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How to check if somebody had done a data recovery on my phone?

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jasonJacob

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So I recently lent my phone to my father. He broke its display and took it to an authorized service center for repairs, all unbeknownst to me. I am kinda freaking out now because, only a few months ago, I had various nude photos of me and my girlfriend saved on its internal memory. Even though I deleted them before handing it over to my father, I am pretty sure they can be recovered using appropriate software. Is there anyway to check if such an attempt was made?

Model : Samsung Galaxy J1(2016) (pre-knox firmware)

Status : "unrooted" (checked immediately on deliver from the service center)
 
If you deleted them and you didn't have them backed up to any cloud service, they are gone. File recovery software stopped working with Android with 4.1 and later after the volumes were virtualized ... and since 6.x encrypted storage is the default.

Most of the time any service center is going to reset or reflash your firmware anyway.

Now, if you suspect someone (your father?) has been snooping, you could possibly look at the list of apps that have ever been on your phone by logging into your account on the play store, but some of the methods are PC only and won't leave a definitive trace. Of course they won't work, either.

If it's the pictures that worry you, I'd be pretty confident he didn't see them if you deleted them. But, I think your dad knows what naked people look like (and more specifically what you look like naked) And if they were more explicit, I think he probably knows how babies are made, too. ;) If it's the snooping part, then next time leave some really disturbing pictures on your phone for him to find. That'll make him think twice next time. :D
 
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