I tried to update my 3G but it also made me restore the phone. How can I get my contacts back?

Or am I stuck with old contacts/apps from four months ago? Even my texts are gone. Any help is appreciated!

if you werent using an over-the-air solution, such as MobileMe, Gmail, or Yahoo, etc. Which would have sync'd your contacts, then your solution would be to restore from backup...
to do so:
plug your phone into the computer, and right click on the phone as it shows under Devices, and click on "Restore from Backup..."
this will give you the option to restore from the last backup, or a previously stored backup.
Good Luck!
PS. Sync often to get multiple recent backups, in case of any hardware/software failures, as has occured with your device.

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You deleted the iCloud account?
If so, connect the iPhone to your computer and sync your Contacts and Photos using iTunes.

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Connect in recovery mode and restore, as described in this article:
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I have a new iPhone and have kept my old one to play music in another room. I have recently updated my software on the new iPhone and when it backed up it backed up to the old iPhone, I have therefore lost pictures, messages and apps from my new iPhone as it has backed up to the last session of the old phone, how can I get all my new stuff back and stop it from happening again?

BarnsleyMif wrote:
I have recently updated my software on the new iPhone and when it backed up it backed up to the old iPhone
No such thing has occurred. iPhones do not backup to one another.
It is not possible to backup a different iPhone from the one being updated.
If the iPhone was restored with a backup from a different device, restore it again from the correct backup.
BarnsleyMif wrote:
how can I get all my new stuff back and stop it from happening again?
Pay attention when restoring the iPhone and select the correct backup to restore from.

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i finally bought a Mac a few days ago but it doesn't seem so easy to start .Yesterday i decided to download the last version of osx (10.4.7 ?)but it took too much time to be obvious...tomorrow i can see that the version i bought already was on the hd when i payed for it first...how can i get my money back ?

Hi..
Since you just purchased the Mac, it can pre installed with Lion.
Yesterday i decided to download the last version of osx (10.4.7 ?
v10.7.4 is the lastest version available for Lion currently.
The problem is that the App Store has no way of knowing that your Mac already had Lion installed, that's why you were charged.
Apple's policy states that, "all sales are final" > iTUNES STORE - MAC APP STORE - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
But yoy can take advantage of that download to create an installtion disc > How to create an OS X Lion installation disc | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

Noo!!! How can I get my contacts back after failed update?!

Tried updating my phone. Got the same error everyone else has. And before some smart aleck asks, no I haven't hacked my phone at all. Just contacts and songs have been added.
Got the error, and had to restore. Now everything's gone. Pictures, contacts, everything. Please tell me there's a way to get it back. Most of those contacts weren't in my Outlook. And my old phone's been recycled so I can't get the info off that either.
I love the phone....but I hate the update.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to sound like a smart-you know what, but what in the world were you thinking of updating the iPhone with no backup? At the very least having your contacts on your desktop program (Outlook) would be a good backup. If I read your post correctly, you manually entered your contact information on your iPhone, you have no copy of that data anywhere else, and completely wiped out your iPhone with a restore.
If I understood the situation correctly, then no, there is no way to get your contacts back.
I would highly recommend you enter them on the computer, not the iPhone. Sync them over to the iPhone, making the iPhone the SECOND place where you have all your contacts.

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I installed the App" find my Iphone on my Ipad.. its working well.
But I also need to be able to track my Iphone if lost... I also have the app on my Iphone but when I click on it to find my phone it is showing me where my Ipad is... how can I get it to show my Iphone also? the chances of me losing my Ipad are less then my Iphone.But I need to be able to trac both.

How was your wife using the Find My iPhone app from a Samsung phone? But, that question aside, your wife should educate herself on how GPS works, especially on a cell phone. GPS signals can be interfered with by trees, buildings, clouds. Off by several miles would be unusual, though.
If your wife is tracking your cell phone and not believing what you tell her, you may want to consider counseling as there are some very serious issues that go way beyond the technology.
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HT1414 How can I get my contacts back after update 5.1.1? I've tried everything

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Thanks!

Not a good idea to depend on an iPhone or any cell phone alone for such important data as contacts.
Contacts are designed to be synced with a supported address book app on your computer.
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If you have a recent back up on your computer try restoring that to your phone using your computer. Plug in the phone to the computer and with itunes on right click on the phone name in left column and hten select restore

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Try a reset ..
Reset the device:
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
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You can always import your pictures to your PC using your usb cable, as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083.
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Stolen iphone 5c.

Unless you had created an iCloud account and set up 'Find My iPhone' on the phone prior to its being stolen there is nothing else you can do. That might allow you to locate the phone, provided it is on, not wiped, and able to connect to a network.
The IMEI and serial numbers can be used to identify the phone as yours if it happens to turn up; they can't be used to locate it. You won't hear anything unless it happens to turn up if an attempt is made to register or repair it, or it is found by the police in a raid on a suspected criminal.
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It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer. Certainly after losing everything once, you started doing the basics and have a backup copy.
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