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 a device malfunction, but the 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 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 external media. 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.
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 on an Android device are missing.
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 that depending on the version of the shell of the Android OS, further actions in your case may be slightly different. 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 Google account, they may be on the SIM card of your device. Accordingly, you only need to activate the visibility of 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.
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 by 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 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.
We hope you will be able to restore all the necessary contacts, and even better - if you do not lose them at all.
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 have reset the settings, updated the firmware, or after being infected with some kind of virus. The reasons can be very varied.
Most Android mobile devices sync with your Google account all the time - assuming internet access, of course. To restore, go to your account, select "Gmail", and then - the item "Contacts"> "Advanced". We select the point of restoration of contacts. Do not forget to indicate the time period for which we need to restore.
If this does not help, you need to delete and re-add your Gmail account through the settings of our device. Recovery problems may arise if contacts were saved not as Google contacts, but on the device or on the SIM card.
As already mentioned, if the numbers disappeared from the Android phone, you can use special software. For example, Super Backup Pro would be a suitable application.
What to do if numbers disappeared from your iOS phone?
To begin with, restoring numbers on this platform is possible if we took care of the backup in advance. Usually contacts are restored through iTunes, the "cloud" (iCloud), or through a special application in OS X.
Of course, the reasons for the disappearance of numbers can be very mundane. For example, there are often 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, 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).
Modern smartphones based on Android have so much functionality that they can be safely called mini-computers. However, their primary task was and remains to make calls. Therefore, when numbers (especially important ones) suddenly disappear from a notebook, a useful device actually turns into a trinket. What is the reason for this malfunction, and how to fix it, read our new article.
Possible causes of the problem
If you have not deleted the numbers from the phone, but the contacts from the phone book are still missing, the reasons for this may be different. The most common among them:
- System crash.
- Problems syncing with google-account.
- Infection of the gadget with a virus.
- Transfer contacts to hidden mode.
- Overflowed SIM card memory.
- Reset device settings to factory settings.
What to do in this case? The main thing is not to panic, because there are many ways to remedy the situation, and all of them are available even to “dummies”. First of all, let's figure out exactly where the loss came from.
If the contacts stored on the SIM card disappeared
If you often change SIM cards, dropped your phone recently, or just use it for quite some time, the loss of all or part of your contacts is quite possible. In this case, you need to do the following:
- Remove the SIM card from the device and carefully inspect it for damage. If it is damaged, it will not be possible to solve the problem without the help of third-party programs (which also do not guarantee a 100% result).
- If no external damage is found, insert it back into the phone and wait a few minutes (for the initialization to complete). Check, the contacts should return.
- The reason for the malfunction may lie in the gadget itself. If outwardly the SIM card looks intact, but the numbers in the phone book are still not displayed, try installing it in another smartphone. If everything is in order on the other device, it's time to visit the service center.
Additional programs and applications that can help in the recovery of numbers have their own nuances, so we will consider them below, in a separate paragraph.
If numbers disappeared from the device memory
Today, in the age of synchronization and multiplatforms, practically no one stores contacts in the memory of the gadget itself. Those who did not have time (or did not want to) export them to other storage locations, the following tips will come in handy:
If the numbers have disappeared after an unsuccessful attempt to update Android to the current version, go to Settings and Restore and Reset one by one, and then select the place where you store the backups of your phone data.
If the problem is due to a virus, a factory rollback, or some other reason and you don't have a backup:
- Connect your phone to your computer or laptop using a USB cable.
- Install the program that came with the device.
- On your smartphone, select the USB debugging mode.
- Launch the application on your PC, find the "Contacts" section and restore the missing positions, following the instructions of the program.
If the application from the manufacturer does not have the necessary functionality, select its analogue on the Internet. For example, Android Data Recovery (you need root rights to work correctly).
If records from your Google account are missing
Everyone who uses applications from the Play Market must have their own google account. If you also have it, you can restore the lost numbers from the cloud storage. To do this:
- We go to the "Contacts" and "Contacts settings" sections one by one.
- In the list that appears, find your Google account and click on the "Next" button.
- We indicate the place where the data from the cloud will be copied, click "Next".
- We mark the positions of interest to us and make a restoration.
Contacts can disappear not only in the phone book, but also those that are stored in your Google account. To restore them:
This solution is only suitable for changes made no later than 30 days ago.
It also happens that it is the incorrect operation of synchronization that causes the numbers to disappear. In this case:
As a rule, these simple manipulations help to solve the problem without service intervention.
If contacts disappeared from applications
Most instant messengers today have synchronization with the phone book of a smartphone. However, it happens that the numbers added through the application are no longer displayed in the contact list (or, on the contrary, the messenger does not see individual positions in the phone book). In this case:
- If numbers disappeared from "Contacts", check the filter settings (where they are located, we will analyze in detail in the next paragraph) and manually export the data from the application database.
- If you cannot find the numbers you are looking for in the messenger menu, first of all, make sure that your interlocutor has not deleted the application. Then try updating your app. If that still doesn't work, uninstall it and reinstall it via Google Play.
Never install applications from unverified sources. They can not only infect your mobile device with a virus, but also completely clear the phone book without the possibility of subsequent recovery.
If numbers are not deleted and not displayed
If your numbers on your smartphone have disappeared, do not rush to panic, it is quite possible that the data was saved, just because of a failure in the system, it became hidden. To return them to their original state:
- We open the "Contacts" section.
- Go to the settings page (as a rule, the icon for the transition is made in the form of a gear or three dots / stripes).
- We sequentially click on "Contacts settings" and "Contacts filter" (depending on the smartphone model and the installed version of Android, the path may be slightly different).
- In the filters tab that opens, first select to display contacts only from one section (for example, only from Viber), save, and then set the display for all contacts.
We save the changes and return to the phone book. If the numbers were hidden, they will reappear. Here (in the "Settings") you can combine duplicate positions and select for display only those positions that are needed at the moment.
Restore contacts using Play Market applications
Not all users are ready to understand the settings of their phones. Many people prefer to install an application with suitable functionality and entrust it with solving the problem. But is this option right for us? Let's check.
We drive in the search bar of the Play Market the request "restore contacts" (or any similar in meaning). Most of the search results do not even reach 4 stars (which clearly indicates the quality). So, they can be safely discarded. However, there are also options where the score is 4.3 points, 4.6 points. However, do not rush to install these applications on your phone. Read the reviews first so that you don't end up running into something like this: 
How to avoid losing accounts
None of us is immune from system failures, smartphone breakdowns and other troubles. In order not to lose important numbers and then not to waste hours (or even days) on fruitless attempts to restore them, make a backup copy of the contact book at least once every 4-6 weeks. For this:
- We go to the "Contacts" section.
- First, we select the place from where we want to copy (import) the data, and then where exactly (to the SIM card, to the phone's memory in a google account or some application) they need to be saved.
If you take care of creating a backup copy of your contacts in a timely manner, they will be restored according to a similar scheme:
- We go to the "Contacts" section.
- Open the phone book settings.
- Select the subsection "Import / Export Contacts".
- We find the previously selected save location in the proposed export list and, following the instructions of the system, restore the missing numbers in a couple of taps.
As you can see, everything is pretty simple. Therefore, concluding the topic, we would like to know if any of the tips described in the article helped you. Did you have any difficulties returning contacts? And if so, which ones. Share your experience in the comments, and perhaps your advice will help someone solve a similar problem.
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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 by 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 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.
We hope you will be able to restore all the necessary contacts, and even better - if you do not lose them at all.
Accidental deletion of a piece of music usually does not cause serious problems - you can always download it again. It is more difficult with photographs, but even here you can find a way out. The most difficult thing is for the owner of a smartphone if contacts are inadvertently deleted. Fortunately, under certain conditions, you can return them too.
In theory, you can recover deleted contacts without using third-party funds. But we recommend that you regularly back up your phone book using the app Super backup... In the future, you can use the same utility in order to return all your contacts. This method is great for those people who do not believe in the privacy of Google servers. So, install the application on your Android and follow these steps:
1. Start the program.
2. You can immediately go to " Settings"By choosing the path to save the file with contacts. In this case, it is advisable to use some folder on the memory card.
4. Here you can create a backup or upload contacts to the cloud service. But first, in any case, you need a backup, because it will be uploaded to the "cloud".
5. When you create the file, you will be asked to give it a name. It must 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 their loss or purchase of a new device. When you create a file with contacts, you will be prompted to send it by email - this is also a good way to store it, albeit not the most reliable one. And the program can also automatically create a new backup file on a schedule.
Sync with Google
Unfortunately Super Backup only restores contacts using the backup. If you haven't bothered to create it, then the application won't help you. It is curious that similar functionality is available in the Android operating system itself. You can create a special file containing all your contacts at any time. But it is much easier to enable synchronization with Google servers. In this case, an up-to-date copy of the phone book will be stored on them. If synchronization is disabled, then it should be enabled as follows:
1. Go to the smartphone menu and click on the icon " Settings».
2. In this section, click on the item " Accounts».
3. Select an account here Google... If necessary, tap on your email address.
4. This subsection is used to configure synchronization parameters. You need to enable the checkbox next to the item " Contacts».
If synchronization was previously enabled, you can download a backup copy of the phone book to your smartphone at any time. This is done as follows:
1. Go to the device menu and click on the icon " Contacts».
2. Select " Additional actions", Then click on" Restore contacts».
If you do not have the last item, then this indicates either the absence of a backup copy on the server, or the relevance of your current phone book. You can also search for the desired item in the subsection " Import Export».
To restore a backup, you can also go to the page contacts.google.com- there is also a corresponding button here.
Using computer programs
If you have not turned on synchronization with Google, and also did not create a backup copy of the phone book, then you can hope for the return of contacts using any computer program. But to use it you need getting root rights .
First of all, we recommend that you install EaseUS Mobisaver for Android... This utility can recover a 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 your device to your PC using a USB cable.
3. Start the EaseUS Mobisaver program, click on the button in its main window Start.
4. Grant the application superuser rights (a corresponding request will appear on your smartphone).
5. Upon completion of scanning, the utility will offer to restore certain types of data. Including you should see the tab Contacts- it is in it that the deleted contacts are contained.
6. You can restore contacts by selecting them and pressing the 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
Many smartphone users, when they see that contacts in the phone book have disappeared, they think that contacts are completely deleted on android, but this is not always the case. Sometimes this also takes place when contacts are completely deleted, and it happens that a certain group is hidden in the contacts settings, or a SIM card is selected from which only contacts will be displayed. It can also be configured in the settings so that in the book you will see contacts saved only in the phone's memory, with one of two SIM cards, messengers, social networks, etc. To begin with, you can check the settings and set to display all contacts on the android in the following way: Open "Contacts" on a smartphone or tablet, go to "Menu" in the list that opens, find the item "Filter contacts" and select "All contacts". (On some devices, instead of contacts, open "Settings", then "Display contacts", then select "All") If the reason for the loss of contacts was this, then you will see them in the book, if this did not help, then below you will find more possible reasons and a solution.
Options that helped some users of android devices to recover deleted contacts:
1) Contacts have been missing on Lenovo for several months, I disabled the "Google contacts synchronization" application (settings - applications - disable) and rebooted. At first, all contacts disappeared, but after a couple of seconds, all returned.
2) Perhaps the smartphone tries to sync your contacts with Google and deletes them, sometimes disabling synchronization helps.
3) Here's another option, contacts - menu - accounts - removed synchronization, then left, went into synchronization again and clicked on the Whatsapp icon, contacts appeared.
4) Synchronization was disabled, and the contacts still disappeared, but after I turned off the synchronization of vibe and vatsap and rebooted the phone, all the missing contacts appeared and now they do not disappear anymore.
5) Try uninstalling Chanqe Yo! Voice.
6) Turn on the flight mode on the smartphone and turn it off, go to contacts. After a few seconds, the contacts should appear.
If the information helped you solve the problem with the loss of contacts from the phone, then please leave a review and indicate the model of your device. If you have restored deleted contacts in another way, then be sure to share information and help others who have encountered such a problem.
- I hope you have found the reason for the disappearance of contacts on android and a possible solution.
- We'd love to hear from you if you add feedback, helpful tips, or information.
- Thank you for your responsiveness, helpful advice and mutual assistance!
18-11-2018
00 hours 41 minutes
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Thanks! Lenovo 5000 phone, contacts restored after turning on / off airplane mode
13-11-2018
17 hours 41 minutes
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lenovo s898t + missing numbers from contacts are not restored
01-10-2018
23 hours 33 minutes
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I turned on the flight mode, turned it off, the contacts stopped! Thanks! Lenovo A2010!
01-10-2018
20 hours 39 minutes
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Lenovo A390 turned on and off the flight, everything returned, thanks!
16-09-2018
05 hours 17 minutes
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In my case, the flight mode was turned on and off, the contact list was restored, the next action with the sim list is copied to the phone, the problem is solved!
26-07-2018
13 hours 36 minutes
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LenovaA319 phone disabled synchronization rebooted phone all contacts returned. Thank you very much.
09-04-2018
08 h. 40 minutes
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I just turned on the Internet, with the "Google Contacts Synchronization" application turned on and all contacts appeared
08-04-2018
21 hours 19 minutes
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have you removed or disabled? - type M or F? decide on the floor!
08-01-2018
11 hours 31 minutes
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helpful advice
19-07-2017
17 hours 50 minutes
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Hello! I have a Lenovo P70-A phone. When viewing the information of any contact, I see all incoming and outgoing calls, their date, and the time of the conversation. And one contact does not have this information, although I communicate with him most of all. There is only one entry from May. What could be wrong?
02-07-2017
22 hours 31 minutes
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Thanks, your advice helped a lot.
