mentech: How to Restore Deleted Files from Android SD Card

“Any ways to retrieve deleted files SD card Android? I lost all data on my Android SD card, but they are important to me. I want to get them back.”--Anna once asked for help.

You may encounter the similar problem like Anna, but you needn’t have to worry about it anymore. This article will provide some safe and easy ways to restore deleted files from Android SD card.

The things you have to know before the recovery:

1. Do not use your Android phone after losing data like contacts, photos, text messages, call logs, WhatsApp chat history, Viber messages, videos, music and etc. Any new data written into your phone might overwrite your lost data and make them unrecoverable.

2. Before the recovery, you need to make sure that your Android phone is rooted, which can make the software have access to your phone data and improve the integrity of data recovery.

Option 1: Retrieve deleted files from Android SD card with Undeleter Recover Files & Data

Undeleter Recover Files & Data is an application you can download into your phone from Google Play. It can come in handy if you accidentally erase photos and videos, or want some old tunes to listen to on the go. Unerase them in minutes, on any rooted device.

Features:

• Undelete files from formatted or corrupted memory
• Restore deleted files from any type of volume - internal storage, SD card, OTG mount
• Recover documents, pictures, video, music, archives, ebooks and binaries
• Scan for deleted call logs, SMS and WhatsApp or Viber conversations
• Save restored files directly to Dropbox and Google Drive

1. Download it to your Android phone through Google Play.
2. Select the target files to restore data from.

3. Select file types to scan.

4. Choose the output folder to recover.

Option 2: Android SD Card Recovery with Android Data Recovery Software

Android Data Recovery is a professional software which can recover deleted files like contacts, text messages, photos, WhatsApp messages, Viber messages, call history, videos, music and etc from Android SD card and internal memory for accidental deletion, factory reset, ROM flashing, software update, virus attack, etc.

As a specific Android data recovery software, this program can recover deleted files for most popular Android brands including Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony, Motorola, ZET, Huawei, etc. Also, it is compatible with all versions of Android OS, including the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Hot devices like Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S6, S5, S4, Note5, Note4, Note3, HTC One M9, M8, LG G5, G4, G3, Sony Xperia Z5, Z4, Motorola Droid RAZR, etc are all well supported.

You can recover a certain type of data or just mark the items you want. What’s more, it supports to export recovered files in multiple formats to computer for easy reading or printing, for example, export contacts or messages as CSV/HTML formats.

Step - by - Step for Android SD Card Recovery

Download the free version of Jihosoft Android Phone Recovery. Then follow the setup wizard to install and run the program on your computer.
Select the file types that you need to scan and recover. It’s suggested to choose the file types you need only. This will shorten the time cost.
Identify your Android phone by connecting it to computer via USB cable and enable the USB debugging.
Start to scan, preview the scan result and select what you need to recover.