How to Recover Contacts after Factory Reset Samsung Galaxy

What is Samsung factory reset:

Samsung factory reset is a feature that erase all data like user info, application settings, associated app data, account settings, contacts, messages, call history, WhatsApp, photos, videos, musics saved on Samsung phone internal storage. When you perform factory reset your Samsung device, its condition will be in when shipped from the factory and files will gone.

Why you have to factory reset Samsung:

There are many reasons that a Samsung device may need to do a factory reset:
- Too many apps loading slowly(with loading issues), then you may need factory reset your Samsung phone for better performance.
- A freezing phone that cannot do anything on it.
- You may need to sale the old Samsung phone/tablet, factory reset Samsung before selling to keep your private info safe.

How to Recover Contacts After Factory Reset Samsung

Let’s get down to the main topic of recovering contacts after factory reset Samsung. As we all know, contacts are stored on phone internal memory, it is not easy to do backup. Sometimes, you may just tap the wrong button and factory reset Samsung accidentally with no backups available. How to directly restore contacts after factory reset Samsung galaxy s3/s4/s5/s6/s6 edge? Here I’d like to recommend you to use a powerful samsung contacts recovery tool named Jihosoft Android Data Recovery. It is dedicated to restore lost data on android device like Samsung as long as the lost files not be overwritten. Follow the steps below to get the lost contacts back.

Step 1. Plug Samsung device to computer.

Firstly, download and install Jihosoft Android Data Recovery (android data recovery for mac) on your PC/Mac. Then connect the device to computer with USB cable and run the software.

Step 2. Select file to scan and let your Samsung can be accessed

Select option“ Database” to continue, after Jihosoft Android phone recovery detects your phone/tablet, click ‘Start” to scan contacts.

Note: The program can only recover contacts from rooted Samsung device, you need to root Samsung and enable usb debugging to access.

Step 3. Preview and restore contacts on Samsung

After the scanning process is done, all the recoverable contacts will be listed on scanning result, you can click one by one to check and read them. Tap “Recover” button to save the contacts to your computer. 

Tip: The above steps only shows the way to recover contacts after factory Samsung, actually, Jihosoft android recovery can do more than that, it allows to recover photos, text messages, whatsApp, videos, musics etc. from Samsung after factory reset.

Learn more about Samsung factory reset and restore:
How to Recover Data from Samsung Galaxy S4 after Factory Reset
How to Factory Reset Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge for Better Performance
How to Factory Reset Samsung Galaxy S5/S4

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