Tap Set up & restore. Tap Restore contacts. If you have multiple Google Accounts, to choose which account's contacts to restore, tap From account. Tap the phone with the contacts to copy. If you don’t want to copy contacts from your SIM card or phone storage, turn off SIM card or Device storage. Tap Restore, then wait until you see 'Contacts. This section is going to show you how to restore contacts from Gmail to Android or iPhone directly. But before it, please backup your Android data or iPhone data to avoid data losing or overwritting. 1) Recover Contacts from Gmail to Android. Step 1: Go to 'Settings' in your Android device and then find 'Accounts'. Tap on 'Add account' option. Jun 28, 2019 Asking work contacts for their email address again, never knowing who is texting you without asking first—it’s a nightmare, really. This is why you should back up your contacts, and Google Contacts is a great place for that. Here's how to back up your contacts to Google on Android and iOS, or restore them from a CSV or vCard file.
Just as in the previous part, this method allows you to restore contact data from a separate backup, in this case from iTunes. This means that in order for this to work, you are going to have to have previously synced your phone with iTunes on a Mac or PC.
Before you begin, however, you should save all of the new data generated since the point you lost your contacts off of your devices. If you don’t, it will be lost.
Once you’ve done this, the way forward is incredibly simple.
The downside to this method is that it will take your iPhone to that point in time you’re restoring from, which means that it will remove any new data introduced since the restore point in question. This is why we recommended backing up your new data first.
If neither Part 1 nor 2 worked for you, then, unfortunately, your contacts are lost. Remember to check your email correspondence and you might at least be able to slowly rebuild your database.
Regardless of whether this worked or not, we would recommend continuing to Part 3.