Android SD Card Recovery - How to Recover Data from SD Card in Android
You can see that the SD card is used almost in anywhere, especially cameras and Android phones, like Samsung Galaxy phones. Whenever you take and save pictures on Android phones, it saves them in the SD card. The painful thing is that you accidentally deleted files from Android SD card or you formatted it by fixing problems. Never mind, let’s see how to recover files from SD Card in Android.
- Quick Navigation
- Part 1. Scenarios for Data Loss in SD Card in Android
- Part 2. How to Restore Data from SD Card in Android
- Part 3. Solutions to Common SD Card Issues
Part 1. Scenarios for Data Loss in SD Card in Android
- You deleted data from SD card in Android devices accidentally.
- Formatted the Android memory card when it is infected with a virus or there was a problem with it, preventing you from access to the data.
- The SD card just got corrupted and you can’t open it at all.
- Virus-infected the SD card and you have to clean it up by removing all data from the memory card in Android.
- Errors while opening the Android SD card.
Part 2. How to Restore Data from SD Card in Android
No matter what scenario you lost data in Android memory card, including videos and photos from SD card in Android, you can try your best to restore Android SD card. The sooner the better result you’ll get. Here is the thing, all data once existed on Android SD card disappeared after the accident, they just become invisible. You can’t see them, but they are still there. When will they be erased permanently? When new data is generated, the original data is replaced by the new data. In this case, to make it easy to retrieve data from SD card in Android, you should do and not do as follows.
- 1. Stop use the Android SD card. Any further operation on the SD card in Android will cause data lost permanently. A good option is to remove it from the Android device until you do the Android phone memory recovery process.
- 2. Find a computer nearby, be ready to do the recovery from SD card in Android.
Since the data lost in SD card in Android is invisible, you can’t do it manually by copy-n-paste. To ensure the success of the Android SD card data recovery, you need to install iBeesoft Data Recovery for help. It is a professional tool specially designed for individuals, including newbies, to get back important data from the computer, SD cards, flash drives, and more devices. Supported file types including videos, photos, documents, emails and more. Here are the simple steps for how to get back data from SD card in Android.
- Click the download link to get the SD Card Recovery for Android installation package.
- Launch the SD card recovery Android software, select the SD card as the target place where you want to restore, and click "Scan". It takes a while for the software to scan the SD card for the deleted or lost files.
- When it finished, you can see all the found files. Filter the target files you want to recover data from SD card in Android, preview them on the right panel. When found target files, select them and click "Recover" to save them on your computer.
After then, install it on your computer like the way you install another tool. You can download the software in Windows or Mac versions. It depends on your computer OS. After then, connect the SD card with your computer by connecting the USB cable with the computer and the Android device, or use an e-card reader, making sure it appears on your computer as an external hard drive.
You can click "Go to setting" to filter file types. For example, if you want to get back photos from SD card in Android, you should keep "Pictures" selected. By only selecting the needed files will shorten the scanning process.
Part 3. Solutions to Common SD Card Issues
#1. Mounting Error
While you trying to transfer files from/to memory card, you might see the prompt "there is a mounting error with your SD card". To fix this issue, the most simple and useful is "unmount the SD card and format SD card". Formatting solves most problems. However, you should know that formatting erased all data. In this case, a backup SD card is a regular operation as well.
#2. SD card is write-protected
SD cards are write protected which not allow you to save data to it at all. In this case, you should know that the SD card contains "lock" switches on the left side of the card. Slide the switch upward to "unlock" the card. That’s it.
# 3. Memory card is empty and all files are gone
It happens when you plan to check out the data there, only to find it is empty. In this case, you need to install anti-virus software on your computer, and run antivirus software to kill the potential viruses and then show all hidden files.