How to Restore Lost Contacts on Samsung Galaxy S3/S4/S5/S6?

“How can I recover contacts from my Samsung S5? Yesterday,I rooted my Galaxy S5 smart phone in order to get more privileges and free up more space to installation some third-part android app,but after rooting the Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile phone,it cause lost all contacts on the phone,now I want to restore all lost contacts/phone numbers from my Samsung S5,is it possible to get lost contacts back from Samsung smartphone?”

When talking about Android phones, rooting or custom ROMs are the topics that can’t be avoid. Both rooting and custom ROMs make the device more functional and accessible. However, there are hidden risks if you don’t operate it in a proper manner. The consequence is that all of your data will be erased once failed. So what’s gonna to do to restore lost data from Samsung on Mac?

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I have prior experience to handle such cases. Please don’t worry about this, there are ways to get back your data. My wife bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 and got her data deleted when she failed to root the device. All of her phone contacts were gone and it was the first priority to get them back. Luckily enough, I found out a solution that works perfectly in this situation.

This Android Data Recovery and Android Data Recovery for Mac,both are a full featured data restore program, aimed to help Android users to recover lost data due to accident or wrong operations. It’s capable of recovering phone contacts, text messages and media files previously deleted or formatted. I have tested it out successfully on my wife’s Samsung Galaxy S4. Below is a step by step tutorial on how to restore lost contacts back from Samsung with android data recvoery.
This android data recovery also can help you directly recover lost sms, photos, videos, whatsapp messages, document,ect from Samsung smart phone,as well as other android device,like HTC, Sony, Motorola,ect.

 

How to Recover Lost/Deleted Contacts on Samsung Galaxy S4/S5/S6?

Step 1 Install and Run the android data recovery Program
Download and install Android Data Recovery on the computer. There is an easy-to-follow installation wizard to help you complete the task in minutes. After installation, the software will be launched automatically. The main screen is shown as follows:

Step 2 Enable USB Debugging on Samsung Galaxy S4
USB debugging is advanced feature provided by Android system. It allows third-party programs accessing the internal of a given device. To enable USB debugging on Galaxy S4, please follow the instructions as below:
1). Settings < More < About Device < Tap Build No. 7 times until a message that says “Developer mode has been enabled“.
2).    Tap the Back button < Developer options < USB Debugging

Step 3 Start to Scan and Analyze Samsung Galaxy S4
Click Start button to let the program scan Galaxy S4 to detect previously detected contacts and other items. The scanning process will take 15-30 minutes, depending on how many files stored on your device. Please make sure the battery is more than 30%, or the task will be failed due to lack of power.

Step 4 Preview and Selectively Recover Samsung Contacts

After scanning, all of the contacts should be listed under Contact category. Select Contact options on the left menu bar, the contacts marked as red color are the ones you previously deleted, and now they are capable of being recovered by the software. Select the ones you want to recover, it takes less than 5 minutes to get back the deleted contacts.

This Android Contacts Recovery is really a genius one that saves me from disaster. All of my lost contacts are 100% retrieved, no single lost! Moreover, contacts recovery is just one portion of the program, other items are also enable to be recovered, including SMS, WhatsApp messages, music, video, photos and documents. With this powerful utility, all of your data are kept in safe! No more worries from now!

Read more: how to recover sms from Samsung Galaxy S6

For Mac users: How to recover contacts from android on Mac

Samsung S4 Contact Recovery: Restore Lost Contacts on Galaxy S4

Samsung Galaxy S4 is very popular,many people want to but a Galaxy S4 mobile phone,the Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the most hot sell smartphone in Samsung Galaxy series.In 2014,the Samsung company going to Released the fifth generation Galaxy phone-Samsung Galaxy S5.When those data stored in your mobile phone,for some reason cause lost contacts on Samsung Galaxy S4/S4.any way to restore contacts on Galaxy S4? If you never back up Galaxy Contacts to computer before lost,how to recover contacts from Samsung Galaxy S4 directly? This article teachy the easy want recover contacts on Samsung Galaxy.

Restore Contacts from Galaxy S4

To restore contacts from Galaxy S4,you must to use a professional Android Data Recovery.With this Samsung Android data recovery,you can restore loss data from Samaung Galaxy easily. What’s more,it allows you restore other data from Samsung Galaxy S4, including contacts, messages, pictures, videos and so on. Next,let’s teach you how to recover lost contacts on Galaxy S4.

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How to recover deleted/lost contacts from Samsung Galaxy S4

Step 1 Connect your Samsung Galaxy to computer
Go to download and install Android Data Recovery on your computer. Then open the program and you can see the following interface:

Connect your Samsung Galaxy to computer

Step 2 Enable Debugging for Galaxy S4
Connect your Galaxy S4 to the computer with a USB cable. Then you need to enable debugging so the program can recognize your device.
As shown in the window, choose the right way for your Android OS version.
1) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Open "Settings" on your phone and find "Applications". Go to "Development" and check "USB debugging".
2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Go to "Settings" < "Developer options" < "USB debugging".
3) For Android 4.2 or newer: Enter "Settings" < "About Phone". Click "Build number" for several times until you are noted that "You are under developer mode". Return
to "Settings" and go to "Developer options" to check "USB debugging".

Enable Debugging for Galaxy S4

Step 3 Scan for Lost Samsung Galaxy Contacts
Click "Start" to scan your Galaxy S4 for lost data files, such as contacts, photos, movies, etc. The process will take some time, and you can see the process and
remaining time from the progress bar on the top. Wait with patience now.

A request from the Superuser Request will pop up on the screen of your device and you need to click on "Allow" to enable it. Then click "Start" again to continue
scanning your Galaxy S4 for lost contacts.

Step 4 Preview, Check and Restore Lost Contacts
When you get the scanning results on the left of the window, go to "Contacts" and preview the details on the right. You can slide to only display deleted items on the
top to easily find what you want to recover. Then check those you want back and click "Recover". Done. Your lost contacts are restored on your device now.

Preview, Check and Restore Lost Contacts from Samsung S4

Yes. You can easily retrieve all lost or deleted contacts in these four steps. Of course, you can go to the article Android File Recovery: Recover Lost Files from Android for more information about how to recover other lost data file. The steps are similar and you can handle the ways without any difficulties.

 
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How to Recover Text Messages from Samsung