Editors' review
Dr.Fone by Wondershare is a superb application that makes retrieving missing data a breeze. Anyone can use this program because of its attractive and intuitive, step-by-step guide. Dr.Fone's free trial performance is outstanding, but like all free software, there are the occasional hiccups.
Pros
Great support: Wondershare Dr.Fone provides excellent directions for making the most of the software, including rooting your phone and managing debugging tools. Web site support is clear-cut and easy to follow.
Excellent operation: Although this application took approximately one hour and 20 minutes to retrieve all of our data, it performed better than expected. Thousands of photos, dozens of videos, and hundreds of text messages were found after being previously deleted.
Cons
Misleading, slow setup: The installation wizard encouraged us to download two additional programs but made them out to be part of Wondershare Dr.Fone. We found this to be troublesome, and it complicated the installation process.
Unsupported devices: We originally used an HTC One m8 for our tests, but this device was not recognizable, causing us to test a different device instead. The HTC One m8 is new, so we understand the lack of support, but this is a sign that Dr.Fone is not updated often.
Bottom Line
Wondershare Dr.Fone lives up to its promise and cannot be any easier to understand and operate. The free trial is very powerful and should handle any general issues you may have, but the paid version is still best for those that need to do large recoveries. Download and use Dr.Fone if you need to recover any lost data on your Android phone; and if your device is not supported, we recommend looking into similar applications that may be more up to date.
Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android 4.3.0.
Publisher's Description
Accidentally deleted messages or contacts on your Samsung handset? Or lost photos from the SD card on your Android device? No need to worry now. Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android is capable of recovering messages, contacts, photos and video on/from an Android phone or tablet. Due to the ease-to-use interface, it's ideal for everyone, like single users or professionals, even concerned parents who want to protect their kids from negative information. Scan, preview and recover. Simple clicks bring you what you want.
Primary Features: Directly scan and recover SMS, contacts, photos & video. Automatically scan your device after connected to the computer; Recover sent & received messages, and export in HTML to PC for easy reading and printing; Retrieve deleted contacts, including names, numbers, Email & addresses, and export in HTML, vCard and CSV to PC; Regain photos and video from SD cards inside Android devices to a computer. Browse, backup and re-sync data on your computer. Existing data and deleted data each have their own color in the scan result; Browse and backup them from a device to your computer; Re-sync contacts backup to a device via Wondershare MobileGo for Android. Preview all recoverable contacts, messages and photos before recovery; Selectively recover what you want by selecting them from the scan result. Support multiple Android devices & Android OS.
What's new in this version:
- 1.Improve scan success rate for Android 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 devices.
- 2.New added supported devices, i.e Samsung SM-N9505, SCH-L710, SM-G9009D, Moto X, Sony Xperia Z2, HTC M8.
- 3.Improve stability and fix bugs.
