Sadly we were only able to get a partial raw recovery in this case which is typical, but usually we're able to get a better recovery by modifying block numbers however the block number markers made no sense, only high…
We have a high resolution X-Ray machine now for identifying internal faults inside IC's. For example this Lexar Monolithic Flash Drive (FC1178 Based) had a short at the controller preventing us from reading the flash memory chip using standard pin-out…
We routinely develop pinouts and work on monolithic pinouts for our clients and other data recovery labs. Over the years we’ve developed specialized tools and techniques to work on monolithic chips that other data recovery labs don’t have. Typically, we…
We have developed an in-house solution for getting near perfect data recoveries from Silicon Motion based SM3280 based controllers used in commonly flash drives like the Samsung Bar, Samsung Duo, Samsung Plus, and Samsung Fit monolithic flash drives. Traditional tools…
In addition to many of the common methods to improve NAND reliability and performance (eg: wear leveling, error correction code, etc) another common method we’re seeing is the inclusion of Read Retry (Voltage Sensitivity) registers. These registers appear to change…
Here we have an 8GB Lexar S50 Flash Drive. These came in a flip top package usually sold as a pair of two or three with different colors. It uses an Alcor Micro AU6998AN Controller and came in 8, 16,…
Here we have a SanDisk 16GB SDCZ60 Series Cruzer Glide Flash Drive with a broken connector that came in with a broken connector. This is a common failure on this generation of flash drives. After frequent use the metal support…
Here we have a SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB Flash Drive that connects briefly to the computer and then abruptly disconnects when trying to access files. The flash drive uses a SanDisk 20-82-00543 controller which is actually a re-badged Phison…
Today we got a SanDisk SDCZ450-128GB-A46 USB Type-C Flash Drive in for data recovery. The owner had accidentally broken the connector off. The USB-C connector was surface mounted to a monolithic chip which was ripped off. Luckily we were able…