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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).
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?!