Microsoft has updated and renamed the former Windows
Phone Recovery tool to Windows Device Recovery tool v. 3.0.1.
Not exact matches
The people doing the scraping used account
recovery and search
tools that let users look people up by
phone numbers and email addresses, then took information from profiles.
Also, download and install a custom
recovery image on your
phone as the CM10.1 update can be flashed only by using the CWM
recovery tool (you have more details about how to use a
recovery image during the proper steps from below).
So, these
tools are useful only if you want to perform complex operations on your
phone / tablet, else you will replace the stock
recovery without any purpose.
The image can be used to recover the
phone in case of serious issues with software development or testing, though the
recovery and reinstallation process requires that the
phone's bootloader be unlocked prior to the
recovery process and oddly, be relocked immediately afterwards in order to complete the process with the fastboot
tool found in the SDK.
Facebook also said «malicious actors» have been scraping public profiles via its search and account
recovery feature, a
tool that allowed users to find people by entering their
phone number or email address.
We created a new
tool called the Windows
Phone Recovery Tool that will restore that image if necessary.
Without a consistent experience to do this, you might end up spending more time finding the
recovery tool for a specific PC than actually fixing the problems, and this gets even worse if you're helping someone over the
phone.
During today's disclosure and announcement, Facebook explained that the account -
recovery and search
tools using email and
phone numbers could have been used to scrape information about of all of Facebook's users.
The N4 and N5 are no exceptions here, as legendary developer Chainfire created a handy
tool that will not only root your
phone, but will also unlock your bootloader to allow for installation of a custom
recovery using the CF - Auto - Root Method.
Also, download and install a custom
recovery image on your
phone as the CM10.1 update can be flashed only by using the CWM
recovery tool (you have more details about how to use a
recovery image during the proper steps from below).
To pull this off, EverythingApplePro says the creators of the
tool exploited a loophole in the
phone's data
recovery state that allows users to enter as many password attempts as they need.
Now, the
recovery tool will download the image from Microsoft's servers and replace Windows 10 Mobile that is currently on your
phone.
So, these
tools are useful only if you want to perform complex operations on your
phone / tablet, else you will replace the stock
recovery without any purpose.
You must learn how to install the official touch Clockworkmod
Recovery if you want to update your Galaxy S 3 with custom ROMs, or with a beta firmware, as the
tool is offering you the possibility of flashing files straight from the
phone's SD card.
However, putting the backup software in the
recovery tool is the first step before they push it out to
phones through an over-the-air update.
Maybe it was a better idea to roll back to Windows
Phone 8.1 using the
Recovery tool and then get directly the new build to skip the interim update.
Your
phone is now prepared for the flashing operation, but for properly installing the CWM
recovery tool on your HTC One you still have to perform the following tasks:
Microsoft has officially confirmed that a software
recovery tool will be available for those joining the Windows 10 for
phones preview program, so they can roll back their devices to Windows
Phone 8.