Lost my contacts on my iphone 4 - how can I retrieve them?

Help! I've lost my contacts on my iphone 4 - how can I retrieve them?

Hi
There are two options for you :
1) Setup the mail which contains the contacts on your iPhone by going to Settings > Mail Contacts and Calendars > Add account and once setup is complete come back to the same path and click on your email account name and turn on contacts.
2) Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts and Calendars > Add account > Other > Add CardDav Account.
Either of these two should fix your issue.

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