Recover Data from Formatted Android SD Card

How to Recover Lost Data after Formatting Android SD Card

Mar. 11, 2015 11:24 am / Updated by Bobby Hills to Mobile Phone Tips
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"It seemed that my Samsung Note 4 was attacked by an unknown virus cuz it showed only parts of pictures, notes and videos. I had no choice but to format the SD card and lost ALL data on Note 4!! What a tragedy! Is there any way to recover lost data from formatted Android SD card? Many thanks in advance!"

Of course YES! There're many Android data recovery tools for your choose that enables you to restore formatted Android SD card. But considering aside from formatted SD card, accidental deletion, flashing ROM, rooting, factory reset, crashed Android system and many other reasons can cause unexpected data loss from Android device, hence I'd like to humbly recommend a comprehensive one: Android SD Card Data Recovery Software. And the following is the step-by-step tutorial to recover lost data after formatting Android SD card.

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3 Steps to Retrieve Lost Photos/SMS/Messages on Android SD Card after Formatting

First of all, you need to get ready with Android SD Card Data Recovery software by downloading it via the download button above and launching it after installation.

• Step 1: Insert your SD card to the port directly if your computer has an SD card slot or connect it to PC through a SD card reader.
• Step 2: Click "Start" on the software's primary interface, then it would scan lost pictures, contacts, messages, videos and call histories once stored on the formatted SD card.
• Step 3: After scanning, it will display all scanned SD card data by category as the picture below. Select what you want to retrieve from formatted Android SD card and click "Recover" to proceed.
  

Within minutes, all your chosen photos, videos, contacts, etc. will be retrieved to your PC (either by default or specified by you). In addition, Android SD Card Data Recovery Software is fully compatible with ANY Android device, which includes the latest HTC One M9, Samsung S6 Edge, LG G Flex 2 and more.

Optional: How to Format Android SD Card Safely without Damaging SD Card

Though SD card formatting brings destructive data loss, it does help to keep Android from virus attack sometimes. To learn how to format Android SD card is also of great value.

Follow Step 1 to connect SD card to PC and navigate to Start/Windows menu >> Computer to find your SD card on Windows Vista/7 to find your SD card (or type "computer" and click the computer icon in the Apps search results on Windows 8 and above). Then right click it and choose "Format".

Android SD Card Data Recovery Software works for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP. If you want to retrieve data from formatted SD card on Android to Mac, you'd better take advantage of its Mac version: Android SD Card Data Recovery for Mac.

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