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Recover device internal storage photos after a factory reset

LimooOoo
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Recover device internal storage photos after a factory reset

Dears,

Any advise or recovery app I can use to recover very important photos I left on internal storage before a hard reset??

 I did a factory reset Slightly_frowning_Face while I thought I have moved all data to SD card but I found the Video only.

Seem I did it wrong and lost some value photos :(. Again It was on my device Internal Storage, so please reply on that basis. 

ANY WAY OUT !! 

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Uliwooly
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@LimooOoo

I'm sorry to say this but it can't be done, unless you have root access, if your device isn't rooted then rooting process will delete them forever.

CameronT
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Hi @LimooOoo,

Welcome to the community. I am very sorry to hear this. Slightly_frowning_Face

Unfortunately, uliwooly is correct. We do not have a method to recover lost data.

All I can recommend is for the future, to have alternate back up options such as Google Photos, which store all your photos under your Google account.

Again, I am sorry. Slightly_frowning_Face

LimooOoo
Visitor

Thank  you bud for your sswift reply. I really don't know a lot about Android rooting,
Do you mean that if it was rooted before reset, it would have been possible to recover? 

Thanks a lot again! I cansee that some apps suggest it cam, are they misleading?

Thanks again..

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Uliwooly
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@LimooOoo

that's correct, the phone has to be rooted, otherwise those apps can restore data BUT only on the SD card, if certain apps claim they can restore internal storage data they will require root access.