Contacts are so important that if iPhone contacts go missing, it seems that we lose contact
with the world. Today’s video goes over how to recover contacts on iPhone. The contacts
missing issues could happen at times. Maybe you accidentally deleted the contacts on iPhone
and have no idea of getting them back. Or perhaps you lost contacts after system upgrade
or synchronization. Now you will learn how to recover deleted contacts from iCloud to
iPhone, and how to get them back without backup.
The first method is to restore contacts from an iCloud archive. This always an effective
option if you enabled contacts in iCloud sync settings and save a backup for the contacts.
To recover deleted contacts to iPhone, go to icloud.com on any browser of your computer,
sign in with your Apple ID and password, then click Account Settings. Next click Restore
Contacts. On the window that opens, you should see a list of archives of your contacts stored
in iCloud. Choose an archive to restore the lost contacts and click Restore. Make sure
to know that restoring from the archive you selected will replace contacts on all your
devices.
If you’ve backed up contacts to iCloud before deleting them, the second method is to download
iCloud contacts to iPhone. This is easy to do. Open Settings app, tap [you name] at the
top, then tap iCloud. Now find Contacts option, tap on it and turn it off. When asked, tap
Delete from My iPhone. Wait for a few minutes and turn it back on. After that, go to Contacts
app to see if your disappeared contacts are presented.
Now we come to the third scenario: recover deleted contacts without backup. If you don’t
have iCloud backup or iTunes backup of your iPhone in place, don’t panic, the recovery
software like iOS Data Recovery will be able to fix the iPhone contacts disappeared issue
and restore the contacts without iTunes or iCloud backup files. The tool will scan your
device’s memory once it’s connected and let you determine which contacts you want
to recover, even though they have been deleted or gone missing from the iPhone and they have
never been backed up. You can find the download link of the software in the Description below
for more information and features.
Alright, let’s open iOS Data Recovery on the computer, Mac or PC is OK. The software
is capable of recovering data from iPhone itself, iTunes backup and iCloud. Since we
have no backup to restore deleted contacts, so here we choose Recover from iOS Device.
Then connect iPhone to the computer. When it’s detected, click Start Scan button to
scan your iPhone.
The software is now scanning your iPhone to find the missing contacts. The contacts as
well as other types of data it found will be displayed on its screen. Wait until the
process is finished. Now you can preview your contacts. Click Contacts category from the
left panel, and you should see all the contacts on the middle pane as well as the related
information such as contact name, phone number and e-mail address on the rightmost pane.
You can also set the software to display just the contacts you’ve deleted or lost by choosing
“Show Deleted Only” from the box at the top.
Now, the last step is to recover contacts on iPhone without backup. Check the deleted
contacts you want back and click Restore to Device button. The program will put the contacts
back into iPhone’s Contacts app. If you’d like to save the contacts onto computer, simply
click the Recover button.
So that’s how the software restores iPhone contacts without backup needed. Alright, we’ve
mentioned that this tool includes the ability to recover contacts from iPhone backup without
replacing the current data on your device. Yes, you can do this. In the main screen,
choose Recover from iTunes Backup File. Then select a backup where you want to restore
the contacts from, and click Start button. After the quick scan of iTunes backup, preview
the deleted contacts and recover them back to iPhone.
The last method to restore missing contacts on your iPhone is to unhide contacts. The
contacts will be grouped into different groups based on the accounts that they’ve been
synced to. When you find the iPhone contacts aren’t showing up, check that your device
is configured to show all contacts from all mail accounts. Open Contacts app, tap Groups
at the upper left corner and check all groups. This involves neither iCloud backup nor iTunes
backup.
If the contacts were synced to another account like Gmail or Outlook but you can’t find
the Groups option in the Contacts app, you need to go to Settings app, Scroll down and
select Contacts, then tap on Accounts. There, ensure Contacts in each account is toggled
on, so that the Phone app display the contacts from all accounts.
Okay, here are all techniques to get deleted contacts back on iPhone without backup, and
solve the issue when contacts are missing. On a side note, the best defense against iPhone
contacts disappeared is backing up your device on a regular basis. That’s it. Please give
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