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Samsung A20e hangs at booting
My relative's Samsung Galaxy A20e smartphone got stuck while reading SMS. I wanted to help him and pressed buttons for reset, but only a black screen appeared, now it gets stuck at booting. I can ...
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Is there a way to access my phone data from the boot menu or to fix an Android OS without factory reset? Or even to stop the restart from happening?
My Motorola One Hyper phone starts, finishes the boot animation, then I unlock it with the PIN number, then it opens and there is the problem. It stays on for about 5 to 10 seconds where I can use it, ...
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Data recovery on locked out Infinix Hot 10 [duplicate]
I had forgotten my PIN on Infinix Hot 10. I am unable to get in without a backup. I got the phone new and didn't create a backup as a first-time Android user, which I had saved important notes in my ...
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Do photos survive a factory reset (Android)?
I sold my old Oreo but I'm paranoid.
I had about twenty old photos (nothing special) and I deleted them, even from the trash. Then factory reset.
I recorded some blank videos and then a factory reset. ...
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Is my data secure after factory reset with NO password SET
I had one plus 8 pro brand new phone Android 10. I sold the phone in a week's time. I never set any password or screen lock. I understand android 10 uses file-based encryption. I just did a factory ...
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FBE securely wipe all data
According to android documentation the FBE system has two different levels. Credential Encrypted (CE) storage and Device Encrypted (DE) storage.
Does a factory reset of an FBE phone reset the keys of ...
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Recovering media which is deleted month before from android 10 mobile storage
I have deleted a some media files month before, then I used my mobile as usual. Yesterday I performed a factory reset to mobile clean since it's storage is full. Now I need to get back my media which ...
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How to use /dev/urandom?
As a follow up to my previous question,
I decided to use /dev/urandom to overwrite my data.
But how do I use it? where do I type that?
could you walk me into the steps to do it?
and is it better to do ...
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Do turning on encryption and factory reset ensure that deleted images before that reset is also unrecoverable?
I have factory reset my device once. If I turn on encryption now and again factory reset, is it possible to recover photos deleted before the 1st reset? I want to sell my device and don't want others ...
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Questions Before I Sell My Phone (Too Late To Encrypt Drive?)?
I'm pretty strapped for cash and I need to sell my phone (Motorola Moto G7, Android 10). However, there are some... sensitive... photos of myself on it that I'm not suuuper comfortable with the next ...
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Confusion regarding Factory Reset via TWRP
Background The OS is Android 10 that uses FBE as encryption type.
Problem I do not remember my PIN, that would decrypt the files in /data partition, so I cannot unlock my screen.
Question I can boot ...
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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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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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Can I recover files after factory reset if I root after resetting?
Device: ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE551ml
OS: Android 5.0
Notes: Not rooted, USB debugging not enabled, no custom recovery
My phone's storage got too full after recording too many videos and I backed them up ...
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How to make a complete factory reset, without anyone being able to retrieve my data?
I will have a few Android phones that I will have to let go.
I would like to make a proper clean wipe of the data, without no one being able to retrieve them, and do a factory reset.
I have read ...
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Data deleted after encryption - recoverable?
My device (Android 8.0) is encrypted with the default encryption (no startup password).
As far as a I know, when I have data on my phone and factory-reset the phone, the data is unrecoverable, since a ...
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By accident, factory data reset on wrong phone. Still possible to recover photos?
-Is there a way to recover at least some of the photos after factory data reset on S9 +?
-Background: My sister gave me a Galaxy S9 + as a birthday present. Wonderful birthday party, took great photos ...
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Recover Notes data after factory reset?
I have an OnePlus One phone that was then on an old version of Cyanogenmod I factory reset by accident a few years ago. I used the OS notes app back then (it wasn't backed up) and I would like to ...
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How to recover lost data after a factory reset in samsung note 3 SM-n900 series?
My Samsung Note 3 SM-N900 series got stuck in the bootloader loop, due to which I had to do a factory reset. The good thing is that my smartphone is out of the bootloader loop after the reset but all ...
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Sim card factory reset my S7 without asking permission
Used the device for a long while (without sim) amassing a huge number photos and work files very important to me....
finally put an active sim card in. Without any prompts, phone begins downloading ...
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How can I recover my phone (factory reset doesn't work)?
My phone is Asus Zenfone 5 and I want to recover my phone but I can't because it always stucks in the screen with the Asus logo.
I've tried recovering it by using the factory data reset in the ...
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How do i reset my frozen phone without losing all my data
My Lg g4 shut off on me and won't turn on. It freezes on the lg screen. I know i can reset it but i have over 1000 pictures that weren't backed up and i cant afford to lose them. The past year of my ...
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How to Recover Data From OS Flashed Android Phone?
I am Using Micromax YU Yuphoria .. Its rooted device. suddenly my device get stuck on Cyanogen Logo During Reboot.
I thought there is no way to get rid out from that. so reflash it with same ...
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I just reset my android phone, how do I recover my Chrome bookmarks?
I just reset my Moto G, hoping that the Chrome bookmarks would be synced to my account but they haven't and I lost them all. They were extremely valuable and I want all of them back. Please let me ...
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Is all data lost after factory reset?
I had an LG Optimus I phone (LG E410f) with Android (can't remember the exact version now, but I believe it was 4.1.2) -- and I had OI Notepad pp installed (app home is here). There were some very ...
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How do I export Telegram contacts to my phone?
I'm new here.
My little brother accidentally touched the "reset factory" button in settings, and now I don't have my contacts on my phone! I have 1500 (almost 400 business) contacts with more than ...
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Factory reset on merged storage - Shall I lose my data
As we know, merged storage (that is, an internal SD card partition emulated by FUSE in the data partition (/data/media/0 → /storage/emulated/0) is a common thing to be found on recent devices ...
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how to get back photo gallery pictures after factory resetting LG phone?
How can you get back erased photo gallery pictures after factory resetting (by Setup Wizard) LG phone ?
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How to reinstall Google download manager on rooted MOTO G X1032?
I'm on Android 5.0.2, rooted through Clockworkmod. I have Titanium Backup synced to my Dropbox and a Nandroid image.
I deleted the default download manager (stupidly on my Titanium Backup as well) to ...
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Can I recover my data after accidental factory reset? [duplicate]
My phone just managed to do a factory reset, all on its own. Can I somehow retrieve at least the portion of the lost data? On computer for both linux and windows there are programs that can recover ...
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My Android phone is completely reset, whats the best way to recover the deleted data? [duplicate]
A person at a phone store reset all the contents of my Motorola Moto G Android phone, and I did not give them permission to do so. I had many important pictures and videos, but the even more important ...
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Recover media after factory reset (One Plus One)
I've recently done a factory reset on my OPO. I though I didn't need anything on it anymore but now I do actually need some pictures who were on it before the reset.
I'm trying to get those pictures ...
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What really happens during a factory reset? Does it securely erase all data?
When you "factory reset" an android phone, are you formatting the phone storage by securely erasing all data and writing over them with zeroes, or are you simply deleting the files by hiding them from ...
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Tab 2 recovering data from hung device
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 stuck on logo screen during reboot. I did go through several threads on this and other sites, and pretty much all of them suggested a factory reset, and not a single one said it ...
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How to restore ColorNote notes after factory reset?
I forgot to backup my notes before factory reset and now apparently I have lost them all. Before doing factory reset though, Back up my data option in Settings >> Backup & Restore was checked but ...
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How to reset my phone without deleting the game data?
I need to know please how can i reset my android 4.1.2 symphony xplorer without deleting it's game data
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I did factory reset without taking backup of messages. can i recover those messages?
I have did factory reset my phone with out taking backup of messages... its all important messages.. can i recover those messages back. if so, please guide me.
Phone : HTC Explorer
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Remove Sensitive Data From Work Phone
I've moved on from a previous job, and as part of the process I need to return my work provided phone.
I have factory reset the phone, as well as electing to erase the SD card. There was some ...
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I have reset my phone samsung galaxy fit through factory data reset... Now my contacts are deleted
How can I recover my contacts? (They were stored on phone memory.) I have also saved all my sd card data.
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Personal data (contacts, sms, phone logs, settings, etc) gone after moving apps to a new microSD
I've just bought a 16gb Sandisk microSD and I moved some apps to that by using the functionality available under Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. I went through the list and I ...
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Is it possible to pull data using Android Debug Bridge on an N7 while soft bricked
I've tried countless fixes for my N7 being softbricked (No idea how it was done). I've resorted to using Android Debug Bridge, however I cannot get access to the device (device not recognized from CMD ...
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Resetting Nexus 4 with cracked and Locked Screen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I backup data (sms/contacts) from a device with a broken screen?
My Nexus 4 fell and cracked its screen:
One of the caveats in its design is the glass on the back ...
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How do i recover my data on a Galaxy Tab after a factory reset?
I forgot my password to unlock my Samsung Galaxy Tab, so I did a factory reset to get into it. Now I would like to recover as much of my previous data that I can. Is this possible? If so, how do I go ...
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How can I reset my phone without losing everything?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S I9000, it keeps lagging; freezing and turning on and off by itself. I want to reset it, if I do will I lose all my photos, contacts etc etc..? I can't figure out how to ...
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