Help Help making an image of the "hard drive" of a phone

[tinker123]

Phone:
LG Volt LGLS740
Android 4.4.2

Computer:
Linux Mint 20.2


Software:
- Android Debug Bridge (ADB) 1:8.1.0+r23-5ubuntu2
- Android SDK Platform Tools Com 27.0.0+12
- Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) library tools 1.1.17-3
- TWRP - could not find a version of TWRP for my phone

Hello,

I would like to recover some deleted pictures from an old phone.

I didn't have any luck using TestDisk on it directly, so I want to make an image of the phone and try TestDisk again.

I found these directions on StackOverflow:

1. Download insecure boot.img to your PC from
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426389

2. Reboot your phone into fastboot mode by powering it off and then pressing
and holding volume-down and power buttons.

3. From your Linux PC in the folder where boot.img is located type:
$ fastboot boot boot.img

4. To copy the image of the mmcblk0 partition type:
$ adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0 mmcblk0.img


I've been stuck on step #2 above.

I haven't been able to get into fastboot mode on my phone.

I mounted my phone:
sudo go-mtpfs -allow-other /media/steve/Steves1TDrive/Phone

I then followed these directions for getting my phone into fastboot mode:

Getting into safe mode:
https://droidrecovery.com/lg-volt-ls740-recovery-mode/


1. First of all, make sure you have installed LG Volt LS740 USB Driver and
ADB and Fastboot Drivers on your Windows PC.

2. Enable "USB Debugging" on your phone from Developer Options.
If Developer Options is missing; go to Settings > About Phone and tap on
Build Number for about 7-10 times.

3. Connect your device to PC and open Command Prompt (CMD).

4. Enter the below command to boot LG Volt LS740 into Recovery Mode.
adb reboot recovery


I skipped the part about "Fastboot Drivers on your Windows PC". Ha ha ha.
All else was okay.

However this command did not work
adb reboot recovery

This is the output I got


$ cd /media/steve/Steves1TDrive/Phone/
$ ls
'Internal storage'
$ adb reboot recovery
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
error: no devices/emulators found
$


/media/steve/Steves1TDrive/Phone is the mountpoint for my phone.

I realize this isn't entirely an Android issue, but I would be grateful for any
help getting my phone into fastboot mode so I can complete the instructions I
found for making an image and eventually recovering deleted pictures from it.

Thanks much for any clues

Steve

 

[Hadron]

Why did you cd to the phone's mount point before issuing the adb command? If the command was successful the phone would reboot into recovery mode and that directory would not be available. I doubt that would be the cause of this problem, but to be sure try again without the cd.

I'd start at the beginning though: the first adb command should be "adb devices". That will tell you whether you have a connection at all. If not then fix that first: check the cable, that USB debugging is enabled on the phone, that the computer is authorised for adb by the phone (probably not relevant if you are running android 4), etc.

But recovery mode won't get you fastboot: you want adb reboot fastboot for that.

(Consider yourself lucky you have a palaeolithic version of Android here: with a newer device the storage would be encrypted and so you would have no hope with this method).