My pixel 6a was autoreseted

constantine99

Hello I have a pixel 6a with Grapheneos 6 months ago and when I connected my device to the car for charging. When the device turn on was reseted and I lost all my data
I dont have a backup anyone know how can I restore my phone?

de0u

constantine99 Hello I have a pixel 6a with Grapheneos 6 months ago and when I connected my device to the car for charging. When the device turn on was reseted and I lost all my data

That's terrible! Can you say a bit more about what happened? How low was the battery when you plugged it in to the car? What sort of car charger was used? Was the engine started before or after the phone was plugged in to the car? Do you recall what was displayed before/during the reset? Did you get any red-text warning about the device state being corrupt, or did it just power on blank?

constantine99 I dont have a backup anyone know how can I restore my phone?

Unfortunately, based on the description so far it might be the case that the former contents of the phone are permanently gone.

matchboxbananasynergy

constantine99 Do you happen to use any apps like "Wasted" (https://github.com/x13a/Wasted) on that device?

The reason why I ask is because apps like that have been known to trigger when they're not meant to and wipe devices.

constantine99

Unfortunately I toal with the guy who setup my pixel and the problem was he install something and when I connect to the car, the car detect the pixel like a usb and the app feel like some want try to hack it therefore reboot the device as a protection

de0u

constantine99 Thanks for getting back to us with the explanation! These days many cars try to be "helpful" by extracting your contact list from your phone if you plug it in (or connect it via Bluetooth), so they can dial phone calls for you. If your phone had an app configured to wipe the phone in response to an external request for data, plugging the phone into a car absolutely could trigger the app.

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constantine99 Hi, You should have mentioned in the first post that you were using Wasted, Please only use such apps at your own risk.

de0u

GrapheneOS I think the original poster constantine99 indicated that the phone was set up by somebody else, so it's possible that the person who set the phone up agreed via the relevant security dialogs without the original poster's knowledge.

GrapheneOS

de0u They can only do this if you explicitly agree to it...

de0u

[deleted] You should have mentioned in the first post that you were using Wasted.

It seems that the original poster may not have known that at the time of the original post.