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Losing data from your phone is heartbreaking.
They can forward these to you or take screenshots of them.
Failing this, however, you might think to turn to recovery apps.
The problem is that these tools won’t work for most people.
We tested Mobikin, FonePaw Android Recovery, and EaseUS MobiSaver.
By default, Android hides some protected system folders from you.
The folder that contains your texts falls into this category.
Whenever you progress through one of these text recovery programs, they’ll usually check for root access.
Without it, they can’t do much.
When testing Mobikin, we skipped the root prompt and ended up at a blank results screen.
FonePaw attempted to perform a temporary root, which causes Android to display a security warning.
And permanently rooting usually requires unlocking your bootloader, which wipes the data on your phone.
Thus, requiring root access prevents most people from using these recovery tools.
Most people probably won’t want to pay that kind of money to recover a few texts.
If you do decide to take a chance on paying for these apps, you must act quickly.
Connecting your phone to your machine should let you scan it for deleted files, right?
Unfortunately, this is a dead end too.
Modern devices typically use MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) or PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol).
UMS is the same protocol that flash drives use when connected to a PC.
It makes their contents completely available to the host computer.
The problem is that the host equipment needs exclusive access to the connected equipment when using UMS.
All this said, Android doesn’t support UMS anymore.
It won’t even see your rig.
EaseUs MobiSaver asked us to enable UMS, but this just isn’t possible on modern Android phones.
From there, Recuva can work its magic.
However, few Android phones store text messages on the SD card.
Thus, you won’t be able to recover anything from your card in most cases.
For easilybacking up text messages, a free app called SMS Backup & Restore is your best bet.
It’s easy to set up, runs on a schedule, and backs up to cloud storage.
If you want to back up everything at once, tryanother top Android backup app.
After installing it, give it permission to access your information.
Then tapSet up a backupon the main screen.
TapAdvanced Optionsto enable backing up MMS and emoji, or back up only certain conversations.
Next, select where you’d like to back up to.
The app supports Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and storing locally on your phone.
When you’re done, tapBack up nowto start a backup and schedule it.
Your messages are now protected.
ChooseRestorefrom this menu when you gotta recover messages.
For better texting, check outthe best alternative SMS apps for Android.
