Recovering deleted files on your Android phone could not be easier. There are countless apps available to help you should the crisis arrive where you realize that your important photos, videos or messages have been deleted.
Regardless of whether you lost data as a result of a software upgrade, memory corruption or accidental deletion, there are apps that can recover the majority of your data in-tact. It is always wise to keep an updated backup of your device, this can save you both time and worry, should the unthinkable arise.
Software such as WonderShare’s MobileTrans utility makes complete phone backups quick and easy, ensuring that you never lose not one bit of your data or settings, even when switching to a new device.
If you have however lost data on your Android and do not have a backup, do not worry, the apps highlighted below will have anything lost back within minutes!
Dr. Fone
Dr. Fone is a fantastic application for Android and iOS that can recover any data, lost in any way, within three easy steps. Over 440 different file types are capable of being recovered, and a full data preview is supplied so that you only ever recover exactly what you need to.
Lost contacts, messages, videos, pictures, app data and almost anything else that you can think, including data from all popular social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+, can all be recovered.
A typical recovery operation takes less than ten minutes in total, with most completing within seconds. Dr. Fone also includes an operating system repair feature that is capable of restoring a damaged phone to a fully operational state.
It can resolve issues with device freezing, irregular behaviour, excessive memory use and even restore your phone from a blank, frozen state if detected once connected. Dr. Fone is undoubtedly the very best data recovery software available for both Android and Apple devices.
You will be hard pressed to find a tablet or phone that it does not support.
Recuva
Recuva is a free tool that comes near to the functionality of Dr. Fone, but just falls short. Compatability is not as far reaching as the Wondershare alternative, although the basic functionality of this free app is still fantastic.
If you happen to lose data and want to give a free tool a try, then try Recuva, it has saved the day for many users. Recuva is only capable of restoring from SD or MMC based devices, it only covers removable storage. However it does a great job of restoring all data, regardless of how the data was lost.
Undeleter – Requires Root Access
Undeleter is a great PC that will let you recover everything from your Android device, without fail. It is not as simple to use as other applications, however it is extremely powerful and its recovery ability on rooted devices cannot be denied.
The device support is also fairly extensive, with even recent devices such as the latest Galaxy tabs being fully supported. If your device is rooted and you wish to restore anything lost, then let Undeleter be amongst your first choices. It excels at the recovery of pictures and videos from any Android device.
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