How to restore data from Alcatel?


We write this post to help those who are looking for a solution to restore data from Alcatel phones. It guides you through the process of recovering deleted contacts, messages, pictures, etc. from Alcatel.

“Hello all, I accidentally locked my alcatel idol one touch and after I unlocked it all my contacts and messages were erased. How can I restore them? Please help!”

“I mistakenly deleted all my birthday pictures in my Alcatel OneTouch Fierce 2 phone… how can I retrieve them??? I am so sad right now because I don’t even have even a single memory of it.
get back lost data from Alcatel
If you’ve backed them up to the cloud like Google+ account or to one of your hard drives, you can restore them easily. If not, you will need to use a third party Alcatel data recovery tool to get them back. Here’s how.

How to get back lost data from Alcatel?

Here’s what you need
FoneLab for Android
About FoneLab for Android
FoneLab for Android is a great data recovery program for Android users. It can recover lost data, including Text Messages, Message Attachments, Contacts, Call History, Photos, Pictures, Videos, Audio and Documents in your Android phones, tablets and SD cards. No matter you lost your files due to wrong deletion, rooting, upgrading, memory card formatting, virus attacking, or because you crashed, smashed, broke or dropped your device into water, the Android data recovery software can rescue the important data in your device. For existing messages, contacts, photos and other data, you can also use Android Data Recovery to make backups. We always recommended to all users that always take the full backup of your android device.
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Follow these steps:
Step 1: Connect your Alcatel to your PC via USB cable
Install and launch the Android data recovery program on your PC after download, the main window will pop up as below. Then you need to connect your Alcatel to the computer via a USB cable. Wait for seconds before the device is detected. Install the device driver on your computer if it hasn’t been installed.
retrieve deleted data in Alcatel

Step 2: Open the USB debugging mode on your device
Before the program scan and recover, it needs to be authorized. After the device driver is installed, Android Data Recovery will detect your Android version and tell you how to open the USB debugging mode on your phone. Don’t worry, this step is of no harm to the safety and privacy of your data or device. After you finish the steps, click OK on FoneLab for Android and tap OK on your device.
restore lost data (e.g. contacts, photos) from Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3

Step 3: Select the data types on your device.
Click the file types you want to recover and click Next. The program will scan the data on your device.
get back deleted contacts/photos from Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3

Step 4: Preview and recover lost files selectively
When the scanning finish, the data files that have been found from your Android will be shown. You can preview each file and check the ones you want to recover, and then click the ‘Recover’ button to recover and save them on your computer.
Alcatel data recovery

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