Best Apps to recovers lost photos and videos on your smartphone
One of the most frustrating things that can happen to our Smartphones is when we accidentally (or deliberately) delete photos or videos from our devices and the needing them back again. It’s a problem because there is no easy way to access deleted files.
Rooting your device helps with this significantly, however if you’ve saved new apps or data to your device, or performed and update of some variety, then it’s virtually impossible to rescue your photos. So if you accidentally delete something, make sure you turn off your Wi-Fi and/or data so auto-updates don’t occur, and don’t save anything new to your device.
Then simply take a look at one of the apps below and see what tickles your fancy. Some of them require root, whereas others are available on your standard device so if you haven’t, and don’t intend to, root your Android then take a look below for a solution.
Dumpster Image & Video Restore
First is Dumpster Image & Video Restore. It acts like a recycle bin does on your PC and allows you to restore lost data that may have been deleted. It can restore videos, media, music, texts and so much more and is incredibly intuitive to use. You do need to root your device for it to work properly but the app itself is one of the best in the business at restoring lost data.
Video Recovery Workshop
Next up is Video Recovery Workshop. You don’t need to root your Android for this to work, which saves you a lot of hassle beforehand. First of all the app will scan your device and locate any and all accessible videos which have been deleted. Some will be lost forever but the app boasts a recovery rate of over 92% which is very impressive.
GT Recovery – Undelete,Restore
GT Recovery does require a rooted device but it also gives you virtually complete freedom to look at and restore anything that ever lived on your device. There is almost nothing which is out of reach (i.e it doesn’t just focus on videos or photos, but you can also restore music, documents, texts, contacts and everything else in-between. It’s a great app for rooted devices to enjoy.
Deleted Photo Recovery
Deleted Photo Recovery will scan your device and display any and all accessible photos for you to choose from. You’ll be shown previews which you can search through and ultimately restore onto your device. One of the biggest drawbacks with this app is that in can be incredibly time consuming to go through each and every folder to find the photo you need.
DiskDigger undelete (root)
DiskDigger may or may not need root, some sources indicate it does whereas others state that it doesn’t. Your best bet is to try it without and then if you aren’t having any luck, root your Android and see what you can find. The app itself is very broad and provides you an outlet to restore data from SD cards and internal memory. What more could you want?