ICloud deleted contacts from 4s

I have managed to lose all of my contacts from my 4s whilst setting up my old 3gs for my girlfriend, I inserted her sim  and my contacts were still there, I began to delete my contacts from this phone, it was after I had done this I noticed that all of my contacts that were on my 4s had been deleted and replaced with her contacts. It now appers that her contacts are in the cloud as my original contacts have just been replaced on my iPad with her contacts. Is there any way of retrieving my contacts?

I had a similar problem a few times, and usually after a while they just kind of come back for no reason. I am searching for a way restore them immediately, but I just haven't figured out how yet. But definitely pugging in your phone and restoring it with the iCloud, on the computer you usually upload to, does help.

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