Solved! how do i recover my data please help

[Percy_zach]

sd card formatted as internal storage after that the phone says sd card missing, when the phone is rebooted, the sd card is fine, but everything that was installed on it is deleted, yet the space is still consumed and with es file explorer i still cannot recover or see my files

 

[webworkings]

Was the SD card formatted as "Internal" storage for another device or for this one? Also, was the phone reset in any way?

 

[Percy_zach]

Was the SD card formatted as "Internal" storage for another device or for this one? Also, was the phone reset in any way?

it was formatted as internal storage for this device
And no it was not reset

 

[webworkings]

Was the card removed from the phone at any point? What occurred before it said it was no longer readable?

 

[Percy_zach]

Was the card removed from the phone at any point? What occurred before it said it was no longer readable?

The phone was just off when I booted it, it said no SD card found , so rebooted it to refresh it, the SD card wAs read as internal storage but everything in it was hidden

 

[webworkings]

That is rather odd. Was anything updated or installed on the phone just prior?

 

[Percy_zach]

That is rather odd. Was anything updated or installed on the phone just prior?

Nope nothing

 

[webworkings]

Alas, once a card isn't read by a device, after being made "Internal" storage, then the stuff on the card is gone. I mean it is likely still on the card, but there would be no access to it. When done correctly, a SD card is encoded when made "Internal" storage, so any other device (including that device if major changes are made) are unable to read the cards info.

 

[Percy_zach]

Alas, once a card isn't read by a device, after being made "Internal" storage, then the stuff on the card is gone. I mean it is likely still on the card, but there would be no access to it. When done correctly, a SD card is encoded when made "Internal" storage, so any other device (including that device if major changes are made) are unable to read the cards info.

Yes I believe the data data is still there I just can't access it, I need help with how to access it

 

[webworkings]

As I said before, if the card was made "Internal" storage that means the data was encoded. If there is any problem with the card, the device reading the card, etc., then there is no way to get the data. This is the drawback of making a card "Internal" storage. If there are any problems at all then the data becomes inaccessible.

 

[webworkings]

That works with standard data. It doesn't work with encoded data.

 

[Percy_zach]

For recovering data you have to follow this things...;

1. Select a location to start finding Data. Launch Ease Us data recovery wizard, please select a location where you lost data from and start to scan
2. scan your computer or device. The initial scan will be very quick

Preview and recover lost files.

I have tried scanning numerous times I only recover thimnails

 

[webworkings]

As I said already, that won't do a thing. Data recovery software can't access the data on the SD card nor the missing info on the phone. The reason being even if the software could recover the data that was on the phone (which is what is the cause of lack of access to an encoded SD card) when it was restored, the card still wouldn't recognize it. This is why the use of data recovery software is totally useless when it comes to a phone losing access to a converted to "Internal Storage" SD card.

 

[webworkings]

None of what you are suggesting can help them. The data is encoded, and the data recovery stuff can't change that. Once a SD card is turned from "External" to "Internal" storage, only one device can read the data (the one the change was done on) and only with the card and phone its state at that time. If the phone is reset (in any way), the data wiped on the phone, the card data wiped, or the card damaged (as in this case) the data can no longer be accessed.

 

[moonpie_shelly]

Ohhh, really? That's too bad...

 

[webworkings]

This is why I am a fan of backing up things off any portable device to either a cloud account or a computer.