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Recover contacts (and messages) after factory reset

Hi
yesterday I couldnt start my phone (S5360) anymore. Every time I tried it would freeze during the boot logo. So I tried a factory reset and it worked. But now of course all data has been deleted. Is there a way to get at least my contacts back (maybe my messages too)? Would it help to root the phone and let a recovery program such as Stellar run over the system folders?
I never used google to sync my contacts and didnt create any backup whatsover either....unfortunately.
thanks
Peter

SuperMesna said:
Hi
yesterday I couldnt start my phone (S5360) anymore. Every time I tried it would freeze during the boot logo. So I tried a factory reset and it worked. But now of course all data has been deleted. Is there a way to get at least my contacts back (maybe my messages too)? Would it help to root the phone and let a recovery program such as Stellar run over the system folders?
I never used google to sync my contacts and didnt create any backup whatsover either....unfortunately.
thanks
Peter
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i don't think it's possible (easily). your contact saved in internal memory. any recovery software need raw access your media. maybe possible to create partition dump from recovery mode and do recovery to that image, but to really get all your data back you need a lot of work. my advice, enable sync to google contact. it's help a lot, especially if you have multiple android device or change your rom frequently.
btw, we already have Q/A section. better to put this kind of question in that section.

for the contact...you can make a backup easily by import your contact into your sdcard (*vcf file). thats the easiest method. for the sms, there are a lot of sms backup app out there. use your hand a little bit on google and you'll surely find it.

Retrieve SMS messages?

Hello,
I have multiple versions of Android on my SD card. I want to get the SMS messages from one of these builds and put them on another one. How do I do that? I cannot find where the SMS messages are stored. Are they stored in the data.ext file? If so, how do I get them off?
Also, is there a way to sync up apps to my Google account? Whenever I get a new build, I have to install all of my apps again. It would be nice if there was one step I could follow to get all of the apps back.

kelper0 said:
Hello,
I have multiple versions of Android on my SD card. I want to get the SMS messages from one of these builds and put them on another one. How do I do that? I cannot find where the SMS messages are stored. Are they stored in the data.ext file? If so, how do I get them off?
Also, is there a way to sync up apps to my Google account? Whenever I get a new build, I have to install all of my apps again. It would be nice if there was one step I could follow to get all of the apps back.
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Okay, as to where the texts are stored isn't as easy as just tranfering files is it an option to boot into old build again and use an app from the market to back them up and then restore them on the new build or possibly ( a stretch) back them up to the sim card? As for the apps when I log into the market the first time my apps are always automatically restored ..... If that's not the case then download titanium backup and back them up and then restore the APPS ONLY NOT THE DATA OR YOU WILL EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS ........... hope this helps my friend

[Q] Couple bugs with KonstaT JB

Hey there,
I've decided to flash the new KonstaT JB on my blade, but i keep getting some bugs. If any of you know how to fix it, it will be awesome.
- Keyboard Force Closing on Messaging and Browser (Default and SwiftKey3). (Same on ColdFusionX ROM)
- Settings -> App Force Closing when opened.(Same on ColdFusionX ROM)
- Contacts won't sync with Google.
- Sometimes Trebuchet won't open and need reboot.
- Some of my SMS aren't delivered. (Sent by me or to me).
Until now i've noticed these ones, i don't know if they are common on this ROM or if it is my Blade taht got some problems.
I'm using 2.6.35.7-perf+ Kernel Version, i don't know if that's relevant
Thanks in Advance and sorry for any mistake with English.

vittal said:
Hey there,
I've decided to flash the new KonstaT JB on my blade, but i keep getting some bugs. If any of you know how to fix it, it will be awesome.
- Keyboard Force Closing on Messaging and Browser (Default and SwiftKey3). (Same on ColdFusionX ROM)
- Settings -> App Force Closing when opened.(Same on ColdFusionX ROM)
- Contacts won't sync with Google.
- Sometimes Trebuchet won't open and need reboot.
- Some of my SMS aren't delivered. (Sent by me or to me).
Until now i've noticed these ones, i don't know if they are common on this ROM or if it is my Blade taht got some problems.
I'm using 2.6.35.7-perf+ Kernel Version, i don't know if that's relevant
Thanks in Advance and sorry for any mistake with English.
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Contacts fixed
from Andyxaspikes, Theres an easy fix for this: just go to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>All> enter to Contacts Storage and Contacts Sync Adapter on both do a clear data and Force stop. as soon as you do that everything Syncs back to normal with Google!!!.
from me, BUT, it will delete all of your contacts on the phone. so make sure you backup contacts (export them to your sim or what not first). back up phone contacts, backup google contacts (just in case u had new ones).
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Do you make a clean flash? Without restoring some titanium backup system data?
Tapalked with a Nexus⁴

i've wiped everything except battery stats

Issue with "Contacts to display" on G900FD please help?

Hello everyone!
I just recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 Duos and for the most part it works like a charm (rooted and all), but I have run into a strange issue...
Going into "Contacts" and setting "Contacts to Display" whatever I choose does not stick. For example I can choose to display "On Device" contacts only, I can see that it takes effect, then I exit out of contacts and go back into Contacts app again and it has then reverted back to displaying "All" contacts again (showing Skype/Gmail etc contacts which I do not want!)
Do anyone here know if this is a known bug with Samsung S5 (G900F/FD) under KitKat 4.4.2 or could it be a side effect of me having frozen a number of things with Root Uninstaller (I only froze them so they can be restored if need be!)
Do you know which dependencies Contacts depends on to be running for it to work properly?
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated,
Kindest regards,
XDAFan.

Commenting here as I have the same issue (no solution found here either) though with me, it is intermittent, and my contacts to display are those stored on my sim card....S5 international with rooted kitkat.......
Sent from my rooted, debloated stocKK kn0x0 SM-G900F

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Same problem - it resets to displaying all contacts after I close the app - both on stock rom 4.4.2 and Alexandr's 5.0 on G900F. Hope someone has a hint ...

I actually managed to fix the issue for my phone.
It was because I had used this backup app to transfer the call history/contacts etc over to the new phone, and certain entries being linked so as far as I remember what I did was I went into the contacts and unlinked any contacts that were "stuck together" and then deleted any duplicates etc. so I had all the contacts set up just the way I wanted them.... THEN I backed the contacts up using the built in function in Samsungs Contacts settings to do so (saved them onto the external memorycard)...
Then I went ahead and deleted ALL of my contacts off the phone, and lastly restored them from the backup I had made.
This made the display setting stick.
mirizlivpor said:
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Same problem - it resets to displaying all contacts after I close the app - both on stock rom 4.4.2 and Alexandr's 5.0 on G900F. Hope someone has a hint ...
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i can't send picture on whatsapp using custom rom

cant share picture on whatsapp... it will says "unfortunately whatsapp has stopped.... i have tried clearing the cache and data but the same thing happen.... im using this rom http://www.needrom.com/download/hackerone-ui-based-on-1631/comment-page-6/

flaysdov said:
cant share picture on whatsapp... it will says "unfortunately whatsapp has stopped.... i have tried clearing the cache and data but the same thing happen.... im using this rom http://www.needrom.com/download/hackerone-ui-based-on-1631/comment-page-6/
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I had the same problem but with different rom. It fixed itself up after I cleaned phone with SD Mail Pro. Just a food for thought.

sd maid pro doesnt fix it

i am facing this issue on Vibe UI 1631 Dev i can't send pictures on whatsapp, whatsapp keeps crashing when tried to send a pic

thinkgadgetsme said:
i am facing this issue on Vibe UI 1631 Dev i can't send pictures on whatsapp, whatsapp keeps crashing when tried to send a pic
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did you try to wipe *everything* related to you old WhatsApp installation?
Move backup to secure location. (I didn't have backup in the cloud) Go to settings - apps - whatsapp - delete cache- delete data - uninstall - delete whatsapp folder.
I also ran SD Maid Pro to clean my phone up. My SD Maid has a lot of permissions. (Settings - corpse finder - almost all categories are checked). Also you could go to TWRP and clear cache there.
After you are sure that all WhatsApp leftovers are gone, install Whatsapp again. Move backup to its folder and run the app.
It should work. I hope. Worked for me with similar issue.
If that doesn't do the trick, I'm out of ideas.