IPod 4th Gen accidently wiped of photos / videos, no backup on computer.

We had never transferred photos from this particular Ipod before, yes I am aware of how to retreive photos from Ipod using photo importing software, in fact when you connect an IPod in windows it detects the device and ask if you would like to import the photos.

We connected it to Itunes, it began a backup, steps 1-5..

After the backup was complete. All the photos and videos were gone, they were no longer on the Ipod, no longer in Camera Roll, and defintely not on the computer. Checked that there was only one single backup on the Itunes, that backup only contained 2 photos, no video or anything else.

The only backup we have ever done it was a new Ipod, new computer.

I am not sure if people are reading what I wrote wrong or misunderstanding it.

The computer is new. The Ipod is new.

This is the first time EVER the ipod has been synched with ANY computer let alone this one.

The ipod only had a few songs, games that were downloaded right off the Itunes store.

The photos / videos were taken recently and for the very first time we connected it to a fresh install of Itunes so that we could download the photos and videos to the computer. It backed up the Ipod. The backup date was the same date as the time the files were wiped.

The photos and videos were wiped from the device. Itunes was not set to synch photos and video, It should not have wiped anything.

The answer I need is anyone aware of software that can access the Ipod and rebuild the deleted items. This can easily be done on Windows based and Android based software and hardware. Why such a flaw in apples software? Also the Ipod touch 1, 2nd and 3rd generations did have a disc mode, I owned all three of those Ipods. The Ipod Touch 4 appears to no longer have disc mode.

Technically I guess my daughter has lost everything. Thanks apple!

The iCare recovery software does not detect Ipod Touch 4th gen as a disk drive. Although their site claims Ipod Touch is recoverable, this only works on earlier generations that had a disc mode.

Another note: The missing data still appears to be on the Ipod on some form. In Itunes its shows 2.5 gig of space being used as "Other" but its unable to tell us what those other files are, the music and apps still appear the same. The 2.5 gig is the size of what "Video" said before the sync. So perhaps the sync process corrupted somehow.

Solved my own question..

I was able to mount the Ipod 4 as a Disk Drive using iExplorer software.

I then used standard FAT32 Disc Recovery software to scan the entire contents of the internal drive for deleted data. Nothing found. This is due to the Ipod Touch 4th generation using Flash Drive technology, once its gone, its gone. Flashed off the device like ROM / RAM, instead of leaving a ghost image behind like stanard disc drives.

Lesson learned. Do not use Itunes, until they have some type of software change in which synching does not wipe your device, never had this trouble on a Zune or Sony mp3 player.