Recover/Fully Delete Deleted FIles in O2 XDA II

[pinoy69]

Ok guys, you know how you can recover or fully delete files in your PC right? You can use a program like System Mechanic. System Mechanic can also do that to an external device like a digicam or mp3 player. When I say files I'm talking about pictures, videos and multimedia stuffs. I didn't back them up. I just deleted them and of course the occassional hard reset. Now I have some questions:

1. I cannot make my XDA II show as a removable device. I put it in the cradle but it's not showing up as a removable device. I was told that you have to put it in "Storage Mode" and not in "Sync Mode". Anyone who knows how to do this? Or make it appear as a removable device?

2. Do you know of any way to recover files deleted in my xda 2? or fully delete them aside from the system mechanic program?

3. Is there a way for me to reformat my xda 2?

4. When I hard reset my phone, does it delete files permanently and has no way of recovering it?

I would appreciate answers to my questions. Thanks!

[Olipro]

your PPC makes use of RAM as a hard-drive, thus when files are deleted, they are deleted, they're not flagged as overwritable by the OS as you find with a physical HDD in a PC.

[Rudegar]

agree'd but that may not hold try for SD Cards if you just delete a file
being that sd cards have a limited number of writes before they go belly up
it would be silly to truely delete files when you delete them from the os

of cause a format should truely delete everything on the SD card

[pinoy69]

But how come my officemate was able to recover a file in his nokia phone? He used system mechanic. It showed up on system mechanic as a removable device.

Thx for the answer but I don't get what you're saying with SD cards. You mean SanDisk card right? Can u explain more?

[Rudegar]

SD == secure digital
and yes sandisk makes sd cards like they make pretty much all other
flavours of flash cards

not sure how logitech handle their systems internaly
one thing you could do to make sure that your pda really delete
the stuff is to get the program which makes your pda work
as a usb mass storage cntrl device in that case normal pc undelete programs should be able to access it like other volumes

[pinoy69]

Yeah that's what I'm trying to do. I have a system mechanic program on my PC. Unfortunately, my O2 XDA II won't show up as a removable device. ANy ideas on how can I do this?

[devin]

As my first post, sorry for my bad english here. U can use softick cardexport. use googl....., and u can use as a removable device.

[pinoy69]

hhhmm..it says that it's for palm..wld it be compatible with xda 2?

[FOSA]

You can do it, read here:-

http://www.ppcsg.com/index.php?showtopic=61620

[Olipro]

that's for if you've had a piece of removable storage and the FS and/or files on the media have become corrupted (probably due to an incomplete write and bad timing) it is NOT for people who have intentionally deleted files from their card. neither is it for the PDA's on-board memory, which this guy has quite clearly killed intentionally, also mentioning that he has performed the odd hard-reset too.

secondly, just to point out a crucial aspect of your flawed logic;

if it is possible for files to remain in the memory of the PDA even after things such as a hard reset, then why is it that if you remove the battery from your PDA, then leave it in said state for about an hour (drained backup battery) the PDA will be blank after I put the battery back in?