Could you give me a deleted photos recovery program?

[a cooperator]

I don't think you are following me.

Do you have TWRP recovery installed on your phone? It's not an app, it's the recovery utility installed in its own partition on the phone and only accessible through special commands (either issued through adb or via a special key combination.)

Thanks a lot,
I appreciate your continual replies.
No, I have never ever installed TWRP at all on my phone. I even heard about it for the first time.
So, you think I should follow your steps mentioned after getting TWRP installed.
TWRP isn't a Android app?
BTW, what is the Home key?

I found another Samsung phone which is also like mine except the serial number/IMIE is different.
Model name: Samsung Galaxy Prevail LTE
Model number: SM-G360P
This is the screenshot of Android version and build number of that similar phone:

So, I am asking you the following:
1- you can look up the build number of that device and find an image of the firmware that was on this phone when he bought it that allowed it to recognize a sim card from his carrier.
2- you think I can make a full Android system image from that device, and try to restore it onto my phone as long as the model name, number, and network type (CDMA) are the same for both devices.
This is the screenshot of Model number, Android version, and build number for my friend's Samsung Galaxy Prevail LTE.


And this is for mine



Finally: if you couldn't find the image of the edited firmware which will flash my device to rerecognise my SIM, could at least give me the image of the original firmware since my device already doesn't recognise my SIM. So, what much worse would be done for flashing it with original firmware than this issue?
I tried visiting the official Samsung website and looking up my phone, but I didn't find any firmware at all although all other stuff(downloads for USB drivers, etc) for my phone is available.

 

[a cooperator]

What that won't save would be any email messages or text messages. Those are stored in a protected database in your system folder and is encrypted and not user accessible. You'll need to use a specific backup app to save them. SMS Backup and Restore will be able to save your text messages. As far as email, if you connect to your email server as an IMAP client, then the messages are stored on the server, not on your phone, so you shouldn't have to back anything up. If, however, you connect to email as a POP3 client, then you'll need to copy those messages off your phone before a reset or they will be lost.

Things like Wifi, email and cloud settings and passwords that you entered will all be cleared so make sure you have them because you'll need to set them up again after a reset. Also make sure you have your Google credentials because you'll need them to get back any paid apps or app history from the play store. It would probably be a good idea to verify them prior to the reset by logging into your Google account on a PC, just to make sure you remember everything correctly.

Thanks a lot,
While browsing my Samsung Galaxy Pervail connected to my PC as a media device, I didn't see that some downloaded apps which were downloaded via 'play store' were being saved onto this path "This PC\Hhs Vg (SM-G360P)\Phone\Download' . However, when browsing my phone in the 'my files' folder, and then clicking on ' 'downloaded apps', I see all of them are there. Screen shot below:


So, I couldn't have backed up them manually via MTP. I don't want to redownload them after doing factory reset. I want to have them be already downloaded. Are there any apps designed to backup any user's downloaded apps and restore them ?

PS. I did factory reset, but the SIM still is not detected by my phone. The most strange that all my date was deleted, except for the 'Superuser' which was created after running and scucceded with root via using"Free download KingoRoot Android for Android to be installed as an application on my phone(KingoRoot)

 

[a cooperator]

Could you please reply to both of my previous posts?

 

[lunatic59]

Could you please reply to both of my previous posts?

I am traveling right now. I will reply when I can.

 

[lunatic59]

1- you can look up the build number of that device and find an image of the firmware that was on this phone when he bought it that allowed it to recognize a sim card from his carrier.

I found 4 images with that build number. These are all the stock firmware from Samsung. You can see them in this list:

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-core-prime/SM-G360P/

Before you do ANYTHING, make sure your SIM works in that other phone with the stock firmware. If it doesn't, then flashing your phone with the stock firmware won't get it to work on your carrier either.

2- you think I can make a full Android system image from that device, and try to restore it onto my phone as long as the model name, number, and network type (CDMA) are the same for both devices.

You don't seem to understand how nandroid backups work and what must be done to create one. You also didn't understand when I recommended AGAINST using a nandroid backup from one phone to restore another. That is much too dangerous for me to recommend, even as a last resort.

I don't want to redownload them after doing factory reset. I want to have them be already downloaded.

If you downloaded the apps from the play store, then you can't save the app file for later installation. You'll have to re-download it from the play store.

 

[a cooperator]

I found 4 images with that build number. These are all the stock firmware from Samsung. You can see them in this list:

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-core-prime/SM-G360P/

Before you do ANYTHING, make sure your SIM works in that other phone with the stock firmware. If it doesn't, then flashing your phone with the stock firmware won't get it to work on your carrier either.

Thanks a lot, Lunatic59, very much indeed,
Having said sure your SIM works in that other phone with the stock firmware, you meant only to insert my SIM card to that phone and see if it will be detected?

You don't seem to understand how nandroid backups work and what must be done to create one. You also didn't understand when I recommended AGAINST using a nandroid backup from one phone to restore another. That is much too dangerous for me to recommend, even as a last resort.

No, I am really not familiar with using an nandriod backups at all. I've never ever tried making or restoring from a nandroid backup file.
I've been thinking of it as the way system image backups work on a Windows PC.
if a Windows PC has the same model name, model number, Windows version which another one has, then the backups must work on both PCs.

 

[lunatic59]

Thanks a lot, Lunatic59, very much indeed,
Having said sure your SIM works in that other phone with the stock firmware, you meant only to insert my SIM card to that phone and see if it will be detected?

Yes. That is what I mean. If the SIM is recognized in that other phone running the stock firmware then there is hope that yours could work as well. If it shows up as an invalid SIM, then I think you're out of luck.

I've been thinking of it as the way system image backups work on a Windows PC.
if a Windows PC has the same model name, model number, Windows version which another one has, then the backups must work on both PCs.

No, it's not the same. Android device firmware must match the hardware exactly and any variation, no matter how slight, can permanently ruin your device if you try to install it on a different device.

 

[a cooperator]

Yes. That is what I mean. If the SIM is recognized in that other phone running the stock firmware then there is hope that yours could work as well. If it shows up as an invalid SIM, then I think you're out of luck.

Thanks a lot,
I hope I will be fortunate. But, you don't give me the procedure/guide to be followed to flash my phone with the stock firmware mentioned.

Why do you think I didn't find the original firmware of my phone on the official Samsung website although the USB drivers were there in the downloads?

No, it's not the same. Android device firmware must match the hardware exactly and any variation, no matter how slight, can permanently ruin your device if you try to install it on a different device.

I always notice you you said the "firmware" when you are want to talk about an Android system.
However, I always expect systems for all Android phones can be called Android system, so I say where to download an Android system version of this model name of this phone, for instance.
The same thing with PCs' operating systems can be either, Windows, Linux, etc. For example, I can say I want to reinstall a Windows 10 on this PC.
So, no mention to firmware at all.
AFAIK, firmware is a type of computer program that provides the low-level control for the device's specific hardware. So, I see many Windows programs as individuals need firmware to function well. However, I never ever heard that a whole system as a windows needs firmware. Thus, an Android system is a whole operating system and cannot be just called firmware.

Moreover, do you think that Android systems can be available in a variety of editions, and two versions, 32-bit and 64-bit as in Windows systems?
For instance, Windows systems have the following editions:
Windows 10 Home Premium.
Windows 10 Professional.
Windows 7 Ultimate
Also, they have only two versions, 32-bit, and 64-bit

 

[Deleted User]

I always notice you you said the "firmware" when you are want to talk about an Android system.
However, I always expect systems for all Android phones can be called Android system, so I say where to download an Android system version of this model name of this phone, for instance.
The same thing with PCs' operating systems can be either, Windows, Linux, etc. For example, I can say I want to reinstall a Windows 10 on this PC.
So, no mention to firmware at all.

AFAIK, firmware is a type of computer program that provides the low-level control for the device's specific hardware. So, I see many Windows programs as individuals need firmware to function well. However, I never ever heard that a whole system as a windows needs firmware. Thus, an Android system is a whole operating system and cannot be just called firmware.

The terms "firmware" and "software" get used interchangeably a lot. Technically, firmware is software, but you're right in saying that it's more low level, and usually interfaces with hardware in a direct way - example a HDD controller would be known as firmware. In fact Google defines firmware as

"permanent software programmed into a read-only memory."

By this definition, the whole Android operating system would fulfil it, as on a non-rooted device, it's completely unmodifiable to users. And people refer to "custom ROMs" and firmware to describe it. That's ok.

When you're talking about Windows, then things are different because there are more components involved, and it must handle a multitude of hardware peripherals. This is done by making the system more modular. So for example, if I plug in a new USB peripheral, I'd need to download an appropriate driver to allow the operating system to communicate with it.
Compare this to Android - the hardware platform is much more rigid, and the "firmware" is only set up to handle very specific configurations. That's why you can not just install one ROM image on to another device, and expect it to work. There is none of the flexibility that comes with other operating systems, like Windows, and Linux desktop variants.

 

[a cooperator]

Yes. That is what I mean. If the SIM is recognized in that other phone running the stock firmware then there is hope that yours could work as well. If it shows up as an invalid SIM, then I think you're out of luck.

Yes, I am lucky and my SIM was recognised by that other phone.
However, clicking on your previous link, I got to
Available countries (carrier)

• Spint (cdma) (SPR)
• Unknown (BST)
• Unknown (XAS)
• Virgin Mobile USA (VMU)

Clicking on each one didn't give a direct download, and there wasn't an option to download firmware. So, How to download?
Also, I noticed 4 links for available countries (carrier) to download firmware, so which one should I select?

Besides, I only noticed four firmware with my same building number: So, I think I must only download one of these highlighted in the screen shot below:


I tried clicking on the G360PVPS2AQA1 - GALAXY CORE Prime SM-G360P SPR Spint (cdma) with the date 2017-04-11 although it isn't similar to my build number 'G360PVPU2AOH1', and when getting to the downloaded option, then I found that the file to be downloaded was 607.33 MB. Do you think that firmware file size is 607.33 MB????? Or I was redirected to a wrong file? That file was named with G360PVPS2AQA1_G360PSPT2AQA1_SPR.zip and the address link from which it was captured https://dl.sammobile.com/M1tfQzklJD...dXkdYQQ../G360PVPS2AQA1_G360PSPT2AQA1_SPR.zip

Also, you don't give me the procedure/guide to be followed to flash my phone with the stock firmware mentioned to be downloaded. I must run that firmware download file on my phone while it is running. That firmware will be installed as an Android app?

Why do you think I didn't find the original firmware of my phone on the official Samsung website although the USB drivers were there in the downloads?

 

[a cooperator]

Could you please reply to my final post? I could find any firmware file was shown as downloading file by having to create SamMobile account.

 

[Member 1919122]

... this is like the neverending story...

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-Windows-android-and-iOS-operating-systems

 

[a cooperator]

... this is like the neverending story...

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-Windows-android-and-iOS-operating-systems

Hello, Dannydet
Welcome to this thread of mine. No, I think we are going to the end of it. I only need a confirm for my final previous post.

 

[lunatic59]

Do you think that firmware file size is 607.33 MB?????

Yes, the files are very large and the Sammobile site is slow unless you pay, so you will need several hours to download the firmware. Why did you pick the "Sprint" firmware? Sprint has so specialized features that might prevent you from connecting. I would have thought one of the "unknown" files would be better.

you don't give me the procedure/guide to be followed to flash my phone with the stock firmware mentioned to be downloaded.

You don't download the file to the phone. You download the file to a PC, then you put your phone into "download mode" and plug it into the PC. You use a program called "odin" to flash Samsung phones.

Please watch this tutorial. It explains the process step by step.

 

[a cooperator]

Yes, the files are very large and the Sammobile site is slow unless you pay, so you will need several hours to download the firmware. Why did you pick the "Sprint" firmware? Sprint has so specialized features that might prevent you from connecting. I would have thought one of the "unknown" files would be better.

Thanks a lot,
I only picked that since I noticed that its date is 2017.
I even think that only those firmware with my build number 'G360PVPU2AOH1' could only recognise my SIM card. There are only four of them are similar to my my build number 'G360PVPU2AOH1'. Thus, I think that was why you had said "I found 4 images with that build number" before.

Or you think any firmware with "unknown" would be better regardless if the build number is similar to mine ''G360PVPU2AOH1" or not?

You don't download the file to the phone. You download the file to a PC, then you put your phone into "download mode" and plug it into the PC. You use a program called "odin" to flash Samsung phones.
Please watch this tutorial. It explains the process step by step.

But,
Firstly: I heard the tutorial video say that I must download 'Triangle Away'. to do a phone in 'download mode'. However, I found that I couldn't download that tool for free, I need to pay for it about $2.33. Do you know any alternative?

Secondly: I tried downloadeding 'Odin' and 'Triangle Away' from the tutorial person's dropbox , but I found the links are being banned for a limit traffic.(this error 'This link is temporarily disabled. The person who shared it hit their daily limit of traffic or downloads'.)

Thirdly: pressing and holding the Volume Down key and the Home key, then pressing and holding the Power key in the same time for about 6 seconds putting my phone in 'download mode'.



Fourthly: however, I noticed some instructions to how to flash Samsung phone with the firmware. However, I didn't see any mention for 'Triangle Away' is a must to let me phone reboot in download mode. So, my phone will be in the download mode just pressing and holding Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)

Instructions

• 
  
  
  • Extract (unzip) the firmware file
  • Download Odin v3.11.1
  • Extract Odin ZIP file
  • Open Odin v3.11.1
  • Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
  • Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
  • Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
  • Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
  • Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes

Although the tutorial videos sound didn't sound clear to catch it, do you think I must remove my SIM card from the phone while flashing the phone?

 

[a cooperator]

Could you please help me with downloading firmware from sammobile server.
When my IDM captured the file and began downloading it, after about 5 hours, the connection between my IDM and Sam server stopped downloading for no reason(no transfer rate)
I tried clicking on 'pause' and then on 'start', I was prompted with error.
An erro occurred during download. Pleas tray again.

In each time, I was faced with this.
Although the 'Resume Capability' is Yes, when trying again the download would only have started from the scratch.
With this way, I only discount downloads traffic from my internet subscription without getting any downloads complete.



I tried 'refresh download address', then I saw:
"IDM will open a web page in your browser where it captured this download. Please start the download of the same file from your browser again, and IDM will try to capture a new address or new session data to resume this download"
Then, the website where the download file was captured was launched. However, when clicking on 'download', I was prompted to three options:
*Add the duplicate with a numbered file name.
*Add the duplicate wand overwrite the existing file.
*If existing file is complete, show download complete dialog; otherwise resume it.
When clicking on the third option, the IDM told me 'IDM is downloading this file now'. Though there is no download at all which is in progress.
Thus, I tried selecting the second one, which would begin from the scratch.

 

[a cooperator]

I now only have an issue of downloading the firmware from SamMobile. Please help me. In each time, I saw that downloading stopped responding due to disconnection between Sammobile sever and IDM.

 

[Member 1919122]

Don't download with IDM

 

[mikedt]

It looks like the site doesn't agree your "IDM", whatever that is. Try just downloading the file with your browser.

 

[a cooperator]

I picked to download the firmware with unknown file shown as my build number 'G360PVPU2AOH1'
2015-08-11 Unknown 4.4.4 G360PVPU2AOH1 G360PSPT2AOH1
However, My SIM card is still not detected, prevent my from connecting.
The most strange thing, after finishing the flashing my phone with firmware via the Odin program, I found some of my data(apps installed) have been still there, and were not removed. Isn't flashing my phone with that firmware will install a new fresh installation of Android system with the firmware selected.
While configuring the Odin to flash the firmware, I left it as it was by default(look this screen shot below)



This is the log file of Odin:

<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1101)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/005> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/005> tz.mbn
<ID:0/005> hyp.mbn
<ID:0/005> NON-HLOS.bin
<ID:0/005> sec.dat
<ID:0/005> boot.img
<ID:0/005> recovery.img
<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> modem.bin
<ID:0/005> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/005> RES OK !!
<ID:0/005> Removed!!
<ID:0/005> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Removed!!

--------------------
My SIM card isn't still recognised. However, the build number became shown as G360PVPU2AOH1 after flashing:



The old build number of my phone before flashing was shown as the following:



This is the screenshot of Model number, Android version, and build number for my friend's Samsung Galaxy Prevail LTE on which my SIM card was recognised.



Having looked at the screen shot of my old Build number before flashing, you will see that the date is July 31 2015.
However, the one firmware flashed has
2015-08-11 Unknown 4.4.4 G360PVPU2AOH1 G360PSPT2AOH1

I should try to download another firmware from those left, or it is not worth a try.

 

[a cooperator]

Could anyone please at this splendid forum take some of his precious time out to read my previous post and help me with this issue?

 

[a cooperator]

What I noticed is that although the two Samsung Prevail LTE phones have the same model name, model number (SM-G360P) and with the same Android system and the same build number, the logo shown when my Samsung is booting mobile(on which my SIM card is not recognised) has been as follows SM-G360P and then followed by (4G LTE):







However, this is the log shown when the other Samsung mobile(on which my SIM card was recognised) is booting has been as follows(Samsung)





Will that help find my exact firmware which will flash my Samsung phone to recognise my SIM card? I even tried inserting the SIM card again to that other Samsung phone, and it was recognised well. I am stumbled with why my SIM card is recognised by other Samsung phone, and not recognised by mine although both have the same model name, model number, Android version, and build number.

 

[lunatic59]

Are you sure that your phone is a genuine Samsung and not a counterfeit? The first boot animation (your phone) is not from Samsung. The other is.

With the phones presenting identical information, and your SIM card works in one but not the other, I have a ideas about what might be happening here.

The first is that the SIM slot in your phone is damaged and can't read your sim properly.
Second, The phone is not a genuine Samsung device.
Finally, that the phone's IMEI is somehow blacklisted.

A couple of questions. Sorry if we've already gone over this.

1. Does any different SIM work in your phone? Or does any SIM card you put in it give you the same message?
2. What is the exact message about the SIM card? There are three possibilities. No SIM card means that the phone doesn't think there is anything in the SIM slot. SIM not recognized means that the phone sees a SIM in the slot, but can't identify it to the network. Invalid SIM means that the SIM in the phone will not work with your carrier's network.

 

[mikedt]

From the first Samsung. That actually looks like it could be a carrier logo or trademark, rather than a knock-off device. Where did this phone actually come from? Is it Boost Mobile's logo? Which you wouldn't find in a fake Samsung, but could find in a carrier customized version phone.

EDIT.

I just Googled it, and it is definitely the Boost Mobile startup animation on the first Samsung.

 

[lunatic59]

Okay, thanks Mike.

@a cooperator since Boost Mobile is a Sprint mvno i'd give the Sprint CDMA firmware from Sammobile.com a try.