Where is the trash bin ?

captainfunk

Hi everyone ,

I recently deleted some photos but due to some lag I also deleted unwanted photos and I cannot find the trash bin, I expected to be in /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash but I couldn't find the directory. Can someone help me ?

Thanks

MrT10001

@captainfunk Did you delete them using terminal and the rm command?

captainfunk

@MrT10001 Hey thanks for the answer, I deleted the photos using the Gallery App

MrT10001

@captainfunk I tried that and couldn't find Trash at all. Have you tried making the system rewritable (not advised as you can easily hose it) and gone looking?

arubislander

@MrT10001 making the system writeable will not help with finding files that were deleted when the system was read-only.

I am afraid there is currently no trashbin implemented in Lomiri. So those files that were deleted are unfortunately not recoverable by conventional methods.

MrT10001

@arubislander Thats kind of what I thought, but you have confirmed. I had a good search for answers and rooted around the system to no avail. I thought the deleted files would be cached somewhere where you normally won't have access too.

captainfunk

@MrT10001 No I haven't tried making the system rewritable, It's something I was thinking about but I still don't really know the pros and cons of doing that

captainfunk

@arubislander Ok, do you know some unconventional methods maybe ?

arubislander

@captainfunk unless those pictures were really important to you, none that are worth the hassle.

In fact I am not sure how to go about it with a phone.

On a laptop I would make an image of the partition I am trying to recover the photos from, and then work on that image with one of the linux file recovery tools that are available to download. But I would not really know how to get a phone partition imaged.

You see, the thing is, the longer you use your device, the bigger the chances are that those deleted files have already been overwritten by new data, which makes it harder, and eventually impossible, to recover what has been lost.

captainfunk

@arubislander Ok I understand, I'm gonna grieve for my photos then ahah. Thanks for your answers