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robecq
Explorer | Level 4
8 months ago

Around 500 images created via Arduino IDE were randomly deleted via my mobile app.

So I am trying to understand what has happened, and how to avoid it again (i'm assuming it is something I have done) I'm coding micro controllers for a project of mine (arduino IDE) and have about ...
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robecq
Explorer | Level 4
8 months ago

I can locate them and have since restored them all. What sort of info do you need? They are 5 seperate jpg files, that are part of a battery animation (called battery1.jpg, battery2.jpg etc) and used in multiple projects as part of program files. All where deleted by my phone dropbox account over a 2 minute period. no events before this deletion for 2 days. I wasnt working on my project at that particular time. Am not sure if I was accessing dropbox on the mobile app exactly at this time - I rarely use the mobile app at all.

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