Whilst having a conversation about moustaches, I stupidly deleted all the photos on my (1st Gen) Moto G.

After some googling. I set the phone to MTP, connected via USB and although the laptop can see the phone as a removable storage device perfectly well, none of the 3 different reovery software tools can see it at all.

There’s no memory card, eveything’s store on the phone’s internal memory.

(Windows 10 if any point)

Any ideas? Thanks 🙁

Recover them from your backups. (Aren’t they synced to Google’s cloud?)

You could try Recuva; whether it’d cope with MTP storage I don’t know, but it’s worth a punt.

Tried recuva initially and it couldn’t see drive.

Google account shows it stopped syncing a year ago – d’oh.

Cheers for ideas though.

Enable USB Debugging on the phone first?

I’ve never tried recovering an MTP mount. It’s “different” from a regular mass storage device though, so tools expecting a drive might not touch it.

Also,

What version of Android is it running? If it’s 4.3 or older this may be relevant (if long-winded).

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705

Android 5.1.

I’ll try the debugging mode when I get home, thanks.

Settings > About > tap the Build number seven times to get the developer options (I think).

Retake all the photos?
Maybe the FBI can help out, i hear they have some tools to unencrypt old iphones.

seriously though i think they are gone,

Debugging mode didn’t work.

Arse

Plus I dropped the phone in the car park tonight and obliterated the screen.

Double arse.

Anyone got a cheap Moto G for sale?!