If you've ever deleted a photo album by mistake or had your smartphone
accidentally wipe everything from your gallery, then you know that
particular variety of ''bottomless pit in your guts'' feeling. Never
fear, your lost photos are not really lost at all. We'll show you just
how easy it is to recover photos on Android. There's only one thing to
remember: act fast.
First of all: turn off Wi-Fi and data connections on your phone.
The reason to do this is that when data is deleted, whether photos,
music or documents, it is not actually deleted until something has been
written over it in the device's memory.
All that is initially
deleted is the index that points to where the data starts in your
memory, so as long as you can find that point again, you can get your
deleted pictures back. If that new data gets written over the top of
where your lost pictures are, they will be lost forever. A poorly-timed
update can be disastrous. Note: this process requires root privileges on your phone.
Lost photos are not lost forever if you act fast.
How to recover lost photos on Android
1. Download a free program called Dr.Fone for Android by Wondershare (available for Mac or PC) on to your computer. There are other programs available, but we've always had good results with Dr.Fone. 2. Install the program, launch it and register. You'll see the screen below. 3. Connect your smartphone to your computer with a USB cable.
You need to have USB debugging enabled on your smartphone for this process to work. If you don't, simply go to your Settings > About Phone and tap Build Number repeatedly until the notification appears, telling you that Developer Options have been enabled.
Back in your main Settings screen, you'll see Developer Options down near the bottom. Scroll through the settings until you see USB Debugging and check the box beside it. You'll see a notification at the bottom of the Dr.Fone screen saying that USB Debugging is being opened.
For devices running Android Lollipop, you will need to authorize the PC via the prompt that will appear on your phone.
USB debugging must be enabled for data recovery to work 4. Once Dr.Fone
for Android has made the connection to your smartphone, you'll be able
to select from the following categories of deleted files. We're only
after photos, but if you've lost more than that you can tick as many
categories as you like.
Most recovery programs can save a whole variety of important data5. The next step asks you to scan for
deleted files or all files. If you're after a quick recovery of your
lost pictures to set your mind at rest, take the 'Deleted
files' option. You'll need to accept the RSA key prompt on your
smartphone (check 'Always accept' to make it easier), making the
connection between the two devices secure and, of course, grant
Superuser permission when prompted. 6. One this is done, Dr.Fone
will analyze your phone and reboot it. If you receive a message on your
PC to say your phone has connected again, ignore it; just let Dr.Fone do its thing. Any prompts on your phone that request permissions for Dr.Fone should be granted. 7. Once Dr.Fone
has finished analyzing your phone you'll get the scan results screen
where you can check the boxes for the photos (or other files, as you can
see below, depending which file types you selected earlier) that you
want to save, then hit Recover and you're golden. 8. If you've made it this far you've hopefully learned a
valuable lesson and will make regular copies of your smartphone photos
from now on.
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