do programs tha tsay they recover everythingafter a factory reset really work?

[AC Question]

My HTC phone has factory reset and I did not have a back up so i have lost everything. do the programs that say they can recover everything that was lost really work??

I have downloaded trail versions of jihosoft and another company, but both only seem to find icon images etc. that are part of the phone not my actual deleted photos & contacts.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! It's unlikely they'll be able to recover everything, but you might have partial success.

 

[Rukbat]

They'll recover anything they recognize that hasn't been overwritten (and that's true for any computer). Unfortunately, a factory reset overwrites almost everything. If the file is important enough to worry about, you should have at least 2 backups - one on your computer and one on a cloud account.