Is Someone Here Able to Recover This Corrupted Image?

The microSD card in my phone looks like it died after I took this photo. I've tried a bunch of photo recovery apps but can't seem to get this one last image to work. Could you guys take a stab at trying to read the file below?

http://perpetualjon.com/files/20130615_131646.jpg (3.58 MB)

Unfortunately it looks like that is an empty file. Looking in a Hex viewer all I see are zeros. I compressed that file and I get a 4KB file, so that would confirm the 0s.

What software did you scan the card with? You don't say. Below is a post I wrote for someone who had an SD card that was showing as empty. I've heard of success with both the Sandisk and the Lexar recovery software.

I've seen where the scanning software will find the JPG thumbnail at least and will write that out as a separate file. A jpg normally has a large enough thumbnail for basic use.

You could try some data recovery software on them to see if the images are still there. Not in any particular order. Maybe others can chime in on what has worked for them.

"Photorescue" software http://www.datarescue.com
"Recuva" software http://www.piriform.com/recuva - Has a free version, I don't know the limitations.
"Lexar Image Rescue 4" software http://www.lexar.com/products/lexar-image-rescue-4-software?category=2459
Sandisk RecuePro software http://www.sandisk.com/products/software-and-services/data-recovery

Free software
MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/download.html
PC Inspector Smart Recovery - 32 bit only - http://www.pcinspector.de/SmartRecovery/info.htm?language=1
"ZAR" software http://www.z-a-recovery.com/digital-image-recovery.htm Free for image recovery.

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Ok thanks so much for looking into it! I do still have the card so I'll give these guys a shot. I did try a couple of tools: "PixRecovery" and "JPEG Recovery Pro 5" with no luck. Hopefully these other ones you've listed are better!!