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"I once put one memory card from one phone to another it said format so I did ,pressed format- and it deleted the lot." I hadn't pressed anything...they disappeared while I was asleep. Literally uploaded pics on to couples profile last night, went to sleep and this morning they were all gone | |||
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"I once put one memory card from one phone to another it said format so I did ,pressed format- and it deleted the lot." That's what formatting means  | |||
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"Do you have Google drive or cloud to save any pictures" Nope, used to but it got hacked before so just use memory cards now | |||
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"Keep the card out of the phone until you get a chance to let the recovery software at it. If the phone is writing to the card, there's a chance it'll overwrite some of your data. Just use your phone's internal memory until then, or buy a new card." I have a spare in now, have removed the other  | |||
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"I hope you can get them back. That's a lot of photos to lose - you must be feeling sick. I've used similar software before to recover photos that had been deleted from a camera. It worked fine, and the camera's owner was very happy. I don't remember the name of it though." Thanks! I am so upset! Photos of my pup and my nan who have both passed away, plus pics of my folks who live abroad and soooooo many others I don't have elsewhere | |||
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"I hope you can get them back. That's a lot of photos to lose - you must be feeling sick. I've used similar software before to recover photos that had been deleted from a camera. It worked fine, and the camera's owner was very happy. I don't remember the name of it though. Thanks! I am so upset! Photos of my pup and my nan who have both passed away, plus pics of my folks who live abroad and soooooo many others I don't have elsewhere "If there's so many priceless pictures is it not worth going to a proper phone shop and have an expert take a luck, | |||
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"Are you sure you're looking in the right place? Sometimes folders have similar names and can get easily confused. (I don't mean to be patronising - this is totally something I'd do!) " Yep, I've checked every inch and when I go into storage settings, it says the sd card is completely empty! Even music is gone. | |||
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"I hope you can get them back. That's a lot of photos to lose - you must be feeling sick. I've used similar software before to recover photos that had been deleted from a camera. It worked fine, and the camera's owner was very happy. I don't remember the name of it though. Thanks! I am so upset! Photos of my pup and my nan who have both passed away, plus pics of my folks who live abroad and soooooo many others I don't have elsewhere
If there's so many priceless pictures is it not worth going to a proper phone shop and have an expert take a luck,"It happened this morning. Not had the opportunity, didn't see the harm asking for advice here... | |||
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"So last night I had over 2000 photos saved to my memory card that's always in my phone. This morning, my memory card is empty. I've tried removing it and putting it back in, but nothing. I'm shit with anything technical or no idea if there's a way of recovering them? Any ideas? "ok hopefully you havnt accidentally formatted the sd card normally you have to go into settings to remove sd card safely | |||
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"So last night I had over 2000 photos saved to my memory card that's always in my phone. This morning, my memory card is empty. I've tried removing it and putting it back in, but nothing. I'm shit with anything technical or no idea if there's a way of recovering them? Any ideas? ok hopefully you havnt accidentally formatted the sd card normally you have to go into settings to remove sd card safely "Literally hadn't touched my phone...they vanished whilst I was asleep! | |||
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"I once put one memory card from one phone to another it said format so I did ,pressed format- and it deleted the lot. That's what formatting means ". there's me thinking 'delete'meant delete | |||
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"I once put one memory card from one phone to another it said format so I did ,pressed format- and it deleted the lot. That's what formatting means .
there's me thinking 'delete'meant delete"See! Technology is confusing af! | |||
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"So last night I had over 2000 photos saved to my memory card that's always in my phone. This morning, my memory card is empty. I've tried removing it and putting it back in, but nothing. I'm shit with anything technical or no idea if there's a way of recovering them? Any ideas? ok hopefully you havnt accidentally formatted the sd card normally you have to go into settings to remove sd card safely
Literally hadn't touched my phone...they vanished whilst I was asleep! "it was Paul Daniels then | |||
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"Don't think you can post links? So copied an entire page: Head off potential problems with your memory card by understanding the main causes of card corruption. A corrupted memory card has damaged data that prevents it from performing properly. If a card becomes unreadable, you may not be able to access photos on it. Memory card corruption often results from human error. Awareness of the main causes can help prevent card corruption from occurring. Causes of memory card corruption Turning off a camera before an image is completely written to the memory card. Removing the memory card from a camera while an image is being written to the card. Removing the card from a memory card reader while files are still being transferred to a computer. Batteries conking out as files are being transferred directly from the camera to a computer. Note: always make sure you have fully charged batteries before transferring images. Removing the card from a card reader while folders and files from the card are open on a computer. Opening, deleting, renaming or moving files on the card while its contents are open on a computer. Using a memory card which has not been formatted in the camera. Use the delete/erase function when needed, however a card should be regularly formatted. Formatting a card in a computer instead of the camera. Formatting a memory card in a computer can slow down data processing when it’s used in the camera. With some memory cards, formatting via a computer may result in compatibility and operational problems. [Related reading: Why format a memory card] Inserting a second memory card into a card reader before closing and removing the first when viewing images on the card from a computer. Taking photos when camera batteries are nearly empty. Taking photos too rapidly so the camera can not complete writing one image before starting the next. Continually shooting and deleting, shooting and deleting images when the card is full. Letting a memory card get too full before downloading the images to a computer or storage device. Cards that are too full may overwrite the card headers. Using a memory card from one camera in a different camera without formatting it in the new camera first. Memory card “fixes” If your memory card becomes corrupted, stop using it immediately. Do not format or attempt to delete any images from it. If the card is still readable, try retrieving the files using an image recovery program. If the card is unreadable in the camera, try retrieving images by using a memory card reader. Some recovery programs recover a wider range of files than others. They recover images, documents, mail, video, music and a variety of file formats such as bitmap, sound, animation, 2D/3D vector graphics, word processor, database and spreadsheet files. If you’ve lost images as well as video and audio files make sure the program you use is capable of dealing with each format you hope to recover. Image recovery programs can be downloaded from the developer’s website, usually with a 15 – 30 day free trial period. When images can’t be recovered If you can’t retrieve images on your own and the photos are of great importance, send the card to an Image Recovery Lab. Many memory card manufacturers offer recovery service…for a fee. If you can part with your photos, it may be less expensive to purchase a new memory card rather than send the corrupted one to a lab. If your card is still on warranty, the manufacturer may attempt photo recovery without charge. Tip: Make sure your Secured Digital memory card is unlocked – If you’re using a SD or SDHC card, make sure the small write-protection switch on the left side near the top of the card is not enabled. Sometimes a card gets locked when inserting it into the camera or card reader. Gently slide the write-protection switch down to unlock it." This is useful. Have you had any luck yet OP? | |||
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"Memory cards are notoriously unreliable. I've had no end of problems with them. USB sticks too. And I wouldn't consider myself a technophobe - I used to run an IT support department in the city" hard drives can be just as bad Just a note here beaware the pc might try to format the card as unrecognizable dont allow it to do so. As ive used these programs often not every program will pull off the files you are wanting. you could lose some or a good chunk of them there is no guaranteeing that you can save files that have been corrupted no matter how much cost you put into them. Its the same with hard drives. | |||
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In short, for everyone using a memory card in their phone, sooner or later you will lose everything stored on there. So always, always, copy all your important data (pics, address book, emails, music, whatever) to another computer at least once a week. Or copy to a cloud service like google drive or drop box. Preferably copy to both - your laptop will die at some point, or you'll forget your google password, there will always be some sort of cock up sooner or later... | |||
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"Memory card technology is actually one of my areas of expertise. A few years ago i was involved in writing software for accessing SDHC cards, reading and writing the files, and recovering what data was possible after corruption. The memory card companies don't like it generally known, but over the last ten years or so they have evolved from a high cost product with only moderate data capacity although very high reliability. Into a low cost, high capacity, unbelievably bad failure rate product. The individual memory cells on the silicon chip are now about 100 times smaller than they were in 2010, so that lots more bytes can fit on the chip and the price per byte is a fraction of what it was. But this has meant that the 1's and 0's stored in the memory get corrupted much much easier. Bottom line is that data storage on an SD card is no longer very reliable, files will fade away over a couple of years, and if errors happen to develop in the top level folder of the card, it can in the blink of an eye become impossible to access anything. The majority of the image data may still be on your card, but the phone may no longer know where any individual image is stored. Kind of like a library where all the books have been fused together into one single gigantic volume and there is no contents list, so you don't know what's in there or where to look for the start of any chapter. And some pages have got holes burned in them, other sections might have had ink spilled all over them. Sorry long story
In short, for everyone using a memory card in their phone, sooner or later you will lose everything stored on there. So always, always, copy all your important data (pics, address book, emails, music, whatever) to another computer at least once a week. Or copy to a cloud service like google drive or drop box. Preferably copy to both - your laptop will die at some point, or you'll forget your google password, there will always be some sort of cock up sooner or later..."I kinda figured this pics that are stored on my memory card are no longer accessible and won't show most will mind | |||
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"Memory card technology is actually one of my areas of expertise. A few years ago i was involved in writing software for accessing SDHC cards, reading and writing the files, and recovering what data was possible after corruption. The memory card companies don't like it generally known, but over the last ten years or so they have evolved from a high cost product with only moderate data capacity although very high reliability. Into a low cost, high capacity, unbelievably bad failure rate product. The individual memory cells on the silicon chip are now about 100 times smaller than they were in 2010, so that lots more bytes can fit on the chip and the price per byte is a fraction of what it was. But this has meant that the 1's and 0's stored in the memory get corrupted much much easier. Bottom line is that data storage on an SD card is no longer very reliable, files will fade away over a couple of years, and if errors happen to develop in the top level folder of the card, it can in the blink of an eye become impossible to access anything. The majority of the image data may still be on your card, but the phone may no longer know where any individual image is stored. Kind of like a library where all the books have been fused together into one single gigantic volume and there is no contents list, so you don't know what's in there or where to look for the start of any chapter. And some pages have got holes burned in them, other sections might have had ink spilled all over them. Sorry long story
In short, for everyone using a memory card in their phone, sooner or later you will lose everything stored on there. So always, always, copy all your important data (pics, address book, emails, music, whatever) to another computer at least once a week. Or copy to a cloud service like google drive or drop box. Preferably copy to both - your laptop will die at some point, or you'll forget your google password, there will always be some sort of cock up sooner or later...I kinda figured this pics that are stored on my memory card are no longer accessible and won't show most will mind "Copy everything off the card while you can, make sure you've got it safe on laptop or somewhere. Best thing then is to bin the card and get a new one - don't buy off ebay, at least 50% of memory cards sold on ebay are fakes. Amazon are okay because if the new card doesn't work or fails in a short time, they are good for no-questions-asked refund. You might be able to squeeze another couple of years out of the old card though, by reformatting it in your phone (only after getting the stuff off it first!) then copying back to it your screensaver pics, ring tones, mp3s etc. The fresh copy of the files should be good for another year or two until the bit-rot gets to them again... | |||
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"Memory card technology is actually one of my areas of expertise. A few years ago i was involved in writing software for accessing SDHC cards, reading and writing the files, and recovering what data was possible after corruption. The memory card companies don't like it generally known, but over the last ten years or so they have evolved from a high cost product with only moderate data capacity although very high reliability. Into a low cost, high capacity, unbelievably bad failure rate product. The individual memory cells on the silicon chip are now about 100 times smaller than they were in 2010, so that lots more bytes can fit on the chip and the price per byte is a fraction of what it was. But this has meant that the 1's and 0's stored in the memory get corrupted much much easier. Bottom line is that data storage on an SD card is no longer very reliable, files will fade away over a couple of years, and if errors happen to develop in the top level folder of the card, it can in the blink of an eye become impossible to access anything. The majority of the image data may still be on your card, but the phone may no longer know where any individual image is stored. Kind of like a library where all the books have been fused together into one single gigantic volume and there is no contents list, so you don't know what's in there or where to look for the start of any chapter. And some pages have got holes burned in them, other sections might have had ink spilled all over them. Sorry long story
In short, for everyone using a memory card in their phone, sooner or later you will lose everything stored on there. So always, always, copy all your important data (pics, address book, emails, music, whatever) to another computer at least once a week. Or copy to a cloud service like google drive or drop box. Preferably copy to both - your laptop will die at some point, or you'll forget your google password, there will always be some sort of cock up sooner or later...I kinda figured this pics that are stored on my memory card are no longer accessible and won't show most will mind
Copy everything off the card while you can, make sure you've got it safe on laptop or somewhere. Best thing then is to bin the card and get a new one - don't buy off ebay, at least 50% of memory cards sold on ebay are fakes. Amazon are okay because if the new card doesn't work or fails in a short time, they are good for no-questions-asked refund.
You might be able to squeeze another couple of years out of the old card though, by reformatting it in your phone (only after getting the stuff off it first!) then copying back to it your screensaver pics, ring tones, mp3s etc. The fresh copy of the files should be good for another year or two until the bit-rot gets to them again..."I don't have a laptop and the card was bought from a high street store | |||
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"Memory card technology is actually one of my areas of expertise. A few years ago i was involved in writing software for accessing SDHC cards, reading and writing the files, and recovering what data was possible after corruption. The memory card companies don't like it generally known, but over the last ten years or so they have evolved from a high cost product with only moderate data capacity although very high reliability. Into a low cost, high capacity, unbelievably bad failure rate product. The individual memory cells on the silicon chip are now about 100 times smaller than they were in 2010, so that lots more bytes can fit on the chip and the price per byte is a fraction of what it was. But this has meant that the 1's and 0's stored in the memory get corrupted much much easier. Bottom line is that data storage on an SD card is no longer very reliable, files will fade away over a couple of years, and if errors happen to develop in the top level folder of the card, it can in the blink of an eye become impossible to access anything. The majority of the image data may still be on your card, but the phone may no longer know where any individual image is stored. Kind of like a library where all the books have been fused together into one single gigantic volume and there is no contents list, so you don't know what's in there or where to look for the start of any chapter. And some pages have got holes burned in them, other sections might have had ink spilled all over them. Sorry long story
In short, for everyone using a memory card in their phone, sooner or later you will lose everything stored on there. So always, always, copy all your important data (pics, address book, emails, music, whatever) to another computer at least once a week. Or copy to a cloud service like google drive or drop box. Preferably copy to both - your laptop will die at some point, or you'll forget your google password, there will always be some sort of cock up sooner or later...I kinda figured this pics that are stored on my memory card are no longer accessible and won't show most will mind
Copy everything off the card while you can, make sure you've got it safe on laptop or somewhere. Best thing then is to bin the card and get a new one - don't buy off ebay, at least 50% of memory cards sold on ebay are fakes. Amazon are okay because if the new card doesn't work or fails in a short time, they are good for no-questions-asked refund.
You might be able to squeeze another couple of years out of the old card though, by reformatting it in your phone (only after getting the stuff off it first!) then copying back to it your screensaver pics, ring tones, mp3s etc. The fresh copy of the files should be good for another year or two until the bit-rot gets to them again...I don't have a laptop and the card was bought from a high street store "Probably a halfway decent card then, but even the best aren't brilliant at holding the data safely now. Get yourself a google account, or dropbox, or some other cloud storage, and copy everything up to there. If you've got an android phone, google is prob easiest. If you've got an iPhone i think that apple have their own cloud app. Google give you 15GB storage for free, or you can pay a small amount (i think it's only a few quid a year) for more space. I don't know what deal apple have but i imagine similar. I like to keep two or three copies of everything, in different places. I can still lose track of where I've put stuff, but very seldom have anything actually gone forever... | |||
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"Memory card technology is actually one of my areas of expertise. A few years ago i was involved in writing software for accessing SDHC cards, reading and writing the files, and recovering what data was possible after corruption. The memory card companies don't like it generally known, but over the last ten years or so they have evolved from a high cost product with only moderate data capacity although very high reliability. Into a low cost, high capacity, unbelievably bad failure rate product. The individual memory cells on the silicon chip are now about 100 times smaller than they were in 2010, so that lots more bytes can fit on the chip and the price per byte is a fraction of what it was. But this has meant that the 1's and 0's stored in the memory get corrupted much much easier. Bottom line is that data storage on an SD card is no longer very reliable, files will fade away over a couple of years, and if errors happen to develop in the top level folder of the card, it can in the blink of an eye become impossible to access anything. The majority of the image data may still be on your card, but the phone may no longer know where any individual image is stored. Kind of like a library where all the books have been fused together into one single gigantic volume and there is no contents list, so you don't know what's in there or where to look for the start of any chapter. And some pages have got holes burned in them, other sections might have had ink spilled all over them. Sorry long story
In short, for everyone using a memory card in their phone, sooner or later you will lose everything stored on there. So always, always, copy all your important data (pics, address book, emails, music, whatever) to another computer at least once a week. Or copy to a cloud service like google drive or drop box. Preferably copy to both - your laptop will die at some point, or you'll forget your google password, there will always be some sort of cock up sooner or later...I kinda figured this pics that are stored on my memory card are no longer accessible and won't show most will mind
Copy everything off the card while you can, make sure you've got it safe on laptop or somewhere. Best thing then is to bin the card and get a new one - don't buy off ebay, at least 50% of memory cards sold on ebay are fakes. Amazon are okay because if the new card doesn't work or fails in a short time, they are good for no-questions-asked refund.
You might be able to squeeze another couple of years out of the old card though, by reformatting it in your phone (only after getting the stuff off it first!) then copying back to it your screensaver pics, ring tones, mp3s etc. The fresh copy of the files should be good for another year or two until the bit-rot gets to them again...I don't have a laptop and the card was bought from a high street store
Probably a halfway decent card then, but even the best aren't brilliant at holding the data safely now.
Get yourself a google account, or dropbox, or some other cloud storage, and copy everything up to there. If you've got an android phone, google is prob easiest. If you've got an iPhone i think that apple have their own cloud app.
Google give you 15GB storage for free, or you can pay a small amount (i think it's only a few quid a year) for more space. I don't know what deal apple have but i imagine similar.
I like to keep two or three copies of everything, in different places. I can still lose track of where I've put stuff, but very seldom have anything actually gone forever..."ok thanks | |||
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"I once put one memory card from one phone to another it said format so I did ,pressed format- and it deleted the lot." I,'ve done this before too xx | |||
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"So last night I had over 2000 photos saved to my memory card that's always in my phone. This morning, my memory card is empty. I've tried removing it and putting it back in, but nothing. I'm shit with anything technical or no idea if there's a way of recovering them? Any ideas? "SD cards are not and have never been reliable, sing up for cloud storage like Dropbox or Onedrive and never ,lose anything again. Google Drive gives you 17.5 GB free, I have 8 years photography work on mine | |||
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"So last night I had over 2000 photos saved to my memory card that's always in my phone. This morning, my memory card is empty. I've tried removing it and putting it back in, but nothing. I'm shit with anything technical or no idea if there's a way of recovering them? Any ideas? "Hi Eileen, did you ever manage to fix this? I had a similar occurrence yesterday, and managed to fix my card, recovered everything. Let me know if you still need help to try and sort it out. Polly xx | |||
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