How to Recover Photos, Videos from Bricked Android Phone

Summary: Are you facing problem with your bricked Android Smartphone and lost photo, videos and other files saved on it? Then don’t get upset! You can easily restore precious pictures&videos from your bricked Android phone by reading this article.

Why Do Your Android Phone Get Bricked?

A Bricked phone means a phone that does not turn on in any way; it is as if the phone is as good as a brick. Here are some of the main reasons for Android devices getting bricked:
Rooting deletes some of the important code programs;
Your Android phone is getting switched off during flashing;
Deleting some important app by mistake from your rooted Android;
And more.

Android phone which becomes unusable when it is interrupted during rooting / Android 5.0/6.0/7.0 updating process is termed as bricking of phone. Since bricked Android phone or tablets may probably lead to data loss, it’s demanded to find a way to retrieve important data from the bricked Android, such as images, videos and so on.

You can make use of Android Data Recovery to recover photos and videos from bricked Android phones, as well as contacts, messages, call history, WhatsApp, audio, WhatsAPP messages and documents. It has been tested useful for data recovery from bricked Android including Samsung Galaxy S7/S6/Note 5/J7/A8/A9, Google Pixel/Pixel XL, Sony, Nexus, HTC, Motorola, HUAWEI, ZTE, Lenovo, etc. Follow the instruction below, and recover your needed photos&videos from bricked Android all by yourself.

Guide to Rescue Lost Multimedia Files from A Bricked Android

Step 1.Run the Android Data Recovery Program on Your Computer

After installing and running the program on your PC, you can connect your bricked Android phone to the PC using a data cable, the program will detect your device. Then enter the “Android Data Extraction” mode to start the recovery process.

Next, you need to select what file types you need to recover from bricked Android. Android Data Recovery can support to recover Contacts, Messaging, Call history, WhatsApp messages & attachments, Gallery, Audio and more. Click on “Sart” and go on.

Step 2.Choose the Fault Type of Your Bricked Android Device

You need to choose the fault type of your bricked Android phone. One is “Touch cannot to used or cannot enter the system” and the other is “Black screen (or the screen is broken)”.

After that, choose the correct Device Name and Device Model for your bricked Android. Then click on “Next”.

Step 3.Enter Download Mode on Your Android Phone

Then, get your bricked Android into download mode by following the instructions on the program: Power off the phone > Press and hold Volume “-“, “Home” and “Power” button on the phone > Press “Volume +” button to enter download mode.

It will take a few seconds for the program to analyze your device.

Step 4.Restore Photos&Videos from A Bricked Android Phone

You are able to preview them on the left panel by clicking on the categories one by one. After previewing the files you’d like to recover, make them down and then go to “Recover” to save them on your computer.

Regardless of how advanced the Samsung device is, once it is broken or locked everything on your device will be lost. That’s why we all agree to make backup of the Android phone regularly in case of any unexpected accidence.

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