Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Data Recovery: Retrieve Deleted Files from Galaxy S8/S8+

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Retrieve Deleted Files from Galaxy S8/S8+

By Selena KomezUpdated on January 31, 2019


[Summary]: Accident lost or deleted data on your Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+? Here you can find the best Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ data recovery method to recover lost photos/pictures, videos, contacts, SMS, WhatsApp data back.

The Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ have finally arrived, and they might just be the finest phones available. Samsung’s decided to stick curved edges on both phones, making the ‘Edge’ label redundant. Thus, the S8+ is the replacement for the former S7 Edge. The iris scanner from the Galaxy Note series has finally made its way onto the Galaxy S range, the normal Galaxy S8 has a 5.8-inch display, while the S8+ gets a huge 6.2-inch screen. Both phones have the same 1440 x 2960 resolution Super AMOLED panel, and they look fantastic. Although the Galaxy S9/S9+ have finally arrived, there are still many users using Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8+ for it’s powerful features and cost-effective.

Causes of Data Loss on Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

Samsung phone base on Android OS, for different reasons, you may lose data or accidentally delete data on Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+. Below are some common situations or scenarios that lead to data loss on Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ smart phone:

Accidental deletion – Sometime, you may deleted photos, videos, contacts or text messages on your Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+, this is one of the major causes Samsung Galaxy S8 data loss;
Factory reset – After reset your Galaxy S8/S8+ to factory, it will erase/wipe all settings and data on your Galaxy S8/S8+;
Root Failed – If you root your Android phone, it will make you lose your data from Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+;
Virus attack – Phone dead or black screen for virus attack, the virus attack cause data on lose on your Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+;
Data Transfer – While transferring data between Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ and computer or moving files between other phone and Galaxy S8. Interruption computer shutdown, phone shutdown and so on.
Android OS Crashed – Due to the system crash and cause your Samsung Galaxy S8 stuck in black-screen, download mode, boot screen(Samsung logo screen)….

If you encounter the above situation cause losing data on your Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+, don’t worry, you still have chance to recover lost or deleted data from Galaxy S8/S8+, what you need is a powerful Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ data recovery, which can help you directly recover lost or deleted data including text messages, contacts, gallery/photos/pictures, videos, WhatsApp messages, call history and so on.

An Effective Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Data Recovery Software

Need an effective and powerful Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Data Recovery software?
U.Fone Android Data Recovery is a very helpful third-party Samsung data recovery tool that can help to retrieve the deleted or lost files from Samsung Galaxy S9, S8, S7, S7 Edge, S6, S5, S4, S3, Note 9, Note 8, Note 7, Note 4, Note 3, Galaxy A9/A7/A5, etc. If you lost or deleted files on Galaxy S8, please download and install this Samsung Galaxy S8 data recovery program on your computer, then deep scan your devices and recover contacts, text messages, call history, photos, videos, music, documents and WhatsApp chat history from Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus directly.

This Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ data recovery software available on Windows and Mac, and it is very easy to use, you can easily retrieved your Android data at home.

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Part 1: How to Recover Deleted Files on Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus

This guide teach you how to recover deleted photos from Galaxy S8 in Windows computer by U.Fone Android Data Recovery, you can also download the Mac version to recover your Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ lost data on Mac

Please click the above download button to download the program. After launching the Android data recovery on the computer, select “Android Data Recovery” function.

Run the Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Data Recovery Software

Step 1. Connect Samsung S8 to PC via USB Cable
After enter the data recovery function, please plug your Samsung Galaxy S8 into PC via the matching USB cable.

Connect Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ to PC

Step 2. Select File Types You Want to Recover
Now, you can see all the data types from your device would be displayed on the interface of the program. Please choose the file types including WhatsApp messages, contacts, text messages, photos, videos, documents and then click on the “Next” button.

Select Data Types

Step 3. Allow the Program to Scan Device
Please go to your Samsung device and allow the program to analyze it. Then the program would automatically scan your smartphone.

Pass the Request

Step 4. Gain Root Permission for Deep Scanning (Option)
The program will check the device information and perform a basic scan of the device. If it can’t find the files you need and want to deep scan your phone for all deleted/lost data, it’s suggested that you root the phone to access to the full Android system. (You can unroot the device after the recovery task.)
To do so, click the Advanced Root button at the lower right position. At this point, you will be taken to an external website to download a free Android rooting tool — KingoRoot to root the device.
[Also Read: How to Safely Root and Unroot an Android Device with KingoRoot ]

Root for deep scanning

After you’re rooted, the Android Data Recovery software will begin running a deep scan of your Samsung Galaxy S8 phone’s memory and SD card to search for the deleted Stuff. Please be patient.

Step 5. Preview and Recover Deleted Files from Samsung Galaxy S8
Please choose the data categories (Contacts, SMS, Pictures, Videos, Audio, Call History, Documents, WhatsApp Chat History, etc.) and preview the contained files in details. Mark those you want to get back and click “Recover” to export the data to computer.

Recover deleted files on Galaxy S8/S8+

Above simple steps, it is very easy to recover lost data from Galaxy S8 with the Android Data Recovery program, you can also follow the same steps to recover deleted or lost files from Galaxy S9/S9+/Note 9 directly. So why not have a try yourself?

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Tips: After getting all your lost photos/pictures, videos, contact, SM back and save onto the computer, you can use this Android Transfer tool to import all retrieved files from computer to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ and other Android devices.

Part 2: Backup and Restore Samsung Galaxy S8 / S8+ via Google Account

To avoiding your Android data lost or deleted again, we recommend you use backup your Android data to computer regularly, there are many third-party Android backup app like U.Fone Android Data Backup & Restore, Android Manager, Samsung Kies and free cloud backup service like Google Cloud (or G Cloud Backup for Android ).

Google company also provides cloud backup service, which is an Android’s online file storage, you can back up your contacts, calendar data, app data, chrome data, documents, and Drive contents from Android phone to Google’s cloud online backup servers from within the “Settings” app, below is the step-by-step guide on how to backup and restore Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ by using Google cloud backup services.

Step 1. From a Home screen, touch and swipe up or down to display all apps.
Note These instructions apply to Standard mode only.
Step 2. From a Home screen, navigate:Settings apps_settings_icon > Accounts accounts_icon > Backup and restore.
Step 3. Tap the Back up my data switch to turn on switch_on_icon or off switch_off_icon.
Step 4. With Back up my data turned on, tap Backup account.
Step 5. Tap the appropriate account.
Step 6. Tap Automatic restore switch to turn on switch_on_icon or off switch_off_icon.

Tips: If you want to backup photos and videos to Google cloud, you can backup your Samsung S8 photos and videos via “Google Photos” app.

Read related guide: Backup & Restore Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ by Samsung Kies
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