[Lauren Heap]

Today I was having a few problems trying to access the Google play store so after reading forums I decided to factory reset the phone. I did this with my last phone and didn't lose any data however this time around I have lost every picture. Is there any way I can get these back?

Have been trying all night and not getting anywhere.

Beginning to wish it had an SD card already.

[Paul627g]

Chances are its gone, your dealing with flash memory and though some claim to have used programs to recover data I have never really heard any real success stories with smartphones and recovering lost or deleted data on flash memory. Its a different game compared to data written to disc on an internal/external hard drive where data still can be retrieved until its properly wiped using more advanced software.

[greydarrah]

Unfortunately, their gone. Best thing to do moving forward is to set your sync account to sync the photos to Google+. Then if it happens again (any hard drive/phone can crash), you don't lose anything.

[Hubertsng]

If you didn't set an automatic picture sync then it's gone forever.

[Citizen Coyote]

As the others have said, unless you had some sort of photo cloud sync turned on, they're gone. Sorry. It's always a good idea to back up photos and the like before doing a factory reset on any phone. You never know when something will go haywire and you'll be forced to wipe everything. Google+, Picasa, and Dropbox can all automatically upload your photos to the cloud so you'll never lose them again. There are others out there, too.

[KitN]

As others have stated, if you didn't have automatic backup enabled, then, sorry, the photos are gone for good.

This is the only reason why I enabled automatic backup... If something happens with my phone I have all my photos backed up in the cloud.

I highly suggest you do the same from now on, God forbid you need to hard reset again or lose your phone...

Sent from my Nexus 4

[jd914]

Google+ automatic upload FTW. You'll never lose another picture ever again.