Restoring contacts after X10 mini pro upgrade to 2.1 I just upgraded my X10 mini pro to Android 2.1 . As suggested in the instructions did I perform a backup which seems to have created an file (~ 160 kB) with extension .sbf in /sdcard/data/backup/ on the phone.

After the upgrade, I tried to restore from this file (using the same 'Backup &amp; Restore' application which comes with the operating system). While it seems to remember which applications were installed (but I had to configure the wireless access again by hand...) I do not get the contacts back, although it claims to restore the contact data.

Unfortunately, I never exported the contacts separately to a file nor did I store them online.

Is there a way to get the contacts back ?

Or is there a way to read the contents of the .sbf file ?
Well, this Sony Ericsson sync tool seems to work, specially if you want to move contacts from another Sony Ericsson device from your new one (They claim you can also synchronize your data from other devices, as long es they support SyncML).

But I personally use Gmail's contact management, which is easy to use, practical and safe. Obviously is a good idea to auto-synchronize it, as you did, even if you weren't aware ;).

After reading your post I've been playing with the Backup &amp; Restore tool, and I realized they warn something like:


  Contacts synchronized using other services are not included.*


*I don't know if this is the actual English message, cause my phone is in Spanish, but should be somehing like that, shouldn't it?

Regards.