How to restore deleted contacts and messages on Galaxy S4

No careful to deleted all contacts and text messages on your Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile phone?Don't worry,all deleted files still on your Samsung devices,you can use a professional Android recovery to scan and restore them.Here,I recommend you a powerful data recovery for Android phone,I remember it named Dr. Fone for Android, which can help you easily to recover deleted contacts, text message, photos and videos from Samsung Galaxy S4 and other Android phones and tablets.

Sometimes, there is a rare glitch that deletes all the messages or people in your contact list. It is sad to note that Samsung Galaxy S4 has no native app or default feature that would let you recover deleted messages or contacts.

However, there are apps that would let you restore the messages that were erased in your device. One of them is Android data recovery which is powerful enough to recover deleted contacts, text message, photos and videos from Samsung Galaxy S4 and other Android phones and tablets. It is very easy to use and effective too.

How to Recover  contacts and messages from Galaxy S4?

Step 1: Connect Samsung Galaxy S4 to the computer
After installing and luanching Dr .Fone for Android on the computer, you will be able to see the main interface below. Then please connect your Samsung phone to the computer via a USB.

Connect Samsung Galaxy S4 to the computer

Step 2: Enable USB debugging before scanning your phone
If your Samsung device isn't detected by the program, you need to enable USB debugging 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"



Enable USB debugging before scanning  your Galaxy S4

Step 3. Scan your Samsung Galaxy S4 for deleted files
Once your Samsung is detected, the program will ask you to click the "Start" button to start analyzing your phone's data. Before doing this, make sure that your phone battery is more than 20% charged, so that you can get a smooth scan

Scan deleted files from your Samsung Galaxy S4

After the analyzing, you need to turn to your device's home screen to click"Allow", so that the scan can be started. Then click "Start" to scan your Samsung device now.

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.

Step 4: Preview and recover data from Samsung Galaxy S4
After finishing the scanning process, a list of recoverable files that have been found from your Samung will be shown. In addition, there will be a preview window of files where you can preview the contacts, SMS, photos and videos from Samsung device. Mark those you want and click "Recover". You can selectively save them on your computer.

Preview and recover contacts, messages from Samsung Galaxy S4

Note: Don't save the recovered data on your Samsung Galaxy S4 again. Find another place for it like on your computer or other external disk, for safety's sake.


If you want to import your contacts,sms messages, photos and video back to your device, you can use this Android data manage, which lets you manage contents on your Android device effortlessly, including messages, contacts, photos, videos, apps, etc.

For detailed information, please visit how to recover contacts and messages from Samsung Galaxy S4

What's more about Android data recovery:

This Android data recovery not only allows you recover contacts and messages on Galaxy S4,but also can help you recover other lost data from Samsung mobile phone,such as Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Ace,please read more related use guide:

How to recover contacts from Samsung Galaxy S4

How to recover contacts on Galaxy S3

How to recover lost data from Samsung Galaxy Ace