Where are my contacts (folder) Galaxy S3

[AC Question]

Hi,

Before selling my phone (and resetting everything), I copied everything from my phone Samsung Galaxy S3 to my laptop. I thought: ok, I don't have time for looking for important stuff, I copy everything and then I use only important things such as photos, contacts etc. Now, I went to the folder with all files from my previous file looking for contacts to update my contact list in a new phone (also android). And it's not there...or I don't know where it is. So far, I only have some of the old contacts that were stored on SIM. I don't have anything that was stored on my phone.

I guess it should be somewhere even if I haven't backed it, right? Is there a possibility to find it?

Thanks
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[Indoler]

Logging in to your old Gmail account should restore all your old contacts to your new phone.

 

[Rukbat]

Logging into your Gmail account on the new phone will sync all your Google contacts. Phone, Device and SIM contacts don't get synced. If you have any of those (SIM contacts stay on the SIM card, and can be copied by the carrier if you need to get a new SIM card for the new phone), some Contact apps will export a csv file, which you can import to Google Contacts (More/Import).

 

[joe Russum]

Where are my contacts and data stored on my s3. How do I back up the data?

 

[Crashdamage]

Best way to backup contacts is to save them to your Google account as Gmail contacts. This is *highly* recommended.

You can also open Contacts and do:
Menu > Import/export > Export to storage > Export contacts? > OK
That exports contacts as a .vcf file. Save a copy of that file somewhere not on the phone in case of theft or loss of the phone.

Android since v1.0. Linux user since 2001.