Is there a way to unlock the bootloader on the LG K20 Plus without wiping the device? Our brother passed away and he saved his final pics to his Google Pictures app. We don't have access to his Google account. We can access the pics on the device, but can't save them to the memory card or transfer to PC. Apparently, the folder Google stores to is protected. I thought of unlocking the bootloader and rooting, but from what I've read, this wipes the device and we will lose the pics.
We're just trying to get the last few pics of him for our own memories. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Yes unlocking bootloader requires a command which will erase all data. And assuming the device is unmodified with original stock ROM and not rooted, it's very likely encrypted so even if you managed to load up twrp via fastboot without running the boot unlock command (which erases all phone data) and create a backup of the phone's /data mount, you'd wouldn't be able to copy and paste on a similar bootloader unlocked phone.
As for Google Photos, you say you have access to the device and the pictures. Which means the account is still logged in on the phone and you can work within the Google Photos app to send or share any picture and album link o another contact, let's say you, which you can then access on your phone or PC and save. It may be arduous and require doing screenshots of each photo in full screen but given your circumstances it may be worth it. I wasn't aware of Google Photos encrypting the storage directory for pictures. If the pics are on the device they should be able to transfer easily if they're internal storage. Otherwise Google Photos likely has backed them so up to the cloud and deleted original copies off the phone. But still if you can access the phone and the Photos app without needing to sign in to Google, then just add all the pics to a new album and share the album link to any trusted contacts who can then go through the pics and save a copy.
Thank you
We've been hesitant to connect the phone to WiFi for fear of auto deletion, since we don't know what his settings are in the app. It's arduous, but screenshots it is. Once we get all of the screenshots saved, we'll connect to WiFi and see if the phone is still logged in. We might get luck and find more pics for our family.
Thank you again. My bro and I were at this for hours trying everything we could think of to transfer the thumbnails to SD as well as the PC for mom.
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I'd like to know how I can backup and restore all my photos and movies on my device when I flash a new ROM?
I understand Titanium pro will let me restore all my apps in one go but what about my photos and files?
chicoelnino said:
I'd like to know how I can backup and restore all my photos and movies on my device when I flash a new ROM?
I understand Titanium pro will let me restore all my apps in one go but what about my photos and files?
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flashing ROMs and wiping data doesn't touch your storage. everything will stay in its place. there is no reason to wipe your storage to flash a ROM. the only time that the storage gets wiped is when you unlock your bootloader.
To my my photos and are very important. I sync them with my google + also sync google plus with my pc and my phone. so there are 3 copies of them.. Now with that said unless you mess up your internal storage your files will always be there as said above.. But like a pc . ALWAYS backup stuff off the device.
once you have google account and google + setup.
go into settings accounts and sync.. and sync photos Instant upload .
also you could use Ti media sync . there are also others on the net such of some for picassa .
Also a new option... I use just host to host a website. Pm me your email and i can send you a invite to just cloud service they have a great picture sync app.
many options ...
Hi all. I am wondering if it is possible to recover deleted photos from a non rooted S5? My co worker just came back from the Philipines and accidently deleted her photos before they had a chance to upload to Drop box over wifi. I have done a search on Google and most apps want you to pay to recover data. I know you can recover deleted data from a rooted phone. If I were to root her phone, would I lose all of her pictures that are already on there? Thanks to anyone who can give me any help or direction.
You need to root the phone, and just like any other activity that requires writes to the disk, it will utilize and write over empty space, which is where your deleted photos are part of now. But it shouldn't be too bad.
After trying many apps I really found Diskdigger undelete to be the most accurate and reliable app to recover deleted photos. It is free for .jpg but you will need to pay for other file types. Hope it helps
A friend took a picture and decided to try and delete it. When he accessed the gallery app where the folders are shown (the pic he took was the thumbnail of the folder), he deleted the whole folder. Is there any way to retrieve deleted photos? I tried a google search but all of the programs i found such as Dr. Fone etc all require me to purchase the software itself. Is there any way i can retrieve these photos? My Samsung device is not rooted and i haven't ever used the google+ apps and so when i access my gmails etc the photos aren't in the bin. I had about 300+ very important photos
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A friend took a picture and decided to try and delete it. When he accessed the gallery app where the folders are shown (the pic he took was the thumbnail of the folder), he deleted the whole folder. Is there any way to retrieve deleted photos? I tried a google search but all of the programs i found such as Dr. Fone etc all require me to purchase the software itself. Is there any way i can retrieve these photos? My Samsung device is not rooted and i haven't ever used the google+ apps and so when i access my gmails etc the photos aren't in the bin. I had about 300+ very important photos
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No it's impossible unless you are still running Android 4.2.2.
Every information about recovering files is outdated and cannot be used anymore.
Lennyz1988 said:
No it's impossible unless you are still running Android 4.2.2.
Every information about recovering files is outdated and cannot be used anymore.
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I am running android 4.4.2, seeing as this is still kitkat is it possible on this version? Why or why not?
I don't know if they can be recovered if they were on the internal memory.
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I am running android 4.4.2, seeing as this is still kitkat is it possible on this version? Why or why not?
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Because Android enabled Trim from 4.3+ and up.
Wow that sucks. Is there no way i can restore these pics and vids?
Edit: YAY i recovered the pictures by using the google play app "Diskdigger photo recover" app it's the only thing that worked after trying countless of countless of programs on my computer. Anyways the videos that have been recovered have turned into image files. Is there any way to convert them back to the videos they once were?
While trying to free up some space on my phone by deleting photos that were backed up to the cloud using the Google Photos app, I somehow managed to delete my entire camera photos folder (DCIM). 95% of the photos are already in the cloud, but I lost about 400 photos from an 8 days trek in Perú since it happened on the way back to town after 8 days without any connection.
I was trying to use apps like DiskDigger to recover the photos but didn't have any luck - the problem is that I am not rooted of course - I'm running stock 7.1.2. And from what I've learned so far rooting wipes the entire phone.
Is there a way to extract an image file of the user data partition in order to recover the lost photos? I've read that PhotoRec can do that once you have the image file.
If anyone could shed some light on that process or suggest another solution I'll be forever grateful!
There are forensic programs that I've seen people use for that purpose. Because the data is still there but marked as free space until it's overwritten
I confirm that PhotoRec works great.
But if you left default settings that is encrypted, there's no easy known way to decipher them. Block is ciphered with a key derived from the master key in the unreachable hardware module.
And even unencrypted, you'd need root to pull raw partition which AFAIK requires unlocked BL which wipes data.
I am using Stock OS.
If I delete a photo, is it deleted for good?
I just want to know because I've took some sensitive screenshots (e.g. account numbers, financial transactions, etc.) in the past.
Can they be recovered? If yes, how can I delete them for good?
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I am using Stock OS.
If I delete a photo, is it deleted for good?
I just want to know because I've took some sensitive screenshots (e.g. account numbers, financial transactions, etc.) in the past.
Can they be recovered? If yes, how can I delete them for good?
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1)If your phone's bootloader is unlocked, reboot to fastboot mode, connect your phone to your pc, open the command window by pressing and holding shift and do a right click. Do this command : fastboot format userdata. (backup is needed fist because everything will be deleted.
2) If you are using stock recovery, just reboot to recovery mode and wipe everything in stock recovery.
@shriekyphantom MiX (Mixplorer) has an inbuilt shredder function for deleting any file :good:
I believe he's not looking for that type of data cleaning services. I think he's asking if the phone automatically creates a backup of every photo in the cloud. The answer is no, unless you use Google Photos. And even then, I do not believe they let you store, by default, screenshots.
The safest way is what Yousvel said probably. -_-
So, OP5 doesn't have a function like a Recycle Bin?