In this article, you will learn how to recover deleted SMS on Android. It often happens that due to our stupidity or carelessness we delete the messages we need. Don't despair. There is an exit! Also, you will learn how to recover SMS on a non-working smartphone.
Many people have the misconception that after deleting something, this information immediately disappears from the device, but this is not the case. Everything we delete remains in the phone's internal memory.
Recovering deleted sms
You can recover deleted messages using a PC and smartphone, as well as using additional software.
How to recover SMS using a smartphone
GT Recovery.
For this we need a program. Its advantage is that recovery does not require PC intervention.
- Download the app
- Open it up
- Enter the “SMS Recovery” section and select “internal memory”
- Confirm the request to obtain root for this application.
- Next, a scan will begin, which will show messages available for recovery.
- Select the messages you want and the memory to save them.
- Ready
The method is very simple, but unfortunately, it requires access to root rights. You will learn how to get them in our separate article.
SMS BackUp
In this application you also do not require a PC. All work is done on a smartphone.
But, this application will help you if you have made a backup copy before. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you create a backup copy so that if your messages are lost, they can be easily restored!
This application allows you to:
- Search for specific files.
- Create backup copies of data.
- Recover messages.
- Delete archives with information
Now, if you delete important messages, just open this program and click on “Restore”
Ready!
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Recovering SMS using PC
There are a lot of software for PC to recover SMS. Before you start, you must enable USB debugging.
For this:
- Open Settings
- “About phone” item
- Click on the “build number” section many times to become a developer and gain access to additional features.
- Now go to the new settings section “For Developers”, it will become available after the operation above.
- Turn on the check box
- And enable the “USB Debugging” section
Now we do the following:
Download the Dr. application to your PC. Fone for Android
Open the program and connect the phone to the PC
Select the “Messaging” section and click “Next”
We wait
Android Data Recovery
The application has gained a huge reputation and a large number of positive reviews thanks to its rich functionality and simple interface, which is very easy to understand.
The recovery process is very similar to the previous utility:
- Download the application on PC
- Connecting a smartphone via cable
- We are waiting for the recovery process to complete
- About the necessary messages
- Click on “Recover”
- Reboot the phone
MobiKin Doctor
Now, let's look at an application that works with devices without root rights.
We transfer our device to developer mode. How to do this is described just above. Takes about 2 minutes.
- Enable USB debugging
- Download the MobiKin Doctor application from the developers’ website
- Next you need to register or, for the trial period, skip it and click “next”
- Launch the program
- Select the checkbox that needs to be restored
· We choose what needs to be resuscitated first, in our case, these are messages.
· Select the checkbox for the messages you want to recover
· Now lost messages will be recovered on PC. Yes, exactly on PC, so you will need to look for them there
IMPORTANT: The application supports about 2000 smartphones, but some may have problems, you can check with the developer himself
Also, there are other recovery applications. We will not describe them, since they all work on the same principle!
1. GT Recovery for Windows
2. Coolmuster Android SMS+Contacts Recovery
3. MiniTool Mobile Recovery
4. Undeleter (this application stands out from others. The program works with all types of data; before restoring a message, you can view it in a special window. The application works not only with memory cards, but also with internal memory. You can recover information not only on phone memory but also to cloud storage from Google, Dropbox. Full functionality of the application is paid)
5. EaseUS MobiSaver for Android
Coolmuster Android SMSContacts Recovery
In this program, as the name suggests, the SMS recovery function is key. Similar to Dr Fone, the simplest interface contains one Start button. It is needed to start scanning the internal memory of the mobile device.
All that is required from the user:
- Connect your phone to PC via USB
- Enable USB debugging on your phone (how to do it?)
- Synchronize the PC where the program is installed with the phone where the messages were deleted.
The Coolmuster utility operates in read mode, which means it does not make changes to the file structure (which could reduce the chances of recovery).
We recommend downloading the trial program and testing its effectiveness, paying for the restoration after the fact. The preview allows you to see the text of messages, the date of deletion and the sender/recipient of the messages.
Although the program is said to scan the device “very deeply,” it is not able to return messages after, say, a factory reset. At the same time, Coolmuster will help you recover other data - contacts, photos, videos, music.
How to recover deleted messages on a non-working smartphone
Different situations happen in life, so we’ll figure out how to recover messages on a phone that doesn’t work.
app comes to the rescue .
Other software will be useless in this case.
As you know, all messages are stored at this address /data/data/.com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db. The file format is sql. To access this file, you need root rights
In this way we can get the text of the message, the date of the message and the name of the sender.
It is best to convert the database with text messages into xml format by running the command extract.exe -s mmssms.db.
The messages can then be viewed in any text editor or transferred to the SMS Backup & Restore application (see below) for export to the Android device's memory.
Using the phone app
One of the ways you can restore text correspondence after deletion is to use the special GT SMS Recovery application, in which case all work is performed directly from your phone without using a PC. It is important to remember that it only works with superuser rights; if it is blocked, nothing will work.
To recover deleted SMS from your phone, follow these steps:
GT SMS Recovery is one of the most reliable ways to recover SMS from a smartphone
- go to the Play Market application store, download the GT SMS Recovery utility and install it;
- after launching the application, click the “Start scanning” button in it;
- For further operation, the software will require ROOT rights - we provide them by clicking the appropriate button;
- we wait for the end of the operation or stop when the information that needs to be returned is found;
- the mobile phone screen will display letters that were intentionally or accidentally deleted, among them we mark those that need to be restored and click “Recover SMS”;
- upon successful completion of the operation, the utility will issue a corresponding notification;
- By going to the Messages program, all recovered messages will be on your phone again.
Note! There are cases when returned correspondence is not in order, in which case you need to exit the SMS program and enter it again - everything will be sorted in order.
How to protect yourself from lost messages
To do this, first of all, you need to be more careful and check the contents of the message before deleting.
You can also make backup copies of your data in advance so that in such situations you can easily restore lost information. After reading this article, be sure to make a backup using the application: SMS BackUp
Now, if you delete important messages, just open this program and click on “Restore”
Save your messages to cloud storage. Dropbox, Yandex Disk, Google Disck
In order to eliminate the possibility of data loss, the developers have released the SMS Backup & Restore application. Among its features:
- Schedule function;
- no advertising;
- ability to transfer messages to an SD card.
How to use the application?
Install the application on your phone.
1. Open it → click on “Get Started”. 2. Select the Settings tab. 3. In this window there are the following items: “Usual backup location” (choice of where all your information will be stored); “Backup settings” (files that need to be backed up are indicated); “Scheduled backup settings” (copying will be performed at the time you specify); System settings (language, theme, etc.) You customize them for yourself
To archive: 1. You need to select the desired section in the menu.
2. Specify the name of the copy and its location (the place where you want to save it) → Then click on the “Backup” button.
3. We are waiting
To restore data: 1. Select “Recover” in the menu.
2. Specify where to save the copy.
3. Click “OK” to complete our operation.
Ready! Now your messages are completely safe!
Creating backup messages in Google
In order for your messages, contacts and other data to be saved by Google , you must do the following:
Step 1. Open the quick access menu by swiping from the top of the screen. In Control Center, find the Settings wheel.
Step 2: Open the About Phone section.
Step 3: Go to Backup and Restore.
Step 4: Open Data Backup.
Step 5. If necessary, select or add a new Google .
Step 6: Activate the Enable Redundancy switch.
Step 7: Click OK to confirm upload to Google Drive .
Backup copy of correspondence and calls from a mobile operator
Another backup copy of received and sent messages is stored on the servers of the mobile operator; the most popular among domestic users - Megafon, MTS, Beeline and Tele2 - store all calls and messages of each subscriber for a certain time.
However, in a simple way - by personal contact - you can only get call details from them; copies of messages are not provided in this way. Mobile operators release user correspondence history only upon official request from law enforcement agencies or by court decision. This procedure is very complicated, but there may be cases when this is the only way to restore SMS on your phone.
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Thus, there are several ways to recover deleted or otherwise lost messages on a mobile device, and with the help of some of them, everyone and users can return important SMS messages.
