iReparo for Android

About M4A File M4A is a file extension for an audio file encoded with advanced audio coding (AAC). It is of better quality and smaller size than MP3. On Android mobile phone, M4A is widely adopted as the format of voice recording/memo, music and app sound/ringtone, but mostly as voice file, like interview, voice memo and call recording. Now most smart devices and music player apps support M4A. If need, you can also convert MP3 to M4A with the help of free tools. What if an M4A File is Deleted from Android? M4A files are usually very important for sensitive. However, these voice files can be easily lost due to mistaken or intended deletion, forced formatting or other accidents. The best protection is of course making enough backups regularly, but M4A file recovery is also possible when you don't have any backup. M4A Voice Memo Recovery In order to recover deleted .m4a files from Android phone memory and SD card, we should do two things as soon as possible. 1. Stop sav...

Many users find a folder, namely LOST.DIR, on the SD card of Android mobile phone, which is sometimes of huge size and contains files with random names. Should we delete the LOST.DIR folder in order to make some free space? Probably not, if you have ever found your phones, videos or audio files disappeared from phone SD card all of a sudden. With great chance, your lost media files and documents are moved to the LOST.DIR folder due to some reasons. Why Are Files in LOST.DIR? This is usually a consequence of abnormal file transferring or writing from/to the SD card in Android handset. For example, the SD card is suddenly disconnected when the files are transferring, so the system saves a copy of the files to LOST.DIR folder and will try to recover them at next boot up. However, more often than not, we may have to restore files from LOST.DIR by ourselves.  Recover Disappearing Photos and Files from LOST.DIR  Step 1. Install ES File Explorer to your phone. Step 2. Open...

Whenever you log in a Facebook account on a new device, you'll find that all the chat history are loading in conversations. On the one hand, this makes it unnecessary to transfer Facebook chat history between handsets; on the other hand, however, it is controversial to whether we should leave social chatting data on online server, especially after the hot privacy discussion about Facebook. Anyway, many Facebook users choose to delete sensitive messages, photos or conversations after reading, but sometimes find they are still useful and vital, and wonder how we can recover Facebook Messenger data without backup. Once you deleted a Facebook message or file, it is removed from the device as well as Facebook server, which means you'll never be able to reload it. That is usually the end of Facebook Messenger messages, but not Facebook photos, videos and audio files that have been downloaded to your phone manually or automatically. As long as those files had ever existed on your ph...

Everyone has her/his own habit to recognize a contact from their Phone list, either by first name or by last name. Though mobile phone manufacturers are trying their best to make products with customized features to attract more buyers, it is impossible for they to cater to everyone's  interest. However, it is always an easy and clever solution to provide multiple choices when people have different taste. If your manufacturer is not that considerate, third-party apps can still save you a lot of time. Sort Contacts by Last Name on Samsung Galaxy S8/S7  As one of the giants on smartphone market, Samsung usually makes its flagship devices excellent, especially the Galaxy series. On Samsung Galaxy S7/S8, users can set to sort contacts by first name or last name and display contacts by first name first or last name first. If you have a motorola, HTC, LG or other Android handset, you may also check if there is such a function on your device. Step 1. Open Contacts app. Step 2...

Video is one of the most commonly used file types on mobile phone. People capture life videos with camera, watch movies with video player, exchange short videos in WhatsApp or other social media apps. It is inevitable to delete some important video files by accident. While Android mobile phones don't have Recycle bin or Trash can, you may need an excellent video recovery app for Android. Best Android Data Recovery Software The best video recovery app for Android is iReparo for Android. It can recover videos, photos, contacts, WhatsApp and 5 more kinds of data from Android phone and tablet. This program supports all major brand devices running on Android 2.1 to 8.0, including latest models of Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony, Motorola, Huawei, Nexus, OnePlus, etc. Note: Root is required for Android video recovery from internal memory. Direct Download Download on Cnet Why is iReparo for Android the Best Video Recovery App? 1. Recover Videos from Phone Memory and SD Card ...

It has happened hundreds of times on hundreds of Samsung users that people forgot the password (PIN/pattern) to turn on Private mode, and thus unable to access the precious data and files in it. Some people may even come into the boat due to failed fingerprint recognition. According to Samsung, the only method to reset Private mode password is factory reset , which will wipe all files within it. Is there any way to fix the problem and make Private mode work again? Extract Files from Private Mode Files added to Private mode are in your phone memory ( Samsung Private mode folder location ), but invisible when Private mode is turned off. You can use some tools to extract files from your phone. For example, use iReparo Android Recovery to scan your phone for hidden files, preview the files you need and recover them from your phone. Related: How to Fix Private Mode Not Working Unlock Forgotten Private Mode Password A developer from XDA forum figured out a solution to unlock forgotte...

Mobile phone is charging only but not recognized by computer after system update. Don't worry! Find a solution to let PC detect and recognize your Android handset after OS upgrade in this tutorial. What is Happening? Prior to updating to the latest software I could plug my phone into my computer and it would be detected and I could open up the files on my phone from my computer and drag and drop files. Since updating when I plug it in the phone will charge but my computer does not recognise it. The causes of Android USB not detected but charging are various, but system update is one of the most common one. The problem is popular to see when people upgrade their smartphones to Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo. Fix  PC Won't Recognize Android Phone after Upgrade Try these tricks first: * Reboot your phone. * Try a new USB cable and a new computer. If the problem still exists, install or update proper driver for the upgraded mobile phone on your computer. Update or install pro...

I deleted my Samsung phone contacts and they are available in my imo. How could I transfer them to normal contact content? Just like Facebook and other WhatsApp similar social apps , imo is one of the most popular chatting tools. Almost every such app will ask for your permission to access to your phone contacts and wish you to add people as your contacts in the app, which caused the result at the beginning. Luckily, the contacts on imo are still available. How can we transfer imo contacts to Samsung mobile phone? Actually, we don't have to transfer contacts from a social app account to the phone contact list. There is an easy way to show imo contacts on normal contact book. Transfer Contacts from imo to Mobile Phone Step 1. Open Contacts app on your phone. Step 2. Tap menu icon and choose Settings > Contacts. Step 3. Find and select Contacts to display. Step 4. Make sure to include imo account into display. It is suggested to choose to display All contacts, but you ...

Though Essential phone is actually the first handset with a notch, many more manufacturers of Android mobile phone add notch (big or small) to their flagship devices since iPhone X. Anyway, the fact gives users limited choices to avoid the ugly design. Is there any way to hide notch on your Android phone? Yes, this article will show you how to hide Notch on Huawei P20 and other Android mobile phones. Hide Notch on Huawei P20 Huawei P20 comes with a notch on the screen head too, but it allows users to hide notch with a simple setting. The setting simply darken the surrounding areas, which makes the whole status bar black so as to "hide" the notch, but the status bar elements are still over the black background. In the future, it is possible that more manufacturers would follow this method. Step 1. Open Settings app. Step 2. Tap the magnifying glass in the top right. Step 3. Type "Notch" in the search and choose it from the result. Step 4. Select Hide notch opt...

Facebook for Android allows users to view shared links with its web viewer by default, but this is not always the right choice that people really want. Many Facebook users want to open Facebook links with YouTube app instead of the browser or web viewer inside Facebook. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to open YouTube links on Facebook app with YouTube. The same goal for Facebook Messenger will also be archived in case you are interested. Enable Open Links Externally on Facebook App Step 1. Open Facebook for Android. Step 2. Tap the three-line Menu on the right. Step 3. Scroll down to find and enter App Settings. Step 4. Toggle to enable Links open externally . Now when you tap to open a link of YouTube video from others' post, your phone should pop up several options to open the link with, such as YouTube, Chrome, or other browsers. Just choose YouTube to open the link. Note: This setting also works if you want to open other types of links on Facebook...

For mobile phone photographers, RAW + JPG is a great combination in some conditions, but it is not easy for newbies to get started without learning how to take RAW image with mobile phone . The inquiry below is one example:  I like raw image files. I opted for saving both a jpg and a raw image file in the camera app. However in Gallery I only seem to see the jpg. If I go into files and look there is only one image file. Are the jpg and raw files stored in the same place? How come I don't see both? Why Can't I Find RAW Images on My Phone? You have enabled "Save as RAW file" in camera app, but it turns out to be no RAW image in Gallery after capturing. Two possibilities may cause the problem: *You are not shooting in Pro mode, which means RAW image is not saved. *There is no RAW image in Gallery, but actually existing in phone memory. That's because the Gallery app on your phone don't support displaying RAW, or DNG more specifically.  For the first caus...

For most WhatsApp users, voice message is the mostly used method to chat with people, which makes it necessary to learn how to get back lost WhatsApp audio files on Android phone and tablet. In this tutorial, you'll know the best solution for WhatsApp audio recovery. About WhatsApp Audio Recovery It is known to tech savvy that deleted data are not actually removed from the storage device and are recoverable as long as they are not yet overwritten by new data. This theory also applies for WhatsApp voice message recovery on Android phone memory and SD card. It is easy to r estore WhatsApp from backup . If you don't have a backup for the lost WhatsApp audio, it is also possible to do it. The only tool you need is a professional data recovery program for Android device. Best WhatsApp Recovery Software iReparo  Android Data Recovery  is the best and most safe recovery app for WhatsApp chat history recovery as well as other data recovery for Android. Please download the t...

Help! I just deleted all my text messages from my honor 9 phone when I intended to only remove some of them. Is it possible to recover the lost messages from honor phone? I did not back up those messages. Honor, a sub-brand of Huawei, was initially positioned as a budget and cost-effective product line, but eventually expanded to over 70 countries on the world with the still low price but flagship configuration. It is great to have an Honor phone at hand, but what if we are facing the same situation as above? Or worse, all the photos, videos, contacts and WhatsApp chats are lost due to various possible accidents. It is absolutely to learn how to recover deleted data and files from Honor mobile phone. Honor Phone Data Backup and Restore Every Android mobile device is built-in with backup and restore function, but most manufacturers alter the exact method to access it on their aftermarket OS or UI, like TouchWiz, EMUI, MIUI. On EMUI, on which Honor is running, Backup is an app ...

"I just made a 7GB Nandroid backup for my Samsung s5 with TWRP recovery, and then I found that the phone memory was almost full. So I decided to move the backup to PC for some free space on my phone. However, I couldn't find it anywhere. I've made Nandroid backup before and they were stored in a folder named TWRP, but I cannot find it now even though tried several file manager apps. Please help. Is there any way to find or delete the TWRP backup?" The problem above is obviously abnormal, but it is really bothering a lot of people. It is hard to say the exact cause, which may vary on different handsets. Nevertheless, it is easy to delete Nandroid backs even when we don't know where they are stored. Keep reading to learn how. Note: 1. The phone must be able to boot into TWRP recovery. Power off the phone, press and hold Power + Volume Up + Home at the same time. 2. If you forget the operation on TWRP recovery, see  how to make Nandroid backup on an Android smar...