![]() Ultimately it's my own fault for not understanding properly exactly what my data was safeguarded by, and how it all worked. Sounds like I probably had the encryption key I needed on my phone, which I formatted literally 3wks ago!! Heartbroken, arggh! ![]() UPDATE 5: After 18hrs, a Reddit outage, a crash course in JPEG Hex editing, basic encryption and a humble moment of reflection, I'm gonna call it Is there anyone here that knows if the data is well and truly gone, or if it can be accessed in some way? The file sizes are accurate (giving me hope, perhaps false hope, that the data is still there) Iirc, the headers on the files were damaged, making them inaccessible I also used some online file recovery tools, and I think I downloaded a few programs on my PC too but had no luck. I was able to copy the data onto a few places before formatting the microSD card none of the files open in various viewers. I think the card itself failed in some way as it remained unwritable after I formatted it It was about about 6 months worth of photos in total, but the 3mo period most important is 18GB, ~2027 files, a mix of JPEGs and MP4 videos. It was 36GB (mainly photos and videos) stored on a 128GB microSD card on my phone somehow got corrupted in June 2021. ![]() Full disclosure - the photos I'm most interested in are the 3mo when our son was prematurely born and in hospital and his first month at home - was devastated when the data turned bad. ![]() Happened in June 2021 I've kept the data hoping one day the data can be accessed.
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