Hello, since I don't know where to post this I do it here, but if there's a more appropriate website, I'll go post this here. I've got a Samsung Galaxy A13 running Android 12 that I've never updated ("factory update" is from October 1st 2022) and I've permanantly deleted some pictures.

In the gallery app, I selected some photos and (I think) choosed "restore" but they never came back (in the gallery app as well as in the files app) and I wanted know what software I could use (on my phone and/or PC) to get them back.

I also want to point out that I don't have and backups of thoses wether it is from Samsung account, Google Drive, an SD card or anything.

The first step in any such situation is to discontinue use of the storage device containing your lost files. 

The second step is to clone (byte-by-byte image) the storage onto another device. If you are readily prepared to do this at the time of your loss, this should really be your first step, as shutting down/booting up a device might just be enough to overwrite critical portions of your files.

Then use recovery software appropriate to the filesystem and/or image(the storage clone) format to mount or extract data from it.

Use software specifically made for recovering photos (this is the most common thing people want to recover).

 

That being said, I am not familiar with how Android handles file deletion. It may be that there is no option for reliable recovery.