Recover deleted photos from samsung phone. How to delete or restore photos and videos

In this article, you will learn how:

• recover deleted or partially damaged photos on Android using the free Tenorshare Android Data Recovery program
• detect erased photos on phone using step by step reconstruction wizard in Android Data Recovery app
• how to recover contacts on Android and messages on a device with Android OS installed in the most optimal way
• get back deleted photos and other media files saved on android tablet
• recover photos from Samsung, HTC, Jiayu or other phone models.

If you have a tablet, phone, smartphone based on Android OS and Tenorshare Android Data Recovery installed on your PC, then the process of photo reconstruction will not take much time.

Installing Android Data Recovery

Run the installer, select the options you want. It is necessary to agree with the license agreement, choose the application installation path and, if desired, agree to participate in the user program to improve the product (item "Agreed to ..."). Then it remains to click on the Install button and wait for the end of the process. However, it should be noted that from version to version some options of the installer may change.

Application installer window Tenorshare Android Data Recovery

Notable Features of Tenorshare Android Data Recovery on Tablet, Phone

The newest version of Android Data Recovery (currently 4.8.2.142) offers excellent multimedia reconstruction capabilities. It implements features that are especially demanded by users - including tools that access internal and external memory directly. In particular, there is a preview of deleted or deleted photos or contacts by the user before restoring them. It is very convenient: there is no need to waste time waiting for complete recovery of files, including unnecessary ones. As practice shows, capacious memory cards are capable of storing tens of gigabytes of information that is difficult to process quickly.

The powerful deleted photo scanning system built into Tenorshare Android Recovery Data allows you to efficiently reanimate data from Android phones or tablets after mistakenly deleting them, unsuccessfully rooting a mobile device, resetting the phone to factory settings, ROM memory, deleting data from a memory card, unlocking the bootloader or device breakdown.

To properly connect Tenorshare Data Recovery to your smartphone, you need superuser rights.

Granting root rights to recover files on Android

Other Features of Tenorshare Android Data Recovery

1. Very easy to use interface for recover erased photos with a step by step wizard. The tabbed interface, clear and concise instructions make all tasks easy to perform.
2. Recover multimedia via Data Recovery of several specific file types for Android devices. Supported recovery of deleted videos, photos, messages, call history, contacts. Thus, you can significantly save your time by selecting only those file types that you need to find and return. These can be either file extensions or other patterns by file name.
3. Search for deleted contacts in internal memory Android, as well as an external memory card of a smartphone / tablet / phone.
4. Work on all mobiles android devicessuch as Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola; Android tablets, including from manufacturers Google, Samsung, Asus and Sony.
5. Recover deleted photos from tablets, as well as phones, from Android 2.3 to 4.2 versions of the system. It is worth recalling here that the program is installed on a computer and synchronized with a mobile device via USB.
6. Saving PC data: TXT, XLS, XML formats. If you want to back up Android data or sync Android files to PC, Data Recovery is a good choice.
7. Delete data marked in red. This, in particular, allows users to view files or contacts before restoring.
8. Backup or transfer Android data from mobile phone to your computer - that is, syncing contacts and other data.

Key features of Android Recovery when recovering deleted photos. How to restore contacts on Android

1. It will help to return contacts, deleted photos, pictures, text messages, sms and exports data to HTML or XML of your choice for easy printing.
2. Returns call history, contacts, erased video files and pictures from gallery, Android phone (optional - PC). Android Data Recovery works on PCs, tablets, phones, smartphones - allowing you to bring back to life accidentally lost information.
3. Will tell you how to recover contacts on android, names, numbers, sms, call history and save them in HTML, vCard and CSV formats on your PC. Find deleted photos, videos in the gallery Works on all tablets, phones running Android: Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG, etc.
4. Preview, selective recreation of deleted files
5. Works with operating systems from Android 1.5 to the latest version 5.0 (Android L).

TA Data Recovery supports the following file formats

• Photos and other pictures from the Gallery
• Custom contacts from Android address book
• ICal Calendars and Sync Files
• Messages and correspondence in social networks
• Videos, clips and other multimedia data
• Office documents
• Audio and Music

When do I need to return files or contacts?

• If you use Data Recovery, a program to recover photos deleted from a smartphone, you will receive additional benefits in the following situations:
• If you accidentally deleted them and you just need to restore photos using the program deleted from the memory card
• Removed multimedia data after flashing. This happens very often due to the negligence of the user of the mobile OS Android Recovery
• All factory settings on your phone or tablet have been erased. In this case, free program for Android "and called Data recovery able to provide a service.
• Loss of files after "unlocking" (that is, unlocking) the bootloader
• No access to the device after its breakdown

Top Benefits of Tenorshare Android Data Recovery

• The program for recovering deleted photos is able to resurrect several files of a tablet, phone, make a backup, that is, a backup, on your computer.
• It will help to restore contacts of business co-operators, old friends, acquaintances.
• Return sent and received message text
• You might be curious to know how to restore contacts to Android
• Photos and videos taken with the Android camera, previously stored in the photos gallery (or downloaded)
• Call history, including incoming and outgoing calls, will be saved on your computer

Summary... In general, I advise you to install Tenorshare Android Data Recovery program to recover deleted photos, contact data. This is one of the best photo and other information recovery utilities for Android mobile devices (smartphones / tablets). It is a very simple, fast, intuitive app to find erased photos on your phone. In a couple of clicks, it is easy to recover lost or deleted contacts, call history, messages, photos, videos from your mobile phone. It is noteworthy that 2000 photos and contacts from the address book can be restored for free.

How to restore contacts on your phone: answers to your questions

I cleaned the memory on the phone (photos and videos) and the contacts disappeared, and some remained, which I rarely used. And one more thing: when connected to a computer, charging is in progress, but the computer does not see the folder. I can't transfer the photo!

Answer... How to restore contacts in the phone is described above. For this procedure, you will need the Tenorshare Android Data Recovery program itself. Alternatively (and simpler), try recovering deleted contacts by syncing your mobile device with your Google Account - where your Android address book data might be stored.

On the second question. If the files are stored on the memory card, remove it from the switched off phone and connect it to the PC via a card reader.

Please tell me how to recover deleted contacts on Android from the phone and book after reinstalling Android? Thanks!

Answer... Yes, you can. If you exported contacts to a local file on sd card (before reinstalling!) Or synced contacts with google account. This could be done through standard application Contacts for Android. In this case, everything is very simple: import a local file with Android contacts through the address book or add a google account.

Exported contacts are stored in VCard format. In general, all contacts from the address book are stored in the contacts.db (or contacts2.db) file at data / data / com.android.providers.contacts / databases /, however, it is extremely difficult to restore them, since the file is contained in the phone's internal memory. and good programs to scan Android internal memory (except for the Undeleter utility), in fact, no.

I will answer your questions: why photos are not displayed in the Android gallery (the phone does not show photos) or photos are opened in low quality. What if images are not saved in the Gallery? Answers posted below

3 programs that will recover photos from Android Gallery

Among the programs for photo recovery, we note three free tools: DiskDigger, Recuva, PhotoRec.

These programs will be useful if photos from the Gallery were deleted, damaged or disappeared as a result of unsuccessful file copying:

• from the internal memory of the phone to the sd card;
• from phone to computer.

We advise you to test the above programs with the deep check option. The programs are installed on the PC. You should save your Gallery photos to your hard drive, not to an SD card, otherwise deleted files will be overwritten and the chances of recovery will be significantly reduced.

Change the storage location for photos

Many Android users install a new memory card into their phone and are surprised to find that the taken photos and videos are still saved in the phone's memory.

You can easily change the storage location of your photos. For this:

• Go to Camera Settings
• Find the Storage Location option
• Change it to an SD card.

Free your memory card from unnecessary files

If the captured photos are saved not to the memory card, but to the phone (although the SD card is specified in the settings), most likely, there is simply not enough space on the memory card and Android uses the phone memory as a spare.

To fix the situation, check the free disk space: Settings - Optimization - Memory.

Delete if necessary unnecessary files on the phone. This can be done:

• through the Optimization section
• using the utilities CCleaner, CleanMaster for Android
• manually, through any file manager.

Format the memory card and check it for reading errors

Another known issue is that photos are not displayed correctly / periodically disappear from the Gallery. The reason is reading errors on the memory card.

The solution to the problem is quite simple:

1. Format the memory card
2. You can check the disk for errors using the chkdsk utility

Where are the Gallery's photos stored?

Remember the name of the folder - DCIM (Digital Camera IMages).

All photos taken with the camera are stored in the Camera directory on a memory card or phone. For your convenience, you can create other folders within DCIM.

Note. There should be no files named nomedia in DCIM (and subfolders) (this is a signal for the media scanner to ignore its contents).

If Android Gallery does not display a photo, check the contents of the DCIM folder via your PC:

• by connecting the phone to the computer via a usb cable
• by attaching the sd card through the card reader.

If photos are found, copy them to your PC, if not, use recovery programs.

Clear Gallery cache

If Gallery displays gray or black squares instead of thumbnails, clear the cache. Before performing this step, we recommend that you back up the files from DCIM to your hard drive.

Top reasons for deleting photos from Gallery

1. Formatting the memory card

Users often forget that formatting a memory card often deletes all files stored on the sd card, including write-protected photos and print orders. Such multimedia data can only be recovered with dedicated photo recovery software.

2. Overwrite and delete photos

A very common mistake is accidental overwriting of images, photos stored on the camera's memory card with other data. In fact, dubbing a photo is very easy to do by mistake. Therefore, we advise you to check the correctness several times when you record photos to your computer or to the device's memory card.

3. Damage or breakage of the sd card of the camera

If a memory card, hard disk or flash drive, any storage medium is stored insecurely, they are at great risk of physical damage if accidentally dropped or directly affected. We strongly advise you to keep your cameras, sd cards, and flash drives wrapped in a dense and soft material that will protect them - and, accordingly, your photographs - from shock under any conditions.

Frequently asked Questions

Photos are not displayed in Samsung Phone Gallery

Didn't find any photos on Samsung phone memory card this morning. I go to the Gallery - no photo; there is only one file in the folder where the photos used to be. I open it - and they write to me that there is no application to perform this operation.

Decision.

1. Check the memory card for errors by connecting it to a PC via a card reader.
2. Scan the sd card with any desktop recovery application like Photorec or Recuva.
3. If photos were synced online - check Google Photos or Samsung cloud, including Trash.

Photos are not displayed in the gallery of Huawei tablet

The photos from the Gallery of the Huawei device are missing. There is a video, but no photos. When I take a photo, it is saved, but the Gallery is empty. At the same time, all pictures are displayed on social networks. I can send all photos - both new and old. And the saved photos from the browser are exactly the same.

Decision.

1. Clear the cache of the Android Gallery.
2. Update official firmware if there is an update.
3. If the above methods did not help, do a factory reset.
4. Scan the memory card for errors.

Photos disappeared after updating the phone

I have an ASUS phone, no flash drive ... An icon appeared with a warning that the device memory is full. I received a notification to update the system, but since memory is full, update was not downloaded. I deleted the photo, freeing up space on the phone. I put the phone to be updated and went to bed. In the morning I wanted to review the photo, but there is no folder with photos in the Gallery, and I can't find it via PC either ...

Decision.

1. Install root app on your phone, check your phone memory via DiskDigger.
2. Search for photos in the Google Photos cloud, as well as in the Trash section of this service.

Gray squares instead of photos in Android gallery (black pictures with exclamation mark)

1. I go to Android settings, a notification appears that the sd card is damaged. I rebooted my phone, open the gallery and there seems to be a photo, but they are all gray. I did not pull out the memory card. Can i get my missing photos back?

2. I bought a 32GB sd card, connected it and moved the photos from the device to a new folder on the sd card. After moving, I went to the Gallery. Instead of a thumbnail photo - a gray square and an exclamation mark.

Decision.

1. Download the original photos from the service again.
2. Photo thumbnails are thumbnails. The original cannot be restored with their help. A gray square means that the sketch cannot be created due to the absence of the original image.
3. The original photos on the sd card can be restored via Recuva or DiskDigger.

Photos on sd card do not open

Recently I pulled out the sd card, put it back. I go to the Gallery, and half of it is not displayed in the photo section, I go to the Albums section - there are all the photos. What is the problem and how can I fix it? Honor 8 lite phone.

Decision.

1. Delete the Gallery app cache.
2. Check the Gallery settings, namely the location of the pictures.
3. Check for albums on Google Photos and online sync settings.

Answers to readers' questions

Yesterday I wanted to delete the first photo from the "Camera" album, but I accidentally deleted the entire album ... The photos were stored on the internal memory of the tablet. There are no backups. Device Lenovo Tab 2 A 7 30 HC. How to recover photos? I tried to do it through some applications from the play market, alas, the quality is terrible, the photos are simply not watchable ...

Answer... If photos from the Android gallery have disappeared, then you need a special program to restore from the internal memory of the tablet. Alas, there are not so many good programs, take a look. The first thing that comes to mind is the Undeleter program.

1. I go to the gallery - the photos do not open - they are gone. Android says "failed to create sketch". Also, photos and videos do not open on Google. What to do if onAndroid photos from gallery disappeared?

2. A new tablet, a new microsd, has been moved from the camera to the tablet. the photo is as it were, but instead of the image there is a torn picture - the full thumbnail of the photo is not displayed. When I insert a USB flash drive into the phone, all the photos are displayed. Tell me what is the reason why the photos are not displayed in the gallery and how to fix it, if possible!

3. All my photos were saved to the memory card, as set in the settings Android Cameras... I recently took a photo, it was saved on a memory card. I went to the Gallery, and instead of photos - a black screen. I changed the save to the phone memory - and new photo opens. How to be? Maybe it's the memory card?

4. We took a photo on vacation at sea. Everything was open, there were no problems. On the second day, the last 20 photos in the Gallery were reflected as a gray square. A few minutes after viewing, they disappeared completely. This is not the first time this problem has occurred with Android.

Answer... Find the Nomedia file in your images folder and delete it. Photos on Android are stored in the SDCARD / DCIM / CAMERA folder. I also advise you to check if the phone reads a memory card. Alternatively, you can remove the sd card from the phone and check through the card reader if there are the photos you are looking for with which the problem you described is observed.

Hello, the software on Samsung Note 3 was covered. Accordingly, after reinstallation, everything flew,photos are missing. I ask you to help me recover data, in particular photos.

Answer... In the event that photos disappeared from the Gallery after clearing the internal memory of the phone, they can only be restored using special applications for Android. One of these is Undeleter, you can find and download the reanimator utility from Google play.

I pulled out the USB flash drive from the Micromax phone, turned on the phone -missing photos from the android gallery. But in the File Manager they are, how do I get them back to the gallery?

Answer... Copy the photos to the SDCARD / DCIM / CAMERA folder on a USB flash drive or internal memory of a mobile device, after which they should be displayed in the Android Gallery.

Photos disappeared from the SD memory card, from separate folders, and the folder itself was renamed to this: կ_ _ _ _ _ ~ 2. What to do?

Answer... Deletion and renaming could occur as a result of a virus or after an application error. Since the pictures are gone, it would be nice to restore them. The CardRecovery program is suitable for this: the toolkit supports memory cards, you can specify photos, images as file types.

After recovery, you can rename the folder manually.

1. My Levovo phone started to fail - I rebooted it. When I turned it on, the Camera folder disappeared in the gallery, there are no files at all, the Gallery does not see the photo. Tell me what can be done?

2. I went to the gallery to see a photo, everything was white and the pictures did not open. That is, the Android gallery does not see the photo. I rebooted my phone. Everything that was on the memory card is gone. Can they be restored? After all, there are a lot of memories?

3. Transferred photos and videos on the phone from the gallery to the sd card, but when I try to open the transferred files, I get a message: unknown format. Neither video nor photos are opened, they are gone. Tell me if it is possible to recover these files from the Android Gallery. New photos and videos are saved by default on the sd card, viewed without problems.

4. I took a couple of photos, then put the phone on lock. After 15 minutes, I went to the Gallery and did not find any of the previously removed files.

Answer... If the photos were stored on a memory card, it is possible that your phone simply does not see it, and therefore does not display it in the Android gallery. Check if the SD card is correctly positioned in the phone slot.

The photos from the Gallery may have been damaged. You can take out an SD card and connect it to a PC via a card reader. Then use the Recuva program to scan the memory card - perhaps the photos will be restored.

Recovering photos from the gallery stored in the internal memory of Android is much more difficult: you need a solid experience. I have described how to do this. If you don't have the necessary skills, it's best not to try.

1. In the gallery all my photos for the whole year have become one date. This happened after I moved the photo to the SD card. Help restore the shooting date!

2. I have lost all my phone photos. It is not a problem to restore them, the problem is to find out the date of the photo shooting. After all, when I restored them, the properties contain the date when I revived them. How to find out the date of the photo, which was originally?

Answer... The date the photo was taken is stored in the exif properties of the file. Install any image viewer (eg XnView) and go to image properties. In the EXIF \u200b\u200btab, you can easily find out the date of the photo, down to a second. The shooting information looks like this:

Date taken<Дата съемки>: 2011:08:01 06:37:17
Date digitized<Дата оцифровки>: 2011:08:01 06:37:17

I have a samsung galaxy c4 i9500. The problem is this. I go to the Android Gallery, to photos or pictures or to a folder with bluetooth, click on the photo - it opens, but I cannot enlarge. And so with any file. Everything was fine before. What to do? I mean, with my fingers, zoom in or out.

Answer... You may have moved or deleted the photos. Instead, sketches remained. Perhaps there is a problem with the Android gallery or other applications. Updating the firmware may fix the problem.

Digma HIT 4G tablet erases photos from the gallery (the photo is in the tablet's memory). Applications remain, but the Android gallery does not show photos. Memory is not displayed in file manager. If I take new photos, they do not appear in the gallery. And about screenshots is also a problem. The device says "I can not take a screenshot, there is not enough memory or there is no permission from the application or organization. I reset the settings. Everything starts working, the photographed images are displayed again, but after a while they disappear from the Gallery again. Tell me what to do if the photos from the gallery are missing?"

Answer... Photos are not saved in internal memory because there is not enough memory on the phone. You need to delete unnecessary files, transfer applications to a memory card, if possible. It is for this reason that the pictures have been removed from the Gallery and are not saved to internal memory.

1. Accidentally deleted the "Camera" folder from the Gallery instead of a bad photo. As a result, all files were deleted, the phone does not show photos in the gallery. It is not possible to restore them, only those photos that were deleted one by one are restored.

2. I have a Galaxy A3 2016 phone. Several times the "Camera" folder has disappeared from the phone's memory from the Gallery. I lost a lot of important photos: (I downloaded several programs for recovery, but the ones that have deleted themselves do not appear. Please help me get the photos back!

Answer... If you save files to their original location, thereby reducing the chances of recovery. Since all the photos were deleted at different times, each of them has its own storage conditions (perhaps the files were overwritten by others). If you used a memory card for storage, try recovering photos from Gallery via CardRecovery. If the files were stored in the phone's internal memory, DiskDigger will help. You need to specify the DCIM folder to scan.

1. After I take a picture or record a video on my phone, everything is saved on the micro SD. I go to the Android Gallery - and there are just black pictures hanging. Why is this happening, can they be restored?

2. The problem is of the following nature. On different android versions (6 or 7), when I take pictures and set the path to the internal memory of the phone, the pictures remain without problems, but if the saving path is changed to SD card, then after a day or two, having entered the pictures gallery, only empty icons of an unsupported format are not visible, no picture. If you view through a standard file, the photo manager in the DCIM folder is also not. Where does the photo disappear?

Answer... It is necessary to free up the internal memory of the device, since the system does not have enough space to save photos to the Gallery - accordingly, they are copied to the memory card. This can be done manually using the CCleaner utility for Android or, for example, the Storage Analyzer application.

Samsung A3 phone. Today I wanted to delete a video from the Gallery, chose the ones I needed, pressed the "Delete" button and the phone froze, then clicked "Exit". As a result, photos are not displayed in the gallery on Android. I rebooted my phone, but nothing has changed, the photo is still missing. Is it possible to somehow restore the photos and videos that were in the Gallery ?!

Answer... If the files disappeared as a result of a system failure, it is worth checking the memory card for errors. If you've synced Gallery with Google Photos, look for a copy of the files there.

If the Gallery photos were stored in the Android internal memory, the task becomes more difficult. (Read our guide to recovering from internal memory.)

1. Almost all files disappeared from the gallery, there were about 20 thousand - about 400 remained. All files were on the memory card (except for these 400). I found a tip that you need to delete files named "NOMEDIA". Performed. About 3000 appeared in the Gallery. R-Undelete was able to recover some more files, but only those that I deleted earlier.

Not all files in the folders and the folders themselves were recovered. Please help, there were a lot of important things among these 20 thousand photos / pictures.

2. SOS... About 5 days ago, I transferred all the folders in the Gallery from the phone's memory to a USB flash drive to free up memory. Everything was fine, the photos spread. A couple of days later I noticed that there were 295 photos left in one folder (and there were 531). Now I extractedsd the card from the phone and put it back, there are 18 photos left ...How do I get them back? Help.

Answer... From specialized programs we will recommend PhotoRec. The program recognizes many graphic formats (including png, jpg), can search by signatures. At the same time, there is a high probability that PhotoRec will restore the photo as is - with damage, without a name or date. Also try to recover photos using DiskDigger (Windows version), some of the photos can be found thanks to the Dig Deeper function.

I entered all the photos in PERSONAL, then accidentally transferred some photos to the internal memory, but I wanted to return to the Gallery. I tried to transfer the photo from the internal memory to the Gallery, but it did not work. Questions appeared in the title of the photo, I click on them, and a window pops up: in what form to open it (video, image, audio, etc.). Please help me, these photos are very dear to me (phone HUAWEI LYO-L21).

Answer... Rename the files to jpg format. If Android still doesn't recognize the images, transfer them to your computer and try to open them. Also, if the files are damaged, we recommend using special software to recover jpg files.

Samsung galaxy a5 2016. Transferred pictures and photos from internal memory to card. Through the service - my files - memory card, all of them can be viewed, but the gallery displays only those that remain on the internal memory. At the same time, the camera saves new photos to the card, and if you take a picture or take a screenshot, you can see them in the gallery. The problem is only with the files that were copied.

You wake up in the morning, and almost all the photos have disappeared from the gallery (why not all of them?). I'll make a reservation right away, there is no memory card, no file operations were performed, they are not in the DCIM folder either. There are several files on Google Drive, but that's not it. Samsung A8 (2018) phone, Android 8.0 operating system.

I accidentally deleted a photo from the Gallery on my Samsung phone. I tried to restore it using the DiskDigger program, but it recovered in poor quality, everything is blurry, only the general silhouette is visible. And it is written about the program that it allows you to restore a photo completely. Am I doing something wrong? How can you restore the original image quality?

Bought three days ago new phone redmi 5 plus and uploaded all photos and videos to it. And a day later I go to the gallery, and there are only a couple of photos left and that's it. I rebooted the phone and went back, I see nothing left at all. Writes that elements are deleted or damaged and formats are not supported. Everything would be fine, only the photos are very necessary, and I deleted everything from the old one.

I deleted all the photos on my phone, completely the gallery. Now I don't know what to do. I just connected the phone via USB and wanted to upload the music to the phone, in the end I threw everything, disconnect the wire, go to the gallery - and there is nothing there - just empty. Tell me, can I restore it somehow? Lenovo S90 phone model. Thanks in advance.

I have an Asus Zenfone 2 Android 5.0 phone. In the Android gallery, one of several albums has disappeared. I didn't delete it on purpose. Important album, please help to restore.

i moved the phone folder from dcim to the personal folder of photos, at first they were not displayed in the gallery, and showed as if they had not moved anything, and after a day or two they disappeared altogether, I looked through file managers, they are not in general. android 8. and the root of the program is not to be installed ... at least to understand the reason, even half of the memory is not occupied ..

I decided to clean my mother's phone (Sumsung). I went to the sd card gallery. There were two pictures for each. And the photos themselves, as it turned out later, were only 350. I began to remove duplicates (highlighting all duplicates). But in the end, everyone left. I do not know what to do. It is very necessary to restore these photos. they are very dear to me and my mother.

Tell me, please, did a reset to factory settings, after saving all the information. But there was a problem - now everything has become terribly inconvenient, from the keyboard to the design of the folders in the gallery. The reset was done due to the fact that the outgoing photo was not sent in the vibe and it did not open in the profile when entering. The problem was never resolved. The support team could not help. Can you help us somehow? How to return everything to its original place and resolve the issue with the photo?

I wanted to transfer files from my phone to SD without using a PC, I specifically selected a folder with a photo and pressed move to a memory card. In the process, there was a movement, I saw everything. Then I went to the Gallery ", the files that I moved were not displayed there. They disappeared from the device (phone) itself, and they are not on the memory card either. Where can I find them? PS I deleted folders with music and video from SD, and after rebooting, they returned to the memory card. But there is no photo (

On a smartphone with Android 6.0, I restored photos that disappeared from the gallery ... but the image quality on them changed, it became blurry ... I found a program for Windows to restore the photo quality to the original one ... is there such a thing for Android?

I transferred some audio recordings and photos from the internal memory to the card, after which I saw that the photos disappeared in the gallery, sometimes it happened that the phone either hung up, or that the folders were not visible in the gallery, but after a couple of hours they appeared, but this time they did not appear and where the music writes: "no songs", although in the folder where the files are, there are photos and all the music. What to do, how to make the Gallery see photo and video files?

I created a new album in the gallery, moved the photos there, literally ten minutes later it disappeared along with the photos. I found them in ES Explorer in the library, when I move them to any album, their quality is lost. What to do?

The other day I deleted unnecessary files through the X-plore file manager. Inadvertently deleted the entire folder called Android in the device's memory. As a result, all the photos in the Gallery disappeared, or rather, they are not displayed. There are only photos in the Camera and Screenshots folders, but there are no folders like WhatsApp, Download. But all the photos are in the storage. Can I restore this somehow?

Modern mobile devices do a fairly good job of playing the role of multifunctional devices, providing their users with the basic capabilities of computers, cameras, camcorders, players, radios, e-books and even remote controls. But despite the rather 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 of the fact that they are not immune from device malfunctions. They are prompted to think in this direction only by unforeseen problems that have arisen in the work of gadgets. For example, the sudden disappearance of all files from the internal and external drives of devices. This article lists possible options for this failure and how to recover lost files, including photos.

Reasons for deleting photos

• Failed to update software. Mobile device manufacturers assure that upon completion of installation new version firmware "over the air", access to all user files is resumed. However, in practice, the situation can get out of control, and as a result, the process of deploying an update for software leads to the loss of several gigabytes of valuable data.
• Insufficient space on the internal storage of the device. Files can gradually disappear even if the built-in memory of the device runs out of free megabytes, which are so necessary for the stable operation of the system. In this case, the OS eliminates digital records in order to free up space for its own needs. Of course, the specialists responsible for the software try to prevent this, but, unfortunately, the problem periodically jumps on some devices.
• Incorrect operation of cleaning programs. The application store is full of programs that provide "services" for cleaning the device's memory from various garbage. Unfortunately, not all of them can distinguish between temporary files or the remaining "junk" of long-deleted software from user data that simply stays on the smartphone for a long time. Therefore, in addition to garbage, when clearing the memory, "cleaners" quietly delete important digital records, including photographs.
• Damage or complete failure of the memory card. The photos that are stored on the memory card, oddly enough, can also disappear. This can happen due to failures in the logical component of the drive (for example, when the integrity of the file system is violated), or due to partial or complete damage to the hardware (for example, when memory fails or is worn out).

How to Recover Photos on Samsung Phone

In case of disappearance of photos due to software failure, 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 drives. The data that was deleted from their internal storages was recovered by simple and free solutions that support work with USB Mass Storage. Now all devices with a "green robot" on board work using 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.

It happens that SMS messages disappear from a smartphone for some reason. You will find out how they can be restored in our next article:

Preparing the device

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

• Getting root rights is a must. Without them, the program will not be able to communicate with all sectors of the device's memory and return data. The methods for obtaining special privileges for each Samsung device are unique, so you must go through this stage of preparation yourself.
• Enable developer mode and USB debugging. This must be done so that the program can connect to the phone and perform the operation to return the files.

Enabling developer mode and USB debugging

1. Launch the Settings app on your phone.

   To launch the "Settings" application, you can use the icon on the desktop or the button in the notification shade

2. Go to the "About device" section.

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

3. Find the line "Build number" and quickly click on it 5 times to activate the developer mode. A notification about the successful activation of this mode should appear at the bottom of the screen of your device.

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

4. In the settings, find the new section "Developer options" and go to it.

   If the Developer Options section does not appear in the list, try restarting the Settings app

5. In it, find the "USB Debugging" option and activate it by checking the box.

   One tap is enough to activate "USB Debugging"

Recovering images using a computer

On the network, you can stumble upon a fairly large selection of programs that can solve problems with remote files. Some are distributed free of charge, but have a limited set of features. Others provide a wide variety of features, but you have to pay developers 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 manual, we used the last program from the given list. You can use other solutions as well, since they all have a similar set of functions, simple interface and tips.

1. Download, install and run a program on your computer that will help you recover lost files.
2. Connect samsung phone with USB debugging enabled to the computer using a working USB cable.
3. After detecting your device, the program will tell you what further manipulations you need to perform in order to get the files back. In the case of Dr.Fone for Android, click on the "Data Recovery" button and give your consent to connect the program to your mobile device. A corresponding window with a request should appear on the screen of your Samsung device.

   Click on the "Yes" button to allow pairing with your phone

4. Check the boxes of the data categories you want to recover and go to the next step.

   To restore a photo, select the category "Gallery"

5. Provide all installed program components at the stage of obtaining information about the device or while scanning its memory.
6. After completing the search for all files, in the program window go to the "Gallery" folder. In it you will see all those deleted files that the utility was able to find. Select the required ones and restore them with the corresponding button.

Please note that memory cells tend to be overwritten by other data. Therefore, it is advisable to restore in hot pursuit, until new files have been written to the phone. If this has already happened, then be prepared for the fact that after scanning the memory with the utility, you will not find the photos you need. Unfortunately, an uncomfortable result may await you even if the device has been flashed or the settings have been reset. In both cases, memory is re-allocated, which significantly reduces the chances of a successful return of lost data.

Recovery without PC

You can try to return the disappeared photos without using a computer. To accomplish such a difficult task, the rescue applications that live in the Google Play Market are suitable. True, as in the case of utilities on a PC, in order to effectively use tools from the Android system store, you must have root rights on the device.

To restore a photo to mobile device you can use the GT Recovery program. It works with almost all Android gadgets on board. You can find it all in the same app store. It is distributed free of charge and has two versions. The first one needs root rights to work with memory, while the second one can function on a smartphone without them. We still recommend using the version that requires rooting, as with it you will have a better chance of recovering data.

1. Install the app and run it on your phone.

   Besides photos, GT Recovery can recover other types of data as well.

2. Go to photo recovery by clicking on the corresponding button on the main screen.

   

The Android operating system has an extremely simple and intuitive interface. All actions here are performed with the simplest gestures. All this makes life much easier for users. However, the ease of performing certain operations often leads to accidental deletion of files. How to recover deleted photos on Android and get back important photos?

If we accidentally deleted photos on a regular phone, then it would be problematic to restore them. But since we have a device in our hands operating system Android, then we have all the necessary tools to recover files quickly. We can find these tools in the Play Market application catalog... Enter the phrase "recovering deleted photos" into the search line and you will get a large amount of recovery software at your disposal.

We will find the following applications on the leaderboards:

• Restore Image (Super Easy) from AlpacaSoft
• DigDeep from GreatStuffApps
• Photo Recovery from Recovery Photo, Rescue lost & Restore deleted image.

All these applications work in a similar way - they scan all available folders for deleted photos. The scan results display both existing photos and deleted ones... This makes it somewhat difficult to find deleted photos that need to be restored, but the analysis of top applications showed that it is impossible to remove the display of existing photos.

It is not so difficult to recover photos on Android using these programs. Only now, user reviews indicate that the effectiveness of applications is extremely low. And this is understandable, since for a full recovery you need to get access to the file system.

Effective recovery methods

Want to recover deleted photos from your Android phone, but can't find a normal application? Then we will tell you about the most effective photo recovery methods.

Using backups

Do you care about data preservation and make regular backups? In this case, you can always recover accidentally deleted photos. If you are still not familiar with backup, we recommend installing the CM Backup - Safe cloud application from the developer Cheetah Mobile Cloud. The application allows you to back up important data in its own cloud storage - each user is allocated 5 GB of disk space. The application allows you to save:

• Calendar and call log entries;
• Contacts and messages;
• Alarm clocks;
• Browser bookmarks and photos.

The data is stored on Amazon S3 servers. Be sure to use this application if you want to keep all your photos. In case of loss, you can quickly restore them from the cloud storage.

Yandex.Disk and Dropbox desktop programs provide very convenient tools for creating backup copies of photos and videos. They allow for backups when connected to any smartphone or tablet. The procedure is simple and does not cause any difficulties - you just need to connect the cable, confirm your intentions and wait for the copying to complete.

Recovery via Google Photo app

Is it possible to recover deleted photos on Android? Of course you can, especially if you use the Google Photo app. Softina is really convenient and functional, it allows you to automatically organize your photos by saving them to the Google cloud storage. If you accidentally delete photos from local storage, or your smartphone burns, drowns, explodes, gets lost or falls into the abyss, then you can always restore your photos.

To install the Google Photo app, visit the Play Market. The installed software will be linked to your account and will help you organize the copying of important photos to the cloud storage. They can be viewed in private, shared with other users. You can also create collages, animations, panoramas and other interesting gizmos. An additional advantage will be the presence of a photo editing function.

We can say that it is a very convenient and functional tool for cloud storage of photos and their processing. The Google Photo app will not only save important data, but also provide easy access to it. It can also replace several applications at once (editor, animator, data recovery, etc.).

Recovery through desktop programs

How to recover deleted photos on Android from Samsung or any other manufacturer? If you are rather tired of the hard working programs from the Play Market and you don't really like messing around with backups, we are ready to offer you a universal option - this is the 7-data Android Recovery program. It is extremely easy to use and allows you to actually recover files of any type... The recovery process is reduced to the following stages:

• Turn on USB debugging in the smartphone / tablet settings;
• Install and run the program on the computer;
• We connect the device to the PC and start scanning;
• We save the scan results in a dedicated folder (on the hard disk of the PC).

7-data Android Recovery program allows you to recover not only photos, but also any other types of files. At the same time, it does not require the inclusion of additional functionality and does not need superuser rights - an excellent option for quick and hassle-free recovery of deleted photos in the Android operating system.