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formatted the SD card

Pleaseme

Lurker
Aug 15, 2010
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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...
 

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