Trying to undelete/recover files from Android with a MacBook Pro
Posted: 16 Oct 2017, 04:47
Hi there,
I'm not that tech savvy and am really hoping someone can help me. My equipment:
-Samsung Nexus with Android 4 (EDIT: it's version 4.3)
-MacBook Pro, OS 10.6.8
-What happened: while deleting some photos from my Nexus I accidentally deleted my "Camera" folder and I'm hoping to get my 400+ travel photos back.
-What I did right after: following suggestions in forums, I stopped using my phone soon after I deleted the photos 2 days ago, and have been looking for a solution since. I downloaded the free trial of Dr. Fone, enabled USB debugging, and scanned my phone, but most of the 500+ images it found were from websites I visited, not from Camera.
Thing is, I don't understand how PhotoRec works/what I'm supposed to do. The step-by-step instructions seem to be for someone with more tech knowledge than I have, and my "nerd friends" are all PC or Linux people (and I'm physically far from them in Middle of Nowhere Ville, Japan, right now anyway).
I downloaded PhotoRec, opened it, and connected my Android to my MBP. PhotoRec opened in Terminal and gave me the message that no disk was found. I closed it. I just tried to open it again and now Terminal is blank.
Can someone help me? What am I doing wrong?
Thank you!
PS: I did post something earlier but I don't see it in the forums so sorry if you see a double post!
I'm not that tech savvy and am really hoping someone can help me. My equipment:
-Samsung Nexus with Android 4 (EDIT: it's version 4.3)
-MacBook Pro, OS 10.6.8
-What happened: while deleting some photos from my Nexus I accidentally deleted my "Camera" folder and I'm hoping to get my 400+ travel photos back.
-What I did right after: following suggestions in forums, I stopped using my phone soon after I deleted the photos 2 days ago, and have been looking for a solution since. I downloaded the free trial of Dr. Fone, enabled USB debugging, and scanned my phone, but most of the 500+ images it found were from websites I visited, not from Camera.
Thing is, I don't understand how PhotoRec works/what I'm supposed to do. The step-by-step instructions seem to be for someone with more tech knowledge than I have, and my "nerd friends" are all PC or Linux people (and I'm physically far from them in Middle of Nowhere Ville, Japan, right now anyway).
I downloaded PhotoRec, opened it, and connected my Android to my MBP. PhotoRec opened in Terminal and gave me the message that no disk was found. I closed it. I just tried to open it again and now Terminal is blank.
Can someone help me? What am I doing wrong?
Thank you!
PS: I did post something earlier but I don't see it in the forums so sorry if you see a double post!