How can I retrieve deleted photos on my Nexus5?

[Geethanjalishanmugam]

Retrieving deleted photos in nexus5

Hi all,
I have accidentally deleted camera folder in quickpic app and lost all of mi important photos...please let me know how to retrieve those photos...I haven't added any backup options too....thanks in advance

 

[Rukbat]

Re: Retrieving deleted photos in nexus5

You have to root the phone (you can't recover files from an unrooted phone, because only root can get to some of the information you need to recover them), then use an app like DiskDigger undelete (root). (It'll do pictures for free. You have to pay for the full version to recover any other type of file.)

Both rooting and installing an app could overwrite portions of deleted pictures, so you might not get them all back.

(This is why backups were invented. If you had them on your computer, or on a cloud account, getting them back would be simple - even if a truck ran over the phone and turned it into a pancake.)