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  • Are your contacts synced with google? Commented Jan 16, 2017 at 16:33
  • Can you connect through adb? That has more of a chance of working than through the network. Unless you've set something up specifically on the phone, you can't access the phone from outside through the network. What exact phone model do you have? Although your question is on-topic here, you'd have a better chance at getting an answer on Android Enthusiasts, since this question mostly requires Android expertise, not Linux expertise. Commented Jan 16, 2017 at 23:29
  • If I well understood what I read about ADB: the phone has to be configured with "USB debugging" enabled and my moto-g it is. My friend samsung phone is likely in a default status so usb debugging should be disabled... Commented Jan 17, 2017 at 13:12
  • Anyway I read the device needs to be rooted for phone book extraction by adb. In that case neither my moto-g nor my friend's samsung is rooted... As regard Samsung specific model, unfortunately I haven't that phone now and I don't know exactly its model name. Commented Jan 17, 2017 at 13:20