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Dr.Fone - Data Recovery (Android):

How To Recover Data from Broken Android Devices

Many of us have been through situations like cracked screens, water-damaged, black screens when we use Android smartphones. When one of these situations happens, the worst thing is not the phone is broken, but we are unable to access the precious data, such as contacts, messages, and more that have been stored in the phone memory. Fortunately, now we have broken data recovery from Dr.Fone - Data Recovery (Android), which can help us to recover these data from broken Android phones. Let's see how it works.

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Step 1. Connect your Android phone to the computer

Launch Dr.Fone on your computer and select "Data Recovery".

recover data from broken android with Dr.Fone

* Dr.Fone Mac version still has the old interface, but it does not affect the use of Dr.Fone function, we will update it as soon as possible.

Connect your Android phone to the computer using a USB cable. Then choose "Recover Data from Android" from the program's screen.

connect the broken Android phone

Step 2. Choose the data types you want to recover from the broken phone

By default, Dr.Fone already selects all the data types. You can also select the data types you want only. Click on "Next" to continue.

Please note that this function only helps you extract the existing data on the broken Android phone yet.

select file types from broken android phone

Step 3. Select the fault type which matches your situation

There are two types of the fault of the Android phone, which are Touch does not work or cannot access the phone, and Black/broken screen. Just click on the one which you have. Then it will lead you to the next step.

choose android phone problem type

Then on the new window, choose the correct device name and the device model for your phone. Currently, this function only works for some Samsung devices in Galaxy S, Galaxy Note, and Galaxy Tab series. Then click on "Next".

choose device model

Please make sure you have selected the correct device name and the device model for your phone. The wrong information may lead to bricking your phone or any other errors. If the information is correct, put in "confirm" and click on the "Confirm" button to continue.

confirm to scan broken android phone

Step 4. Enter Download Mode on the Android phone

Now, just follow the instructions on the program to get the Android phone into the Download Mode.

  • Power off the phone.
  • Press and hold Volume "-", "Home" and "Power" button on the phone.
  • Press the "Volume +" button to enter download mode.

set download mode on broken android phone

Step 5. Analyze the Android phone

After the phone is set in Download mode, Dr.Fone will start to analyze the phone and download the recovery package.

scan broken android phone

Step 5. Preview and recover the data from broken Android phone

After the analysis and scanning process, Dr.Fone toolkit for Android will display all the file types by categories. Then you will be able to select the files to preview. Choose the files you need and hit "Recover" to save all the precious data you need.

recover from broken android phone

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