Your smartphone is powerful enough to take you to the moon at least hypothetically. Although you can practically do almost everything on your phone, it often ends up getting bugs and whatnot causing the apps either crash or fail and so on. Moreover, smartphones that have been used for quite some time throttle down in terms of performance and that causes apps to crash as well. Since we have already moved from the 1GB and 2GB RAM era, higher RAM and faster processors have been making their efforts to handle almost all apps but there are some that might just get crashed.
Talking about Contacts app which is a pre-installed app on your phone and might be summoned differently depending upon what makers choose to do so, it is possible for apps to crash due to XYZ reasons. Here’s a guide on how to fix unfortunately Contacts has stopped working and crashing error which is two of the most common issues when it comes to apps so go through it to know more.
Close the application on your phone
Metaphorically, the first wall of defense. Suppose you opened an app, it crashed at least directly or after you used it for a bit. Now, there are plenty of reasons why it could have crashed. The first thing you do is to close the application. This is a common practice and does help to fix any temporary issues so do it try it right now.
Force stop it
Now that you tried closing the app which didn’t work, you can go with force stopping the app to put an end to any problem causing the app to crash in the first place. To force stop an app, you need to go to the Settings >> Apps and search for the said app i.e. Contacts from among the list and finally, tap on ‘Force Stop’ against the app to put an end to it.