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  1. scoot scoot

    Anybody know a good way to recover photos from an Android device? My mother may have lost all her photos and for some reason 70% of the backups on her computer have 0 bytes file sizes

    Sunday, 08-Sep-13 15:22:59 UTC from web
    1. Matt Matt

      @scoot If it's not appearing directly in the Android interface, plug it into a computer with a USB, and look for a folder called DCIM (I think) and another one called Downloads. If the photos aren't in those places, I dunno what to tell you. Sorry. :(

      Sunday, 08-Sep-13 15:26:29 UTC from web
      1. scoot scoot

        @zeldatra They are not even fully showing up with recovery software. I've found like 39 out of a possible 260

        Sunday, 08-Sep-13 15:37:21 UTC from web
        1. Matt Matt

          @scoot The zero byte files might be because she didn't let the photos back up properly. Are these cloud backups or backups onto her computer?

          Sunday, 08-Sep-13 15:39:24 UTC from web
          1. scoot scoot

            @zeldatra Copy and paste.

            Sunday, 08-Sep-13 15:40:09 UTC from web
            1. Matt Matt

              @scoot Ok I don't know what to say then. Maybe they were corrupted?

              Sunday, 08-Sep-13 15:41:07 UTC from web
              1. scoot scoot

                @zeldatra I'm not sure, the other 30% worked perfectly

                Sunday, 08-Sep-13 15:43:53 UTC from web
        2. Justin Pruett Justin Pruett

          @scoot sucks bro. I'm an apple person. It backs right up to iTunes when I connect my computer. Does she upload them to like Facebook? She could redownload them from there

          Sunday, 08-Sep-13 15:39:35 UTC from web
          1. scoot scoot

            @jcpruett98 "Computer". If they were on Facebook why would there be an issue

            Sunday, 08-Sep-13 15:40:41 UTC from web