How to restore lost android photos

One of my friends accidentally deleted the full contents of the “Camera” folder which contains precious pictures, now she needs to recover the deleted photos and asks me to help. I recommend iStonsoft Android Photo Recovery to her, which recognizes the Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone and can scan the deleted pictures files on the Galaxy S2 or micro SD card. With the help of professional photo retrieval software, she gets back the lost photos and back them up well.

Guide:How to restore lost photos from android phone

Step 1 Launch the program and connect android phone to the computer

After downloading the iStonsoft Android Photo Recovery tool, install and launch it on your computer.Then connect your android phone to the computer via USB cable.

Step 2 Enable USB debugging

Check whether you have enabled USB debugging on your mobile phone. If not, the app will prompt you to do it. Find different ways according to your android phone device OS.

1) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Enter "Settings" < Click "Applications" < Click "Development" < Check "USB debugging"

2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Enter "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check "USB debugging"

3) For Android 4.2 or newer: Enter "Settings" < Click "About Phone" < Tap "Build number" for several times until getting a note "You are under developer mode" < Back to "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check "USB debugging"

Step 3 Analyzing and scan your android phone 

When the software recognizes your android phone , you will get the following window. Tap on "Start" button and begin to scan for all lost or deleted photos, videos on the device. The scanning time depends on the actual quantity of data. Wait patiently now.

Step 4 Preview and recover photos from android phone 

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