How to recover deleted photos and files on Android

Surely at some point you accidentally deleted images on your Android phone or delete files you did not want. The first thing to do is not to panic, there are ways to recover and, believe it or not, quite simple. Of course, you have to have in mind that the longer you take to try to rescue those data, the chances of saving will be lower. It is not the same that you get to work in time to lose, that when they have spent weeks or months.

Despite the great evolution that has occurred in the field of telephony, storage remains a major problem. This inevitably leads to that often have to delete some files, losing important things along the way. There are basically two ways to retell them and act as if nothing had happened.

Through the computer (without root)

You not necessarily have to have a rooted Android device to retrieve photos, files and videos. There is a way that lets you reverse the process, although you will need to have a computer and a recovery program. This is where comes into play Recuva , created by the same developer of the popular CCleaner, you already know that serves to maintain our computer free of malware and spy files.

To use Recuva follow these steps.

• Connect the device to PC and run Recuva.
• Select your device from the list of top left and click Scan.
• When the scan is complete, select the file and click Recover.

The preview of your file is not available, but do not worry because it is quite normal. Remember that you must save the file to your computer at that time. With this program, you can also retrieve multiple files at once (not just one), which is especially useful if you accidentally deleted an entire folder.

Through an application (with root)

If you have a rooted phone, you can recover your files directly from your Android device. To do this you must download and install an application called DiskDigger . This is an app that allows you to recover photos, videos, audio files and other types of files deleted from the memory, or even those on a MicroSD card. The advantage of this application is that it lets you choose which part of the system want to scan, in order to recover your lost files much faster.

Once you've downloaded the application, you are asked root privileges. When you access them, you will enter a menu where the directories on your device. Select one in which you're interested and go to the next menu. Here you can choose the types of files you want to recover. Once you mark those who want to recover, click "Ok" to start the process. The analysis takes a few minutes, but when finished will show those who are recalled. Click the "save" icon to upload files to FTP or save them to your device.