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Why when I hit format card on my phone it deleted everything?

I hit format card because I thought it ment like “organize” be cause I put music on my micro sd card from my ps3 and I was looking for it on my lg voyager and it wasnt poping up so like a dumbass I went messing around with stuff and I had a lot of personaly important pics and videos on there so any way what im trying to ask is… Is there any waypossible I can get them back??

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Answer #1

Idrk,…I made the same mistake, except I didnt even car ewhat it ment, I just pressed it lol. But then found out it ment delete, and it was on the beginning of a 4hour plane ride so no music lol..Good luck!

Answer #2

hi hannah, hi franklin

‘format’ is different from and even better than ‘delete everything’. Because any memory device, be it a card or be it a hard disk has an internal organization structure on it. The user doesn’t see it, but the phone (or computer or digital camera) needs it to be able to locate data or blank space on the device.

The ‘format’ button is useful if your memory-device is faulty. You renew/repair the internal data structure by hitting format. Sadly, there’s no ‘un-delete’ if you use format. Format overwrites everything with a new structure and empty space. So you can’t restore lost data from a formated device.

Answer #3

well this sucks so bad everytime I dont know what something is I just have to mess with it im so dumb

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