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Restoring deleted photos from non rooted S4

Hello
Two days ago I bought Samsung Galaxy S4 ,, i took some photos from here and there, i wanted to delete one so i deleted the entire folder
I really need those photos
is there a way to restore them back ??
I don't have a backup
and I think my Mobile is non rooted

If your photos were stored on external memory card, you could mount that onto a computer, and try to recover files using any of the widely available file recovery utilities (just search the web, and pick one from a reputable company - I haven't had to use one yet, so can't make a recommendation).
For future, enable auto-backup/upload using dropbox or google plus or any of the other options - that way, your photos get backed up without you having to do anything.

jj14 said:
If your photos were stored on external memory card, you could mount that onto a computer, and try to recover files using any of the widely available file recovery utilities (just search the web, and pick one from a reputable company - I haven't had to use one yet, so can't make a recommendation).
For future, enable auto-backup/upload using dropbox or google plus or any of the other options - that way, your photos get backed up without you having to do anything.
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thanks for the reply
excuse me but im newbie in the android systems,, if i root my mobile ,, can i retrieve the photos ??

Nokia N93 said:
thanks for the reply
excuse me but im newbie in the android systems,, if i root my mobile ,, can i retrieve the photos ??
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Rooting isn't going to make it any easier to recover your photos.

Nokia N93 said:
thanks for the reply
excuse me but im newbie in the android systems,, if i root my mobile ,, can i retrieve the photos ??
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Sorry, but I don't know.
Read - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 - it "may" work. There may be easier solutions - hopefully, other folks will have better news.

[Q] Undelete files/photos on GT-I9500 without root

My friend has accidentally deleted all photos of her little baby, which all photos in the internal memory and the phone is without root as yet.
I have tried to help her but seems cannot figure out the proper way to do so.
Is there any help / guide can be shared to me/us so as to recover those photos?
Appreciate if any help can be provided, thanks a lot~!:fingers-crossed:

ng_tim said:
My friend has accidentally deleted all photos of her little baby, which all photos in the internal memory and the phone is without root as yet.
I have tried to help her but seems cannot figure out the proper way to do so.
Is there any help / guide can be shared to me/us so as to recover those photos?
Appreciate if any help can be provided, thanks a lot~!:fingers-crossed:
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You might search for the key word photo recovery in google play store. However, upon installing such application some of the storage sectors on the internal memory might be overwritten (depends on how full the the internal storage space is).
In case you do not want to do that and have a computer available you can search for the tool photorec (freeware). It's available for various operating systems.
For M$ you need to install the proper usb drivers for the phone (description elsewhere in this forum) and when the phone is recognized you start photorec by following the hints displayed by the program.
For a linux distribution you need the proper adb bridge and some knowledge on how to mount the phones internal memory as a drive and try photorec. As far as I remember some older versions of Android had a recover utility installed that could be used by executing it thru the adb shell.
For Mac I do not know because I don't own one.

Yes, it is possible. see this samsung galaxy data recovery solution which is easy to follow and helped me before.

My photos have been lost!help me

i have G2 16GB.it is not rooted.how can i recover my photos?i really need them . i have checked many programmes on my computer but they can not recognize my internal storage as a drive

jak-jak said:
i have G2 16GB.it is not rooted.how can i recover my photos?i really need them . i have checked many programmes on my computer but they can not recognize my internal storage as a drive
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Please provide more information. How did your photos disappear? Saying they're 'lost' isn't very informative.
To have your internal storage recognised, make sure before connecting your G2 to the PC you go Settings > PC Connection > Set USB connection method and set it to "Media Sync (MTP)". This will set up USB connectivity for transferring images, music, videos and documents.

Unless you give us any extra information about how the files got deleted, there isn't specific help we can give you.
so far what I can tell you:
if files got deleted by mistake... well, its easy then.
I suggest rooting your device - ioroot
Than install Undeleter
Try this and post us the outcome.

d00lz said:
Please provide more information. How did your photos disappear? Saying they're 'lost' isn't very informative.
To have your internal storage recognised, make sure before connecting your G2 to the PC you go Settings > PC Connection > Set USB connection method and set it to "Media Sync (MTP)". This will set up USB connectivity for transferring images, music, videos and documents.
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i wanted to copy a file form my phone into my computer.after that i unplug usb and again plug usb. i saw that all of my files are gone .
i can transfer data from phone to PC , but recovery's programe can not detect my device to recovery

paviol said:
Unless you give us any extra information about how the files got deleted, there isn't specific help we can give you.
so far what I can tell you:
if files got deleted by mistake... well, its easy then.
I suggest rooting your device - ioroot
Than install Undeleter
Try this and post us the outcome.
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it wasn't by mistake,data deleted accidentally with unpluging usb cable .
is there any way instead of rooting?

Two things from my experience. First one has to be sure to select the correct mode for the USB connection and there may well be ".nomedia" files in directories where images are stored which would prevent say Gallery from seeing them.

gospodinwizard said:
Two things from my experience. First one has to be sure to select the correct mode for the USB connection and there may well be ".nomedia" files in directories where images are stored which would prevent say Gallery from seeing them.
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for example remo programe for recovery can not detect my phone to recovery my images.

If you know some linux knowledge you can use testdisk. But you need to be rooted. DONT INSTALL AND DOWNLOAD ON THE PHONE any recovery programs . Because it overrite your old data. And all datas will be unrecoverable. Ioroot fine works (it just installs su and supersu.apk on system partition so it wont hurt your data.) Here is more info....
more info
If you want to download it as text it is here. from management.
Sorry for bad English..

jak-jak said:
i have G2 16GB.it is not rooted.how can i recover my photos?i really need them . i have checked many programmes on my computer but they can not recognize my internal storage as a drive
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Sorry i couldnt quote for first post so I want to quote for you receving notification.
With this tutorial you will have a img or whatever you want which is including your data partition bytes by bytes. So you probably recover your pics and so other. 2 monts ago i used and all data had recoveried. I think so it will work for you..

makgun said:
Sorry i couldnt quote for first post so I want to quote for you receving notification.
With this tutorial you will have a img or whatever you want which is including your data partition bytes by bytes. So you probably recover your pics and so other. 2 monts ago i used and all data had recoveried. I think so it will work for you..
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you mean that there is no way to recover without rooting?
is there any way to get help from pc's recovery programe?

jak-jak said:
i have G2 16GB.it is not rooted.how can i recover my photos?i really need them . i have checked many programmes on my computer but they can not recognize my internal storage as a drive
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I just said to you if you root your phone, you will probably recover your files but if you dont have root acces you can recover your some folders maybe it will be hurt. So you need to think which one is important "varranty of the phone or recoverable data". But maybe you recover some folders, not all via usb otg. It wont overwrite your old data so if you dont wanna be root (i really dont understand you why you dont wanna be root ) you must use some app on play store and recover your pics and others.. ))

Unable to Root my SAMSUNG A8 on Android 5.1.1 ..NEED THE PICS I DELETED ACCIDENTALLY

Hi All,
A newbie to this forum of experts.
Mobile - SAMSUNG a8
Android version - 5.1.1
Problem -Accidentally deleted some precious photos while transferring them from mobile to mac
S/w tried to root - Kingoroot, kingroot as suggested in multiple threads
Result - Unsuccessful , tried through Mobile , Mac as well as Windows laptop
S/w tried to get the pics back - Disk digger, Wondershare Dr.Fone, Fone Paw Android Data recovery, Mobikin Doctor for Android
REsult - All of them said " No root access"
NEED HELP HOW TO ROOT THIS DEVICE and get back the pics. PLEASE ADVISE IF A FREE/ PAID VERSION OF ANY OF THE S/W CAN HELP ME GET THE PICS BACK.
Thanks ,
Sameer

sameer1182 said:
Hi All,
A newbie to this forum of experts.
Mobile - SAMSUNG a8
Android version - 5.1.1
Problem -Accidentally deleted some precious photos while transferring them from mobile to mac
S/w tried to root - Kingoroot, kingroot as suggested in multiple threads
Result - Unsuccessful , tried through Mobile , Mac as well as Windows laptop
S/w tried to get the pics back - Disk digger, Wondershare Dr.Fone, Fone Paw Android Data recovery, Mobikin Doctor for Android
REsult - All of them said " No root access"
NEED HELP HOW TO ROOT THIS DEVICE and get back the pics. PLEASE ADVISE IF A FREE/ PAID VERSION OF ANY OF THE S/W CAN HELP ME GET THE PICS BACK.
Thanks ,
Sameer
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You need to use cf-autoroot or twrp and supersu.
Whatever you do dont write anything to the data partition, make sure it's the sd card you recover to.
You will have the best success with the pro version of disk digger.
You're other option is to pull a full image of the internal storage to the PC and work on that.

Samsung Note 3 Not Reading exFAT mSD Card Correctly?

Only use my Note 3 to play audio and video files.
Recently noticed some video files missing on a 64GB exFAT mSD card.
1st thought they had been deleted by Note 3.
Just did a chkdsk scan and everything OK. Have a screen capture of this but do not know how to attach.
Additional Info: My Note 3 has stock Android 4.4.2 (KitCat) and never rooted.
Am Open to all suggestions how to correct this problem.

Hey I might can offer some assistance. BUT IM A FRESH NEWBIE TO THIS. I MEAN I JUST STARTED REALLY MESSING WITH MY PHONE 2 DAYS AGO. First what type of note 3 do you have? (ie. Sprint=SM-N900P) do you have service on your phone? Do you have any experience with custom ROMs?

SurageBook said:
? (ie. Sprint=SM-N900P) do you have service on your phone?
I hope not as this is not the Sprint model forum .
OP i would copy data off then full format sd card as a starter .
Damaged files look in the Lost Files folders .
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SurageBook "what type of note 3 do you have?" Verizon "have service on your phone?" No "Do you have any experience with custom ROMs?" No
JJEgan "...i would copy data off then full format sd card as a starter." Agree did copy the wanted data.
As previously mentioned have used Windows longer than Android so used chkdsk to examine & fix the mSD Card. Everything was OK and all the missing files were shown and Not damaged,
Since posting I backed up all the wanted data and then put the mSD card back in my Note 3. All the missing files were there and undamaged. Can anyone explain this?
From experience most Windows users reload the OS every few years.
Am wondering if I should Factory reset my Android 4.4.2 OS?
Any recommendations?

Man if you just use that phone for a media device just create a backup of your phone, SD card, and copy it to your PC then install custom ROMs until you find one you like and root that bad boy. My note 3 is my primary phone with service and I have about 10 custom ROMs on my SD card that I switch every couple of days. Earlier today I was on Havco OS 2.8 android 9 now I'm on some rom that when it turns on theres a pink unicorn and its on android 7. Its easier than you think. Things you need are 1. TWRP(for your phone model) 2. Odin(on PC to flash things to your phone*optional) 3. Custom ROM 4. magisk(to root your phone) 5. Gapps (for the android version that's on the custom rom*optional) 6. Enjoy

SurageBook Thanks for the tips!
Do you know if any good tutorials concerning how to root the Verizon version of Note 3?

I don't know about Verizon I'm on sprint but if you go to the Verizon section you'll find a guide for your firmware. https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general

Please guys post in the forum for your phones .
Otherwise i see a reply on here not your models leading to a bricked phone .

KermitJ said:
Only use my Note 3 to play audio and video files.
Recently noticed some video files missing on a 64GB exFAT mSD card.
1st thought they had been deleted by Note 3.
Just did a chkdsk scan and everything OK. Have a screen capture of this but do not know how to attach.
Additional Info: My Note 3 has stock Android 4.4.2 (KitCat) and never rooted.
Am Open to all suggestions how to correct this problem.
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try this, this might help with the missing media files
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.house.noranuko.mediarescanner
though i use 128gb sdcard and is formatted in exfat but mediascanner always crashing on me on stock android 5.0, thats why i dont use stock atm

r0mushii Thanks for the tip!
Tried to use the link you provided https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...mediarescanner but got 404 error.
Then used search words "Media Scanner" but got a lot of similar apps.

KermitJ said:
r0mushii Thanks for the tip!
Tried to use the link you provided https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...mediarescanner but got 404 error.
Then used search words "Media Scanner" but got a lot of similar apps.
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heres an alternative link(from apkpure): https://m.apkpure.com/media-re-scan...n-above-4-0/com.house.noranuko.mediarescanner

r0mushii somehow these links are not working? got a 404 from 2nd link https://m.apkpure.com/media-re-scan-...mediarescanner
Made a screen capture but do not know how to attach?

media.Re.Scan: media scanner, work on above 4.0
That is the link and it is live on both .

JJEgan "media.Re.Scan: media scanner, work on above 4.0 That is the link and it is live on both"
Thanks!
Was the link problem only on my PC? I am using Chrome browser.
Also is it possible to post screen captures?