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Where did my pictures go?

This sounds like a dumb question but I've never had this happen to me before. The other day I switched to Eugene's MIUI Patchrom. I was on it for about ten minutes when I realized I couldn't access my pictures. My gallery was showing a couple hundred when I have over 2000. I assumed it was the rom since it's not super stable. I restored my backup or Juggernaut and I just realized I can still not see my pictures. Surely they didn't get deleted, right? Please help because those pictures mean a lot to me. Thanks.
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Have you tried connecting your phone to your computer and looking for your files that way?

smokeey69 said:
Have you tried connecting your phone to your computer and looking for your files that way?
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Yes. The folders that they were in are now empty.

bbaaccoonn said:
This sounds like a dumb question but I've never had this happen to me before. The other day I switched to Eugene's MIUI Patchrom. I was on it for about ten minutes when I realized I couldn't access my pictures. My gallery was showing a couple hundred when I have over 2000. I assumed it was the rom since it's not super stable. I restored my backup or Juggernaut and I just realized I can still not see my pictures. Surely they didn't get deleted, right? Please help because those pictures mean a lot to me. Thanks.
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I don't know of any ROMS that will wipe the sdcard. Did you check the DCIM directory with root explorer or via USB from your PC?

Yeah I did. Like I said, the folders are still there with the names I gave them, they're just empty.
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O well, have fun finding the pictures/ taking them again.

Besides the attributes getting changed by accident to hidden, I'd cough it up as a loss unless you can manage to do a file recovery program to scrape them off somehow
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Probably got corrupted, do as advised and run a recovery search
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Yeah I did. Like I said, the folders are still there with the names I gave them, they're just empty.
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O&O Software makes a really good file/folder/partition recovery program. I'd imagine it would work on sd, but im not 100% sure.. It never hurts to check

That's always my biggest worry when switching to a new ROM, because all my videos and pics are of my kids for the most part.
I personally don't know the best way to get them back, and the position you are in really sucks. What I tend to do is backup all my photos and pictures to my external SD card (32gb, so I have the space). Also make a backup on my computer and make another backup through a cloud storage program of your choice, I am currently using Drive.
I know that is a bit of overkill, but again, they are pics and vids of my kids growing up so I want to be 100% certain they don't get lost.
Hopefully you are able to find those pics, if not, perhaps my suggestion will help you in the future. Peace.

Thanks for the help, those who actually suggested something. I used some app from the gay store and it was able to recover some of my pictures, but not all. I suppose I'll just have to be more careful and make backups in the future.
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Recover lost files?

So my internal SD was accidentally wiped, I really need a CWM backup I had in there. Is there any good file recoveries? All I've tried failed. Am I screwed? thanks

Sad to say but yes. Just about everyone who flashes has been where you are. Experience teaches you to not only have a cwm backup but to use dropbox or picassa for photos, your laptop for music and your google or Gmail account for contacts . Sorry this doesn't help you but it will anyone else that reads the thread.
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Okay thanks. I'm fine for music and photos, mostly my titaniumbackups that I really miss

Yes, you are screwed. There are a few other threads about this. I lost some pictures on my Xoom due to the same thing.
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I'm not sure if this will work, but I took classes on forensic recovery. There is a program called FTK imager. It's free and an amazing piece of software. You connect the card to your computer and perform an image. The program takes a bit getting used to, but after the image, open the image in ftk if it doesn't automatically and you should see your typical file structure. You can then recover files that haven't been overwritten.
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Well crap.. I originally thought you said external... You may still give it a shot mounting your phone on your computer and trying it then. I've never tried it with a phone before..
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All JPEG files automatically deleted today - CM10

So today I noticed all my photos in my gallery app were greyed out... thought it was strange. Selected one... big grey pic... then another.... and another....
These pics span the internal storage and sd card....
First I deleted the cache to the gallery app.... same result...
OK... went into es file explorer.... dcim... camera..... all JPEGs gone....
Went into the sdcard..... have multiple folders under pics main folder... all empty... except for any video files...
Then mounted on my PC... and they also don't show.
What could of happened to cause this.... I wouldn't normally care but I lost a lot of pics of my kids... that spanned 3+ years that weren't all backed up. Any help on the snowballs chance in hell of recovering this would be appreciated.... but at the very least any reasonable explanation as to why this may have happened would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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You could try pulling the sd card out, putting it in the computer directly, and then using a data restore or undelete app. As long as the sectors haven't been rewritten, they should be recoverable.
Also, this may help for the future. I use my phone to capture my kids as well. What I've been doing is using the auto upload features in both Google+ and DropBox, to back pics up in replicate. Sucks for bandwidth and battery usage, but it is what is is. lol
Hope you get them back!
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Forza Palermo!
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Mi|enko said:
You could try pulling the sd card out, putting it in the computer directly, and then using a data restore or undelete app. As long as the sectors haven't been rewritten, they should be recoverable.
Also, this may help for the future. I use my phone to capture my kids as well. What I've been doing is using the auto upload features in both Google+ and DropBox, to back pics up in replicate. Sucks for bandwidth and battery usage, but it is what is is. lol
Hope you get them back!
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I will try that when i get the chance.... just wish i knew WHY this happened. So frustrating!

So i was able to recover my files on the external sd card with a card reader.... now how would i do the same on the internal card, if we cant mount it with usb mass storage mode?

GameOver69 said:
So i was able to recover my files on the external sd card with a card reader.... now how would i do the same on the internal card, if we cant mount it with usb mass storage mode?
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There is a pc program called recova I think it's from pirova. I wiped my phone once and was able to do the deep scan and recovered them. Hope it helps good luck.
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So i was able to recover my files on the external sd card with a card reader.... now how would i do the same on the internal card, if we cant mount it with usb mass storage mode?
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Unfortunately, I don't think that one's doable with the way the device mounts. You may be able to mount it as a drive via recovery, but I'm not sure.
Edit: Just noticed your other post. You're asking the right thing. Hope you get an answer. If CWM doesn't have it, you could try TWRP.
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Mi|enko said:
Unfortunately, I don't think that one's doable with the way the device mounts. You may be able to mount it as a drive via recovery, but I'm not sure.
Edit: Just noticed your other post. You're asking the right thing. Hope you get an answer. If CWM doesn't have it, you could try TWRP.
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Recova is what i used on the SD card and worked perfectly.
Also, i flashed TWRP... and the option isnt there either, so i will assume that its not possible on our phone yet... so for now im screwed...
am afraid to install any new programs or files, in fear of losing my more current pics, which were internally.

That happened to me too, but i am using the GS2 Tmobile, after flashing cm 9 nightlybuild. but my picture on my sd card, so i guess will use recova.
Thanks and hope you get your pictures recovered.
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It sucks that you lost quite a few pictures that mean a lot to you. I do see sincerely hope that you now understand the importance of backing up these important files. This really goes for everyone. Keep important files backed up in at least one other place, and keep it up to date. Most people don't start doing backups until they've lost something that's irreplaceable.

Recover deleted Photos

I was trying to transfer some photos from my note 2 to my computer and I accidentally deleted them through finder in the android file transfer app. I think they may have been in the internal phone memory and I really want to get these pictures back please help.

Google recova or something like that
It finds them on pc and sd cards
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StarLog said:
Google recova or something like that
It finds them on pc and sd cards
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I don't think they were on the sd card because in my gallery i can see two different types of folders one says camera and the other one says camera with a lil pic of an sd card on it and they got deleted from the first folder

If you're rooted you can use Hexamob Recovery or Undelete For Root Users. Otherwise search the Play Store for file recovery apps, but there's a chance you have to be rooted for one to work.
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ImYourMacDaddy said:
If you're rooted you can use Hexamob Recovery or Undelete For Root Users. Otherwise search the Play Store for file recovery apps, but there's a chance you have to be rooted for one to work.
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I'm not rooted and haven't been able to find any apps that can recover...the pics were on the phone's internal memory and not the sd card which is why I'm guessing that these recovery programs i downloaded on my mac haven't been finding anything to restore

StarLog said:
Google recova or something like that
It finds them on pc and sd cards
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Dude recuva has saved my ass numerous amounts of times. Its why I love it recommend it whenever.:thumbup:
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slicingtaco said:
Dude recuva has saved my ass numerous amounts of times. Its why I love it recommend it whenever.:thumbup:
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even if they were deleted from internal storage?

Try it and see. If it doesn't work, root the phone. They all work for internal memory if the phone is rooted. Been there, done that.
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The longer you wait, the more likely you won't be able to recover. Those areas they were stored may get written over again. Just try. At this point it seems you have nothing to lose.
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spycedtx said:
The longer you wait, the more likely you won't be able to recover. Those areas they were stored may get written over again. Just try. At this point it seems you have nothing to lose.
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Well its a matter of the data being over written by newer data. He can wait days without overwriting and still be able to recover it.
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slicingtaco said:
Well its a matter of the data being over written by newer data. He can wait days without overwriting and still be able to recover it.
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I think that's what I just said.
If you do need root for any of the recovery apps, install exynos abuse (found in these threads). It's a quick apk install and a quick button click to gain root. I just hope installing yet one more app doesn't write over those sectors. Perhaps as a last resort.
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[Q] SD card corrupted my files (HELP)

I took some pictures and a few hours later, when I decided to review them, the files wouldn't open. My S3 says that the files are corrupted. I tried opening them up with my pc but it still states the same. I don't know what happened, I didn't take the sd card out or anything. I can view older photos but not the last ones I took. I really need those pictures, is there any way to retrieve them or to fix the files? Please help!
I have a T-Mobile GS3 4.1.2 and a Samsung 64gb class 10 SD card.

Are you rooted? Using a Rom? Any mods, particularly camera mods?
Is your sd formatted as exFat? May be that the card is going bad. Make sure you back up all the data on it just in case.
If you take more pics, do they all show up correctly?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Are you rooted? Using a Rom? Any mods, particularly camera mods?
Is your sd formatted as exFat? May be that the card is going bad. Make sure you back up all the data on it just in case.
If you take more pics, do they all show up correctly?
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Thanks for the quick response.
-My phone is rooted.
-I am not using any roms.
-No mods, everything is stock (except for the root).
-The sd is formatted as exFat.
-I can still view and save things in the sd card.
-I made a copy of everything and saved it in my laptop. I can see the corrupted files, it shows they are there, their size, info, and everything but when I try opening them it just says that the files are corrupted.

Set the camera to save to internal storage. Take some pics and if they're corrupted its a camera or software problem. If they're ok it may be the card.
Try reforming the card and try again.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Set the camera to save to internal storage. Take some pics and if they're corrupted its a camera or software problem. If they're ok it may be the card.
Try reforming the card and try again.
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I can save them in my internal storage. I'm pretty sure its not the camera. I just want to recover my photos but if I reformat it, I will lose everything.
Is there any way to fix the files or do something around those lines that will allow me to recover them?

No idea. If they were corrupted when they were saved, you're probably outta luck I'm afraid. Even.If they were corrupted later, I wouldn't know how to even start on something like this. I doubt it's really even very possible. Sorry.
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And the only way to know if it's the camera is to set it to internal, and take pictures.
If they're fine, it's not the camera. If they're also corrupted, it MIGHT be the camera.
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DocHoliday77 said:
No idea. If they were corrupted when they were saved, you're probably outta luck I'm afraid. Even.If they were corrupted later, I wouldn't know how to even start on something like this. I doubt it's really even very possible. Sorry.
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And the only way to know if it's the camera is to set it to internal, and take pictures.
If they're fine, it's not the camera. If they're also corrupted, it MIGHT be the camera.
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Thanks for the help, I'll keep trying to figure something out.