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Hi,

trying my luck.
I moved my photos from device storage to SD card and they are all disappeard. the thing is that I have a file called .thumbdata3-1967..... with 3.7gb on my SD card. is there any chance to restore the pics?

thanks very much!
 
it shows samsung electronics model 0000
size 64gb
manufacturing date Apr 2016.
is it a fake? thought it was original when I bought it...
 
Did you try to open that huge .thum file on your SD card to see what's inside?
 
Eyal e said:
actually don't know how to do that. should I do it on Android or on a PC?

Thanks
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I mean you should check whether it's a folder or a compressed file with your photos inside. The chance is slim but keep looking.
 
lvt said:
That's not good, the file has no use without extension.
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managed to restore some photos (I think) through some apps but unfortunately the quality is not good and it happened that my google photos was not backing up my photos over the last year.
 
Eyal e said:
managed to restore some photos (I think) through some apps but unfortunately the quality is not good and it happened that my google photos was not backing up my photos over the last year.
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Some apps could work for you but those apps generally require rooting. Without rooting the possibility to recover your original photos is very low.
 
EaseUS does not recognize my phone. is stellar phoenix good choice?
I think I have just rooted my Galaxy S5 (not sure though)/
 
@Eyal e, have you tried restarting the phone? The microSD card is scanned for new content at bootup, so there's still a chance the photos are there. Can you still see the folder(s) you moved using My Files?

Btw, the .thumbdata* file is a database containing low-res thumbnail images which are used to preview the full-res photos (for example in Gallery).
 
Slug said:
@Eyal e, have you tried restarting the phone? The microSD card is scanned for new content at bootup, so there's still a chance the photos are there. Can you still see the folder(s) you moved using My Files?

Btw, the .thumbdata* file is a database containing low-res thumbnail images which are used to preview the full-res photos (for example in Gallery).
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didn't help... managed to restore some of the photos with some apps. not sure if all. However, all photos are now dated on as November 7. I learnt the lesson and from now on I will regularly check that the google back-up is on (unfortunately it was of since I upgraded to S5
 
Eyal e said:
didn't help... managed to restore some of the photos with some apps. not sure if all. However, all photos are now dated on as November 7. I learnt the lesson and from now on I will regularly check that the google back-up is on (unfortunately it was of since I upgraded to S5
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Or simply use Copy command instead of Move, you can delete the source files after making sure that the operating is successful.
 
Not sure if you managed to recover your info yet Eyale, but there is a piece of software called PhotoRec which I use as my primary means of file recovery which you might wanna consider. It's free and works 98% of the time to recover most file types. You'll want to remove the microSD card from your phone, put it into an adapter and insert it into your PC's card reader so that you can recover the files directly from there rather than just plugging in your phone, but other than that it should work. Either way, good luck and hope you're able to recover your stuff!
 
Hi Cheayol! Welcome to Android Forums. :)

Just a heads-up: you might want to check a post's date before taking time to kindly provide an answer. The OP here was posted three years ago. :o
 
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