Nothing GalleryApp Just Deleted 144 Hidden Images

SpeedMirage

NothingGalleryApp just wiped out 144 of my hidden photos without a trace. These weren’t random shots. Some were important documents I need for my future, and some were the only pictures I had of my dead grandparents. They are gone.

Your app already has a pile of bugs and broken features, but this crosses a line. You need to have a way to get my pictures back, and you need to tell me what it is right now.

This isn’t just a small glitch. It’s a sick failure on your part that just ruined something precious.

Also it seems like I’m not alone here. Why did you release an untested app on playstore? You better have an answer to this you sick fucks. People have been posting on this community about this error since March. It’s been 7 months! Seven freaking months and no one even bothered to look at it.

https://nothing.community/d/28890-hidden-photos-getting-deleted-nothing-gallery

Stereobasic

SpeedMirage genuine question, just to intellectually understand, why do you hide photos of your grandparents?

CMF1_hacker 100 euros every year seems a lot for me just to back-up photos.

Nicouschulas

SpeedMirage never had this issue. Did you look into the trash bin? Maybe you have luck and it’s there

vermakushaagra87

SpeedMirage sir, did your issue resolved?

ParthJoshi_3hj1TsE0sx

SpeedMirage Yes, this has happened to me as well, and telling to back up photos is stepping down from responsibility of answering WHERE THE HELL ARE THE PHOTOS?

CMF1_hacker

This is why I employ Google Photos to immediately back-up all photos/videos automatically into the cloud.

I would recommend everyone do something similar. I assume there are encrypted options from other providers, but I am lazy.

SpeedMirage

CMF1_hacker Thanks man. I do have photos backed up but not the ones I have lost today. Seeing complaints about it since March and yet they did absolutely nothing to fix this.

Why would a company with this huge userbase release an unstable app and fuck up this monumentally?

nothingleft_tolose

CMF1_hacker I’ve got my photos backing up to a WD NAS automatically, then we make backups of those backups regularly. To other people they just look like normal photos of my dog and selfies with my friends, but I don’t want to lose them.

CMF1_hacker

SpeedMirage I think money is tight, especially for dev time. That’s why I don’t agree with NOTHING developing it’s own apps.

SpeedMirage

CMF1_hacker I’m completely fine with Google Photos or another 3rd party Gallery app. I have used Gallery Go for a while before they released their own app. If you can’t, don’t make one. But why would you make one just to screw your users like this?!!

SpeedMirage

Stereobasic It is easier for me to access all my favorite photos in one place. At the same time it stays secure because the folder requires my fingerprint to open, so no one else can get in.

Nicouschulas Sadly they’re not there. Please check the link I have attached at the bottom of my post. I’m not alone in this.

CMF1_hacker

Stereobasic I was paying under 20 per year but now pay 8 GBP/mo for 2 TB.

Err_404NotFound

I would suggest using Google Gallery instead, as this is far better than the Nothing gallery app.

SpeedMirage

Err_404NotFound I do have google gallery. But it didn’t allow me to hide images.

Anonymous931

SpeedMirage But it didn’t allow me to hide images.

SpeedMirage

Anonymous931 i meant Gallery Go. That’s the one I’m using. Thanks man but it ain’t helping me right now. I need a fix for my current issue first.

Wish-

SpeedMirage Try data recovery software. Do it ASAP before overwriting the space where they were. Then stick to Google photos and it also has locked folder.

SpeedMirage

Wish- Have you tried any of these recovery softwares? I have tried recuva already on my pc and it can’t do recovery over USB. Any suggestions?

Anonymous931

SpeedMirage All modern Android phones use file-based encryption, so direct recovery of deleted files is impossible from a PC even with root access. Your data is 99.9% surely gone, unfortunately.

Wish-

SpeedMirage Dont know if it’s allowed to take names over here but it’s okay, happy to help. Recuva used to be very good in it’s early days with 80-90 % of recovery (not for Android). Try some from Play store one is Data & Photo Recovery, I don’t know how it worked for me once in 2024 or you can try Dr. Fone also. Tough I am not sure how useful it is with free version. Do some research before going with the paid version. In such situations, a SD Card can be a lifesaver, but unfortunately, that option is being removed from most phones. Thanks to Apple. I have been through this situation twice in my life, and I can understand how it feels.

SpeedMirage

Anonymous931 i will curse the Nothing Gallery devs(if you can even call them that) and remember this forever. Pathetic clowns.

Stereobasic

Nothing yet. Sent an email with the details to the Gallery app devs and heard nothing. They haven’t responded.

Stereobasic

I imagine you have ask for assistance using the form via you phone? What’s the reply from consumer services?

Stereobasic

SpeedMirage I agree with you, it’s absolutely crazy this can happen. When using app you hope that some brutal bugs like that are fixed very fast. I can be a big problem in real life. So yes you have to make backups for important things and if you drop your phone on the river your photos would have been lost too. But here it was lost for … nothing… because of Nothing who did nothing since the first report.

SpeedMirage

Stereobasic I temporarily hid these images in the app two days ago. I had planned to back them up but was too busy with work. I would have backed up all of them in a few days.

That’s not the point. It’s not my fault. Why would these sick psychopaths release an app without testing for bugs? I’m not their fuckin guinea pig

Anonymous931

SpeedMirage Just for future reference and as a recommendation - use Files (by Google), so the default file manager, to hide what you want. It is absolutely flawless, not a single problem with it and you won’t lose your data either.