total user data loss after sudden crash - LinieageOS on Galaxy S5 mini - Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i had been using lineage kminilte since i installed it in 2019 without any serious problems. the only bug it had, that it used to crash when more than 93% of the storage was filled. Then I did free up some storage space before booting up, by just loading the Team Win Recovery Project and using its advanced mode to browse to my internal sdcard and delete uneccesary files from some app cache directories.
OK, about 2 weeks ago something unexpected happened. I booted by phone, and directly opened an app to work with it. Suddenly the phone crashed. After I rebooted it, all personal data were gone. It acted like being a newly installed LineageOS. Also, when going into the system settings, the storage only contains about 33%, instead of over 80% like it used to be earlier.
The phone acts healthy apart of this. No noticable trace of ageing.
What could have happened?

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So where do I start?
I rebooted my droid bionic, UNROOTED, pretty much stock.
When it booted back up, I noticed that some shortcuts on my home screen weren't working.
When I went to run them from the app draw, they weren't there either.
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I then brought the phone to Verizon and gave them a demonstration.
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It started today.
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And I'm on vacation abroad right now.
So I can't even copy my personal data to a laptop & restore to factory settings.
Because there's no external memo card.
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