PowerShot A4000 IS photos gone from SD card

[emmao13]

I have recently started using an old digital camera. It is the canon powershot A4000 IS (red). I bought an SD card reader from amazon to be able to transfer the photos to my phone from the camera. When I plugged in the SD card to the reader and then into my phone, I was unable to find the photos in the file app on my phone. After trying to troubleshoot, I just put the SD card back into my camera. When I turned my camera back on, there were no photos on the camera at all. Has this happened to anyone before? Is there anyway to recover them??

[Tronhard]

Hi and welcome!

The SD card is not, in itself, capable of initiating the deletion of files - it is a slave to whatever device: phone, tablet, pc into which it is plugged. Thus, suspicion falls on the phone, of which we know nothing.

So can you provide precise details of the type and operating system version. Also what exactly did you do when you plugged in the SD card?

Finally what make and specs SD card did you have. Is this a new purchase?

Is it a micro-SD card with adapter?

[emmao13]

This is the SD card reader I bought from amazon, I have used it before to download photos to my phone and had no issues:

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I have an iPhone 14 Pro. I plugged in the SD card to the reader and then looked on the "Files" app on my phone because that is where I previously donwlaoded photos from. I looked everywhere and could not find the photos anywhere. I tried to unplug and replug in the reader to my phone but that did not work. I also tried using my sisters phone to see if they would show up on hers and they did not. Then, I returned the SD card to the camera and after turning it on it said "no Images", and they were no where. I checked the trash on the camera. 

The SD card is not a new purchase, not sure how old it is. It is a Lexar, platinum II 16gb, 300x 45MB/s. 

thanks in advance

[Tronhard]

I would put my suspicions on the iPhone having done something while you were trying to access the files.  The SD card reader does not initiate moving or deleting files itself.  I am not a iPhone or Mac user, so I shall bow to those who do use this system to see if they know of something that may have occurred as a result of you connecting to the phone.

[normadel]

You are certain there were photos on the SD card to begin with?  You could review them in the camera?

[emmao13]

Yes they were on the camera prior to attempting to transfer them to my phone