Questions tagged [data-recovery]
Questions asking how to recover lost or inaccessible data.
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Whatsapp backup for new and old chats
I recently accidentally deleted a chat in Whatsapp for Android 7.0 "Nougat". I know if you uninstall and reinstall the app, you can download the backup containing these old messages. Now my ...
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Force Galaxy S8+ to authorize my hp
Sorry for the long, difficult problem. Anyways...
Hello, I recently dropped my phone in the pool. I wasn't too concerned because I was about to get a new phone anyway, but it turns out at some point ...
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Getting Root Access on Android 6.0.1 in Recovery Mode
I am trying to get root access from recovery mode with the Dirty Cow exploit. I have adb access and my device is on Android 6.0.1. When I use VIKIROOT it's stuck at "waiting for reverse connect ...
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Can't access recovery partition Android 8.1 (Go edition)
Phone Maker: TECNO
Model: F1
OS: Android 8.1 (Go Edition)
Memory: 8GB ROM 1GB RAM
I have asked a question here:
Android fastboot restoration points
In summary the phone was updating then the battery ...
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How to backup files from a phone that's constantly freezing 20 seconds after turning it on
So I have a Huawei P Smart that's freezing 20 seconds after I open it and type its password for the first time. And after that, 2 minutes later, it's restarting.
I would like to save the photos and ...
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Recover data on Samsung galaxy s4 mini with broken screen
I have broken the screen of my Samsung Galaxy S4 mini.
Nothing can be displayed and I can't touch anything.
I would like to recover data (at least contact and photos) but I don't find a way to do this....
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Repair SD card removed from phone without unmounting?
I have a Xiaomi phone and I'm using a microSD card to store photos and other data. I wanted to copy photos to PC so, with the phone turned on I just removed the sd card from the phone.
Putting the ...
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How do I find which app on my phone is putting photos deleted by Google photos in a Recycling Bin? (I can't find the bin. Phone full.)
I connected my phone to my laptop and searched the phone for "recycl" - no matches found.
I searched my phone apps for "bin" - no relevant matches found.
I have 200 apps on my ...
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How could I retrive full internal storage of an Android smartphone in order to restore data? [duplicate]
In TWRP, I originally intended to only formating Data as F2FS but didn't know that from around Android 5, data is a subfolder under /sdcard and everything in /sdcard is gone. How could I retrive a ...
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How to dump emmc of Asus Zenfone 3?
I am trying to dump the emmc of my Zenfone ze552kl. The bootloader is locked. I tried to dump the emmc from edl mode but it required a programmer to do so and none of the programmers I found online ...
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Restore local WhatsApp backup after factory reset
The phone is a Samsung J7 Prime. Lately, the memory was getting full and this ended up in causing Google Play Services to stop working and crashed Google Play Store which was not available anymore. ...
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Ensuring that a deleted file cannot be recovered
A few months back, I had deleted a media file from my gallery. My phone wasn't encrypted at this point. Now, I wish to ensure that this file cannot be recovered in any way. What is the best way of ...
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Data recover with broken screen
yesterday my beloved OnePlus 3T fell and the screen cracked :(
At first half of it was still usable and visible, shame on me for not recovering the data I needed at that time. now the upper half is ...
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Where is the file location for samsung notes/memos and/or can I recover these files if I deleted the app?
I backed up all the files on my S9+ because I wanted to reinstall my buggy samsung notes app, but it turns out notes doesn't fall under documents anymore and it has its own separate sync that needs to ...
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How can I authorize my laptop for USB Debugging if I can't see the screen?
I use USB Debugging to control this phone because the screen is missing. Not broken, missing. The LCD and display assembly is literally gone. I simply can't see what's on the screen without USB ...
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msgstore.db whatsapp android
Does the msgstore.db whatsapp file on android contain every msg every sent and received?
If so are voice notes digitally recoverable from the msgstore.db file?
Latest version whatsapp on android 9.
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restore data from internal storage of android phone [duplicate]
I am struggelling with the file recovery of an internal storage of an android phone.
I made a dd copy of the /dev/sda device which includes the system and userdata and some other partitions of the ...
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Formatted sd card android 6 Marshmallow
I have a big problem with recovering files from a SD Card.
I had a SD Card putted as internal memory on an Infinix android 6 Marshmallow, i've accidentally formatted the sd card when inserted on my PC ...
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Recover data from Download/Odin Mode on phone that won't boot into Recovery?
Is there any way to get the data out of a Samsung phone that will boot into Odin Mode / Download Mode but won't boot into Recovery or anything else?
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Can I access my Android through ADB if the phone can only get to the fastboot menu?
I would like to recover message attachments from a Pixel 3 that died recently. (Yes, I should have had them saved and backed up, but I missed that option for message attachments.)
However, the phone ...
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Recover data in recovery mode loop option in Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
My Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro is stuck in the recovery loop. I set my smallest width to 1020 in developer options, and after that, it went in the recovery loop and kept on rebooting again and again. If I ...
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Dead phone and lost data
Few weeks ago,my phone has suddenly dead and entered in an endless restart loop.
All data saved in the phone is gone. What I care for the most is WhatsApp chats and attachments.
I remember I have ...
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How to recover deleted notes from Android device - Huawei P8 Lite?
I'm very stuck in solving this problem (from more that one year!).
I started accidentally the hard reset of my Huawei P8 lite. Luckily I've saved all my photos and document on my SD. The problem is ...
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Data recovery from formatted userdata partition
I did format the userdata partition while installing a new ROM accidentally. But after formating and installing a new ROM, I did backup full userdata partition within TWRP with dd method for data ...
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Access encrypted /data Partition over ADB and recovery (TWRP, LineageOS 16, Redmi Note 4)
I have a Redmi Note 4 (mido) Android phone with a broken screen: the screen lights up, but otherwise it stays entirely "black". I already replaced the screen, but with no luck - the cause of the error ...
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How to access my android phones data with only fastboot mode access and no developer options enabled and no access to recovery options?
I have an Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 device. Few hours back, it shutdown suddenly and i cannot reboot it. What all i tried are:
1) When i try to Restart, it shuts down after showing asus logo.
2) When i ...
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Decrypt Android 10 File Based Encryption (FBE) data
Device: Xiaomi Mi 9
ROM: [[ROM][10.0][Xiaomi Mi 9][UNOFFICIAL]Pixel Experience AOSP[2020/04/11], ROM for the Xiaomi Mi 9
Hi,
I tried to upgrade my ROM from an older to a newer version with a clean ...
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Recover files from android that wont turn on
I have an og Pixel XL, a couple years ago it died on me and went into a boot loop where it shows the white screen with a Google logo and then it shuts off and turns black, and it repeats. It will ...
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How to recover files after formatting android mobile
i accidentally formatted (soft reset) my Oppo smart phone running on android 9.0 , it has important images, now how can i recover them
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How do I copy damaged data partition from locked Google Pixel
I have a Google Pixel (sailfilsh) device that complains about damaged data partition upon boot. It only offers to reboot (the same thing happens again) or to wipe the data.
I have not previously ...
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How to recover data from phone with black screen?
My Samsung Galaxy S6 recently display doesn't work anymore (apparently it's water damage or something). The problem is, I want to extract my photos but it's like shooting targets in the dark. I've ...
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Recovering Deleted SQLite Records on Disk
I'm trying to access the raw screentime data that Android tracks - located in /data/data/com.google.android.apps.wellbeing/databases/app_usage on my OnePlus 7 Pro.
My problem is that the database ...
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How to continue using an android system with a broken touchscreen?
I have many working android cellphones with broken touchscreen but with a working screen and I would like to use them as computing device and/or additional screen. Is there a way to do that?
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/data's data is garbled in TWRP. How to decrypt
So this is quite another android story but I promise to keep is as short n dry as poss.
The issue was some of my Apps weren't able to access /extsd folders with non root & so I deicided to give ...
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How to get contacts from Titanium Backup on Windows PC - without restoring on a phone?
I made a backup of my phone using Titanium Backup, including the contacts.
How can i open this contacts backup on a Windows PC so I can see all contacts data?
I would like to restore them manually (...
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How can I restore app data from file folder?
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S6, not rooted.
I used adb backup before factory reset as well as copying all the files afterwards just in case. I am trying to restore my memos as well as data for a game ...
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how to remove pattern lock in a rooted android phone?
My Xperia is Running on RR-16 OS I have added 6x6 pattern unlock, it's been months I touched it so I forgot the password
is there any way to remove the pattern lock through ADB, I also have TWRP ...
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Data recovery for Pin-Locked Samsung with no debugging mode enabled
I do have phone Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F).
This phone is 5-digit PIN locked; which is lost.
There is no debugging mode enabled and it's not linked to samsung account (tho I know google accounts ...
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Pin-Locked Samsung with no debugging mode enabled (need data recovery)
I do have two phones (both samsungs - first A40 (SM-A405FN to be precise) and the second - Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F)).
Both of those phones are PIN-locked by a PIN number I do not know. (The first one has ...
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Corrupt weird files in Android Folder of SD Card after data transfer to PC
I had a 32GB microSD card and I transferred a few files to my computer using the SD card reader, but when I inserted it in my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 SMT230_NU a separate folder named "Drive" was created ...
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Recovery my data on internal storage (deleted permanently 1 month ago) [duplicate]
Does software like Dr. Fone, MiniTool that required "root" on android really work 100% for recovering my lost photo?
First of all my phone is not rooted.
I've lost my important photo (deleted ...
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S7 data recovery with broken screen
I have a galaxy S7 (SM-G930F) with a broken screen. It can receive calls and texts and connect to wifi. I can access it via https://findmymobile.samsung.com/ to unlock it. That site also has options ...
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Recover a phone number a dialed with no signal [duplicate]
At the bar last night I got a number from an amazing girl that I dialed in the bar. I had no signal when I dialed the number (the bar was deep underground) and I don't see the number in my call ...
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Undo Factory Reset on oneplus
My Kid has been playing with my phone while it was on lock screen, my kid did not have the access code but somehow don't ask my how he somehow managed to factory reset my onePlus 6T.
I googled and ...
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memory card as internal storage
My phone can't read my memory card and my memory card mounted as internal storage in marshmallow operating system. How can i get my data back?, in my setting it show memory 91 gb to 119gb but ...
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How to pull data from internal memory on an unrooted phone?
Yesterday, I suddenly discovered that I had lost all the user files on the internal memory of my android phone. All my photos, my music, my PDFs, audio recordings, everything. I will explain the ...
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How to boot if the graphics chip is damaged and the screen is permanently blank?
My ASUS Zenphone Selfie Pro 4 graphics chip burned and the screen is green at boot, becoming blank after a while.
Since I cannot see what is being 'shown' on the screen, how can I make the cellphone ...
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Huawei's Safe not found, how to recover the files?
I have Huawei Y5 (2019) running on Android 9 Pie, and I'm using its built-in Safe to secure my photos.
I made a Safe, put some photos in it, and made a password and it was working good.
Now, when I ...
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recover smartphone after factory reset
Last friday, my Samsung smartphone somehow performed a factory reset. I do not know why (it fell on the ground, or my son triggered something, but that does not matter now).
I noticed it when during ...
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Phone still stuck in a bootloop after flashing official firmware with Odin!
I successfully flashed a stock ROM on my Galaxy Note 4 using Odin 3.13.1 but, unfortunatelly, the bootloop is not gone.
Device info:
SM-N910C
unrooted
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
Bootloop sequence: ...
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