How to Restore Lost/Deleted Contacts from Samsung Galaxy S4/S5

“After rooting my Samsung Galaxy S4,I found all contacts stored on the phone were lost,those contacts are very important for me,is there any way to recover lost contacts on Samsung Galaxy S4? Thank you!”--Ask by sunny

“My son deleted contacts on my Samsung Galaxy S5,how to restore deleted contacts from Galaxy S5? I want to get those deleted contacts back directly”--Ask by Chirstmar

Once you deleted contacts by accidentally,or lost contacts on your Android mobile phone due to all kinds of reason.When talking about Samsung phones, rooting or custom ROMs are the topics that can’t be avoid. Both rooting and custom ROMs make the android 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 the lost contacts on Samsung phone?

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If you have ever had to perform a factory reset, or root your Samsung Galaxy S4, you may run into such trouble of losing your phone numbers. If this is the case, don’t worry, you still have chance to restore contacts from Galaxy S5/S4 with the help of Samsung Contacts Recovery.

I have ever use this Samsung Galaxy Data Recovery, which can help me restore deleted contacts from Samsung Galaxy. It will extract lost contacts or deleted contacts directly from the Samsung smart phone and you don’t need to input your phone numbers one by one again. What’s more once you lost other data like text messages,it can help you recover Samsung messages, videos, music, and other file types directly only few steps.
Here, I want to introduce Samsung Data Recovery for you to restore lost contacts from Samsung Galaxy S4/S4,it also works well with Galaxy Note 4/3/2.

Here is a free trial version app for you. Be sure to choose the right one for your computer.

 

This android phone recovery program applies to all currently popular Samsung Galaxy smartphones:
Samsung Galaxy Note III, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy Note II, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Galaxy Y, Samsung Epic, Samsung Galaxy Grand

How to Recover Lost Contacts on Samsung Galaxy S4/S5

Step 1：Free download and run the android 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/S5
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 your Samsung Galaxy phone
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 Recover Lost Contacts from Samsung Galaxy S5/S4
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 Samsung Contacts Recovery Software is the world's first android data recovery,which supports restore lost contacts from Samsung smart phone. All of my lost contacts are 100% restored, no single lost! What's, the Samsung Galaxy Data Recovery no only can help me restore contacts on my Samsung Galaxy S4,it also supports retrieve other lost/deleted files on Samsung mobile phone, such as text messages, WhatsApp messages, music, video, photos and documents. With this powerful data recovery for Samsung Galaxy, all of your data are kept in safe! Now,you can free download the android phone recovery software to have a try!

 

If you want to restore deleted sms on your Samsung phone,you can read more about how to recover deleted messages from Samsung Galaxy.

Samsung Contact Recovery: Recover Deleted Contacts from Samsung Galaxy/Note

As both series of smart phones like Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Galaxy Note support various i-messengers, such as ChatOn, WeChat, and twitter, via which you’re used to communicating with others, contacts are intensely important. If you have erased your contacts by mistake, you may suffer a lot, as sometimes losing a contact equals losing a friend, business, or social connections. Unluckily, systematic reasons exist as well to cause the contacts to be wiped, as when the operating system is unstable and breaks down, the phone is formatted or gets attacked by viruses, the SIM card is destroyed, and ROM is installed. If you used to refuse to receive phone calls from strange numbers, you’ll be missing plenty of calls from acquaintances and important people afterwards. For the sake of preventing such circumstances from occurring, you need to recover your deleted contacts in order to save yourself trouble.
Where are my Samsung's contacts saved?

First and foremost, make it clear that where you have stored your contacts, the mobile phone or the SIM card. If it’s the SIM card, but you have set your phone to display only those on the phone before, then you won’t be able to see the ones on the SIM card. In this case, the contacts are merely hidden instead of being deleted. All you need to do is resetting your phone. In other cases where the contacts are deleted distinctly, the deleted ones have not been erased completely effectively. There’re remains left on your phone which are recoverable. Once the wiped data are given new indexes, they can be restored to the original ones.

This Samsung Data Recovery can help you restore deleted contacts from Samsung no matter you lose contacts because of mistaken deletion, resetting device back to the factory default settings or breaking your device suddenly. While, one thing to notice is that if you delete your contacts by mistake, you should stop adding or editing contacts then. That's because your lost contacts won't be totally wiped off from your phone data unless you add new data to overwrite them. So please keep your Samsung smart phone intact after deleting contacts, otherwise you may lose them without recovering.

What's more, this android phone data recovery not only can help you recover deleted contacts from Samsung mobile phone. In fact, this Android Phone Data Recovery can be compatible with all Android phones. So if you own a HTC, LG, Sony, Motorola or other Android smart phones, you can work the same program to help retrieve lost contacts completely.

Download the free trial of the software to have a try. Below is the step-by-step guide showing you how to get back your contacts deleted from the Samsung Galaxy S4/S3/S2/S or Samsung Galaxy Note 3/2/1 on Windows PC.

 

Recover Deleted Contacts from Samsung Galaxy/Note Step by Step:

Step 1.Launch Samsung Data Recovery and Connect S4 to PC
The first thing is to download this software and install it. Then, open it and the interface should pop up. This is where you plug the phone into the computer

Step 2.Enter USB Debugging for your Samsung Galaxy/Note

In this step, the application will prompt you to enable USB debugging. If you don't know what to do, follow this:

1) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Enter "Settings" < Click "Applications" < Click "Development" < Check "USB debugging"
2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Enter "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check "USB debugging"
3) For Android 4.2 or newer: Enter "Settings" < Click "About Phone" < Tap "Build number" for several times until getting a note "You are under developer mode" < Back to "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check "USB debugging'

As Galaxy S4 is base on Android 4.2, we should adopt the third method.

Step 3.Select the to-be-Scanned Data
You will see this which tells you to ensure that the phone is over 20% charged. Click "Start" to continue.

And then, you can check to choose the items that you need. ("Contacts" is our option here.) Press "Next".

Take one of the modes—"Scan for deleted files", "Scan for all files" or "Advanced Mode". The usual choice is the first one, which save you time.

Now, go to your S4 and tap "Allow" when the SuperUser requires authority. In case you don't know how, the window has shown the operation for you. And, if you don't want to press it for several times, just tick "Remember".

Step 4.Scan Lost Samsung Contacts and Recover Them
The software will automatically scan the phone for you. The length of time depends on how many file types you choose. When the result comes out, you can preview the details and check the one that is to be restored. All set, tap "Recover".

Note: Doing backup files of your Samsung frequently does benefit. Data that are covered can not be retrieved. So, when that happens, your backup files can help a lot.

Samsung Data Recovery can work with not only restore samsung lost contacts but also other things both in the internal memory and the SD card. Try it out! And feel free to leave us comments.

Tips: This samsung phone data recovery program applies to all currently popular Samsung Galaxy smartphones:
Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy Note III, Samsung Galaxy Note II, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Galaxy Y, Samsung Epic, Samsung Galaxy Grand