Lost all my contacts after I changed iCloud account. How should I retrieve it?

Recently, I was changing the iCloud account on my iPhone and when i signed out and signed into my new one all my contacts disappeared. (My contacts were not in sync with my iCloud) What should I do to retrieve my contacts?

They may be in your backup.  Try restoring from backup.

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  • I got an Icloud account and lost all my contacts from my Iphone 3s.  how do I get them back?

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