We Do A lot of things and try a lot of tricks with our android phone and there's a risk of loosing all our files and contacts whenever we try all these tricks..

Backing up your contacts is very essential because Whenever you root your phone, there is a risk of losing all your data on your phone. Like the Contacts, SMS, MMS etc. So one must create a backup before rooting your phone.

How To Backup Contacts On Your Android Phone

Basically There Are 2 Methods of doing this...The First Method Involves you To store them on the cloud via your google account and later restore them..The Second Method involves You To Store Them on your memory card..Today we'ld be looking at How To Backup And Restore Contacts On Memory Card Because this method is very easy and does not require any internet connection..

Here We Go ,

•Firstly , Go Over To your phone’s contacts.

•Next , Go To ''Options'' and choose the option “Import/Export”.

•Then select the option “Export to SD Card”.

•Your phone will automatically create a file on your SD card, which will possess all the contacts as a backup.

Your Backup Has Been Successfully Created. Here's How To Restore Your Backup Whenever Your Contacts Are Lost


•Now when you are finished with the root process or the ROM changing process, again navigate to Contacts.

•Then go to option, again choose “Import/Export”.

•This time choose the option “Import from SD card”.

•Select the backup file you created via the process given above.

•All your contacts will be restored... Credit : Androidnigeria




Source : http://androidnigeria.com.ng/how-to-backup-contacts-on-your-android-phone/

You can backup all contacts in phone memory, Facebook Gmail or Twitter etc.More yoou can backup Android contacts to PC, Outlook.
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