In general, working with contacts on Android is both easy and difficult. The thing is that most people use the applications installed by the manufacturer, and these can be both standard ones from the Android delivery, and programs as part of proprietary shells. So, first, let's consider the general situation using one of the examples.
Android contacts are located in the application of the same name. As a rule, Google skin developers bring it to the first home screen, so it's not difficult to find it.
The interface of the Contacts application is simple and straightforward. In the upper part there is a menu of phonebook sources, icons for searching and creating a new contact, as well as the menu of the application itself.
Swiping left and right can quickly navigate to contact groups, the speed dial screen, and even the call log.
The phonebook sources menu allows you to choose from where to show contacts in the application. There are options: SIM, Skype and other instant messengers, Google accounts and the phone book itself. The user can check or uncheck the boxes next to each source. Helpful advice: if you are annoyed that Android pulls email addresses, nicknames from Skype and turns the phone book into a mess, then just turn off the corresponding sources.
The search for contacts in the application has auto-selection. You don't have to type in their full name to find the person you're looking for. It is enough to indicate the first letters and the application will pick up all the matches.
When creating a contact, the user chooses the location of his location, then indicates the number (you can choose from 6 options), e-mail. The contact can be added to the group. In addition, for each contact, you can specify additional fields: from a birthday or other significant events to an arbitrary note.
The application menu includes eight items. We will dwell on some of them later. The settings are mainly related to the way contacts are displayed in the application. You can also set up synchronization with accounts, view the capacity of the SIM card, and select the tabs that will be shown when swiping left and right.
How to Transfer Contacts from Android to Android
Unlike iOS, Android offers a wide variety of native options by default for transferring contacts from one device to another.
Every Android smartphone is linked to a Google account. To transfer contacts using Google, you just need to make sure that the synchronization of contacts with the Google profile and Gmail is turned on on your old smartphone. To do this, go to Settings - Account and Synchronization - Google - Gmail. Next, click on the name of the account and select the Contacts item there. Depending on the settings you made earlier, they will sync automatically or when clicked. Then, on the new device, it is enough to do the same for the contacts to appear on it. It is important that the gadgets are connected to the internet.
It is also possible to transfer contacts from Android to Android using SIM card or VCard file. To do this, in the Contacts application, go to Menu - Manage Contacts - Import / Export Contacts. Here you can export contacts to a SIM card, memory card or phone memory.
Then the SIM is inserted into a new phone, and the memory card can be rearranged there. On the new device, the same actions are performed, only instead of Export, you need to select Import from the appropriate place.
If the user exported contacts to the phone memory, then he will need to transfer the VCard file from there. This can be done by connecting phones to a computer - most Android phones are defined as removable disks, either send by e-mail to yourself (but here it is more logical to use the synchronization via Gmail, described above), or transfer via Bluetooth. Then, on the new phone, you need to repeat the steps already described for importing contacts.
You can also transfer contacts from phone to phone using Bluetooth. True, this method is suitable only for a small number of records - and once you can send no more than 10 pieces. To do this, go to the Contacts application menu and select the Send contacts option. Then mark the necessary entries with the checkbox and then select the sending method - Bluetooth. First, you need to establish a Bluetooth connection between the phones.
Also, the Send contacts item allows you to send them by e-mail, using SMS or MMS, but these methods are not relevant when transferring contacts from phone to phone.
How to Transfer Contacts from iPhone to Android
There are two ways to transfer contacts from iPhone to Android, syncing with Gmail and using a VCard file. Both will take some effort.
By default, iPhone contacts sync to iCloud. You need to switch sync to Gmail and not lose your phone book. To do this, you need to go to Settings - Mail, addresses, calendars - Accounts / iCloud on the iPhone and turn off the synchronization of Contacts. A pop-up window will appear. In it, you need to select the "Leave on phone" option. This will save the contacts to the iPhone. If you choose a different option, contacts from iPhone will be deleted.
Now you need to set Gmail as the default account for Contacts on iPhone. The setting is done in the Settings section - Mail, addresses, calendars. In the Contacts sub-item, one of the last will be the Default Account. You need to select an item and mark Gmail. After a while, the contacts will be synced with Gmail. If it already contains contacts, they can be duplicated.
Next, you need to activate your Gmail account on Android. After a while, the contacts will appear on the phone. If this does not happen, then you need to look in the sources menu in the Contacts application which sources are activated. The checkbox might be unchecked for your Gmail account. You may also need to force synchronization to start. This is done in Settings - Account & Sync - Google - Gmail.
VCard file can be used to transfer contacts from iPhone to Android. You can only make a file in iCloud. Therefore, first of all, you need to make sure that your contacts are synchronized with the cloud.
To make a vCard file, you need to select all contacts using ctrl-AWindows or Command-A on Mac, there is Export vCard option in the iCLoud web app preferences. Save the file to your hard drive or flash drive. Any convenient way to write it to the memory of an Android device.
We have already described further actions. In the Contacts application, you need to go through Menu - Manage contacts - Import and export contacts, select Import contacts, and then the location of the VCard file is in the phone memory or on the SD card. The Contacts application will overwrite all data from the file to the device memory.
Instead of writing a VCard file to your Android phone, you can import contacts from it into Gmail and then sync with your gadget. To do this, in Gmail, you need to select Contacts, and there - the Import item. In the pop-up window, select the last item. All that remains is to sync your device with Gmail.
How to Transfer Contacts from Windows Phone to Android
There are several ways to transfer contacts from Windows Phone to Android. You can use applications that allow you to make a VCard file. Since the contacts of Windows Phone users are synchronized with a Microsoft account, they will be located in Outoook.com by default, you can add an Outlook account to Android. Finally, you can transfer contacts from Outlook using a csv file.
To transfer contacts from Windows Phone to Android via Outlook.com sync, you need to add an account to your phone. To do this, go to Settings - Accounts and Synchronization and press +. From the proposed choice, click on Outlook, then enter your account information and select sync contacts. This method has some disadvantages. In some cases, Outlook does not allow editing contacts on third-party devices, so it is better to make contacts "native" for Android by transferring them through a file
On Outlook.com, select People from the menu. Then click on the Manage button, and in the new menu - Export for Outlook.com and other services. The contacts will be saved to a CSV file. You need to save it to your computer.
Next, in Gmail, as described above, you need to select Contacts. The menu contains the Import item. If you click it, a pop-up menu will appear in which you need to choose to import from a CSV or VCard file. All that remains is to select a file on your hard drive, the contacts will be uploaded to Gmail, and then synchronized with Android.
How to Transfer Contacts from Android to Computer
It is very easy to transfer contacts from Android to computer. It is enough to generate a VCard file. It can work with Microsoft Outlook or Windows Contacts, as well as other applications.
To export contacts to a VCard file on your phone, you need to go to the Contacts application: Menu - Manage contacts - Import and Export contacts and select the item: Export to SD card or Export to phone memory.
All contacts will be saved to a VCard file. Then it can be written to the computer memory and opened in the appropriate program for working with contacts. The file can be stored as a backup on a computer. However, it won't sync with Android. Therefore, it is advisable to sync Android contacts with Gmail.
By the way, you can also export contacts from Gmail. To do this, select the Export contacts item in the menu. They can also be saved to a VCard file.
When opening VCard in Windows programs, there may be problems with displaying Cyrillic. VCard is saved with UTF-8 encoding by default, and Windows-1251 is used in Windows, however, in the latest versions of the OS Microsoft has extended support for Unicode. Nevertheless, if there is still a problem, then you need to open the file in any text editor, for example, Notepad 2, that supports changing the encoding. Change it and save. In fact, a VCard is just a plain text file.
Sync Android Contacts with Google
Android contacts sync with Gmail and Google by default if an account is added to your phone. And without an account, it's impossible to fully use Android.
To add an account, you need to go to Settings - Accounts and Synchronization. Here click on Plus and choose from the list of google list. Next, enter your account information or create one.
Now Google will appear in the list of added accounts. If you go into it, then there will be the name of the mailbox "[email protected]". By selecting an account, you can manually start the synchronization of various data and Google services. Contacts are at the very bottom of the list.
In the Settings - Accounts and Synchronization menu item, at the very top there is an Auto-sync switch. If you activate it, then all accounts will be synchronized automatically. If it is disabled, then synchronization must be started manually, as described in the paragraph above.
Importing contacts to Android
Importing contacts to Android is simple enough.
In the Contacts application, you need to go through Menu - Manage contacts - Import and export contacts.
A menu will open with three options for importing contacts. Import from SIM. You need to select it in order to transfer contacts from the SIM card to the phone memory. Import sSD cards and Import from phone memory must be selected to rewrite contacts from contact files, for example, VCard. Android does not need to specify the location of the contacts file. The system will automatically find all supported files and offer to select the one from which the data will be imported.
If it is not physically possible to connect your phone to a computer to write a VCard file to your phone, you can send it by mail, via Bluetooth, put it in the cloud and then download it to your device.
You can also import contacts to Android through the Google Contacts app. You can go to it from Gmail. In the Additional menu item, select Import contacts. Further, to transfer contacts to Android, it is enough to sync contacts with Gmail.
In the new version of Gmail, the Import option is under More, not More. It also supports importing contacts from Yahoo mail, Outlook, AOL and others. Therefore, if contacts are synchronized with other mail services, you can pick them up from there directly. It is enough to enter your mail access data. True, Google warns that for a number of services, the contact import function is implemented at the expense of third-party developers, so everyone must decide for himself whether to trust their credentials to third-party service providers.
Where are contacts stored in Android
Contacts in Android are stored in the contacts.db or contacts2.db file. It is a SQLite database. It is easy to find software on the Internet with which you can read such files. However, the files themselves are not easy to find.
To access them, you must be sure to have root rights. If they are not there, the user simply will not see this file, nor will he see the folder in which the database is located. Only if you have root rights, you can go to Android / data / data / com.android.providers.contacts / databases /, where the contact files are located.
Export contacts from Android
You can export contacts from Android using the built-in functionality of the Contacts application.
In the application menu, select Manage contacts and then Import and export contacts. There are three options for export: save contacts to SIM, save to memory card or phone memory. When saved to a memory card or phone memory, contacts will be exported to a VCard file, which can then be used to import contacts, both on Android and iOS, mail services, cloud, desktop applications.
How to Recover Android Contacts
The solution to this problem depends on whether the contacts were synchronized with Gmail, whether a VCard was backed up.
If your contacts have been synced with Gmail, you just need to sync them to your phone. However, it may happen that contacts have been unintentionally deleted from an Android smartphone. It synced with Gmail, and there the contacts disappeared as well. It doesn't matter.
Google stores contacts for up to 30 days. In Gmail, in the Additional / More section, you need to select the Restore contacts item. A menu will appear where you can select the date the contacts were restored. Once restored to Gmail, they can be synced to your phone.
If a backup was made to a VCard, then to restore it, it is enough to load the file into the device memory or to a memory card and import contacts from it, as described in the previous sections.
How to delete contacts on Android
There are several ways to delete contacts on Android, depending on how many contacts you want to delete and how securely.
To delete one contact, you can open the Contacts application, select the desired Contact and click on it while holding your finger at one point. A context menu will appear in which there is a Delete item.
You can also go to contact and click on the three dots in the upper right corner. This is the contact menu. There is also a delete item here.
The Delete contacts item is also in the menu of the Contacts application itself. When clicking on Delete contacts, the user will be presented with a list of contacts, in which he can mark contacts for deletion, or select all. Then click on the Delete button.
You can simply reset all phone data. This is done in the item Settings - Backup and reset.
Android Contacts Backup
Android offers several ways to back up contacts at once
The first method is simple and reliable, but it will be difficult to keep a backup of your contacts up to date. It is about exporting contacts to a VCard file. For how to do this, see the section Exporting Android Contacts above.
The second way is to sync your contacts with Gmail. It is often enabled by default. How to manage synchronization is described above.
Choosing an Android backup account
The third way is to enable full phone backups on Google servers. This is done by Setup - Backup and Reset. When you activate a backup, Android will make a copy of the phone on Google's servers, where not only contacts will be saved, but also all personal data, application data, etc.
Contact apps for Android
The Contacts application for Android has good functionality and is quite convenient, so there is not much point in third-party solutions, however, we will consider some applications.
Contacts VCF
- The developer: AndloRD.
- Grade: 4,1.
- Installations: 1 million.
This application is an alternative to standard Android Contacts. It does not differ in extended functionality, but rather interesting in a different approach to storing the phone book. Whereas Google Contacts stores all information in a database, then VCF Contacts is in a vCard (vcf) file. It is this file that can be obtained as a result of export.
When installing the application, it takes as a basis the existing vCard file or creates one based on the Android phone book. As a result, the user always has an up-to-date vCard file on his phone. This can literally save you in the event of a sudden system crash.
Contacts can be sorted, sent by mail, via messengers. Unfortunately, the functions to add to Android and to another vCard file are only in the paid version.
Contacts +
- The developer: Contacts Plus team
- Grade: 4,1.
- Installations: 50 million.
Makes contacts more fun. All contacts are presented with avatars. This view makes it easier to call the desired subscriber - choose by faces faster. There are advanced search functions: you can search not only by name or phone, but also by mail, SMS, etc.
Themes and various design options for the phone book are supported. Contacts + also have call log and SMS.
Contacts are stored encrypted.
The app has a separate backup function. However, in the free version you can save only up to 2000 contacts, calls or SMS. Copying is configured separately for each category of information.
Save contacts to TXT
- The developer: Viked.
- Grade: 4,3.
- Installations: 15 thousand.
In Android, contacts can be exported in vCard format. This application allows you to save them in txt. You can save all contacts in a text file, individual records or several.
It is also allowed to customize which fields will be saved in the file.
In the future, the file can be used at the discretion of the user. You can also send it by email.
Simpler Contacts Dialing
- The developer: SimplerApps
- Grade: 4,3.
- Installations: 5 million.
First of all, it is an alternative to the standard Android phone implementation. Supported not only a phone book, but also a dialer, Caller ID, work with SMS. However, the app has some interesting features for working with contacts. Most important is the backup. You can make both a local copy of contacts and save it in the cloud of the application. You can set up automatic backups. The application constantly searches for duplicates in contacts in automatic mode.
Another interesting feature is the Facebook photo search. The application prompts the user to compare his friends on the social network with the list of contacts and, if there are matches, use Facebook profile photos for Caller ID.
In addition, you can use various themes for the application interface.
SA Contacts Lite
- The developer: samapp.
- Grade: 4,0.
- Installations: 1 million.
Applications for exporting and importing contacts in Excel files. Excel is the best source for importing to Outlook.
The application allows you to customize which fields will be exported to Excel. All contact fields, including the photo, can be transferred. The only exception is a personal ringtone assigned to a contact.
The application also automatically converts encodings in accordance with the requirements of Windows and Microsoft applications so that the names in contacts are displayed correctly.
The exported file can be stored on a memory card, sent by mail, uploaded to cloud services.
Free version limitation - only the first 300 contacts can be exported. You will have to pay for a larger phone book.
Output
Working with contacts in Android is well organized. There is almost no need to go to third-party applications if you read our guide. Using Android tools, you can perform all possible actions with contacts.
However, if you want to decorate and diversify a dialer or a phone book, then the Play Market has enough applications. True, one must be careful when choosing them. It's still about personal data.
Your contact list is one of the most important things on your device. This is where you will store people's contact information: their names, phone numbers, and email addresses.
If you have any existing Google Contacts, they are most likely added when you set up your phone or tablet. Moreover, you can easily add contacts manually. First, open the app Contacts.
As in the picture above, you can add a new contact using the Add Contact button (which is usually indicated by a + sign or something similar). A list of fields will open where you need to enter a name, phone number, email address, address, etc.
Sometimes you can add contacts directly from other applications, for example, if someone sends you an email, you can save their address in a contact. To add his email address, click on the sender information. A dialog box will open where you can quickly add the subscriber to your contact list.
Viewing and editing contacts
You will return to contacts whenever you need to view or edit one of your contacts. Each version of the contacts app is different (for example, you might have a different icon), but some tasks are still quite versatile.
Using contacts
Use your contact list to make a phone call or send text. There are two ways to use your contact details: you can start from the app Contacts or go directly to the app you want to use to make a call or send a message.
You can hide contacts that do not have phone numbers. You can also customize which contact groups in each account should appear in the contact list.
Determining whether to display contacts without phone numbers
When you use your contact list for calls only, you can hide contacts that do not have phone numbers.
Defining Displayed Groups
4. Select or clear the check boxes next to the groups whose contacts you want to view in the Contacts application.
This action affects the display of contact groups only on this screen. Synchronization settings will not change.
5. Press the button Ready.
After all changes have been made, a message will appear. If the changes affect a large number of contacts, this procedure may take some time.
Change the way your contacts are displayed
Merging contacts
When you add an account or contacts by other means, such as by exchanging emails, the Contacts application tries to prevent duplicate entries by merging the new contact information with existing contacts. Alternatively, you can manually merge contacts.
You can also use online contacts to eliminate duplicate entries by using the Find and Merge Contacts command on the More Actions menu (see the Online Contacts guide for more information).
Part 1. (emotional)
So, Android is already a REAL competitor to the "apple brother" (iPhone), and things are still there.
I read w3bsit3-dns.com and am horrified:
a huge number of programs for / replacing CONTACTS / Dialer.
- Android developers admit SO MANY flaws that it takes (occupy their place in the market) so many substitutes.
- the quality of these programs almost ALWAYS leaves much to be desired. Namely. Well, it has not been done yet, it has been done, but this is how it was (as we could). BUT..
BUT, forgive me, why something that BEFORE (before installing your software) WORKED BEFORE (before installing your software) stopped working (synchronization stops working, the number of saved records in history is reduced from 1000 to 200, etc.)
I read here and HORROR covers. Can I find a NORMAL program ?! Which would not contain at the very beginning of the description that it is designed only for these CHIPSETS (!) (And I know what CHIPSET I have?!? - people do not always know what kind of Android they have) - we are not talking about programs that should work in real time. These are really tied and optimized for a specific IRON. But here we need a UNIVERSAL SHELL (!) Expanding the standard display and search capabilities. NOT replacing, namely, expanding, so as NOT to change and NOT spoil ANYTHING (100%, since NOTHING was replaced - everything remained in the system as it was.It was just that we wrote additional functionality, as it were, ABOVE)
Any SUBSTITUTE programs
I started to be DANGEROUS (because.
There are many messages (relevant) on the forum - ..
..- CONSTANTLY, something STOPS working AFTER installation)
I am looking for a program / add-on / wrapper for< КОНТАКТЫ >,
which would display (at least select)
field< ПСЕВДОНИМ >
And I would also very much like to find a program that would search (search for all fields including and< ТЕЛЕФОННЫ >... That would be dialing in the search for several numbers of a telephone number, the program would find it for me ALL. Nowadays, almost ALL (!) Programs DO NOT know how to search in fields<телефон>- search only by name.
===
Well, the MOST IMPORTANT thing,
but you can write wishes for revision
(alteration)
(writing patches)
for Android itself
(that would not install a third-party, but fix / improve the native one)
===
TAGs:
"Cry of the soul" (damn it, as usual), Android, CONTACTS,
Part 2.
In fairness,
in the end
"Hurray! - Earned"
So.
Given. Android. or rather<телефоyная книга>- she<Контакты>in Android.
- there are standard: full name
- there is<Псевдоним>
- and there is even<Транскрипция>(for the Name separately, for the Surname separately and for the Patronymic separately)
There they are. But..
Display.
=========
Display is possible only:
Name Surname or
Surname First name
those. if you have contacts with NEITHER name NOR surname, which you DO NOT know, but you know / have filled in only them<Псевдоним>(Taxi driver, Sheepskin coats, Amplifier, Dacha # 18, etc.), then such contacts will probably NOT be displayed ... Or how ?!<Имя>and<Фамилия>.
Ie field<Псевдоним>there is. There is a need for it. But you can see it only in the mode of viewing all information about the contact. Just<Псевдоним>Not displayed (NO AND NEVER in standard Android)
With an incoming call, the standard Android (again) displays only<Имя>+<Фамилию>+ possible<Отчесво>... Perhaps, because they DO NOT fit - only one line is displayed (only the first and half of the last name fits: "Vladimir Iv". No options. There are no settings for displaying other fields in Android.
In this regard, TWO tasks arise:
-1- display<Псевдонимов>in Contacts
well, to select / search for the Andrey / Natasha we need from hundreds of ONE-NAME and WITHOUT_SIRES (all differences are stored in the field<Псевдоним>).
-2- display<Псевдоним>for incoming calls.
Several hours on w3bsit3-dns.com
-1-
PixelPhone
Short description:
Phone, History, Contacts, Favorites, Speed dial.
http://w3bsit3-dns.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=290128
Overview:
http://w3bsit3-dns.com/2013/09/27/116756/
-2-
Call Informer
Short description:
Information when calling from a contact (
Full name - fit completely
Alias,
Phone with specification of mobile / home / work / etc;
Company / position;
Address;
E-mail;
!!!and even!!! Note.)
http://w3bsit3-dns.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=217632
Part 3. (Unanswered Questions - Emotional Again)
Android remains and will remain the most popular mobile platform for many years to come. Basically, under the control of this operating system, users use smartphones, and, in turn, with smartphones, the main function is to make calls. Today we will look at an issue where all contacts have disappeared on an Android device.
Contacts from a device running Android OS can disappear for various reasons: system failure, accidental launch of the full cleaning function, viral activity, and so on. For any of the reasons for the absence of contacts, you need to do one thing - restore the phone book. Fortunately, there are several ways to accomplish this task in the most popular operating system.
Method 1: restore contacts via Google account
The easiest way to restore, which is that you import the contacts saved in your Google account (of course, if they are there).
And since every Android device requires a Google account to work, you probably already have a phone book in this profile, which means that there will be no problems with recovery.
Please note, depending on the version, the shell of the Android OS may differ slightly in your case. If you did not find this or that item, write the name of the device model and the Android version - let's try to figure it out together.
Method 2: display contacts from a SIM card
If you do not store contacts in your account, they may be on the SIM card of your device. Accordingly, you only need to activate the visibility of the contacts saved on the SIM card of your device.
Method 3: import contacts from a file
Very often, users have a contact file with the VCF extension in their hands, but do not know how to insert it into the phone. If you have such a file, then you can transfer it to your device by quickly filling up the phone book.
If earlier with devices on Android there were no problems in terms of transferring contacts (as a rule, they appeared immediately after installing a SIM card), then new devices require a much more subtle approach.
Considering that not all users of Android smartphones are well versed in their operating system, the question that the smartphone does not see contacts arises more and more often. So what could be the cause and how can it be eliminated?
Android no contacts, what should I do?
Import from SIM card
Can't see the contact book on Android
Many users are already misled by the fact that contacts do not appear automatically after installing a SIM card. This is not at all a malfunction of the device, but an idea of the designers. If the SIM card contains contacts, and the phone book is empty, you just need to transfer the entries manually. To do this, go to the "Contacts" menu, select "Import / Export" and click "Import from Sim-card".
Full Cache
It is also quite possible that the notebook cache is full. In this case, an error may appear on the smartphone screen. In order to eliminate this inconvenience, you need to find the "Contacts" application through the settings and click "Delete / Clear cache".
Reset
If the error that occurs does not disappear after resetting the cache, apparently there is some kind of malfunction in the smartphone itself. It is worth trying to perform an operation such as a factory reset. In this case, the data stored in the device's memory will be deleted, so it is better to immediately make backups on an external medium. One way or another, such an operation is much cheaper and faster than repairs. You can reset the settings by following the following path: "Settings" - "Backup and reset" - "Reset data".
Using third-party programs
In order to use the contact book conveniently and without interruptions, there are several convenient special applications at once.
RocketDial is a sorted notebook with all the necessary attributes: T9, quick search, blacklist and others.
Talking Caller ID is a voice controlled notebook. Works great even in the noisiest places.
Such discrete books, as a rule, work flawlessly, allowing you not to worry about your contacts.
If, nevertheless, none of the above methods helped, it is worth contacting the salon where the Android smartphone was purchased and handing it over for warranty repair.
How to recover numbers that disappeared from Android phone?
To do this, we can use the standard recovery method that Gmail offers us, or a special application. Often the need for this arises after we reset the settings, updated the firmware, or after being infected with some kind of virus. The reasons can be very varied.
Of course, the reasons for the disappearance of numbers can be very mundane. For example, there are cases when we just put the slider in iCloud in an inactive position (opposite the "Contacts" item).
If contacts have been deleted from the "cloud" storage, we can also restore them. Disable Wi-Fi on your PC. After that, we launch "Contacts" in iCloud (if we restore them through OS X, this item may have a slightly different name, for example, "Address Book"). We find the number we are interested in, open it and export it to Vcard (that is, we save it with the vcf extension in case something goes wrong).
Contacts can also be easily restored from an iTunes backup on a PC (assuming the backup has been made).
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All owners of Android OS devices know that it is most convenient to store various information on a gadget. The same applies to contacts. Storing phone numbers in a notebook has long been an outdated option. They can be stored, for example, on a SIM card. If there is not enough memory, transfer them to the phone memory or memory card.
Contacts on Android will always be at your fingertips. But sometimes it happens that the data disappears. By a ridiculous accident, important contacts can be lost. For example, you gave the phone in hand to children or an inexperienced user and he removed them. Or you yourself “pressed something wrong”, as is often the case, and lost the necessary information. Fortunately, there is a way out. How to recover lost data will be discussed further.
How is missing information recovered on Android?
A smartphone is not a computer and disaster recovery is not an assistant here. For this, there are many third-party programs designed specifically for recovering erased information. You can return not only contacts, but also images, music or even videos.
The principle of operation of such utilities is not quite complicated. All information deleted by us does not disappear without a trace. At least for the time being. It takes up a certain part of the memory in the device, which the smartphone considers as free for further recording. And if something new has not been written "over" the erased data, then it will be possible to restore it.
Lost contacts on Android: how to recover yourself?
To begin with, I would like to give as an example a list of programs with which you can work to achieve this goal:
- Wondershare Dr. Fone;
- Super Backup Pro;
- Recuva;
- Android Data Recovery;
- Undelete Beta and others.
Besides them, there are many similar software. Most often, you will need to connect the phone to a computer, but in some cases, you can download the utility only to the gadget and use only the available methods.
The best thing, of course, is to take care of the safety of your data in advance and store it in the cloud or sync with other devices. Android copes with its task as well as possible. If s, then they will definitely not be lost. And you can edit them even from a computer, the main thing is not to lose data from your account.