3 Simple Ways To Back Up Your Android Contacts

Are you looking for a way to back up Android contacts? We know how important it is to preserve the contacts numbers of friends and family in order to keep in touch with them. But there is a chance we could lose those contacts if we don't have them stored away somewhere safe. 

In this post, you will learn 3 simple ways you can backup your contacts on your Android device. So let's get started. 

How to backup your Android contacts 

Method 1: Sync contacts to your Google account 

By default, contacts, Android devices automatically backup call history, app settings, text messages, and more to Google drive. But you can also have this done manually. 

Since Google owns the Android, it comes as no surprise that its services are very well integrated with devices powered by Android and one of the services it provides is the ability to save contacts to Google’s servers. With just your Google account, you can have your contacts saved in the cloud, and you can retrieved them if your phone gets lost or destroyed. If you still want to know how to manually backup your contacts to your Google account, then follow the steps below. 

1. Enter the Settings app on your phone.
2. Scroll down to Backup & reset and tap it. 
3. If you see that the Backup my data is turned off, switch it on. 
4. Now, go back to Settings. 
5. Select Accounts. 
6. Tap on Google.  
7. Choose your Gmail address or Google account you want to use if you have more than one. 
8. Hit Account sync.
9. Checked on Contacts or turn on the button beside it is on off. 
10. Hit the 3-dot menu button at the top right. 
11. Tap on Sync now. Make sure you are connected when you do this. Your contacts will be automatically synced or merged with your Google account. That's all! 

See Also: How to Sync and Backup Your Contacts, Text Messages, Call History, Settings And Other Data On Your Android Phone/Tablet

 

Method 2: Backup contacts to an SD card or USB storage 

An external SD card or USB storage is another way to keep your contact list safe. It involves exporting your contacts in vcf (Virtual Contact File) on your external storage. You can open this file to access your stored contacts through a file manager. If you want to try this method, then follow the steps below. 

1. Open your Contacts app.
2. Tap the 3-dot menu button at the top. 
3. Select Settings.
4. Next, hit Import/Export.
5. Tap Export.
6. Choose the account you want to export. 
7. Hit the Export button. 
8. Now select the location you want to save your contacts. It could be in your SD card or USB storage unit. Or even to Google drive. 

Method 3: Back up Android contacts to your SIM card

Do you know that your mobile SIM card can also be used to store contacts? But it can only save up to about 200 contacts. Though this may seem little if you have more than what is required, you can use more than one sim to store the numbers. It can come in handy when you are forced to use an old model phone, such as when the battery of your original phone dies. 

1. Open the Contacts app. 
2. Tap on the 3-dot button at the top. 
3. Select Settings.
4. Hit the Import/Export option.
5. Select Export to Sim 1/ Sim 2.
6. Choose the sim card you want to export your contacts to. 
7. Tap on the Export button to begin exporting to your sim. That's all! 

Conclusion 

These are just three examples of the easiest ways to backup contacts on Android devices. There are other easy methods, such as, using 3rd party apps like G-Cloud Backup, Titanium Backup, Easy Backup. If you know of any other simpler methods, do feel free to share it with us.