How to recover deleted photos from note 2 internal memory

Last Update date : Sep 27. 2021

It would be very upsetting if you lose your precious photos. If in case you accidentally lose them, there is a way to restore deleted photos as follows. Moreover, also find out how to transfer, store, and manage photos containing your memories in advance.

Before you try out below recommendations as to your solution, be sure to check if your device's software is updated with latest version. Please check how to update your mobile device's software in following order. 

Step 1. Go to Settings > Software update.

Step 2. Tap on Download and install. 

Step 3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Option 1. Using Gallery app

Check your Trash
Keep deleted images and videos in the Trash for 30 days before they are deleted forever.

Step 1. Open Gallery app > tap Menu.
Step 2. Select Trash > tap Edit.
Step 3. Select photos you want to restore > tap Restore.

Activate Trash
To use Trash, you should have turned on the Trash before you deleted photos.

Step 1. Open Gallery app > tap Menu.
Step 2. Select Settings >Select Trash to turn on.

Option 2. Using Google Photos app

Check your Trash
Items will be permanently deleted after 60 days in Trash.

Step 1. Open Google Photos app > tap Library.
Step 2. Select Trash > tap Select.
Step 3. Select photos you want to restore > tap Restore.
Step 4. Tap the pop-up to restore items.

Check your account
Some photos may look like they disappeared because you are in a different account.
Check your signed in account. Is that the account you backed up your photos to? If not, sign out, and then sign in with the correct account.

Option 3. Samsung Cloud

Gallery sync using Samsung Cloud has been switching to MS OneDrive for convenience. Periodic backups are required to prevent unwanted data loss including photos and videos. You may also find more information on  ‘How can I backup data on my Galaxy device automatically?’. 

Step 1. Navigate to Gallery > tap More options (three vertical dots) > Settings.

Step 2. Tap Cloud sync > Connect your Samsung and Microsoft accounts if needed.

Step 3. follow on-screen instructions until the sync has started. 

Note: Available settings and screens may vary by software version and device.

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We may delete photos from time to time. Many Android users must have at least experienced once that some photos are mistakenly deleted. Unlike iPhone or PC, on some old Android phones, there is no “Recently Deleted” folder or a trash bin on Android Gallery. Even if there is a recently deleted album, with the habit of deleting a photo twice (like me), you may also sadly find it disappear.

So, are those accidentally deleted photos unrecoverable on Android devices? Of course not! Actually, it is easy to recover deleted photos from Android Gallery or other locations on your phone. You can recover photos from the Cloud (if you use some Cloud service) or with the help of a third-party photo recovery app for Android.

Can We Recover Deleted Photos from Android Phone?

As you can see, this article shows that the answer is definitely YES. You can recover deleted photos on Android, and the reason is that the photos are not really deleted. Although the deleted photos disappeared from the Android gallery or seems that you cannot find deleted photo in Android, the photos still exist on memory storage of your phone.

Whether stored in internal storage or external memory (SD Card), the deleted photos remain in the memory space but the space it occupies is marked as "unused" and can be used by new data at any minute. Once there is new data written into where the deleted photos are, the photos will be gone and unrecoverable.

That's why you shouldn't use the phone before recovery. Any operation on the phone could generate new data and overwrite the deleted pictures, including installing new apps, taking photos, receiving messages, etc.

Important Tips for Android Pictures Recovery

So, here are two things that you should pay attention to:

• First, don't use the phone until you get back the deleted photos, for instance, do not use the phone to take a new photo, download new photos, send or receive new messages on the Android device.

• Second, use a powerful Android photo recovery tool to restore the deleted photos as soon as possible and you'll need a computer to perform Android photo recovery.

Now, we'll show you how to recover deleted photos from Android internal storage with an Android photo recovery program, as its the most widely applicable way.

How to Recover Deleted Photos from Android Internal Storage

The most common method is to recover deleted photos from Android internal storage, namely, from the gallery. As mentioned, if your Android has a “Recently Deleted” folder, you can easily restore deleted photos from the folder. However, if you don’t have one or accidently delete the photos you need permanently, you cannot retrieve them directly here. That’s why we need a reliable Android data recovery tool to help us. Here we’d like to recommend you one: FonePaw Android Data Recovery.

How to Recover Deleted Photos from Gallery with FonePaw Android Data Recovery

FonePaw Android Data Recovery is a desktop program that can quickly restore deleted and old photos from Android phones and tablets. It supports images in .jpg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .webp, .tiff formats and more. And is fully compatible with most Android brands and can recover deleted photos on Samsung Galaxy, LG G, Sony Xperia, HUAWEI Mate, Xiaomi, and so on. With it, photos deleted from Gallery can be easily restored. You can view its main features listed below:

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• Recover deleted photos within seconds
• Retrieve photos in multiple scenarios (accidental deletion, OS crash, etc.)
• Offer standard scan & deep scan according to different needs
• Easy-to-use UI to get started quickly

Free download the program on Windows PC or Mac. Now let’s see how to recover deleted photos from Android gallery with FonePaw Android Data Recovery.

STEP 1. Connect Android to PC.

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Connect your Android phone to PC and run FonePaw Android Data Recovery on the PC. Make sure that you have enabled USB debugging on the Android phone so that the phone can be detected by the program. And make sure your Android device will not power off during the data recovery.

STEP 2. Choose to Find Deleted Photos.

When your Android device is connected, you can see the interface as the below screenshot shows, which allows you to select categories of the deleted files. To retrieve deleted pictures from Android gallery, select "Gallery" or "Picture Library" and click the button "Next" to continue.

STEP 3. Allow the FonePaw Program to Scan Deleted Photos.

The program needs to get permission to access deleted data so it'll add an app to your phone asking for permission, which will be removed automatically after your photo recovery. Open your phone, turn on Install via USB in the Developer Options, and select Install to get the FonePaw app via USB.

On your phone, allow the FonePaw app's requests to access your phone data. Without your permission, the photos recovery program won't be able to access your phone storage, let alone finding out the deleted photos in your Android. And it is totally safe to grant access to the FonePaw app as it won't collect any of your information and your phone data are processed and stored locally on your computer.

Click Scan Authorized Files to start scanning for deleted photos after giving the app permissions.

STEP 4. Preview and Restore Deleted Photos from Android.

The scanning process can take some time, especially there are many photos on your phone. When the progress bar comes to 100%, the scan process is completed.

The FonePaw program can detect deleted images in two modes: Standard Scan and Deep Scan.

After Standard Scan, you can click "Gallery" or "Picture Library" at the left pane to check if there are the deleted photos that you need. If not, click Deep Scan for the program to search out more deleted photos from your phone (Root Required).

And with the registered version, you can preview the deleted photos in full size by double-clicking them. Mark the pictures you want to restore and click "Recover" to retrieve them to PC.

Note:

• The gallery contains camera photos, screenshots, photos received from PC or other devices, downloaded photos. Picture Library includes cache images.
• Restored Photos will be exported as .jpg and .png and they will be sorted by file types on your PC.
• Since the recovered photos are saved on your computer, you may need to transfer the photos from PC back to your Android. To do that, you can connect the Android phone via a USB cable and use a data transfer tool - FonePaw DoTrans to transfer the Android photos quickly.
• If you accidentally delete the photos from the SD memory card, or your device is broken, there is also a way to recover photos from the SD card.

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How to Retrieve Deleted Photos on Android from External Storage

Other than recovering photos from internal memory, you can also restore photos from external memory. Some of you may directly save your photos to the SD card, one of the external storage types, so that when you need to restore them, you cannot find them back from internal storage. FonePaw Data Recovery is one of the desktop apps that can recover photos and other data from SD memory cards, USB memory sticks, external hard drives. It is easy to use as well.

STEP 1. Install FonePaw Data Recovery to your computer.

STEP 2. Connect the card reader with an SD card to the computer, and FonePaw Data Recovery will detect the SD card memory and those deleted photos.

STEP 3. Then you can recover the deleted photos in one click.

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If you have saved your Android photos to certain cloud storage, like Google Photos, Onedrive, and Dropbox, you can easily recover deleted photos on Android without a computer and without root. For example, if you have synced photos to a Google account (which is usually a Gmail account), you can recover pictures deleted from Android but saved Google Photos easily.

Recover Deleted Photos from Google Photos

Run the "Google Photos"/"Photos" app on your Android. Then navigate to "Trash" by clicking the "≡" icon. Preview your deleted images and select desired ones to "Restore" on Android.

• Deleted Google photos will be removed permanently from Google cloud after 60 days.

Recover Deleted Photos from OneDrive

If you have backed up the photos on Microsoft OneDrive, you can go to the official website and sign in with your Microsoft account.

On the left side of the screen, you will see the Recycle Bin option. Click on it and you will see the deleted photos for the past 30 days.

Select the photos you need and hit Restore to retrieve them.

• The Recycle bin only saves your deleted photos for 30 days.

Recover Deleted Photos from Dropbox

Dropbox also has a trash folder that contains deleted photos for 30 days. To recover deleted photos from Dropbox:

Log in on Dropbox desktop and go to Files > Deleted Files, then select the photos > Restore. The deleted photos will be back in one click.

• Apart from retrieving photos from the Cloud, don’t forget to check your emails, messages, social media, or just ask your friends. If you have shared the photos with someone and haven’t cleared the history, it’s also very likely to get back the deleted photos.

How to Avoid Losing Android Photos Next Time

After learning how to get back your mistakenly deleted photos, you should also know the importance of backup now. Essentially, even though there are multiple effective ways to try, it cannot be denied that you may still not be able to retrieve your important photos, so avoiding loss from the beginning is the best.

Backup is the best way to tackle data loss. You can choose to upload your Android photos to the Cloud, or just connect your Android phone to PC and copy those important photos to the computer. If you want to save space on the computer, some helpful software like Android Data Backup & Restore is a good choice to back up Android data to PC in a small size.

FAQs

Q1: Can I Recover Pictures on Android Without Computer?

Some users prefer an Android photo recovery app to recover deleted files on Android without a computer. They may also workable, though not recommended, since you are taking a risk - you need to operate the app with your phone, and the deleted data might be overwritten by the installation of it.

So it's better to turn off Wi-Fi and mobile data on the phone and put it aside. Then use desktop software FonePaw Android Data Recovery on a computer, connect your phone to the computer and let the program get the pictures back.

Q2: Can I Recover Deleted Photos on Android Without Root?

You may also wonder if you can recover deleted photos on Android without root. But I have to tell you that there is no way to avoid rooting your phone for getting back the deleted pictures.

Because deleted photos are stored in certain system folders that cannot be accessed on unrooted devices. Only after a device is root can you get full control of the phone and find the deleted pictures.

If you really don't want to root your device, the only possible way to find a deleted photo on Android is that you have back up the photos somewhere, whether on cloud storage, computer or SD card.

Conclusion

Altogether we’ve provided you with 3 different ways to recover deleted photos on Android, including recovering photos from internal storage, external storage and the cloud. For each way, we also offer various methods. Among them, we still think that Recovering deleted photos from Gallery with FonePaw Android Data Recovery is the useful as well as helpful one. You can free download it and try it now.

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