Verizon droid - losing pictures

2oldman wrote:

brobox wrote:
after extensive searching I found that with the JB update if you swipe slightly upwards it deletes the photo. DUMB shortcut.

Boy I'll say. And rotating the photo is difficult and results in some surprising things, like showing 12 pictures at the same time.

Rotation is now a joke, 1/2 the time the photos will not rotate. I have to back out of the photo screen, rotate the phone, then open the photo again. What a joke! I now carry one of my old digital cameras in the truck for "must have" pictures.

brobox wrote:
after extensive searching I found that with the JB update if you swipe slightly upwards it deletes the photo. DUMB shortcut.

Boy I'll say. And rotating the photo is difficult and results in some surprising things, like showing 12 pictures at the same time.

brobox wrote:
I also have the same problem and after extensive searching I found that with the JB update if you swipe slightly upwards it deletes the photo. DUMB shortcut. I also have the same problem rotating the photos. Jelly Bean leaves a lot to be desired in the photo dept.

Thanks for that info. I've lost a few (unimportant) pictures but I figured that I just accidentally deleted them. I guess I did but not by the normal delete function.

I also have the same problem and after extensive searching I found that with the JB update if you swipe slightly upwards it deletes the photo. DUMB shortcut. I also have the same problem rotating the photos. Jelly Bean leaves a lot to be desired in the photo dept.

Dick_B wrote:
Surely there is a better website for such questions. I would post the same question on Google.

I am a member of this forum and I am GLAD it was posted here, I have the same problem. Last time I looked this IS the tech forum.

Also, recommend Google+ or Dropbox for automated backups. I typically set friends phones to backup when on wifi and connected to power. This uses no mobile data and won't drain the battery while away from power.

You might want to look into a file browser like ES File Explorer. This will let you view the files on your device.

By default, your pictures are stored in the sdcard\DCIM folder. This would be the first place to look to see if the pictures are still on your device. It could be a caching issue within the Gallery, it could be a media scanner issue or something else entirely.

Make sure they didn't get put on the SD card vs internal storage or in a separate DCIM/Camera folder

Dick_B wrote:
Surely there is a better website for such questions. I would post the same question on Google.

Surely by now you realize that these kinds of questions are within scope. Every time you respond like this you get the same reply from the moderators...

Can't say that I've lost any pictures but I will offer up something I ran into the other day. Since you seem to be only referring to missing individual pictures and not your whole gallery, it probably doesn't apply to you.

My sister was complaining that she couldn't find the "Gallery" on her Droid Razr Max phone. I looked and found it as "My Gallery". When I checked my phone, a Droid Razr, I found it as "Gallery". The difference is that her phone has ICS on it and my phone has JB.