"I've lost all my data in Vivo X Fold! I'm not going to reset my phone, but I did accidentally tap the factory reset button. What should I do? Is there any way to help me recover my data?"
After the smartphone has been used for a period of time, a large number of apps are cached / stored, occupying the memory of the phone. Therefore, we need to clear these garbage files on Android phones. Due to the wide variety of data, it may be difficult to distinguish those unnecessary files. As the mobile phone runs more and more slowly, it is inconvenient to use. Therefore, after backing up the important data in the mobile phone, many users will choose to restore the factory settings. However, occasionally some users will encounter unexpected situations, such as forgetting to back up some important photos, contacts, information, etc. Is there an opportunity to retrieve Android data / files after restoring factory settings?
Android phones are popular because of their convenience and multiple functions. However, after restoring the factory settings, how to retrieve the data that has not been backed up also puzzles the majority of Android users.
How to restore Android data after restoring factory settings
If you do not have an Android backup, you must use some recovery tools to help you recover Android data. Using incorrect tools, you may not be able to retrieve your contacts and messages. Worse, it may cause damage to your Android phone.
Android data recovery software does a good job in restoring Android data. It scans your Android phone for all recoverable data, including existing files and deleted files. Before retrieval, you can preview contacts, messages and photos one by one, and decide which one to restore. A "recover" button allows you to recover all lost data on your Android phone.
How to Recover Deleted/Lost Data from Vivo Phone
When you deleted files on the phone by careless,if your phone is not damaged,you can switch to “Android Data Recovery” mode to scan and recover missing files on your Android phone by this program.
1 Download & Install FoneLab
Go to FoneLab Official Website, select the windows or Mac versions through clicking Download for PC or Download for Mac.
2 Run FoneLab on Computer
Launch FoneLab Android Data Recovery on your computer, choose Android Data Recovery and then connect your device to the computer with USB cable.
There are other two options including Broken Android Data Extraction and Android Data Backup & Restore to fix Android OS problems or backup & restore Android data.
3 Enable USB debugging
You can follow the on-screen or below instruction to enable USB debugging.
Android 2.0-2.3.x: Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging
Android 3.0-4.1.x: Settings > Developer Options > USB Debugging
Android 4.2.x-Android 5.0 Lollipop: Go to Settings > About phone or About tablet, tap Build Number a few times till you see You are now a developer!, and then back to Developer Options under Settings app, to tick the box next to USB debugging.
4 Choose Scanning File Type
Tick the boxes of the file types you want to recover, click the green Next button in the bottom right corner. If you want to recover all Android data on the device, you can check the box next to Select All.
5 Get Privilege
The program will need the privilege to read your device data so you should follow the on-screen instruction root your device.
The program will ask you to install the root app to your device and then tap Allow/Authorize/Grant on the pop-up window on your device once the app is installed successfully. Then it will begin to root and scan your data.
6 Select Recoverable Files
So, you can see all recoverable data after the scanning is done. Click the file type from the left column, and then tick the items you want to get back. Click Recover.
If you want to find the items you want effectively, you can turn on the button on the top of the window to display the deleted items only.
7 Choose Folder & Recover
You can get a pop-up window to show you the path that to save the recovered data and you can change the path as you like, click Recover again.
Download the Android Data Recovery for Windows or Mac and try to get your phone lost data back.