LOST.DIR Apk

Latest version 1.18b

25 Oct 2016

Apk Infos

Version	1.18b
Rating	3.5/5, based on 85 votes
Size‎	30 KB
Requires Android	Android 2.3+ (Gingerbread)
Author's Notes	Restore lost files

About LOST.DIR APK

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Application description
Latest updates
How to install LOST.DIR APK?
Questions & Answers
Reviews from verified install users

Description

Note: The internal phone storage must have sufficient space for a copy of the directory LOST.DIR on the external SD Card.

There is also a demo version. Check this first! If the demo cannot identify files, this full version can't either!

Lost Data? Suddenly, LOST.DIR contains lots of files? It had been empty all the time! These files have no extensions, and numbers as names? And there's no program which opens them?

This app tries to restore the files in LOST.DIR.
Please note: "Restore" means to append extensions, according to the file type. The original file names cannot be restored!

How it works? Faulty file operations cause Android to try its best to save what can be saved: Blocks of data, which can no longer be assigned to the filesystem structure are not deleted, but saved in LOST.DIR, with numbers as file names.

IF YOU'RE LUCKY, these are complete (or truncated) files, whose types can be identified using the "magic number" contained in the first few bytes. After renaming an identified file - with the appropriate extension - it can be opened with the associated program.

So, these files can - at least partially - be restored. A restored file may even happen to be larger than the original file was, because the "files" in LOST.DIR always contain complete sectors. But most programs ignore "garbage" after end of file. Anyway, if no other backup is available, this is better than nothing...

This app automates the procedure described above. All files without extension are analyzed and - if identified - renamed accordingly.

File types:
7z, aif, avi, bmp, bz2, doc, epub, exe, flac, flv, gif, gz, html, jpg, m4a, mid, mkv, mod, mov, mp3, mp4, ogg, pdf, png, ps, rar, rm, swf, tif, txt, wav, xml, zip

Note: The restored files may be incomplete, damaged, or in any other way unusable.

(More keywords: Data recovery, pictures and videos disappeared, recover lost files)

Latest updates

What's new in version 1.18b

- Support for .amr files

How to install LOST.DIR APK on Android phone or tablet?

Download LOST.DIR APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:

Update Phone Settings

Go to your phone Settings page
Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
Check the Unknown Sources box
Confirm with OK

Go to Downloads

Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
Tap the APK file you downloaded (hdop.lost_dir-v1.18b-ApkClean.apk)
Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.

Older Versions

1.18b (1)

30 KB

Questions & Answers

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User's Reivew

4 ★Didn't get 100% of my lost files back, but it did its job better than other paid recovery softwares I've tried! Was quite skeptical at first but this app is definitely worth a try. Also, it's very easy to use. ☺

5 ★So happy to recover some lost photos!

1 ★It doesnt work,..renaming failed.. :(

5 ★I was panicking when all my pics and videos mysteriously disappeared! Found them in lost.dir then found this app and it fixed all 1021 files in less than 30 seconds! Over the moon is an understatement! Thank you!

4 ★Man great app really works got all my picture an videos back omg!!! So happy thanks lost dir app

3 ★Why is it "Renaming failed: 558x" please reply at my email. :(

1 ★Nothing happened. All files in my phone are without extension under LOST.DIR. How to restore such files. I have so much of my precious data. I am dissatisfied with this app and now frustrated too. Please help. If you can't find the way to restore then I request you to refund me.

4 ★Should have backed up my files. Thought I might have lost my pictures and videos, the app helped restore them. The UI is very basic. All you do is navigate to the LOST.DIR directory, and click. The process is very fast. About 7 seconds or less for the ~700 files I had. Some files were corrupt, but this was expected and mentioned in the app description.

5 ★Did what it a said on the tin and saved some priceless files I'd been trying to find for months

2 ★Didn't recover what i want and because my distraction, buyed again after refund thinking that's another tool and there's no option to refund again. Frustrated.

5 ★Restored 360 lost files ! Works like charm

1 ★Absolute crap

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