recovering photos from a sd card.

[megatexture]

You could try this mob. http://www.datarecoverynow.com.au/.
Might cost but depends how important the pix are I guess.

Looks like I'll be paying them a visit..

[Clunk]

It's very odd that the pc doesn't see your phone, I dare say that more damage has occurred than just the the smashed screen. Quite possibly damaging the electronics and frying the sd card.

[megatexture]

The screens been broken for about 6 months though and photos/ sd card working fine till now

[Clunk]

The screens been broken for about 6 months though and photos/ sd card working fine till now

hmmmm curious, so you can still see the phones screen and only the glass is broken. Did you unmount the the sd card before removing?

[megatexture]

Yea only the glass is broken not the screen as such, no I just popped the battery out and pulled the sd and sim out like I usually do

[Clunk]

I dare say when you inserted it into your new phone the files have became corrupt, sounds like a common problem on the Samsung galaxy s4

some apps use the SDcard, so if an app was accessing the card while the card was being taken out without being unmounted first, then that will more than likely corrupt files. Not usually a problem if unmounted first, well it hasnt been for me

[Clunk]

the phone just wants to charge and wont let me open files.

there's an option on the phone where you can tell it to either charge from the pc when usb cable is connected or use as a data device........... or something along those lines

[Bob]

Log onto the Samsung site and download Samsung Kies which allows you to access your Device

[rusty_nail]

cheers I might do this as a last resort but worked out its got 6 yrs of pics/vids and 4 of them my daughter/ son growing up so I think it could be worth it

ouch. thats alot of pics mate, just as a rule you should never rely on removable media IE SD cards as a storage medium, they are too easily damaged. my mate who runs a photography business sees this all too often. he uses SanDisk RescuePRO to recover files for customers. its a paid for program but you get what you pay for

[lucus30]

If you want to I can have a look at it but you'll have to send it to me or I can have a quick look if you send me a remote desktop connection to your pc.
How tech savvy are you?