How to Recover Android Contacts/Photos/Videos/Messages/Audios from Android without USB Debugging

How to Recover Android Contacts/Photos/Videos/Messages/Audios without USB Debugging

Jan. 14, 2015 11:23 am / Updated by Bobby Hills to Mobile Phone Tips
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"What's the fucking USB debugging?! Each time I used third-party tool to recover deleted photos from my LG G3, I always failed in enabling USB debugging. Namely, I can't recover lost Android data at all! Is there any other way to recover Android data without USB debugging?"

As you may have noticed, 99% of the Android data recovery tools require you to turn on USB debugging before starting Android data recovery. However, enabling USB debugging is never an easy thing for newbies since the detailed operations vary with different Android devices. Hence, it would be wonderful if there're tools supporting recovering Android data without USB debugging.

Can I recover Android data without USB debugging?

Then Android Data Recovery Pro is exactly what you need! It not only guarantees you to retrieve photos, messages, contacts, audios, videos, etc. from Android but also empowers you to recover Android data without USB debugging, i.e. via Wi-Fi connection. Furthermore, it works for ALL Android brands like Samsung, LG, HTC One, Sony, Motorola and more running from Android 1.5 to the latest Android 5.0.

How to recover photos/contacts/messages/videos from Android via Wi-Fi connection

As the saying goes, to see is to believe. You can download the free trial version to see how Wi-Fi connection of Android Data Recovery Pro works to retrieve Android data without turning on USB debugging. The following are the detailed steps.

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Step 1: Download Tenorshare Android Data Recovery app from Google Play to your Android devices first. Then run Android Data Recovery Pro on your PC and click "Wi-Fi Connection" on the top.
Step 2: Open the app and tap "Scan QR Code to Connect" to scan the QR code on the software's primary interface.
Step 3: Then click on the "Start" button and select your target file types of lost Android data in the pop-up window. After a while, it will display both existing and deleted data on the primary interface.
Step 4: Select the data you want to recover and click "Recover" to proceed.

After above 4 steps, you can easily retrieve lost photos, contacts, messages, etc. from Android devices. But note that Android Data Recovery Pro is only compatible with Windows OS (Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista/XP). If you're Mac users, please check how to recover Android data without USB debugging on Mac.

Additional tips for enable USB debugging

Confusing as turning on USB debugging is, there're still simple instructions on how to enable USB debugging based on Android version.

① For Android 1.1 to 2.3, go to Settings >> Applications >> Development >> USB debugging.
② For Android 3.0 to 4.1, head for Setting >> Developer options >> USB debugging.
③ For Android 4.2 to 5.0, navigate to Settings >> About Device and tap "Build number" for 7 times till getting a note "You are under developer mode". Then go back to Settings >> Developer options >> USB debugging.