How to Recover Files from Samsung and Other Android Smartphone SD Cards

Nowadays, you can see SD cards are implemented on many devices like smartphones to extend storage capacity. Unlike built-in storage, SD cards can be removed and accessed on other devices. The frequent plug in and out makes SD cards prone to damage and potential data loss. The following  situations may have happened to you before:

1. Inadvertent formatting/resetting

2. Accidental deletion

3. Data loss due to virus infection

4. Unreadable or corrupted SD cards. You get error messages such as "The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable" or "Disk in drive X:\ is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?"

For unreadable or corrupted SD cards, it could be physical damage or logical errors. We’ve covered this part in earlier blogs. Read how to diagnose unreadable SD cards.

Most Samsung Galaxy phones or Android Smartphones save the photos and movies taken by the phone camera on a microSD card inside the phone. Recovering lost photos from phone microSD card has a very high success rate if you choose the right tool for the job. We would recommend Hdata Recovery Software. Hdata Recovery is the leading software to recover deleted, formatted, corrupted pictures, images, photos, videos from mobile phone microSD cards or digital camera SD cards.

How to recover files with Hdata Software

Step 1. Turn off the phone to prevent possible hardware or data damage before you take out the memory card. Remove the microSD card from your phone and plug it into a card reader

Step 2. Connect the card reader to your computer.

Step 3. Launch Hdata Recovery Software and select "Deleted Your files From Flash Disk". Click Next to perform a full data scan.

Step 4. After the scan completes, Hdata Recovery will list all the recoverable pictures and videos for your preview. You may then select the pictures that you need and recover them. The recovered photos will be saved to a folder on your hard drive instead of the SD card to avoid data overwriting.

Tips for Avoiding Data Being Overwritten:

Stop using or write new data on the Micro SD card immediately before you retrieve all your data from the card. 
Try Hdata Recovery Software to recover lost pictures and other files as soon as possible.