For open source, I regularly use formost (packaged for most Linux distros) which can pull more than just photos out of a disk image. Again you lose metadata (like file names) but the content is what matters.
I was unable the root the Galaxy Nexus that I had access to. If we can get a disk image out of this thing I can help from that point on. I haven't rooted an Android device in a couple of years now so am more than a little rusty on this. On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:58 PM, caziz <ca...@cuug.ab.ca> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Galaxy Nexus only has an internal sd. > That's why I am looking for someone with specific knowledge. > Received the general advice several times. Ditto some Google searches I > tried. > Neither got me any closer to a solution. > > The second problem is getting the raw SD image to disk and then can romp > on it. > The first problem rooting the phone without killing anything. > > PhotoRec is well regarded. > > Thanks, > Chris > > > On 14-10-09 08:46 PM, Jeffrey Clement wrote: > > Any idea if your photos were on a removable memory card vs. built-in > memory? > > > > If the DCIM folder was on a removable SD card I’d suggest pulling the > card before you do anything else and running PhotoRec against it ( > http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) using another machine. I’ve > used PhotoRec in the past and it’s phenomenal. You point it at a drive and > it walks through the raw data left on the disk looking for patterns it > recognizes (photos, music, bitcoin wallets, etc) and restores those files > to another disk. You’ll have lost the meta-data for the files but, > fortunately, because they are photos you can scrape a lot of that out of > the EXIF data with tools like jhead (http://freecode.com/projects/jhead). > > > > Hope this helps, > > Jeff > > > > On Oct 9, 2014, at 8:12 PM, caziz <ca...@cuug.ab.ca> wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> In the throes of a random brain fart, I deleted the DCIM directory > >> instead of copying it on my Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.1 > >> > >> I believe it is still possible to recover the files but as a first step > >> need to "root" the phone. > >> > >> With my recent string of bad luck, I am quite nervous and would > >> greatly appreciate if someone with specific knowledge of this situation > >> would kindly walk me thru the recovery. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Chris Aziz > >> (cell) 403-547-1413 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> clug-talk@clug.ca > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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