Next, we will see three methods so that you can recover in one way or another, all the contacts that you had programmed on your SIM card. Follow the steps to the letter and you will quickly recover everything.
How to recover contacts from a SIM card
- First you will need a computer and Android Recovery.
- You must have USB debugging enabled. For this you will have to go up Settings> About phone and press 7 times on «Version number». So you have to go up Settings> Developer Options> USB Debugging.
- The device also needs to be rooted.
- The program installs like any other. After installing it, you will need to launch it.
- Now you will need to connect your device to the computer with the SIM card in it.
- On the computer we can choose what we want to recover. In this case we will only mark " Contact Us «.
- In the next step you will see a pop-up message on your phone asking for superuser permissions, you will need to accept them to continue.
- The process may take some time, so we recommend that you be patient.
- Once done you will be able to see all contacts in a list. You will need to mark them one by one and then click on the button that appears at the bottom right that says » Restore «.
- In case you want to separate the numbers that have been deleted from those you still have programmed. Simply select the option » Show only deleted articles »This way you will only see those that have been deleted or purged.
Retrieve deleted contacts from a SIM
With the SIM card in your mobile you will have to go to Contacts and then to Settings. In this section you will find "Import". A window will open asking you where you want import contacts. Once you have chosen where, click "OK".
Retrieve contacts from Google Drive
Another option for to recover deleted contacts is to use a backup. On Android devices we sync photos, calendar, videos, events and contacts with Google Drive to make these copies.
If you have everything in sync, recovering your contacts is extremely simple and you won't need the SIM card to get it. For this you must have Google Drive installed on your mobile and log in with your account.
It is very important that you sync your mobile phone with your Google account. For this you will have to go to Settings> Accounts. Click on the Google account and then on your email.
In syncing you will be able to see all the items you have marked for syncing. If the contacts are marked, you will be able to see when the last sync was done, which would be the last backup.
- Now open the Gmail application, click on the three horizontal bars at the top left. A menu appears, the option we are interested in is the one that says " Contact Us «.
- Here you will see all your contacts. Now click on the top left corner and the contact menu opens. Just go up " Settings «.
- Click on » Cancel changes »What happens now? You will simply have to choose to undo the changes made X long ago.
When you cancel them, the address book returns with the contacts you had before. So even if you lose the last ones you have scheduled, you will get back the previous contacts.
