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[Q] Desperate newbie with deleted files problem….help please!!

I have a real cry for help!
Somehow all my pictures disappeared from my Galaxy Nexus. My only possible explanation (since it could not have decided to delete them itself!) is that I must have been a complete idiot and last night when I thought I was deleting a video I had just taken I must deleted the camera directory itself. This is supported by the fact that there was no ‘camera’ directory when I looked this morning. I then took a new photo and the directory reappeared. I have plenty of experience with PC’s but I’m a newbie with smartphones. I figured if I don’t write any more files to the phone then most of the actual data should still be there so I hoped to do some kind of undelete.
I’ve done some research and it looks like the ‘feature’ of only connecting as an MTP device (rather than USB mass storage) is potentially a killer blow. Without an assigned drive letter it seems that none of the usual recovery programmes will recognise the phone.
In theory an alternative might be to take a complete image of the phone contents and somehow recover the data from here?
I am pretty desperate as I have five months of pictures/videos of my kids etc, and most of that data must still be on the phone – but how to get to it?
Finally – yes I am a complete plonker, I shouldn’t have made such a stupid mistake and I should have backed up the phone or the pictures. I have learned my lesson. But given that, is there anything I can do?
BTW - the phone came from 3 network (via a reseller) and I have not touched it with respect to unlocking/rooting etc. It is in the state I received it.
HELP please!
Thanks very much...........

I believe the MTP vs. USB Mass storage would be a driver thing. There are many different versions of drivers so its possible there are ones that will mount the phone with a drive letter. I can think of some other things to try (Boot into fastboot mode by turning phone off then powering on by holding power, volume up and volume down at the same time and holding till it vibrates). You could also try Disk Management under windows to see if you can assign a letter
In the future I highly recommend setting up a google account and using Google Photo/Instant Upload to keep a backup of your photos. You dont even have to sync anything else

Thanks for your suggestions, much appreciated.
I’ve now tried going into fastboot mode and connecting to PC but no joy – Windows recognises there is a device connected (usually ID’d as an OMAP4440) but can’t find a driver.
Disk Management also doesn’t show the Nexus as a drive and therefore won’t allow a Drive letter to be assigned.

Try these (obviously no guarantees and I havent used any personally)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.undelete
http://android-photo-recovery.com/tutorials/deleted-file-recovery-for-google-nexus-phones.html
EDIT: Found another:
http://www.wondershare.com/disk-utility/recover-deleted-photos-from-nexus-s-and-galaxy-nexus.html

Thanks again, I appreciate all suggestions. Yes I have come across these and unfortunately they don’t solve my issue. The last two are amongst those I’d seen reported as not working as they need a drive letter. I had installed both anyway but found that to be true (
The first requires root access which I don’t have. If I understand correctly, to root I’ll need to unlock the bootloader first, and unlocking will erase all the data anyway??

Unfortunately, you are out of luck. You cannot mount the storage on a GNex in USB Mass Storage mode, and I am pretty sure that none of the "undelete" programs that run in Android support ext4 (which is what our GNex internal storage is formatted).
If you are running 4.0.1 or 4.0.2, you can still get root access without losing your data (but not on 4.0.4), but I can't see how it will help you given what I mentioned above.

I am on 4.04 so sounds like I can't get root access without overwriting, can I roll back to 4.01/2 without overwriting the data? (sounds unlikely but I have to ask - I upgraded from 4.02 without losing data....).
If not, is there a way to get a data image without rooting? That way at least I have the data preserved if at some future point it becomes possible to do an undelete on Ext4 data??

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can I roll back to 4.02/3 without overwriting the data?
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Unfortunately no.
Gavdroid said:
If not, is there a way to get a data image without rooting? That way at least I have the data preserved if at some future point it becomes possible to do an undelete on Ext4 data??
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I believe there are utilities to "do an undelete" on ext4. The problem is how to get access to the data image. I don't really know of any way to pull off the data partition of a GNex to your computer, but it may be possible.
Have a look at this thread. I think shaaXo managed to find a way for your computer to see the memory on the GNex and likely dump it (although it is not very user-friendly).

That sucks. If it's deleted, it's gone for good. Sorry, buddy.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

Thanks very much I will go through that post and see where I get to!
Edit! - uh-oh, taking a quick look it seems you need to use CWM, which I take to be ClockworkMod, which I thought required the phone to be rooted to install it? And if I understand correctly, rooting requires an unlocked bootloader, which wipes your data??
I will take a deeper look in case I've misunderstood (very likely), but am I thinking clearly here?

[Q] How to recover internal files deleted?

I had been searching and googling spending all night awake but couldnt find a "modest" way to restore the deleted files from internal memory of my ZL. I found threads asking the same thing and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 but its for galaxy phones, despite being for other phone I guess that process could work but its pretty difficult to me to understand all.
Is there a easiest way?
I had tried hexamob recovery, DiskDigger and others apps but it was a failure. I need to recover photo files, .txs, specific .xmls, ect. I need to recover smsbackup&restore files and notes files from colornote dating from 2011
Its 2014 and cant believe yet there is no easy way (those software like android file recovery, android data recovery, etc etc are useless since they cant detect phone´s internal memory.)

Enomine said:
I had been searching and googling spending all night awake but couldnt find a "modest" way to restore the deleted files from internal memory of my ZL. I found threads asking the same thing and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 but its for galaxy phones, despite being for other phone I guess that process could work but its pretty difficult to me to understand all.
Is there a easiest way?
I had tried hexamob recovery, DiskDigger and others apps but it was a failure. I need to recover photo files, .txs, specific .xmls, ect. I need to recover smsbackup&restore files and notes files from colornote dating from 2011
Its 2014 and cant believe yet there is no easy way (those software like android file recovery, android data recovery, etc etc are useless since they cant detect phone´s internal memory.)
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try undelete on playstore

Enomine said:
I had been searching and googling spending all night awake but couldnt find a "modest" way to restore the deleted files from internal memory of my ZL. I found threads asking the same thing and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 but its for galaxy phones, despite being for other phone I guess that process could work but its pretty difficult to me to understand all.
Is there a easiest way?
I had tried hexamob recovery, DiskDigger and others apps but it was a failure. I need to recover photo files, .txs, specific .xmls, ect. I need to recover smsbackup&restore files and notes files from colornote dating from 2011
Its 2014 and cant believe yet there is no easy way (those software like android file recovery, android data recovery, etc etc are useless since they cant detect phone´s internal memory.)
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flash clockwork recovery , if you dont knows how to flash cwm recovery, rply me your cell information, but if you knows how to flash clockwork recovery then, then in clockwork recovery, mount your internal storage to the pc, mounting will create your internal storage drive in pc not a syncronous device, then use data recovery softwares, download from here http://kickass.to/power-data-recovery-v4-6-0-crack-rezman1984-7z-t2155009.html , then install data recovery software and install the crack, then open recovery softare, then choose your internal storage drive, choose deep scan process, it will deeply scan your internal storage, and try to recover all the files from the day of manufacture, hope you will get your data back ! rply me if you dont knows how to flash clockwork data recovery i will guide you, and rply yours cell os's information also, hit thanks button if i had helped you, i am new in xda developers and want to become senior member !
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Enomine said:
I had been searching and googling spending all night awake but couldnt find a "modest" way to restore the deleted files from internal memory of my ZL. I found threads asking the same thing and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 but its for galaxy phones, despite being for other phone I guess that process could work but its pretty difficult to me to understand all.
Is there a easiest way?
I had tried hexamob recovery, DiskDigger and others apps but it was a failure. I need to recover photo files, .txs, specific .xmls, ect. I need to recover smsbackup&restore files and notes files from colornote dating from 2011
Its 2014 and cant believe yet there is no easy way (those software like android file recovery, android data recovery, etc etc are useless since they cant detect phone´s internal memory.)
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using my above method, you can recover your media files and i guess .xmls also,but no sms and no contact !

I could recover some of the files that I wanted thanks to a very old backup I found in my pc. It wasnt all the updated info I wanted but at least I recovered something. So I get what I got and already give up with that xP. Its a shame about the pictures because those are pics of a Filippa Giordano concert xP. My problem right know its I dont have time because Im taking school tests :/ but the info you gave me sounds good, in theory it may work. I know how to flash clockmood recovery in HTC but I guess is pretty much similar the process with Xperia, If I got time I´ll give it a try, thanks for this info and I hope ppl who are in the same problem could read this and give it a try.

bhavstech said:
try undelete on playstore
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I guess that works only for external memory, not internal (I havent try it). Anyway thanks.

Enomine said:
I guess that works only for external memory, not internal (I havent try it). Anyway thanks.
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no it works for both

I don’t know why you people are making it so complicated when we easily all the deleted data from the internal memory using Remo Recover Android. Give a try…

Richard Luis said:
I don’t know why you people are making it so complicated when we easily all the deleted data from the internal memory using Remo Recover Android. Give a try…
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Remo doesn't work with 4.4.2 (Kitkat)

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cytheriamiller said:
Android Data Recovery can solve your problem of Samsung internal memory data loss easily and effectively. It allows you scan and preview your lost data from internal memory, as well as deleted files from SD card. Contacts, messages, pictures, and videos can be got back without any difficulties, just following the simple steps below. Now, read on and follow us, know how to recover lost data form Samsung internal memory with this magic program.
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So.. Can i restore my deleted photos and videos ? Because it gone by wipe data...

Yes, it is possible to recover deleted internal files, see this solution: recover files from internal memory
good luck.

G4 boot loop, really need to recover data

My G4 818P went to a boot loop yesterday. Found that it's usual hardware problem for that model.
LG service is ready to replace motherboard for free.
But in that case I will lose all my data on internal storage, whereas I can still see and touch it.
What I found at the moment:
I can't use Recovery mode as the model still have locked bootloader
can boot in *Download mode*, and run `Send_Command.exe` (used in the rooting procedure for LG devices)
The last thing allows me to sent some unix-like commands to the phone body, I can see all the files on the Internal SD (/data/media/0), can even see their content in the console using `cat` command. The problem is that I can't copy them outside the phone. External SD can't be mounted. At least I don't know if `mount` command blaming since STDERR is not available.
In addition:
I found a @jacob019 version (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60557353&postcount=454) of `Send_Command.exe`, hoping to modify it to extract the data somehow;
Another option I found is eMMC Raw Tool, which works with download mode to copy phone partitions on many Qualcomm-based devices, but it doesn't see my phone.
Really appreciate any ideas or help!

Anyone?
Ready to pay for any help. Thank you!

go to a phone service? locally? they have more experience with this kind of stuff and can easily solve it.

Eventually, I found the solution for the problem.
I could download full internal memory by using a hardware module called Octopus (http://octopusbox.com/eng/news/details/572). I hired it in a phone service.
It creates an image file of whole the partitions on the phone. Later you can use it with R-Studio to get access to different partitions and files.

Hi @carmalius - I have hit a similar problem. My H818P has died and not able to boot. Could you please provide details as to how you were able to recover data.
Thanks a lot in advance....

How to recover (undelete) deleted files from internal memory of SM-P605?

I have unfortunately lost more than 10 GB of data which was stored on internal memory of my Note 10.1 2014 LTE, deleted somehow, and I'm not sure what has caused that (I'm suspicious of Clean Master app though). Hopefully I have backup of most of that data, but desperately tried to recover the rest, to no avail. Searched for and tried some recovery tools and apps, but apparently all of them need root access to my device. My device is not rooted and I have not yet done so. Browsing this forum I learned some about rooting and other related things, thanks to all who share their valuable knowledge here, and below are a couple of questions:
(Considering all I need is recovering deleted files from internal memory) is there someway to perform a recovery on internal storage using Download or Recovery modes (those accessed by unlock+volume+home keys), by a recovery tool installed on a PC, without the need to root the device? Does those modes in anyway make it possible to have access to internal storage as a USB mass storage like old versions of android (perhaps using Odin or any other tool)?
If the only way is rooting the device, would you please introduce the safest way to do so, without losing the currently installed apps and their data and settings. I found many threads in this forum introducing different ways to root, but I'm a novice and can't choose the proper way, need more help. My device specs are as follows:
SM-P605
android 4.4.2
Build number: KOT49H.P605ZSUCOD1
Your early reply would by highly appreciated.
p.s. Does any one know if Clean Master app creates a log file of what it does? and its path?

ashyim said:
I have unfortunately lost more than 10 GB of data which was stored on internal memory of my Note 10.1 2014 LTE, deleted somehow, and I'm not sure what has caused that (I'm suspicious of Clean Master app though). Hopefully I have backup of most of that data, but desperately tried to recover the rest, to no avail. Searched for and tried some recovery tools and apps, but apparently all of them need root access to my device. My device is not rooted and I have not yet done so. Browsing this forum I learned some about rooting and other related things, thanks to all who share their valuable knowledge here, and below are a couple of questions:
(Considering all I need is recovering deleted files from internal memory) is there someway to perform a recovery on internal storage using Download or Recovery modes (those accessed by unlock+volume+home keys), by a recovery tool installed on a PC, without the need to root the device? Does those modes in anyway make it possible to have access to internal storage as a USB mass storage like old versions of android (perhaps using Odin or any other tool)?
If the only way is rooting the device, would you please introduce the safest way to do so, without losing the currently installed apps and their data and settings. I found many threads in this forum introducing different ways to root, but I'm a novice and can't choose the proper way, need more help. My device specs are as follows:
SM-P605
android 4.4.2
Build number: KOT49H.P605ZSUCOD1
Your early reply would by highly appreciated.
p.s. Does any one know if Clean Master app creates a log file of what it does? and its path?
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Nope you need to root the device. Here is the info, pretty easy and you could go back to your none rooted without issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...l/how-to-root-lp-5-1-1-supersu-2-6-1-t3266010

Lost ALL images and videos - will rooting possibly save me?

Hey all,
as I was backing up files from my phone (internal storage full, 500MB to go) via USB, and after I'd done a bunch of PDFs and what not, I wanted to start moving videos / photos. That failed instantly and after that, EVERY SINGLE IMAGE / VIDEO file was gone from the phone. I installed three "recovery" apps - they couldn't find a thing. I have a bunch of family stuff I really, really would like to have back.
I downloaded the MIUI unlocking tool and wanted to 'get going' with rooting, but I'm getting a "Unlock will erase user data" notification, for if I continue. This does not seem what I want.
- Can I continue without definitely trashing any hope of recovering files?
- Is there another way to get to files that magically disappeared (no Sync on, no OneDrive auto-backup, no nothing at all) that do not required root, and/or ...
- Is this a "known" problem? I cannot seem to find anything.
Many, many, many thanks......

As MIUI Unlocking tool says, it will delete all the data on the phone.

Whelp, this is happening. I'll give it a go before I can't get the files...
I have to wait 2 weeks for the MIUI tool to allow unlocking the bootloader. So I guess at this point I'd mostly like to know if the Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Files is something that's more common on the Redmi Note 5 - or on Android 8.1 / MIUI? I'd like to assure the reader at this point that, while threads like these are a dime a dozen and it often boils down to user error, I'm not a complete nitwit and assure you I was doing nothing other than Ctrl-X -> Ctrl-V to harddrive, got an error message, 40GB were magically freed up on internal storage and ALL files were gone. All of it. Folders too.
Updating thread title, hope that's okay..

Realistically, considering different "undelete" / "recovery" apps are not finding ANYTHING!!! at all, how likely is it even that something will be found once the device has been rooted? This almost seems like it had a system reset while it was still enabled...... Just everything gone / re-encrypted / whatever. Is that even possible? Again, though, the device DID NOT reboot. The files were there......then 40GB was gone.

It is possible to recover the data but the process will require root permissions. Install Disk digger pro from playstore. And give root permissions it can easily recover the most of the photos ( May recover all but possibilities are less ) Give a try bro it will definitely help you. As it helped me before.

I had something similar back when I had Redmi Note 3. Files just disappeared when I put them inside obb folder. However, they reappeared when I entered the recovery (it was custom) and I copyed them via cable onto my pc. They weren't there when I connected normally turned on phone to the pc, and it was annoying. So whatever you are doing, don't format your phone, otherwise you'll lose the files forever.
If rooting and installing an app to recover the files won't help, I suggest you flashing twrp and trying to find them from there using the cable and a pc, or whatever.

Thanks. It's a shame I'm finally "getting in to" rooting only now, now that I have a problem. When I tried many years ago I felt it was too complicated and most of all risky....
The main problem I have with rooting is that the Mi Unlock Tool wishes to Reset the phone, re-encrypting it in the process, and destroying any hope of recovering data. I intend to flash OrangeFox before it can reset.... Does anyone have a better idea....? It's really very, very much appreciated!