Android Tricks

How to recover lost data on Android (rooted or not)

Who amongst us hasn't accidentally deleted photos or videos without realizing it? No need to panic: there are ways to recover your data whether you're rooted or not. Time is always of the essence though: do not save anything else to your device until you attempt recovery. Turn off your Wi-Fi and 3G/4G connection so no automatic updates occur and overwrite your data before you've had a chance to get your lost files back. The first thing to do is to connect the phone memory (internal or external) as a Mass Storage Device to your computer, ie, via USB. Although you can connect your Android directly, you can also use a Micro SD Card Adapter to attach your microSD via USB. If external memory is the issue, I'd recommend an adapter because not all Android phones manage memory in the same way and the cleaner the connection between your precious data and the recovery, the better.

Then download Recuva (you can use either the paid or free version), which is a program to recover files. You can also use other programs, like Coolmuster or Wondershare Dr. Fone (which requires root), but Recuva is a great free tool.