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By Selena KomezUpdated on April 22, 2020


Summary
How to recover deleted text messages from Android phone? This article teach you how to restore deleted SMS on Samsung Galaxy, Huawei, LG, HTC, Sony, Google Pixel, Nexus, OnePlus, Motorola, Xiaomi, Redmi, Oppo, Meitu, Windows Phone, Sharp phones and others.

Sometimes you may delete important text messages on Android mobile phone by accidentally, or you may lose all the messages after a factory resetting, rooting, flashing ROM, system crash, Android update, etc.

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How to Recover Deleted Messages from Android?

Actually, the deleted text messages are moved to a hidden space of your phone memory, so the regular file explorer can’t access those deleted data. Therefore, you still have chance to recover the deleted text messages from your Android phone if those deleted data are not overwritten by new data.

Best solution: Android SMS Recovery

If you want to recover deleted messages from Android phone memory, you need to root your Android phone firstly, because root permission for a complete scan to find deleted or lost text messages in the phone memory by some professional Android SMS Recovery software.
Therefore, although there are Android data recovery software claiming that they can recover deleted data from Android phone without rooting, it is actually impossible to get back your deleted/lost data without rooting.

SMS (short message service) messages are more commonly known as text messages. Even though you may think that deleted text messages are gone for good, this isn’t necessarily so. Deleted SMS messages are stored in the Android itself, as well as on the network. But this isn’t permanent. Time is of the essence when retrieving deleted SMS messages on Android phone.

When a text message is deleted on the Android, it doesn’t disappear permanently. First, a copy of it is sent to the network provider. Next, the copy in your phone isn’t permanently deleted, but rather marked as “deleted” by the Android’s internal database. Even though you see the message as “deleted,” it has actually just been moved to a less accessible region of the phone’s memory. However, not even this is permanent, and the message will be automatically deleted later. The exact length of time that the Android will keep a deleted SMS in its memory can’t be precisely determined. However, it will vary, depending on one major factor.

What Should I Pay Attention to Before Recovering the Deleted SMS?

Actually, the deleted text messages still exist in your phone and can be recovered before being overwritten by the new data.

Important: Once you find that some important text messages are deleted or erased, please TURN OFF wireless/mobile data on your phone immediately and Do Not add new data to your phone, you’d better not use your phone to take new photos, create a new data, etc. The most safest measures is to put your Android phone in Airplane mode, then get an Android SMS recovery app to find and recover your deleted messages as soon as possible.

Android SMS Recovery Software: Recover Deleted Text Messages

This Android Data Recovery software not only can help you recover deleted SMS from Android phones, but also enables you recover deleted contacts, photos, videos, audio and WhatsApp messages from almost all Android devices, such as Samsung, Huawei, LG, Motorola, Xiaomi, Redmi, Oppo, HTC, Sony, Google Pixel, Nexus, OnePlus and others.
In addition, the Broken Android Data Extraction function can help you fix bricked, frozen, crashed, black-screen, virus-attack, screen-locked Android phone to normal, and extract text messages, contacts, call logs, photos, videos, audios, WhatsApp, etc. from frozen or broken Samsung phones/tablets.

Detail Features:

  • Directly recover deleted Text Messages and MMS from Android phone, retrieve the sent and received text messages, including the texts, contacts name, phone number, date;
  • Allow you view the deleted text messages before recovery, so that you can recover the deleted messages selectively;
  • Export the recovered messages as HTML, CSV format for you view or print on computer, it can also recover messages attached images;
  • Also can recover lost or deleted photos, videos, audio files, contacts, call history, WhatsApp messages, documents from Android phone and SD cards inside your Android device.
  • Extract SMS from Samsung phone when your Samsung phone’s screen-locked, broken screen, black screen, etc.
  • Recover data from dead/broken Samsung phone internal storage.
  • Fix Android OS to normal like frozen, crashed, black-screen, bank-screen, virus-attack, screen-locked, Samsung logo screen, system bricked, etc.
  • Best data recovery for Samsung Galaxy(e.g. Galaxy S10/S9/Note9/S8/S7/S6/Note 10/Note 9/Note 8), Huawei(e.g. Mate 30/Mate 20/P30/P20), LG, Sony, Google Nexus, OnePlus, HTC, Motorola, ASUS, , Xiaomi, Redmi, Oppo, Meizu and more, covering most Android brands;
  • Works well with all Android OS, including Android 7.0/8.0/9.0
  • Compatible with Windows 10/8/7 and macOS Catalina/macOS Mojave/macOS High Sierra.

It’s completely safe and reliable, please free download the Android Data Recovery software on your Windows PC or Mac and start to rescue your important data.

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Guide: How to Recover Deleted SMS Messages on Android

Step 1: Launch Android Toolkit on Computer
Download the Android Toolkit on the computer, install it, and then run it. You can see there are three main functions: “Android Data Recovery”, “Broken Android Data Extraction” and “Android Data Backup & Restore”.

To recover deleted messages on Android phone, please click on “Android Data Recovery” to continue.

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Step 2: Turn on USB Debugging on Android
Connect your Android phone to the computer, and hook up Android phone to the program via USB. Click Allow when prompted on the handset.

Follow the steps on the screen to enable USB debugging mode on the phone for full connection. For example, if your phone (e.g. Galaxy S10/S9/Note9/S8/S7/S6/Note 10/Note 9/Note 8/HUAWEI Mate 20/P30/P20) is running Android 4.2 or newer (Android 7.0/8.0/9.0):

Enter “Settings” < Click “About Phone” < Tap “Build number” for several times until getting a note “You are under developer mode” < Back to “Settings” < Click “Developer options” < Check “USB debugging”

enable usb debugging

For Android 4.1 earlier, refer to the tutorial on how to enable USB debugging on Android.

Step 3: Choose “Messages” for scan and recovery
From the next panel, highlight the option for “Messages” and “Messages Attachments“, and press Next button.

select messages to scan and recovery

The app analyzes the Android phone, and will need root permission for a complete scan to find the deleted messages in the phone memory.

To do this, click Rooting Tools button. From the opening webpage, download KingoRoot tool to root the Android device.

We also have the guide on this: How to root and unroot an Android device

root Android to deep scan

Step 4: Recover Text Messages from Internal Memory on Android Phone
Once rooted, the software continues scanning the deleted data from Android phone. Leave it do its business.

When scanning completes, you should see the deleted and existing text messages on the window, if you only need to view the deleted text messages, please tap “Only display the deleted items” to ON, it will shows you the deleted messages as red font.

Recover deleted Text Messages on Android

You can view the deleted messages before recovery, then click the text messages you want to restore and then click the “Recover” button, all your missing text messages will be save onto your computer within few seconds.

The recovered messages will be saved in universal CSV and HTML format on your computer, both two formats for you easy to view or print.
If you want to view, edit or print the recovered messages, you can open the CSV file by using Microsoft Excel, WPS Office or in a text editor like Notepad and Text.

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If just want to read the messages or print them, you can open the HTML file by some populart browser, such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer.

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You can see the Android Data Recovery also can recover deleted photos from Android devices, all recovered photos will be saved on your computer.

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As well as recovering other types of Android data.

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Free download the Android Data Recovery software to recover your text messages.

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Back up Messages and Other Data from Android Phones to Computer

In daily life, it is difficult to avoid some accidents. If your mobile phone is stolen or lost, your important data can no longer be retrieved. Therefore, it is very necessary to back up your Android data regularly.

Another function on the Android Toolkit is Android Data Backup & Restore, it can help you backup messages, contacts, phone numbers, WhatsApp messages, call logs, gallery, videos, music and documents from Android to computer easily, you are able to set a password for protecting your important backup. In addition, if you want to get back the data, you can directly restore Android data to your Android phones easily.

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Above is the whole guide to recover deleted text messages from Android phone. If you deleted or lost messages, iMessages on iPhone, you can also learn this guide about how to recover deleted SMS from iPhone, iTunes and iCloud. If you want to backup your iPhone messages to computer, you can use this useful iPhone Data Backup & Restore software, which allows you backup messages, WhatsApp messages, Kik messages, Line messages, contacts, photos, videos, notes and more easily.

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By Selena KomezUpdated on April 23, 2019


[Summary]: How to retrieve deleted texts on Samsung cell phone? This article will tell you an easy way to recover your deleted messages from Samsung Galaxy S10/S9/S8(Plus)/S7/S6(Edge). You can download the Android SMS Recovery program for free to have a try!

Accidentally deleted your messages from Samsung phones, like Galaxy S10, S9, S8, S7, S6, S5, S4, Samsung Galaxy Note 9/8/5 Samsung Ace, Samsung Wave? Lost messages on Samsung phone due to factory reset, root failed, accidental message deletion, phone crash, black screen or broken screen? Actually, when the message is deleted or lost, it doesn’t go to the trash or the recycle bin, because there isn’t a trash or a recycle bin on your Android phone as on the computer. And it’s only marked as useless information and can be overwritten by new data. Therefore, the deleted message only turns to be hidden, and disappear until being scanned by a professional Samsung SMS Recovery software. This guide is going to show you to recover deleted messages on Samsung Galaxy without backup.

Don’t worry. U.Fone Android Data Recovery software not only helps you recover deleted SMS and messages attachments from Samsung phones, as we as recovering contacts, call history, photos, videos and WhatsApp messages from Samsung Galaxy S10/S9/S8(Plus)/S7/S6(Edge)/S5/S4/Note/Ace/Wave/Alpha/J, etc. As the full Android Toolkit, it can:

  • Samsung SMS Recovery: Retrieve deleted messages from Samsung Galaxy with full information such as name, phone number, attached images, email, message, data and more. And saving the deleted messages as CSV, HTML for your use.
  • Broken Samsung SMS Recovery: Recover existing messages from broken Samsung Galaxy S6/S5/S4/Note 5/Note 4/Note 3, etc.
  • Android SMS Backup & Restore: Backup text messages from Samsung to computer, and restore messages to Android phone from the backup files.
  • Fix Android system to normal: Fix frozen, crashed, black-screen, virus-attack, screen-locked Samsung phone to normal without data loss.
  • Get backup data from Android lost due to accidentally deleting, factory resetting, system crash, forgotten password, flashing ROM, rooting, ect.
  • Preview and selectively recover SMS and other data from Samsung phone.
  • Recover, backup and restore data from almost all Android devices, such as Samsung, Huawei, Sony, Sharp, Motorola, Google Pixel, HTC, LG, Oppo, Xiaomi, ZTE, Windows phone, etc.

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Steps to Retrieve Deleted Messages from Samsung Galaxy S10

This guide shows you how to recover deleted text messages from Galaxy S10 in Windows 10/8/7, you can also use the Mac version to restore Samsung deleted or lost messages on Mac.

Step 1. Launch Android Toolkit and Select “Android Data Recovery”
First of all, please free download and launch the Android Toolkit on the computer, then select “Android Data Recovery” function to recover lost/deleted data on Android.

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If your Samsung Galaxy S6/S5/S4/Note 5/Note 4/Note 3 cell phone was broken, you can select “Broken Android Data Extraction” feature to fix Android system to normal and extract text messages, contacts, call history, WhatsApp messages, photos, etc. from broken Samsung phone directly.

If you want to extract data from dead/broken Samsung phone internal storage, please read the related guide: How to recover data from broken Samsung phone

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If you want to fix frozen, crashed, black-screen, virus-attack, screen-locked Android to normal, please reading the related guide: How to fix a black screen Samsung phone

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Note: currently, this “Broken Android Data Extraction” feature does not support the latest Galaxy S9/S8/S7/Note 9/Note 8 and Note 7.

Step 2. Connect Samsung Galaxy S10 to Computer Using USB Cable
After entering the Android Data Recovery interface, connect Samsung Galaxy S10 to the computer with USB cable.

Connect Samsung S10 to PC

Step 3. Turn on USB Debugging on Samsung Phone
The steps will be very easy. To enable USB debugging, you can find the suitable instruction on the program according to your Android OS.
1) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Enter “Settings” < Click “Applications” < Click “Development” < Check “USB debugging”
2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Enter “Settings” < Click “Developer options” < Check “USB debugging”
3) For Android 4.2 or newer: Enter “Settings” < Click “About Phone” < Tap “Build number” for several times until getting a note “You are under developer mode” < Back to “Settings” < Click “Developer options” < Check “USB debugging”

Enable USB Debugging

Then click the “OK” button to move on to the next step.

Step 4. Choose Messages to Scan
In this step, if you just want to recover deleted text messages on Samsung Galaxy S10, you can select the file type “Messages“, “Messages Attachment” and then click “Next” on the window below to begin it.

Choose Samsung Messages to Scan

Step 5. Allow Super Users Request
Superusers request should be allowed to further scan the deleted and exiting data on your Samsung phone. Just tap “Allow” if you see a pop-up asking for the super users request. Or “Retry” if the windows doesn’t show.

Allow SuperUser Requests on Samsung

Step 6. Analyzing and Scanning Your Samsung Phone
When the program detects your phone after you set the USB debugging, you’ll see the window below. Make sure that the battery on your phone is more than 20%, and click “Start” to analyze the data on your phone.

Scan sms from samsung phone

Step 7. Preview and Recover the Deleted SMS from Samsung Phone
When the scan is over, you can preview and check deleted messages here in detail, all the lost SMS will be listed in red, you can preview contacts, videos, audios and photos here and view it before you want to get them back. To retrieve the deleted messages on Samsung phone, just tick the messages you want and just click “Recover” button to save them onto computer.

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Tips: You can undelete the deleted SMS with one click and save them as CSV, HTML and attached images for you browsing or printing.

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Save messages as HTML file: For you easy to reading the retrieved text messages on the computer.
Save messages as CSV format: For you easy to print out the detail contents of retrieved messages.
Save messages as attached images: For you easy to reading the messages on the computer.

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By Selena KomezUpdated on April 22, 2020


Summary
Accidentally deleted the text message on your Android smartphone? You can use a professional Android SMS Recovery to recover the deleted text messages from Android phone easily.

Once delete text messages on your Android phone, the first thing you want to do is searching in google search to find the way to recover deleted SMS on Android phones, Mobile phone text messages are usually contains our important information, especially our friends in running business, text messages is very useful, if your android mobile phone’s text messages got loss or damaged, how can you get lost SMS back from Android phone? As we all know that, many reason may cause lost text messages on Android phone, sometimes you may lost SMS due to accidental deletion, operating system corruption during software updates or new ROM flashing, screen broken and more.

Sometimes you may put the cell phone text messages deleted in the mistaken, here we will show you a quick way on recovering text messages from Android phones by using a professional Android Messages Recovery software.

A Professional Android SMS Recovery Software You’ll Need

This Android SMS Recovery can help scan and recover lost or deleted messages from Android phone, like Samsung, HTC, Sony, LG, Google Pixel, Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi, Redmi, Vivo, Realme and so on. What’s more, the Android data recovery software not only supports recover text messages from Android phone, but also allows you restore contacts, photos, videos, WhatsApp, call history and more from Android smart phone directly.

Key Features of Android SMS Recovery:

  • Restore deleted messages with full information such as name, phone number, attached images, email, message, data and more.
  • Scan and export the deleted messages as CSV, HTML for your use or print.
  • Preview the scanned text messages before recovery.
  • Recover messages from broken Samsung phone internal storage.
  • Recover more Android data: Photos, videos, contacts, messages, call history, audios files, WhatsApp, documents.
  • Fix bricked Android to normal, if you Samsung phone stuck in frozen, crashed, black-screen, virus-attack, screen-locked.
  • Works well with all brands of Andorid devices such as Huawei, Samsung, HTC, LG, OnePlus, Oppo, Sony, Windows phone, etc.

First of all,you need to download this Android Data Recovery for free:

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Let’s teach you how to restore deleted SMS from Android phone step by step.

Part 1: Recover Deleted Text Messages from Android Phone

Step 1. Connect your Android phone & enable USB debugging

Install the Android Data Recovery software to your computer, then start the program and select “Android Data Recovery” option. After finish installing the program, launch it and connect your device to the computer via USB cable.

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Step 2. Enable USB debugging on your Android device
After connecting your device to the PC, you need to enable USB debugging on it. The processes should be different on different Android operating systems.
1)For Android 2.3 or earlier: You can enter “Settings” first and click “Applications”. Then click “Development” and check “USB debugging”.
2)For Android 3.0 to 4.1: You can enter “Settings” first and click “Developer options”. Then check “USB debugging”.
3)For Android 4.2 or newer: You can enter “Settings” first and click “About Phone”. Then tap “Build number” for several times.Back to “Settings” and click “Development options” to check “USB debugging” at last.

enable usb debugging on Android

Step 3.Select Messages to Recover
Once you enabling USB debugging for your Android, it will be detected by the program. Select the type of files you want to recover,such as messages and messages attachments, then click on the green button “Next” to analyze your Android data.

select messages

Step 4. Scan the deleted messages on your Android phone
Before the scanning, click “Allow” which shown on your Android to get Superuser Request.

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Then come back to your computer and click “Start” button, the program will begin to analyze your device.

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Step 5. Recover Deleted Text Messages from Android Phone
The scanning will take you a few minutes. As soon as it finishes, you will be able to see the scanned out results listed in categories. You can click “Only display deleted items” to preview the deleted ones only. Lastly, click “Recover” to export the items you want to your computer after marking them.

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After the four steps above, you may find it so easy to recover deleted text messages back. You just need to download the free trial version now.

Part 2: Restore Deleted Text Messages from Broken Android Phone

As we know,people like to text for each other and sent SMS become the most common communication way to contact others in daily life.You may have a habit to text your family,your lovers,your classmates or your client.However,since SMS become more and more important for everyone,if your lost SMS from broken screen Android phone may lead to a large value loss.

So here we have to recommend the useful program for you – Broken Android Data Recovery, which empower to restore deleted text messages from broken screen Android,besides broken screen Android,this program enable to recover SMS from the black screen Android,water damaged Android or other broken situations.Except SMS,this wonderful data recovery allow to recover deleted contacts,photos,videos,call logs,document and more types of data from broken Android phone.

Tips:How to Restore Deleted SMS from Broken Screen Android

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Scan and Recover Text Messages on Broken Phone by Android Toolkit:

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What’s More about Android SMS Recovery:

  • The program will start to detect your device and all information automatically once launched.
  • Recover lost SMS text messages and export to either XML or HTML format so that you can read, print and do other editing.
  • Recover deleted contacts with all relative information such as names, numbers, Email & addresses attached; recovered contacts can be exported in HTML, vCard and CSV to PC.
  • Restore photos, video, audio and documents from SD cards inside Android devices to a computer.

What’s more, if your important SMS messages lost or deleted, you can use this professional data recovery tool to recover text messages from Android device,it supports varies kind of popular Android smart phone such as LG (G5, G4,G3,G2), Motorola (Moto X,Moto G), Samsung (Galaxy S10/S9/S8/S7/S6/S5/S4,Galaxy Note 9/8/5/4/3), Huawei(Mate 20/Mate 10/P30/P20) and HTC (HTC One M8, HTC One M7).

Part 3:Recovered Messages Presenting

If you wonder how to show the recovered messages on your computer, you can check the retrieved results. The recovered messages will be saved on your computer in CSV and HTML formats. You can open the CSV file in Microsoft Excel or in text editor like Notepad. It is small-sized and easy to be printed out.

view recovered sms on pc

And HTML file will display the recovered messages in more organized and clear manner. So if you just want to read the messages, HTML might be a better choice for you.

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How to Recover Deleted Contacts from Android Phone

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