Losing personal files is the most common problem among Android device users.
Main data loss scenarios:
- Unsuccessful attempt to clear the memory of the smartphone. This can lead to the loss of contacts, documents, photos, audio files, videos.
- Change device firmware.
- Virus attacks.
- System failure.
- Technical breakdown.
You can recover deleted media files from Android smartphones using programs. Utilities are available for PCs and phones.
How to recover deleted files on a smartphone if there is no access to a PC? In this case, you need to use special utilities for smartphones and tablets with Android OS.
Basket Dumpster
By default, data is not saved on a smartphone or tablet after deletion, since there is no such tool on mobile devices.
The Dumpster Recycle Bin application will help you fix the problem of missing files. Dumpster is an analogue of the basket in the operating room Windows system. Files that are deleted on the smartphone are placed in the trash, but do not disappear from the device forever.
Main features of Dumpster:
- Sort files by size, date, extension and name.
- Function preview file content.
- Support for all types of files: videos, documents, audio recordings.
- Sets the time after which files from the recycle bin are automatically deleted.
To get started with the utility, you need to download and install the application on your mobile device. You can download Dumpster Cart from the official app store Google Play.
To recover data, you need to open the application and go to the folder where the deleted files are stored. After that, select the one you need and in the control menu that opens, click "Restore".
The document, video, or audio file will return to its original folder.
DiskDigger
Disk Digger- simple utility to undo deletion or recover lost files. For the full operation of the application, you need to get root-rights. Free version The program allows you to recover photos and videos.
Main features of DiskDigger:
- Filtration. You can set a filter for data analysis: file type, minimum size, etc.
- Cloud saving. In addition to saving the recovered data to mobile device, you can upload files to cloud storage: Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. You can also send files to another user via email.
- FTP upload. The recovered files can be uploaded to an FTP server directly from the application.
The main advantages of DigDeep:
- Scanning internal memory devices and SD cards.
- High level of reliability and speed of work.
- Simple interface design.
- You don't need root access to work.
- Support for all image formats.
The principle of the application is simple. Launch DigDeep on your smartphone or tablet. After that, scanning of the mobile device will start.
The found images will be divided into folders.
Before you recover deleted files from your Android phone, use the content preview function. Open each photo individually to make sure you want to restore that image.
Super Backup
Super Backup(Super Backup) - simple free app to recover lost data. You can download the application from Google Play. To work with Super Backup, you do not need to get root rights on your smartphone or tablet.
Launch the app on your mobile device. Select desired section(contacts, SMS, photos, call log), select the save path.
In the window that opens, click "Restore".
Recovery from a computer
Now let's look at how to recover deleted files on Android using a personal computer. Connect your smartphone or tablet to your computer via USB. Don't forget in the settings section.
EaseUS Mobisaver for Android Free
Free app to recover lost data on android devices. The utility is available for Windows operating systems from XP to latest version Windows 10 (superuser rights may be required, but it also works without them).
The main features of the program:
- Support for all file types: music, documents, contacts, videos, messages.
- Recover lost data in 3 easy steps.
- Ability to work with more than 6,000 Android smartphones and tablets.
- Toolkit for previewing files before recovery.
- Data recovery of the internal memory of the device and SD-cards.
To start using the EaseUS Mobisaver application, download and install the program on your computer from the developer's website.
After starting the software, scanning of the mobile device will begin. This is necessary to search for deleted files.
When scanning is completed, check necessary files in the program window and click Recovery.
Media files are saved on the computer in their original format: jpeg, png, mp4, etc. Documents and SMS messages can be saved to text format(txt, pdf) or HTML, CSV and VCF.
UltData for Android
UltData for Android - handy program for file recovery from Tenoshare. The utility supports more than 2,000 Android devices from well-known manufacturers: Samsung, LG, HTC, Xiaomi, etc.
Benefits of the program:
- High level of security. The utility keeps data confidential and protects the device from leakage of recovered files.
- Ability to work with SD-cards.
- Data preview. Before recovering a video, image or message, you can preview the contents in the program.
Once the installation is complete, launch UltData for Android.
After the program detects the model of your smartphone or tablet, start scanning the device. To do this, click "Next" in the "Scan Device" window.
Check the file types to be scanned: photos, audio files, messages, contacts, SMS messages, etc. Click "Next" to continue.
The mobile device scan will start. The program will find the recently deleted data and display it in a new window. Tick the desired files or contacts and click "Recover".
Dr. fone
Dr. Fone is an easy-to-use utility that allows you to recover lost contacts, photos, videos, and documents on Android mobile devices.
The main features of Dr. Fone:
- Convenient interface.
- High application speed.
- Support for over 2,000 device models.
- Selective recovery of deleted files.
- Data preview tool.
- Ability to view history in WhatsApp, iMessages and other instant messengers.
The only drawback of the program is the lack of the Russian interface language.
Download from the official site and installDr.fone on PC. Launch the utility and start scanning your smartphone or tablet.
The next step is to select the type of files to search on your mobile device: contacts, gallery, audio, video, WhatsApp messages, documents. Click "Next" to continue.
- Search only for deleted files.
- Search all files on mobile device.
In our case, you need to choose the first option. Click "Next" to continue working.
The search for deleted data will start. Upon completion of the scanning process, mark the necessary files in the window and click "Recover".
Before recovery, you can use the function to preview the contents of files.
You can take a closer look at the process of recovering deleted files on Android in this YouTube video:
Conclusion
Using the programs described in the article, you can easily recover deleted files on your Android device without any problems.
To avoid losing personal data in the future, back up your main files. This will restore 100% of all information stored on the mobile device.
Sometimes after full reset settings on Android, it becomes necessary to restore files, folders or data that have been deleted. Sometimes information recovery may be necessary if the user deleted it from his smartphone by accident. It is especially insulting for rare photos and music.
Therefore, if you are looking for a simple and effective way recovering lost or deleted Android files, then after reading this article YOU will become a real expert in this matter.
Do not rush to get upset and despair, fortunately for there special programs, which will solve the problem of deleted files in a couple of clicks. We will take a closer look at one of them - 7-Data Android Recovery one of the clear leaders.
How to recover deleted data on Android system
As we mentioned above, information recovery will be carried out using the 7-Data Android Recovery program, at the time of this writing it was free, perhaps in the future, the developer will introduce a certain fee, but for now let's not talk about sad things 🙂
7-Data will allow you to easily recover most of the deleted files both in the internal memory and on an external SD card.
You can download the program from our server at this.
Then we act on standard procedure. Unpack the archive and run the application file 7data-recovery-suite. Following the prompts of the installer, we complete the installation of the program on your Personal Computer or laptop.
After successful completion, open 7-Data Android Recovery:
You need to enable debugging before you start recovery USB devices and connect your smartphone to your computer via USB cable, for this:
1. Go to the settings of your smartphone - Developer options - USB debugging (tick);
2. Connect USB cable to a smartphone then to a computer;
3. In the 7-Data Recovery window, click on the green "Next" button. A window with a list of memory cards should open in front of you, you need to select the one you need and click the "Next" button.
4. The device scan window will appear. Here you just need to wait a bit until the program completely scans the device and displays a list of files that can be returned.
5. Upon completion of the scan, a structured "tree" of folders and files of the device is displayed.
6. We go through the list and mark those that are subject to recovery. Press the "Save" button.
Important! The data that you recover must be saved to a separate folder on your PC, do not save it to a memory card again. You use the program at your own peril and risk, it does not give a full guarantee that everything will be restored with high quality.
As you can see, the procedure does not require deep knowledge, and even the initial user will be able to recover most of the seemingly irretrievably lost files and data of their Android.
There are almost 20 million applications in the play market. With so many, it's hard to know which ones are really valuable to android and which aren't.
Or - which have the features we want. Therefore, when testing, it is important to know how they can be restored on a Samsung tablet or smartphone, lenovo, maze, etc., after deleting, resetting or updating devices.
The easiest way to check whether analyze is suitable for us this application is to test it.
General reviews or descriptions of programs are often not enough - it's better to check how the tool works.
If this does not work, we delete it from the phone's memory. That's just sometimes we want to restore the application as well, for example, after a reset or update.
How to restore the application if you deleted it. Of course, we can find applications again in the play store - if we remember the name.
Only often the names are similar or difficult to remember. That's why Google has prepared a solution that will allow you to restore all previously downloaded and then deleted from your Android smartphone or tablet.
How to recover deleted apps on android tablet or smartphone
The ways to recover deleted android apps without PC on our phone are relatively simple.
To do this, you will need to go to the play market available from the device. Once opened, assuming you are logged in, you just need to open the menu bar.
To do this, tap the so-called play market menu icon in the upper left corner - three horizontal lines one over the other.
After opening the menu on the left side, you must select and open a tab called "My apps and games".
After opening, move the screen to the left to the "Library" section (there will be an installed section in front of the library)
Now you only need to look through the list of programs you have ever used.
After tapping one of them with your finger, you will be taken to the details of the tool, where you can also download it again to your phone.
Only if this solution is not enough or you installed them from outside the Play Store, then you can use another solution.
In the play market we find many tools for free archiving and obtaining information about downloaded programs and games.
One of them is Backup & Restore, a simple tool that automatically saves information about all our downloads that we have installed on android.
From this tool, you can also archive programs so that you can restore and reinstall them quickly and easily.
This is a great tool for those who couldn't find a previously installed one that interests them.
Deleted the application from android - how to restore if it is not on the play market
If you didn’t know where you downloaded and installed the application before, and then deleted it, then naturally you can’t find it on the play market.
What to do then? How to restore it. There is an exit. All you need is to install an alternative play store.
Download it In it you will find applications that are not in the official market or are simply not available to you.
He, in appearance, almost does not differ from the official one, but he has much more opportunities. Try it.
Describe your problems regarding the use of the Play Store in the comments below this text.
I will try to answer them immediately, find best solutions and suggest what can be done to restore applications deleted on an android tablet or smartphone.
Have you accidentally deleted any data from your smartphone and are tearing your hair out of impotence? Don't worry - no one has yet canceled data recovery from an Android phone. Many tools have been created for this, and some of the information can be easily restored from backups and cloud storage. Let's figure out how to recover accidentally deleted data from phones on the operating system. Android system.
Restoring from backups
The easiest way to restore data is from backups stored in separate sources. Therefore, you need to make it a rule to regularly create copies of all important information available in the smartphone. If you accidentally “demolish” something, you can always recover the lost information. Moreover, programs for creating backups in Play market full - you will sweat to sort them out.
What are they reserving?
- SMS and MMS correspondence;
- Application data;
- Numbers from the phone book;
- The documents;
- Photo and video;
- Call lists;
- Other types of files.
That is, you can find applications for any type of data. To restore information, you will simply need to select an archive that is suitable for the date. good help provides automatic data storage in cloud storages. For example, you can set up automatic syncing of photos from Google servers. Entries from the calendar and from the phone book are also sent there. At any time, you can restore all this data or access it online– even if you accidentally perform a master reset.
Standard options for cloud backup of SMS, MMS and contact list in operating system Android are not available, so you should use additional programs to save this information.
Recovery using applications
Programs for data recovery from android phone work wonders, quickly recovering lost data. Therefore, you can quickly get back accidentally deleted files. One of the leaders in the list of relevant applications is GT Recovery - Recovery. It allows you to recover any type of data and does not ask for money- the program is absolutely free.
The disadvantage of the program is that its operation requires root (superuser) rights. Without these rights, searching and restoring some data will be impossible. It should be remembered that root is needed by many applications that work directly with the file system and with some system resources.
One more popular program to recover data from smartphones is Dumpster. It organizes a basket in the system, similar to the one in the Windows operating system. If you accidentally delete a particular file, it will first go to the trash. And as long as you don't empty the Recycle Bin, deleted files can be recovered in seconds (and without any root privileges).
The third popular application is File Commander from the developer MobiSystems. It combines advanced file manager and a basket. If necessary, you can quickly recover accidentally deleted files. Also, the program can work with cloud data storage. The only disappointment is that To access some features, you need to download the paid version of the program. If you are not ready to spend extra money on software, use the above applications from the Play Market.
Data recovery using a computer
In order to recover data from an Android phone, you can try desktop programs installed on Windows computers. A typical representative of such programs is Android MobiSaver Free. From its name it becomes clear that it is free. It allows you to recover the following data:
- SMS messages;
- Remote contacts;
- Photos and videos;
- Music files;
- Document files.
For the program to work correctly, you need to activate USB debugging in the device settings and give the device root rights. After that, we connect the smartphone to a free port, run the program and start searching. You can quickly restore the found files, after which they will appear in the corresponding folders and applications.
As we can see, in this case, again, it was not without the need for superuser (root) rights. Rights are required for the program to access file system, because she has to find and restore files that are already marked as deleted. To obtain superuser rights, you need to find the appropriate instructions and software- there is no universal solution here, which somewhat complicates the rights procedure.
Be aware that gaining superuser rights will void your warranty. Get them only if lost information worth it. Otherwise, you will lose your warranty and will not be able to repair your smartphone for free if it breaks.
Restoring contacts
If you accidentally deleted contacts from your phone book, don't rush to search for data recovery programs and get superuser rights. To restore contacts, you just need to go to the service website " Google Contacts» (you can go here through Gmail) and select "More - Restore Contacts". The system will offer you to restore the list of contacts to the state:
- 10 minutes ago;
- An hour ago;
- For yesterday;
- A week ago.
An arbitrary indication of the recovery time for contacts is also provided. After that, you will have to turn on synchronization on your smartphone and wait until contacts from your account are poured into it.
Starting with Android 5.0, Google has been systematically working on the implementation of the restore function for Android devices. If earlier it was possible to restore data and applications only with the help of special utilities, available only to users with root access, now the system itself restores almost all data. The only important condition is the use Google services by default: contacts, calendar, Google Drive cloud storage and others.
In order not to lose your data, you must enable backup in android settings. For this:
1) Go to Settings > Data Backup.
2) Make sure "Data Backup" is enabled.
3) Select the Google account to which it will be linked backup data.
4) Make sure that the auto-recovery of applications is enabled.
If settings are enabled, apps and settings will be automatically saved to cloud storage Google Drive. Each application is allocated 25 MB of storage. This is not much, but it is enough to save most of the settings. At the same time, the applications themselves, of course, are not saved in Google Drive, the system will automatically pull them up from the directory Google Apps play.
Note: The ability to save app settings to Google Drive is up to app developers. If a specific developer has not implemented this feature, then when the application is restored, its data will not be restored.
Backups do not take up the main space in Google Drive. You can see which apps the system saves by opening the Google Drive app > sidebar> "Settings" > "Manage backups".
When resetting or activating a new device, after entering Google account android prompts you to restore your device from a backup.
It is important to remember a few more nuances related to data recovery on Android:
Use Google Start Launcher
A branded launcher from Google can be installed by anyone from the Google Play application catalog. Its advantage is not only that it will give the operating system a "clean" look intended by Google, but will also fully preserve the desktop settings. When restoring data, all folders, widgets and icon locations will be in place. When using a standard launcher from manufacturers, this will not happen. Third-party launchers most often also know how to make a backup copy, but there it must be done manually.
Don't forget to use cloud sync
Do not give up the main convenience of Android - data synchronization via the cloud. Keeping new contact in notebook, do not save it locally on the device, it is better to use the account immediately Google entry. This way it will never get lost unless you manually delete it from the cloud, but even then it can be recovered. The same goes for calendar, mail, notes and other types of data.
Tools from device manufacturers
If you are a fan of a particular brand of devices, such as Samsung, Meizu or LG, then it is useful to remember about the tools built in by manufacturers that help create data backups. Most often, they provide the ability to create a complete backup copy of the device, which can be stored for as long as you like. The advantage of this approach is that absolutely all data is saved in one file (as on iOS), but the main disadvantage is that such backups will not work between devices different manufacturers. Backup copy not suitable for LG smartphone Samsung smartphone and vice versa. This can be implemented with third-party software, but this requires Root access.