The app CONTACTS on iPhone (and any other mobile phone) it is essential because it helps to manage all the phone numbers of your friends, family, colleagues and other acquaintances so that you don't have to remember them one by one. It plays an important role in our daily life. Thanks to the address book, you can quickly make a phone call, send messages, receive e-mails and more without remembering exact phone numbers.
Unfortunately, it often happens that you have a problem with this app and the contacts inside it suddenly disappear. Or you accidentally delete one or more contacts or delete the entire app. What to do in these cases? Like recover deleted contacts on iPhone o restore the phonebook suddenly disappeared from the phone?
Below you will find all the ways to recover iPhone contacts (even in the absence of backup) and restore the address book.
- # 1. Recover Contacts via iPhone Settings
- #2. Recover deleted iPhone contacts with Fonelab
- # 3. Restore iPhone contacts from iCloud
- # 4. Search for lost iPhone contacts on iTunes
- # 5. Recover iPhone Contacts from Google Account
# 1. Recover Contacts via iPhone Settings
The app Settings is a quick and easy way to restore iPhone contacts (automatically taking them from iCloud). You can simply complete the procedure in a few steps. All you need is your iPhone and log into the account iCloud where you backed up previously.
Toccata Settings on the main screen.
Choose your iCloud profile at the top and press iCloud if you are using iOS 10 and above. Otherwise, scroll down to find it.
Slide the switch to ON next to Contacts. You can repeat this step to retrieve contacts from all favorite accounts.
#2. Recover deleted iPhone contacts with Fonelab
# 3. Restore iPhone contacts from iCloud
iCloud is a cloud service that allows iPhone users to store photos, files, contacts, bookmarks, and more. Each user has 5 GB di iCloud storage space. You can turn on the auto sync button, then your data will automatically be backed up to your iCloud account. It also allows you to sync data from your iPhone, iPad or iPod device at the same time by accessing Settings> iCloud> Turn on iCloud Backup> Back Up Now. Then you can choose the most convenient way according to your needs.
If you have a backup of iPhone contacts to iCloud, here is a method to log into your iCloud account and recover deleted phone numbers from address book.
Go to icloud.com
and log into your iCloud account.
Click on the icon Settings.
Click on Reset contacts in the lower left corner of the window. There are other different options, including Restore files, Restore calendars and reminders, Restore bookmarks. If you want to restore this data, you can choose it from the relevant selections
There are several options you can choose from the pop-up window. Select a backup of the contacts you want to restore, and click Restore next to it.
Click on the button Restore to continue:
Restoring the contacts will take some time, a window will pop up informing you when the restoration is complete, and click OK to finish.
Done!
# 4. Search for lost iPhone contacts on iTunes
iTunes is Apple's official tool that helps you save and sync your iPhone data to your computer. Then open iTunes on your computer, connect your iPhone to computer, go to File> Devices> Restore from Backup to restore data from a backup to the device.
Here is a tutorial on how recover deleted contacts on iPhone.
You need the computer with iTunes that contains your lost contacts.
Launch the iTunes program on your computer.
Click on the small device icon in the upper left corner.
Click on Summary in the left pane.
Go to Settings> iCloud on your iPhone to disable Find my iPhone before restoring your iPhone.
Awards Restore backup. You can manually backup your iPhone to this computer or restore a backup stored on this computer.
Done!
# 5. Recover iPhone Contacts from Google Account
If you use Google on your iPhone, then you have a good chance of being able to recover contacts. A single username and password gives you access to everything to do with Google, including gmail, Chrome, YouTube, Google Maps and more. It is a simple tool to save and restore your iPhone contacts.
If you have a Google account here's what you need to do.
Find Add account and Google in Settings.
iOS 7-9: Settings> Mail, Contacts, Calendars> Add Account> Google
iOS 10: Settings> Mail> Accounts> Add account> Google
iOS 11 or higher: Settings> Accounts and passwords> Add account> Google
Enter the requested information.
Activate the button Contacts.
