How to recover deleted/lost photos, video from Nokia/HTC/Samsung/Huawei Windows Phone 8?

Windows Phone 8 is the second generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system from Microsoft. It was released on October 29, 2012, and like its predecessor, it features the interface known as Metro (or Modern UI). And Windows Phone 8 devices are manufactured by Nokia, HTC, Samsung and Huawei.

List of Windows Phone 8 devices:
Nokia: Nokia Lumia 920, Nokia Lumia 925, Nokia Lumia 928, Nokia Lumia 520/521, Nokia Lumia 620, Nokia Lumia 720, Nokia Lumia 810, Nokia Lumia 820, Nokia Lumia 822
HTC: HTC Windows Phone 8S, HTC Windows Phone 8X
Samsung: Samsung ATIV S, Samsung ATIV Odyssey
Huawei: Huawei Ascend W1

To use data recovery software to scan lost files from your Windows Phone 8, the internal memory or external memory of the phone should mount as a drive, which can be achieved by enabling USB Mass Storage Mode on your Phone. Fortunately, Windows Phone 8 support USB Mass Storage Mode, which means your phone can now be recognized as a mass storage drive when connected to the computer. Therefore, you can perform the file recovery process on your Windows Phone 8 with Photo Recovery program with no problem.

Just launch the recovery program on your computer, and connect your Windows Phone 8 device to the computer with the USB data sync cable included with your Windows Phone. And when the program detects your Windows Phone 8 storage device, it will list them on the main pane. Select the storage device you wish to scan and recover, and specify the file type you wish to recover, then you can start the scanning process. When the scanning process is over, the scanning results will be displayed by category in the left pane, you can preview the files details in the right pane. Check the files you wish to recover, then click the “Recovery” button to recover Windows Phone 8 deleted/lost files.

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