Android Smart Phone Blues...

bwanshoom wrote:
Can't remove the battery from an HTC One.

Correct, but you can turn off the power.... not just the screen, but power the phone down and then back on.

DD716TED wrote:
I recently upgraded to an HTC One Android phone and had numerous pictures taken and stored in the "Gallery" under Camera Shots... I showed the photos to some friends today and tonight when someone asked to see them again, they we all gone... UGH! I have no idea what I might have done.. Is there anyway to restore these photos like you could with the Windows Trashcan on my laptop or is this just considered a learning experience?

Photos will not just disappear. Everytime I have dealt with this it turns out to be either something fixed by simply re-booting the phone or user error in some way.

Maybe take out the micro SD card and put it back in. Maybe you need to understand how to use the gallery better... If it is the HTC One M8, there is both a photos app and a gallery app. Try going in to both to see if you can locate your pictures.

The HTC M8 is the phone I have, so if you have that phone (vs. the HTC One M7) feel free to Private Message me and maybe we can get to the bottom of this.

The phone is and HTC One (Not 8)... I installed dropbox and will proceed on from there...I searched everywhere and they are gone... I probably pushed the wrong button somewhere along the line as things usually don't vanish on their own..

SkiingSixPack wrote:

bwanshoom wrote:
Can't remove the battery from an HTC One.

Correct, but you can turn off the power.... not just the screen, but power the phone down and then back on.

I'm aware. I was replying to the comment that the OP should remove the battery. All phones can be rebooted, embedded battery or not.

rainy029 wrote:
Try turning off the phone and taking out the battery..this fixes alot of problems sometimes...

Removing the battery was the fix for my earlier HTC incredible 3 g.


chevman

Be careful when setting up your phone to automatically sync photos and other data to the cloud (Dropbox et al). At a couple of MB per picture you can eat up your entire data plan pretty quickly.

Use a file manager app and use the search function to search for .jpg, this is the format for the pics taken.

Normal path is the card (either internal by default or external if modified) DCIM, CAMERA

Optional

PIctures DCIM Camera

However, these are default paths
Just double checked,, On my 'droid (Samsung S-III)

SDcard (internal) DCIM Camera is the default path to photos.. But I've told it to save to the external (Same path but External Card instead of SD card)

Since I have those options.

Plus important photos are drop-boxed and backed up on one or more other devices as well.

DD716TED wrote:
The phone is and HTC One (Not 8)... I installed dropbox and will proceed on from there...I searched everywhere and they are gone... I probably pushed the wrong button somewhere along the line as things usually don't vanish on their own..

2014 model, HTC One M8

2013 model, HTC One M7