Guys need a bit of help here.
I was on ICS wanam rom initially and I did 2 things:
1. Changed my csc
2. Did a wipe etc and updated to JB wanam rom
Now the internal sdcard folder becomes sdcard0, and more frustratingly, the data is gone, ie the pictures, music etc that I saved on internal sd card. App settings etc that are backed up via titanium are intact, but the pictures, music, downloaded files etc are missing.
The strange thing is, my wallpaper is still the same, even though I can't find the source file on my internal sd!
My gut feel is that, the data isn't actually deleted, but stored in some obscure location that I can't access.
Can someone help please? Thanks
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budisuharto said:
Guys need a bit of help here.
I was on ICS wanam rom initially and I did 2 things:
1. Changed my csc
2. Did a wipe etc and updated to JB wanam rom
Now the internal sdcard folder becomes sdcard0, and more frustratingly, the data is gone, ie the pictures, music etc that I saved on internal sd card. App settings etc that are backed up via titanium are intact, but the pictures, music, downloaded files etc are missing.
The strange thing is, my wallpaper is still the same, even though I can't find the source file on my internal sd!
My gut feel is that, the data isn't actually deleted, but stored in some obscure location that I can't access.
Can someone help please? Thanks
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If you were using ICS before and than you flashed it to JB than it will WIPE EVERYTHING in the phone except External Sd Card. you can try to recover them by using some of software in the market available to recover deleted files.
Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
If you were using ICS before and than you flashed it to JB than it will WIPE EVERYTHING in the phone except External Sd Card. you can try to recover them by using some of software in the market available to recover deleted files.
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I didn't know that at all Why was it not mentioned anywhere?!?! When I went from Froyo to GB, I don't recall everything being wiped.
If I load up an ICS nandroid backup, would it recover those?
budisuharto said:
I didn't know that at all Why was it not mentioned anywhere?!?! When I went from Froyo to GB, I don't recall everything being wiped.
If I load up an ICS nandroid backup, would it recover those?
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Sadly it happened to me also but I was able to recover a few files with a recovery software through my Laptop. I think you should try something like that... may be you can recover something. and something is always batter than nothing...
budisuharto said:
I didn't know that at all Why was it not mentioned anywhere?!?! When I went from Froyo to GB, I don't recall everything being wiped.
If I load up an ICS nandroid backup, would it recover those?
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Every single place that I've seen mentions of wipes or CSC changes warns of data deletion. I don't think you're looking hard enough.
BOZG said:
Every single place that I've seen mentions of wipes or CSC changes warns of data deletion. I don't think you're looking hard enough.
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Yea I read those, but I thought it meant wiping the configs,system file, etc, and not stuff on the internal SD card. Even when you go to Settings, Factory Reset, it says 'pictures, media files' etc are excluded from the wiping.
So even if I load up an old Nandroid, the files aren't recoverable?
confirmed that restoring old Nandroid backup doesn't recover the pictures/media/etc.
Change CSC wipe is deadliest type of wipe available!!!!
Yeah, unfortunately all is lost. There is a moral in this - always have an off phone backup!
Out of curiosity, I believe that once you try to change CSC there's no warning. Is that true?
BOZG said:
Yeah, unfortunately all is lost. There is a moral in this - always have an off phone backup!
Out of curiosity, I believe that once you try to change CSC there's no warning. Is that true?
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Yup. I always back up with Nandroid and Titanium and SMS backup and restore. But when the internal SD data is wiped, it's useless because some of the backups are stored in the internal SD which got wiped!
And yes, no warning prior to or after the CSC change. So be very careful!
I lost my internal sd data once due to that csc thing as well. Fortunately I made a full backup a week earlier. Yet it's still very very frustrating.
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Even just after 8 months of use my sd card feels just cluttered and that there's probably lots of useless files. What do you guys do to clean it up
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I delete anything I didn't put there. I have folders, MP3, Pictures, Videos, ROMs, if it's not one of those every so often I just delete everything. Anything programs need, they put back, but it eliminates all the junk I don't need. (I leave the "hidden" folders starting with ., like .android-secure)
back everything on sd card to pc and reformat...then just add back the stuff you want.
droidstyle said:
back everything on sd card to pc and reformat...then just add back the stuff you want.
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Do i need a sdcard reader to format the sdcard? or can I just do with a usb cable
exzacklyright said:
Do i need a sdcard reader to format the sdcard? or can I just do with a usb cable
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You can do it with just the cable, however, some people have issues using a computer to format the SD card. Supposedly it's safer to format in the phone itself. I've never had an issue doing it either way though.
^what ohioyj said!!
droidstyle said:
^what ohioyj said!!
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So... what should I backup? before formatting? Obviously any pictures/videos I want. I'm not sure how to backup titaniumbackup though. And then there's "update.zip" and "su-2.3.6.1+busybox1.19". And also any roms/kernels I will flash after. Not sure if there's anything else though.
Will i need to flash cwm through odin? or..
exzacklyright said:
So... what should I backup? before formatting? Obviously any pictures/videos I want. I'm not sure how to backup titaniumbackup though. And then there's "update.zip" and "su-2.3.6.1+busybox1.19". And also any roms/kernels I will flash after. Not sure if there's anything else though.
Will i need to flash cwm through odin? or..
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When I back mine up I copy everything, until I'm done and make sure everything is working. For titanium backup all you need is the titanium backup folder on your SD card, you should see your backups in there (three files per backup usually). You don't need the titanium backup stuff in the data folder.
After you get your phone back to a working state remove anything you don't recognize from.your backup.
I have a bunch of files that say: @@@@-30.eml, @@@@.29.eml, and so on. Any idea what this is?
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Big ZD said:
I have a bunch of files that say: @@@@-30.eml, @@@@.29.eml, and so on. Any idea what this is?
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I would assume that they are email attachments of some sort.
Thanks Gnomad. I am always hesitant to delete stuff for fear it leads to force closes or some other weird issue. Most of the files that remain are ones which appear a foreign language to me. With your help though, my card is a bit more clean than it was yesterday.
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Hi,
I have 3 problems related to applications for which I can't find solution.
1st is that after removing/uninstalling applications and then restarting phone at some point for whatever reason there are visible remnants of them. (screenshot attached)
I am able to uninstall them again, but after another restart they are back. So how to get rid of them for good?
2nd problem is that certain applications seems to uninstall/delete themselves upon phone reboot. It seems its related to SD card where they put themselves during install. I have tried to move majority of apps back to phone, but seems only some of them are affected by this. There are apps which are installed/moved to SD and they work fine even after restart, so don't know. Maybe some of them are not working after moving to SD? Although for some its strange because they install itself to SD without me moving them.
3rd problem appeared today. Yesterday I have updated to ICS via Kies and installed 5 updates from Market. Today after restart the same apps were back to previous versions and Market offered me the same updates for the same apps. Whats the problem with this?
Thx for your help
Reads as possible corruption of SD card .
Check Lost File folders .
jje
And how do I do it? What folders? LOST.DIR?
Or to put to computer and run chkdsk to check lost files?
wen u some times move apps to sd an wen a aoto update takes place so wen rebooted then either appear as shown in screen shot,cause get deleted an flashing roms then restoring from titanium also gives some app prblm....the best way is format ur ext card on pc .....and if u want to clean all crap which u don want(lost.dir)is a folder were chunks r stored...but coming to point if u want to clean all mess go in recovery an formatt sd card,format system,emmc all ,,an reboot an ur stuck on sammy logo means u hav nothing on phone ,so go in download mode an flash stock via odin.....imp backup ur efs b4 any thing
Thanks for your input, but I am not able to grasp much from your post.
Stileth said:
Thanks for your input, but I am not able to grasp much from your post.
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I don't think many people can grasp anything this guy says. His "english" is pretty difficult to read. I'll try to translate for you.
rocky23 said:
wen u some times move apps to sd an wen a aoto update takes place so wen rebooted then either appear as shown in screen shot,cause get deleted
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I THINK what he's suggesting is that when you have apps installed to your sd card, then an update occurs, then if there are differences in how partitioning works between your old OS version and your new OS version, you may lose some apps.
rocky23 said:
an flashing roms then restoring from titanium also gives some app prblm....the best way is format ur ext card on pc .....
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Then there's a bunch of unintelligible gibberish... Seems to be suggesting that restoring apps using Titanium backup can cause issues, and suggests formatting the external SD card on your PC instead of in your phone.
rocky23 said:
and if u want to clean all crap which u don want(lost.dir)is a folder were chunks r stored...
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He seems to suggest cleaning items from the LOST.DIR folder that you may not want.
rocky23 said:
but coming to point if u want to clean all mess go in recovery an formatt sd card,format system,emmc all ,,
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Then he seems to say if all else fails, reboot to recovery, format everything.
rocky23 said:
an reboot an ur stuck on sammy logo means u hav nothing on phone ,so go in download mode an flash stock via odin.....
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And if you're stuck after a reboot after you do all that, then flash a stock firmware via odin.
rocky23 said:
imp backup ur efs b4 any thing
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Back up your /efs folder before you do anything. (which I agree with wholeheartedly)
I think I translated that correctly.
Thanks for your translation mate although I am not sure if he said anything what can help me except deleting and formatting all which is really something what I would like to avoid for now.
LOST.DIR is empty on both internal and external SD card.
Also the problem with remnants was happening before I upgraded to ICS, do I don't think its related to partitioning at all.
Stileth said:
Thanks for your translation mate although I am not sure if he said anything what can help me except deleting and formatting all which is really something what I would like to avoid for now.
LOST.DIR is empty on both internal and external SD card.
Also the problem with remnants was happening before I upgraded to ICS, do I don't think its related to partitioning at all.
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Last time I had this issue, it was on my Moto Milestone where I had app2sd running, and my SD card was becoming corrupted. I had to format my SD card and re-install the affected apps.
Hmm, I am not using any external app like app2sd, just the option which is offering Android itself. You were formatting internal or external one?
Stileth said:
Hmm, I am not using any external app like app2sd, just the option which is offering Android itself. You were formatting internal or external one?
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I was describing my condition on one of my old phones. (An old Motorola Milestone, which did not have an internal SD) Not an I9100.
If you are using the default app2sd in Android, then you'll want to format internal. But back up all your files (music, pictures, whatever else) before you do, obviously.
I see. Yeah I was planning to do backup of course, but if I copy back all after format won't be back also the problem?
Lost dir from me was to check for corruption as thats where corrupt sd card files go.
Copy backup to PC just in case .
jje
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I see. Yeah I was planning to do backup of course, but if I copy back all after format won't be back also the problem?
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hey pal before trying 2 delete any app please ensure that u have cleard the data and cache of the same since they do pose a problem later also manually delete all those app folders on ur sdcard after deleting the apps
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I see. Yeah I was planning to do backup of course, but if I copy back all after format won't be back also the problem?
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It shouldn't matter...
But my advice is to go through your installed apps and make a list of all apps that are marked as installed to your SD. Then uninstall all of the ones that are. Then back up your internal SD, and do your format of internal SD.
DO NOT copy back the .android_secure folder after you format. This is the folder that Android uses for it's built-in app2sd. (so it will get created again automatically later)
That means you'll have to re-install all of the apps you made a list of above, but it SHOULD help alleviate your problem.
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Sun90 said:
hey pal before trying 2 delete any app please ensure that u have cleard the data and cache of the same since they do pose a problem later also manually delete all those app folders on ur sdcard after deleting the apps
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The condition he describes is that the app is no longer being registered as installed. So I don't think he'll be able to do this.
Thanks mate, I am now making backup of internal SD card before formatting although there is no .android_secure folder. There is one on external SD card, but its empty. Anyway will try the format after all the data are copied.
So backup done, formatted card, copied all back, restarted phone and the remnants are still there
Stileth said:
So backup done, formatted card, copied all back, restarted phone and the remnants are still there
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Hmm.. you may not have a choice but to do a factory reset/full wipe to get rid of 'em. Sorry dude.
Thats not what I wanted to hear. Should I go for factory reset available directly from Android or should I boot to recovery and go with factory reset/wipe data or wipe cache?
Stileth said:
Thats not what I wanted to hear. Should I go for factory reset available directly from Android or should I boot to recovery and go with factory reset/wipe data or wipe cache?
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Either one should be fine.
FYI, you can back up most stuff you have and restore using various methods, so you can get back to your current state... it will just take a bit of effort.
And which would you recommend? I have Titanium Backup Pro to use or is there easier way?
Hey, I've lost all photos from my S3, when i was installing the JellyBean leak. There isn't any way to mount internal SD card? because all the apps that i downloaded to mount it, don't work. When I try to use a program to recover the photos (like recuva), don't recognize any disk. There is anything I can do? Like resign to recover anything ?
Try via Android Commander and locate your DCIM folder .
But you may have wiped it .
Photos will be in your Nandroid backup .
jje
takato23 said:
Hey, I've lost all photos from my S3, when i was installing the JellyBean leak. There isn't any way to mount internal SD card? because all the apps that i downloaded to mount it, don't work. When I try to use a program to recover the
photos (like recuva), don't recognize any disk. There is anything I can do? Like resign to recover anything ?
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Did you do a nandroid backup before flashing the leaked Rom??
If no, then there's not much you can do about it.
The same thing happened to me too
Lost all the photos.. I had totally forgotten to backup the DCIM folder.
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123shree said:
Did you do a nandroid backup before flashing the leaked Rom??
If no, then there's not much you can do about it.
The same thing happened to me too
Lost all the photos.. I had totally forgotten to backup the DCIM folder.
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Hi!
I am facing the same problem here, but i have a nandroid backup...!
Can i retrieve photos from that??
No, Nandroid only backps the system, not the storage locations.
Sorry to hear you lost your data, but you most probably have no chance of getting them back.
I'd recommend using a sync tool to keep the important data (Call logs, SMS's, photos, ...) all stored on the cloud (usually Google servers) so even in worst-case scenarios you still have at least access to those.
praun said:
Hi!
I am facing the same problem here, but i have a nandroid backup...!
Can i retrieve photos from that??
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Nandroid does not backup internal sdcard.. So most probably your photos are lost.. In future use drop box to sync your photos automatically.. You can never be too sure..
Also, use cwm rather than odin to flash firmwares..
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Hey bud, so i've run into this also, how i got back my files was by using one of the data recovery apps located on the play store. just type in a search for "data recovery" and there should be a bunch for ya. try some different ones out if the first doesn't work for you =) hope that helps!
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Hey bud, so i've run into this also, how i got back my files was by using one of the data recovery apps located on the play store. just type in a search for "data recovery" and there should be a bunch for ya. try some different ones out if the first doesn't work for you =) hope that helps!
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You have recovered photo from a wiped internal sd card after a fresh install .
jje
Hi,
I'm new and though I've watched the noob video I hope I'm in the right place, if not please dont get angry ><.
2 days ago I've flashed into stock rom for my SG3 (GT-i9300) back from my RGUI v5 Build number: MIUI-2.8.3 IMM76D / Kernal version: 3.0.38-Siyah-s3-v1.3.9c
Ask me why? because I've had some issues trying to install official MIUI v4 from the international website and always I get error: "Status 7" with a dead android inside. (Again, Why ? because I as hoping it would make my SG3 even smoother... more responsive)
So I though perhaps flashing it from a stock rom might work, so I used Odin and everything went fine, again ofcourse I got the error and went back to CWM to restore the backup i've made before flashing anything, I dont really mind about the error right now, I've seen similar posts about it and I shall continue investigating it, What's more important is on the next phrase.
Today I found out that all my photos were deleted, after restoring my RGUI v5 rom 2 days ago ofcourse....
I'm not sure how could the situation get any better though I remember previously flashing rom's that the SD card never being touched and I guess I was wrong.
What I wanted to ask is, I just got more CWM backup files on my external SD, does anyone knows if CWM backup restores user data aswell or should I just give up ?
Helpfull tips of how to restore it could be usefull (Oh lord, please spare me I beg you, I'll pray more).
Thanks in advance.
I've flashed hundreds of times on S1, S2 and now S3 and never lost any data or photos that are on either the internal or external sd cards.
Not sure but could it be that you somehow hit format sd card in cwm by accident?
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Have you searched your internal and external storage? Maybe they were only stored on a different location so that the stock Gallery cannot find them?
Storages are either completely wiped or not wiped - but you don't only loose one particular folder
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sxi200 said:
I've flashed hundreds of times on S1, S2 and now S3 and never lost any data or photos that are on either the internal or external sd cards.
Not sure but could it be that you somehow hit format sd card in cwm by accident?
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Yeah, me too up untill now, i even verified via usb cable if I can browser into DCIM folder to see perhaps if its there but it not.
The General storage says 10 out of 11 free space...
d4fseeker said:
Have you searched your internal and external storage? Maybe they were only stored on a different location so that the stock Gallery cannot find them?
Storages are either completely wiped or not wiped - but you don't only loose one particular folder
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I tried to install 3rd party Gallery program which scans my SD's for photos and it could nothing.... Its probably not there.
I think all is lost unless one of my backups contains them.
anbushinobi said:
I tried to install 3rd party Gallery program which scans my SD's for photos and it could nothing.... Its probably not there.
I think all is lost unless one of my backups contains them.
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Unfortunately cwm backups do not backup stuff on the sd card like photos. Looks like you've lost them man.
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sxi200 said:
Unfortunately cwm backups do not backup stuff on the sd card like photos. Looks like you've lost them man.
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In a more optimistic view there are worse things, and although its quite hard to swollow all I've got left to do is say thanks to every one for trying...
Thanks.
Sorry, but this is a "Well Duh..." moment.... Flashing any stock rom through ODIN will always wipe the data partition on the internal sd card. You need to backup the internal stuff onto your PC. Only a stock firmware that has been modded will allow a non-wipe flash and you usually need to be rooted as it is no longer a stock rom.
You should be able to restore a nandroid backup of a stock rom too without wiping the internal sd card as this is only putting the system data back onto your phone...
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Sorry, but this is a "Well Duh..." moment.... Flashing any stock rom through ODIN will always wipe the data partition on the internal sd card. You need to backup the internal stuff onto your PC. Only a stock firmware that has been modded will allow a non-wipe flash and you usually need to be rooted as it is no longer a stock rom.
You should be able to restore a nandroid backup of a stock rom too without wiping the internal sd card as this is only putting the system data back onto your phone...
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What is that nandroid backup your talkibg about? I'm not familiar with it, though i understand that there's still no way out.
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What is that nandroid backup your talkibg about? I'm not familiar with it, though i understand that there's still no way out.
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Backup made with CWM recovery = Nandroid .
jje
Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.undelete
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Daelyn said:
Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.undelete
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It almost looked like a life saver case but it seems to target the external SD card only.
I can't seem to find a setting to switch into internal SD...
Hi, I did a factory reset and it's deleted all my internal sd files, is there any way to recover these?
Thanks for any help
Global_Killa said:
Hi, I did a factory reset and it's deleted all my internal sd files, is there any way to recover these?
Thanks for any help
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No no way though its worth trying RECUVA and their are one or two paid for apps on the market .
Want to know more search this exact same question multiple posts .
jje
Global_Killa said:
Hi, I did a factory reset and it's deleted all my internal sd files, is there any way to recover these?
Thanks for any help
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This is impossible. The Factory reset only deletes your installed Apps and data BUT no personal data that is stored on the internal sd card. Did you flash a ROM after this? If yes, was it CyanogenMod 10.1 or AOKP?
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This is impossible. The Factory reset only deletes your installed Apps and data BUT no personal data that is stored on the internal sd card. Did you flash a ROM after this? If yes, was it CyanogenMod 10.1 or AOKP?
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I used the Samsung Galaxy S3 ToolKit v7 to download and flash stock ROM since I wanted to go back for a while to test battery life, after it had flashed the stock ROM I checked and all the files was still there but TouchWiz and something else kept crashing so I went to 'Settings -> Back up and reset -> Factory data reset'. After this all files on internal sd are gone. I thought that it didn't delete them or I would have made a backup.
All I'm really bothered about is my Titanium backup files
Well you're outta luck. It warns you beforehand that it wipes all the internal memory... Sorry.
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Well you're outta luck. It warns you beforehand that it wipes all the internal memory... Sorry.
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Thanks anyway. I'm trying to make heads or tails of this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Global_Killa said:
I used the Samsung Galaxy S3 ToolKit v7 to download and flash stock ROM since I wanted to go back for a while to test battery life, after it had flashed the stock ROM I checked and all the files was still there but TouchWiz and something else kept crashing so I went to 'Settings -> Back up and reset -> Factory data reset'. After this all files on internal sd are gone. I thought that it didn't delete them or I would have made a backup.
All I'm really bothered about is my Titanium backup files
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Why all your apps should still be available from the market .
TB backups can be set to EXT SD and also copied to a PC .
jje
JJEgan said:
Why all your apps should still be available from the market .
TB backups can be set to EXT SD and also copied to a PC .
jje
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I know they're on the market, just takes longer having to download and log back into the apps and some are fairly big games, lost the game saves as well. I wanted the sms messages mainly, never mind, will be more careful next time.
Global_Killa said:
I know they're on the market, just takes longer having to download and log back into the apps and some are fairly big games, lost the game saves as well. I wanted the sms messages mainly, never mind, will be more careful next time.
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This is why you use external SD for those backups and ALWAYS make a backup.