Am I Able to Retrieve My Texts and Photos After Reset?

[Android Central Question]

I was locked out of my phone. Then I had to reset my phone. I subsequently lost all of my saved text messages and photos. I have been trying all day to learn how to retrieve this data or if it is even possible. I lost all text messages and all photos. Seemingly, all of the data has been restored, just not the text messages or the photos. Is there anything I can do to restore this lost data? Thank you for your time.

 

[bkdodger2]

Text lost unless you have a backup app like SMS backup pro... Photos of you used Google photos or something similar that you can login will show pics otherwise also lost

 

[VidJunky]

Sorry to hear about your issue. As bk said, if you weren't using any type of backup service the items are most likely lost. I don't know your model of device but if it has an SD that wasn't encrypted prior SD to resetting the device some of your images and videos may be recoverable through desktop programs like Recuva where you could plug in the SD to card reader. If the SD was encrypted then recovery won't be possible.

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[mustang7757]

If you can tell is which device we can offer some other suggestions.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Google's Backup option is supposed to back up your SMS messages (but not MMS, which would be picture texts). When you set the phone back up again, did you restore it using a previous backup from your Google account?