Trying to delete a two-second mistake video through the "Gallery" app, I highlighted and hit "Delete" after selecting the video's folder, rather than the video itself.
This wiped out all photos and videos (kids, beach trip, more family pics, vegetable garden, etc.). &%@#%@!!
I know this basically only deleted a pointer to the location (on "disk") of the folder. I haven't touched the phone since and I know the vast majority of my precious memories are all sitting there waiting to be recovered.
I have an LG G4 Verizon / VS986 running marshmallow 6.0 and VS9862BA
The photos and videos folder was on the phone's internal memory and not on an SD card.
From reading many threads on xda-developers, I have gleaned the following:
- For recovery software to access the /sdcard partition directly (to look for deleted files), the phone needs to be rooted.
- A root for LG G4 Verizon / VS986 on marshmallow 6.0 has not been developed.
- VS986 running lollipop 5.x is rootable
As I understand it, any way available of downgrading to lollipop will reimage the entire phone, blowing away all my hidden deleted data anyway. Is this correct?
With the phone as it is now, is there a way for me to flash a 5.x system image to just the /system partition and not overwrite the entire phone?
If not, is there a way for me, without root access, to take an image of the entire phone (perhaps through boot menu's USB debug mode) and then mount it and scan with recovery tools?
I would follow this procedure ([GUIDE] Internal Memory Data Recovery - Yes We Can! by Wartickler) but it requires root access.
Any other possible ways to recover this data? Am I missing a "How to root Verizon LG G4 under Android 6.0" thread somewhere in this giant site?
I'm pretty desperate.
I will give thanks and praise and a paypal donation to anyone who can help me recover these.
This wiped out all photos and videos (kids, beach trip, more family pics, vegetable garden, etc.). &%@#%@!!
I know this basically only deleted a pointer to the location (on "disk") of the folder. I haven't touched the phone since and I know the vast majority of my precious memories are all sitting there waiting to be recovered.
I have an LG G4 Verizon / VS986 running marshmallow 6.0 and VS9862BA
The photos and videos folder was on the phone's internal memory and not on an SD card.
From reading many threads on xda-developers, I have gleaned the following:
- For recovery software to access the /sdcard partition directly (to look for deleted files), the phone needs to be rooted.
- A root for LG G4 Verizon / VS986 on marshmallow 6.0 has not been developed.
- VS986 running lollipop 5.x is rootable
As I understand it, any way available of downgrading to lollipop will reimage the entire phone, blowing away all my hidden deleted data anyway. Is this correct?
With the phone as it is now, is there a way for me to flash a 5.x system image to just the /system partition and not overwrite the entire phone?
If not, is there a way for me, without root access, to take an image of the entire phone (perhaps through boot menu's USB debug mode) and then mount it and scan with recovery tools?
I would follow this procedure ([GUIDE] Internal Memory Data Recovery - Yes We Can! by Wartickler) but it requires root access.
Any other possible ways to recover this data? Am I missing a "How to root Verizon LG G4 under Android 6.0" thread somewhere in this giant site?
I'm pretty desperate.
I will give thanks and praise and a paypal donation to anyone who can help me recover these.
