topic Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ? in XPERIA archive

How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:31:45 GMT

I deleted some photos carelessly a few days ago. Since i use the phone model is "Xperia S" which is use of interal storage hard disk

(not have SD card select), i have tried use some of recovery software (like CardRecovery, Pandora Recovery) but since Xperia S connect the PC via USB only have Media Transfer Mode (MTP), the aforesaid software cannot detect my phone as an external driver and hence cannot recover any files. Please help me to solve this problem.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Markus1 — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:13:20 GMT

As far as I know this is not possible. There might be an app that can help with this but I am not aware of one.

The best advice I can give is to have a look in Play Store and see what you can find or to keep searching for a different solution.

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Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Karim — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:36:34 GMT

Yes you can recover deleted files directly from your phone. I have done it quite some times.

Here you go

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hexamob.hexamobrecoverylite&feature=also_installed

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.undelete&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImZhaHJib3QuYXBwcy51bmRlbGV0ZSJd

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

gibbylinks — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:29:49 GMT

Another app you can try is http://www.piriform.com/recuva it's free, install it on your PC then connect and try to undelete from the mapped drive.

It will also recover files from your hard drive, USB sticks, memory cards, etc.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Tue, 29 May 2012 23:55:15 GMT

You can't use those apps unless you want to hack your phone and invalidate your guarantee!!

It's a shame Sony don't add the recover file to PC Companion, now that we don't have an SD card as they're easy to recover files from.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Tue, 29 May 2012 23:55:51 GMT

None of these recover files programs work, as they can't see the phone as a drive.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Uliwooly — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:59:11 GMT

its not hacking your phone, you only have to root, but now to root the Xperia S you have to unlock the bootloader, not recommended you could easily damage your phone permanently.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Wed, 30 May 2012 09:00:43 GMT

Semantics!!

But it does invalidate the warranty, so there's no way it's a good idea.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Uliwooly — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:40:00 GMT

Semantics, if you say so, to each its own, if you want to do it go for it if not don't do it, we are waiting for a Sony's official statement on this

in the mean time read this

From sony mobile developers

http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions

Warning! If you perform this step, you will unlock the boot loader. This may void your warranty and/or any warranty from your operator. If you still want to unlock the boot loader of your phone, enter fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xKEY, where KEY is the unlock boot loader key you got in the beginning of this instruction. The boot loader should now be successfully unlocked.

from Sony mobile

Warranty Document

http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/common/warranty_phones_US_12.pdf

Nor does this warranty cover any

failure of the Product due to accident, software or hardware

modification or adjustment, acts of God or damage resulting

from liquid

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Thu, 31 May 2012 10:50:00 GMT

Yes, but it doesn't appear to be a good idea.

I would just think that if Sony are moving away from SD cards to internal memory they need to start thinking about adding the ability to recover deleted stuff via PC Companion?

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Uliwooly — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:55:13 GMT

not quite the new Xperias will come with micro SD card port. Xperia GX, SX, GO etc

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

Uliwooly — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:11:55 GMT

@jamesta86 you can not

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

e-p-r — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:11:00 GMT

You can recover deleted files on the internal storage following these steps:

1. root Your phone. It is possible without unlocking the bootloader. Find out how on xda-developers.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639022

2. install an APP which can switch from MTP to mass-storage mode like XPERIA SDCARD Mounter from Playstore.

3. connect Your phone to PC, switch to mass-storage mode and use Your favourite recovery tool to get back Your data.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

EPR — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:33:34 GMT

Don't rely on those One Time Posters!

The only thing they do here is advertising and trying to sell theit Software.

There are lots of FREE solutions to recover Data.

You just have to change Your internal memory from MTP to Mass Storage mode (there are APPs that can do this on the store) so that Your phone will be mounted as removable storage on the PC and then use ANY FREE recovery software e.g. PC Inspector Smart Recovery or File Recovery to recover ANYTHING from internal memory.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

julia_bell_0830 — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:59:15 GMT

I've tried a lot of data recovery tools, and found that most of them can only restore lost files from memory cards. A few data recovery tools claimed that they can retrieve deleted files from Sony smart phone's internal memory, but the recovery process is too complicated. So far, I still haven't successfully recovered lost files from Xperia's internal memory. I expect the people who have successfully undeleted the lost pictures or videos from Xperia’s internal memory to share they experiences, rather than to deceive users. Thank you.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

sandeep9793 — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:40:39 GMT

i m facing same problem ,please help me out if anyone has any solution of it...thank you.

Re: How can i recover the deleted photos on my Xperia S ?

xperia_a_pain_n — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:42:34 GMT

I was scrolling through photos today. Later when I tried to scroll through again I noticed some had vanished.

I've spent the last couple hours trying various recovery apps that I have downloaded and none work.

The photos are certainly on there as on app shows them but wants a lot of money which isn't something I can afford.

Can anyone recommend a free recovery app that actually works and why oh why oh why Sony, if the photos are kept in some folder in the phone, why do you not allow access?

Never getting another sony after this.