Need help! Recovering missing/deleted photos

[Capt Caveman]

Took part in a 17 mile run and took a bunch of photos with my Nexus 6P. Even posted one of the photos on Instagram. I ran with the phone in a belt pouch with Runkeeper and Strava running. At the end of the run, I found a whole bunch of apps open and swiped them closed(this has happened in the past due to the phone being bounced/rubbed around while running. Runkeeper and Stava worked fine and saved my run. When I went to check my photos that I had taken, they were all gone from Google Photos and my Camera gallery except in Google Photos, the IG photo was saved.

What happened? And is there any way of recovering them? I disabled sync and have not turned on the wifi on the phone to prevent the phone from overwriting anything that may still be in memory. The phone is unrooted. I have tried Wondershare Dr.Fone for ?Androiid with no success and it suggests to root the phone. I really would like to recover these photos if possibly.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[SKORPI0]

Probably by using one of the recovery apps recommended in these sites. Good luck. :\
https://www.google.com/search?q=Nexus+6P&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=Nexus+6P+photo+recovery

 

[Capt Caveman]

Probably by using one of the recovery apps recommended in these sites. Good luck. :\
https://www.google.com/search?q=Nexus+6P&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=Nexus+6P+photo+recovery

Thanks but the four programs that I downloaded from the links, none of them worked.

 

[shabby]

Have you tried http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/ ?
Guess its time to use a password/pattern/fingerprint to lock the phone.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Have you tried http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/ ?
Guess its time to use a password/pattern/fingerprint to lock the phone.

Thanks! Yeah, I also wear a Garmin GPS watch which is listed as a Trusted device on the phone so it keeps the phone unlocked b/c it makes it easier to access the phone while running but it'll stop this hopefully from happening again.

Hmm, though I have the phone in USB MTP mode and my pc can see the phoen in Windows Explorer the program you linked to and some of the other programs I've downloaded just don't see the phone as a drive. Am I not configuring the phone properly to be viewed/accessible? Wonder if this is one of my problems.

fwiw - I noticed using Windows Explorer in the DCIM/Camera foldder there are some photos(look like just thumbnails based on size) from yesterday but when viewing them, they are actually thumbnails/pics from Friday though the date stamp was 2/27. Wonder if things are also corrupted.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Found this program in the Play Store but afraid to install it and overwrite onto of the missing photos.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Anyway to get the Nexus 6P to show as a drive? Most of the recovery programs are looking for drives and only my C: (hard drive is showing) though my 6P is connected by USB MTP.

 

[shabby]

Try a different cable? Maybe you're using a charge only cable.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Try a different cable? Maybe you're using a charge only cable.

Not a cable unfortunately. Remembered that Android does not allow to be recognized as a USB Mass Storage Device. I found this program that allows you to map a MTP device as a Virtual Drive - http://www.mtpdrive.com/download.html

So far, Programs do not recognize the drive but Windows Explorer does.