Hi, I don't know if it's the right place to ask for help, but I'll still try.
A couple of days ago while travelling I updated my OnePlus 9 Pro with the latest update of Android 12 not knowing that update was apparently quite buggy as I found out later. Previously all updates have always run smoothly on my phones, so I wasn't really cautious about it. As a result after update phone didn't work anymore, it started always to vibrate after giving sim card PIN kinda trying to start (similar to the sound of whirring hard drive), but it couldn't go beyond the home screen's wallpaper. As I needed my phone, I had to choose "Format user data" under Wipe data from the boot menu as there weren't any other options under Wipe. I got a working phone after that, but I lost all my data.
So the question is: is there a way to restore videos and photos from the gallery (my photos weren't synchronizing to Google Photos) after this formatting? And more precisely, eg. by using DroidKit Data recovery tool I can perform only quick recovery unrooted, which doesn't find any files from the gallery. There is an option to perform a deep recovery, but for that I need to root my phone. Rooting apparently requires bootloader unlocking, which most likely wipes all phone data anyway without possibility to restore.
And more questions: would a deep recovery even find those gallery files, if the phone would be rooted? If bootloader unlocking wipes all data completely, so it wouldn't be possible to restore any data after that for sure? Is there an option to perform a deep scan without a phone being rooted? Is there an option to root without bootloader unlocking? There are some apps, which don't really do automatic rooting, and they aren't trustworthy, despite they say that they can root phones in seconds.
I definitely have learned from this recent experience, and I will do better in the future.
I think most likely it's not possible to restore my photos and videos I lost in this case, but I just had to ask to make sure, there are no more tricks I can use... Any thoughts? Thanks!
I would think there would be an app in the app store that would recover your photos and videos without root since they are to located in the root drive. It may take a few tries to find the right app. Good luck. That is why I routinely backup everything on my internal storage to the PC just for this reason.
Your storage is encrypted. There is no way to recover the files as the factory reset generated new keys when wiping the storage. Sorry for the bad news. Make sure to make backups before taking updates in the future is all anyone can suggest.
EtherealRemnant said:
Your storage is encrypted. There is no way to recover the files as the factory reset generated new keys when wiping the storage. Sorry for the bad news. Make sure to make backups before taking updates in the future is all anyone can suggest.
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Thank you for the reply! I just wonder, why then everywhere on so many websites they say, it's possible to recover data after factory reset? But as I tried it seems impossible as you say.
Just one example: https://www.hardreset.info/devices/...possible-to-recover-data-after-factory-reset/.
73ch61rl said:
Thank you for the reply! I just wonder, why then everywhere on so many websites they say, it's possible to recover data after factory reset? But as I tried it seems impossible as you say.
Just one example: https://www.hardreset.info/devices/...possible-to-recover-data-after-factory-reset/.
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Then go after it......
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Is there any free Android data recovery software? Yes, 100%. The top 8 free Android data recovery software can help you recover deleted files from Android mobile phone carrying a Micro SD card.
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73ch61rl said:
Thank you for the reply! I just wonder, why then everywhere on so many websites they say, it's possible to recover data after factory reset? But as I tried it seems impossible as you say.
Just one example: https://www.hardreset.info/devices/...possible-to-recover-data-after-factory-reset/.
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I mean a lot of those places just copy and paste info to drive clicks. Android didn't always encrypt userdata.
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Then go after it......
The 8 Best Free Android Data Recovery Software [2023]
Is there any free Android data recovery software? Yes, 100%. The top 8 free Android data recovery software can help you recover deleted files from Android mobile phone carrying a Micro SD card.
recoverit.wondershare.com
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I've tried many of those before, but they don't see gallery photos nor videos at all after phone factory reset, though they claim they can do that. What these apps can see and recover in my experience are call history, documents, audio files, sms (all of these things were recovered anyway from the phone backup), photos and videos from Whatsapp (which I don't need as its' chats were backed up before that update). Some of them offer a deep recovery (don't know what a deep scan would find in the end), which requires phone to be rooted, and that requires bootloader unlocking, which will wipe storage for good anyway, so basically all those apps are useless.
73ch61rl said:
I've tried many of those before, but they don't see gallery photos nor videos at all after phone factory reset, though they claim they can do that. What these apps can see and recover in my experience are call history, documents, audio files, sms (all of these things were recovered anyway from the phone backup), photos and videos from Whatsapp (which I don't need as its' chats were backed up before that update). Some of them offer a deep recovery (don't know what a deep scan would find in the end), which requires phone to be rooted, and that requires bootloader unlocking, which will wipe storage for good anyway, so basically all those apps are useless.
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Then I am out of answers, sorry!
TheGhost1951 said:
Then I am out of answers, sorry!
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Thank you for trying to help anyway!
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I don't know what i'm wrong but when i try to install USB driver with GNex TOOLKIT i can't, at end of the procedure, my serial number. The software returns "...doesn't have loaded mui entry"
I don't know what can i do...
Thanks
P.S. I'm unable to post in dedicated section/topic because of my post counter is under 10
Sry for bad english
Install drivers manually
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thanks, it was very simple! the pdanet returned an error but at the end all work right. i think.. now i can try "camera enhancements".
can you say me if i have to reset the phone/lose all my data/have to format or something like this, for obtain the "camera enhancements"?
i've this phone from 4 days and i've spent all my free time to set it properly. i don't want lose all my progress, it was a waste of time
mArCo1928 said:
thanks, it was very simple! the pdanet returned an error but at the end all work right. i think.. now i can try "camera enhancements".
can you say me if i have to reset the phone/lose all my data/have to format or something like this, for obtain the "camera enhancements"?
i've this phone from 4 days and i've spent all my free time to set it properly. i don't want lose all my progress, it was a waste of time
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As with all programs such as the toolkit and playing with system files Mike the developer of the program recommends a full backup before you start playing - just in case. (So do I, always) That way you don't lose your setup that you have worked on so hard...
The camera mods do not wipe or affect the phone in any way, at least not when I applied them, but things can go wrong, so that's why you back up
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As with all programs such as the toolkit and playing with system files Mike the developer of the program recommends a full backup before you start playing - just in case. (So do I, always) That way you don't lose your setup that you have worked on so hard...
The camera mods do not wipe or affect the phone in any way, at least not when I applied them, but things can go wrong, so that's why you back up
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Thanks, for a full backup of my system, application, settings, launcher settings, messages and so on, what i have to do exactly? Also partition and other important stuff if i don't remind/know now. Partition, SD Card, things like that, a complete backup of device i intend.
There's no need to this? I don't want to risk anything
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Thanks, for a full backup of my system, application, settings, launcher settings, messages and so on, what i have to do exactly? Also partition and other important stuff if i don't remind/know now. Partition, SD Card, things like that, a complete backup of device i intend.
There's no need to this? I don't want to risk anything
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Nandroid backup is included in the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit so use that. Everything is backed up by that - you can even get really clever and extract sms mms etc. from the nandroid (for example here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349) if that is what you mean by messages. Surely your emails will be on your email server, contacts in your google account as extra backup even though the nandroid will contain them? Unless you do something really radical, like fully wipe the SOC, partition etc doesn't enter into it...
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Nandroid backup is included in the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit so use that. Everything is backed up by that - you can even get really clever and extract sms mms etc. from the nandroid (for example here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349) if that is what you mean by messages. Surely your emails will be on your email server, contacts in your google account as extra backup even though the nandroid will contain them? Unless you do something really radical, like fully wipe the SOC, partition etc doesn't enter into it...
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hi, i unlocked my phone, but... where i can find what it was of my interests? camera enhancements. Where i can find it, in the toolkit 7.4?
ok, it was on mods section of the toolkit
So I have always wondered what happens when you remote wipe a phone from like Android Device Manager and if you have a custom recovery like TWRP. I tried the wipe on my M8 and it for sure worked, but since TWRP was installed it left all the data ion the SD Card. Is there anyway to force TWRP to do a full factory reset by default rather than just removing apps etc?
If not I may just have to install the stock recovery, if I can find it for my Bell M8.
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So I have always wondered what happens when you remote wipe a phone from like Android Device Manager and if you have a custom recovery like TWRP. I tried the wipe on my M8 and it for sure worked, but since TWRP was installed it left all the data ion the SD Card. Is there anyway to force TWRP to do a full factory reset by default rather than just removing apps etc?
If not I may just have to install the stock recovery, if I can find it for my Bell M8.
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From TWRP, (Advanced) wipe and select sdcard.
Niorun said:
From TWRP, (Advanced) wipe and select sdcard.
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that won't wok if the phone is not in my hands.
make a back up and try it out and let us know ! lol
already did, wiped from device manager and it wiped the phone but left the SD card intact. This is a major oversight for custom recovery because same applies on my N7. Send a remote wipe to the phone, your actually just giving your data away because now they can access your SD card since you wiped it remotely but it didn't wipe the SD card.
Wonder if encrypting the SD Card and then wiping will resolve this? The data should be useless after remote wiping and will need the advanced wipe from TWRP to bring the SD card back to life.
I use an app called Cerberus that can remotely wipe the SD card. It also has a bunch of other features for remotely controlling phones.
Been a happy user for several years. Never needed the remote wipe, but I have used the location and other features.
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I use an app called Cerberus that can remotely wipe the SD card. It also has a bunch of other features for remotely controlling phones.
Been a happy user for several years. Never needed the remote wipe, but I have used the location and other features.
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Thanx for your suggestion, that apps looks promising. Been looking for something like this after a buddy's phone was stolen. A self destruct wiould be great after x number of unlock attempts-not sure if it has this or not, but will definitely check it out.
jayinc11 said:
Thanx for your suggestion, that apps looks promising. Been looking for something like this after a buddy's phone was stolen. A self destruct wiould be great after x number of unlock attempts-not sure if it has this or not, but will definitely check it out.
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It doesn't have a wipe on failures, but it does take a picture and email you after X failures.
It can also be setup to notify you if a different SIM is inserted.
I also like that is can be controlled via a client app, the web or texts from any phone (with a password).
I like that it has an update.zip installer that survives factory resets. Few thieves will know/think to flash a new ROM.
Edit: Geez, I sound like a shill. Just a very happy user. I think I found it on XDA originally.
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It doesn't have a wipe on failures, but it does take a picture and email you after X failures.
It can also be setup to notify you if a different SIM is inserted.
I also like that is can be controlled via a client app, the web or texts from any phone (with a password).
I like that it has an update.zip installer that survives factory resets. Few thieves will know/think to flash a new ROM.
Edit: Geez, I sound like a shill. Just a very happy user. I think I found it on XDA originally.
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Nah you don't really - I perfectly get it. The stress I have seen on my buddy is immense, so I appreciate you emphasizing on this app. The thief wants $800 else... They have already changed gmail password, facebook, yada yada. If there's an app we can send to the phone and destroy it now that would be awesome. Any who major lesson learned. Thanx again.
jayinc11 said:
If there's an app we can send to the phone and destroy it now that would be awesome. Any who major lesson learned. Thanx again.
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I know I've seen an app that you can push that will locate the phone. Lemme look. Some thoughts for your friend...
Android Device Manager might work.
Maybe Lookout: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout
This one looks very promising: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidlost
This article seems to go over a bunch of options: http://phandroid.com/2014/02/11/find-lost-stolen-android-phone/
More good stuff: http://trendblog.net/how-to-track-your-lost-android-phone-without-tracking-app/
Best of luck.
First of all, I salute everybody that chips in to this comunity, active or less ! G'day, gents !
And now, to the problem(s) :
I have a stock 16g/2g D855 (Romania/Orange), no root, no tweaks, nothing, except an original battery change couple of months back.
My phone didn't take OTA updates, don't know why, but i've been updating it via PC Suite / Mobile Support Tool.
Last update was 5.0, all was fine.
Now, on the other hand, after the update to 6.0, a small hell broke loose.
First of all, until now, after the power on LG image, i had a small LG animation, now it has changed to some stupid Orange explosion crap + wallpaper. That doesn't bother me that much, but the fact that whatever wallpaper i choose, it changes it back to the Orange one right after restart...
Second, and third, and fourth & fifth ...
QuickCircle apps no longer work (even though they are activated and selected), so my "submarin"ish flip case is useless... Facedetection, no reaction... KnockCode, same thing, doesn't even lock the phone, no matter the security type. I can't even change my Display Off style anymore. Developer Options, gone, not available for this user (altough user is owner) and clicking hundreds of times on build no. doesn't do anything. Notification bar, no kind of available selection on it (like wifi or data, etc), except user & the notification button in the button bar doesn't even slide it down. Plus a couple more of these "small unfortunate events" :silly:
But the biggest problem is that when and if i turn on the wifi, the phone almost instantly restarts, and keeps doing so if i'm not fast on the touch and disable it (like split second after finshing boot) and thus becoming an unusable plastic...:crying:
So i've tried reinstalling the update, via Recovery Upgrade two times (all went smooth) but problems are still there. I'm starting to think that this might be a something wrong with the update. Eitherway, main concern is, what do i do now ? Wireless is 30% of my job...
Specifing that i'm pretty much a noobie at this kind of stuff, thank you all for taking the time to read about my problem !:highfive:
the software may be having some issues, i recommend that you download the kdz file for the software and flash it via flashtool, all problems should be fixed and the o2 bloat will be removed.
d855 kdz (30B):http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW4DCC3332TXAZRAB5452PI/D85530B_00_1217.kdz
lg flashtool:http://lgflashtool.com/download/LG-Flash-Tool-2014.zip
ModekXKay said:
the software may be having some issues, i recommend that you download the kdz file for the software and flash it via flashtool, all problems should be fixed and the o2 bloat will be removed.
d855 kdz (30B): csmgdl.lgmobile. com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW4DCC3332TXAZRAB5452PI/D85530B_00_1217.kdz
lg flashtool: lgflashtool. com/download/LG-Flash-Tool-2014.zip
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Thank you for your reply
But doesn't this require root ?
And most of all, won't i lose everything ? Settings, accounts, contacts, data ? Or is there anyway to backup everything ?
andy_krt said:
Thank you for your reply
But doesn't this require root ?
And most of all, won't i lose everything ? Settings, accounts, contacts, data ? Or is there anyway to backup everything ?
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It doesn't require root.
But it would certainly wipe everything including your internal sd. The only way is to take a backup using any app and moving the backup files temporarily to a pc or any other external storage.
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It doesn't require root.
But it would certainly wipe everything including your internal sd. The only way is to take a backup using any app and moving the backup files temporarily to a pc or any other external storage.
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Thank you for replying
Ok, seems logical. Any advice about some software that cand do that properly ?
I mean all & all. Accounts, passwords, contacts and so on...because I can't remember my Google account pass (or any other one for that matter) for the life of me, and the maps to the nav app are a pain to dld.
And besides that, can the backup be actually performed, since i can't access the Developer Debug Mode ?
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Thank you for replying
Ok, seems logical. Any advice about some software that cand do that properly ?
I mean all & all. Accounts, passwords, contacts and so on...because I can't remember my Google account pass (or any other one for that matter) for the life of me, and the maps to the nav app are a pain to dld.
And besides that, can the backup be actually performed, since i can't access the Developer Debug Mode ?
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There are many apps on the play store for taking backups. You can use the to take backups of apps, contacts, messages and so on.
However to backup accounts, passwords and app data you require a rooted device and could use titanium backup.
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Sreerag ag said:
There are many apps on the play store for taking backups. You can use the to take backups of apps, contacts, messages and so on.
However to backup accounts, passwords and app data you require a rooted device and could use titanium backup.
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Well then that's out of the question... Having no data plan, any Play Store installation is ruled out, could probably be done via PC Suite.
I've tried using Helium, doesn't do much good. I'm thinking about rooting the phone, but with my luck, i'll probably brick it.
I wonder if there's anyway to find my Google account pass...
L.E. according to devtester, LGD855 MyIMEI A6RRTN D85530C_00 (D85530C_00_0211) is the latest version for it, pretty much the same as my last update. So ,do i re.dld this one and flash it or i go with the D85530B_00_1217 from the Quick Download page ?
L.E.2 : So far i've tried both kdz files mentioned above, plus D85521C_00_1204.kdz (Lollipop). All unsuccesful. In Download Mode, using Flash Tool as is, selecting Normal than Start. The Marshmallows kdz show the exact same problems and Lollipop doesn't even want to install. It goes up tu 4% on Pc (0 on phone) and Retry appears until Exit.
Aw man, the truth MUST be out there...
Try thos link to fix the lg flash tool stuck at 4%
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-t...it-stops-at-4-while-flash-kdz-firmware-80205/
Dont sweat it too much, ive been in your situation before. It sucks but the community is always by your side to fix it!
ModekXKay said:
Try thos link to fix the lg flash tool stuck at 4%
www. theandroidsoul.com/how-to-fix-lg-flashtool-problem-when-it-stops-at-4-while-flash-kdz-firmware-80205
Dont sweat it too much, ive been in your situation before. It sucks but the community is always by your side to fix it!
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Thanks for the link, but i managed to somehow solve the problem :good:
ok, so it took some time, but finally figured this bugger out.
For anyone that needs assistance in the future, let me know and i'll support you as much as i can.
It took me 2 crazy noobie a** days, and almost lost everything, but somehow i managed not to.
So, from the start, let me just say that Remember Password on FF was heaven for me.
Mainly, for not losing everything, you definetly NEED to know your Google account. For me it was setup before to back everything up, but somehow, i forgot the pass This is where i used my PC and logged in to G+ (again, thank God for pass remembering) and reset the pass by sms. Spot on !:victory:
Then connect your phone via usb and within PC Suite (Lg Bridge didn't work for me btw) drag & drop everything from Phone to PC. Apps, contacts, messages, all.
Next, the only sofware that actually worked in flashing my G3 was LGUP. Had some problems with it by not recognising my phone, but i found a version that worked.
Once that done, i removed the Sd Card, entered Download mode and tried flashing D85530B_00_1217.kdz (MM) by selecting Upgrade. That din't work. Same problems. Tried it again, but this time selecting Refurbish (wich wipes out everything) and voila ! Alive & kickin' !
Then it's just a matter of patience resetting your phone back. Enter the Google account with your freshly changed pass and the phone will basically ask you to restore itself back.
This was a long story short, but if anyone needs more detailed aspects, let me know.
The only thing i didn't figure out yet is why the Orange bloated kdz had Slow Mo option for camera and this standard one doesn't.
Thanks to everybody for their support and the community for hosting us !
Cheers:highfive:
I accidentally deleted my some important photos from my device and I also factory reset my phone..Now is there any way to get back my photos? My phone is not rooted. I have tried some apps like wondershare, phone lab. But I failed. Please help me
There are some special tools like for example "MobiSaver" from EaseUS, but chances to successfully restore most or even some data are rather low.
Edit: I wouldn't recommend any of them, MobiSaver just was an example. IMHO most paid recovery apps are just pure scam.
thorin0815 said:
There are some special tools like for example "MobiSaver" from EaseUS, but chances to successfully restore most or even some data are rather low.
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thnq
iqbaliq said:
I accidentally deleted my some important photos from my device and I also factory reset my phone..Now is there any way to get back my photos? My phone is not rooted. I have tried some apps like wondershare, phone lab. But I failed. Please help me
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You need to root your Xiaomi Mi A2 first, then tries with an Android data recovery. www.android-data-recovery.com
heidisteen said:
You need to root your Xiaomi Mi A2 first, then tries with an Android data recovery. www.android-data-recovery.com
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I wouldn't recommend apps from Wondershare to anybody, they are often labeled as scam company on the net. Most of those recovery tools are kinda scam, their free test versions always find lots of data to recover, but the paid apps won't recover anything or produce lots of garbage.
Edit: Always make backups at least once a week of important pictures and documents!
I have accidentally deleted my photos from internal storage and I want to recover them. Which is the best way to do it so?
Extra question: If i root my phone, will the photos be gone forever I guess, right?
How to recover data after factory reset ?
I have recently done a factory reset on vivo v15. It contained so many important gallery photos on it. Can anyone recommend me a way to restore data on vivo v15 ? I have tried so many tools but none of them worked for me. Please help me thank...
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If you can't find them in your trash bin, the only way is using pro data recovery software. But before that, you need to make sure they are not overwritten by new data.
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If you can't find them in your trash bin, the only way is using pro data recovery software. But before that, you need to make sure they are not overwritten by new data.
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Are you familiar with what software people are using for android? Looking to recover just permanently deleted photos.