I have an old Moto G (XT1540) that used to run Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), but it simply won't boot normally anymore. I already have another much better phone I use regularly, so I'm not too broken up about it – except I at least want to get any data I might have had off the phone first.
The boot menu is still working and I'm told that installing TWRP would be a good first step. If there is a a straightforward guide for doing so, that would be appreciated, though I anticipate that it will require much grueling research.
My other concern is the SD card, which was formatted as "Internal Storage" (as I was installing apps onto it). It's definitely not directly readable with Windows or even with DiskInternals Linux Reader, and from what I've read, it's apparently encrypted – but I've also seen things like https://nelenkov.blogspot.com/2015/06/decrypting-android-m-adopted-storage.html that suggest the encryption is relatively easy to bypass.
I'm sure I could find a range of very expensive programs or recovery services, but is there no free tool that is useful for a case like this?
(Or could someone at least please suggest a better place to ask, if not here..?)
The boot menu is still working and I'm told that installing TWRP would be a good first step. If there is a a straightforward guide for doing so, that would be appreciated, though I anticipate that it will require much grueling research.
My other concern is the SD card, which was formatted as "Internal Storage" (as I was installing apps onto it). It's definitely not directly readable with Windows or even with DiskInternals Linux Reader, and from what I've read, it's apparently encrypted – but I've also seen things like https://nelenkov.blogspot.com/2015/06/decrypting-android-m-adopted-storage.html that suggest the encryption is relatively easy to bypass.
I'm sure I could find a range of very expensive programs or recovery services, but is there no free tool that is useful for a case like this?
(Or could someone at least please suggest a better place to ask, if not here..?)
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