IPhone contacts list somehow replaced by iPad contacts list
I bought an iPad for my wife. Put in her old email address and from that added email addresses to her "contacts". I turned on my iPhone and found my "contacts" had been replaced by hers. Very weird. I need to know how it happened, how to avoid it happening again, and how to get my contacts back from iCloud.
The problem is that both your devices are logged into the same icloud account, thus they share all data. When you edited her contacts, they were synced to your device.
Go to: Settings>iCloud and scroll to bottom of screen, if the account is not the right one. There, tap Delete Account (this only disconnnects device from that account, no data on icloud is deleted) and then enter the ID that you want used (the icloud account) on that device.
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Cheers. -
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First, be sure that the contacts on the devices are in the "icloud" section and not the "On my iPhone" (or iPad) section of the contact listings/groups.
Missing contacts:
Here's a test to perform - using a computer's browser, log into icloud.com and go to the Contacts page. If most of them are gone, then they are gone.
If they show up, then the problem is that your device is not connecting to the Contacts database on icloud.
On the device, go to Settings>icloud. Be sure icloud is on and using the right ID. If not, scroll to the bottom of the page and tap Delete Account - this just disconnects the device from that account, no data is lost. Then log back in using the correct ID. ALSO - be sure the Contacts are turned on (on the same screen).
Note: Contacts are not part of an iCloud backup, since they are part of contacts database on iCloud's servers. So performing a restore will not help.
Contacts are gone from icloud.com.
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Your plan should be to make all the changes in iCloud and have them flow down to your iPhone. That sounds what you are trying to do anyway.
So. if you delete a contact in iCloud or edit a contact in iCloud then you are not seeing the changes on your iPhone?
If so then they are not properly synced..... but I wonder how you have any contacts in iCloud.
Let me know if you are seeing any changes, if mot then we can review the syncing set-up.
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How to get my contacts from ipad to iphone? (I don't want any contacts to come from my PC via icloud, only from the ipad.)
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There are countless articles about this on the internet. Here is one. It works the same way on the iPad as it does on the iPhone.
http://www.maciverse.com/add-gmail-contacts-to-ios-5.html
Here are more ....
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=transfer+gmail+contacts+to+i pad&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 -
I somehow erased all my contacts from my iPhone, how can I export my contacts from my icloud account from my PC?
joephilipose,
If the contacts are still in Address Book on your computer, but just not on the phone, you can tell iTunes to force replace the contacts on your phone with those from your computer. You can do this by going into the Info tab when your iPhone is connected, and checking the Contacts box under the Advanced section at the bottom of the page.
You may also want to backup your Address Book information as well. It's a good idea to make periodic backups of your contact and calendar information in case information accidentally gets deleted or changed. You can find out how to backup your Address Book data here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=AddressBook/4.0/en/ad961.html
To backup your iCal information, follow the steps in this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iCal/3.0/en/9889.html
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