Photos Missing From My Android Or From Google Photos...

[alebrewer]

Somebody told me they send photos over the WhatsUp app - I have not personally tried it. I use my iPhone and message the photos to my computer. I miss my old point and sh,oot but lost too many photos on the memory card and it was slower than the iPhone - which takes crystal clear photos.

We use WhatsApp all the time when out of the country. Works great. Never used it as an appraisal camera app. Seems it would be about the same as just using the camera.

 

[Vermonter]

That's a lot of work. If you take photos on Android, you just go to photos.google.com, click on the date to select all photos from the date, and click download all.

Isn't that how the OP got here?

 

[J Grant]

We use WhatsApp all the time when out of the country. Works great. Never used it as an appraisal camera app. Seems it would be about the same as just using the camera.

I never tried it - I believe they used their iPhone as the camera but send them to the computer over teh WhatsApp - it was a RE Agent I met at an inspecton.

 

[TerryRohrer]

I inspect with Total for Mobile on an iPad mini and take all my photos of the subject with it (which matches/labels the room and or comp), but also try to take the same photos and extras with a Canon PowerShot something (used to be able to get them refurbished for $60 or $70). I take comp photos with Total for Mobile on my Samsung Galaxy S10 because it has the comps mapped and you can activate the camera from the map. If I see some listings or other miscellany, I photograph with the Canon. Back at the office, I uploand to cloud/download to desktop the iPad mini file, then merge the Samsung file into that, leaving a report with all subject and comp photos. If the subject photos are not good enough, I drag in one of the redundant photos from the Canon.

When I deliver the completed report, I delete the cloud files and the mobile files from the iPad and phone. Until that point, I have a lot of redundancy with little cost and no loss in quality. I probably have less than $500 in a couple of iPads, a phone, and a few refurbished Canons, and all can be switched in or out without any loss in efficiency in the event of a failure.

 

[glenn walker]

The real issue is have you learned anything from this bad experience ?
Maybe spend some time..slow down
and develop good habits with a back up plan.

Yes i know we all make mistakes but one older appraiser died up in the Sacramento area a few years back ..he was probably fiddling around looking for photo's but rear ended a semi truck..thought he was Ok drove home and died.

Thank god his photo's had not been lost and his reports were given to another by his associates to complete.

 

[Surf Cat]

I'd have no issues if I tragically passed surfing big waves or being electrocuted while playing guitar.

I'd definitely have issues passing away appraising.... my spirit would go haunt the offices of clear capital....

 

[J Grant]

I'd have no issues if I tragically passed surfing big waves or being electrocuted while playing guitar.

I'd definitely have issues passing away appraising.... my spirit would go haunt the offices of clear capital....

I want to be cremated -otherwise, my grave might have a headstone with page one of a URAR form carved on it-cause I like dropped dead in the middle of filling it out!

 

[cpursley]

We use WhatsApp all the time when out of the country. Works great. Never used it as an appraisal camera app. Seems it would be about the same as just using the camera.

Yeah, exactly. Just install the cloud sync software of your choice and everything is automatic. Not only do they get backed up to the cloud, you retain a copy on your phone. This has been a solved problem for well over a decade already.

The MAI lady I trained under refused to use cloud backups. Never understood why, but she would lose several fully typed narrative reports a year as well as other vital files. She also refused to implement proper report writing software, which is another story...

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

 

[Digger88]

FWIW I never do anything other than write the time I inspected the home on the folder I take with me. The first thing I do when I get home is dl to a folder I create with that day's date and dl all. When loading comps just match the time stamp in Total and have thankfully never had this issue even when inspecting more properties than the OP

did you try and look in Samsung Cloud backup? Open Settings: Go to Settings > Accounts and backup > Samsung Cloud

lastly in the future you could try a tool like DroidKit or Recoverit on your computer. Connect your phone via USB, and let the software scan for deleted files.