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    My fiance updated her galaxy 13 phone and the OS update erased all her notes and files

    My fiance updated the OS on her galaxy phone and it erased all her files including important recipes and other vital information she needs to conduct business. Why did this happen? How can she recover them. Files weren't back up, they just disappeared from her device. Please help
  2. elflamablanca

    Can't add/delete files from my phones app data folders

    I am talking about the Kodi app ... PC\Z Fold5\Internal storage\Android\data\org.xbmc.kodi I got a new phone and I wanted to just move all my files from my Kodi app to the new phone. It will take me forever to get Kodi setup if I have to do it manually. But it doesn't let me drag and drop the...
  3. patrycio12

    Need odin files 4 galaxy a7 2018

    Need Odin files 4 galaxy a7 ans SO Android 12 . I want update galaxy a7 2018 to Android 12
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    Android 4.4.2(Kitkat): Screen Lock and Reaching Files Through USB

    Hello. I have an Android 4.4.2(Kitkat) mobile phone which needs to be repaired.(It doesn't charge) I have some important files in it. I don't want the people who repairs it to reach my files. Before my phone had this problem, it had a password which worked as a screen lock. I had to enter it...
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    Source for attaching photos

    I made the terrible mistake of selecting a file in Google Drive to attach to a tweet. Now whenever I want to attach a file to anything it opens Drive. How can I restore the old behavior of opening Files on the local device? Galaxy Tab S7 SM-T870, Android 13,
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    Backup Xiaomi and recovery files

    Hello, Sorry, I'm using google translate. I would like to try to recover some lost information from my phone. I read that it's best to make an image of the phone, and then throw this image into some recovery program. My question is whether it is possible to make such an image without root, and...
  7. ottersss

    getAssets().openFd() throw exception

    Hello all, I place 2 files in assets folder res.bin (650 MB) res_LITE.bin(200 MB) Then i use getAssets().openFd("filename") to load these files, but i have a trouble. In Android version 8,9,10,11,12,13: It was fine In Android version 6,7 (Nexus 6 - Android 6.0.1, Samsung J2 Pro - Android...
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    Help I did a factory restart to my F21 and it has been stuck on a strange icon screen for two days, what should I do?

    So I have an F21 that I had to reset to factory settings, but for some reason it's been stuck on this screen for two days, I think its operating system was deleted or something, but I can't try to fix it because it's impossible to access the files (even via PC). The model of the phone is F21...
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    What is this file for?

    What is this file from? /storage/emulated/0/Download/Image_System.txt It's listed in Google files under documents as Image_System.txt and when I click on it it opens a page that has this...
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    Question about files on Android Studio

    I have a question about using a real phone to run my Android Studio app. I have been working on an app as part of my senior design class and have it working as I want when emulating my device. However, when using my real device (Galaxy S7 Edge) it will crash when I try and run it. I believe this...
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    Where are my Pictures??

    Who created this environment?? Did no one test it to see if it was usable? 1. Take a picture 2. Open whatever tool the phone comes with to view them. See it's there... okay. 3. Create an email 4. Try to attach the picture... Can you find it?? I can't. There are all these different...
  12. MoodyBlues

    Power users, especially Linux: great file manager(s)?

    I've tried more file managers than I can even recall. NONE--other than the now off-limits ES--provided all the features I want. So I thought I'd ask for suggestions. If any of the following is unfamiliar to you, you might want to move on. :) I need [* or very strongly want]: - full network...