Help lost contacts after formatting

[Android Question]

lost all contacts after they formatted my phone because of virus
may be my gmail or google account backed it up automatically
how can i retrieve my lost contacts?

 

[eshieldsvx4]

lost all contacts after they formatted my phone because of virus
may be my gmail or google account backed it up automatically
how can i retrieve my lost contacts?

Sign in with your Gmail or Contact adapter account and ensure sync is active. If no contacts show, you likely saved them to a "phone only account".

If you don't like the idea of storing your contacts with Big Bro Google, you can save your contacts as a CSV or vCard and import them after a factory reset.

The contacts app in newer versions of Android have a backup tool for both contacts and SMS.