Valuable information on your smartphone or tablet can be saved.
How do I recover data on my Android device?
How to recover data from internal memory The truth is that when data – photos, documents, videos, and other files – are deleted, they aren’t permanently erased. All that’s left is the location information. The files themselves stay put until new information is written over them. This fact allows you to recover even those data that seem to have been irretrievably erased.
To restore them, you will need one of the following applications. They work best if your phone has root access set up. It lets you read data from locked system memory partitions. However, on non-rooted devices, it is usually possible to find recoverable files too.
DiskDigger
This app lets you search for and recover photos, videos, images, as well as music, audio recordings, and other data. But you’ll have to pay for the advanced features.
Download and install DiskDigger, click the “Start a simple image search” button. Then restore the found files to your phone memory or, better yet, somewhere in the cloud.
EaseUS MobiSaver
A somewhat more advanced application from the notorious company EaseUS, which develops similar software for desktops as well.
After installing EaseUS MobiSaver, you have to choose what you want to return – photos and videos, SMS, contacts, call log, data from SD-card or WhatsApp correspondence. However, some of the functions here are designed only for devices with root access.
Dr. Fone
An application for recovering deleted photos and videos. In addition, it supports the recovery of correspondence in WhatsApp and audio recordings. The only problem: for the ability to save found files, the application asks for money. It is worth using if other programs from this selection failed.
Dumpster
This tool can work in trial mode for one week, then you have to pay a subscription. The program copes with the recovery of photos, audio recordings, and videos.
Undeleter
Undeleter works effectively with root rights. Without them, the program is not able to find many deleted files. Nevertheless, this application is also worth trying.
How to recover data on SD card
If what you need to recover was not stored in your smartphone memory but on an external SD card, the chances of successfully recovering what you’ve lost are greatly increased. You can connect the card directly to your computer and recreate the information with one of the special programs for reading erased files. Such solutions include Recuva, Disk Drill, and R. Saver.
They restore deleted data if nothing new has been written over them. You can find more such applications in our selection. For example, we will consider the principle of action of the free program Recuva.
Remove the SD card from your smartphone and connect it to your computer with an adapter or a card reader. Then install and run Recuva. Click Next and choose what type of data you want to recreate. Or leave All Files. Then click Next again.
Specify your memory card under in a specific location; otherwise, the app will search for deleted files everywhere else. Click Next again.
Activate the Enable Deep Scan checkbox for more efficient scanning and click Start.
When the process completes, select the files you want, click Recover, and specify where to save them.
Most importantly, don’t write anything on the SD card before scanning to make sure everything goes smoothly.
Keep in mind that even the most advanced specialized programs cannot always recover erased data. So get in the habit of backing up via cloud storage, so that you don’t have to search for lost files later.
