Woman Loses 33,000 Photos After Charging Her Phone 'The Wrong Way'

We all pretty much live our lives by our phones these days, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. In all honesty, all the stuff you can do on a smartphone is probably a lot more interesting than the company you have, so crack on, I say.

iPhones and all the rest of it have changed everyday chores massively. If you have to do a meter reading, there's an app for it. If you want to some out something with you bank, there's an app for it. If you want to check your heart rate and general health, there's an app for it.

Really, a lot of apps are making certain jobs redundant, but it's more beneficial for us. Like, when was the last time you trotted down to Max Spielmann or any other photo printing shop? You probably didn't even realise they still exist.

We don't really need them, as all pictures are stored on your camera roll or Facebook, and having a physical copy of it isn't really a thing anymore.

So, you'd be pretty pissed if in one swift motion all those memories, captured by a selfie, panoramic, video and so on, disappeared.

Unfortunately for this woman, that was a reality.

Writer at Business Insider, Brianna Arps, was devastated when 33,000 snaps left her phone after she charged it 'the wrong way'. Thirty. Three. Thousand. Jesus.

Personally I didn't know there was a right and wrong way of charging your phone, as the only way I and many others are aware of is letting it drain to a risky two percent before playing a round from The Generation Game to make it to a plug in time.

Arps did just this, getting ready for a night out, listening to tunes and taking selfies, before reaching three percent, then inevitably dying and whacking it on charge. It reached five percent when it was turned back on and she deemed that as enough battery to go back to selfie-ing.

"That happened about five times. Like off and on, off and on, off and on," Arps explained. "I'm notorious for not charging my phone and using it until the battery's very, very low."

After the fifth time, however, the phone refused to come back on. After 25 minutes of what you'd assume was just fear and terror that her phone may never return to the way it was, a hard reset got it back on.

Unfortunately, she wasn't greeted by the typical black apple on a white background, she saw the iPhone Recovery Mode screen, telling her to connect to iTunes.

"I freaked out," she said after realising the majority of her photos had disappeared once she'd set up her phone again.

What was left was the selfies she'd taken before her phone died and some notes. Apps, contact details and all the rest had gone, according to Business Insider.

According to an Apple expert talking to BI, the handset likely detected data corruption, or overheated from the on and off charging. Because of this it went into recovery mode.

Credit: Apple

Apparently there are certain ways to charge your phone to avoid mishaps and to get the battery's full potential.

Battery company, Cadex, have come up with something called 'Battery University'. They've done all the research on how to get the best kind of performance out of your phone's battery. So follow these tips and you'll get more use out of your phone.

When your phone's fully charged, don't leave it plugged in.

Battery University said: "When fully charged, remove the battery from its charging device. This is like relaxing the muscles after strenuous exercise."

Business Insider put it simply by explaining that once you've fully charged your phone, continuing to do so simply keeps your phone in a 'high-stress, high-tension state, which wears down the chemistry within.'

If you can help it, don't even charge it to 100%

Alright this is taking the piss now. One hundred percent is the best percentage. Apart from 69% but that's just funny. Why would we not charge it to its full capacity? Once again, Battery University wades in. They say: "Li-ion does not need to be fully charged, nor is it desirable to do so. In fact, it is better not to fully charge, because a high voltage stresses the battery and wears it away in the long run."

Charge your phone whenever you get a chance

"Right, you've had a full night of charging, you greedy bastard, now last until lunch time, will ya?" But that's not the way, according to Battery University. They claim that every time your phone loses about ten percent you should be charging it. So, then you're not doing 'big charges' and stressing the battery out.

Keep that phone cool as a cucumber

So, while you're charging you phone periodically throughout the day you also need to take any cases off it. This time, it's Apple who've come in with the suggestion. They said: "If you notice that your device gets hot when you charge it, take it out of its case first." Oh, and keep it out of the sun.

Topics: camera, iPhone

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.