How to Restore Lost Contacts from Android SIM Card

Posted by Kate , Dec 25, 2015

Contacts may be the most important data in one's phone, so it is very significant for every user to backup the contacts. However, many people just store the contacts in SIM card without backup. So once users forget to keep the Android phone well, they will accidentally delete the contacts and lose all telephone numbers. It is a big deal because it will cost users a lot to identify those contacts and add them one by one. Fortunately, the practical software, Android Data Recovery, can help to recover the lost contacts in an easy and convenient way.

Guide: How to Recover Lost Contacts from Android SIM Card

Step 1. Download and Launch the Software

To use the software, you need to download the software first and launch it for preparation. Choose "Data Recovery" since we need to restore lost contacts.

Step 2. Enable USB Debugging

Follow the ways below to enable USB debugging.
1) For Android 5.0 or later/Android 4.2 to 4.4.4: Enter "Settings" > "About Phone" > Tap "Build number" for several times until "You are under developer mode" appears > "Settings" > "Developer options" > Check "USB debugging".
2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Enter "Settings" > "Developer options" > Tick "USB debugging".
3) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Go to "Settings" > "Applications" > "Development" > Tick "USB debugging".

Step 3. Analyze and Scan Android Device

After enabling USB debugging, your Android device can be detected. Then a screen will pop up, just click "Start" to go on.

Another screen will pop up to ask for the scan mode. You can tick only "Contacts" or you can select the option of "Select all" to scan all the data on your Android.

Step 4. Preview and Get Back Contacts

After the scanning, the results will be listed in categories. You can preview the contacts and the phone numbers one by one. Then tick the necessary contacts and numbers and click the button "Recover" to save them onto your computer.

Okay! Now with the help of software, the lost contacts have been recovered and saved, isn't it very effective? Actually, the software can not only recover the lost contacts, but also solve the common problems on Android. For detailed information, just download the Android Data Recovery and have a try.

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