Learning How to Restore Lost Contacts on iPhone
By Gkayla
@Gkayla (19)
August 28, 2013 11:19pm CST
How do you recover contacts on the iPhone?
I updated my iPhone to iPhone 5 software, all my apps were saved on my iTunes and restored, but I have lost all my contacts. I want to know how to recover deleted contacts from iPhone 5?
If you are in the situation as above, it is pity to tell you that iPhone doesn't have a trash bin in which your deleted contacts can be stored. If you accidently delete contacts on your iPhone, the best way is choosing iPhone Data Recovery program to extract iPhone contacts.
iPhone Data Recovery is professional program that can help you recover iPhone file and get all of contacts back if you lost it by mistake. Not only it works well with iPhone 5, but also work on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS.
Let’s learn how to recover contacts on iPhone without backup
Step 1: Download and install iPhone data recovery program on your PC. Connect your iPhone with computer and launch this program.
Step 2: iPhone 4/3GS users, enter DFU mode to scan your device
After downloading the plug-in, you need to get into the device's scanning mode before scanning. You can follow the steps below:
1) Hold your iPhone and click the "Start" button.
2) Pressing the "Power" and "Home" buttons simultaneously for 10 seconds.
3) After 10 seconds, release the "Power" button, but keep holding "Home" for another 15 seconds.
iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S users, click “Start Scan” to scan for files directly.
Step 3: After the scan, you can preview all found contacts in categories. To preview your contacts, you can choose “contacts “Contacts found here are not only those deleted, but also includes those still on your iPhone. You can click "Recover" to save them on your computer.
The other recovery mode “Recover Data from iTunes Backup Files” allows you to recover iPhone contacts from backup. And if your contacts were synced with iCloud, you can sign into iCloud and restore iPhone contacts from backup. Here are the steps:
1. From the home screen, tap Settings.
2. Scroll to and tap iCloud.
3. Tap Apple ID and enter your Apple ID.
4. Tap Password and enter your Apple ID password.
5. Tap Sign In.
* If prompted to Merge with iCloud, tap Merge.
* If prompted to Allow iCloud to Use the Location of Your iPhone, tap the preferred option.
6. Be sure that Contacts is turned ON.
7. You've now signed in to your iCloud account and your contacts display.
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