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Backed up photos deleted after phone update

Hi!

Has anyone had their photos from the Google back up system deleted when their Samsung has updated its software over night? It's deleted all my photos from the last 5 days, during which time I was in the Galapagos so it's really upsetting to lose them. I deleted the photos from my gallery because they were backed up onto Google photos. Now they'e all gone. Can anyone offer advice? Can I restore my phone to its old settings? Would that even help? Any advice appreciated - I'm on holiday so no chance to get into a store for help.
 
While you were away in the Galapagos, if you deleted those photos from your phone before you were able to access a reliable WiFi connection that might explain why Google Photos was not able to upload all your photos to your online Google account.

Thanks Svim. No, I only deleted them after I'd had reliable wifi in a Quito hotel for several hours - that's how all my photos appeared in my Google photos folder at all, as they'd naturally just been in my phone gallery until I had wifi and they transferred across. That's why I felt sure that meant they'd been backed up - that and the fact I always have my phone set to auto back up photos whenever I have wifi. They were all there even after I'd deleted from my gallery, and then I updated the software and in the morning they'd gone.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I think it's just one of those things.
 
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