Hi I have lost all my contacts, can I manually back up somehow, the new iTunes I'm using doens't have the same as the old one where it had a 'contacts' heading and also able to back up from specific date

Hi All,
Can anyone help me restore all my old contacts please?
I bought a new phone for my Daughter, set it up to my iTunes account as she is only 11 and all of my contacts synced to her phone, so we went in and deleted them all, problem was, they deleted off my phone over wifi apparently,,, not good I can't find a way to get them back
Thanks

You did more than sync the new iPhone with iTunes since syncing with iTunes does not include text messages.
The first time a new iPhone is connected to iTunes that is used to sync with another iPhone or iOS device, you are prompted to transfer the backup for the other iPhone or iOS device or set up the device as a new iPhone.
The former replaces all data on the iPhone that is included with the selected backup for the other iPhone or iOS device. The latter does not.
If a backup for your new iPhone was not created with iCloud or if created and has been updated since the backup was transferred from the other iPhone or iOS device, the previous data on the new iPhone is gone.

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