Recover phone numbers. How to restore contacts on Android: detailed recommendations

my numbers disappear exactly who often calls. restart the phone appear after some time disappear new phone  fly nimbus I am saved only by vibe there in contacts all numbers for example in the phone book 80 and in vibe all 200  February 13

Tell me on notes3 the contacts were downloaded from the cloud, after a day or two the list is empty, you need to synchronize again periodically, tell me where to look for the problem  November 22, 2016

we go into the settings - accounts- google- disable synchronization, did everything as they said, nothing has changed, I have honor 5A  September 27, 2016

I have a Lenovo A7000 (Andriod 6.0, firmware S223) - today, too, I faced the same thing: one contact disappeared, but it was very necessary for work ... I read this forum. As a result, the most effective way  it's still delving into the contact settings on the phone. As a result, the solution was "Contacts - Displayed contacts - Configure - in the drop-down list acc. Google, put checkmarks everywhere (other accounts / phone / SIM numbers optional). Voila - the desired contact has returned!) Well, in general, there is apparently a problem with the labels of the individual contacts themselves or whatever they are called in Google contacts.  August 16, 2016

guys help me my phone fell battery dropped everything put in its place. then one master called me and the number didn’t stay in the calls where there were missed and all that, but I need to know what to do, help me, what about the phone?  June 30, 2016

I have a fly nimbus at first all the rules were then the contacts began to multiply every contact 10-15 times redid as it should after a while everything went away and so every day it’s removed and multiplied tell me please what is the problem  June 23, 2016

I put the SIM in HOTTOM HT3. The contacts do not have the letter A. THOSE NUMBERS THAT BEGIN ON -A- they are not. I installed a SIM card on a simple phone, everything is there. What's the matter? Can someone tell me.  May 23, 2016

The same problem with the numbers has already been changed by another phone and the same thing is happening again, I thought the matter in Simka changed my SIM card and it still goes on, what kind of reason I can’t figure it out  April 11, 2016

I also suspect that the SYNCHRONIZATION with Google is to blame. There, in the cloud, there is only a list of my subscribers, and the fields with numbers are empty. When synchronized, they become empty in the smartphone.  March 1, 2016

Hello, I encountered such a problem. phone numbers from the notebook began to disappear. and from the sim card itself. Phone LG G4. how to decide who knows? On the Internet there is a solution to the problem of synchronization, but there is no solution to removing phones from the SIM card.  February 26, 2016

I have this trouble on my second smartphone in a row. The book is just walking. That is, then no. I checked on another "normal" (push-button) phone, there are numbers on the SIM card, and tel. the book does not periodically display them. I noticed the following, that if you do not use the Internet, contacts stay. Creating a new accounting did not give any results ((  January 19, 2016

I bought a micromax e313 phone yesterday I bought it, I scored all the numbers in the SIM and copied some horror into the phone in a day for 50 numbers. Somewhere the name remains and the number is not. Every hour disappear. What to do?  January 13, 2016

i have the same problem, but in addition someone else will call from an unfamiliar number, after the conversation I can’t find him in the call history, and the date of calls is 2016.  December 14, 2015

Need to restore contacts from phone book  may occur after a virus attack, reset, formatting memory, rash actions of the user himself or when buying a new device. Whatever the reason for the disappearance of the list of numbers, they can be returned in integrity and safety. To do this, I have both built-in features in the phone’s OS and special programs.

All OS for mobile devices  equipped with their own specific procedure for returning data erased from the gadget's memory. Therefore, we will consider how to restore contacts after resetting or formatting devices that are running an operating system:

Recovering the contents of the phone book on Android

Android is actively collaborating with Google and uses its cloud storage to store all the important information stored in the phone’s memory. This allows you to quickly restore user data, if necessary, whether SMS, notes, contact list, etc., when they are deleted for one reason or another.

To use cloud storage, two conditions must be met:

  1. You must be logged in to Google.
  2. The option of synchronizing data with Google should be active on your device.

To restore deleted contacts, for example, after resetting your phone, you need to:

Contact recovery can also be performed using a computer:

  1. In the browser, open the contacts.google.com page and enter your Google profile.
  2. In the "More" tab, activate the "Restore contacts" line.
  3. We indicate when the backup copy of the phone book was created and click "Restore".

There is also special software that allows you to quickly copy an existing phone book to a computer or memory card, and then restore it if necessary. The most popular programs for Android are:

  • Android Data Recovery;
  • EaseUS Mobisaver;
  • Super Backup Pro.

Recovering your contact list on Windows Phone

In Windows Phone, you can recover all the information that you lost after resetting through Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage. For the success of this resuscitation method, you need to have one or more “fingerprints” (backups) of the phone in the cloud. To create them, you should:



How to restore contacts after buying a new device or resetting the settings on the old? To do this, you need to activate your Microsoft account. The activation procedure starts automatically after you turn on the gadget and configure Wi-Fi access.

After entering the account, the search for previously saved backups of the system will begin, at the end of which all available copies will be displayed. You only need to select the appropriate option and click Next.

Resuscitating Phone Book on iPhone

When considering how to recover a deleted phone number on an iPhone, it should be noted that this can be done in several ways, of which the most effective are:

  • iTunes utility
  • iCloud app.

As an example, consider resuscitation through iCloud:



The required copy will be saved on the computer. You can send it to your phone using the electronic box.

When there are any problems with the phone, you have to completely reset the settings, in other words, format the gadget. In this case, there is always a loss of information from previously installed programs and applications.

And if the programs can then be reinstalled then, what about the phone numbers? Record numbers of friends and acquaintances again? Of course, there is a way to restore the phonebook on an android smartphone.

To ensure that personal data is not irretrievably lost, you must regularly back up information.

For this:

Go to the phone menu

— « Backup»

And follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

In the presence of backup the necessary information will not disappear irretrievably, after formatting the smartphone, you will need to go to the menu again, go to the “Backup” item and activate the previously saved version.

Tips on the screen will help you do this quickly and efficiently. After that, the phone book will be filled again.

If the backup was not made, there is

another way to restore the phone book of your smartphone.

To do this, you will need to “bind” your phone to your Google account, and you need to do this BEFORE you reset the factory settings. Otherwise, the data will not be saved.

How to link android to Google account?

On Google.com, go to the “Account” item, open the “Security” tab and enter your phone number in a special field. All. In the event of loss of contacts from the phone book, they can be restored.


We restore the phone book on android:

For this purpose, there is a program Titanium backup, created specifically for the Android operating system.

To restore lost contacts you will need:

  • Google Account
  • Program for android Titanium Backup.

The procedure for restoring the phone book:

  • Go to settings mailbox  Google mail and connect via IMAP access to email.
  • We launch the Titanium Backup application and follow the prompts that appear on the screen.
  • In the field of your favorite browser, select Google, enter the password.
  • 2 items appear on the screen - export of contact data and import of contact data. Choose import.
  • We tick off where to save contacts - to a SIM card or phone. Here the choice is yours.

After that, the program begins to search for created backups and select phone numbers from them. It is recommended that you restore the most recent backup, since it contains the most recent phone numbers.

When the recovery is completed, the message “Copying completed” will appear on the screen, after which you will need to restart the phone - turn it off and on again. And the contacts are now back on your smartphone.

Accidentally deleting a musical composition usually does not cause serious problems - you can always download it again. It’s more difficult with photos, but here you can find a way out. The hardest thing for the smartphone owner is if contacts are inadvertently deleted. Fortunately, under certain conditions, you can return them.

Theoretically, you can restore deleted contacts without using third-party funds. But we recommend that you regularly back up your phonebook using the application Super backup  . In the future, you can use the same utility in order to return all your contacts. This method is great for people who don’t believe in the confidentiality of Google servers. So, install the application on your Android and do the following:

1. Run the program.

2. You can immediately go to " Settings»By selecting the path to save the contacts file. In this case, it is advisable to use some folder on the memory card.


4. Here you can back up or upload contacts to cloud service. But first, in any case, you need a backup, because it will be uploaded to the “cloud”.

5. When creating the file, you will be asked to give it a name. It should consist of Latin letters, otherwise there may be problems with further uploading the file to the cloud.


6. That's it! In the future, you can use this file to restore phone numbers on Android in case of loss or purchase of a new device. When creating a file with contacts, you will be asked to send it to email  - This is also a good way to store it, albeit not the most reliable. And the program can automatically create a new backup file on a schedule.

Google sync

Unfortunately, Super Backup only recovers contacts using a backup. If you are not concerned about its creation, then the application will not help you. It is curious that similar functionality exists in the operating system  Android You can create a special file at any time containing all your contacts. But it’s much easier to use synchronization with Google servers. In this case, they will store a current copy of the phone book. If synchronization is turned off, then it should be turned on as follows:

1. Go to the smartphone menu and click on the “ Settings».

2. In this section, click on “ Accounts».

3. Select an account here Google. Tap on your email address if necessary.

4. In this subsection, synchronization settings are configured. You need to enable the check box next to " Contacts».

If synchronization was previously turned on, then at any time you can download a backup copy of the phone book to your smartphone. This is done as follows:

1. Go to the device menu and click on the “ Contacts».

2. Select “ Additional actions", Then click on" Recover contacts».

If you do not have the last item, then this indicates either the lack of a backup on the server or the relevance of your current phone book. You can also search for the desired item in the " Import Export».

You can also go to the page to restore the backup. contacts.google.com  - there is also a corresponding button here.


Using computer programs

If you did not enable synchronization with Google, and also did not create a backup copy of the phone book, then you can rely on the return of contacts using any computer program. But its use is required.

First of all, we recommend that you install EaseUS Mobisaver for Android  . This utility can recover a wide variety of data, including contacts.

1. First enable USB debugging mode on your smartphone. This is done in " Settings", In chapter " For developers».

2. Connect the device to the PC using the USB cable.

3. Run the EaseUS Mobisaver program, click on the button in its main window Start.


4. Grant the application superuser rights (the corresponding request will appear on the smartphone).


5. Upon completion of the scan, the utility will prompt you to restore certain types of data. Including you should see the tab Contacts  - It contains deleted contacts.


6. You can restore contacts by highlighting them and pressing a button Recover.

It should be noted that EaseUS Mobisaver for Android is distributed on a paid basis. You can also try using a computer utility.

Surely every PC user has experienced data loss at least once in a lifetime. And after all, this does not always happen due to the user's fault - sometimes system malfunctions occur, often there are erroneous cases of deleting the necessary information or a random device. The reasons for the loss of contacts from the phone book on Android include the reset of factory settings ( hard reset), and the attack of viruses, and the loss of the phone, or simply carelessness in choosing advanced functions. One way or another, such situations occur quite often, and users need to know how to restore contacts on Android if necessary.

It is important to remember that in some cases it is impossible to return contacts

For most smartphones running the Android operating system, recovering deleted data does not seem to be a global problem. If synchronization with your Google account is set up, you can simply restore your contacts by downloading a saved copy from a Google server. This method helps not only if you want to return deleted contacts. It can be used for unsuccessful movement, import or merging of contacts, and when working in Google mail from a computer.

Important tip! When you start restoring data using synchronization with your Google account, try to save information about the time at which you started recovery. This information may later be required to cancel the recovery.

The recently released (March 22, 2016) update of the contact recovery feature further simplified this procedure: now you can return any version of your contact list in the last 30 days.


The procedure for restoring contacts through Google is almost the same on any Android smartphone. First you need to log in to your Google mail account, then go to the "Contacts" menu. Select "Additional actions" or "More", and then "Restore contacts." Be sure to specify the time by which the data will be restored. We confirm the recovery by clicking on the appropriate button and wait - the process may take several minutes. As soon as the data is restored, a notification will appear on the screen.

It also happens that the data on the smartphone disappears after a reset (hard reset). In this case, after turning on the phone, you will not be authorized in your Google account, which means that you won’t even have to restore your contacts - you just need to import them from your own account. They won’t disappear from there, because after resetting your settings, you didn’t log into your Google account and synchronization did not work. Go to "Contacts" on your phone and select "Import / Export". Then confirm account  Google mail, from which the copying will be performed and indicate the place where you want to save this data.


Other ways to recover data

The data recovery method described above using google account  - The most reliable and simple, but it has one huge minus - it is absolutely useless if you did not configure synchronization with Google mail.

Backup copy

You can restore deleted data using a backup copy of the data - however, again, this is only relevant if you saved such a copy on a computer or in cloud storage (Google drive, Yandex.Disk).

Special software for data recovery

There are many paid and free utilities for recovering data from an Android phone. Some are installed as applications on a smartphone, some as complete programs on a computer. But, as a rule, most of them are created for specific models  smartphones and under a certain firmware version, therefore, are not universal. The rest, in the process, will try to save potentially malicious or unwanted programs on a computer or smartphone, often without even “asking” for user consent. If there is neither a saved copy of contacts, nor synchronization with google service, you can resort to this methodHowever, no one will guarantee that this will help.


Service center

If the methods described above do not help, you can always contact a service center. The newer your firmware and smartphone, the more likely it is that specialists with the necessary software and hardware will be able to read and save the necessary data from the depths of the memory of your device. But remember that it will take time and money.


Call Detailing with a Mobile Operator

You can use another way - ask your cellular operator  details of calls and SMS over the past few months. The operator will provide you only phone numbers, without reference to the names in the phone book. To identify them and re-enter the book, you will have to spend time, but the most important contacts will not be lost.


Custom way to recover data using Viber

Some mobile applications  for communication (for example, Viber), they bind to contacts on the computer and numbers in the phone book. And if you have such applications, you can use this. It is only necessary to do this quickly, until the next scheduled synchronization of contacts has begun - usually it happens every few hours.


Unfortunately, programs such as Viber are not designed to roll back data using them. But there is still information about phone numbers. To extract it, you will have to manually copy them first to a text editor, and then write them to the phone book. A time-consuming method, but effective, especially if there is no other way.

Conclusion

The surest way to not lose your personal data is to synchronize it with Google. No matter what happens with your phone, you can always return the deleted contact list (even using a computer) and restore it to any version in the last 30 days. The remaining methods are much more complex and lengthy, and you are unlikely to want to resort to them, especially since the loss of personal data in the vast majority of cases is an unforeseen circumstance.