Nokia 6280 memory card probs?

[cav-mad-gav]

Hi people.

Ive the above mentioned phone and a triscend (sp) 1gb memory card.

been working fine for ages, downloaded a game from the 3 mobile site and played it for abit (saved too memory card) then the next day all my files had gone and just had a few files of no type and the names were sqaures and box and various other symbles.

i've tried a couple of data recover programs but didnt find or do anything.

has anyone got any ideas how i can get my pics back?

[SkodiRS]

Hi people.

Ive the above mentioned phone and a triscend (sp) 1gb memory card.

been working fine for ages, downloaded a game from the 3 mobile site and played it for abit (saved too memory card) then the next day all my files had gone and just had a few files of no type and the names were sqaures and box and various other symbles.

i've tried a couple of data recover programs but didnt find or do anything.

has anyone got any ideas how i can get my pics back?

Can you see anything on the card if you use a card reader?

[cav-mad-gav]

yeah, the same meaningless files its shows on my phone

[gadgetman]

Sounds like a cheap fake mem card - from ebay, specifically China, per chance?

You could try a mem car recovery tool, but chances are pretty slim on fake cards of ever getting anything off them.

A legit 1gb card will cost you less than £15, 2gb circa £18

[cav-mad-gav]

well its worked fine for around 6months and yes it was from ebay but how are you suposed to know if its fake or not?

[gadgetman]

If the seller's in china or APAC, then chances are extremely high!

[cav-mad-gav]

lol, forgot to mention thought........i can save new files and pics/vids onto the memory card through the phone. So surely its not a dud one its just corupted my old files?

[mannyo]

If the card has corrupted files, it should be considered a dud and not trusted with anything you dont want to lose.

I had one go like this, it appeared to be ok but would corrupt files randomly. I would just go out an buy a new one from a trusted source, they are very cheap anyway these days.

[cav-mad-gav]

but i really dont want to loose whats on it :'(