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Just realized files have gone missing/deleted from the external card

I just came across this realization last night, and it is very, very disconcerting - to say the least.
I have had my EVO since day one launch - no problems with it. I am not rooted, and have the latest OTA update applied.
I actually have the two Transformers moves from the HD2 on my memory card from a friend, as well as a couple more he ripped/formatted for our phones (he now has an EVO as well). The night before last I was bored/tired and stayed up in bed watching parts of both films. One day later (last night) I was out with friends and one of them asked me to show another how good the video looks on our phones. I fired up Meridian (what I always use to watch movies on the EVO) and was shocked to find the two TF films were nowhere to be found. What's more, the listing of "VIDEO00__" files from the EVO camcorder seemed suspiciously short - like some of those were missing, too. Now, I know that at least the TF films were on there the night before.
I got home, removed the card from the phone and fired it up on my laptop. I used two file recovery programs: Recuva and Pandora Recovery (both free) to analyze the card. I found the Transformers files as if they'd been deleted. I also found a whole host of other files that have been deleted. The vast majority of them seemed to be media of some sort, from photos to Video files (taken with the phone). Since most of the media produced from the phone are "IMAG00__.jpg" or "VIDEO00__.3gp" and I DO manually delete some of them time to time, it was hard to tell what was intentionally deleted and what wasn't. HOWEVER, there were definitely media files I would NOT have deleted, like pictures from my Wallpapers folders, photos from other folders I manually renamed based on the content, etc.
I don't know how long this has been going on - I know that the file recovery program Recuva tell you what file overwrote another. Using that, I could see that a movie I would not have deleted (Iron Man) was overwritten with a photo taken with the phone that, based on the file number, was taken on or about July 4th. Flipping through my video gallery, I am certain I am missing many of those, too, as videos from a certain event (family gathering) that I know I had a handful of files for now only have one.
I've had the phone now for basically a month and a half - and while I am normally good about backing up here and there I have neglected to do so often with my EVO as I've been very busy (getting married in about a month) and I didn't think I'd need to have a backup short of physically losing the phone (have never lost a phone). This realization scares the heck out of me, and I'm wondering if anyone has experienced it or has any ideas about it. Until last night when I happened to be looking for a specific file(s) I used the night before, I didn't have any idea this was happening.
If it helps, in between the night when I watched the movies that later went missing and the night I realized they were gone I connected my EVO to the computer via USB to transfer a file and charge it. I realized recently whenever I connected the phone the computer would automatically read/access the card without me ever having to choose the option from the pull down menu. I thought that maybe that kind of activity could be the root cause of missing files (you know how flash drives don't like to be fiddled with while reading/writing). I did some searching before starting this post and found out that behavior is caused by a setting in DoubleTwist which I have since changed. Still, I have a hard time believing that's the root cause of files which just seem to be deleted without me ever doing it.
Any thoughts or ideas? Any way you members can check to see if you seem to be missing any media (or other) files?

Sounds like phone corrupted card. Sorry, you're sol. There's another couple of posts relating to this subject and a possible remedy for future occurrences with this problem. Either look for post with subject of corrupt card or files disappear. It's in the same section as this one, you might have to look through a few pages before you see them. Good luck.
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It all makes sense now, Optimus Prime destroyed the data when he found out you ripped them.

No doubt
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After using HTC Voice Recorder my card got corrupted so I reformatted it and tried again... Not sure why, but HTC Voice Recorder corrupts my card EVERY time =/

For a freebee, try virtualrecorder. Cool features. Sounds excellent.
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herbthehammer said:
Sounds like phone corrupted card. Sorry, you're sol. There's another couple of posts relating to this subject and a possible remedy for future occurrences with this problem. Either look for post with subject of corrupt card or files disappear. It's in the same section as this one, you might have to look through a few pages before you see them. Good luck.
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Really? I'll look for them but I would have thought a corrupt card would manifest in some other way - like not functioning when you try to record or save something, not systematically deleting files. Strange.
midri said:
After using HTC Voice Recorder my card got corrupted so I reformatted it and tried again... Not sure why, but HTC Voice Recorder corrupts my card EVERY time =/
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I've only used my voice recorder a few times. After reading this, maybe I won't anymore.

I just had to chime in that this very thing happened to me and with the same movies that i got from the files of the hd2.
All i know is that i had a gig or so left on my card and then the next day i had over 6 left.
The good thing is i had the card and all its content backed up on the wifes computer.
Sent from my evo while tying on the warm porcelain that is my toilet
Update:
I used that recuva you recommended and it worked! Got all my pics back. I've been wondering what on earth caused it to be lost in the first place because I haven't installed anything lately. I am rooted and I noticed alot of titanium backup files were also gone. Sprite backup files were gone. A mystery indeed. I've learned my lesson though. Backup. More. Frequently.

Gallery multiple pictures

Hi
I have a problem with the Gallery with my SGS on JPC. It shows each picture 4 times, it begun with showing pictures double, but on the sd card i only have it once. Very strange. Dont know the reason why this happens.
Hope someone could help me.

delete thumbnails
try deleting thumbnail cache images:
/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails/
I'm using Ghost Commander.
Best of luck!

Didnt work.

What operating system do you use on your computer? If you're using Linux (and I suppose Mac might do the same thing) to manage your photos be sure to empty the trash, or delete the .trash folder on whichever of the phone's drives you're using to store photos.
If you are using one of those OSs I they place a copy of deleted files in .trash, and the Galaxy (or any android phone) will read those files.
If you aren't using Linux or Mac then I have no useful suggestions.

Im on Win7 and trash are deleted.
Ist very strange that only i have this problem.

gpnda said:
Im on Win7 and trash are deleted.
Ist very strange that only i have this problem.
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I found this problem too, in gallery show double picture. I delete thumnails but cannot fix it.

delete everything off gallery and transfer your pictures again, had the problem last night, all's good after doing that.

galaxy s2 internal memory and sd card seen but not accessible

hi guys,
recently had an issue about my sgs2 i cant access any file on my cell through pc i mean i can see them all in internal memory and xternal memory but the moment i try to copy or move the file my conection gets lost and comes back again in the next second
til last night this was only concerned to my internal memory and i could use my external memory i.e sd card easily to transfer files there and then move those files to internal memory using file manager in cell but now even that is no more accessible
i thought it could b my usb port since i had issues about it in past but the wierd thing is i can copy small files like images and apks to cell but the moment i start copying mp3 or movie[any file above 10mb] it disconects and reconnects again
Another wierd point is if i keep it connected but dont access the phone via pc it stays connected for hours till i access it
i just wanted to know if the problem is with my pc[usb port] my data cable or something got messed up in the phone itself[i havent done anything like flashing or rooting or any other tweaking]
help appreciated
P.S: i am using nokia data cable but have transfered movies mp3 etc etc using the same cable before.
appologies if this is the wrong section coudnt understand where exactly to post

Sorry cannot understand your post .English please and someone may help.
A Question goes in Q&A as per the instructions .
jje

love the txt style OP, eligible english might get you better help and it'll be easier to understand and read the problems your having

Yeah this text speak is annoying and hard to decipher at times, plain English please.

please check again
tried to be as clear as possible

Answer as always non Samsung data cable .
jje

ok il get a new one but stil confused cause i almost used that cable for a month
neway thank u jje for being that quick il buy asap n tell u the result

hi jje i got a samsung data cable but still i cannot copy anything i get error "the i/o operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request"
there is no problem with my usb port because i can easily transfer data between my nokia 6303 and pc

Have you got access to a card reader to test the sdcard to make sure it's not faulty?

buddy i cannot acces the internal memory too

ok intratech i tested my sd card i put my new sd card in my old phone and tried to copy and it transfers easily
any other suggestions?

Are you using the stock firmware? I ask because I'm wondering if the permissions have been messed with. Also do you have anything like droidwall installed? Another thing you can try is to uninstall the USB drivers for the device and reinstall them.

yes i am on stock rom din touch anything in the o.s yet non rooted nor do i have any firewall as such n i tried reinstalling the drivers but no use

as i mentioned earlier i can still copy small files like apks and pdf files but the moment i tch mp3 or even try to access their folders it messes up goes off n comes again
do u recomend a factory reset?

i did a factory reset and now i have full access like before
but strange i still couldnt figure out what went wrong if u guys can please let me no so i can take some precautions next tym

I would like to know as well as I'm sure are most of the guys on here. Do you have a list of the apps you had installed?

list of games:
rf2011
pes2011
asphalt 6
nova
spiderman
gangster 2 miami vindication
assasins creed
fast n furious
uno
papertoss
reckless racing[had bad grafics only black n white could b seen]
fruit slice
list of applications:
facebook
power amp player
dolphin 6 hd
youtube
whatsapp mesenger
barcode scanner
ebuddy
wallpaper hd
androzip file manager[i guess i messed something here because its the only file manager where i could see some system files though i never touched anything]
vaulty free hides pictures
concise oxford dictionary
brightest flashlight free
paper camera
smartapp protector
dr. web antivirus[i installed this after this problem started ]
Java reference 1.1
fotolr photo studio
besides i stay online on phone almost the whole day with a few breaks
thats all !!!!
c if u can find anything
help appreciated

[Q] MTP ruined 3.2

It's my birthday and the day of a big problem. So please assist ;-)
Been transfering movie files from PC to Tab via USB/MTP. The process was going fine until the last file to be copied. Then Tab lost connection. Reconnected the cable. Tried to copy the last file. Then Tab hung. Absolutely.
I disconnected USB cable and rebooted the TAB. It showed the Samsung animation, then "samsung" title, some gargabe at the bottom of the screen and .. that last forever.
Well, rebooted once again. Same situation, but screem garbage moved to top.
Well, 3rd reboot and .. whoa, eventually it booted!
But ... it asked me to introduce myself (e.g. enter e-mail, ...) and enter Google prefeences (just like with a fresh new tab). Skipped it (Hacker's keyboard was already not working - couldn't type in).
Then the desktop arrived. My God, it's absolutely brand new. All my settings and icons disappeared.
Went to Applications - they all seem to survive. But don't work. Almost all of them crash when you start them. Some very simple and built-in apps work though.
The Contacts disappear as well. Just like E-mail.
Remember I started this message with that I was transferring files? Well, they're not visible. Even their new folder is missing. But the storage is used exactly to the size of those files. All 10Gb. I tried to delete its parent folder (say, "/sdcard/Movies"). Free storage barely changed (only for the size of existing files).
Well, it's ruined. My lovely and so customized Tab. Damn.
So the very dumb questions are:
- What's that? Broken filesystem? How came? How to check/fix?
- How to save app settings (that's ALOT, include data for my kids' paid games)?
- Where Touch Wiz and other settings actually stored? I suspect there must be a system database (saw an error from "SQlite" when FBReader crashed).
Well, I could wipe everything, but not sure it would solve the filesystem problem and would take muuuuuuuuch time. And we don't have ICS rolled out for Russia yet, so that would be a very time wasting process.
p.s. Titanium backup doesn't start too. Moreover, everytime I install something it crashes again ;-)

You might try setting up your gmail account, the initial thing that you skipped. I'm just guessing, but perhaps you need the account active to use apps that might be linked to your account on the market.
Also, again, this is just a guess, but if your movies are DRM protected, is it possible you can't access because it thinks you are a different user?
Just some thoughts. Quite possibly useless, but maybe worth a shot. Good luck!
Later,
Jason

Go to settings/ apps and force stop Samsung Media Scanner... Worked on mine a while back, hopefully that will fix the problem for you... Good luck!
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Something very similar happened to me when I was trying to watch a movie off of an sd card with the adapter. I ended up having to re-flash a stock image through Odin and re tweak everything (Rom, re-download apps...everything. Sucks that I lost all my progress in games etc. but it made me re-evaluate what apps I really used and needed so now it's running faster and smoother than ever. I even decided against using pershoot's overclocking kernel (for now) as everything feels so fresh and so clean, and it seems unnecessary.

ampforeva said:
It's my birthday and the day of a big problem. So please assist ;-)
Been transfering movie files from PC to Tab via USB/MTP. The process was going fine until the last file to be copied. Then Tab lost connection. Reconnected the cable. Tried to copy the last file. Then Tab hung. Absolutely.
I disconnected USB cable and rebooted the TAB. It showed the Samsung animation, then "samsung" title, some gargabe at the bottom of the screen and .. that last forever.
Well, rebooted once again. Same situation, but screem garbage moved to top.
Well, 3rd reboot and .. whoa, eventually it booted!
But ... it asked me to introduce myself (e.g. enter e-mail, ...) and enter Google prefeences (just like with a fresh new tab). Skipped it (Hacker's keyboard was already not working - couldn't type in).
Then the desktop arrived. My God, it's absolutely brand new. All my settings and icons disappeared.
Went to Applications - they all seem to survive. But don't work. Almost all of them crash when you start them. Some very simple and built-in apps work though.
The Contacts disappear as well. Just like E-mail.
Remember I started this message with that I was transferring files? Well, they're not visible. Even their new folder is missing. But the storage is used exactly to the size of those files. All 10Gb. I tried to delete its parent folder (say, "/sdcard/Movies"). Free storage barely changed (only for the size of existing files).
Well, it's ruined. My lovely and so customized Tab. Damn.
So the very dumb questions are:
- What's that? Broken filesystem? How came? How to check/fix?
- How to save app settings (that's ALOT, include data for my kids' paid games)?
- Where Touch Wiz and other settings actually stored? I suspect there must be a system database (saw an error from "SQlite" when FBReader crashed).
Well, I could wipe everything, but not sure it would solve the filesystem problem and would take muuuuuuuuch time. And we don't have ICS rolled out for Russia yet, so that would be a very time wasting process.
p.s. Titanium backup doesn't start too. Moreover, everytime I install something it crashes again ;-)
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Something got corrupted. It could have been app databases like you suggest. Sounds pretty reasonable. I hate to say it but you may want to hard reset and see if the issue persist. If it does persist after a hard reset then you have a defective device

Do you have a nandroid backup of your setup?

Photos just disappeared

I'm hoping someone can help me.
For no explainable reason on my part, all my photos have disappeared. I can not see any photos in gallery or Google photos. I can however located photos that I took with my camera in DCIM Folder, however these don't show up in either photo app. I have tried restating and clearing gallery cache etc I have even tried restoring using smart switch to an earlier backup however the problem still exists.
Any clues what's going on?
Update: for some odd reason my phone was filled with ".nomedia" files. I deleted them all, restarted my phone and ran an app called "Media Re.Scan" and they magically reappeared. However only camera photos have reappeared. Other media has not, but I'm not sure they were visible to begin with. I would really appreciate if someone has a theory for this.
Update 2: Don't delete all .nomedia files as this will cause all jpeg files to show up in your gallery including system files and apps etc that have images. Instead only delete .nomedia files found in your photos folder and folders you want to appear in gallery etc. Make sure show hidden files is selected to find these files in the first place. I used ES file Explorer Pro.
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Thanks. problem solved!

seeing the same problem in s8
i just got samsung s8 recently. i am new to the samsung phone but i am seeing the exact same problem. i see pictures i took from earlier today and a few fays ago just magically disapper. I have tried multiple things like deleting the cache, data, using quick pro, cut and paste the dscim in a new folder, deleting the .nomedia but i CANNOT make those missing pictures reappear anywhere. Anyone else who ran into this and maybe have fixed the problem?

I'm having the same problem on my S8...taking new pics & downloading pics/gifs then they disappear out of nowhere the next day or so. Just started happening after the last software update (4/3/18). Not sure why or how to recover them. I've had my phone since April 2017 & it's never done this before.

Photos corrupted
Hi guys,
sorry for resuming this post.
Happened this summer and never before on my SM-G935F ITV smartphone, never rooted and stock rom (Android 8).
I loose all the latest photos, or better they are on the card but the thumbnails are grey, I tried to open them with an hex editor and I discovered they are all filled by 0x0.
I used to save them directly on a SD from Huawei 256Gb, scanned and works perfectly.
The only dubt I have is the number of photos saved into the dcim folder, they are over 2048...magic number!
Once I moved the photos in another folder I can take the photos again as usual...
It's just to know if I discovered a bug or what...
Any one with this issue?
Thanks, Pier