Help to retrieve data without reloading bootloader/unrooted

[Nikki Finn]

Hello. New to this process but will try to be as detailed as possible.

About three weeks ago, my husband accidentally reformatted my new (to me) OnePlus X phone. I had finally decided to use it as a phone after testing it for awhile (wifi, camera, various settings..)

I had a number of photos and recordings that I kept on the device (it never strayed from home.)

I am not at all savvy with phone tech but I did know that a format doesn't totally erase all of your information-- retrieval is possible.

I tried every single android recovery service that I could find on this site and others--about 10-- and not a single one was able to read the device.

I have learned this: something about a boot loader.... the device can be read but not without loading/reloading a boot loader, which would in turn completely wipe the phone.

I do not want this. I am tried everything else-- and the other half may have given up.

I have not been able to use the phone in the hopes that a solution can be found.

I believe there is a solution for this OnePlus X phone.

Thank you

 

[jeffhaskins]

Enable dev options by going to Settings/About Phone/ and tap on the build number 8 times.

Then go into dev options and enable USB debugging. Install the necessary drivers for your device and download minimal adb and fastboot. Extract adb and fastboot to a folder on your desktop. Open the folder, hold shift, and right click. Select open cmd window here.

Now in the cmd window type

adb devices

It should show a modem number and say connected or online.

Next type

adb pull /sdcard/

This should pull all files from the internal storage.