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Re:Ask HN: Photos corrupted on Google Pixel phones over time? by stuxnet79 on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @12:30AM (#46042639)
Serious question, now that there is evidence that Pixel phones are corrupting the actual jpegs what is the best way to safely store smartphone photos now? I usually back them up to an external drive every 6 months or so but wondering if someone has a better process for this.

I mean it's nice that photos are immediately uploaded to the cloud once they are taken but I read that Google Photos does not do 1:1 backups. Apparently the cloud photos are compressed & are worse quality

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Re:Ask HN: Photos corrupted on Google Pixel phones over time? by poolnoodle on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @02:37AM (#46043278)
I think the best way forward is to backup early and backup often to your own computer.
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Re:Ask HN: Photos corrupted on Google Pixel phones over time? by raw_anon_1111 on Thursday November 27, 2025 @12:31AM (#46066014)
From my iPhone, all of my photos get backed up automatically to iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive (badly without Metadata).

Cloud Photos use to use “Storage Saver” when Google use to have unlimited backups. Now I have it set to original quality.

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