Hi everyone
I need to know if there is a way to retrieve notes made with the Catch Notes app (yea that one, that is no longer in service) from the image/sd-card files of an Android-Version that put my HD2 into a bootloop.
I'm running Android via sdcard-booting. The ROM is from AmericanAndroid running Android 2.3.7 (quite old actually).
In the past the phone randomly got into booting loops (rarely though, probably 2-3 times in the last 2 years). To 'solve' this issue I reverted back to a backup that I occassionaly made of the entire SD-card. The problem is, everything between the last backup and the day that those bootloops started to happen was pretty much lost. Atleast concerning the notes I made with the Catch Notes app.
I tried to fiddle through the files on the sdcard (I backed up the files aswell of the 'faulty' state of the image) but couldn't find anything that lead me towards the notes off Catch Notes. Does anyone know where that is stored locally? The thing is, I didn't use the app to sync it with their service, it was all stored locally and it must be somewhere in the app data, but I just can't find it. Could it be that it is in the data.img file? I'm not an expert in that field, so I have no clue where to search.
I would be extremely thankful if anyone leads me into the right direction. There's quite some important notes there that I need to have access to.
Thanks in advance for any help. If you need more info, just tell me and I would gladly give it to you.
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tibursio said:
Hi everyone
I need to know if there is a way to retrieve notes made with the Catch Notes app (yea that one, that is no longer in service) from the image/sd-card files of an Android-Version that put my HD2 into a bootloop.
I'm running Android via sdcard-booting. The ROM is from AmericanAndroid running Android 2.3.7 (quite old actually).
In the past the phone randomly got into booting loops (rarely though, probably 2-3 times in the last 2 years). To 'solve' this issue I reverted back to a backup that I occassionaly made of the entire SD-card. The problem is, everything between the last backup and the day that those bootloops started to happen was pretty much lost. Atleast concerning the notes I made with the Catch Notes app.
I tried to fiddle through the files on the sdcard (I backed up the files aswell of the 'faulty' state of the image) but couldn't find anything that lead me towards the notes off Catch Notes. Does anyone know where that is stored locally? The thing is, I didn't use the app to sync it with their service, it was all stored locally and it must be somewhere in the app data, but I just can't find it. Could it be that it is in the data.img file? I'm not an expert in that field, so I have no clue where to search.
I would be extremely thankful if anyone leads me into the right direction. There's quite some important notes there that I need to have access to.
Thanks in advance for any help. If you need more info, just tell me and I would gladly give it to you.
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My Friend As I Know Apps Save Their Outpots ( TXT - Doc - etc ) In The SD Card So Maybe You Should Take a Look At Your SD Folders ( If You Have Lost Them Then Use a Recovery app To recover files through a PC ... But If You Have a Complete Backup Then You Can Try An Other SD ROM Or a NativeSD ROM TO get It Boot and Recover What You Wanted ...
With Best Wishes
Hitman1376
hitman1376 said:
My Friend As I Know Apps Save Their Outpots ( TXT - Doc - etc ) In The SD Card So Maybe You Should Take a Look At Your SD Folders ( If You Have Lost Them Then Use a Recovery app To recover files through a PC ... But If You Have a Complete Backup Then You Can Try An Other SD ROM Or a NativeSD ROM TO get It Boot and Recover What You Wanted ...
With Best Wishes
Hitman1376
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I know you are Hitman but why the hell you writing like that with all capitals. I so heavy to understand english and if you write like that you just complicate the situation! Maannn.....
you Hit my eyes!
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eclyptos said:
I know you are Hitman but why the hell you writing like that with all capitals. I so heavy to understand english and if you write like that you just complicate the situation! Maannn.....
you Hit my eyes!
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Sorry my friend ... My mistake ... Yes your right I'm a shooter but no friendly fire is accepted for me :laugh: ... I would try to write this way ... How is it ? .... Sorry for bad writing ...
With best wishes
Hitman1376
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ok so all take the chance i know this has been posted a lot on this forum but to be honest the information i obtained from all the threads is not sufficient enough to solve the problem which is IS IT POSSIBLE TO CARRY OUT A FULL BACKUP AND RESTORE ON THE HD USING THE VARIOUS BACKUP SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE SUCH AS SPB BACKUP, SPRITE ETC.. surely there must be a solution out there somewhere to carry out a full backup and restore because now that we have everything moving over at the hd rom development forum with new roms everyday surely a complete backup and restore of the entire system of the HD is now more important than ever because there is now a lot of software for us to use on our HD so please dont flame me for bringing this up again but its just a desparete attempt to get help. perhaps this way, the programers can then help to make some software that makes it possible to make a full backup and restore on the HD, or even maybe starting a poll or something with people stating what software they have successively used to perform a complete backup and restore thank you again guys and to be gratefull for this great website that makes it possible to provide us with a better device i will make my donation on 27/01/09 thank you xda, lots of love from UK
I think your . button is jammed LOL
I've been wondering the same thing, really. I'm pretty new to these devices. How do people cope with new ROMs coming out all the time as far as installed software? Is there a way to install everything you want including all the dang activation keys, then make a backup that will re-install everything once you update the ROM?
Not sure whether there is an easy answer. I don't think you can save all the various settings - but that does not take long. Place as many as your apps on the storage card a possible. Make sure you keep the original installation cab files on the storage card.
The difficult one (for me) is the bookmarks in Opera. I now keep the URLs on an email on my Pc and resend it after a hard reset. They each have to be opened and saved as bookmarks but at least no typing.
If there is an easier way I would be keen to hear as well.
I use Sprite Backup 6.5 for full restores after ROM Updates, and Level 1 (Personal data and programs) updates have never failed. Tested quite a few non-official ROMs from this forum, never had a problem. Never tried restore after a hardreset, never did one.
i think the best backup-restore program is Spb backup restore. I have used Sprite but it always fails me when it comes to restore.
RaymondScrott said:
Not sure whether there is an easy answer. I don't think you can save all the various settings - but that does not take long. Place as many as your apps on the storage card a possible. Make sure you keep the original installation cab files on the storage card.
The difficult one (for me) is the bookmarks in Opera. I now keep the URLs on an email on my Pc and resend it after a hard reset. They each have to be opened and saved as bookmarks but at least no typing.
If there is an easier way I would be keen to hear as well.
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I notice that each time i flash with a new ROM .. I have to re-install all the programs from my storage card again .. though most of the apps i have installed it on the Storage card ...
Lucas0511 said:
I use Sprite Backup 6.5 for full restores after ROM Updates, and Level 1 (Personal data and programs) updates have never failed. Tested quite a few non-official ROMs from this forum, never had a problem. Never tried restore after a hardreset, never did one.
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Does anyone know what's the different between the 3 levels ?
Let's say I have my ROM and programs running perfectly but I wanna try out new cab files .. I will do a back-up and if anything happens I restore with level 3 ??
My vote is Sprite Backup. Have used it from many years and each update improves on the last. It is stable, functional and easy to use.
Thanks for your efforts. This step-by-step instruction is really help!
great guide
Nice guide, many thanks
Thanks for the great guide,
just one question I am looking for a guide to back up from my HD2 wm6.5 and convert it to Adroid.
I know I can use google apps or exchange but I have other stuff that I want to back up like text messages and call logs.
Any help would be great...
Thanks...
Great Pal!!!!!
Thank you
Dawizz said:
Thanks for the great guide,
just one question I am looking for a guide to back up from my HD2 wm6.5 and convert it to Adroid.
I know I can use google apps or exchange but I have other stuff that I want to back up like text messages and call logs.
Any help would be great...
Thanks...
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im not too sure about this one, i know there are ways to backup wm6.5 things like messages and call logs but i dont know if you could convert them to android format for use on android OS, unless u only want to just back them up and not use them in android?
Dawizz said:
Thanks for the great guide,
just one question I am looking for a guide to back up from my HD2 wm6.5 and convert it to Adroid.
I know I can use google apps or exchange but I have other stuff that I want to back up like text messages and call logs.
Any help would be great...
Thanks...
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Try this:
http://www.migratetoandroid.com/
Courtesy Of Spb Mobile, haven't used it, just stumbled across it now by chance!
Seems pretty straight forward though.
Dawizz said:
Thanks for the great guide,
just one question I am looking for a guide to back up from my HD2 wm6.5 and convert it to Adroid.
I know I can use google apps or exchange but I have other stuff that I want to back up like text messages and call logs.
Any help would be great...
Thanks...
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Try this, i tested it earlier on & successfully got my data over to android..
Thanks for the tutorial.
Do you have any tips for switching from a ROM with Sense to one without? I am thinking about trying a more stable ROM because the Sense seems to be causing me issues.
Would the Sense related settings be crossed out, and I would uncheck the crossed out options during the restore? Did I understand that correctly from the video?
Also, you touched on the Apps installed from the market. Do you have to install those manually? Or, will Titanium Backup restore those for you?
In need of help
I have hd2 running gingerbread from magldr and would like to switch back to the original rom so i can send it in for warranty .. any help would be greatly appreciated.....thanks
Nice guide, many thanks from me too!!!
Don't forget to backup the SD Card
One other thing that is probably worth pointing out: Once you have backed everything up, you should probably copy it off the SD card to another computer. I read somewhere about someone doing something that wiped out their SD card, and they lost their backups on it.
To back it up, I copied the TitaniumBackup directory from the SD card to my laptop. Also, I copied the clockworkmod directory because i had backed up the ROM as a whole from the AD Recovery.
Hi,
My current Android (2.2 on SD) that i have for a few months is stuck (it wont boot, boot animation keeps repeating). So i'm back on my WM and i want to put some new Android (i believe its easier than reviving the old one), but is there ANY way to keep the old messages and contacts from that broken one?
Basically, is there a way to do it from WM or PC (since my Android won't boot)?
Also, if you think that its impossible, write that too, it is also an answer.
x3mer said:
Hi,
My current Android (2.2 on SD) that i have for a few months is stuck (it wont boot, boot animation keeps repeating). So i'm back on my WM and i want to put some new Android (i believe its easier than reviving the old one), but is there ANY way to keep the old messages and contacts from that broken one?
Basically, is there a way to do it from WM or PC (since my Android won't boot)?
Also, if you think that its impossible, write that too, it is also an answer.
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well.. i bet it is somewhere in your phone.. haha =D
I have been searching on the web to find an answer to it, but I didn't find anything. Did you use any backup program before your phone froze ?
yz.hd said:
well.. i bet it is somewhere in your phone.. haha =D
I have been searching on the web to find an answer to it, but I didn't find anything. Did you use any backup program before your phone froze ?
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nope..that would be nice, but who could've thought :\ my contacts are actually synced with gmail, so i just need to dig out the messages...somehow
x3mer said:
Hi,
My current Android (2.2 on SD) that i have for a few months is stuck (it wont boot, boot animation keeps repeating). So i'm back on my WM and i want to put some new Android (i believe its easier than reviving the old one), but is there ANY way to keep the old messages and contacts from that broken one?
Basically, is there a way to do it from WM or PC (since my Android won't boot)?
Also, if you think that its impossible, write that too, it is also an answer.
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Yes. You can extract data.img and copy the contacts and messages to the new Android build.
jose makalolot said:
Yes. You can extract data.img and copy the contacts and messages to the new Android build.
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well that should do it.. if i would know how to it:\ what can i extract it with?
Hey guys,
I'm glad to discover you!
I have a friend of mine has a Motorola MB525 and her kid made her a Christmas present early this year: factory reset.
The problem is that she didn't create a google account, so the contacts were not synced with google. And no backup to the external SD was made, unfortunately.
I don't use android devices so this is a bit new for me, and I don't want to make any mistakes.
There must be a way to recover it. I mean, a factory reset deletes the data, as a (quick) format does on a hard disk, but there are applications like get data back for NTFS or FAT to recover it (and R-STUDIO - there are a lot).
Now I have the welcome/first set-up screen. I didn't go with the set-up process, so I won't override any data.
How can I get those contacts back? Should I go woth the set-up process, install a file explorer and search the device for the files? Are they still there? Any ideas? PLEASE there were 900+ contacts and she can't get them back.
Don't get me as a noob, I work in IT, so I can do it with just a hint, but as I told you, android is a foreign OS for me, so I don't want to make any wrong step. Those contacts are crucial!
Thank you so much in advance!
Merry Christmas! Or Happy Holidays!
Best Regards,
Andrei
i don´t know any method that can help you, i really don´t know what is the precess that the phone follow to reset, but if is a format your posibilities to recover your data are so little
possibility?
Maybe if I create an entire image of the system? A .img, .imc or .vim so I can bring it to a data recovery software such as getdataback?
Any idea how to create this image file of the system?
Thanks in advance!
Andrei:good:
L.E.: Guys!
I found some apps that REALLY get data back if it is recently deleted and not over written. Now I just need to mount the system partition so I can access it from windows or to clone it to PC or SD card and access the Card.
How can I do that please? I need to CLONE it not to copy the files, because the copy and paste will only copy the visible files. The clone or mount will give access to the deleted files also.
L.E.2: Can this help? h ttp:/ / w ww.softpanorama. o rg/Tools/DD/recovery_of_lost_files_using_dd.sh t ml
Thanks!
Andrei
hi all!! im new in this section of forum,im still waiting to recieve my opt (still in processing) but im taking infos about rooting and modding because i have to transfer tons of things from my galaxy s4 and need titanium backup
talking with some ppl who already recived the phone i discovered a bad bad thing, a full wipe to a clean installation completerly remove any file on the internal storage,now with g s4 with a full wipe it mantain all documents on phone memory,like pics documents whatsaapp folder with all pics and videos,its very usefull when u change rom very often (and i do very often)
now my question is,do i have to save all my titanium backups on pc and restore theme every time i change rom ? is there any way to create a folder to put what u want keep
i use phone for work too and i have tons of pdf i need to bring always with me and its unconfortable if i have to wipe when im not at home with enough time to copy and past all my stuffs
thx in advance for any answer and...sorry for my bad english lol i hope u all can understant it