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Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by Sphilip1(m): 10:17am On Aug 31, 2016
One of the most important thing on your Android device is your contact, if you've lost one or more of your contacts don't worry. Here is a quick way to bring back those contacts.

First, you have to confirm that your contact list is displaying

At times your contacts could still be on your Android device but they are just not showing in your contact list. To find them, kindly follow these steps

1. Open your contact list

2. Tap on the menu (the three dots in the top-right corner of your screen)

3. Tap settings and hit contacts

4. Open contacts to display

5. You should see a list of the contacts your phone is set to display. Hit all contacts and all the contacts from your apps should now be displayed in your Contacts list.

If you still don't see your contacts displaying, don't worry. Here is another solution
Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by Sphilip1(m): 10:18am On Aug 31, 2016
Get your contacts from your Gmail account

You might not know this but your Gmail account has a nice feature that helps you restore your contacts; if you have linked your android device with your Gmail account then you can use this feature.

Login to your Gmail account on your computer, open your inbox. On the top-left hand corner, you should see a drop down menu called 'Gmail'. Click on it and select Contacts. (See image below for more illustration).

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Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by Sphilip1(m): 10:18am On Aug 31, 2016
A new tab should open, scroll down and select Restore Contacts. You should see something like this;

Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by Sphilip1(m): 10:18am On Aug 31, 2016
On your Gmail, you can choose custom restore for up to 30 days. Hence, any contact added before then will be restored but if you added a contact after that time, it will be lost. Once you finished with the recovery, you need to resynchronize your Android device.

If you want to synchronize again, kindly go to settings on your Android device. Under accounts, tap on synchronize, then tap on the sync now button. If you complete all the steps above, your contacts should return to your phone.
Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by Luckymay(f): 11:59am On Aug 31, 2016
Nice
Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by Annalllee: 9:29am On Sep 01, 2016
If you don't have backup, you should use recovery software to get them back. Gihosoft Android data recovery software is for free to retrieve contacts from your Android phone as well as text messages and call history, but if you want to recover other media files like photos, videos and audios, you will need to pay.

You can check the video tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZxqrbX6Bg
Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by AnnieChow: 11:44am On Sep 01, 2016
If you lost data from your android phone,
the first thing, check out the backup, whether you have synced the data to Gmail account, or saved on your pc.
Then, you should never add more data to your phone after data loss, cuz they can take up more space, the lost data will be overwritten.

Last thing, you can try android recovery methods, Recuva, you can also try professional data recovery programs.

For contacts recovery, follow this to recover contacts.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xstMVre2bo
Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by john8998: 11:57am On Jul 15, 2020
The simple and best way to recover lost Android contacts is by using a backup if you have created. Here are few ways:
Step 1: You can get back lost contacts from Gmail account.
Step 2: Use of third party apps like GT recovery can help you to retrieve lost contacts
Step 3: If you are a Samsung phone user then you can restore contacts from Samsung cloud
Step 4: If nothing works for you then use Android Contacts Recovery software to recover lost Android contacts. This is the best way to restore contacts from Android phone without any backup required. It is easy to use and all deleted contacts are restored within few simple steps.
Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by Kim197: 12:18pm On Sep 16, 2020
Generally, after contacts are lost, some of them are still in the device itself in hidden form. So you should properly check them. If not then you can get back contacts from Gmail. This is also an easy way to recover contacts.

Here are the steps to follow:

First of all, login to the Google account and open Google contacts
Select More> Undo changes on left panel
A Window will pop-up, select Custom
Now, select the time to undo the changes and set a date before the contacts got deleted from your phone
Or you can click on More options and then select Restore Contacts.

That’s it.

If this does not help you then going for a professional recovery tool will be best. Android Contacts Recovery is highly recommended to retrieve deleted contacts without any trouble. Ut is easy to use and all your disappeared contacts are restored.
Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by Breastfeed: 3:44pm On Sep 17, 2020
nice tips
Re: Easiest Way To Recover Lost Contacts On Android by amelia136: 5:09pm On May 30, 2021
If you have lost any of your important contacts from your Android device, then let me tell you that they are not actually deleted. Those contacts are still present on your phone but in a hidden manner. In such a situation, you are required to use the best and most reliable Android Data recovery software. This program will not only help you to retrieve your lost contacts but also restores pictures, video clips, chats, notes, music, documents, etc.
So, without any delay just download and install this program from the below-given link and get back all your files including contacts. Good luck!!!
https://recover-androiddata.com/download-android-recover

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