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Help Data recovery after factory reset?

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I have a HTC One SV and it suddenly went wrong. It will switch on and get to the lock screen. But just as I drew the unlock pattern on, it freezes then restarts itself. Sometimes it even reboots by itself once it reaches the lock screen.

I heard that factory reset fixes most software problem and I'm planning on going ahead with it. The only problem is that I haven't synced my contacts nor my files to Google/Dropbox. I have read and seen plenty of articles/videos saying that the deleted data can be recovered using some software (eg. Tenorshare, EaseUS, Dr Fone, etc). Does anyone know whether these software work? Are they safe to use? Also, is there a free one? (Can't afford £30+ to use a software once!)

Can anyone help?
 
Honestly I wouldn't trust those apps any further than I could throw a car.

Sorry for your trouble, when you get back what you can, try Helium Backup.
 
for Contacts and SMS stuff plus some apps, you can't beat Super Backup.

I use it to email my contacts list to me, and also to put them on the extSDcard.
It does not require ROOT which Titanium does.
Helium to me is totally useless, you have to connect the phone to the PC before it will do anything, I have tried and tried to make that thing work. I deleted it forever.

* Super Backup : SMS & Contacts - Android Apps on Google Play

with this app, all you do is Backup and send it somewhere from the phone.
To 'ell with the PC
 
AZgl1500 said:
for Contacts and SMS stuff plus some apps, you can't beat Super Backup.

I use it to email my contacts list to me, and also to put them on the extSDcard.
It does not require ROOT which Titanium does.
Helium to me is totally useless, you have to connect the phone to the PC before it will do anything, I have tried and tried to make that thing work. I deleted it forever.

* Super Backup : SMS & Contacts - Android Apps on Google Play

with this app, all you do is Backup and send it somewhere from the phone.
To 'ell with the PC
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Do I have to have access to my phone to use Super Backup? Because at the moment, I can't do anything beyond the lock screen...
 
If it's an android app, yes, you need access to the phone.

If you have USB debugging enabled you could do a backup using ADB, but you need to access the phone in order to enable USB debugging. :(
 
Google backs up the obvious stuff e.g. Contacts, Messages, etc and which apps where installed, but not apps' data so e.g. an email app not connected with google will lose all its data in this situation.

The only solution is a rooted phone and something like Titanium Backup (that's what I use).

I assume google, like Apple, don't allow a total "image backup" because it would enable the creation of multiple unlicensed copies of everything. That's why Titanium needs a rooted phone to work properly. With Windows you have e.g. Trueimage which trivially creates a perfect copy of the HD but that's because on Windows people have basically given up on copyright, and a lot of pricey apps implement their own methods.
 
If you have a custom recovery you can create partition images (that's what a nandroid backup is, a set of images). But that doesn't help with the original question (that was a long time ago now, but I'm pointing this out in case someone with a similar problem finds this thread).
 
peterh337 said:
I assume google, like Apple, don't allow a total "image backup" because it would enable the creation of multiple unlicensed copies of everything.
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Partly, but mostly because to allow a "total image backup" requires root privileges to access /system. which in the hands of 99% of users is an accident waiting to happen. The /system partition is normally inaccessible for good reason... safety and security.

With Windows you have e.g. Trueimage which trivially creates a perfect copy of the HD but that's because on Windows people have basically given up on copyright
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No, it's because restoring a PC (or a major server, for that matter) is slightly more time-consuming to restore than an Android device. And don't single out Windows users.... similar tools have been available to Linux admins even longer. :)

Btw, have you ever tried restoring and booting a non-native TrueImage backup? Believe me, the results can be spectacular... and not in a good way. :(
 
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