HT4890 restore contacts from an earlier time

i got a replacement phone and im trying to get my contacts , photos and other info

How about if I go into iTunes - Info - Advanced - Replace information on this iPhone (and select Contacts)?
It says:
During the next sync only, iTunes will replace the selected information on this iPhone with information from this computer.
Where does that contacts info come from? Is it downloaded from iCloud or does iTunes on my MacBook Air store an earlier backup of this data?
Grasping at straws here!
Thanks for any help...
Charliecorns

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Can I restore contacts from an earlier iCloud backup?

Hi
I hope someone can help me...!
My son had contacts syncing via iCloud on his iPod so ended up with all the contacts from my iPhone. At his request I removed all my work/social contacts, just leaving on his iPod the few for family members that he needed.
I've just realised that of course my iPhone has now synced with the updated contacts on his iPod and all 250+ work/social contacts have gone.
I have tried restoring and merging from iCloud but the latest backup only contains the family contacts.
Is it possible to access an earlier version of the iCloud backup, or does it only store the very latest version?
Thanks for any suggestions you may be able to give me.
Charliecorns

How about if I go into iTunes - Info - Advanced - Replace information on this iPhone (and select Contacts)?
It says:
During the next sync only, iTunes will replace the selected information on this iPhone with information from this computer.
Where does that contacts info come from? Is it downloaded from iCloud or does iTunes on my MacBook Air store an earlier backup of this data?
Grasping at straws here!
Thanks for any help...
Charliecorns

HT201269 how do i get a back up from a earlier time. i know i backed up my old phone before switching over and it wont give me the choice of the earlier time.that i need to reteive my contacts

hi yesterday i received a 5s for a christmas gift. i got home and decided to transfer data. i backed up my 4s and did the updates. i then hooked up my 5s performed the updates and transfer. when i found all the info i needed was transfered i started deleting the info from my 4s. i lost the contacts in the process. i forgot about the icloud and it deleted the contacts from my 5s. now when i go back to retrieve my back up i can only get the info from a later time. honw do i get the original back up from an earlier time on my account

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Somehow - half of my contacts have disappeared.
I turned icoloud backup off , but the most recent backup is missing those contacts as well.
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Thanks but I think it has something to do with the 'restore'. in the newest iTunes 11, when I click on the tab "iphone", it redirects me to the "welcome to your new iphone" page and asks about doing a 'restore'. I already did a 'restore', but it went to the original factory settings and I want to 'restore' to my lastest back up as of April 12. When I choose that option, it says my iphone doesn't have enough space. I don't know how much I need to delete in order to make it work. I've deleted lots, but it only has 4.1 GB available. I'm not sure why this isn't enough to do a 'restore'. I don't want to delete all my photos and videos, but maybe I will have to?...7.7GB is used up for that. I can't sync or do ANYTHING...

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No.
If you have no back up you will need to re-rip them. You cannot use match to retrieve music that is not on your computer or external hard drive.
Match can only scan the music that is in your library.
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i need to restore it from an earlier back up... is this possible???
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I've seen numerous discussions and threads about this problem and I'm a little confused on exactly what is the proper solution. Recently my iCloud account was hacked and all my Contacts were erased. This also caused all my Contacts on my iPhone and iMac to be erased as well. I can restore my Contacts from a Time Machine Back up to my iMac "Address Book", however as soon as I connect back to iCloud, all the contacts are erased. I tried to restore my iPhone from an earlier iPhone backup which restored everything, as far as I know, except the Contacts. I don't have a huge number of contacts or groups, so I don't care if the group information is lost. There seems to be some conflicting information on how to do this correctly, so I'm asking what the current best practice is to restore all my contacts from a Time Machine Backup to iCloud.
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Ed

I tried that an it was removed. I found the solution. One needs to disconnect from the internet totally. Restore the Address Book from the Time Machine backup and then export all the cards as vcd's to one's desktop. Reconnect to the Internet and to iCloud. This again erases the Contacts. Now one can import the vCards into Address Book. This worked, but all the groups were lost, but that wasn't a big deal for me. Thanks for the help.

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Unfortunately, you have posted in the wrong community. However, I am not quite sure which community you should be posting in. Do you use iCloud for your contacts.

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Contacts should be available in a supported address book app on your computer for a number of reasons with this being one of them. If so, the contacts would be transferred from the address book app on your computer without having to restore the iPhone with iTunes and in then event there is a problem with the backup in regards to this data. If the iPhone were lost or stolen or damaged and not usuable, your contacts would be available as well or syncing with another phone in the event the iPhone was not replaced with another, etc.

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HT4890 restore contacts from an earlier time

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