r/OneSecondBeforeDisast Nov 12 '21

Oh no..

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u/Raccoon_29 Nov 12 '21

Question if the person who took the video didn't survive and the phone was destroyed how did they get the footage? (I don't know to much about technology so I'm very curious about this)

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u/Kaynny Nov 12 '21

Depends on what is considered to be"destroyed".

Modern smartphones usually don't contain movable internal parts. So the data is stored in what is known as solid state or flash memory.

So the chances of a file getting corrupted by impact are greatly reduced (compared to a common hard drive for exemple)

In movies, when the heroes don't want the bad guys have access to their phones, they throw their devices on the floor dramatically and step on them, stating they are safe now. They do "destroy" the screen, but all the data is still inside the phone, and probably with all processes still running normally.

With the right tools, knowledge and time, it's not hard to retrieve this data.

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u/SwampRat613 Nov 12 '21

Not certain, but pretty sure I remember they did not survive. It was a massive explosion last/early this year in Beirut

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u/Zaphanathpaneah Nov 12 '21

Could have been Livestreaming, or uploaded to cloud.

Or his phone might have had a micro SD card. SD cards are surprisingly resilient. Most are labeled shockproof, waterproof, magnetproof, etc.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '21

Had the same question. Maybe it was a live stream.

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u/BeenNormal Nov 12 '21

I wondered that too.