Retrieve private mode pictures from Samsung device after factory reset I got a Galaxy S6 recently and none of my private mode pictures were transferred from my Galaxy S5 when Sprint transferred everything to my new phone. My normal pictures appeared when I entered my gallery, however upon entering private mode, it was empty.

I still have my Galaxy S5, but it have been factory reset. Is there any way I could retrieve them?
I once had my device reset (not exactly the factory reset though, my device got rebooted by itself and it got reset). As it's a kind of reset, all of mobile settings had been reset to default. Just for the sake of trying, I have enabled (reconfigured it, as if it's the first time) the private mode and provided the same pin, I have set earlier. Surprisingly all of my older files have appeared under the private section.

I'm not sure if this method works for a factory reset. But sure, it's worth a try.