HT1766 I lost all my contacts on my iPhone 4S. When I connected to iTunes it automatically synced, so now the backup has no contacts either. How do I restore to a previous backup?

I lost all my contacts on my iPhone 4S. When I connected to iTunes it automatically synced and wiped out my backup. How do I restore to a previous backup?

Do you have your contacts on your computer? You could sync those over: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386

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I had my computer worked on recently. When I got it back, I had to reinstall itunes. I synced my iphone and lost all my contacts. How do I get them back?

Synch your contacts back from whichever program on your computer you've stored them in (Outlook, Address Book) or from your cloud service.
Not using your phone as indended and didn't have your contacts on your computer or with a cloud service? Then they're gone.

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i updated my phone and have lost all my contacts i have restored and all my apps are back but no contacts! help!

What application were you syncing your contact to before you updated? Check the settings on the info tab and sync them back.
If you were NOT syncing them to an application (Outlook or Windows Address Book on a PC, Address Book on a Mac), you can try forcing a restore from your backup again. If they don't come back, they are most likely gone.

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
What do you mean by changed your ID. Is it a new account, or did you just change your address under the same account.

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Please help me, i have lost all my contacts during a software update and have no idea how to retrieve them.

If you've been using your phone as recommended, you've been keeping your contacts safe on your computer in Outlook or Address Book, or safe with a cloud service like Google.
Your contacts should be there safe and sounds ready to synch back to your iPhone.
Not using your phone as recommended and only using your phone as the sole place for contacts? Well, you've just learned a hard lesson. They're gone.

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Thanks, but I checked iCloud and it has none of them.
If it backed up to my laptop, that died and I just got the new computer. The one that's crashed won't even boot, so there's no way to even tell if it was syncing the contacts along with all the phone photos. Literally happened at the same time - it was because I had the new computer that I was finally able to pull the photos off the phone and make room for the upgrade. It had refused to upgrade for lack of space for some time.
I had thought it was set to sync to iCloud but it vanished from BOTH my phone and the cloud. That's why I'm so angry about it.

Please help.. me and my hubby both have the iphone 4 and use the same email address and itunes account. I got mine yesterday and activated it to find all my husbands contacts on my phone. I deleted them and he lost all his contacts. How can we stop this !

Hy please help...
My husband purchased an iphone at xmas and evrything was fine until i purchased 1 yesterday . We both use the same email address which is linked to our itunes account (ithink) I registered mine yesterday and all my husbands contacts came on to my phone, so i deleted them and he lost them all on his phone :-( now if he adds or deletes anything i get it or the other way round please please help

If you are saying that you both have iCloud accounts and use the same icloud ID, then yes, the contacts will be deleted. The idea is that all devices using the same icloud ID are kept in sync. You need to use different IDs. You can keep the same iTunes ID so you can share the songs and apps. But use different icloud IDs.

HT4528 Lost all my contacts. How do I get them back?

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Contacts are stored on your computer or on a compatible cloud based service. so sync them back to the phone

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I got an email of Google, saying that someone tried to enter my google account in Turkey. If that wasnt me, which it wasnt because Im not in Turkey, then I had to reset my password. Which I did.
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I synced with my Mac... nothing happened.
I tried to put back my back up....no contacts.
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What to do? Anymore suggestions for solving this hacking problem?

This was the email I received. It had a 'reset password' button, which I used to reset my password. After having done so, I received an email on my Gmail adress and my second adress (work email).
Then I reset the email accounts on my phone, to be able to receive mail.
Should I reset again?

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So after disconnecting and reconnecting the only option I recieved was to restore phone which I chose. After completion it was the same as setting up the phone for first use. Please note that no back ups were made before this (dumb ***, I know). The only back up I am guessing was the 2 hours before I disconnected the phone.
Is there a way of getting these photos back or are they gone forever. Even if it involves paying a professional to do it I am willing to do so because of the sentimental value of the photos.
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She should have been importing all pics taken with the iphone regularly as with any digital camera, most especially before any update/restore/etc.
If she has failed to do this, then they are gone.

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I would not suggest starting anew AppleID as you will have problems with previous purchases.
jessicaaaaa12 wrote:
i just got a new itunes acount because my other one wasnt working
How doesn't it work?
so when i downloaded itunes back and signed in none of my music was there.
Because it is part of your old AppleID (and your library does not just magically appear).
Did you make a backup of your HD?
jhow do i download all my music from my iphone 5 to my laptop
Authorize your computer for your old AppleID then File > Devices, select your device then Transfer purchases.
I highly suggest you sort out the issue with your old AppleID and continue to use that. Remove your personal info from the new AppleID and don't use it.

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I got a nasty shock this morning when I tried to make a routine call and found ALL of my phone contacts missing. They don't seem to be either in the cloud or in the phone. What happened? It said it was storing them in the cloud but they're all gone! How can I get them back?
IF this normally happens, why should I ever upgrade? Seriously! I didn't think to copy all of it out manually before upgrading, I'd upgraded once before without any problems. Addresses and other details gone too. I've got four numbers in "Favorites" but no context for them beyond location by state. I don't even know who they are - can't recognize just the numbers.

Thanks, but I checked iCloud and it has none of them.
If it backed up to my laptop, that died and I just got the new computer. The one that's crashed won't even boot, so there's no way to even tell if it was syncing the contacts along with all the phone photos. Literally happened at the same time - it was because I had the new computer that I was finally able to pull the photos off the phone and make room for the upgrade. It had refused to upgrade for lack of space for some time.
I had thought it was set to sync to iCloud but it vanished from BOTH my phone and the cloud. That's why I'm so angry about it.

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Thanks.

I did too is everyone had this problem too?

HT6154 My phone has updates when I connected to Itunes my phone froze up with the i tunes logo on my phone screen unable to use phone at all HELP Please

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Try resetting by pressing and holding the sleep/wake button and the home button for 10-15 seconds until the Apple logo appears, ignore the red slider. Then turn back on. You won't lose any data doing the reset.

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