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My Pixel 3 may be corrupted, can I recover anything before I factory reset it? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I just want a couple videos off the device, everything else is either backed up or recoverable. The device currently can:

  • Stay locked after a reboot

  • Unlock for about 30-45 seconds before restarting and displaying the recovery screen I attached.

  • Boot into recovery/rescue mode (kinda, it shows the android mascot with a red warning icon and the text "no command", but I can't seem to mount it in windows or Linux

Is there any chance at all that I could get files off the device?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not 100% certain, but I think Android encrypts your files by default if you have a screen lock set up. So if you turn the screen lock off, you should be able to get a readable filesystem off it from recovery.

The android thingy with "no command" is normal. Have you checked if it shows up in adb with adb devices?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tried this for myself real quick, I can't get adb to open a shell due to SELinux, and adb ls /sdcard results in an empty directory, so looks like it is still protected.

I think you might need someone with some more expertise on this to help you, sorry

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

all good, thanks for your help. in the end I just had to suck it up and start from scratch. At least the phone works now.