Recovering deleted files on Android: from simple to complex


Good afternoon, dear visitors of the site softdroid.net. Over the past 3 days, I have received many interesting questions related to deleting and restoring files, and I will try to answer them as accurately as possible. As usual, I remind you: you ask a question, like the page - I answer. Very often visitors do not repost or like, which makes me sad. So I ask you to help the project and give it a like - this will be the minimum gratitude for the time I spent answering. Thank you!

a week ago I deleted a couple of photos from Viber and now I really need them, please advise me on how to restore them

The Viber application saves all photos at /viber/media/. If you installed this application on a memory card, then to recover you need to connect the SD card to the computer and use any program to recover files on the memory card, for example, Recuva or CardRecovery (the more preferable option). If Viber was installed on the internal memory of the phone, then install the Undeleter program, which works with the internal memory of Android.

Hello, I accidentally deleted very important photos on my phone. phone samsung galaxy s2 plus..please tell me how to restore them?

I have a Tab4 tablet, yesterday all the photos were deleted from the device’s memory. Now I don’t know how or what to do.

Hello. There is a problem related to a file deleted from the recycle bin on Windows 7. The file was deleted and the recycle bin was emptied. but with the help of Handy Recovery I found it. but I couldn’t restore it because the trial version only has one file per day. After that, I accidentally emptied the trash from other files and the files that I needed were no longer visible there. Is this all completely shady?

The course of your actions is not entirely clear. However, there are some tips. Try free alternatives to Handy Recovery. For example, there is a resuscitation program called Recuva, and there is also a specialized utility for photo recovery – PhotoRec. The files may not be “hands off” - unless you saved them to the same drive from which you deleted them.

I accidentally deleted the recordings from the voice recorder built into the phone (Android S 4). They were saved on the phone’s memory. How to recover these records. Very necessary.

Since the audio files have been deleted on the phone's internal memory, there are very few options. Try the Undeleter program for Android, it is one of the few that allows you to scan the internal memory of a mobile device.

I wanted to transfer audio files from the callrecordings folder from the Galaxy S4 to an external hard drive. To do this, I created a folder X on an external hard drive. Galaxy phone connected to the computer. All folders appeared on the screen. I opened the callrecordings folder - there were 28 folders there. I marked them all together and right-clicked them into the X folder. then I opened one of the transferred folders - it turned out to be empty, and so were all the others. and then I remembered that my husband had recently installed Windows 7 on my computer and I had not yet installed the Samsung Kies program. spontaneously, I again designated all 28 folders in folder X and performed the opposite action, i.e. I put these folders back into the callrecordings folder in Galaxy. I checked - all folders are empty. My Galaxy does not have SD memory, only internal memory. What to do and where to look for these files?

I accidentally deleted the AllCallRecorder. Cubot x17s phone, no root. Many programs do not recognize the phone at the identifity stage, so I had to BUY Dr.phone toolkit for android (this is the only program out of many that I have tried that immediately recognized the android and connected to it correctly).

Thanks for the detailed description of the problem. Root access is most likely necessary, and the easiest way to root your device is with KingoRoot. https://trashbox.ru/link/kingo-root-android. In addition to the Dr Phone you mentioned, you can try DiskDigger (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger&hl=ru) with pre-activated root access.

I have never had the opportunity (and I hope I will not have to in the future) to recover deleted files; I generally have little understanding of this, so I cannot understand what needs to be done. I found out that AllCallRecorder writes to internal memory in .3g format. Hence the question: in which section should I look for this file? How's the audio?

Yes, audio files are stored in the /data/data/androidlab.allcall/files/AllCallRecorder folder in 3g format. You need to search for files regardless of the format, since after deletion the file extension may be missing. If Dr.phone doesn't allow you to do this, try DiskDigger (for Android) or Recuva. Recuva only works from a computer; to restore from internal memory, you need to follow the instructions https://softdroid.net/vosstanovit-dannye-vnutrenney-pamyati-telefon-android (or https://habrahabr.ru/post/232399/). That is, make a copy of Android’s internal memory and connect it as a disk to the computer.

And yet, in Dr.phone toolkit there are 2 sections in which, as it seems to me, you need to look - Data Recovery and Data Backup & Restore. In Recovery it finds all files except .3g. In Data Backup & Restore, in the App section, finds AllCallRecorder and writes a number in brackets next to it, i.e. AllCallRecorder(18). When I try, “recovery” asks for money for further and I would pay, but I don’t understand whether I’m on the right path, whether the file I’m interested in is there. I really ask you to help.

It is unlikely that you will be able to restore using Dr.phone toolkit; free programs are more effective in this case.

Please tell me step by step what can be done, this file is vitally important to me. Maybe it's impossible to recover the AllCallRecorder file at all? Tell me, please, at least something. I’ve been fighting for 3 weeks now... I’m counting on you.

I deleted an audio recording I needed on my phone. How can I restore it? The recording was in the phone’s memory. I’ve already read a lot of information and installed all sorts of programs, but nothing works. Is it possible to restore the recording without a root program.

I accidentally deleted an audio file with the .amr extension from my Samsung Galaxy mini i9192. I would be grateful if you could suggest the best, from your point of view, audio (and other) file recovery program for mobile devices. Regards, Yuri.

Good evening. I accidentally deleted a voice recording on my Samsung Galaxy S5 mini; the recording was made through the GallX application. A very necessary recording, can I restore it? Help me please.

There was a recording in wave format on the phone, i.e. recording from a voice recorder. The wife transferred this recording to a laptop by cutting it out, after which, using the Adobe Audition 1.5 program, the recording was processed and saved incorrectly. I tried to reopen the recording using various programs, but nothing worked. This record is needed, and since we haven’t duplicated it, it opens damaged everywhere…. How can I restore the original file? Please help.

By accident I formatted a disk with files, there is only music, well, it is very important to me since I am a DJ, please advise something, 50GB of music has disappeared(

Audio recordings on Android phone have been deleted. Xiaomi redmi 4x note. Removed manually from the Audio recordings folder.

Tell me, please, is it possible to restore them? Or where can I look for them in some temporary storage?

I made a recording on the voice recorder of my ASUS smartphone, clicked “Done” and did not check the recording. The next day I accidentally pressed the “OFF” button in my pocket. And the volume up key, the phone froze, I turned it off and on, everything was saved, only this recording is not active, it does not play. Is it possible to somehow fix this problem?

Almost a month ago I moved about 2 thousand mega important audio recordings from the recorder to the laptop and they all disappeared during the move.

Before moving, I renamed the folder (I don’t know if this is important). Is it possible to restore them?

Accidentally delete a recording from a voice recorder (honor 9 lite) in the Undeleter program, just search for photos, urgently.

I inserted a memory card from an old phone (Huawei p8 lite) into a new one (HUAWEI Mate 20 lite). As a result, all the music disappeared; if you move the memory card into the old phone, nothing changes. help me please

I have a Meizu m5 note phone, I recently wanted to download music from my PC, it was downloaded, but I can’t find it on my phone, what should I do? How to solve this problem?

New phone Honor 10. Everything worked well. Then the music suddenly disappeared, but not all of it. I noticed because the standard one started playing on the call. Then I see there are no photos of some. And some are there, but I press open, and it seems to be damaged. And then very quickly, within an hour, almost all the photos disappeared. What can be done without resetting the settings? Kaspersky does not find the virus. Through some program I found Nomedia files. I checked all the folders and deleted them everywhere. I rebooted, but there was no result. There are a lot of necessary photos. Help solve the problem. Thank you in advance.

I deleted an application on Android, how to restore it?

If a user has deleted an application on Android, how to restore it as quickly and easily as possible? There are only two main ways to restore games and applications on Android if you have deleted them:

• Reinstall using Google Play. • Using a backup (if it was made previously).

The first method is the most preferable, because does not take much time, completely restores the program that was deleted. Using the second method is only relevant in cases where there is no access to the Internet, or the program contained important settings and saves that did not appear after re-installation.

Why did all the photos from my phone disappear?

Reasons for missing photos

from the smartphone gallery, accidental or intentional memory formatting;
damage to the memory card after falling, moisture or careless handling when removed or installed in the device; exposure to malware; deleting and overwriting photos
when moving data between the internal memory and the card.

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Using Google Play for recovery

If you deleted an application on Android, you can restore it using Google Play. Moreover, this is done in just a few simple steps (given that you have an Internet connection):

1. Find Google Play on your device (can be either on the main page or in the main menu). 2. Open the program, click on the button consisting of three horizontal lines (it is located in the upper left part of the interface). 3. Find the item “My applications and games” in the menu that opens. 4. Next, click on the “All” tab.

After this, you will see a list of programs that were once installed on your device running Android OS. If “Update” or “Installed” is indicated opposite the name, this means that the program was not removed from the device, so it cannot be restored - it is already installed.

If you deleted an application from Android and want to restore it, then next to the name you will see an o or an offer to purchase if the program was purchased for some money. Therefore, before restoring deleted applications on Android, make sure that you actually erased them from the device’s memory and did not just move the shortcut.

To make it easier to navigate, all downloaded and installed programs that are associated with the user’s Google Play account will be sorted by the date of their installation. Recently installed ones will be at the top of the list. It doesn’t matter whether you deleted the application from Android or not.

Looking through the list, we find the game or program that needs to be restored, and, accordingly, restore it, if necessary.

Therefore, you can safely remove unnecessary applications from Android if there is not enough memory, and then restore them in a few minutes.

Recuva program

A free program that works when the phone is connected to the computer.

You can download the official version by following this link: www.piriform.com/recuva.

This program works as follows:

1. As soon as you launch it, a window opens with different types of files that need to be recovered;

2. Select the data that the program will look for during scanning, and then run it. Recuva can recover more information if you enable in-depth analysis first, but it will take longer, up to several hours;

3. Once the scanning is completed, you will be provided with a list of files that can be returned. The files you need will be highlighted in green - select them and click “continue”;

4. Transfer the recovered data back to your phone;

If the Google Play listing didn't help

In cases where you cannot find what you need in the proposed list, then, most likely, you are not using the same account that was on Google Play at the time you downloaded and installed the application you were looking for, which you deleted from Android and want to restore.

Often, the reason why an application is missing from the download and installation history may be that it has been removed from Google Play for each user. Recovery in such a situation is only possible by downloading the apk file from third-party specialized resources. The principle of this method of restoring programs that you deleted from Android is to search and reinstall.

Video instruction

In our material, we examined in detail where exactly your deleted files are stored on the Android OS, and how they can be found and installed after deletion. The list of tools we present is universal and works for all Android devices.

Good results are obtained by the recovery method using a PC and specialized programs. But before that, you need to avoid using your phone and installing additional applications on it. The latter may overlap with the sectors used to store data, after which the possibility of restoring the latter will be lost.

Using Android Backup Service

With Android Backup Service you can back up your Google accounts. If you have used this functionality, then restoring files and their data that have been deleted will not be difficult.

To do this, we do the following:

1. Go to the “Settings” menu on your device. 2. Select the “Personal Data” section and click on the “Restore and Reset” item there. 3. Then select and enable the “Auto recovery” option.

Android Backup Service is not used by all programs, so for some of them you can save and later restore, if they were deleted, only a certain part of the data.

How to restore and transfer Whatspp correspondence - we will tell you in detail: https://w-hatsapp.ru/kak-perenesti-perepisku-whatsapp.html

Problems and solutions

Unavailability of data transmission

Some USB cables only serve to supply power and cannot be used for other purposes, so you will need to purchase a suitable device to connect your smartphone to your PC. Their prices start from approximately a hundred rubles, which is not much.

Additionally, check whether you forgot to enable USB debugging and whether both slots are clean enough.

Changing the memory card

It's possible that your audio recordings were on an external storage device, so you'll need to move the files from it to the new memory. If the device works correctly with USB storage, try connecting a card reader.

Damage to media

The situation is rare, but it does happen - the external or internal memory is damaged, which means they need to be replaced. In the first case, it is enough to purchase a new MicroSD card, and in the latter, it is advisable to contact a service center.

Using Dumpster

With Dumpster, you can easily recover any deleted files from your Android device. To have this opportunity, everything needs to be done in the following sequence:

1. First, download Dumpster, install it, launch it and accept the license agreement. 2. Next, a window with initial settings will appear, where you can set the necessary parameters for Dumpster to work on your device. 3. By clicking on the “Next” button, you will start analyzing the memory of your gadget. 4. Once the scan is complete, a message will appear indicating that the Android Trash is empty. This will indicate the completion of Dumpster setup.

The recovery process itself looks like this:

1. If any files are erased from your device’s memory, they will automatically appear in the Dumpster trash. This can be seen by going to the corresponding menu. 2. If you need to restore files, you just need to find them in the trash and click on the “Recovery” button. 3. After this, they will be deleted from the Dumpster trash, but will appear again in the memory of your device.

Method 1. Preventive. Recovering audio files from the Recycle Bin

Although the Recycle Bin app is not installed by default on Android phones, users can download Dumpster from the app store, which performs similar functions and allows you to move files to temporary storage when you delete files from your phone. This way, if the need arises to restore files, the entire process will be quick and simple. However, please note that this method will only work if you installed this application on your smartphone before deleting the audio files. So, provided that you have downloaded and installed the Dumpster application on your Android phone, and then deleted the audio file you need, you can easily restore it by following these steps.

Step 3. Click on the “Restore” button, after which the selected audio files will be restored to their original location on your smartphone.

To successfully restore data from the Recycle Bin, it is important to find the necessary files in it immediately after detecting their loss on the device, because Once data is deleted from the application, it will no longer be recoverable. You can selectively delete a file from the Recycle Bin by clicking on the corresponding button at the bottom of the screen or selecting the “Delete All” option. You can also set up automatic emptying of the Trash by setting a period (1 week/1 month/3 months) after which the files will be permanently erased. This function will help to clear the device memory in a timely manner. However, if you are afraid of losing important files, you can disable it and empty the Trash only manually

How to recover deleted files from an Android device

It is difficult to describe all the torment that we subject ourselves to for accidentally deleting important data. Inattention is never the key to success, but don't get discouraged by one or more files. There are many tools available today that you can use to recover your data—and here's how you can do it if you accidentally deleted something on your Android device.

To help you in this matter, we will tell you about the best built-in and third-party apps for data recovery on Android .

Deleted photos in Google Photos

If you have an Android smartphone or tablet, chances are you use Google Photos, which already has a built-in recovery option . Go to the "Trash" menu, select and mark the images you want to recover, and then click on the recovery arrow in the upper right corner.

Unfortunately, this feature is only effective if the cloud backup option is enabled in the settings. You can only recover images that were deleted within the last 60 days .

Deleted files in Google Drive

Accidentally deleted an image from Google Drive? It’s okay, you can try to restore them using a scheme similar to Google Photos: go to the application menu, select the necessary data from the Recycle Bin list and click on the recovery icon. Google says files are stored for a "limited time" but doesn't specify a specific limit (at least a few months). As with Google Photos, you can get to the deleted files page through your browser.

DiskDigger for searching files

If you only had one instance of a deleted file, you can call on one of the best third-party data recovery tools for Android - DiskDigger . It's designed for photos, but will also help you find traces of deleted videos.

Everything is extremely simple: run the main scan and wait for the program to find it. Using Settings, you can set search parameters: date range, minimum file size, etc.

Recuva for file recovery

If you are unable to recover your deleted files, you should go to the Recuva desktop application. Connect your phone to your computer or remove the memory card and connect it. The program searches for specific file types, but you can switch to advanced mode for a more thorough search . If the deleted file was on the memory card and not on the internal memory, the chances of recovering it increase.

Restoring saved games on Google Play

In case of unintentional deletion of a game, it is better to seek help from its developers , who will be able to offer solutions to the problem. It doesn't matter whether we're talking about a software development studio or just one person.

If the game does not have any built-in recovery tool, and DiskDigger and Recuva do not help, you will have to admit defeat. For the future: use Google Play Games to save games in the cloud or sync between devices.

Recovering deleted emails

In theory, rescuing deleted emails from an Android device should not cause any problems: almost all email clients for Android save emails in the cloud and have an option that allows you to recover messages deleted within a certain period of time.

For example, to view recently deleted emails in Gmail, you should select Trash; Outlook for Android has a Deleted Items folder. Explore any other email application and you will definitely find a similar function for recovering deleted emails.

Music recovery

Files deleted directly from your Android device's local storage can be recovered using Recuva and DiskDigger. You can study the settings of the records management application itself and look for similar features in it. If you use streaming services, then all tracks are saved to the cloud by default .

Play Music and Android player make it possible to restore deleted tracks from the last 28 days, but to do this you will have to go to the web interface.

Recovering downloaded files

The Downloads folder is one of the few places on Android from which you can directly access the file system . If you deleted something from this storage, and DiskDigger or Recuva do not work, you will have to forget about the lost files.

But the third-party file manager ES File Explorer has a “restore trash” option in the Tools menu. However, not all such programs offer this function - you should read the help information from the developers.

Recovering deleted contacts

First, make sure that you actually deleted contacts and did not hide them: open the application menu, then “Contacts display” and select those contacts (from which applications) that you want to see in the general list.

If the loss is not found, then you should go to Google Contacts in the web version, click “Additional actions”, and then select “Restore contacts” and set the time to which you want to restore the data.

Don't forget about backup

Prevention is better than cure, so use the backup option and you can always get data deleted from your Android device back . This advice won’t help much after the fact, when the data is irretrievably lost, but you won’t ignore such a safety net next time. Android can back up data on its own if you specify this in Settings.

There is also a Dumpster app for data recovery, but you need to install it on your Android device first.

How to avoid data loss in the future

Loss of data, including photos and multimedia files, can be avoided if you follow simple recommendations.

Vyacheslav

For several years he worked in mobile phone stores of two large operators. I understand tariffs well and see all the pitfalls. I love gadgets, especially Android ones.

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Question to the expert

What do you need to back up your data?

Activate the copy to virtual media option. In this case, all photos and videos will be moved there by default. And if necessary, just open the storage and download the desired file from there back to your smartphone.

Is there a chance to recover lost pictures not from the internal memory, but from a connected SD card?

Yes. All of the listed programs and applications work equally effectively with all types of memory.

Is it possible to recover photos and videos from a smartphone that has been lost or stolen?

A similar possibility exists if data was synchronized in the Google cloud on your previous device.

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How to recover deleted music on Android

How to recover deleted music on Android

Contents : How to recover deleted music on Android

Method 1: Special Applications

One of the simplest means of solving the problem under consideration will be specialized software for data recovery on Android. Most of these programs require root rights, but there are also tools that do not require them, for example, Deleted Audio Recovery.

1. After installing the application, launch it and select the interface language. Russian is available, but the quality of localization leaves much to be desired.

2. On the next screen, tap on the “ Recovery ” button.

3. Next, give the program permission to access the device’s file system.

4. Wait while the software performs a search. When it’s finished, use the “ Restore Audio ” button.

5. The application will display the number of files found - to access them, click “ View deleted audio ”.

6. On the next page, select the required files and restore them. If the program does not find anything, try executing the instruction again, and if unsuccessful, use the second method.

The option using Deleted Audio Recovery is one of the most convenient, but disadvantages such as poor translation into Russian and the dominance of advertising do not allow us to call it ideal.

Additional Information

If the user cannot figure out how to restore music in VK after deletion, he should talk to the support agents of the social network and ask them why the audio recordings are not being returned.

You should not download and install special applications that allow you to return the track list. With their help, the account owner will not be able to listen to music back. He will get nothing but trouble:

  • loss of finances if the program is paid;
  • loss of personal data and account control;
  • introducing viruses to your computer or smartphone.

Of course, some proposals do not promise such difficulties. But they are not capable of giving a positive result.

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