Recovery of lost data in smartphones

 How To Recover Lost files in Android

Have you deleted any important files or data from your phone accidentally then you shupld be surprised to know that you can recover the lost files easily. There are some ways by which you can recover lost data. Some of them may require your phone to be rooted. Usually files or data are lost by accidental deletion or by misuse in hands of children. Sometimes data deletion can occur due to corrupted files or while anti virus scanning. There was an incident with my uncle. He was trying to delete one unwanted message but instead selecting that message, he selected select all which marked all messages and deleted them accidentally. After that he was getting panicked then I checked his phone and for gods sake his phone had a backup file which was done automatically after a certain time period. So if you have already created a backup then you don't have to worry but if no backup is present then it will be slightly tedious to recover data. Methods by which you can recover your lost data are below. 

From recovery options in phone settings

For this method it will be necessary to have a previously backed up file in your phone. If you don't know how to create backup of your phone data yhen follow these steps.

Go to phone settings > type backup in search box > select backup and choose destination where you want to create backup and select ok to proceed. 

In this way backup is created. Now its time to learn how to use this backup in time of recovery. Remember that for recovery process, you must have backup file which was created before data lost occured. Now for recovery, follow these steps. 

Go to phone settings > type recovery in search box > select destination where backed up file is present or select backup file having date before data lost occurred > select ok and wait till recovery completes. 

After the recovery process, every lost data will be restored in your phone which not present before the recovery. 

From telecom operator

You may be astonished to know that you can also contact your telecom operator to restore lost messages. Most of the Telecom departments keep a record of their customer messages with them and if you have accidentally deleted all your messages then try to contact your operator and ask for the backup. They may charge some money for this recovery. 

Using computer or laptop

You can also recover your lost files using various programs in computer. But for this, you have to root your phone and rooting a phone is not advisable as it can damage the phone in long run. Also rooting a new phone which is under warranty will lead to void of that warranty. Programs like easeus date recovery, disk drill, recuva etc. are very helpful in recovering lost files. You have to connect your rooted phone to computet through usb and allow transfer files option in phone. Then rest of the process has to be done in computer. Some of these programs may require to be purchased. If you are not good witg operating pc and laptops then you can go to any smartphone repairing shop and ask them to do recovery which will require to be paid. 

Other methods for recovery

Some apps in playstore are available which may help to recover lost files. There is no guarantee that these apps will work buy there are chances. These apps search your phone thoroughly for any remaining residues of lost files or in temporary storages where deleted files may be stored for certain time period. Other ways also include checking your mobile account for backup files. Every smartphone has its own account which provides certain storage space for temporary data storage. For e.g. In redmi phones, you have to create an MI account and login your phone with that account. This will provide 5gb of free storage in your MI account. If any files or images are deleted, then you can recover it by logging into your mi account and go to deleted files in it. You will find all deleted files there and will temain there only for a certain period of time like for 31 days then they will be removed permanently. You can also spend money to expand the provided storage for your mi account. Similarly if you have signed in your google account in your phone, then you can also recover your files from google cloud. You must turn on sync option in your phone to automatically sync photos, videos, messages etc. after certain period of time. You can find deleted images and videos in your google drive. Google Drive provides 15 gh of free storage for saving your images and videos. 

Conclusion

If you have lost any important data then you should try all of above methods and see which one works and mention in the comments. You must try recovering your files as soon as possible after accidental deletion because if your phone had created any temporary backip file previously then it may remain only for limited time like for a month, after that new temporary backup will be created and will not include your old deleted files. Always create a backup file manually in your phone by going to setting then search for backup and create one. This backup may take 2-3gb of your phone space but it will be good to have a backup as you might need it in future.