How do I restore my contacts from my last back up

This morning my phone froze for a few minutes when it came back I turned it off and back on again.  My contacts were all gone.  How can I get them back?  The last time I backed up my phone to iTunes was over a month ago.

If you imported the photos to the computer before getting rid of the device, you can sync them over via iTunes. Contacts should also be synced to a supported application on the computer. If you did that, you could just sync them back to the new device via iTunes. You cannot do selective restore from a backup. It is either all or none. Since it appears that you have something corrupted in the backup that is causing your problems, I'd say you are not going to be able to get the photos and contacts back unless you imported the photos and synced the contacts.

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