How to get contacts back after update

help i have updated my partners phone 3gs from ios 3 to ios 6 how do i get conacts back onto the phone

The iphone is designed to be synced with a cloud service or your computer regularly.
If you have failed to do this, then they are very likely gone.
You can try restoring from backup, but that is not guaranteeed to help

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    Message was edited by: fireblocks
    Message was edited by: fireblocks

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