Corrupt photos

[Lrobinson94]

I got a a new ad card and transferred all my photos ... since doing that about 2000 photos have now turned into a grey box with an explanation mark .... I read some things online bought a new decent ad card wich was a samsung one... transferred my photos on to there and there still all corrupted.. please help soo gutted

 

[mikedt]

I got a a new ad card and transferred all my photos ... since doing that about 2000 photos have now turned into a grey box with an explanation mark .... I read some things online bought a new decent ad card wich was a samsung one... transferred my photos on to there and there still all corrupted.. please help soo gutted

A new micro-SD and corrupted photos, quite frankly that sounds like a fake or duff micro-SD. Where did you actually buy this Samsung micro-SD, because there's a lot of fake ones about sold online from China, especially counterfeit Samsung and Sandisk.

I bought a new Samsung 512GB micro-SD a few weeks ago for my phone, and as I'm in China I made sure to only buy it directly from Samsung and nowhere else. Copied a load of music and videos to it, no problem.

 

[Dannydet]

I'll talk about Google photos, but maybe not since nobody actually uses the app until it's too late

 

[Lrobinson94]

A new micro-SD and corrupted photos, quite frankly that sounds like a fake or duff micro-SD. Where did you actually buy this Samsung micro-SD, because there's a lot of fake ones about sold online from China, especially counterfeit Samsung and Sandisk.

I bought a new Samsung 512GB micro-SD a few weeks ago for my phone, and as I'm in China I made sure to only buy it directly from Samsung and nowhere else. Copied a load of music and videos to it, no problem.

Well the one which corrupted my photos was from amazon so I after I read a few things on google i realised it was probably a fake.... so i got the samsung one from argos.... but i just want to know if I can get my photos back now there on a new legit Sd card

 

[mikedt]

Well the one which corrupted my photos was from amazon so I after I read a few things on google i realised it was probably a fake.... so i got the samsung one from argos.... but i just want to know if I can get my photos back now there on a new legit Sd card

No chance I think. Counterfeit micro-SDs actually have a fake chip in them, that lies to the OS what its capacity is supposed to be. Like the capacity is supposed to be say 256GB, but its actual capacity might only be 8GB, or even nothing. So any files are just overwritten or are just not stored at all, and all you can see is a directory list of filenames.

I presume you no longer have the original files, and you deleted them?

Even when buying SD from reputable sources, like Argos or directly from the manufacturer, I strongly suggest you check it first. by storing some test files, to make sure it has no problems. That's what I did with my new Samsung micro-SD before putting it in my phone. And always keep a backup of anything irreplaceable that's on micro-SDs and other media.

If buying from online thru Amazon, make sure the vendor actually is Samsung, if it's Samsung micro-SDs been offered, same for Sandisk, Kingston, etc.