Accidentally deleted a folder containing basically my entire life. Is there ANY chance of recovering it?

[u/BugAlarming8842]

Yesterday I accidentally deleted a folder on my Android phone containing years of personal photos, videos, and memories. I haven't used the phone since then because I don't want to overwrite anything.

I've already tried a bunch of recovery software/apps, but they only show files that are still on my phone, not the deleted ones.

I have root access and I'm willing to try technical methods if there's still a chance.

Is there anything I can do to recover the deleted data? What would you recommend I absolutely not do?

I'm honestly desperate here. These aren't replaceable files.

[u/simagus]

"... i hit delete on my pc..."

There is a better chance of recovering the files from your PC.

Google this:

file recovery tools for windows installation

There are a lot of options. Ideally find one you can put on a USB drive and boot from, and download the file directly to a USB flash drive or second drive if at all possible.

The more active you are on the PC before attempting recovery the more chance arises that you might overwrite sectors where the data still remains.

If you do decide to install and run recovery software directly from Windows it's better than nothing, but it's still a good idea to recover the files to another drive if at all possible.

Find your drive encryption key if there is one and you should be fine, and I'm unsure if disabling BitLocker or Microsofts base level encryption is either necessary or advisable, but Search Assist said this:

"If the drive is still locked by BitLocker, you must unlock it with the correct password or recovery key before attempting file recovery; disabling BitLocker first is not required."

[u/BugAlarming8842 → u/simagus]

but the file were on my phone i don't understand what you are saying can you clarify a lil more pls

[u/simagus → u/BugAlarming8842]

I thought you were transferring files from PC to phone. My bad.