{"id":419,"date":"2014-07-15T17:10:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hovatek.com\/?p=419"},"modified":"2022-08-15T22:16:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:16:06","slug":"how-to-recover-accidentally-deleted-or-lost-blackberry-contacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-accidentally-deleted-or-lost-blackberry-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to backup, restore and recover accidentally deleted or lost Blackberry contacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Protect_Backup_and_Restore1.png\" alt=\"How to recover accidentally deleted Blackberry contacts\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever lost all your Blackberry contacts in one fell swoop either through you or someone else&#8217;s error? Believe me when I tell you it can be a strong sedative. You wake up to realize it wasn&#8217;t a dream, all your Blackberry contacts are really gone! In this guide, we&#8217;ll cover three important aspects of Blackberry contacts management: Backup, Restore and Recovery.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"important\">How do I backup Blackberry contacts?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are several methods of backing up Blackberry contacts but we&#8217;ll focus on just two methods; Blackberry Desktop Manager method and Blackberry Protect method. Its good practice\u00a0to backup before upgrading \/ updating the Blackberry Operating System (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-downgrade-upgrade-or-update-a-blackberry-operating-system-os-to-a-prefered-version\/\">https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-downgrade-upgrade-or-update-a-blackberry-operating-system-os-to-a-prefered-version\/<\/a>\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>1. Blackberry Desktop Manager Method of Backing Up Blackberry Contacts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download Blackberry Desktop Manager<\/li>\n<li>Launch the program<\/li>\n<li>Connect the Blackberry phone to the PC via USB cord<\/li>\n<li>The phone should get detected by Blackberry Desktop Manager and the phone&#8217;s details displayed<\/li>\n<li>Click Device at the upper left<\/li>\n<li>Click Backup<\/li>\n<li>Tick Full (all device data and settings) or any backup option you want<\/li>\n<li>Click Back up<\/li>\n<li>Do NOT disconnect or interact with the Blackberry during backup\u00a0as it could result in an incomplete or corrupted\u00a0backup<\/li>\n<li>Close Blackberry Desktop Manager after backup is complete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Blackberry Protect\u00a0Method of Backing Up Blackberry Contacts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download and install Blackberry Protect<\/li>\n<li>Launch the app and\u00a0sign in using your Blackberry ID<\/li>\n<li>Choose what data is backed up<\/li>\n<li>Set your preferred backup interval<\/li>\n<li>You will be asked about location reporting. Ticking this box allows you to locate\u00a0the Blackberry\u00a0on a map<\/li>\n<li>Click Connect to finish setup<\/li>\n<li>On the main screen, click Backup now<\/li>\n<li>Your personal data will be automatically backed up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"important\">How do I restore Blackberry contacts?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since our focus is on only Blackberry Desktop Manager and Blackberry Protect, we&#8217;ll treat contacts recovery using just these two methods. The restore functionality comes in handy after recovering from a Blackberry Operating System crash (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-repair-a-corrupt-nuked-or-crashed-blackberry-operating-system-software-os\/\">https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-repair-a-corrupt-nuked-or-crashed-blackberry-operating-system-software-os\/<\/a>\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>1. Blackberry Desktop Manager Method of Restoring\u00a0Blackberry Contacts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch\u00a0Blackberry Desktop Manager<\/li>\n<li>Connect the Blackberry phone to the PC via USB cord<\/li>\n<li>The phone should get detected by Blackberry Desktop Manager and the phone&#8217;s details displayed<\/li>\n<li>Click Device at the upper left<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0Restore<\/li>\n<li>Select the backup file you wish to restore from the list ( ensure to check properly so you don&#8217;t restore the wrong backup as it could cause hanging issues)<\/li>\n<li>You could choose All device data and settings (recommended) or Select device data and settings (only if you know what you&#8217;re doing)<\/li>\n<li>Click Restore<\/li>\n<li>A warning box will appear, click Yes to proceed<\/li>\n<li>Do NOT disconnect or interact with the Blackberry during restore as it could result in an incomplete or corrupted restore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Blackberry Protect\u00a0Method of Restoring\u00a0Blackberry Contacts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch\u00a0Blackberry Protect<\/li>\n<li>In the main screen, click Restore from Backup<\/li>\n<li>If applicable, select the smartphone to restore data from<\/li>\n<li>Select the date of the backup you wish to restore from<\/li>\n<li>Tick the boxes to select what items you wish to restore<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>Supply the password for the Blackberry account<\/li>\n<li>Click Start Restore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"important\">How do I recover accidentally deleted or lost Blackberry contacts?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recovering\u00a0accidentally deleted or lost Blackberry contacts isn&#8217;t so difficult. You can apply to following recovery techniques:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0File Recovery: You can recover lost files (either from internal storage or external memory card) using a good data recovery software (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-corrupted-files-lost-files-from-corrupt-or-accidentally-formatted-usb-devices\/\">https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-corrupted-files-lost-files-from-corrupt-or-accidentally-formatted-usb-devices\/<\/a>\u00a0) .<\/li>\n<li>Contacts, Memos, Tasks, Emails and Calendar Recovery: You can recover lost or deleted\u00a0Contacts, Memos, Tasks, Emails and Calendar entries on your Blackberry using Undo Delete for Blackberry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hovatek&#8230;.just a button away!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever lost all your Blackberry contacts in one fell swoop either through you or someone else&#8217;s error? Believe me when I tell you it can be a strong sedative. You wake up to realize it wasn&#8217;t a dream, all your Blackberry contacts are really gone! In this guide, we&#8217;ll cover three important aspects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[818],"tags":[32,126],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-blackberry","tag-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}