4.3. Recovering Data from Android device

In order to completely recover the data from your Android device, you have to first successfully connect and select your device. It is important to make sure that the android device you want to select has ample battery backup and does not shut down before or during the recovery process for the software to work efficiently.

To use the Scan Device option of the software, follow the steps given below:

1. Run Stellar Data Recovery for Android.

2. On the Stellar Data Recovery for Android main screen, Select the type of data i.e. Everything, Documents, Images, Messages, Contacts, Call Logs or Audio Files, you want to recover and click next.

3. Connect your Device screen appears. Plug your Android device into your computer to proceed further with the recovery process.

Note: To know more about connecting your android to your PC, please refer to Connecting to an Android device.

Note: The software will display only one connected android device at a time. If you wish to perform recovery from more than one android devices you have to connect the devices one by one and perform recovery on each of them separately.

4. Your connected android device is listed with its name, model and serial number by Stellar Data Recovery for Android.

5. Click Scan.  Allow Access Permissions dialog aapears.

6. An authorization pop-up appears on the connected Android device. You need to Allow the connector to access SMS messages, contacts, call logs, photos, media, and files to recover data from the selected Android device. Check the connected Android device and assign required permissions when the authorization screen pops up as shown below:

7. After successfully granting permissions, the scanning process starts. A screen showing the scanning process is displayed.

Note: Click Stop to stop the scan at any point.

8. After successfully scanning the android device, Scan Complete diaog box appears. Click OK to close it.

9. Once the scanning process is completed, details of the files found are displayed. You can now preview and save the displayed data. To know more about previewing and saving the scanned data click here.