How to Import Contacts from Gmail to Android

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• Filed to: Android Recovery • Proven solutions

A contact list is one of the most important tools in today’s world. They can be the link between you and your next successful business transaction. A time, you may have a contact that you have never used in a long time. However, you still keep it for an emergency.

If you keep most of your contacts in an Android-based device, you should import contacts from Gmail to Android. As a result, when you lose your phone or it is damaged, you do not have to lose your contacts. The Gmail acts as online storage for your contacts where you can recover them from whenever you want. You need to enable auto-synchronization to ensure that the contacts on your phone appear in your Gmail.

Part 1: How to Import Google Contacts to Android

If you had saved your contacts to your Gmail account, retrieving the contacts should be relatively stress-free. All you need is to sign in with your old Gmail account. If you are going to be using an Android device, you might as well ensure you have a Gmail account.

Some people make the mistake of setting up a Gmail account, whose name they cannot recall. Make the Gmail account closely related to any other account you use. This will make the process of recovering it relatively easy.

Step 1 Tap "Settings" on your Android device and then tap "Accounts and Sync". You should then tap "Add Account".

Step 2When prompted for which account you want to add, tap "Google".

Step 3Tap the "Next" button. If you do not have a Google account, tap on "New" for the next time you lose your phone. Type the Gmail address and the password into your device and press done.

Step 4The next step will simply entail tapping on the Gmail account in the settings and tapping the "Sync" button.

Step 5You should wait for a few seconds until the entire process is complete. When you go to your contacts, you should see all the contacts that had been uploaded to Google on your device.

If you're used to backing up Android contacts with other apps like dr.fone - Backup & Restore (Android) or something like that, you can directly restore contacts from these backups on your own. Otherwise, you can follow the below instructions to get back your lost contacts on Android directly.

Part 2: How to Recover Deleted Contacts on Android Phones

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How to recover contacts on Android phones using dr.fone – Android Data Recovery

Step 1 Launch the dr.fone - Android Toolkit and select the "Recover" option. Connect your device to the computer using a USB cable. Ensure that the USB debugging Mode is enabled. If not, please follow the instruction on the program to enable the USB debugging on your Android phone.

Step 2 The software will detect your phone and shows brief information for you. Now select "Contacts" from the list displayed and then click "Next" to continue. Optionally, you can choose other file types to recover if it is needed.

Step 3 The program will show you several scanning modes to retrieve your deleted more on Android. You can select "scan for deleted files", "Scan for all files" or try photos, videos, and the advanced scan mode.

Here we choose the "Scan for deleted files" to find deleted files quickly and then tap on "Next" to continue the operation.

Step 4 When the scanning is finished, preview the contacts that you want to be recoverable and click on the "Recover" button to restore them. That's it!

Step 5 After deleted data is found, you can preview and only select those you need, and hit on the "Recover" button for exporting them to your computer.

Conclusion

After reading this article, I hope it can help you next time when you want to import Google contacts from an Android device, or willing to recover deleted Gmail contacts on your devices. If you find this article is helpful, please check our website for more information and guide us in the future.