Question Photo is gone but I have it as a wallpaper

[LobT]

I have a very important photo i want to find but its not in my gallery or files
I have it as my current lock screen and home screen
I also had it favorited before but i noticed that photos keep getting deleted from my phone every now and then
Its also not in my backups
is there no way to get it back?
I saw another post similar to this at 2021 but the link that helped that post out seems to be deleted
I might have posted this in the wrong forums if so i apologies


my phone model is the pixel 7

 

[SpookDroid]

If the picture isn't in your files or backups, unfortunately there's no easy way to recover those (you can try file recovery apps/services, but with data encryption becoming more prevalent, those are less successful every day). The wallpaper/lockscreen files don't use the actual picture and use their own files (i.e. a copy of the picture used). There are apps that can help (searching the Play Store or Google should help find a few) create a backup of said files, since they're not necessarily accessible as a picture file would be on your phone.

If pictures are being deleted from your phone, however, this is usually done by a cloud back up service (i.e. Photos), are you sure your missing pictures aren't there? Unless they're being manually deleted, chances are they're there.

 

[LobT]

i checked my cloud backup but i didnt find it i can check again in a while to be sure.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! You can try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.cvzi.wallpaperexport&hl=en