Recent content by DougBarton

I bought a new-in-box Tab S2 8" a little over a year ago (so conveniently out of warranty). I know that this is an older model, but it meets my needs. It has worked great the whole time I've owned it until recently. I usually use it from 30 minutes to an hour a day. Sometimes when I'm reading...

I need to do a hard reset on my phone (I posted previously about the fingerprint reader malfunctioning, and my backup pass not working). I plan to use the file recovery tool after I do that, so I need to know what files I'm looking for. I'm certain I want to find the SMS messages and some...

Is there a comprehensive post somewhere that lays out the file system on the S5? I'm particularly interested in the locations of the text messages, and the local (on-phone) memos.

I have a Galaxy S5 purchased in November 2014, on T-Mobile. I've upgraded it consistently so it's now on 5.x (probably 5.1.1). It's worked flawlessly for me, until this morning. I used the fingerprint reader to unlock, and up through last night it was working fine. When I woke up this morning I...