Has anyone noticed... more and more storage sites in and around London? Access Storage, Blue Storage... seems people do not have the space to store their life anymore.
We are continously demanding more data and more storage on our phones computers etc...
so... my flat currently contains 90% of my 35 years of life (other 10% in my parents attic) so if I think about it, Ive done quite well, its not too cluttered!
but where do I feel my life is stored?...
My phone contains my life....It used to me the purse/wallet that contained the most precious/valuable/important things to us.
If we lost our purse/wallet, cards can be replaced, we'd maybe swear about the cash that was in it, forget about certain membership cards that we would ended up forgetting and most of all, be upset about a sentimental photo that we can not get back.
Nowadays... who has photos in their purse or wallet? new designs don't even have a place for a photo.
It's all on our phone.
Now when I last upgraded my phone, I specifically waited a week to have a higher storage on my mobile. A week feels a long time in the mobile upgrade world. But I knew it would be worth it. I intend to be using this phone for the next 2 years, its gotta last me that long, and the storage has got to keep up with the amount of photos and apps I'm going to be taking and downloading.
64GB of data.... Lost!
So what happened?
well the home button, did not recognise my finger prints, non of the 4 prints that I took the time to save. Then it did not recognise my backup password. I entered several failed attempts. Waiting for my google retrieval to pop up, but it didn't... Instead a message saying that I had 3 more attempts and then my phone will be wiped.
Somehow I didn't really believe that it would wipe my phone.
I googled what to do to unlock my phone, and foolishly in my heighten panicked state, followed instructions to use android device manager and locked my phone, even though it asked me to input a new password. upon entering this new password into my phone, I successfully wiped my mobile phone!
64 GB gone! photos, videos, apps, games, email set ups GONE!
tears on in my eyes.... I close them tight and the word F**k F**kF**kF**kF**k
and then open my eyes, then close and repeat.
I start thinking of all the things on my phone that I have no other record or copy of.
namely my honeymoon photos!
This can't be real, there must be a way! I search online for recovery apps/software.
I end up downloading 4 different ones
Surprisingly 10 minutes later I am somewhat calm, quietly confident that there is some geniuses out there that have created a magical and clever software to protect idiots like me from their idiotic behaviour.
Each of their software downloads came with their timely connection steps, scans steps and then unsuccessful recovery.... requiring money or registration keys etc...
Oh how I hate downloading freeware or using sites that I don't know... I knew somewhere along these actions I could end up downloading crap that installs ad pop ups and internet search engines that I don't want and clog up my laptop. Seems so far that they were easily removed on my macbook pro, be sending to the trash.
so... 3 hours later... not any good news yet...
the unsuccessful recoveries.... leave me with the same end message that I need to "Root" my phone... bloody hell what is this?
more googling... more crossing my fingers...
I've turned off my wifi and my data....afraid that my phone automatic updates will somehow wipe my previous status deep in my phone somewhere.
So now I am going to sit tight... it was the heighten panicked state that also got me into this situation.
I am going to call Samsung support tomorrow. Find out officially what I am to do.
I am going to bed knowing that all those memories could be lost forever.
Is it the end of the world? Hubby G tells me that I will still have the good memories up there (pointing to my head) this doesn't stop the swearing or tears, but now writing this... I almost feel that the letting go, is somewhat liberating...
not feeling attached to photos/videos reminding me of who I was with, and where, what I ate, what I looked liked on a particular day, if I looked good or not? or what I wore that day.
So onto my call with Samsung in 7 hours or so...
until then.... I am going to relax...
استرخى (esturka)
(a arabic term for relax that I learnt at work this week)
....I still have me, my health, my family and my hubby G
my life
