Recover Contacts from iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S

Top 3 Ways to Recover Deleted, Lost Contacts on iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S

Contacts mean a lot for everybody. If you accidentally deleted your important contacts on iPhone, or iOS 8.2 update wiped all your contacts and other data, your heart sunk into the pit of your stomach. Fortunately, there are several ways to get the lost iPhone contacts back.

To help you out, we include 3 ways to recover lost contacts on iPhone, including easy and straightforward iPhone Data Recovery.

1. Restore iPhone Contacts from iTunes Backup

If you have ever synced your iPhone or backed up your iPhone with iTunes, you can restore iPhone contacts from iTunes backup file.

2. Restore iPhone Contacts from iCloud Backup

If you're using iCloud to back up your iPhone, it's easy to restore iPhone contacts from iCloud backup.

• Step 1. Go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap "Erase all content and settings".
• Step 2. In the Setup Assistant, proceed to "Set up your device", tap Restore from a Backup, then sign in to iCloud.

  

• Step 3. Proceed to "Choose backup", then choose from a list of available backups in iCloud.

  

3. Recover iPhone Contacts without iTunes

Actually, no matter you have iTunes/iCloud backup file or NOT, you can recover lost contacts from iPhone by using iPhone Data Recovery. It can recover deleted, lost, wiped or missing contacts from iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and lower models either from iTunes backup or directly from device without backup.

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For whatever reasons, you lost contacts. For example:

• You accidentally deleted one important contact.
• Data including contacts are erased after iOS 8.2/8.1/8/7/6 jailbreak or update.
• Factory reset your iPhone and forgot backing up.
• Your iPhone was lost, stolen, or water-damaged.
• You can't access to your contacts because your iPhone appears Apple Logo, or locked with passcode.

Here are steps on how to retrieve lost contacts on iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S.

This iPhone contact recovery provides 3 recovery modes:

• Retrieve contacts directly from iPhone without backup
• Restore iPhone contacts from iTunes backup
• Restore iPhone contacts from iCloud backup

Retrieve contacts directly from iPhone without backup

If you have never backed up your iPhone, the mode "Recover Data from iOS Device" can perfectly help to recover contacts from iPhone without iTunes or iCloud backup.

• Step 1. Connect iPhone to your PC and run iPhone Data Recovery. "Recover Data from iOS Device" is the default selected mode. Directly click "Start Scan" if you're using iPhone 4s and above. For iPhone 4 and lower, put your device into DFU mode firstly as the screen says.

  

• Step 2. After scanning, click "Contacts" to preview your lost contacts. Then select the contacts you want to recover and click "Recover".

  

Restore iPhone contacts from iTunes backup

If you have ever used iTunes to sync or backup your iPhone, the mode "Recover Data from iTunes Backup File" can help you. It doesn't require connecting your iPhone with computer, so it is helpful if your iPhone is lost, or severely-damaged, or can't be recognized by iTunes.

• Step 1. Select "Recover Data from iTunes Backup File". It will automatically find and list your iTunes backup files. Select your iPhone backup and click "Start Scan".

  

• Step 2. In the scanning result, then preview, select the contacts as above. Click "Recover".

3. Restore iPhone contacts from iCloud backup

If you have backed up your iPhone with iCloud before, the mode "Recover Data from iCloud Backup File" can help you.

• Step 1. Select "Recover Data from iCloud Backup File". And login in with your iCloud account.
  
  
• Step 2. Select your backup file from the list. Click "Next". Select "Contacts" in the next popup.



• Step 3: In the preview window, select the contacts you'd like to recover and click "Recover" to export.

Done. From now on, remember to keep your iPhone contacts safe. If you unfortunately lost them, use iPhone Data Recovery to get them back instantly. This software also supports iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus.

Note: If you lost data stored on iPhone SD card, you can try Card Data Recovery which will help you get back all the data promptly.

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