HT4623 I updated my Iphone 4 and all my contacts are gone, what can I do to restore them?

I updated my IPhone 4 and now my contacts are gone.  What can I do to retore them?

Snowbound
The tab that Roaminggnome is talking about is your "Info" tab.  As you can see my contacts and calendars on my iPhone are being synced through iCloud.
I also regularly take an export copy of my contacts and save it separately.  This doesn't help you now but it may help you on a go-forward basis.
Cheers

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