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.
If you are NOT ROOTED
If you don’t know what this means, you are most likely not rooted
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.
When you run Recuva, the first thing to do is select the type of file you want to recover: Pictures, Videos, Music, Documents, etc. The option to restore from a specific location is available and you can even set a specific folder to attempt recovery from. Note that Recuva will only display locations it can actually recover data from. Just follow the prompts in the program.
Important: When you finish recovering your deleted files try to save them on a different device from the one on which they were originally lost: this can sometimes cause conflicts and damage recovery. So if you are recovering files from your smartphone, record them on the hard disk of the PC and then transfer them over later, once they’re safe and sound.
Important: When you finish recovering your deleted files try to save them on a different device from the one on which they were originally lost: this can sometimes cause conflicts and damage recovery. So if you are recovering files from your smartphone, record them on the hard disk of the PC and then transfer them over later, once they’re safe and sound.
If you have ROOT
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