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Hello,
I just connected my Sony Xperia Z2 to my PC to clear all its photos, and I noticed that some photos are indeed in the 100ANDRO folder, in the right format and quality, but some of my photos end up in the thumbnails folder and when they are in there, they are in miniature and especially of very poor quality, and I can't find them anywhere else.
How can I find my original photos? And where?
Thank you in advance and happy holidays.
I just connected my Sony Xperia Z2 to my PC to clear all its photos, and I noticed that some photos are indeed in the 100ANDRO folder, in the right format and quality, but some of my photos end up in the thumbnails folder and when they are in there, they are in miniature and especially of very poor quality, and I can't find them anywhere else.
How can I find my original photos? And where?
Thank you in advance and happy holidays.
1 réponse
Hello!
The file thumbnails indeed means "thumbnails" in English (basically); these are files generated to provide a quick preview of the image without having to copy the entire file.
I think the photos have actually been deleted, but not their thumbnail!
There are usually plenty of ways to recover a deleted photo from a standard storage device, but this is a special case:
When a photo is "deleted," it is not really gone. We simply forget where we stored it. In this way, we can overwrite it without worrying about it, or recover the file when we look for it.
Except that sometimes it is not your computer that goes looking for photos on the phone, but rather the other way around.
This is a problematic case!
I'm afraid this might be the case with your phone...
Still, follow this tutorial, just in case:
http://articles.softonic.fr/2014-02-14-clinique-de-l%E2%80%99informatique-%C2%AB-j%E2%80%99ai-efface-des-photos-sur-mon-portable
(one of the few useful pieces of content produced by Softonic)
If that is indeed the case, it is possible to recover the photos by searching directly from the phone. This operation requires special rights, which are not normally available to the user.
You need to perform a manipulation to gain all the rights on the phone, including this one ("rooting"), and then use an appropriate utility.
I should mention that this manipulation carries risks.
A lot of effort that could be interesting if they are important documents, but a bit disproportionate if it’s just vacation photos ;-)
If the phone is recognized as a full disk, then everything I just wrote does not apply, and the tutorial remains valid, of course.
Best regards
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"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. And hate... leads to suffering." - Yoda
The file thumbnails indeed means "thumbnails" in English (basically); these are files generated to provide a quick preview of the image without having to copy the entire file.
I think the photos have actually been deleted, but not their thumbnail!
There are usually plenty of ways to recover a deleted photo from a standard storage device, but this is a special case:
When a photo is "deleted," it is not really gone. We simply forget where we stored it. In this way, we can overwrite it without worrying about it, or recover the file when we look for it.
Except that sometimes it is not your computer that goes looking for photos on the phone, but rather the other way around.
This is a problematic case!
I'm afraid this might be the case with your phone...
Still, follow this tutorial, just in case:
http://articles.softonic.fr/2014-02-14-clinique-de-l%E2%80%99informatique-%C2%AB-j%E2%80%99ai-efface-des-photos-sur-mon-portable
(one of the few useful pieces of content produced by Softonic)
If that is indeed the case, it is possible to recover the photos by searching directly from the phone. This operation requires special rights, which are not normally available to the user.
You need to perform a manipulation to gain all the rights on the phone, including this one ("rooting"), and then use an appropriate utility.
I should mention that this manipulation carries risks.
A lot of effort that could be interesting if they are important documents, but a bit disproportionate if it’s just vacation photos ;-)
If the phone is recognized as a full disk, then everything I just wrote does not apply, and the tutorial remains valid, of course.
Best regards
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"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. And hate... leads to suffering." - Yoda
But I don't understand why the photos would be deleted when I didn't delete them myself.
And they aren't vacation photos or too important, just the kind of photos that I won't be able to take again.
Thank you.
I fear we are in the second scenario.
Sorry, but it won't be easy to get them back, far from it...