I have an issue and I want to see if the community can assist me in order to use TestDisk & PhotoRec to solve it.
I have a micro SD SanDisk Ultra 32 GB.
This was formatted in an Android Phone in order to act as internal memory.
(So I suppose that this means that the card is encrypted so only that phone can access it)
Problem is that the card has been removed from the phone and the phone no longer exists.
When I insert the card in another android phone it asks to be formatted (which I haven't done it).
When I try to access it through the laptop's card reader it won't mount.
I have already tried running PhotoRec but I only get 5 files out of it that are unreadable.
And did one TestDisk attempt and this is the output.
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Thu Nov 26 12:34:39 2020
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 7.1, Data Recovery Utility, July 2019
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
https://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Linux, kernel 5.4.0-53-generic (#59-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 21 09:38:44 UTC 2020) x86_64
Compiler: GCC 9.2
ext2fs lib: 1.45.5, ntfs lib: libntfs-3g, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: none, curses lib: ncurses 6.1
User is not root!
Hard disk list
TestDisk exited normally.
Using locale 'LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=el_GR.UTF-8;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=el_GR.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=el_GR.UTF-8;LC_NAME=el_GR.UTF-8;LC_ADDRESS=el_GR.UTF-8;LC_TELEPHONE=el_GR.UTF-8;LC_MEASUREMENT=el_GR.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=el_GR.UTF-8'.
Thu Nov 26 12:34:44 2020
Command line: TestDisk /debug
TestDisk 7.1, Data Recovery Utility, July 2019
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
https://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Linux, kernel 5.4.0-53-generic (#59-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 21 09:38:44 UTC 2020) x86_64
Compiler: GCC 9.2
ext2fs lib: 1.45.5, ntfs lib: libntfs-3g, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: none, curses lib: ncurses 6.1
/dev/sda: LBA, LBA48, DCO support
/dev/sda: size 976773168 sectors
/dev/sda: user_max 976773168 sectors
/dev/sda: dco 976773168 sectors
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/mapper/control - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop0 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop1 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop2 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop3 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop4 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop5 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop6 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop7 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/mmcblk0 - 31 GB / 29 GiB - CHS 973968 4 16 (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/sda - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60801 255 63, sector size=512 - ST500LM021-1KJ152, S/N:W62ALF4C, FW:0002YXM1
Partition table type (auto): EFI GPT
Media is opened in read-only.
Disk /dev/mmcblk0 - 31 GB / 29 GiB (RO)
Partition table type: EFI GPT
Analyse Disk /dev/mmcblk0 - 31 GB / 29 GiB - CHS 973968 4 16 (RO)
hdr_size=92
hdr_lba_self=1
hdr_lba_alt=62333951 (expected 62333951)
hdr_lba_start=34
hdr_lba_end=62333918
hdr_lba_table=2
hdr_entries=128
hdr_entsz=128
19a710a2 b3ca 11e4 b0 26 10 60 4b 88 9d cf
193d1ea4 b3ca 11e4 b0 75 10 60 4b 88 9d cf
Current partition structure:
1 P Unknown 2048 34815 32768 [android_meta]
2 P Unknown 34816 62333918 62299103 [android_expand]
Backup partition structure
partition_save
search_part()
Disk /dev/mmcblk0 - 31 GB / 29 GiB - CHS 973968 4 16 (RO)
Results
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
TestDisk exited normally.Can you recover the files of an SD card that was configured to act as an internal storage for an Android Phone if the phone has been lost or factory reset?
