Recover Deleted Photos On Samsung Phones

Modern mobile devices do quite well with the role of multifunction devices, providing their users with the basic capabilities of computers, cameras, cameras, players, radios, e-books and even remote controls. But despite a fairly impressive list of positive qualities, this category of technology also has weaknesses associated with both software and hardware.

Unfortunately, not all smartphone users, including Samsung, are aware that they are not immune to device malfunctions. On thoughts in this direction they are prompted only by unforeseen problems that arose in the work of gadgets. For example, the sudden disappearance of all files from internal and external drives devices. This article describes the possible options for the occurrence of this failure and ways to recover lost files, including photos.

Reasons for deleting photos. How to recover photos on a Samsung phone

If photos disappear due to a software malfunction, there is a chance to restore them at home. But if earlier this was done with minimal effort and time, now to return the files you need to dance with a tambourine. Initially, almost all Android devices were recognized as USB sticks. The data that was deleted from their internal storage was restored with simple and free solutions that support working with USB Mass Storage. Now all devices with a “green robot” on board are working on the MTP protocol. For them, the methods that worked before are no longer suitable. In this case, it is necessary to use heavy artillery in the form of USB debugging, root rights and special software that can work with the memory of Android devices.

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Device Preparation

To “make friends” a Samsung device with a file recovery program, you need to do some preparatory work:

• Obtaining root rights is a prerequisite. Without them, the program will not be able to contact all sectors of the device’s memory and return data. The ways to get special privileges for each Samsung device are unique, so you must go through this stage of preparation yourself.
• Activate developer mode and USB debugging. This must be done so that the program can connect to the phone and perform an operation to return files.

Enabling Developer Mode and USB Debugging

1. On the phone, launch the Settings app.

To launch the Settings application, you can use the desktop icon or the button in the notification curtain

You can find the “About the device” section at the very bottom of the “Settings” application

To successfully activate the developer mode, you need to quickly click on the “Build number” field

If the “Developer Options” section does not appear in the list, try restarting the “Settings” application

One tap is enough to activate USB Debugging

Computer image recovery

On the network, you can stumble upon a fairly large selection of programs that can solve problems with deleted files. Some are distributed free of charge, but have a reduced set of features. Others provide a wide range of features, but developers must pay to access them. The first category includes programs such as 7-Data Android Recovery, Remo Recover for Android, Tipard Android Data Recovery, and Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android. When writing this instruction, we used the latest program from the above list. You can use other solutions, as they all have a similar set of functions, a simple interface, and tips.

Download, install and run a program on your computer that will help you recover lost files.

Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android Main Window

The stage of connecting the computer to the phone

Click on the “Yes” button to enable pairing with the phone.

To restore photos you need to select the category “Gallery”

Note that memory cells tend to be overwritten with other data. Therefore, it is advisable to do the recovery in hot pursuit until new files have been written to the phone. If this has already happened, then get ready for the fact that after scanning the memory with the utility, you will not find the necessary photos. Unfortunately, a non-comforting result can wait for you if the device was flashed or the settings were reset on it. In both cases, re-marking of memory occurs, which significantly reduces the chances of a successful return of lost data.

PC-free recovery

Install the application and launch it on the phone.

In addition to photos, GT Recovery can restore other types of data.

Just click on the “Photo Recovery” button.

A button to start scanning is located at the bottom of the window

The scanning process can be paused if necessary.

To select individual files, click on the checkmark on each of them.

To avoid such an unpleasant scenario in the future, you need to pay more attention to the safety of files. Do not accumulate them on your smartphone. It’s better to periodically transfer data to other drives or upload them to the cloud storage services than to spend a lot of time and effort on restoration later. Services like Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox are great for storage. They will be more reliable than portable drives or computer hard drives. Do not forget from time to time to clean the internal memory of the phone, so as not to provoke the appearance of bugs, and create backups before downloading and installing major OS updates.