Fire up any file manager on your Android phone and explore your SD card. One folder you are sure to discover is the LOST.DIR . What is the folder for? Its quite evident that there is no application named LOST.DIR installed on your device.
At times the folder's size can range in gigabytes. In such situations one may wonder about the contents of the folder and its use, and whether it is safe to delete the folder to save memory. I found a lot of confusion about the LOST.DIR directory on almost all top android forums so I decided to write this post. This post strives to clear some air.

What is LOST.DIR ?
The Lost.dir is a system folder. Its a place where the Android OS places files that were recovered during a system boot up (ie when you turn on your phone). It is analogous to the 'Recycle Bin' under Windows OS. The files which are stored inside this directory are often recoverable. Most of the times you won't find anything at all in LOST.DIR directory.
What files are stored in LOST.DIR ?
If you were saving files and suddenly the phone turned off, or maybe you pull the SD card out when files were being written to it - the Android system places copies of those files in LOST.DIR directory so it can try and recover them on the next boot (next time the system starts up). The files in the process of copying are also renamed. So if you find wierdely named files in the folder, don't be surprised as they are only renamed versions of erstwhile files present on your device.
Files may end up stored in LOST.DIR folder due to following reasons :
>Abruptly pulling out SD card from Android phone
>Interruptions while downloading files on Android device
>Sudden freezing of Android device operating system
>Switching off the device while some read-write process is carrying on.
How do I recover files from LOST.DIR folder?
In order to stop permanent loss of files from LOST.DIR folder in Android, you have to quickly recover missing files before your Android smartphone memory space is overwritten by some new data. Therefore use of some pertinent LOST.DIR Android recovery tool is recommended. Yodot Android Data Recover, Recuva are a couple of examples which worked for me.
Can I delete the contents of LOST.DIR ?
In order to save precious memory space its completely normal to delete the contents of LOST.DIR as it only acts as a recycle bin. You can also delete the LOST.DIR folder itself but it will reappear the next time the system boots up. When your Android system throws up a message saying 'Preparing external SD card' its actually checking the contents of LOST.DIR, and if it fails to locate the directory, it creates one.

Necessary guidelines :
>Avoid abrupt removal of Android device's memory card while transferring data to/from the system.
>Backup your images or other files to some other device.
>Use authentic android antivirus software to protect yourself from virus-attack

I use to think its a virus but all the same it ain't bad.

I don taya to delete that folder sotey I just leave am there

leonard002:
I don taya to delete that folder sotey I just leave am there

it's like a backup for ur lost processes

Good to know

Let me just spread my mat here

oh. really uhmmmm. thanks

guessed as much.
nice info OP.

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Very stubborn folder; I can't remember how many times I've deleted it off my phone. Yet it still drag my mmc wimme

I deleted it weekly...i taught it's a virus

Nice one

Henrodah:
Some apps are missing on my homescreen, buy If I search them dey appear.. How can I get it back on my home screen. Secondly my media lock got deleted, and all my files are missing... Is it possible to get it back? (Phone is gionee maranthon M5). Thanks.

if it's not appearing on the home screen as a result of switching off and switching on ur fone or removing ur SD card, u can get the app back on ur home screen by locating it on the menu, long press it and drag to home screen.
if the app is no where to be found even in the menu, then u have to uninstall the app and install it again.

Abdstrakt:
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no mind me jare

dominzy:


if it's not appearing on the home screen as a result of switching off and switching on ur fone or removing ur SD card, u can get the app back on ur home screen by locating it on the menu, long press it and drag to home screen.
if the app is no where to be found even in the menu, then u have to uninstall the app and install it again.

Ok bro will try that now. Thanks

Nice

Me dey delete my own o

saxby:
Me dey delete my own o

there's no harm in deleting it. it will also help u recover enough space

Tanks 4 ur swift enlightinmnt. Nw i knw hw imprtnt it is.

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