Help Xperia corrupted photos LOST DIR SD

[jaisonix]

Dear All

I have a curious problem and I hope someone can help me

I was travelling and took about a hundred photos with my new Xperia Z 6603 phone which were saved on my Sandisk 32GB Micro SD card

Some photos would not show, so I rebooted the phone (unaware that this may result in corruption). Yes, all the photos were corrupted and appeared under LOST.DIR in my SD card under titles 8216, 8217, 8219 and so on. They have no extension (original should have been jpg)

They still take up the normal space for a JPG photo and there's exactly a hundred. They are just simple files, no extension

I tried to change the extension to JPG, JPEG, PNG for photo formats, ZIP, RAR as I read they may be compressed. I also tried to repair them with JPG repair software. They do not open with any photo viewers, photo editing software either

They do not show up under Recuva, ZAR, Wondershare Dr Fone, or any other recovery programs that scan the SD card FAT32 sectors. They just stay there in the LOST.DIR folder. They are not overwritten as I have removed the SD card

Can they really be gone and its just ghost files? Or are they still my holiday photos that I so desperately need to recover. Is there anyone that experienced a similar problem and is there any way to recover? I wouldn't mind taking my MicroSD to a specialist should it come to that, as those photos are really important

Please help me

Tony

 

[Slug]

Welcome to Android Forums, Tony.

The files are most likely unrecoverable. Often the "renaming with correct extension" trick will work provided the files have been moved intact. Unfortunately, if the file system is corrupted badly enough, this doesn't happen as the file allocation system's record of where the file begins/ends doesn't tally with the physical reality.

Tbh it sounds as if you may have a faulty memory card, especially when you state in your Introductions post

My new replacement phone is better but still corrupted my holiday snaps

Can you test with another card? If the problem isn't consistent across different cards then that points to a fault with the Sandisk.

 

[jaisonix]

Hi Slug

Thanks so much for your reply. I did think that Sandisk may be faulty. I might try to format it, but otherwise might have to throw it away. It is a 16gb card, but that's life

So photos are pretty much gone, thanks for your support

 

[Slug]

It is a 16gb card, but that's life

Sure? Your previous post stated

[...] my Sandisk 32GB Micro SD card

There have been multiple reports of similar corruption occurring with 32GB Sandisk microSD cards in several device forums here at AF so it looks as if Sandisk's QA dropped the ball with a batch.

 

[alder191]

hi,
my phone kept commimg up with sd card unmounted, for no reason, happened about 4 times then total corrupted its self , cant even re motted it , it was a 32gb card

 

[Slug]

it was a 32gb card

Another Sandisk?

 

[skyguy7567]

Have the fully unlocked and clean C6603 free from root, carrier installed apps and directly from the Sony store. I do also have some photos corrupted, but that happened to my old SanDisk class 4 8GB before. It seldomly happens, like once every 500-800 photos. But I DID copy and paste everything from my old class 4 to my current ultra 32GB. I do not have any issues with my card not mounting or connection issues. Card is working fine all along.

 

[willievathie2]

This seems a common problem with sandisk. I had similar problem last time, you may try this Sandisk recovery solution

It is easy to follow and helped me fixed the sandisk problem last time.