over here. And I'm pretty sure it cant be done on these new phones either. So its completely irrelevant. I want to backup, corrupt and the restore the phones OWN imei.
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what you need that for?v can't really understand... sorry but i don't know how to change the imei...
The phones has to stay unidentifiable for an extended period of time for various reasons. Basically, I'm hiding the identity of the phone among other identical ones. They wont be used during that time or even powered on. This will be done to four One X's. Call it an experiment.
I realize its a fine line I'm walking. But this is not against forum rules. I'm not changing anything, just backuping and restoring.
Is that similar to NV flash for the transformer sort of thing then? And accessed through some sort diagnostic mode for the tegra chipset (apx)?
Given wire tricks for snapdragons and what have you then you'd have thought that this might be the best hope for achieving s-off too wouldn't you? Stop me if I'm wrong but I've not heard of anyone being able to activate this mode for the one x yet.
Change imei you would need S-OFF then use Fastboot oem commands to change it
ares93 said:
The phones has to stay unidentifiable for an extended period of time for various reasons. Basically, I'm hiding the identity of the phone among other identical ones. They wont be used during that time or even powered on. This will be done to four One X's. Call it an experiment.
I realize its a fine line I'm walking. But this is not against forum rules. I'm not changing anything, just backuping and restoring.
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What reasons? Not been funny but it sounds to be for dodgy reasons.
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cjm1979 said:
What reasons? Not been funny but it sounds to be for dodgy reasons.
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Something with stolen phones maybe
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None of the phones are stolen. As I have pointed out, i do not want to change the imei. A stolen (aka barred) phone would not suddenly start working again because you restored the imei that they barred in the first place. You need to change the imei for it to start working again, giving it back its original code does nothing aside from wasting you time.
However, one of them was used to send a so called "dead man's script" (roughly translated) to a computer in the possession of the Swedish police. Now, if they can't prove which phone it was they cant prove who did it. All they have is an imei and an unregistered sim card.
We could keep the phones away, just like we hide the CCTV footage they so desperately want, but its getting tiresome. Better to just let em find the phones and let them scratch their heads for a few weeks before they give up. Its just another dead end for them anyway. They'll never find the footage unless we want them too.
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None of the phones are stolen. As I have pointed out, i do not want to change the imei. A stolen (aka barred) phone would not suddenly start working again because you restored the imei that they barred in the first place. You need to change the imei for it to start working again, giving it back its original code does nothing aside from wasting you time.
However, one of them was used to send a so called "dead man's script" (roughly translated) to a computer in the possession of the Swedish police. Now, if they can't prove which phone it was they cant prove who did it. All they have is an imei and an unregistered sim card.
We could keep the phones away, just like we hide the CCTV footage they so desperately want, but its getting tiresome. Better to just let em find the phones and let them scratch their heads for a few weeks before they give up. Its just another dead end for them anyway. They'll never find the footage unless we want them too.
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Dead man's script? the plot thickens lol!!!!! :silly:
Sorry, whilst the rest of the thread may not be suspicious, this post certainly is!!!!
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Dead man's script? the plot thickens lol!!!!! :silly:
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LOL !!!
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exocetdj said:
Dead man's script? the plot thickens lol!!!!! :silly:
Sorry, whilst the rest of the thread may not be suspicious, this post certainly is!!!!
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A dead man's script is a direct translation, its probably called something else in English. Basically its remote access corruption software. Its disrupts a computer system and destroys information on the drives. In conjunction with encryption, it makes it pretty much impossible to recover anything from a computer. Its not illegal to use since the computer is private property, it is however considered tampering with evidence and/or obstruction of justice since the targeted computer is in the possession of the police. Which is funny because I filled the drives with hello kitty videos before they confiscated it.
I have CCTV footage of a couple of coppers literally beating the **** out of a bloke. They want that footage to go away. Frankly this entire matter has been settled, the hard drive with the footage is currently in the UK, well outside their jurisdiction. I just enjoy taunting them.
ares93 said:
A dead man's script is a direct translation, its probably called something else in English. Basically its remote access corruption software. Its disrupts a computer system and destroys information on the drives. In conjunction with encryption, it makes it pretty much impossible to recover anything from a computer. Its not illegal to use since the computer is private property, it is however considered tampering with evidence and/or obstruction of justice since the targeted computer is in the possession of the police. Which is funny because I filled the drives with hello kitty videos before they confiscated it.
I have CCTV footage of a couple of coppers literally beating the **** out of a bloke. They want that footage to go away. Frankly this entire matter has been settled, the hard drive with the footage is currently in the UK, well outside their jurisdiction. I just enjoy taunting them.
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Oh right, fair enough, whilst most peeps on here dont stand for anything illegal, its even worse when police are up to this sort of sh#t! Thats pretty heavy stuff man! Fair play on this! :good:
Hello kitty vids a good touch too ha ha!!!!
So you want us to help you tamper with evidence? That sounds more illegal than changing your imei...
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Changing the imei is illegal in most contries so therefore it's against the Xda rules
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Sounds like you need a portable emp device. Always wanted a portable emp device and brainwave disruptor.
A way to send a targetted ota similar to how cableco updates modem might work if you had that sort of information. Most of the info you need wont be found here.
Most of the changing imei info ive found in past was for non-smartphones.
How many times must I say so. I do NOT, NOT and NOT want to change the imei. I want to corrupt it and then be able to restore it. The original Imei, not another one. Another imei would serve no purpose since the phones are completely legal. I've performed imei changes before, and it not the same thing.
As for imei changes on smartphones, its possible if you know how. But that is beside the point since its agaisnt the FR here on xda. Please do not get into this, I already have a mod breathing down my neck.
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Please do not get into this, I already have a mod breathing down my neck.
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And I wonder why...
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ares93 said:
How many times must I say so. I do NOT, NOT and NOT want to change the imei. I want to corrupt it and then be able to restore it. The original Imei, not another one. Another imei would serve no purpose since the phones are completely legal. I've performed imei changes before, and it not the same thing.
As for imei changes on smartphones, its possible if you know how. But that is beside the point since its agaisnt the FR here on xda. Please do not get into this, I already have a mod breathing down my neck.
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Corrupting it is changing it, so therefore it's illegal
I will say if one did some research or just got nosey with a hex editor you could learn more about the device
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He wants to do this for learning purposes. Basically learning how to fix corrupt imei by messing it up then repair it. Thats what i gathered from his posts. I'm not even sure he has the evita anyways though.
Hi guys,
I'm a new user, I have a problem to which, when talking to a friend, he recommended me to register here and ask about my issue, as there seems to be plenty Android Experts that may be able to provide me a straight answer or give me hope.
My dad just passed away, I still can't believe it happened, given the fact that he wasn't too old... but going back on topic, his phone is a Redmi Note 4 that I ordered him around two years ago, he lived abroad and was a regular user, he never messed up with settings or anything, just stock MIUI with the updates that were sent as far as he mentioned me last time we could speak about his phone. What I would like to know is if it would be possible to recover his phone data, what me and my sisters care for the most are his pictures, we want to recover them and save them in a place where we have access to.
However, while searching on many websites, there are many Android Data Recovery software but they always request me to enable the USB debugging, but it is impossible for me, as the phone has a Pattern/Fingerprint lock.
Also, found several software that claim to remove your screen lock without deleting the device contents but when I'm going to the unlock step, there is a prompt that I have to confirm to delete all the information. And I've downloaded more than five software for each, the last one I downloaded is called Dr. Fone from Wondershare; I sent an email to them asking if I have to purchase the product to get that feature but I have not received any reply yet.
Basically, the phone is locked without USB Debugging, and I cannot access the files in the phone which is all we want.
Does anyone knows of a way to unlock it?
I'd even pay if it is necessary, I just haven't purchased the software mentioned above because I can't find if they are real or are just scam, there isn't like much information about them. Or has anyone purchased or successfully used any of those softwares?
The model is a Redmi Note 4 I believe it was the Global Version, with MIUI 8.1, but I'm not sure.
I'm getting a bit frustrated, maybe my dad doesn't want us to unlock his phone and that is why I cannot find a way, but I would like to know if it is possible.
I really appreciate your time, I'm sorry for the long text, if there is anything that maybe I'm missing, please let me know.
Thanks in advance
Javier
Thjavo said:
Hi guys,
I'm a new user, I have a problem to which, when talking to a friend, he recommended me to register here and ask about my issue, as there seems to be plenty Android Experts that may be able to provide me a straight answer or give me hope.
My dad just passed away, I still can't believe it happened, given the fact that he wasn't too old... but going back on topic, his phone is a Redmi Note 4 that I ordered him around two years ago, he lived abroad and was a regular user, he never messed up with settings or anything, just stock MIUI with the updates that were sent as far as he mentioned me last time we could speak about his phone. What I would like to know is if it would be possible to recover his phone data, what me and my sisters care for the most are his pictures, we want to recover them and save them in a place where we have access to.
However, while searching on many websites, there are many Android Data Recovery software but they always request me to enable the USB debugging, but it is impossible for me, as the phone has a Pattern/Fingerprint lock.
Also, found several software that claim to remove your screen lock without deleting the device contents but when I'm going to the unlock step, there is a prompt that I have to confirm to delete all the information. And I've downloaded more than five software for each, the last one I downloaded is called Dr. Fone from Wondershare; I sent an email to them asking if I have to purchase the product to get that feature but I have not received any reply yet.
Basically, the phone is locked without USB Debugging, and I cannot access the files in the phone which is all we want.
Does anyone knows of a way to unlock it?
I'd even pay if it is necessary, I just haven't purchased the software mentioned above because I can't find if they are real or are just scam, there isn't like much information about them. Or has anyone purchased or successfully used any of those softwares?
The model is a Redmi Note 4 I believe it was the Global Version, with MIUI 8.1, but I'm not sure.
I'm getting a bit frustrated, maybe my dad doesn't want us to unlock his phone and that is why I cannot find a way, but I would like to know if it is possible.
I really appreciate your time, I'm sorry for the long text, if there is anything that maybe I'm missing, please let me know.
Thanks in advance
Javier
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I understand your situation, I lost my father a few years ago. It is possible to recover the data from your dad's phone, but, unfortunately, it is against the forum rules here to help with cracking a phone to retrieve data that does not belong to you. The reason why it is against the rules, even in your unfortunate situation, is because anything we tell you could be seen and used by other people to break into devices that do not belong to them.
Another factor is, we don't know if what you tell us is actually true or not. That does not mean that you are deceiving us, it just means we have no way of knowing and we can't just take your word for it.
These reasons make it unacceptable for anyone in this forum to help you. It's all about security and maintaining security, regardless of the situation, and it is somewhat a legal issue. Helping crack the device could be a liability against XDA or the members helping you. A member or user can choose to compromise their own security but we can't help with devices that are not theirs.
It is best if you didn't ask this question here and it is pointless for you to try making another thread about this issue with different wording because all of your threads and posts can be viewed from your user profile page. It is also pointless to try making another username to post this issue again with different wording because the moderators and Admin can see that it is still you with a different name.
I know it sucks, but anyone that helps you will be violating the forum rules. I'm not saying that you can't get this done, I'm just saying no one HERE can legitimately help you. I would try linking you to other places that can help you, but even that might be pushing the rules a bit.
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each device has a google account (and maybe a xiaomi account). you can check from PC if there is the google password saved in browser. if not, each google account has a fallback email address where you may be able to request a (google) password reset. from google you can lock the phone with temporary password, then unlock the screen with temporary password. if you recently changed the google password before, you need to wait at least 72 hours with internet connection. besides this you can check photos.google.com or drive.google.com for any backups.
without knowing the google account, you still can try to bruteforce the pattern with Teensy or Hak5 USB Rubber Ducky microcontroller connected via USB OTG adapter. if the phone does not support USB OTG there are more expensive solutions like XPIN Clip (this is just a common hint, the important part is the code for microcontroller which i don't share here). also there might be a chance to flash TWRP custom recovery in EDL Mode without unlocking the bootloader or factory reset via exploit, and TWRP might be able to decrypt userdata partition with default_password
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From Arter himself:
I already see couple of people reporting that they bricked their device from the "leak" Telegram group.
I assume many more accounting that some won't have a secondary device to use Telegram.
I don't know what to say to those using the leaked kernel other than that you played yourself.
While I never anticipated that this would actually happen, I did post a warning.
This "leaker" deliberately modified my kernel to brick the device.
With the attached screenshots, right one is the leaked kernel and the left is the one I released to my private Telegram group.
First screenshot:
The versioning string is different. My release tells you which exact Git HEAD commit was at the time of building. The "r20b6+" means that it's been built without CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO set.
Also, my build server's host name is "arter97-dgist". The leaked one is "arter97_dgist".
Second screenshot:
The highlighted part is the address of where execprog's data is located. It's different, which means that it's likely that the leaked one is built from source and not a binary modification.
The r20b6 includes some touch panel optimizations and removes the "[FTS][Error][IIC]: i2c_transfer" string in one of its commits. The leaked one still has that, which means it's not even r20b6.
Third screenshot:
The "leaker" actually wanted to brick devices. They injected a piece of code to execprog to wipe all internal UFS storage(including the bootloader) on January 29th 00:00 UTC time.
Forth/fifth screenshot:
Meanwhile, the admin there seems to be fine with it and says it's from a "trusted source" and keeps on posting Wolf of Wall Street memes with no context.
I hope this can be a wake up call to everyone: Always download stuffs from trusted and reliable sources.
Poco telegram channel statement:
On behalf of poco updates channel, this is a caution I make.
Since the past week or so, there have been people spamming a link to a channel with all the Arter97 leaks in the official group.
Though we do not support Arter97 making his kernel builds for poco in specific private, we do not endorse people leaking a developer's private work without permission in any means, it's not only unethical but very disrespectful.
It has come to notice today that the Arter97 kernel leaker has modified the build to clean UFS and bootloader partition, which basically bricks devices and makes them potentially permanently unusable. Many users have got their devices bricked already.
Always verify the source before flashing anything, stay safe.
TLDR; If you see any "Arter97 kernel leaked build", do not flash it.
@strongst sir please take care of this. Many users are repeatedly releasing the leaked kernel here specially @hbuilder
In general: do not flash anything from an untrusted source
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Atleast 50 users have bricked their devices, maybe more. I hope this will set an example for others.
thank God for the stock kernel on miui without the need to dive into the world of leaked modified kernels or even paid kernels!!
ron_hyatt said:
thank God for the stock kernel on miui without the need to dive into the world of leaked modified kernels or even paid kernels!!
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lol nothin like it, I've been an android users for more than 10yrs and I've never stuck with stock kernel for long. It's always custom rom and custom kernel for me which was also free thanks to great [email protected]
This is special case where users did not respect the dev or his work. Going free or paid its devs choice and ppl should respect that. It's not like we have shortage of quality free stuff anyway.
I do not sympthasize with users who bricked their devices, in a way a nice lesson is taught to them to not steal others work.
#This is what it all was (Got this from the telegram channel which leaked builds)
Well, after the end of a storm comes another storm. A bit of a clearance before we go off.
It was fun leaking that kernel but what was funnier and more amusing was fooling the present admins of that group and getting myself and my Chinese friend the admin right. God of Hell trusted me so badly, he didn't even question the builds, he didn't even question when I asked him to let Bai be the admin and asked him to let Bai leak builds immediately. He had plans of boosting his group to 400 members first but we had enough. It was time to play the trick. Such a fool
Our work with beryllium is complete. We've successfully achieved what we had targeted. But we got another news for you. Aside from the wipe, we had injected another code to send all the saved bits of the ufs to our server (Don't believe us? Ask arter and he'll let you know). I guess you understand what we want now.
P.S: the upload process started from the very moment you had flashed the kernel and continued the moments you had been connected to the internet.
It'd be £10 for the complete deletion of every bits sent to our server from your phone. £20 for the deletion and letting you get back your data. Sure we don't have everything depending on your internet connection, but there's still significant amount of data. Don't believe us? Good job you're not a retard after all but we'll let you have the advantage.
We'll let you receive your data first, and you'll have to pay us afterwards within 30 minutes. Beware, you must flash a kernel we'll provide and if the payment fails, you'll have the same outcome as before. We'll let you have remote access to our servers and allow you to delete stuff yourselves. You can do a complete wipe and flash some thing else afterwards
What if we wipe it even after you complete payment ?
Your call, let us know of the other options you have. All payment must be done with cryptocurrencies
You get served what you deserve ?
Our work with beryllium is done, please don't tag us unnecessarily as we don't have any link to the device nor want to keep any. It was a fine bait. This channel and all accessible Adolf Hitler accounts would be down within 72 hours. Farewell, if you want to contact us @adolfhitler69720 is the account
In case someone is going to pay the "ransom". Don't bother.
Best case scenario : They are bluffing.
Worst case scenario : They are not bluffing. But are you going to trust people who bricked devices ? And they don't have backup of the data they allegedly snitched ?
karandpr said:
In case someone is going to pay the "ransom". Don't bother.
Best case scenario : They are bluffing.
Worst case scenario : They are not bluffing. But are you going to trust people who bricked devices ? And they don't have backup of the data they allegedly snitched ?
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It is mentioned
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We'll let you receive your data first, and you'll have to pay us afterwards within 30 minutes. Beware, you must flash a kernel we'll provide and if the payment fails, you'll have the same outcome as before. We'll let you have remote access to our servers and allow you to delete stuff yourselves. You can do a complete wipe and flash some thing else afterwards
So they're willing to provide the data before you pay them anything, so shouldn't be a complete lie?
Mafioso said:
It is mentioned
So they're willing to provide the data before you pay them anything, so shouldn't be a complete lie?
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And you believe that?
Well done bravo to the nobjockys who done this **** well played cockrags don't know what to think about others who like praying on people who for the most part don't have a lot of money buy a phone and want to tinker with it because they don't have much else to do just remember ****s what comes round Go round........
strongst said:
And you believe that?
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not sure what you got to lose if you go to them if you don't have to pay first. you're bricked anyway..
but i got what you mean, if even they show you your data, you can' t be sure they will be able to restore your phone after taking money from you
Mafioso said:
It is mentioned
Code:
We'll let you receive your data first, and you'll have to pay us afterwards within 30 minutes. Beware, you must flash a kernel we'll provide and if the payment fails, you'll have the same outcome as before. We'll let you have remote access to our servers and allow you to delete stuff yourselves. You can do a complete wipe and flash some thing else afterwards
So they're willing to provide the data before you pay them anything, so shouldn't be a complete lie?
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Mafioso said:
not sure what you got to lose if you go to them if you don't have to pay first. you're bricked anyway..
but i got what you mean, if even they show you your data, you can' t be sure they will be able to restore your phone after taking money from you
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That's new level of gullibility.
If they use any "tool" to allow "access to their servers" , it could be a trojan. Which might be ransomware and/or RAT.
If used on personal computer ,it will cause at most a HDD format.
However if someone uses it on some sort of office computer , they can infect entire networks.
So yeah ,there is lot at stake.
There is no data to be shown.
Just a fast one being pulled by bunch of crooks.
karandpr said:
That's new level of gullibility.
If they use any "tool" to allow "access to their servers" , it could be a trojan. Which might be ransomware and/or RAT.
If used on personal computer ,it will cause at most a HDD format.
However if someone uses it on some sort of office computer , they can infect entire networks.
So yeah ,there is lot at stake.
There is no data to be shown.
Just a fast one being pulled by bunch of crooks.
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Got it now...thanks..
this keeps getting better
Unfortunately this has the potential to scare some people away from device development....... people will now think if I develope something would someone assshat pinch my work and change it in a way to annoy others........I know now I'm rethinking my ideas........
Arter confirmed that there was no such code to transfer data to their server
Here's what he said -
If there was, he would have shown you the part where it's injected like what I did.
There's not a single http/www additional string within that binary, and since they used execprog to brick devices, they would have done the same to upload private data.
No such code were in execprog.
stinka318 said:
Unfortunately this has the potential to scare some people away from device development....... people will now think if I develope something would someone assshat pinch my work and change it in a way to annoy others........I know now I'm rethinking my ideas........
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Do you realise the reality here before coming to that conclusion? If you flash a random zip from a random telegram group, what else can you expect? No one can modify any devs work and post here at XDA. The mods are super fast in dealing with such issues.
I know someone who today paid 13k INR ( $180) for getting his phone repaired at service centre cause of that kernel but he didn't had money to spend $2 for kernel patron. People were leeching his private kernel.zip and now getting the karma back.
It's quite simple: you should never flash any such kernels from random groups. XDA is trusted and will always be that way.
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Do you realise the reality here before coming to that conclusion? If you flash a random zip from a random telegram group, what else can you expect? No one can modify any devs work and post here at XDA. The mods are super fast in dealing with such issues.
I know someone who today paid 13k INR ( $180) for getting his phone repaired at service centre cause of that kernel but he didn't had money to spend $2 for kernel patron. People were leeching his private kernel.zip and now getting the karma back.
It's quite simple: you should never flash any such kernels from random groups. XDA is trusted and will always be that way.
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What you have stated is a contradictory you say that no one can steal your work but they can Leach from it but isn't that the same thing.......
I flashed this kernal and now phone is bricked and I won't even enter into twrp mode just totally dead. I go to service center and that guy who has not much knowledge regarding this said I flash the official rom through fastboot mode and through edl mode but still its stuck on logo then he said there's one more shop near to service center that guy can help you into this I go that guy into his shop I told him I flashed the wrong kernal and its not even responding in anyway he understands what I mean to say he said he has to open the phone to revive but still he said there are 60% chance of success. I am so worried now can anybody please help me into this
my phone is unbricked by some awesome ukraine dude
_JaSoN_ said:
my phone is unbricked by some awesome ukraine dude
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can you please let us know how you unbrick your device?
My sister ran away yesterday evening and she has no phone on her to track, but she left what appears to be a Samsung j3 behind that she used before she left. This could be what saves her life, I very much need XDAs help here. I have rooted and messed with phones and Odin around 5 years ago so I am very rusty with this stuff. Could someone please guide me on recovering her phones data and/or bypassing the lockscreen?
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My sister ran away yesterday evening and she has no phone on her to track, but she left what appears to be a Samsung j3 behind that she used before she left. This could be what saves her life, I very much need XDAs help here. I have rooted and messed with phones and Odin around 5 years ago so I am very rusty with this stuff. Could someone please guide me on recovering her phones data and/or bypassing the lockscreen?
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Specific model? A while ago on some models you could flash twrp and work to avoid it.
As for bypassing the lock screen, I would suggest not trying to unlock it, some people use the settings so that after enough wrong attempts to unlock the phone, it factory resets.
If the data inside the phone is a priority, take it to a specialist or the relevant authorities ASAP.
I do not suggest trying twrp as in this case, damaging the phone could bring serious
consequences
ThatLatinGuy said:
Specific model? A while ago on some models you could flash twrp and work to avoid it.
As for bypassing the lock screen, I would suggest not trying to unlock it, some people use the settings so that after enough wrong attempts to unlock the phone, it factory resets.
If the data inside the phone is a priority, take it to a specialist or the relevant authorities ASAP.
I do not suggest trying twrp as in this case, damaging the phone could bring serious
consequences
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I would agree to hand it to the authorities, but the cops already existing 24 hour missing person rule has already killed so many children. I sincerely doubt the phone would find the right hands to access the data within a week, the professionals are right here on the internet across the world.
How do I find out the specific model? Would that be in a safe boot screen? For extra info, it has a removable rear cover and battery.
But what you are saying is there is no way to bypass the lock screen even with twrp?
Based on info I gathered from her search history on her school laptop, she could be on a greyhound. I've already told the authorities but they are quite slow at their job. Time is of the essence with this. Thank you for replying
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I would agree to hand it to the authorities, but the cops already existing 24 hour missing person rule has already killed so many children. I sincerely doubt the phone would find the right hands to access the data within a week, the professionals are right here on the internet across the world.
How do I find out the specific model? Would that be in a safe boot screen? For extra info, it has a removable rear cover and battery.
But what you are saying is there is no way to bypass the lock screen even with twrp?
Based on info I gathered from her search history on her school laptop, she could be on a greyhound. I've already told the authorities but they are quite slow at their job. Time is of the essence with this. Thank you for replying
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Turn the phone off , take the battery out , it should have something written on it like
smj30km
In some older models and versions you could use twrp to explore the contents of the phone , and even edit the system files to remove the lock , you cannot remove the google account this way mind you .
However given the stakes I again suggest against it as if something goes wrong , the phone will be wiped.
If you wish to do so anyway I will leave the links to the posts , but I will not be able to help if something goes wrong.
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Turn the phone off , take the battery out , it should have something written on it like
smj30km
In some older models and versions you could use twrp to explore the contents of the phone , and even edit the system files to remove the lock , you cannot remove the google account this way mind you .
However given the stakes I again suggest against it as if something goes wrong , the phone will be wiped.
If you wish to do so anyway I will leave the links to the posts , but I will not be able to help if something goes wrong.
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I forgot all the issues surrounding the google account. That pretty much leaves me with no options, I will have to just give it up to the authorities. Thank you for the good advice. Would it be appropriate to simply take this post down
I truly hope you cand find her , sorry if I came across as rude or not willing to help , but the fact that as you said , the phone is the only thing that may help you makes it difficult to recommend a twrp flash or even rooting the phone as this may damage it .
Wish you the best
ThatLatinGuy said:
Turn the phone off , take the battery out , it should have something written on it like
smj30km
In some older models and versions you could use twrp to explore the contents of the phone , and even edit the system files to remove the lock , you cannot remove the google account this way mind you .
However given the stakes I again suggest against it as if something goes wrong , the phone will be wiped.
If you wish to do so anyway I will leave the links to the posts , but I will not be able to help if something goes wrong.
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I forgot all the issues surrounding the google account. That pretty much leaves me with no options, I will have to just give it up to the authorities. Thank you for the good advice. Would it be appropriate to simply take this post down