HT1386 lost my address book contacts when updating my iphone 3s

did a recent update through itunes and lost my address book contacts on my iphone

Aren't you using your phone as recommended and synching your contacts with your computer (Address Book, Outlook) or a cloud service?  Just synch them back.
If you're not using your phone as recommended then your contacts are likely gone.  Lesson learned.

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