Jan192012

How can I restore my contacts if I lost my phone?

Rayadurai asks:

I have lost my phone contacts in my Samsung Corby 2 and I did not have a copy. How can I restore my contacts?


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  • Anonymous January 19, 2012

    well if it is not synced with your desktop pc or online cloud system, then contacts are lost unless to recover back samsung corby 2.

  • Louisa 1972 January 20, 2012

    how can i recover my lost contacts when i rebooted my phone

  • Aaron January 25, 2012

    Hello Rayadurai, 

    You may have a couple options left. Sometimes, your contacts save on your SIM card, which seems to be the case since you are using a Corby 2. You could try to import your contacts from your SIM card to your phone and see how many you can recover.

    Also, sometimes your carrier (if your phone is tied to one) will keep backups of your contacts on their server. You could potentially track this down by contacting your carrier or checking your online account to see if any of your contacts were backed up at some point.

    I have also heard of recovery tools that can be used to restore contacts of a phone– you could check with a local repair shop to see if they offer such a service.

    Hope this helps! :)

  • EDDIE March 20, 2012

    even though i mistakenly deleted contacts from my samsung mobile from both the phone and sim card I rang a number the other day and the persons name came up on my phone …. So where did this come from ?

  • pankaj Autade April 24, 2012

    plz restore my contact&massage

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