"Is there any way possible to retrieve a deleted text message on Samsung Galaxy S3? I have accidently deleted a important text message on my Samsung Galaxy S3. Need to know if any way possible I can retrieve it. If possible, then how?" ------ Answers Yahoo
If you are the person who has the habit of backup your data on your phone, then, good luck, you can recover your deleted files directly from backup. However, as far as I know, many people may not backup their data. Is there any way else to recover your deleted text messages from Samsung Galaxy S3?
Luckily, you can still recover your deleted text messages from your Samsung Galaxy S3 with a third-party Samsung Data Recovery like Dr. Fone for Android which is specially designed for recover deleted text messages and contacts, videos, photos etc alike from your Samsung Galaxy S3 and other Samsung devices like Samsung Galaxy S4/S2/S, Samsung Galaxy Note 1/2/3, Samsung Tablet as well that runs on Android 2.1-4.3.
Step by step to recover deleted text messages from Samsung Galaxy S3
Step 1: Connect your Samsung Galaxy S3 to the computer
Download, install and run Dr. Fone for Android to enter the following main interface. And then, connect your Samsung Galaxy S3 to the computer via a USB cable.
Step 2: Eanble USB debugging before scanning your Samsung Galaxy S3
If your Samsung Galaxy S3 isn’t detected by the program, you need to enable USB debugging (or enable USB Storage Mode) on your phone. Check what Android OS is your Samsung and then choose the right way to open USB debugging follow below steps:
1) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Enter “Settings” < Click “Applications” < Click“Development” < Check “USB debugging”
2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Enter “Settings” < Click “Developer options” < Check“USB debugging”
3) For Android 4.2 or newer: Enter “Settings” < Click “About Phone” < Tap“Build number” for several times until getting a note “You are under developer mode” < Back to “Settings” < Click“Developer options” < Check “USB debugging”
Note: If you still get this window and the USB debugging has been enabled, please try to disable it and reset it again.
Step 3. Scan your Samsung Galaxy S3 for deleted text messages
Once your Samsung Galaxy S3 is detected, the program will ask you to click the “Start” button to start analyzing your Samsung Galaxy S3′s data.
Note: Before doing this, make sure that your phone battery is more than 20% charged, so that you can get a smooth scan
If your device is not rooted before, the program will directly scan it after the analysis.
If you rooted your device before, you need to allow the program Superuser authorization on the screen of your device. Just click “Allow” when the message pops out on your device’s home screen. Then back to your computer, and click “Start” on the program’s screen to scan your device.
Note: For some devices, they may ask you to click “Allow” more than one time on your device’s homescreen. It’s normal. Just do it if it askes. It doesn’t matter. Just click it until it doesn’t appear again or the program has begun its real scan.
Do not disconnect your device during the scan, or the scan will fail.
Step 4: Preview and recover text messages from Samsung Galaxy S3
The scan will take you some time. When messages and contacts are scanned out, it will remind you. And you can stop the scan to get them back if you only want to recover deleted messages and contacts. For photos and video, it will take you more time to scan out all of them.
After the scan, you can check details of all the found data one by one. Mark those you want and click “Recover” to save them on your computer.
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