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  • 24-09-2014 12:22pm
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    gubby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭


    I have a samsung galaxy 5 and recently noticed some photos on it of people I did not know. I wasnt really concerned but I put one up on fb and asked does anyone know these people. (there were other pictures of children but I didnt want to put them up) my daughter immediately identified on of the girls as a girl she used to work with a few years ago. then it get really strange. apparently this girl who is not on social media and taken that picture 7 yrs ago with a disposable camera and had it stuck on a wall in her home but it dissapeared. the other pictures were also belonging to this girl, one of her child and another of her ex's nephew ( a small child) who had died a few years ago. I contacted Vodafone but they were unable to give me any help or explanation. I also contacted the guards just to see if they would know how this could happen. I am not really worried about it but the girl in question is rather freeked out by it. Would anyone know how this could have happened?


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    #2
    advertsfox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    Did you put in an SD card recently?


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    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    What folder were the photos in?


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    #4
    daytob
    Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭daytob


    brand new phone? sd card from an old camera?


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    advertsfox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    daytob wrote: »
    brand new phone? sd card from an old camera?
    That's probably the reason, take it out and see if the pictures still on your phone? Then inspect the SD card on a PC, better visibility (of folders etc).


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    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    I have Samsung Galaxy and there are 2 folders of photos:
    1 = gallery
    2 = photos

    But in your case if you go to the facebook app , and press photos , I bet these photos are there .


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    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    daytob wrote: »
    brand new phone? sd card from an old camera?

    He said the photos were from an old disposable camera though.


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    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users Posts: 25,408 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Did your daughter recently log into facebook on your phone?


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    gubby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭gubby


    the phone was bought last march and had to get an new "small" sim so I doubt if they were on my old sim. My daughter had never seen the photo before. this girl is NOT on facebook. My daughter is living in nz so she was not using my phone. the photos appear on both gallery and photos. but that may be with me messing around the last few days I could have copied from one to the other. as an aside.. allthedoyles can I delete all photos from either gallery or photos as I am running out of space in my phone.


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    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Photos aren't stored on the SIM.

    If you drop one of the photos here it will tell you more about it - date, camera used etc.

    http://exifdata.com/


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    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,426 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    If I was a holy man, I'd say your phone is haunted.


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    AlanS181824
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    antodeco wrote: »
    If I was a holy man, I'd say your phone is haunted.

    +1

    Ghost pictures sound creepy all right...


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    b318isp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,626 ✭✭✭b318isp


    Some apps drop pics onto your phone associated with contacts you may have, e.g. Viber. I have seen something like this, and Viber was the culprit.


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    WexIan
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭WexIan


    Yes if you are using Viber they could be pics posted by contacts who are in your phonebook to their Viber profile and you have Sync contacts ticked which means your viber contacts are added to your devices contacts.
    I recently downloaded pics from my Samsung Galaxy S3 to my PC and found all these strange pics, which after a while I realised were from Viber.


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    gubby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭gubby


    I do have viber but I dont even know this girl and dont have her on my contacts. Also, my daughter never saw those pictures. very confusing


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    Thecageyone
    Registered Users Posts: 6,756 ✭✭✭Thecageyone


    Most likely they were on the sim somehow, I'd pop them onto a spare card, in case anyone wanted them, particularly the more precious ones. Then just delete them from the phone/sim. It's just some strange coincidence really.


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    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Thecageyone wrote: »
    Most likely they were on the sim somehow...

    Nope. Not possible.


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    Kenjataimu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,429 ✭✭✭Kenjataimu


    I think people are confusing sim cards with SD cards.

    As someone posted here that it could be Viber somehow syncing the pictures to your device but I'm not familiar with Viber.


    Its a bit of a coincidence that your daughter knows the person in question.
    Where did you get the SD card (memory card) ?
    Was it a spare SD card that your daughter used to have?


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    Thecageyone
    Registered Users Posts: 6,756 ✭✭✭Thecageyone


    That's actually what I meant to put, SD card, not sim, d'oh!


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    #20
    gubby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭gubby


    I dont have any sd card.


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    thomasj
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭thomasj


    Yep there are times that photos from peoples profiles etc would be synced to peoples phone, also maybe check whatsapp, facebook and twitter.


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    pickarooney
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    So nobody even knows how the photo got from a disposable camera into digital form?


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    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    pickarooney wrote: »
    So nobody even knows how the photo got from a disposable camera into digital form?

    That's why I suggested checking the EXIF data, to see if it was a photo of a photo taken on that phone or whatever.

    I suppose we can just carry on blindly guessing though...


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    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    gubby wrote: »
    I dont have any sd card.

    The phone has internal storage. For example, Viber stores downloaded photos of contacts in /viber/media/User photos/


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    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    gubby wrote: »
    I dont have any sd card.

    The plot thickens!

    Please PLEASE take Kenny Logins advice and upload the photo here : http://exifdata.com/
    It's private, it only takes a min and it's very easy to do. If you need help just ask. It'll tell you what sort of camera initially took the photo that ended up on your phone. If it's an iphone or android it'll mean you're definitely just downloading someones profile pics from somewhere.

    If it turns out to be a 1980s disposable you'll be looking fame and fortune in the face. :)


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    laoisfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭laoisfan


    antodeco wrote: »
    If I was a holy man, I'd say your phone is haunted.

    I ain't afraid of no ghost! :eek:


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    laoisfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭laoisfan


    Are you logged in to the phone with your own Google account and not somebody's else by any chance?

    Just spit balling here but....

    Somebody has scanned these photos using a scanner connected to a PC....and...it's somehow backed up to a Google account...which just so happens to be the account that's logged into your phone?


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    #28
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭shedweller


    This should nearly be in the information security forum!


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    #29
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    It's up there with the epic I found a safe AH thread.

    http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056884317/1


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    #30
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭shedweller


    Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »
    It's up there with the epic I found a safe AH thread.

    http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056884317/1
    I was there maaan. Where were you when the safe was opened?!


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    irishpancake
    Registered Users Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭irishpancake


    There was something about photos, laptops, Kies (yuch), and general phone haunting from gubby here, before:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=91377941

    Any connection, pardon the pun!!


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