What is the location of contacts folder on my S4?

[AC Question]

Location of contacts foledr on S4

I have just reset my S4. I copied all the folders via USB to my PC but left the SIM card in during the reset, now I have no contacts. I tried Dr Fone which found lots of files on the phone but no contacts. Are the contacts in a folder somewhere or were they on the SIM card?

I don't have Gmail, so please do not suggest this. all I need to know is, are the contacts in a folder or are they lost? All of my contacts used to have the phone icon beside them indicating they were stored on the phone.

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Location of contacts foledr on S4

Welcome to Android Central! I believe Contacts are kept in an SQLite database in the system, so it's not a bunch of discrete files. If they were all locally saved to the Phone account, then I'm afraid they're gone after a reset. I usually recommend associating contacts with your Google account, to avoid mishaps like this.