Hey all –

I was getting this really annoying prompt every time I saved a contact in Whatsapp to use my gmail password.

Not really thinking about it, I tried just deleting that gmail account from my phone’s settings. This deleted ALL MY CONTACTS from my phone. I have since added that account back, but the contacts didn’t come back.

Has anyone dealt with this? I can’t see the contacts anywhere – they aren’t synced in icloud, they aren’t in google contacts, they aren’t on my phone. Are they just gone? This totally sucks – I had no idea they’d be wiped from everything just because I unlinked my gmail from my phone.

Can anyone save the day for me or am I hosed?