How can I recover deleted pictures from my Verizon S5 MicroSD Sim card?

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Recovering deleted pictures from my Verizon S5 MicroSD Sim card.

I purchased a Saicoo reader and it won't accept the sim card. Any suggestions on a reader that will work?

 

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Re: Recovering deleted pictures from my Verizon S5 MicroSD Sim card.

Any reader that will accept a standard SD card, and a micro-to-standard adapter (the one that usually comes with the microSD card - it looks like a standard SD card, but with a slot for the micro on the top edge). Make? Almost any of them are the same. I think I paid about $5 for th ones I'm using - about 5 years ago.

Plug the microSD card into the full-size adapter, then plug the adapter into the card reader. Plug the card reader into a PC.

Now, download PhotoRec. Burn it to a CD (or DVD if that's all you have). Use the disk to boot the computer. Tell PhotoRec to find files on the card and save them to the hard drive. Let it go. Find something to do for a few hours - it'll find anything resembling a file format on the card and save it as a file. (If you do that with a "brand new" card and find someone's pictures on it, you know something's wrong. You've been sold a recycled card.)