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Unformat SD Card Android Cell Phone

Have you ever formatted your SD card on your android cell phone by mistake? Or you format it but need files saved on it later? SD card on the android phone could be stored massive files on it, such as photos, texts, movies, apps, and so forth. You will lose a lot once the SD card is formatted. So you need to get back information you need. Is there any way to content you? As a matter of fact, data recovery software could help you fulfill it.

Example of formatting SD card on the android cell phone accidentally

I can not access any data saved on my SD card which is inserted to my android cell phone, because I format the SD card by mistake. I have no idea how it happens. What I want to do now is to find back files saved on it. Unfortunately, I don't know what the right solution is. I have tried some ways to restore them on my own but there is no progress at all. Anyone could kindly assist me to unformat the SD card? Any help would be appreciated. –Carious from New York

How to retrieve files from the formatted SD card

There is a perfect way to retrieve all your losses after you formatted the SD card for your android cell phone due to various reasons. That is data recovery software, which could help you get back the lost data from all kinds of memory card after formatting.

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Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Connect the formatted sd card to your computer and launch the software. Then, select a proper recovery module.

1Unplug the formatted SD card from the android cell phone and connect it to the computer with a card reader.
2Download and install the data recovery software on the computer.
3Open the data recovery tool and choose the recovery model. Select the aim disk to scan.
4Preview the recoverable data in the list after scanning and choose the needed to recover.

Notice should be took of after formatting the SD card

You should be very careful if you want to unformat your SD card for android cell phone after you formatted it. You may reduce the chance to get back the lost files because of some improper actions. Here are some things as follows that you should keep in mind:

1. Do not save new data on it before you have retrieved files you need.

2. Do not format the SD card again in case of losing some files permanently.

3. Plug the formatted SD card out of your android cell phone after formatting or stop using the android cell phone.

4. Do not download and launch the data recovery program on the formatted SD card.

5. Save the retrieved files on one of the computer disks firstly and remove it to your SD card according to you need when the recovery progress is over.

Precaution in case of data losing happen to SD card for android cell phone

It will influence many aspects in our life if we happen to lose useful or important files saved on the SD card for android cell phone. Consequently, we should keep the habit of make some precaution in order to avoid such situations. Here are some common preventive measures below:

1. Backup the vital or precious information on the computer or other storage devices usually.

2. Think twice when you intend to delete files or format the SD card.

3. Do not download and launch unsafe apps or accept suspicious files from others.

Tips of formatting SD card when it needs to be done

There is one thing you should pay attention to when you want to format your SD card for android cell phone. Here it is: Format it on the android cell phone. It is better to format it on your cell phone when it needs to be formatted. Please do not insert it to the card reader and connect it to the computer in order to format it. The reason is that your SD card may be not compatible with your android cell phone if you format it on the computer. As a result, you can not read data on the phone but can view it on the computer. So try to format it on the phone.

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