formatted the SD card

Pleaseme · August 15th, 2010, 05:21 AM

Hi!

Look, one of the first things I have made with my new HTC Tattoo has been formatting the SD card. As soon as I realized what I had done, I turned off the phone, extracted the card, and using testdisk, I recovered its contents. They were:

Some example background images.
Some example music, with cover images
A pdf file, the instruction manual of the machine.
An executable, the sync program.
A large lot of .txt and .f files. Some of them contain image orientation data. The rest contain code. For example:

Code:

IST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMHorizontalRes</key>
	<dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
		<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
		<array>
			<dict>
				<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMHorizontalRes</key>
				<real>72</real>
				<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
				<integer>0</integer>
			</dict>
		</array>
	</dict>
	<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMOrientation</key>
	<dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
		<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
		<array>
			<dict>
				<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMOrientation</key>
				<integer>1</integer>
				<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
				<integer>0</integer>
			</dict>
		</array>
	</dict>
	<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMScaling</key>
	<dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
		<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
		<array>
			<dict>
				<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMScaling</key>
				<real>1</real>
				<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
				<integer>0</integer>
			</dict>
		</array>
	</dict>
	<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMVerticalRes</key>
	<dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
		<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
		<array>
			<dict>
				<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMVerticalRes</key>
				<real>72</real>
				<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
				<integer>0</integer>
			</dict>
		</array>
	</dict>
	<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMVerticalScaling</key>
	<dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
		<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
		<array>
			<dict>
				<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMVerticalScaling</key>
				<real>1</real>
				<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
				<integer>0</integer>
			</dict>
		</array>
	</dict>
	<key>com.apple.print.subTicket.paper_info_ticket</key>
	<dict>
		<key>PMPPDPaperCodeName</key>
		<dict>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
			<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>PMPPDPaperCodeName</key>
					<string>Letter</string>
					<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
					<integer>0</integer>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<key>PMTiogaPaperName</key>
		<dict>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
			<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>PMTiogaPaperName</key>
					<string>na-letter</string>
					<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
					<integer>0</integer>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMAdjustedPageRect</key>
		<dict>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
			<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMAdjustedPageRect</key>
					<array>
						<real>0.0</real>
						<real>0.0</real>
						<real>734</real>
						<real>576</real>
					</array>
					<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
					<integer>0</integer>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMAdjustedPaperRect</key>
		<dict>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
			<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMAdjustedPaperRect</key>
					<array>
						<real>-18</real>
						<real>-18</real>
						<real>774</real>
						<real>594</real>
					</array>
					<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
					<integer>0</integer>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.PaperInfo.PMPaperName</key>
		<dict>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
			<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>com.apple.print.PaperInfo.PMPaperName</key>
					<string>na-letter</string>
					<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
					<integer>0</integer>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.PaperInfo.PMUnadjustedPageRect</key>
		<dict>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
			<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>com.apple.print.PaperInfo.PMUnadjustedPageRect</key>
					<array>
						<real>0.0</real>
						<real>0.0</real>
						<real>734</real>
						<real>576</real>
					</array>
					<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
					<integer>0</integer>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.PaperInfo.PMUnadjustedPaperRect</key>
		<dict>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
			<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>com.apple.print.PaperInfo.PMUnadjustedPaperRect</key>
					<array>
						<real>-18</real>
						<real>-18</real>
						<real>774</real>
						<real>594</real>
					</array>
					<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
					<integer>0</integer>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.PaperInfo.ppd.PMPaperName</key>
		<dict>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.creator</key>
			<string>com.apple.jobticket</string>
			<key>com.apple.print.ticket.itemArray</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>com.apple.print.PaperInfo.ppd.PMPaperName</key>
					<string>US Letter</string>
					<key>com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag</key>
					<integer>0</integer>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.APIVersion</key>
		<string>00.20</string>
		<key>com.apple.print.ticket.type</key>
		<string>com.apple.print.PaperInfoTicket</string>
	</dict>
	<key>com.apple.print.ticket.APIVersion</key>
	<string>00.20</string>
	<key>com.apple.print.ticket.type</key>
	<string>com.apple.print.PageFormatTicket</string>
</dict>
</plist>
8BIM

The images and the music are not important. The pdf and the executable aren't too. But I am worried about those .f files. They look important! The phone is working fine, but...

jitin_s · August 15th, 2010, 02:48 PM

Its a common practice for a lots of downloaded as well as native apps to store files on SD card, but those are strictly for caching purpose. So deletion of these files should not break any functionality