Without a doubt, one of the most useful features that google provides owners Android smartphones, tablets and other devices running operating system of this operating system is the ability to store a list of their contacts in the cloud storage.
This means that with a Google account, you can easily and easily transfer contacts to new smartphone or tablet, restore them after resetting your mobile device to factory settings, as well as - have access to them on any devices that have access to the Internet. But what to do if all or part of the contacts were still lost for some reason?
This happens, for example, when you accidentally deleted the desired contact, the phone fell into the hands of a child, who erased all or part of the contacts on it, or even made changes to them, and in other similar cases.
If you find yourself in a similar situation, do not be upset to restore contacts from your Google account is quite simple and you can do this within 30 days after their loss.
So let's get started:
How to restore contacts to Google account on Android device
Attention! This is only for contacts stored in google account: Contacts stored on the SIM card cannot be restored using this method.
1. Launch a web browser on a PC, laptop, tablet, or any other device that has Internet access.
2. Go to your gmail account on the website gmail.com
3. Click on "Mail" and in the menu that opens, select "Contacts"
4. In the menu of the window for working with contacts, click on "More" and select "Restore contacts"
5. In the window that opens, select a point in time (10 minutes ago, an hour ago, yesterday, a week ago, or a specific date and time accurate to the minute):
6. Click on "Restore"
7. On a smartphone, tablet or other Android device, Google contacts on which you need to restore, go to the system settings menu.
8. Select "Accounts"
9. Select "Google"
10. If your device has more than one registered account Google, select the account from which you want to recover contacts
11. Click on the menu button in the form of a vertical ellipsis in the upper right corner of the screen
12. Select "Synchronize" and wait until "Synchronizing ..." disappears in the "Contacts" item (and the corresponding sync icon opposite).
That's it, you can open the "Contacts" application or any other application with access to google contactswhere you will see that your contacts have been restored.
When I created my first mailbox, I thought that I would write to a limited number of people. Friends and acquaintances. Time passed and unnoticed the number of addresses email grew. This list was supplemented by work colleagues, acquaintances in social networks, contacts of technical support services for Internet services, government agencies, etc. were added to it. I'm not talking about the work contact list, which is regularly updated with information about customers and partners. Their e-mail, telephones, addresses, ICQ numbers, etc.
At one point, I decided that all this needs to be streamlined. Created contact groups: acquaintances, services, clients, etc. And distributed information from one large heap into smaller heaps. Finding the information you need just got easier.
Today we will talk about how to put things in order in the contact details of people and organizations that you may need.
Where to store contacts?
Gmail has a "contact manager" for storing contact information, which allows you to receive fast access to the addresses of other users. This is your powerful e-mail address book. Here you can and should store e-mail, names of contact persons. But it is up to you to decide whether to post personal phones and confidential information. Of course, Google will not distribute or use this information to the detriment of users, but where is the guarantee that hackers will not get access to your account. Stick to the middle. Do not get paranoid or neglect online safety rules.
So, to go to the contact manager, click the inscription "Gmail" at the top left and select "Contacts".
In the left pane of the manager, you will see several folders. We will call them groups. The groups "My contacts", "Starred", "Most frequent", "Other contacts" are systemic. Their name reflects their purpose.
On the right we see a list of contacts. In it you can add, view, change, delete contacts.
How do I add a contact?
- Click the red button on the left " new contact"Or" Add to group ... "(the name of the button depends on the group you are currently in). In the area to the right, fields will appear in which you must enter information about your respondent.
- Click the Details button (gray rectangle with three dots) to the right of the Add Name field to open a form for specifying data precisely. Always use this opportunity, because the system sometimes makes mistakes and does not correctly highlight the first or last name. Enter the application form, name, etc. Click the "Save" button.
- Provide an email address and its purpose - home, work, or personalized. Click the label to the left of the address field and select the required attribute. There can be several addresses. For example, one home and two workers. To add a new e-mail, click on the inscription "Add e-mail address".
- Enter your phone and mailing address. If you fill out information about the organization, feel free to indicate these details. Such information is publicly available, and you will always have it at hand.
- If your subscriber has a blog on the Internet or a home page, add their addresses in the appropriate fields. You can specify multiple addresses in the same way as e-mail.
- Make a quick note in the Notes box on the right. For institutions, add, for example, a work schedule.
- If you want to specify a position or number for Internet calls, click the "Advanced" button and select the required fields.
- It is advisable to immediately assign a group to a new contact. To do this, click the "Groups" button in the top panel. Check the groups to which the user belongs. Or click on "Create" to add a new group.
If you've sent an email to someone or received messages that aren't marked as spam, Gmail will automatically add contacts with the specified e-mail addresses and will place them in the "Other Contacts" group.
How do I change a contact?
Contact information periodically becomes out of date. The person stops using email address... Organizations change addresses and phone numbers. This information needs to be updated.
Open the contact and edit the information you want. Remove obsolete values \u200b\u200bby clicking on the "Delete" (trash) button to the right of the corresponding field.
How to remove an address from mail?
Periodically clean your contact lists of irrelevant data. Remove all unnecessary things.
- Open a contact.
- Click the "Advanced" button and select "Remove Contact" from the menu.
To get rid of several entries at the same time, mark everything in the contact list that you want to delete. Use the "Delete contacts" command by analogy with one contact.
Deleted records can be restored within 30 days. After this period, you will lose them forever.
Get organized with the contact information you use. Fill in the information carefully. By doing a little at once, you will avoid a lot of work in the future.
Write in the comments if you keep confidential information on the Internet. Should I do it?
