Recover Data from Encrypted SD Card

"I have locked my SD card on my Samsung phone to prevent others from accessing or viewing photos, videos, documents, and other files on it."

Recently, I bought a new phone and wanted to continue using the encrypted SD card. Are there any software that can help me recover data from the encrypted SD card?

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Overview of SD Card Encryption and Decryption

Due to its portability and security, SD cards are widely used in devices like digital cameras, Android phones, and tablets for storing photos, videos, audio files, and more. As its usage grew, many third-party encryption software became available to lock an SD card with a password and encrypt its data.

However, many people only know about SD card encryption but have no idea about decryption. Let's get a brief introduction to SD card encryption and decryption:

Encrypting the SD Card: You can encrypt your SD card in two ways – using an Android phone/tablet or a third-party tool. This is a great way to secure your data from prying eyes. Without the password, no one can access the files saved on the SD card.

How to Decrypt an SD Card: The method for decrypting an SD card depends on how the card was encrypted in the first place. If you encrypted it with your phone, then your phone is the tool you'll use to decrypt it. If you used an encryption utility, you'll still need that utility to decrypt it.

If you don't know how to decrypt SD card and perform SD card recovery, you can try the solutions on this page to fix it yourself.

How to Decrypt an Encrypted SD Card

If you encrypted the card with a third-party encryption tool, you can decrypt it easily with that tool and your password. If you encrypted the SD card with your Android phone, the only way to access data on the SD card is to decrypt it.

Solution 1: Decrypt SD Card with Password

Here's how to decrypt an SD card on the original device, using a Samsung phone as an example:

Step 1: Insert the SD card into the source Samsung phone and then reboot the device.

Step 2: Go to “Settings,” then tap “Lock screen and security.”

Step 3: Scroll down and tap on “Decrypt SD card.”

Step 4: Click on “DECRYPT SD CARD” and enter your password.

Step 5: Wait for the decryption to complete, and charge your device during this process. The more data on your SD card, the longer decryption will take.

Can I decrypt an SD card on another phone? Well, basically, the answer is no. This is because different phones have different encryption algorithms and methods. Therefore, to access all the saved data and continue using the SD card on a new phone, we recommend decrypting it on the source device.

Solution 2: Decrypt SD Card without Password

Some of you might have had the same question, right? If you forget the password, how to decrypt SD card? If you have the same doubt, please follow the solutions provided here to solve the problem:

Method 1: Recover SD Card Encryption Password with Third-party Apps

There are many applications online that can recover passwords to decrypt encrypted SD cards. You just need to find one such decryption tool. One app that is widely recommended is FExplorer.

You can download it from the App Store, and then follow these steps to decrypt your SD card:

Step 1: Recover the password for the encrypted SD card

• Leave the SD card in your phone, then connect the phone to your computer with a USB cable. • Download FExplorer from the app store and run it on your phone. • Navigate to Internal Storage and find a folder named mmcstore. Rename it to mcstore.txt. • Copy the file to your computer and open it in Notepad. Your password for the encrypted SD card will be visible.

Step 2: Use the password you found to decrypt the SD card.

Then, you can refer back to Solution 2's guide to decrypt your SD card.

Method 2: Decrypt the SD card using the 'diskpart clean all' command

If you don't care about the files on your SD card and just want to treat it as a regular storage device on your new phone, you can do that easily with the DiskPart clean all command.

Step 1: Insert the SD card into your computer using an SD card reader.

Step 2: Right-click the Windows icon on your desktop, select Search, and type cmd.

Step 3: Open the Command Prompt and type diskpart, then hit Enter.

Step 4: Type list disk and press Enter.

Step 5: Type select disk 1 (replace "1" with the number of your SD card's disk), and press Enter.

Step 6: Type clean all, and press Enter. Wait for the process to finish.

Step 7: Type create partition primary and press Enter.

Step 8: Type format fs=fat32 and press Enter.

After that, you can insert the SD card into your old or new phone and use it as external storage again.

Extra Tip: Recover Lost or Deleted Files from SD Card

After decrypting the SD card with password, you should be able to use the SD card and access the saved data again. But if you lost data from the SD card, you should seek help from a reliable SD Card Data Recovery tool.

Here we recommend using the simple-to-operate Data Recovery Wizard Pro.

Note: Unlike regular SD card data recovery, you'll need to decrypt the SD card before you can recover data from it. Make sure to unlock the SD card as described above before attempting these steps. If you can't decrypt the card, then the recovery process probably won't work.

This software also allows you to delete, format, or permanently erase files from your SD card. The Data Recovery Wizard works in just three simple steps:

Step 1: Select the SD card which you want to scan

• Download and install the Data Recovery Wizard tool on your Windows computer.
• Connect your SanDisk/Lexar/Transcend SD card to the PC using the right method.
• Launch the SD card recovery software. On the left, select "SD Card Recovery." All connected drives will be displayed here. Choose your SD card and click "Scan."

Step 2: Check the scan results

Wait for the scan to complete. Select one or more file types to display, such as pictures or videos. Click "Preview" to check if they're the files you're looking for.

Step 3: Recover Data from SD Card

• Preview the recovered files and then click “Recover”.
• Choose a location different from the original SD card to save the recovered files.

Video Tutorial: Recover Data from Formatted SD Card