Recover Samsung Data: How to Recover Lost Data from Factory Reset Samsung S8

9.06.2017

How to Recover Lost Data from Factory Reset Samsung S8

A factory reset is the restoration of an Android device to the state it was when it left the factory. As a result, all the settings, applications, and files that have been added to the device by users will be removed. Factory reset is an important feature that supported by all mobile devices running Android operating system. You can do it to fix some system errors, speed up your phone or clean up privacy information when you want to give the phone away. However, you might perform factory reset by mistake and lose important data such as photos, contacts etc. Want to recover data after factory reset Samsung S8? This following method might help you.

dr.fone toolkit for Android is an outstanding data recovery software, which is widely used by the vast majority of Samsung Galaxy users. With its help, user can recover lost and deleted data including call logs, photos, videos, audios, contacts, WhatsApp messages and so on from almost all Samsung Galaxy devices and SD cards. Moreover, the software also allows you to recover lost data from a broken/damaged Samsung, or the Samsung with cracked/death/blank screen. Besides, with the help of dr.fone toolkit for Android, you are allowed to backup & restore your Samsung data, unlock your Samsung, fix the bricked Samsng and root your Samsung without losing data. Next, we will introduce how to recover contacts from the Samsung Galaxy S8 via this easy-to-use recovery tool.

Step 1. Choose the Recovery Mode and Connect Your Phone

First of all, please download, install and run the Samsung Data Recovery on your computer. Then choose the mode of "Android Data Recovery" on the program's interface and connect your Samsung Galaxy S8 to your computer.

In order to let the program smoothly detect your phone, please allow the USB debugging on your phone's screen. If done, the software will recognized your Galaxy S8 soon.

Step 2. Select the File Types to Scan

After your computer test your device successfully, you will be asked to select the type of files you want to recover, just select those what you wanted and click on "Next".

Step 3. Choose the Scanning Mode to Scan Your S8

On the next screen, you can see there are two scanning modes providing to scan your lost data, respectively are the "Standard Mode" and the "Advanced Mode". To save your time, you can try the "Standard Mode" firstly, if you can't find the lost data, then choose the "Advanced Mode" later. After that, click on "Start" to scan your Galaxy S8 for the lost data.

Note: The scan will not spend too much of your time, just depend on the amount of your data, please patience to wait for the scan is complete.

Step 4. Preview and Recover Deleted Data on Samsung S8

When the scan is finished, all the scanning result will be listed in different categories, you can check any of them on the left sidebar and preview the details on the right side. At the same time, select those what you like, and click on "Recover" to save them on your computer.