Help camera images not saved in DCIM folder or anywhere else

[cmj556]

I can't find my jpg camera images anywhere on the SD card. In the DCIM folder, there's only a .thumbnails folder which contains the tiny versions. That folder contains a 108MB .thumbdata3- file.

When mounting the phone in Windows Explorer (Win 7), I can't find them in any other directories. A search on the whole card for .jpg only finds the thumbs, photos taken by the Facebook app, and the stock images that shipped with the phone.

However, when I go to the gallery and email a pic, the full size 1+ MB image gets sent to my Gmail. The gallery image details lists the path as /mnt/sdcard/DCIM/100ANDRO/DSC_0XXX.jpg but that folder doesn't show up in the explorer. Yes, Windows Explorer is set to show hidden files and folders, as well as system files. It doesn't matter whether I use Media transfer mode (MTP) or Mass storage mode (MSC).

This started about the time I upgraded my Xperia Pro from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4, but I don't know for sure this is caused by that. Any idea where my pictures are hiding? Any way to get them without emailing each one to myself?
Thanks!!

 

[honza1]

Exactly same problem
Can anybody please help?

 

[cmj556]

It didn't work for me for several months, and then one day the images were visible right where they should be in the DCIM folder. I didn't change any settings, that I know of. I noticed it after I moved and switched to a new SIM card, so that might be related.

In the interim, the workaround I used was to allow Facebook to sync my photos. They would upload automatically to a private folder every time I was on WiFi, and then I could download them to my computer in batches.

 

[honza1]

hi
I got xperia s with build in memory so I cant change the sdcard.
nobody seems to know solution to this. I have wasted whole day to find it but no luck. All this resending and copying to other folders and servers is a pain.
I hate when computers/phones dont work properly.(((