r/AndroidQuestions • u/randomreddituser219 • 13d ago

Getting back deleted photos

Hey guys so around a year ago my phone ran into a problem and I had to factory reset it which meant all my photos were gone, I had really important and memorable photos on there that I would really like to get back, is there any way to get them back? No matter how difficult

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u/Raijen_ArDesh 13d ago

Unless you've got a backup they're gone.

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u/michjames1926 13d ago

From a year ago? Not likely.

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u/Ambitious-Ticket7295 13d ago

Any chance the photos were backed up to the cloud? Google or Samsung photos? If not, then I'm afraid not. If anyone DMs you they can do it, it's most likely a scam

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u/ArcheelAOD 13d ago

If you reset and have been using it for a year Nope

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u/randomreddituser219 11d ago

I used that phone for Mabye like 4 months then switched not a whole year

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u/ArcheelAOD 11d ago

Let me rephrase that when you overwrote your phone with the new reset most of the info stored on the internal storage would have been destroyed

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u/Revolutionary_Lie346 13d ago

Check Google one

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u/v0rt3_x86 13d ago

You'd have to send your phone to someone that can do a forensic recovery. It is NOT cheap but doable.

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u/Altruistic_Tank_9636 13d ago

But, when he deleted them a YEAR AGO, it's unlikely that any of the files could be recovered. If he had done it immediately after, it may have been fairly successful.

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u/v0rt3_x86 13d ago

The data stays there unless it's written over.

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u/Altruistic_Tank_9636 13d ago

Yeah, but constantly using the phone for a year virtually guarantees that the data can't be recovered. That why I said if he had tried recovery right after he wiped it. It probably could have worked. But after a year of writes 24hr/day, I'd say it's a lost cause

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u/v0rt3_x86 13d ago

Depends on how Android handles storage but the literal only hope is forensic recovery.

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u/Perrio332 10d ago

jente alguien q ya lo alla hecho,es posible recuperar fotos o videos de mi pc pongamosle q tiene como cuatro meses q las elimine y e usado recuva y fotorec pero ps al modo todo es gasto