Deleted photos - please help retrieve

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Hi

I accidentally deleted some photos off my S3. I dont have an SD card but only a sim so I assume they are saved to the sim card (if thats possible)

Is there a way I can retrieve them back.

Thanks
 
Hi

I accidentally deleted some photos off my S3. I dont have an SD card but only a sim so I assume they are saved to the sim card (if thats possible)

Is there a way I can retrieve them back.

Thanks

They're stored on the phone's internal flash memory. I'm not aware of any software capable of recovering deleted files that runs on Android.
 
You could try attaching it to pc via cable and mounting it as external storage drive, then using data recovery software to scan it for possible recovery.

Chances are slim though...

For future set up Dropbox with autosync feature for photos...
 
If your phone is rooted you could use "Undelet for root users" app, else you could use Recuva (free windows app) and mount your phone as a storage device.

Just use your phone as little as possible till you recover.
 
Hi

I accidentally deleted some photos off my S3. I dont have an SD card but only a sim so I assume they are saved to the sim card (if thats possible)

Is there a way I can retrieve them back.

Thanks

Yoh! that's the worst assumption ever :wtf: Sim has the least amount of memory think the biggest is 128KB (if you could store a photo on it you lucky if you could save one) , if no SD Card (s3 has a micro SD slot) photos were stored on the phones flash memory (16 or 32 GB) - I highly doubt you can recover the photos now.
Chalk it down to lessons learned, be careful when deleting from now on :)
 
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