Contacts lost in Samsung S3 I had my Gmail account linked to Samsung S3, all my contacts were added to this account.  I removed this account and re-added it, and found that all my contacts were lost.

When I checked the Settings it seems the Sync service is not working, and when I checked my contacts' page on Gmail I found only the very old contacts. It means that the Sync service wasn't working since a long time ago.

Is there any possibility to retrieve my contacts from Samsung S3 itself?
Sorry to say this, but there isn't any way to do so as far as I know.

What you can do now, is to simply add your Gmail account to sync at-least your old contacts.

If your sync is not working properly, then do the following:


Check that Internet connection is working properly on your phone, by resetting your mobile internet connection.
If above solution isn't working then try restarting your phone after removing your SIM card for at-least 10 minutes.
If the problem still persists then please contact your service centre for further help.